12/10/1952 Board of Public Works Minutes

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the Board and presented plans drawn up by their engineering department to improve loading and unloading facilities at.their Chapin Street cold storage and distributing plant. These remodeling plans were examined by the Board and did not appear feasible, because of failure to provide facilities to eliminate the packing of trucks over sidewalk. Mr. Jacobs was informed regarding the city ordinance applying in the matter, and requested to submit revised plans for the required remodeling at an early date. Mr. Jacobs was also advised relative to repeated protests made to Councilman Korpal of the sidewalk blockage caused by their loading and unloading operations. The need of an electric calculating machine for the City Treasurer, to be used ed for Barrett Law calculations and other municipal accounting procedure, was present/to to the Board by the City Controller. The Board directed the Clerk to proceed with the required legal advertising; bids to be opened January 5, 1953, at the hour of 11:00 A.M. in the office of the Board. Some discussion ensued relative to more expeditious handling of the issuance of Barrett Law Bonds. Contractors Bonds, each in the sum of $1,000.00, binding Ben Dahnke and Sons, Inc., and Clemeth E. Powell, were examined and approved by the Board. The following Excavator's Bonds each in the sum of $1,000.00, were approved by the Board: Earl C. DeVon Hawblitzel Plumbing & Appliances Mitchel Kahn Plumbing and Heating Co. Emmet Shaul Albert W. Smith Company, Inc. Emil C. Spromberg Louis Stoll Company, Inc. There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was ad- journed at 11:45 A.M. ll�NAFIi I Attest: �- Clerk Addendum: TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT: Mr. Ziegler called the attention of the Board to the two-day Conference of Traffic Engineers, to be held at the University of Illinois Thursday and Friday, December llth and 12th, and asked that the Board grant permission for attendance at this conference of E. H. Miller, Traffic Engineer. Permission was so granted. The request of the Traffic Engineer for 100 - 10-foot U-Posts of the specified weight of 24 lbs. per foot, to be obtained from the Lyle Sign Co. at a total cost of $255.00 was next considered. The price being satis- factory for this weight of post, approval was granted by the Board and the Clerk directed to proceed with the purchase. A letter Was received from the City Plan Commission recommending the vacation of a portion of West Garst Street together with a section of alley and this was referred to the Engineering Department for further investigati,n. • 0 • 0 0