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<br />May 11, 1953
<br />A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held Monday, May ll, 1953 at
<br />10:00 A. M. All members were present. Minutes of the previous regular meeting and also
<br />special meeting were read and approved. Salary claims in the amount of $23,606.48
<br />were approved. Claims of the following suppliers, in the amount of 27,971.19, were
<br />approved and ordered paid:
<br />Arteraft Printers
<br />$60.25
<br />Business Systems, Inc.
<br />$1.76
<br />Car Parts, Inc.
<br />33.33
<br />City Water Works
<br />67.65
<br />Gafill Oil Co.
<br />17.33
<br />Paul Heilman
<br />10.00
<br />Charles Hill
<br />10.00
<br />Indiana Bell Telephone Co.
<br />11.20
<br />Indiana Bell Telephone Co.
<br />9.41
<br />Indiana Lbr. & Mfg. Co.
<br />.70
<br />Indiana & Michigan Electric Co.
<br />.36
<br />Indiana & Michigan Electric Co.
<br />367.75
<br />Indiana & Michigan Electric $11,256.50
<br />Office ,Engineers, Inc.
<br />1. 9
<br />Frank C. Kettring, Postmaster
<br />45.09
<br />Office Supply & Equipment Co.
<br />.90
<br />Office Supply & Equipment Co.
<br />12.00
<br />Peltz-Kaufer Paper Co.
<br />4.50
<br />Schuell Nurseries
<br />58.00
<br />G. E. Weaver Co.
<br />73.00
<br />Weisberger Bros., Inc.
<br />3.60
<br />SEWAGE DISPOSAL:
<br />GARBAGE DEPARTMENT:
<br />Joseph Paidle
<br />167.34
<br />Dependable Disposal Co., inc.$12,000.00
<br />S TREE T & TRAFFIC:
<br />Beaudway Hardware
<br />164.78
<br />Maurice Bock Service Station
<br />1.00
<br />Maurice Bock Service Station
<br />3.00
<br />Healy Sign Co.
<br />42.00
<br />Indiana .Lbr. & Mfg. Co.
<br />13.43
<br />Indiana State industries
<br />541.51
<br />Indiana State Industries
<br />36.77
<br />Minnesota Mining & Mfg. Co.
<br />226.00
<br />Minnesota Mining & Mfg. Co.
<br />126.20
<br />The O'Brien Corporation
<br />150.00
<br />South Bend Electric Co.
<br />325.4.9
<br />South Bend Electric
<br />763.64
<br />South Bend Electric Co.,
<br />1365.21
<br />Mr. Bert Cichowicz, Inspector of
<br />Weights
<br />and Measures, appeared before the Board,
<br />asking permission for his attendance
<br />at the National Conference of Weights and
<br />Measures
<br />to be held in Washington, D. C. on May 19, 20,
<br />21 and 22nd. The Board granted
<br />its
<br />permission.
<br />Next appeared before the Board, William Ellis, 124 N. Studebaker Street, chairman
<br />.of the parade committee, for the Knights of Pythias, asking permission of the Board
<br />for a parade to be held on Sunday, July 5th, on Michigan Street and other downtown
<br />'streets in connection with the State Convention of the Knights of Pythias to be held
<br />in South Bend at that time. The Board granted permission, stipulating that no horses
<br />are to' be used in the parade.
<br />Permission was next granted by the Board to the Poppy Committee, American Legion
<br />'Auxiliary, Post 50, to conduct their annual sale of poppies, in the usual manner, on
<br />May 22nd and May 23rd.
<br />Permission was next granted to Mrs. Louis Schlamberg, Chairman of the Poppy Sales
<br />'Committee, Jewish War Veterans Auxiliary, Post 318, to conduct their annual poppy sale,
<br />in the usual manner, on the date of Wednesday, July lst.
<br />Permission was next granted by the Board to the Pioneer Women for their Child
<br />'Rescue Fund, to conduct their Tag Day Flower Sale on Monday, June 22nd.
<br />Next appeared before the Board, Mrs. Edith Gunter, Manager of Red Robin, Inc.,
<br />complaining of the size of the new newsstand in front of their place of business,
<br />specificially of the added size due to the two telephone booths and the excessive
<br />amount of litter which accumulates in front of their store because of the newsstand.
<br />;It was also stated these phone booths become a public nuisance because of their frequent
<br />use at night as urinals. it was suggested the sidewalk on the Washington Avenue side
<br />of the American Trust Company, would be a more suitable location for the newsstand.
<br />'Mention was also made of the interference this stand, in its present location, causes
<br />in the loading and unloading of bus passengers. The Board informed Mrs. Gunter, the
<br />matter will be placed in the hands of the Traffic Engineer for investigation and solution
<br />.of the problem involved.
<br />Sewer plans for Lombardy Drive, Ridgeway, and the intersection of Lombardy Drive
<br />.and Ridgeway, also the sewer plan for the Colpaert Realty Company's office building at
<br />Lombardy Drive and Western Avenue, were examined and approved by the Board.
<br />IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION CONFIRMED
<br />RESOLUTION NO. 2749 - 1953
<br />For the improvement of MISHAWAKA AVENUE (NORTH SIDE) under Improvement Resolution
<br />No. 2749 - 1953, adopted April 13, 1953, from the east line of Twyckenham Drive to the
<br />west line of Greenlawn Avenue by constructing a Class 110 Type 4A Pavement.
<br />After hearing all persons interested who appeared and being fully advised on the
<br />premises and the Clerk of the Board having shown proofs of publication of the notices
<br />to property owners and the same having been found sufficient, the Board decides that
<br />,the benefits to the property liable to be assessed for said improvement are equal to
<br />:the estimated cost of the same as reported by the City Civil Engineer, therefore
<br />BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of South Bend,
<br />Indiana, that Improvement Resolution No. 2749, 1953, duly passed by this Board on April
<br />13, 1953, for the above improvement, be and the same is hereby in all things confirmed,
<br />,and the improvement is hereby ordered to be made.
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