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<br />May 18, 1953
<br />A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held Monday, May 18, 1953, at
<br />10:00 A. M. All members were present. Minutes of the previous meeting were read and
<br />approved. Claims of the following suppliers, in the amount of $9467.960 were approved
<br />and ordered paid:
<br />Arrow Towel & Linen Service $2.00 Arrow Towel & Linen Service $15.10
<br />Cortier Service 58.36 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 19.25
<br />Indiana & Michigan Electric Co. 400.09 Indiana Lumber & Mfg. Co. 11.20
<br />J. W. Werntz & Son, Inc. 23.03
<br />PARKING METER DEPARTTd1ENT: SEWAGE DISPOSAL:
<br />M. H. Rhodes, Inc. $4370.00 Consoer Townsend & Associates 91.79
<br />Thomas D. Nolan, Contractor 4.010.73
<br />STREET & TRAFFIC:
<br />South Bend Electric Co. 455.07 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 11.24
<br />First appeared before the Board, Marvin R. Wallace, chairman of the Poppy Sales
<br />Committee, Veterans of Foreign Wars, requesting permit be issued to the V.F.W. to
<br />conduct their annual "Poppy Day" on _Friday and Saturday, May 22nd and May 23rd, in
<br />conjunction with the American Legion, in the customary manner. Permission was granted
<br />i! and the Clerk directed to provide confirming written permit.
<br />A letter addressed to the Mayor, and referred by the Mayor to the Board, was
<br />next read, and the Resolution attached thereto, prepared and adopted by..the membership
<br />of Studebaker Local No. 5 (UAW -CIO) was ordered to be included and made a part of the
<br />minutes of this meeting of the Board.
<br />WHEREAS: The members of Studebaker Local #5, UAW -CIO, of whomthe vast
<br />majority are residents and tax payers of St. Joseph County and
<br />of the cities of South Bend and Mishawaka, do hereby recognize
<br />that for the first time since the beginning of World War II, j
<br />the products of our employer are no longer on a restricted
<br />basis, and i
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<br />WHEREAS: Since Studebaker is the largest tax -payer in St. Joseph County
<br />and the largest employer of citizens of St. Joseph County, we
<br />feel that every consideration possible should be given to
<br />their products as far as public owned vehicles are concerned, so:
<br />THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED:
<br />That we instruct the Executive Officers of our Local to contact
<br />public officials of the cities of South Bend, Mishawaka, and
<br />St. Joseph County urging them to purchase the products of our
<br />home town manufacturers before they consider products manu-
<br />factured outside the State of Indiana; and be it
<br />FINALLY RESOLVED: That copies of this resolution be sent to Mayor John
<br />Scott of the city of South Bend, Mayor E. Spencer Walton of
<br />the city of Mishawaka, the following County Commissioners of
<br />St. Joseph County, Mr. VanDewalle, Mr. Sanders and Mr. Hanley,
<br />also to the Press.
<br />ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT:
<br />A drawing, submitted by Wilbur H. Gartner and Associates, of the Plat of
<br />Swanson Park Fifth Addition, was next examined and approved by the Board.
<br />DEDICATION
<br />SWANSON PARK FIFTH ADDITION
<br />WHEREAS, a plat with dedication of streets and utility easements indicated
<br />thereon is now presented to the Board to be known as Swanson Park Fifth Addition,
<br />an addition to South Bend, Indiana and this plat and dedication is filed in the .�
<br />records of the Board of Public Works and Safety, and recorded in Book #/b', Page's
<br />in the Recorderts Office of St. Joseph County.
<br />Now, therefore, be it resolved by the Board of Public Works and Safety of the
<br />. City of South Bend, Indiana, that all public streets and public places dedicated to
<br />the public use in said plat are hereby accepted and approved by said Board for and
<br />on behalf of the City of South Bend, Indiana.
<br />The annexed drawing is a plat of Swanson Park Fifth Addition to the City of
<br />South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana and is a sub -division of the west one-half (2)
<br />of Lot Fifty (50) , Lot Fifty -Six (56) , Lot Sixty-seven ( 67 ) and part of Lot Sixty -Six
<br />(66) in the recorded plat of Jefferson Heights Addition to said City, said tract of
<br />land being more particularly described as follows:
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