1i St, Joseph's Hospital 43.00 C. A. Schrader23.08 j
<br />Simon Brothers, Inc. 342.00 Simon Brothers, Inc. 342.00 i
<br />Simon Brothers, Inc. 513.00 Simon Brothers, Inc. 342,00 I
<br />Simon Brothers, Inc. 342.00 Simon Brothers, Inc. 342.00
<br />Singer General Tire, Inc. 33.65 Singer General Tire, Inc. 39.45
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<br />164.94 Singer General Tire Inc. i,
<br />Singer General Tire, Inc. g , 270.76
<br />Singer General Tire, Inc. 117.21 Singer General Tire, Inc. 56.80
<br />Singer General Tire, Inc. 43.90 Singer General Tire, Inc. 130.20
<br />Harry H. Slominski, M.D. 18.00 C. D. Smelser Co. 54.92
<br />W. M. Smith, M.D. 8.00 Wire & Disc Wheel Sales & Service 6.00
<br />First appeared before the Board Mr. Russell E. Perkey, requesting the permission of the Board to !'
<br />conduct a parade Saturday, June 27th, under the auspices of Antique Car-oimers of the Midwest Area.;
<br />:-oarade to form on Tutt Street, proceed north on Michigan Street to LaSalle Avenue, thence south on Main
<br />Street to Western Avenue, and west on Western Avenue to the Studebaker Proving Ground. Permission ?j
<br />was granted. Mr. Perkey was referred to Chief of Police Gillen in the matter of providing the parade
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<br />A representative group of the local truck transport operators next presented to the Board a
<br />petition for the rerouting of trucks to Chapin Street in lieu of William Street, the principal objection
<br />to William Street being the low viaduct at the railroad, and low -hanging limbs on the trees of.this
<br />j; residential street, whereas the Chapin Street viaduct has more clearance and the street is mainly
<br />commercial. The Board took the matter under advisement for a period of two weeks to enable the Traffic
<br />Engineer to make a.proper study of the situation and report his recommendations. The group also called
<br />to the attention of the Board, the deteriorated and impassable condition of Sample Street.
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<br />Next appeared before the Board, Miss Virginia Kalebic, 2111 Kenwood Avenue, Mrs. B. Prentkowski,
<br />1647 N. Huey Street and Mrs. M. Co 609 W. Oth Street Pishawaka reporting to the Board damage i
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<br />and injuries received in accident caused by hitting an improperly installed manhole, protruding approx- i
<br />i imately eight inches above the grade of the street, by Miss Kalebic's automobile. j
<br />The Board was satisfied from the testimony offered that the responsibility lay with the contractor,
<br />and upon examining contractor's bond, directed the Clerk to notify the Hamilton Body Shop to proceed
<br />with the repair of the Kalebic car, in accordance with their estimate presented to the Board by Miss
<br />Kalebic, and informed Mrs. Prentkowski that the hospital, X4Ray and other medical bills connected with
<br />this accident, involving her child and a child of Mrs. Betty Harmon of 122 E. Keasey Street, would be j
<br />' subject to settlement under the bond provided by the contractor. yh
<br />Mr. John Zriny- appeared eared. before the Board with complaints. The violation of parking regulations jl
<br />!by Studebaker employees in the neighborhood of the Studebaker plant, and the parking situation on Ford, Ij
<br />41 Orchard and Dunham Streets, 'immediately west from Chapin Street, both being matterp under the juris-
<br />diction of the Traffic Engineer, Mr. Zrinyi was referred by the Board to that office.
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<br />IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION NO. 2753 - 1953 AWARDING CONTRACT i
<br />j, Engineer's Report, submitted by Wilbur H. Gartner & Associates, having been received and examined i
<br />j by the Board, in the matter of bids for the improvement of NORTH ILLINOIS STREET from the south line of
<br />Washington Street to the south line of Linden Avenue in accordance with Improvement Resolution No. 2753,
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<br />passed by this Board on April 13, 1953 and confirmed by this Board on May 18, 1953, therefore, Be It
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<br />Resolved, that the Preliminary Order is,hereby, in all,things confirmed and said street ordered paved it
<br />with a Class "C" - Type 1 Pavement, and the bid was awarded to Rieth-Riley Construction Company as iI
<br />they submitted the lowest and best bid for Class "C" - Type 1 Pavement for the sum of $17,688.70, AND ij
<br />In the matter of bids for the improvement of MISHATnrAKA-AVENUE (NORTH SIDE) from the east line of �I
<br />Twyckenham Drive to the west line of Greenlawn Avenue in accordance with Improvement Resolution No. 2749
<br />passed by this Board on April 13, 1953, and confirmed by this Board on May 18, 1953, the bid was awarded j
<br />to Rieth-Riley Construction Company as they submitted the lowest and best bid for Class "C" - Type 4A
<br />Pavement for the sum of $12,146.90, AND i!
<br />In the matter of the bids for the improvement of SOUTH CHICAGO STREET from the north line of
<br />Western Avenue to the south line of Washington Street in accordance with Improvement -Resolution No.2750,
<br />i 1953, and confirmed by this Board on May 18, 1953, the bid was awarded to Reed Construction Company.,
<br />Mishawaka, Indiana, as they submitted the lowest and best bid for Class "C" - Type 1, Pavement, for
<br />the sum of $19,920.20., AND
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<br />In the matter of the bids for the improvement of NORTH CHICAGO STREET from the South line of +
<br />.' Washington Street to the south line of Linden Avenue in accordance with Improvement Resolution No. 2752,
<br />j' 1953, and confirmed by this Board on May 18, 1953, the bid was awarded to,the Reed Construction Company.,
<br />ij Mishawaka, Indiana, for the sum of $19,872.80.
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<br />Quotations received from Niles Excavating Company on the two sewer jobs (200 block S. Kenmore and
<br />2200 block Kemble Avenue), and -for installation of a concrete manhole, at.the intersection of Madison I
<br />jl and Sommers Streets, were examined, found to be satisfactory, and the Clerk was directed to notify this
<br />firm to proceed with the work immediately.
<br />Copies of Board of Zoning Appeals Decision No. 240-A were supplied to, the Board and the Clerk
<br />i' directed. td provide the Street Commissioner with one copy and place one copy in the files of the Board
<br />of Public Works.
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