08/03/1953 Board of Public Works Minutes

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51 C7 • • • 0 The Board approved the installation of S-T-O-P signs on Fellows Street at South Street, making this intersection a 4-way stop. A petition to vacate Oak Park Drive, from White Oak Drive to Twyckenham Drive, bearing date of July 27, 1953 was examined and referred to the City Plan Commission for their recommendation. A report of defective and dangerous condition of the sidewalk in the 100 block West Colfax Avenue, at the alleyway entrance between the Colfax Hotel and the taxi office.*, was next considered by the Board, and it was deemed advisable to first notify the property owner involved, verbally, by Police Officer, that the Board of Public Works and Safety expects them to maintain this sidewalk in a safe condition, and requests that its repair be given early attention. The Board approved claim of Office Engineers, Inc., covering their Invoice #14161, dated July 30, 1953, and the City of South Bend, thereby assumes one-half of the cost of moving and installing safe -file purchased for the office of the Inspector of Weights and Measures. Application for parking lot license filed with the Board by Donald Cormican, operator of Don's Sinclair Service, 406 W. LaSalle Avenue, was examined by the Board ;;and referred to -the office of the City Controller. ;I 3i. The Board examined and ordered filed, change of price schedule, dated July 31,19531 'submitted by South Bend Parking Co., Inc. A petition, dated August 3, 1953, to irprove,by paving with concrete, alley between !'Portage and Ashland Avenues, from Leland Avenue to Portage Court, was examined and 11referred to the City Engineer for investigation and report. '! Excavatorts Bonds, each in the sum of1,000.00, were examined and approved by the Board, for the -following firms: Reed Construction Company, Inc. j Riggs L, Sons Plumbing 8-, Heating Co. George E. Sibley Company. �i Contractor's Bond, in the sum of 11,000.00, binding Ernest J. Barany, as principal, .*;and Trinity Universal Insurance Company as sureties, was examined and approved by the .*Board. No bids were received for the removal of steel rails and ties from the pavement at the intersection of Westmoor and Bendix Drive August 3rd as per legal advertisement in the South Bend Tribune and Tri County News. There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting adjourned at 11:45 A .1J. Attest: