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<br />Feferman Motor Sales Corporation is the owner of three -fourths of the entire city block
<br />involved, and the only other individual owning property in the block has given written
<br />consent to the vacating of this section of the alley., the Board agreed to return the
<br />�petition to the City Plan Commission for reconsideration and statement of the reasons
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<br />for objecting to such vacation.
<br />Petition for vacating a section of the first alley west of Ironwood Drive, from
<br />�Altgeld Street north to the first east and west alley, and petition for vacation of
<br />!section of Oak ?ark Drive from White Oak Drive to Twyckenham Drive, each bearing a
<br />116tter from the secretary of the City Plan Commission, dated September 4., 1953, stating
<br />111vacation is not recommended", were examined by the Board and ordered filed.
<br />A petition, bearing forty or more signatures, dated August 2,01 1953, and asking for
<br />'the paving of South Brookfield Street, from Indiana Avenue to Prairie Avenue, was next
<br />iexamined and referred to the City Engineer for investigation and recommendation.
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<br />STREET DEPARTMENT:
<br />Street Commissioner, H. M. Tomlinson, being present, brought to the Board's atten-
<br />11tion the immediate need for the construction of a wash rack for the daily cleaning of
<br />the truck bodies of the Sanitation Department's equipment. The Commissioner stated
<br />this would require an 18 x 20 foot concrete platform and large catch basin. In -view
<br />lof the fact such rack will be a'part of the required equipment, funds for which have
<br />"been made available through recent sale of municipal bonds., the -Board authorized the
<br />ii,Commissioner to proceed with the needed construction in line with plans presented to
<br />11 the Board.
<br />The Street Commissioner then called attention to the need for a shelter or machine
<br />"fished of pre-fab construction to house the two bull -dozers operated by the Sanitation
<br />IDepartment This need also coming under the equipment needs of the Sanitation Depart-
<br />.ment, for ;hich bond sale funds are availables the Board directed the Clerk to advertise
<br />Ii�for bids for the required construction as soon as specifications are available.
<br />• The Street Commissioner informed the Board that the entire 6perating force of the J,
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<br />is,,Dependable Disposal Company will be taken over by the Sanitation Department at the Is
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<br />commencing of operations by this department of municipal garbage pick-up and an addition
<br />i1al five men only will be required to complete the department's personnel.
<br />The Street Commissioner also informed the Board, all arrangements have now been
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<br />.;completed and work will proceed immediately on the Orange Street oiling project.
<br />Mr. Edgar S. Anderson then appeared before the Board in the matter of the proposed
<br />of opinion that this improvement can best
<br />'!Ellsworth Street sewer. It was the consensus
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<br />be financed under the Barrett Law Plan, and further action in this matter is to proceed
<br />accordingly.
<br />CITY CEMETERY:
<br />The sextonts need for an adding machine to replace the small Corona adder now in use,,
<br />is his office was brought to the Board's attention. A suitable machine being available
<br />for $85.00, through a trade-in allowance of $35.00 for the obsolete Corona, and funds
<br />being available for office equipment., the Board directed the Clerk to proceed with the
<br />purchase of the modern machine on the basis of offer now pending.
<br />The request of Mrs. Bert Karpinskil 2718 W. Calvert Street, for permission to use
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<br />for gardening purposes, an adjacent lot known as Lot 25, Richland lst Addition and 35 felt,
<br />of Lot 26., comprising property belonging to the City of South Bond, was granted by the j
<br />Board, for a period of one year.
<br />The Board approved Excavation Bonds, each in the amount of $1,000-00, for Northern
<br />Indiana Public Service Company, and Alex R. Niezgodski, d/b/a Niezgodski Brothers Plumb-'
<br />ing Company.
<br />The Board approved the following Contractorts Bonds, each in the sum of $1,000.00;
<br />Northern Ind. Public Service Co.
<br />Ernest L. Longway
<br />John C. VonBergen
<br />Emanuel C. Heltzel
<br />• Constructioneers, Inc.
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<br />There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned
<br />at 11:40 A. M.
<br />Attests.
<br />Clerk
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