09/21/1953 Board of Public Works Minutes

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N September 21, 1953 A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held Monday, September 21, 1953, I at 10:00 A. M. All members were present. Minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. Salary claims in the amount of $25,395.15 were approved. Claims of the following suppliers in the amount of $7381.79 were approved and ordered paid: Belleville Lumber & Supply Co. City Water Works Knapp Seeds & Hardware Koontz Engineering & Electric Co. Indiana Bell Telephone Co. Indiana & Michigan Electric Co. I� Office Engineers, Inc. Super Sales Co. Taylor Bros. DOG POUND: Belleville Lumber & Supply Co. Levy -Ward Grocer Co. �t SEWER DEPARTMENT: Gafill Oil Co. South Bend Foundry Co. SEWAGE DISPOSAL: Wm. S. Moore STREET & TRAFFIC: 'i American Auto Parts Century Toll & metal Co. Deeds Equipment Co. j Elgin Sweeper Co. The Gibson Co. Hoffman Bros. Auto Electric I Indiana Lumber & Mfg. Co. Kuert Concrete Inc. �I Matz Implement Co. ii G. E. Meyer & Sons, Inc. Miller Marathon Service I Office Engineers, Inc. Office Supply & Equipment Co. Scherman-Schaus Freeman Co. Singer General Tire Co. 11 South Bend Electric Co. J. W. Werntz & Son, Inc. $2.16 Business Systems, Inc. $4.05 8.50 Gafill Oil Co. 41.11 223.20 Knapp Seeds & Hardware 186.80 4.75 Koontz -Wagner Electric Co. 17.59 10.35 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 9.41 •44 Office Engineers, Inca 2.76 2.65 South Bend Window Cleaning Co. 53.50 85.00 Taube Printing Corporation 104.27 84.00 Tri-County News 8.64 39.76 Industrial Towel & Uniform Co. 14.10 126.11 Trojan Tool Equipment Co. 329.24 1491.51 Korte Bros., Inc. 452.40 49.50 CONTRAC TORtS IMPROVEMENT FUND: 50.00 Peterson Printing Corporation 78.00 8.33 Barry Custom Seat Cover Co. 65.50 297.29 Deeds Equipment Co. 984.65 451.00 Edwards Iron Works, Inc. 10.35 63.36 Elgin Sweeper Co. 22.15 38.95 Hamilton Body Shop 25.00 8.78 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 9.19 9.00 Korte Bros., Inc. 33.12 464.84 Lyle Signs, Inc. 124.52 85.25 Ben Medow, Inc. 53.22 31.49 Miller Marathon Service 20.20 77.02 National Brake Service, Inc. 81.71 14.63 Office Supply & Equipment Co. 2.30 10.20 Reid -Holcomb Co., Inc. 34.75 71.76 Singer General Tire Co. 13.00 33.76 Singer General Tire Co. 1500 33.94 South Bend Supply Co. 172.96 69.33 Standard Oil Co. 465.44 First appeared before the Board Chaplain Hamilton of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, asking permission to use gold paint on approximately forty feet of sidewalk in front of the Eagles Hall at 321 N. Michigan Street, in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of their lodge, a four day celebration of which is to take place October 8th to October llth. After discussing the matter from various angles, it was the consensus of opinion that since this was of a strictly civic and fraternal nature, with no commercial aspects, the Board granted its permission. Next appeared before the Board, a representative of the Yellow Cab Company of South Bend, Inc., presenting two petitions; one calling for permission to establish a two -cab stand immediately in front of the Greyhound Bus Terminal, and another calling for six additional taxicab licenses. Both petitions were referred to Traffic Engineer, E. H. Miller, for investigation and report. The Board then examined and gave consideration to the Affidavit for Taxicab Lincense of Cecil L. Crail for the operation of one taxicab for the Courtesy Cab Company. The Board granted its approval. SANITATION DEPARTMENT: Next appeared before the Board, Street Commissioner, H. M. Tomlinson and Foreman of the Sanitation Department, I. W. Gripe, and discussed with the Board the regulation to be adopted for the uniform preparation of the garbage by the householders. The Board then adopted and established the following regulation, and directed the Clerk to have this regulation appear on the back of the tags now in process of being printed for the Department of Sanitation. REGULATION Garbage must be semi -dry, securely wrapped, placed in regulation leakproof cans, not to exceed 25-gallon capacity, and with a tight fitting lid. Considerable discussion was then given to the topic of curb pick-up from premises without access to alleys. It was decided, for the present, to continue the exact pick- up practice, which has been followed by the Dependable Disposal Company in this matter. In the matter of uniforms, the Board made the decision to provide collectors with caps only, at the present time, and directed the Street Commissioner to contact the supplier of caps and uniforms for the Police and Fire Departments, and arrange to secure a satisfactory lower -cost but substantial winter -weight cap in the required quantity j