11/09/1953 Board of Public Works Minutes

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2 • • 11 • 0 Next appeared before the Board, Attorney Joseph T. Pawlowski, presenting the peti- tion of George Ashcraft, to sell, transfer'and assign Taxicab License No. 53, granted to him :by the Board, to the United Cab Company of South Bend, Inc. The Board denied the petition under Section 64, Chapter 26 of the Municipal Code. In the matter of claim, submitted by John J. DeGrove, for $25.00 damage to clothing; caused by unmarked freshly painted Bus Stop sign, the Board directed the Clerk to request Mr. DeGrove to submit the clothing for the Boardts inspection, to enable them to decide as to justification of this claim. The Board next examined agreement between the State of Indiana, through the State Highway Department, and the City of South Bend, pertaining to the modernizing of the traffic signal equipment at the following intersections: Michigan(US 31) and North Shore Drive (US 33) Walnut and Western Avenue (SR 2) Lincolnway West (US 20) and Blaine Lincolnway West (US20) and Cushing Street Lincolnway West (US 20) and Williams Street Lincolnway East (US33) and Sample Street Lincolnway East (US 33) and Twyckenham Drive Michigan (US 31) and Calvert Street Michigan (US 31) and Indiana Avenue Michigan (US 31) and Broadway Michigan (US 31) and Sample Street Western (SR 2) and Williams Street Western (SR 2) and Chapin Street This agreement, submitted to the Mayor, by M. C. Pbhlkotte, Director of Traffic, State Highway Department, was, thereupon, duly signed by the Board as authorized officials for the City of South Bend. The Board next approved the installation of S-T-O-P signs at the following locations: Donmoyer Street at Fellows ( making this a 4-way stop). Huey at Humboldt South side of Ford Street just west of Lombardy Drive. Excavator's Bonds, each in the sum of $1,000.00, were examined and approved by the Board, binding John B. Hendricks, Arthur C. Rogers, and their sureties. Contractorts Bonds, each in the sum of $1,000.00, were examined and approved by the Board, binding Kenneth F. Rose, d/b/a Red Rose Builder, The Singer Manufacturing Company,and their sureties. Copy of a letter from the District Engineer of the State Highway Department, Fort Wayne, Indiana, under date of October 29, 1953, governing the issuance of commercial driveway permits, was read and ordered placed on file. There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned'", at 11:10 A. M. Attest: Clerk MW 7"01A . _ f' 3