12/21/1953 Board of Public Works Minutes

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L _ 106 Sinclair Refining Co. $74.00 St. Joseph Hospital $9.00 Saunders Lumber Co. 2.64 S. S. Saunders Co. 37.35 j Scherman-Schaus Freeman Co. 10.86 Schilling's .90 Schilling's 5.26 St. Joseph Hospital 2.50 Singer General Tire Co. 25.13 Singer General Tire Co. 5.50` Singer General Tire Co. 213.61 ouch Bend Supply Co 23.96 South Bend Supply Co. 3.03 South Bend Supply Co. .92 ;1 South Bend Supply Co. 18 South Bend Supply Co. 2.19 Standard Automotive Supply Co. 138.45 Standard Automotive Supply Co. 7.90 Standard Automotive Supply Co. 139.76 C. A. Schrader 8.60• i) •. i John TT. Thompson,P:T.D M.D. 5.00 J. E. �ialz, Inc. 5.00 �� John W. Werntz & Son 4:20 STREET DEPARTMENT: An opportunity for the advantageous purchase of a truck needed by the Street Department was first given the attention of the Board. Authorization was then given by the Board for the release of Purchase Order SD4912, accordingly. Copy of Certificate of Plans and Specifications for the Sewage Treatment Plant, I } bearing the seal of Professional Engineer, J. R. Swanton, under date of December 17, �1953, was examined and ordered placed on file. �1 it TRAFFIC DEPARTP,ENT: �i Traffic Engineer, E. H. Miller, being present, brought to the attention of the j jBoard, a blueprint showing proposed alterations to be made by the H. G. Christman. " Construction Company to the loading dock of the Radio Equipment Company. The Board i examined the blueprint and tentatively approved the proposed alterations. i It now being 11:00 ofclock, the time set in the legal advertising for the opening " of the bids to provide new trucks required by the Street Department, it was so announced, and the results were as follows: ' SC BERMAN -SC HAUS -FREE MAN CO. A iron -Collusion Affidavit and SOUTH BEND INDIANA Certified Check'in the amount { ' of '?818.00 accompanied the bid.. l 1 - 1953 Studebaker 2-Ton Truck equipped as i per specifications ...................... $3546.36 Less Tax Exemption.... 159.11 i 3s ! Less Discount ..................... 5o8•oo i 'Nith trade in of Nos. 5 and 15 on qne unit, net difference 2629.16 1 With trade in of all four units on two units, net difference 5300.00 i, I! ! With trade in of four units on ! three new units, net difference 8175.00. I 1 li THE ROPJY HAPEMES CORPORATION? A Certified Check for $596.43 � SOUTH BEND, INDIANA accompanied the bid: �I 2 - Ford F600 - 130" M ael Base 8 cylinder equipped as per specifications in I proposal.............................03675.95 $7351.90 Less Trade In Allowance on Y units 1387.58 I 7767• 3 ii ' Examination of this bid revealed failure to properly execute the -required non -collusion affidavit, and this bid was thereupon -rejected. ! f The Board together with. Streeet Commissioner, H. M. Tomlinson, rechecked the i jitemiz-ed equipment to be supplied with the trucks, in accordance with the proposal of Scherman-Sch.aus-Freeman Company and this listing being found sufficient and in .order, the Board accepted this bid and signed the contract. I Excavation Bonds, each in the sum of '1,000.00, binding Arthur IN. Deppert, as i princ i.pa:l , and The Western Casualty & Surety Company, as sureties; and Anthony Swiatot^ry ;anal George W. Schwind, d/b/a United Heating & Plumbing Company, as principal and The :Fidelity and Casualty Compan; of New York, as sureties, respectively, were examined land approved by the Board. The Street Commissioner discussed with the Board a continuation of complaints ;'concerning an inlet at 1848 E. Campeau Street. In view of the fact that no serious "bu.-Lap" is caused by this inlet, and the very considerable expense that would be involve) in re -locating same, the consensus of opinion of the Board was that the Commissioner should continue to ignore these complaints.