06/14/1954 Board of Public Works Minutes

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180 ly June 14, 1954 I A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held Monday, June 14, 1954, at 10:00 A. M. All members were present. Minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. Claims of the following suppliers, in the total amount of $13,8%.07, were approved and ordered paid: Artcraft Printers $13.75 Arrow Towel & Linen Service $17.10 B & B Rug Upholstery Cleaners 14.00 Gafill Oil Co. 21.79 John W. Gorney 5.00 Hague's Floor Covering 465.17 • Koontz -Wagner Electric Co. 19.31 Koontz-1,11agner Electric Co. 11.19 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 13.80 Indiana Bell Telephone Go. 9,.41 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 9.60 Indiana & Michigan Electric Co.11,589.60 i Indiana & Michigan Electric Co. 213.88 Indiana. & Michigan Electric Co. 399.38 Inlander-Steindler Paper Co. 5.85 McKinney Iron & Welding Co. 5.00 South Bend Electric Co. 150.00 South Bend Floral Co. 23.00 Vaughn's Seed Co. 183.15 Weisberger Bros. 8.63 Geo. Wyman & Co. .85 J. W. Werntz & Son 55.91 Williams the Florist 12.50 f i PARKING ME TER : Norwalk Truck Line 2.93 • STREET & TRAFFIC: Kuert Concrete, Inc. 30.75 The OtBrien Corporation 176.40 South Bend Electric Co. 282.04 South.Bend Electric Co. 39.25 South Bend Electric Co. 15.63 Scherman-Schaus Freeman Co. 23.72 Scherman-Schaus Freeman Co. 35.48 I The Board first examined the request of the St. Paults Evangelical Lutheran Church for the barricading of Van Buren Street from Harrison Avenue to first alley west, from 9:30 A. M. to 12:00 noon each day, except Saturday and Sunday, for a period of two weeks l to accommodate their Daily Vacation Bible School program, which is hampered this year f because of construction activities in the immediate area. The Board referred the matter to Traffic Engineer, E. H. Miller, for his prompt attention and decision. Sexton Clifton Engle then appeared before the Board and explained his urgent need for a flat -bodied trailer, and presented illustration, specifications and price F.O.B. j Springfield, Ohio. In view of the urgency for the equipment the fact that the equip- ment described meets in every way with the City Cemetery's needs and funds being found to be available, the Board authorized its purchase and directed the Clerk to proceed accordingly. I The Board next gave consideration to the matter of $77,500.00 owing the Federal Government, in accord with letter received from the Housing and Home Finance Agency regional representative at Chicago, under date of June 7th and directed the Clerk to provide that agency with the required forms for the filing of their claim. Ij � Complaint was next considered concerning the dumping of refuse junk upon the bank (and in Bowman Creek by a local salvage firm. The Board directed the Clerk to notify the ;firm committing this offense to desist immediately, and to proceed to remove this rubbis �I without delay. I Complaint concerning dust conditions, in the vicinity of the McNamara Freight Lines truck parking area, caused by the unpaved condition of this area, was next given con- sideration. The Board directed the Clerk to notify this motor freight firm to oil treat i or pave with asphalt this truck parking area without further delay, to abate this dust nuisance. j' SANITATION DEPARTMENT: : ' Street Commissioner, H. T. Tomlinson, being present, and having jurisdiction over the Sanitation Department, brought to the Board's attention, the fact that no approp- riation for medical expense in connection with injuries incurred on duty by the persorLnel of the Sanitation Department had been set up in the current budget. The Board took the matter under advisement and directed that a sufficient fund be included for this item in the 1955 budget. The QUIT -CLAIM DEED to a parcel of land, described below conveying this property to the City of South Bend, was examined and referred to the City Engineer for his inspection and advice - S*oK CAI Ph`e.IAS' A strip or parcel of land eight (81) feet in width, North and South, taken off of and from the entire North side of Lot Numbered Three Hundred Light Seven ( 387 ) Pilhitcomb & Keller ts Beverly Heights Tenth Addition -to the City of South Bend. The real estate herein conveyed is to be known as a Passage Way and is to be used for pedestrian traffic only to and from St. Joseph Street to James Monroe School Play Ground. STREET DEPARTMENT: • • • C. Street Commissioner, H. M. Tomlinson, being present, took up with the Board the • considerable expense incurred by the Street Department for materials used in the re- pair of streets, sidewalks and curbing, due to damage and necessary cuts currently