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335 <br />• <br />0 <br />WNW <br />1] <br />rl <br />SPECIAL MEETING <br />October 11 1955 <br />A special meeting of the Board of Public Works was held Thursday, October 13, 19551 <br />at 10:00 A. M. Mr. J. A. Bickel and Mr. R. S. Andrysiak were present. <br />The meeting was held for the purpose of awarding contracts for the improvement <br />of alley between Michigan Street and Main 'Street, from Madison to Marion Street, by <br />construction of Class 110 Type 1, Cement Concrete Pavement and improvement on Eisenhower <br />Avenue and Crosby Avenue. The Engineers tabulations and recommendations showing bids <br />of McIntyre & Jones, for both improvements, to be the lowest and best bids, contracts <br />were awarded accordingly, and the Board proceeded with the signing of contracts and <br />approved Performance and Maintenance Bonds. <br />There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned. <br />fittest <br />Clerk <br />October 17, 1955 <br />A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held Monday, October 17, 1955, <br />at 10s00 A. M. All members were present. Minutes of the previous meeting were read <br />and approved. Claims of the following suppliers, in the total amount of $20,300.42, <br />were approved and ordered paid: <br />City Water Works <br />Indiana Bell Telephone Co. <br />Indiana Bell Telephone Co. <br />Tri-County News <br />SEWAGE WORKS CONSTRUCTION: <br />City Water Works <br />1954 GENERAL IMPROVEMENT FUND; <br />Chas. W. Cole & Son <br />Chas. W. Cole & Son <br />STREET & TRAFFIC <br />St. Joseph Hospital <br />Indiana Bell Telephone Co. <br />Michiana Products Corp. <br />South Bend Electric Co. <br />$25.46 Gaf ill Oil Co. $39.95 <br />12.68 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 14.85 <br />11.85 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 9.41 <br />5.83 <br />28.27 <br />132.95 Chas. W. Cole & Son 923.01 <br />338.05 Rieth-Riley Construction Co.$18,624.80 <br />3.75 Scherman-Schaus-Freeman Co. 4.64 <br />11.74 Ben Medow 2.31 <br />22.92 Scherman-Schaus-Freeman 9.62 <br />57.33 Granville P. Ziegler, P.M. 21.00 <br />First appeared before the Board Miss Mary Margaret Stevens, representing George <br />Wyman & Company, and was granted permission to use a mobile searchlight for <br />publicity purposes, one evening only; Monday, October 24, 1955 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. <br />Permission was granted, however, with the specific understanding that the equipment <br />must be on the sidewalk, next to the curb, and not in the street. <br />Then appeared before the Board Rev. R. L. Edwards, requesting a motorcycle police <br />escort for a blind -folded "magician" automobile driver, who is to perform a blindfold- <br />driving act in the area of Ford Street and Scenic Drive on Saturday, October 29, 1955, <br />at 9:30 A. M. The stunt is to be �: performed in a period not exceeding one-half hour. <br />!In view of the fact that the activity is connected with a "ten day special effort com- <br />jbatting juvenile delinquency, the Board authorized the requested escort and granted its <br />permission for the performance. <br />The request of Kathleen Leddy for permission to hold a "Block Party" at -the end <br />,of Roosevelt Street, Thursday evening, October 27, 1955, from 6.30 to 10.00 P.M., was <br />next considered and permissioned granted. <br />The Board next examined letter received from the Rieth-Riley Construction Company, <br />agree�kng to accept a tentative award of their bid for the paving of Sample Street, <br />'from Falcon to Kentucky Street, contingent upon funds becoming available, and the work <br />.'to be done next spring. The bid is, therefor, tentatively and contingently awarded to <br />1';Rieth-Riley Construction Company to be confirmed and formally awarded at such time as <br />'funds for the improvement become available. <br />The Board then examined and approved plans for the construction of a canopy for <br />lithe Edward J. White, Inc., new store front at 1011 S. Michigan Street, with the stipu- <br />l=lation that this construction complies with the municipal building code. <br />