05/14/1956 Board of Public Works Minutes

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476 MAY 142 1956 A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works & Safety was held Monday, May 14, 1956 at 10:00 A.M. (DST). All members were present. Claims in the total amount of $139778.99 were approved and order- ed paid for the following suppliers: Arrow Towel Service 17.10 Arrow Towel Service 17.10 i Arrow Towel Service 17.10 Business Systems, Inc. 51.72 ' Business Systems, Inc. .32 Cherry Bros. Sheet Metal 16.25 city Water Works 52.70 City Water Works 8.06 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 11.55 Indiana Bell Telephone 9.41 Ind. & Mich. Elec. Company 491.38 Ind. & Mich. Elec. Co. 12386.65 the McCaffery Company 32.47 The McCaffery Company .50 Moranz, H. L. 24.00 Moranz, H. L. 16.00 Moranz, H. L. 17.50 Portage Oil Company 30.91 The Record 6.05 The Record 6.05 The Record 6.05 Ridge Tool & Supply 1.74 South Bend Tribune 5.63 GENERAL IMPROVEMENT FUND i The Record 13.60 The Record 13.82 South Bend Tribune 13.28 STREET & TRAFFIC FUND • Bearings Service Company 11.92 Edward J. White, Inc. 92.99 Indiana Bell Telephone 50.35 The O'Brien Corp. 185.22 The O'Brien Corporation 56.69 Robert L. Parsons, M.D. 18.00 i St. Joseph's Hospital 13.00 St. Joseph's Hospital 18.00 ! United Rent-Alls 3.50 Weisberger Brothers 41.90 West Side Hardware 20.48 The bids for Improvement Resolution #2831 for the of Twenty -Ninth Street paving were reviewed and; the contract was awarded to A. E. Anderson. I A letter was received from the City Plan Commission recommending the vacation of an alley connect- ed with Johnson Street and it was referred to the Engineering Department for further investigantion and report. A letter was received from the City Plan Commission recommending the vacation of a north -south alley between Lots 97 and 98 in Lincoln Manor Addition from the south right of way of Bonds Avenue south to the north line of the east -west alley of said lots, said alley lying south of Bonds Avenue between Meade Street and Eclipse Place and it was referred to the City Engineering Department for further investi gation and report. On delivery of the deed with reference to the real estate owned by the Indiana & Michigan Electric Company in connection with the Sewage Treatment Plant, the Controller is hereby directed to pay to the Indiana & Michigan Electric Company the sum.of $1000. contractor's bonds in the sum of $1000 were approved for Arthur B. Strasser and Hilton Construc- tion Company. Excavation bonds were approved for James A. Currie and Hilton Construction Company. The bond of the Indiana Bell Telephone Company with the City of South Bend, Indiana was approved and accepted by the Board. Mr. Virgil D. Woodworth, Chaplain representing the V.f. W. requested permission to hold their an- nual poppq day sale on May 18 and May 19, 1956. Permission granted, same being to all post of the V.F.W. The Avalon Grotto requested permission to hold a house to house paper drive for the benefit of • the Crippled Children s Hospital on May 19, 1956. Permission granted. Stop Signs were installed at the following locations: Dubail,.both sides, at Brookfield street. Dubail, both sides, at Nash street. Dubail, both sides, at Walnut Street. A petition was received asking for the vacation of an alley extending from North Chicago Street East to North Illinois Street. Referred to the City Planning Commission for investigation and recommend- ation. VACATION RESOLUTION NO. 2832 i R. S. Andrysiak, City Engineer, filed primary assessment roll showing the awards of damages and the assessment of benefits in the matter of the vacation of the ALLEY WEST OF OLIVE STREET FROM LINCOLN- WAY WEST, SOUTH TO THE NORTH LINE OF THE ALLEY SOUTH OF LINCOLNWAY WEST under Resolution No. 2832. In the above named assessment roll, the Board hereby orders that it will meet in the City Hall at 10:00 A.M. (DST) on the llth day of June, 1956 for the purpose of hearing and receiving remonstrances from all persons interested in or affected by said vacation and the Board further orders that notice of said hearing, together with the amount of damages awarded and benefits assessed be addressed to the prop- erty owners by publishing same on the 18th day of May, 25th day of May and the 1st day of June, 1956, in the South Bend Tribune and The Record. The following property may be injuriously or beneficially affected by -such vacation: Lot numbered 1 in Kaley's Lincoln Highway Addition and all property East of said alley from Lincolnway West to Bonds Avenue owned by Epworth Memorial Methodist Church.