01/21/57 Board of Public Works Minutes

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5502 There being no further business to come before the E ATTES-, . ANTHONY,, S r , CLERK January 28, 1957 M. (CST). A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held on Monday, January 28, 1957 at 10:00 A.M.(CST). All members were present. Minutes of the previous regular meeting were read and approved. Claims in the!! total amount of $12,395.76 were approved and ordered paid to the following suppliers: Business Systems, Inc. 41.30 Elwyn Fiehold 3.00 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 308.70 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 12.27 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 21.05 Indiana & Michigan Electric .72 Indiana & Michigan Electric Co. 256.00 ,_Verner L. Lane 6.00 McClave Printing Company 12.50 Record 6.50 Record 6.70 Robert J. Schultz 3.00 Smogor LumberComgany 121.75 South Bend Tribune 6.48 South Bend Tribune 6.05 W. J. Stogdill, M.D. 8.00 South Bend Window Cleaning 53.50 West Side Hardware 33.25 Weisberger Bros. 22.90 PARKING METER FUND W. J. Huston 16.50 International Salt Company 170.20 International Salt Company 2,930.40 International Salt Company 4,469.60 SEWER FUND Sinclair Refining Company 203.58 SANITATION DEPT. Robert J. Bryan, M.D. 6.00 Memorial Hospital 6.00 Carl J. Rudoply, M.D. 16.00 Sinclair Refining Company 1,908.90 STREET & TRAFFIC FUND Continental Oil Company 949.91 R. A. Gaffney, M.D. 140.00 John F. Helmer, M.D. 5.00 Hoffman Brothers 92.65 Indiana & Michigan Electric 197.60 Memorial Hospital 3.00 O'Brien Corp. 38.84 Roots Connersville 240.00 St. Joseph's Hospital 11.00 Smogor Lumber Company 15.10 West Side Hardware 2.03 Weisberger Brothers 36.05 Wyman's 8.54 The request of the Indiana Bell Telephone Company with reference to placing a public telephone booth in front of their building having been given due consideration by the Board is now denied. The South Bend Tribune requests permission to occupy an area on Lafayette Street adjacent to their build -;I ing during such time when said company installs new pressers in their building. Traffic Engineer, Ernest H. Miller, is hereby authorized to make necessary arrangements and report on his findings as to his recom=! mendation. i Traffic signs were installed at the following locations: 1 hour time limit parking in front of 319 East Wayne Street, Stop signs on Donald Street at Morris Street; No Parking This Side signs installed on east' side of Walnut Street between Colfax and Linden Avenues. VACATION RESOLUTION NO. 2845, 1956 This being the date set, hearing was held on the Resolution heretofore adopted by the Board of Public Worki and Safety for the vacation of A PORTION OF THE NORTH AND SOUTH ALLEY LYING BETWEEN CHAPIN AND PINE ST:REETiI AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: Beginning at the NW corner of Lot 14, Erastus Perkins' 2nd Sub -Division of part of Bank Out Lot 76, South Bend, Indiana; thence south along the east line of the first alley west of Chapin Street 66.04 feet to the north- erly line of the New York Central Railroad Right-of-way; thence westerly 9.9 feet to the west line of the north and south alley; thence north along the west line of said alley 66.04 feet, more or less, to a point west of the NW corner of said Lot 14; thence east 9.9 feet to place of beginning. under Vacation Resolution no. 2845, 1956. The Clerk of the Board having shown sufficient proofs of publication and no remonstrators having appeared before the Board and no written remonstrances having been filed with the Clerk, it was moved, seconded and', unanimously carried that the said Resolution be finallly adopted and said alley be vacated. The Engineering Department is hereby directed to prepare an assessment roll covering the assessment of ben - fits and the award of damages to the surrounding properties. R. S. Andrysiak, City Engineer, filed primary assessment roll showing the awards of damages and assessment • • • 0 "A •