07/01/57 Board of Public Works Minutes (2)

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E July 1, 1957 A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held on Monday, July 1, 1957 at 10:00 A.M. (DST). All members were present. Minutes of the previous regular meeting were read and approved. Claims in the total amount of $10,349.79 were approved and ordered paid to the following suppliers: ;;Business Systems, Inc. jIndiana & Michigan Electric Co. R. L. Polk Company • I1Record South Bend Tribune Taylor Brothers 0 El • • • 40 SANITATION FUND Huntington Laboratories Memorial Hospital H. H. Slominski STREET & TRAFFIC FUND 19.89 Englewood Electrical Supply 241.60 Indiana & Michigan Electric 40.00 Record 7.13 South Bend Floral Co. 6.70 South Bend Tribune 30.00 118.45 Leach Company 12.00 H. H. Slominski 3.00 Acme Steel Company 26.40 American Dist. Company j;Belleville Lumber Company 22.98 Dr. Leslie Bognar I!Braham Laboratories 61.50 Business Systems, Inc. 14illiam H. Clark 4.00 Continental Oil Company I'Deeds Equipment Company 3,970.00 Deeds Equipment Co. jGeneral Equipment & Machine Co. 2.33 Hurwich Iron Company :Hurwich Iron Works 7.97 Indiana Equipment Co. 'Inlander Steindler Paper Co. 10.75 Indiana E. E. Lee Company :McClave Print Shop 26.50 Memorial Hospital Memorial Hospital 3.00 St. Joseph's Hospital :Schilling's 4.77 Sheehan Tire Service St. Joseph's Hospital 3.00 St. Joseph's Hospital St. Joseph's Hospital 11.25 H. H. Slominski H. H. Slominski, M.C. 11.00 Curl's Drug Store 37.35 .96 6.50 25.00 5, 83 27.55 3.00 1.25 192.50 8.10 1044.17 31070.00 20.20 45.11 10.56 171.95 4.00 109.30 3.00 11.00 8.69 '.A letter is hereby directed to Clyde Williams & Associates approving their proposal to make preliminary ;,engineering study and report upon the sewer requirements_ in Wooded Estates. A letter is directed to Mr. David Gitlitz, Sinai Synagogue, reporting that repairing of the lawn on said ;property is now being taken care of by Chas. W. Cole & Son.. ;!Contract Supplement No. 1 (Change Order No. 1) of Indiana Avenue Contract No. 2 under 1956 General Street !'Improvement Program is hereby approved by the Board. Upon approval and recommendation of the Building and Traffic Engieering Departments, the request of the I. and M. Electric Company to install 2 signs, one on either side of their garage entrance at 401 East LaSalle' Street, is now approved by the Board this lst day of July, 1957. Contractor's bonds were approved for Harry Stanifer, Herron Murray, Gervase S. Thompson, H. G. Christman Construction Company, Edward Burton, Hilton Construction Company, Wendell Newman, and Carl H. McClellan. Bond is the amount of $1,000.00 is approved for any and all work completed in connection with the Streets in the City of South Bend for the Indiana Bell Telephone Company. A petition was received from several property owners on Elwood Avenue asking for the improvement of Elwood Avenue from Johnson Street to Olive Street by the construction of Stop sign and posted speed sign. Petition referred to Traffic Engineering Department for investigation and report. Ham the Wrecker submitted an application of permit to occupy 4 feet of Michigan Street along the front of 118 N. Michigan Street from date to July 25, 1957 during the wrecking of building for South Bend Parking Company. Approved by the Board. Traffic signs were installed at the following locations: Yield Right of Way signs on Brookton, both sides, at Alpine Street Stop Signs on Oak Ridge, both sides, at Oak Park Drive A petition was received from several property owners and residents in the immediate vicinity of St. Joseph Hospital requesting the City of South Bend of order St. Joseph Hospital, located at 401 N. Notre Dame Ave. to make some adjustments in the firing of their furnace to control the smell of coal gas, soot, and corrod- ing elements. Petition referred to City Engineering for investigation. At the June 24, 1957 regular meeting of the Council the following matter was referred to the Board for actin Councilman Hahn made a motion, seconded by Councilman Muszynski, that an ivestigation be made of the Gafill', Okl Company Station at the corner of South Bend Avenue and St. Louis Blvd. Councilman Hahn stated that the corner is a disgrace, and the matter referred to various departments for investigation and report. Also, Couniilman Muszynski, Lade a motion that the Board of Public Works and Safety instruct the Police Depart- ment to enforce the Resolution which the Council adopted relative to intra-city truck traffic on Olive Street. Councilman Carr seconded themotion. Matter taken under advisement.