02/23/1932 Board of Public Works Minutes

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30® Tuesday, Fehr uer-v- 2 3rd. , 1932. Boardnet in regular session at 10:00 A. M. All members present. Minutes of meeting; held Tuesday, February 16th., 1932, road and approved. The follaaving letter from the Northern Indiana. Railway, Inc. , was received by the Boa rd : NORMM'i INDI-MITA RAILWAY, INC. February 18th . , 1932. Hon. Board of Works, City of South Bend, South Bend, Indiana. Gentlemen: In line vfi t'^. conversation had with your Board. on Tuesday, February 2n., in which permission was a Eked to operate our bus line known as the Linden Street line on Kenwood Avenue between Johnson and Olive Street instead of Lind. en Street. We placed in the Mosses notice that this change would be made effective February 14th. , said notices being placed on Thursday, February 4th. , and on February 14th we started operating on Kenwood Avenue instead cf Linden Street. To date there has been no complaint made by any of the patrons of this line to our knowledge. Therefore, as this bus operation in conducted under the terms of a contract between the Board. of i1crks of the City of South Bend, and the Northern Indiana Railway, Inc.,, the terms of which contract permit yoim Board to grant permission for minor changes in route, we would ask your consent to the change in route above specified. Yours very truly, Geor T R. Green, 1!gr., for Receiver. After careful considei±ation of the above letter, the Board decides to allow the Indiana. Railway, Inc. , to make this change in their route, in view of the fact that no objections to said .change have been made. Clerk of the board instructed to advise said Rorthern Indiana Railway, Inc. , of the Board's approves 1 p-' the chmged route. 101m. F. Qualls, superintendent of the Police a nd Fire alarm station, submitted to the Board a schedule shaving the number and value of lights ordered turned cff. Said schedule shows an annual saving of $9$503.00. The Board approved claims for various departnents in the amount of $46.32. The Board approved pay roll claims for various departments in the amount of 6,672.10. The board approved pay roll claims for track elevation work for Engineer a.nd Clerk in the amount of $433.33 and the Board, hereby, orders City Controller to pay same out of Track Elevation Fund. Meeting adjourned at 12 o'clock noon. Attested: Cl rk cf the hoard 11 • • • •