06/19/1933 Board of Public Works Minutes

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T.;ondav June 19th. 1933 > > (continued). the elements of the oil. I hove tried to Fet tr e Street Department end P`,rk Depe rtme nt for several veer s bF..ck t o give a ttent i on t o th is b roken strip w it>' (alt an.7T re suits erid pe t it i on.s have been f_!-led by t;re neip!-,bons t_tl-;out results. I h:.ve aler.;aj%s felt it could be done if there 7a8 an7T desire beck of it by those In authority. Seei.np this proposel in the ^per has p rorrpted me to T,;ri_te t'-_,i_ s letter , thinking it miFht be d one now a t e very small expense end 7oulC c)e an -ccomodation to thousands of people vrsinF tllc-t avenue. It m 77r be that i s'raou16 have trrr .teen to either the street or park department btzt I e.rrr he ndi nr it to you as the Official head of the City a rr] if it should Fo to One of these epartm.ents, I will be obliged if you 1;=ri_il rive the cornaTniunicati_on to the proper persons. With best vishes a_nd pe rsonc1 regards, I , Liespe c tfully, Dan Pyle. ,lerk of the T=o rc_ instructed to Eiwe ebo ve- com- unicati on to the Park Depart- ment for consideration. -`he ru tter of the hours f or the telephone op erators Tas taken up e.nc it was decided bTT the oard , th at rue to the fact that the traffic desk on the m 4 n floor of the City Tall closes at 8 o'clock in the evening, the s7itch roard could be closed at that hour also except on such, nif-hts as the Council r�:eting or other scheduled meet- ings in the building. Clerk ad" t he oe. rd instructec t o advi.s e tl e Telephone Company to cha.nUe the listing in the err Telephone directory from 8-30 P. T::. l iF,-t s and Sundays to 8 P. T:l., in order the tll e public rrry be informed as to he,, -,to _reach the r..ui_l.ding after hours incases of emergency. Clerl� of the 11 oard. instructed to notifTT r. Culver, parking lot attender;t, that his services �, otz� cease JulTT lct. , 1933. Cler'.- of the Joaro also instructed to order the Str:-:et Department to berri(iade all entries to said. perkinU lot on July lst., to prohibit the use of sc.id lot duri.nF the remainder of the lease on said Around. The folla.,.inF communicetion from the trrerican Lepion eras ordered read and incorporated in t:b.e minutes of the r;,eetinp and places on file: June 11, 1933 - oe- rd of tV o r!<:s City Fall, South Bend , Indiana . Deer Sirs: Voiture 249 of the r'orty end eight of the-_merice-n Lecion wishes to express its sincere appreciation of your courtesy an6 kindness during the stapinF of our arnlua.l Spring. i''estival. TTihout your heerty cooper:-tion it r;ould have been impossible to' ' hole this event by trh ich Funds are raised to d efray the expenses of our Ki d.di es Christmas Party held. each year for the children of ex -service ran. If a t a ny ti r� this orr^nization can the o f any help to the cit y, i t v.. ill be a -pleasure to do so. Sincerely, J. W. rreyerniuth, Correspondent." Carl T-eL=ann, Chef de Care Councilman John C . Miss app Bred before the Poard in the me tier of the sewer outlet on Sorin Street at the river. T:=r. lTiss advised th.e oard that at this point, the outlet is above the Z--,ater level and a el-e6 that steps ',e taken to lower sane at this loceti on. City Engineer, _V. S. Loore, rras instructed by tl,e Dloerd to rr.-ke an investigation of tin o rr-tier and re-;�6rt sare to the toerd at t-_e next .reekly meetinE,. • 0 U