07/22/1935 Board of Public Works Minutes

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154 MEETING JULY 22, 1935 Regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was hel& at 11:00 A. M., Monday, July 221 1935. All members were present. i Minutes of meeting of July 15th were read and approved. Claims in the amount of $396.94 from the following suppliers were approved and ordered paid, also payroll for the Engineering -Department for the last half of July. Kresge Five and Ten Cent Store $3040 Indiana Paint & Wallpaper Co. $20.58 I C. H. Defrees, Inc. 5.88 Calvin Clauer Company 2.50 Frigid Fluid Company 38.54 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 160.08 1 • F. H. Tigue 61.22 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 27.00 Harry D. Ullery Coal Co., Inc. 3.3 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 3.10 Indiana Lumber & Mfg. Co. 7015 Indiana & Mich. Electric Co. .57 A letter from N. R. Bessel, Liquidating Agent of the Union Trust Company, to the Mayor was read referring to a contract entered into by the City of South Bend on June'17, 1930 with Joseph Scheininger for property located at 200 East LeSalle Street known as municipal parking to-t for the period between August 1, 1930 and July 31', 1933 at a monthly rental of $433.33 and claiming that there is owing on this contract the ! amount of 4,766.63. The Secretary was instructed to check up this lease and claim as to its validity and to report at the next meeting of the Board. The City Attorney stated that if correct an, appropriation should be set up for it. The Secretary reported that Public Liability Insurance on the Street Department fleet would expire on August 2, 1935 and was instructed to secure prices from various Insurance Agents who had not previously participated in the City's business and to report findings at the next meeting. A letter from D. D. Bowsher, requesting consideration of locating a bridge at the foot of Leland Avenue across St. Joseph River, was ordered placed on file. In reference to the claim of Mr. F. H. Tigue for damage to his automobile through carelessness on the part of the Street Department in not raising barricade over a manhole on. 25th Street at the time of grading, Mr. Tigue presented his bill for $61.22 damage which was approved by the Board and ordered paid. Bond of Contractor for $1,000.00 in favor of Thomas L. Hickey in the Great; American Indemnity Company was approved by the Board. �! Hearing on vacation resolution 2482 was postponed until October 21st, 1935. Meeting adjourned at 11:50 A. M. i