08/02/1937 Board of Public Works Minutes

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315 2.- 1937 • • 0 Regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held Monday, August 2, 1937, at 11:00 A. M. Mr. Anderson was absent. Minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. Claims, from the following suppliers, in the amount of $1,832.63 were approved and ordered paid. Indiana Bell Telephone Company .30 Willette Service Station $11.39 Indiana Bell Telephone Company .65 Willette Service Station 3.45 Geo. Wyman & Company 43.58 Willette Service Station 10.35 Ellsworth Store .70 Willette. Service Station 88.54 Alexanian Bros. 21.00 National Mill Supply Co. 5.12 General Outdoor Adv. Co., Inc. 1.50 The National Mill Supply Co. 4.75 Schuyler Rose 416.31 Zeltner Hardware 30.05 Business Systems, Inc. .60 William E. Miller, M., D. 20.00 Business Systems, Inc. 6 61 Ind. Paint & Wallpaper Co. 42.04 Weisberger Bros._ 13.35 Socony-Vacuum Oil Co., Inc. 24.17 St. Joseph Agency, Inc. 499.33 Cockrell Tractor Co. 58.65 Hoffman Rubber Works 17.35 Jack Taylor's 14.25 Wire & Disc Wheel Sales & Serv. 35.00 Polks Tire Shop 6.00 South Bend Auto Products 39.19 Austin -Western Road Machinery Co. 4.75 South Bend Auto Products 157.70 White Manufacturing Co. 4.80 South Bend Auto Products 29.89 Wire & Disc Wheel Sales & Service 27.50 South Bend Auto Products 21.46 South Bend Foundry Co. 15.00 Willette Service Station 48.85 Motor Service & Parts, Inc. 1595 William Longenecker, City Sexton, reported his receipts for the month of July amounting to $329.00. This report is on file in the office of the Board of Public Works. "The Indiana Bell Telephone Company presented a petition showing proposed installation of underground conduit in the alley north of Indiana Avenue east of William Street, also in Sycamore Street and East Colfax Avenue, as per blue prints attached. Upon recommendation of Mr. Qualls this petition was granted with the understanding that the Telephone Company make satisfactory arrangements with the Filling Station at the corner of Colfax Avenue and Sycamore Street where concrete runways will have to be broken. The Telephone Company was accordingly notified. I Contractors bond in favor of Vern E. Burbridge and C. A. Jorden Company were approved by the Board. J Continuation certificate in favor of Niesgodski Brothers, covering excavation bond, was approved by the Board. The Board approved excavation bond in favor of the Studebaker Corporation. . % A Resolution signed by the Secretary of the International Union, United Automobile Workers of America, Bendix Local No. 9 and a similar Resolution by a committee of members -of the Street Department of the City of South Bend were present ed to the Board asking that employees be given consideration of advance in salary S for the year 1938. These petitions were considered and ordered placed ohjIfile. i A petition signed by eleven property owners on Portage Avenue requested that the viaduct over the New York Central tracks on Portage Avenue be replaced with a new concrete viaduct. This matter was referred to the New York Central for attention. Petition signed by two hundred ninety-one residents was presented to the Board requesting that the Northern Indiana Railway Company extend the bus service now operating on Portage Avenue to the entrances of Riverview and Highland Cemeterys was referred to the Northern Indiana Railway Company for their consideration, The meeting adjourned at 11:30 A. M. ATTEST: Clerk