08/23/1937 Board of Public Works Minutes

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• rt -- --- --- --- --------- - ---- -- MEETING _August 23,_1937 Regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held on Monday, August 23, 1937, at 10:30 A. M. Mr. Woodward was absent. Minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. Claims in the amount of $8,007.37, from the following suppliers, were approved and ordered paid, also payroll of the various departments amounting to $2,244.66. Indiana Bell Telephone Co. $$1.25 Indiana & Minh. Electric Co. $206.88 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 1.55 Indiana & Mich. Electric Co. 7,260.38 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. .65 Burroughs Adding Machine Co. 6.00 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 229.61 J. I. Holcomb Mfg. Co. 67.97 Indiana Bell Telephone'Co. 229.61 McCaffery Company 3.12 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. .35 Mr. Qualls reported that the request for the installation of street light at Irvington and Dale Avenues could not be granted, as he found on his investigation that other lights in the vicinity are sufficient to illuminate this intersection. (Chief Freeh suggested that now would be a good time to repair the boilers at No. 4 and No. 5 Hose Houses. The Board decided to permit the Edwards Iron Works to repair the boiler at No. 5 and the Bock Welding & Boiler Works the boiler at No. 4. This being the date set for postponed hearing of Vacation Resolution No. 2486, the Board decided to rescind this Resolution. A petition for the paving of South Oliver Street, from the intersection of Prairie Avenue and Dubail to Bruce Street, work to be done by W.P.A. labor, was referred to the Street Department. A petition signed by twenty-one property owners, requesting the pavement of alley between Chapin and Catalpa Streets in the 1700 and 1800 block, was referred to the Street Department for attention. Continuation certificate covering bond of Harry D. Perkins Company was approved by the Board. Chester A. Perkins submitted a blue print of Sub -division of lots 303-- 307 in Charles Weidler's 2nd Addition, which was approved by the Board after being approved by the City Planning Commission. A copy was placed on file in the office of the Board of Public Works and a copy furnished the Engineering Department. ✓ Charles W. Cole submitted blue print of Plat of Mary M. Martin's Addition, which was approved by the Board after having been approved by the City Planning Commission. A`copy was placed on file in the office of the Board of Public Works and a copy furnished the Engineering Department. / Mr. R. R. Smith, President of the Motor Bus Company, was present, as well as a delegation of residents in the southwest section of the City, to discuss the matter brought up at the last meeting of extending the route of the Rum Village Bus Line. Mr. Smith submitted a proposal to extend the line as far as Nash Street and, after a discussion, this was adopted. Upon recommendation of Frederick J. Anderson, City Civil Engineer, the following Vacation Resolution was approved, being Vacation Resolution No. 2489: COPY OF VACATION RESOLUTION NO. 2489 RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA: That it is desirable to vacate the following: A portion off of the South side of WESTERN AVENUE from the west line of Cherry Street projected south, to Kosciuszko Street, more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point on the north line of lot 1 in M. Harris subdivision of the north part of B.O.L. 97, where the west.line of Cherry Street produced south intersects said north line of lot 1, thence in a northwesterly direction along a curve to the right having a radius of 1533.13 feet a distance of 222.9 feet to a point of reverse curve, thence in a northwesterly direction along a curve to the left having a radius of 1528.21 feet a distance of 211.53 feet to the northwest corner of lot 1 in Studebaker subdivision of lot 1 Harper & Ruckman, thence south- easterly along the northerly line of lots 1, 2 and 3 in Studebaker subdivision of lot 1 Harper & Ru ckman, a distance of 139.6 feet, thence east_ along the present south line of Western Avenue a distance of 298.33 feet to the place of beginning, EXCEPT that portion of any alley entering Western Avenue that should remain public, for ingress and egress purposes. The following property may be injuriously or beneficially effected by such vacation: 0 0 0 0