02/20/1939 Board of Public Works Minutes

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43 11EETING--FEBRUARY 202 1939 TTeeting of the Board of Public Works was held on Monday, February 20, 1939, at 9:00 A.M. All members were present. Minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. Claims of the following suppliers in the amount of �q21363.02 were approved and ordered paid: J. P. Conboy for B. J. McCaffery �25. 00 o J. P. Conboy for Alexis Coquillard 3.30 -The Gibson Company 41,.57 -South Bend Iron & IdIetal Company 4.00 The Gibson Company 45.55 B. A. Tuttle 3.09 Ind. & Mich. Elec. Co. 28.39 ,The Office Engineers, Inc. 24.20 Ind. & Illich. Elec. Co. 68.37 eldest Side Hardware Co. 235.20 `'Peterson Battery t Ignition Co. 6.23 - The Studebaker Corporation 11.96 I+Tarquette Lbr. Co. Inc. 662.94 driver Park Lbr. Co. Inc. 25.85 Jos. DeNilde Hardware Co. 18.40 ,McClave Printing Co. 65.00 -Voorhees-Jontz Lbr. Co. 31.50 ySam Berman 10.00, The Studebaker Corporation 1.44 + West Side hardware Co. 51.00 A petition for the installation of street lights at the intersection of Indiana Ave. and Magnolia Street and at the intersection of Dubail and Nash Streets was receive The matter was referred to Mr. Qualls of the Electrical Department for investigation an report. ;Trs. A. L. Flack appeared before the Board regarding an accident at the intersec tion of Beyer Street and I41'shawa1l-a Ave. between her car and Street Department Truck #11 at 1:20 P.M. on February'7, 1939. Mr. James Perry, driver of the Street Department car was present and each gave his and her version of the accident. Mrs. Flack was advised that an adjustor for the insurance company carrying the insurance on city trucks would be no , i_f -te_d -- Twyckenharn Land 'a Investment Company, throu"h its attorneys, Loomis & Hartzer, hav again contacted the Board in regard, to Dmprovement Assessment Roll I•To. 2154--Fairview Avenue Local Sewer and have furnished the Board a stateiAent from all of the bondholders and bondo�lmers on said improvement consenting to said re -spread of assessment. The fol lowing letter was addressed to r._r. lartzer: • ✓ "Chapter 185 of the Acts of 1915 deals with the respreading of assess-nents to newly platted property. It is ply opinion that TTou have not ccx:iplied with the law in yd our petition. I think the petition should set out very clearly the legal description of the property against which the assessment was orig finally made, the platting of the property, the recording of the plat and so forth, and then should ask for the respread of the assessments over the lots as shown on the plat. ✓ "Time will not permit me to digest this chapter for you; however, the feeling of the Board is that if the statute is strictly complied with in the manner of presenting the petition and all penalties aloe paid and a continuing bond is furnished saving the Cityy and the Board of Public '.'forks and Safet7T harmless from any liability of akin the respread, then we will accomodate you. However, it will be necessary for �rou to f ollatvthe thing threvgh as the press of other business at this tires does not permit us to spend any time on it.rt Ylr. Zmudzinski, StreetConmissioner, was present and _iatterspertaining to his de- partx-nent were discussed. The Street Corimissioner was authorized to purchase sufficient ' emulsified asphalt to make two tons of patching material as an experiment of the effee- tiveness of this type of patching material. . ✓ Upon request of the Honora'ale Ilan -or, the Bcard, on motion duly made, seconded and carried, declared the following days to be Legal holidays in the city of South Bend, Indiana: January 1, New Year1s Day; February 12, Lincoln's Birthday; February- 22, Washington's Birthday; IrTa;r 30, Memorial Day; July4, Independence Day;: the first Monday in September, Labor Day; the last ThursdalT in Novexber, Thanksgiving Day; and Decerber 25, Christmas Day. Any other special daTTs will be considered from t ix, e to time as the case -:!ay arise. Iir. H. L. Schreyer reported an accident which F. I:Torr s, one of his t-rucl.dri vers, had in the eOO block N . Lafayette Street as a result of a manhole being uncovered. He was asked to submit a written report and the Clerk was instructed to obtain a report frog the Street Department. • Meeting adjourned at 11:00 A.m. ATTL "' - _ p CLERK LVLIILL Vl' .L V1)JWJ_Q VV' '1 L11U