05/01/1939 Board of Public Works Minutes

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MEETING--T AY 1, 1939 Regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held on Yonday, ITay 1, 1939, at 9:00 A.M. All members were present. Minutes of the previous rneetino were read and approved. Payrolls of the Street Department and Special W.P.A. were approved in the amount of �4,015.22 and claims of the following suppliers in the amountof �2,332.35 were approved and ordered paid: - VClyde E. Uilliens TAmerican Radiator & Standard Co. kCharles Armstrong Burroughs Adding Machine Co. eJ. I. Holcomb ivfg. Co. .Oliver Farm Equip. Sales Co. %The Todd Sales Company • The Ohio Oil Company l `2he Ohio Oil Company r,The South Bend Supply Co. O-oodvear Service %,Voornees-Jontz Lbr. Co. ,Voorhees-Jontz Lbr. Co. NVoorhees-Jontz Lbr. Co. tVoorhees -Jontz Lbr. Co. 'Royal Typewriter Co. Inc. .South Bend iron & Metal Co. rThe Office Engineers, Inc. 5.50 -Edwards Iron works, Inc. 83.42 ,Edwards Iron Works, Inc. 2.2.5 rEdwards Iron Works, Inc. 7.80 ,John B. Haberle 101.18 The Hoover Company 3.50 `The hoover Company 80.50 ,":test Side Hardware Store 39.13 ,Ijllest Side Hardware Store 519.80 Vi est Side Hardware Store 20.19 �Ifest Side Hardware Store 17.28 \West Side Hardware Store 30.38 The 14cCaffery Company 15.00 , The McCaffery Company 15.00 The TricCaffery Company 4.36Northern Ind. Public Service Co. 96.18 A. L. Saville 16.00 +RI-ver nark Lbr. Co. Inc. 17.05 A. Harold Weber Agency "325.20 325.20 325.20 40.00 1.35 3.15 13.46 21.00 64.15 6.50 3.90 1.00 2.4'7 3.56 1.00 2.35 10'7.84 10.00 ` 1dr. Janes Pensinger of P'ensinger Oil Company appeared before the Board asking for approval of filling station at Circle Avenue and asked t=_e approval of the 3oard on the driveways, designated in the blueprint submitted. Tne blue?-rint indicated two 30 foot driveways and a 21 foot drivewavr. lvTr. Pensnrer stated that arram-er-_ents had been grade to reduce the width of the two driveways to 25 feet to conform with the recuire��ents of the Board of r4orks, and he was i nsta: tucted to amend his plans accordin-ly and file a copy with the Board and upon the a:..end=ent of the _plans s=, ,;ring 25 foot dri vewaJs, the same wi 1 be a_r_,TDroved and accepted by t1le 3card. STREET LlGunL1-i u . A petit --on .For a street light at tlae cc.-ner of `,Uestern and 3endix was received and referred to I-r. Qi1alls, Supt. of tl.e Electrical Depar tirent. STREE/`_T' DEPARUE,11N T: V ir. Zmudzinski was roresent and matters pertaining to his department were discussed TTr. Zmudzinski re_-orted the need of a storm sewer on `:;lest Dayton Street one-half block in length. /A petition, sl-ned by nineteen property ovrners on Jefferson Street from Eddy Stoee to Greenlawn Avenue, was f-led aLth the Board, recuest-'ing that such repairs as are nec- essar,T to put the street in good condition be m_ade. David BorlevT appeared personally before the Bcard on behalf of the petitioners. TIr. 3orley was advised of the inecomomy of etching the nrornout pavement. Bond for excavation in streets of J. Robert Platz and Lawrence Gill, doing busines as Platz & Gill with the 'rlestern Casualty and Sure- r Compa_n r as suret�r ��as approved. f Contractor's bond of Pn-:_rvrood Frick w ith Western Casual ty &; SLre c �- Co�r.-an� as surety was approved and ordered filed. FIRE DEPARTMENT REPAIRS: Chief DeVleescno,ver was -.,resent and brow-ht it th hiri estimates from the South. Bend Roofing Company on the cost of repair of the roofs on Central, ?,Io. 4, -.;o. 3, -<o. 6,ilo.'7 No. 9 and No. 10 Fire Stations. The Chief was ai:thc:rized by the Board to order the work done by the Soi-:th -?end Roof i= Co -oanTr in c _-nf crmance with the estimates submitted as follows: Central:-50.00; No. 4: 12.50; i'-o. 3: �19.50; I?o. 6: 19.'75; No.7: �-%33.501 No. 9: � 15.00 and -lo. 10: 47.00. j Meeting adjourned at 10 : 30 A. TI. • • s