06/26/1939 Board of Public Works Minutes

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MEETING--JUNE 260 1939 Regular meeting of the Board of Public ,4orks was held on Monday.. June 26, 1939" at 9:20 A.M. All members were present. Minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. Payrolls of the various departments in the amount of $6,826.24 and claims of -the following suppliers in the amount of �!,078.72 were approved and ordered paid: Farmers' Conservative Mutual Ins.Co. $28.64 Fisher Wrecking Co. $ 3.25 Asphalt Products Corp. 350.04 if it It 16.00 Business Systems, Inc. '10.81 J.P.Conboy.for A.Coquillard 1.10 South Bend Sanitary Wipers Co. 12.00 Burroughs Adding Machine Co. 35.85 The Linde Air Products Co. 3.77 Indiana Institutional Industries 9.65 tr. -rr tr n tr 1.40 Ka7lor Hohan Co. 12..60 rr rr rr rr rr 1.24 Jos. DeWilde hardware 440 It tr it tt If 4.21 Nest Side Hardware Store 30..78 rr It If If rt 3.77 City Water Works 40,.58 rt It If It rr 1.22 rr If it 7.43 tr tt rr n if 10. 05 tt rr n 7.08 tr tr rr tr rr 3.77 tr rr rr 8 9 0 j It It tr If it 13,29 tr If it 1..50 If If 't tt it 3..52 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. r94 rr IT If If If 1.52 The Office Engineers, Inc. .35 it It If If If 3.77 West Side Hardware Store 5.80 It rr a tt rr .92 Northern Indiana Public ServiceCo. 1.'00 Sinclair Refining Co. 20.39 General Tire Co., Inc. 8,00 Goodyear Service 62.60 Ed. Fleming for B. J.14cCaffery 15.00 J.A. Orr Company 3.40 G. E. Meyer & Son, Inc. 1.43 J.A. Orr Company 11.64 G. E. Meyer & Son, Inc. 2.61 River Park Lumber Company,Inc. 302.70 G. E. Meyer Y Son, Inc. 14.95 rr if rr It r: 5.88 Seherman-Schaus-Freeman Co. 2.42 j General Outdoor Advertis:_ng Co.Inc. 6.00 H.H. Slominski, M.D. 4.00 j The Ohio Oil Company 2.00 H.H. Slominski, M.D. 4.00 Shell Petroleum Company 835.12 Simplex Time Recorder Co. 5.00 Voorhees-Jontz Lbr. Co. 15,00 The South Bend Supply Co. .59 Voorhees-Jontz Lbr. Co. 15.00 The Tropical Paint & Oil Co. 17.90 The following claims of the respective suppliers in the amount of�[411.,44 to be �I paid from either the Special W.P.A. Fund or Street Department I-10 W.P.A. Account were approved and ordered paid. - South Bend Sand 6� Gravel Corp. 121.88 Ma.rqu6tte Lbr. Co. Inc. 20.80 Phocian C. Rhoads 75.00 Edwards Iron Works, Inc. 27.00 � Reed Brothers 134.00 South Bend Sand & Gravel Corp. 125.00 Sam Berman 14.50 River Park Lbr. Co. Inc. 35.1.8 H Edwa:rc�.s Iron Works, Inc. 35.48 River Park Lbr. Co. Inc. 191.03 BUILDING DEPARTMENT: A committee Composed of a representative of the Ohio oil Company, Mr. Arthur Tyler, representing the Wholesale Oil and Gasoline dealers. of South Bend, and Mr. Moomaw, together with Mr. M. Edward Doran, representing the Ohio Oil Company were before the Board relative to the issuance of a permit for the rehabilitation of a bulk storage plant at 1530 W. Washington Street. The Board unanimously recommended the issuance of a permit for the rehabilitation of said bulk plant providing the plans � and specifications were approved by the State Fire Marshal and the Building Department of the city of South Bend, insofar as they pertain to safety regulations, said action having been taken after the Board was informed that the location has been continuously used since prior to 1930 for storage purposes and it being the opinion of the Board that ordinance No. 2670 which provides that "this ordinance shall not affect existing locations and uses made thereof'' should be interpreted to permit rehabilitation of existing bulk storage plants. ✓ Mr. M. Edward Doran presented a petition to the Board requesting permission for the First Bank & Trust Co. to erect an after -hour depository do the sidewalk near the Jefferson Street entrance to the Associates Building. This matter was referred to the City Attorney for investigation relative to ordinances prohibiting structures on publi walks. This being the date set for hearing on the proposed contract with the Northern Indiana Railway, Inc. and R. R. Smith, Receiver fort he Northern Indiana Railway, Inc. for franchise or contract to operate busses over South Michigan Street from Broadway south over a route as specified in the agreement and over the route now occupied by the North Side streetcar lines, which route is more particularly described in the agreement on file in the office of the Board, and the contract having been advertised and public hearing set for ten orclock on the 26th day of June, 1939, and no remon- strators having appeared and proof of publication of notice in the South Bend Tribune and The Mirror, as provided by law,having been made and also proof of posting of notice in ten public places having been filed, both of vh-ich -roofs are note apt oved b the Board; the Board now enters into said agreement with the northern Indiana Railway, Inc. and R. R. Smith, Receiver for the Northern Indiana Railway, Inc. and said contrac was signed as published and the Board now orders the same to be sent to the Council fo its approval. REPAIR OF FIRE STATIONS: Chief DeVleeschower submitted a report of the estimated cost UT repairs of the various fire stations, The report indicated the cost of painting, the cot of roof repair and the cost of building repairs, separately. STREET LIGHTING: Mr. Qualls filed a report on the petition which had prevusly been filed requesting a street light at Vine and 30th Streets. The City Engineer was re- quested to discuss the matter with the Councilman who presented the petition. Mr. • n • KI 0)