01/18/1940 Board of Public Works Special Meeting Minutes

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522 SPECIAL TYTEETIG -- JANUARY 18, 1940 A special meeting was held for further consideration of the appeal by the United States Hoffman Machinery Corporation for permit to install dry cleaning equipment at 217 E. Jefferson Blvd.yThis being an appeal from the decision of the Building Commis- sioner not to issue a permit. The Board having; been informed by the Building Comriissioner and the Fire Chief that, an inspection of the building had been made by the Fire Ti1arshall r s office of the State of Indiana, and that the Fire 11"arshallts office would grant a permit for the installation of this equipment on these premises, provided certain specific alterations and improvements in the building were made. The Board now grants the appeal of the applicant for permit and directs the .Building Commissioner to issue a permit for the.installation at #217 E. Jefferson Blvd., provided; that all of the recommendations of the State Fire Mlarshallts office have been complied with. That a permit has been obtained from the State Fire Marshall for the installation of this equipment in the building, and further that the applicant file with the Building Comissoner, an affidavit as to the use of the second floor of the building, stating it is not in use and will not be used, during the gontinuation of the use of,the solvent, for residentual purposes, or for any other purpose by any other than the one to whom the permit was issued, and that the operators of the dry cleaning establishment to be located at this address, shall use only what is commercially in-iown as "140 F Solvent". There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting adjourned at 5!45 P. TAT. ATTT: o, TriEETINC -- JANUARY 22, 1940 A regular meeting of the Board of Public ,;forks was held on T.Tonday, January 22, 1940 at 9.:00. A. T.T. All members oere present. Minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. Salary claims in the amount of $748.09 were approved and ordered paid. Claims of the following suppliers in the amount of $600.41 were approved and ordered paid. The Acorn refining Co., ��17.00 G. E. Tbeyer & Son, Ipc. .95 Business Systems, Inc. 47.06 n It tt tr tt it 5.90 Csmpboll Printing Co., 8;25 Peterson Battery & Ign. Co. 2.73 City Water Yorks 1.88 0. J. Shoemaker 63.13 Expanding Serer Machine Co. 50.00 Sibley 'Machine & Fdv. Co., 16.90 General Tire Co.., I.I.C. 20.33 South Bend Iron & M; tal Co., 108.00 Holycross & Nye Oo., 3.27 South Bend Lathe Works 10.44 Indiana Bell Telephone Co., 207.45 South Bend Wholesale Drug Co., .95 6.11 The Studebaker Corp. 6.69 e.91 it it tt 6.19 Linde Air Products Co., 3.52 Nest Side Hd:v. Co., 38.80 Main Iron & Salvage Co., Inc. 5.75 if " if tt 5.55 The following claims to be paid out of the Special VV.P.A. fund. or the Interceptor SewerW.P.A. fund in the amount of $32.25 were approved and ordered paid. Salary claims in the amount of $723.33 were approved and ordered oaid. Business System, Inc. 2.38 The Studebaker Corporation 2.12 Ro t l Typewriter Coi It. 3.00 Harry D. Ullery Coal Co. 15.75 V 9.00 STREET DEPARIT1=111: Street Corp-nissioner, Ti:r. Zmudzinsici eras Dresent and business pretaining to his department was discussed. The question of replacing Street Department equipment, which is beyond repair was ?�rught up before the Board. This equipment includes t��ro half ton trucks and one Dne--end one-half ton truck. The contract presented by the TTeCaffery Co., 'for the purejase of Incandescent Latps for the year 1940 was approved and ordered filed. The City Engineer was authorized to contact the County Highway Officials -relative to the maintenance of the rliami Street Hill. Ernest T. Tranbergts claim for repairs to his car caused by hitting a depression in the pavement while driving on East Jefferson St., was again presented to the Board and again denied. Tyr. 'iVilliatns ras requested by the Board to contact the Blue Lines, Inc., with reg to having them.install a telephone under their name to relieve the congestion which now exists, due to the .fact that there are too many departments now using; the street department telephone. 0 0 0 • 0 • •