01/22/1940 Board of Public Works Minutes

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SPECIAL IEETING --, JA11TUA1HY 18, 1940 A special meeting was held for further consideration of the appeal by the United States Hoffman 1-achinery Corporation for permit to install dry cleaning equipment at �I 217 E. Jefferson Blvd. 'This being an appeal from the decision of the Building Commis- I, sioner not to issue a. permit. The Board having been infon.ied by the Building Coru.riissioner and the Fire Chief that. an inspection of the building had been made by the Fire Marshall t s office of the State of Indiana, and that the Fire 1farshall t s office would grant a permit for the installation of this equipment on these premises, provided certain specific alterations and improvements in the building ivere 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 Mlarshall's 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 Commissioner, 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 known as "140 F Solvent". There being no further business to come before the Board., the meeting adjourned at 5 : 45 P ATT, T: IFLEEl IIY a -- JA TUARY 22, 1940 A regular meeting of the Board of Public I,Vorks was held on iionday, January 22, 1940 at 9.:00_ A. 1_. All members were 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., 6'17.00 Business Systems, Inc. 47.06 Campboll Printing Co., 8;25 City Water Works 1.88 Expanding Sewer Lachine Co. 50.00 General Tire Co., Inc. 20.33 Hclycross & Nye Co., 3.27 Indiana Bell Telephone Co., 207.45 tt it I it 6.11 tt tr " tt 8.81 Linde Air Products Co., 3.52 Main Iron & Salvage Co., Inc. 5.75 G. E. Meyer & Son, Ipc. .95 tr It at tt tt it 5.90 Peterson Battery & Ign. Co. 2.73 0. J. Shoemaker 63.13 Sibley I:Iachine & Fdv. Co., 16.90 South Bend Iron & M;tal Co., 108.00 South Bend Lathe Works 10.44 South ;end 'Wholesale Drug Co., .95 The Studebaker Corp. 6.69 It it tt 6.19 'nest Side Hdw. Co., 38.80 It It it " 5.55 The following claims to be paid out of the Special Q.P.A. fund. or the Interceptor Se-aer 'N.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 paid. Business System, Inc. 2.38 The Studebaker Corporation 2.12 Royal Typewriter Co. 3.00 Harry D. Ullery Coal Co. 15.75 ' tr it 9.00 STREET DEP"R?"EvT:S�ree� C�nr, nissioner, .Tr. Zmudzinski ;a„ pre..ent and business pretaining to his department was discussed. The question of replacing Street Department equipment, which is beyond repair was brought up before the Board. This equipment includes two half ton trucks and one -ond one-half ton truck. The contract presented by the 1;IcCaffery Co., 'for the purcjase of Incandescent Las 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 'Hismi 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. ivlir. Williams ;,as 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 •