01/22/1940 Board of Public Works Minutes

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11EETTEG OJUNI L?A =tY 22, 1940 523 • • • • U 0 There being no further business to come 'before the Board, at 12:20 P.IZ. ATTEST.' 5L 1�ME `ilia?G - JA NU1i fY 29', 1940 the meeting adjourned A regular meeting of the Board of Public ;'forks was held on Monday., January 29, 1940 at 9:00 A. I.T.- All members were present. i.Tinutes of the lase meeting were read and approved. Salary claims in the amount of t6711.26 were approved and ordered paid. Claims of the following suppliers in the amount of CD OV1374.10 were approved and ordered paid. Burroughs Adding 11achine Co. �11.17 Forte Bros. Inc. 38.00 Carlin Repair Shop 2.60 Northern Indiana Publ. Serv. 2.17`, it tt It 2.25 Peterson Battery & Ign. Co., .68 Fitterling Transf. Co. 25.32 Recto Allow Co., 82.58 Garnitz Furn. Co. 193.06 St. Joseph Heating Co. 461.00 Indiana Bell Tel. Co., 1'0.32 0. J. Shoemaker 21.81 It tt It . it A5 " " ti 521.79 The following claims to be raid out of Special W.P.A. fund or the Interceptor Sewer W. P.A. fund in the amount of 677.11 were approved and ordered paid. James B. Clow & Sons 67.74 'Marquette Lbr. Co., 322.06 Independent Concrete Iipe Co.249.75 G. E. Meyer & Son, Ipc. 2.50 Indiana Bell Tel. Co., 6.00 River Park Lbe. Co., 2.06 Clyde ffilliams 30.00 STREET DEPART'1,1 NT: Mr. 'Zmudzinski, Street Coi=iissi ones appeared before the Board, and :Matters pretaining to his Department were discussed. The following named gentlemen, representatives of various 11OU-S companies were called;, inta"a meeting . ith the Board by i,'=r. Ernest Tiller, Traffic aigineer, to. -discuss the possibilities of a drive. -in bus station -to eleviate the practice of busses parking double in front of the now existing Union Bus Station and the bus station operated by IIrs. Gerard on S. I`ain St. Ur. Jacobson De Luxe Stages -Mr. Furry, Indiana Motor Busses Mr. Dunnocit , So .th Bend Agent Mr. Sestwood, Greyhound Bus Lines 1«r. Jeffirs, Indiana I:Iotor Busses I rs. Gerard, South Bend Agent S. Parkinson, A.B.C. Coaches Dr. Sensenich, owner of the Union Bus Station bu-lding. i;Tr. :testy.,rood, of the Greyhound Bus Lines advised that their company has been considering building a drive-in bus station for a year or more, and were at this time negotiating for a pi ece. of property for this purpose. 1Ir. Beamer asked that the Board be Wept advised of their progress in the matter. 1Trs. Gerard was advised to get in touch. y�'_th the presidents of the lines she re- presents and contact the Board as soon as she hems from them. CMTETERY DEPAR` T�TENT: irir. Lisle 'McNabb was present and called the attention of the Board to the wording of the signs at thO cemetery gates, which read "Cemetery open from 7:30 A,. M. until 8:00 P.I:1." T.Tr. Tci abb called the attention of the Board to the fact that in the ;minter it is dark at 4:00 P. IT. and there would be little point in keeping the gates open until that time, therefore, the Board authorized iir. i:"cNabb to chanp;e the signs to read "Gates open from 7:30 A. «, until 8:00 P 111. except from November lst to iIarch. 1st, at which time they will be closed at 5:00 P.i:t. Starting February 1st, the offices of the Controller, Building Department, Board of Public Works and Safety and the Engineering Department will remain open during the noon hour. There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting adjourned at 12:15 P.it". m "J. Cl Air.