01/06/1926 Board of Public Works Minutes

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Yednesday, January 6, 1926 i Board met in regular session at 9 A. T:1'. All members present. I.1inutes of the last meeting, held January 4, were read and i approved. The Board made the following appointments:' Charles J. Allardt Street Commissioner ij Irving, Goss Deputy Street Commissioner 1¢1artin1. Pope j oy General Street Foreman i Sever A. Thompson Street Foreman of Asphalt Repairs Charles Johnson Custodian of City Hall y Arthur Anderson Assrt. Custodian of City Mall Oliver D. Elise Sexton of City Cemetery i William H. Fries Street Foreman of=Brick Repairs On motion of the Board all of the above appointments are made as of January 4, 1926, the time each entered upon.his respective duties. i �.s2r C . Herschel Wray, City Engineer, was present and. pre,�ented bids '! for the printing of stationery and postal cards. At the suggestion. of 11r. Wray, i II the bids for printing and postal cards by the Hibberd Printing Co., and envelopes j l and letterheads by R. E. Johnson :printing Co., were approved by the Board. it Bill from the W. R. Hin_�:le Co. for parts and labor for the I Engineering Dept., all ordered by and tendered to the preceding administration for $24.12, was approved and ordered paid. Upon the request of Attorneys Omacht and Huguenard, Attorneys for the respective parties, Vacation Resolution ='105, was continued until jl February 2. Motion made that the regular meetings of the Board be held as I� follows:- . ' I! jRegular Public Ifforks routine on Tuesdays at 9:00 A. I% F dater 'sTorks Dept., Wednesdays slays at 9 : 00 A. I;. Public Hearings on Improvements, 17ednesaay evenings at 7:30 P.M., _ same carried. Clerk was instructed to find out the n_eds of the Custodian for I the year's supplies and have bids received so that order for oluantities can be placed immediately after the next meeting. R �. 1.r. R. R. Smith, representing the Chicago, South Bend and -forth ern Indiana Rail�iay Co., appeared before the Board with a petition from the property o,,%rners on Ewing Ave. east of Yliami St., for an extentior_ of the Bus Service as far east as Caroline St. Lr. Smith pointed out the it=!ediate need of this Bus Service and the Board approved of same and instructed L-:r. Smith to have the service started at once. T-1--enty imir_ute service from 6:05 to 3:05 A. M. q.nd j from 5:00 to 6:00 P. 11. ,with hour service for the remaining period until ll: po P.24. 1.1r. :'William F. O,ualls, Superintendent of the City Electrical Dept., was present and submitted a petition for lights on Roger �t. On the re- quest of �1-r. Qualls, the Board approved of t__e change of the electric light from in front of the -K.ley School to the intersection of Roger and Olive Street and ordered s. Qualls to move Damp f 765 to the place designated. 11"ir. 'walls was also ordered by the Board to continue at his post as -Inspector of the Electrical Dept. eeting adjourned at 10:30 A. 1.70 President' Attest: - the Board i s C7