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January 10, 1955
<br />A regular meeting of the Board of Public Safety was held Monday,
<br />January 10, 1955, at 10 :00 A.M. Minutes of the previous meeting were read
<br />and approved. Claims of the following suppliers, in the total amount of
<br />$4997.04, were approved and ordered paid:
<br />American LaFrance Foamite Corp.
<br />Feaser Coal Co.
<br />Gerber -Mfg. Co.
<br />Gerber Mfg. Co.
<br />Harley Davidson Sales
<br />Indiana & Michigan Electric Co.
<br />Inter. Assoc. Fire Chiefs
<br />Memorial Hospital
<br />National Brake Service
<br />Sche rman -Schaus -Freeman
<br />South Bend Electric Co.
<br />Forrest R. West
<br />FIRE DEPARTMENT:
<br />$50.11
<br />Day's Transfer, Inc.
<br />$4.15
<br />153,42
<br />Gerber Mfg. Co.
<br />149.95
<br />360.50
<br />Gerber Mfg. Co.
<br />57.95
<br />207.40
<br />W. H. Glazebrook
<br />2025.75
<br />23.15
<br />Indiana & Mich. Electric
<br />4.36
<br />64.76
<br />Indiana & Mich. Electric
<br />6.20
<br />11.25
<br />Memorial Hospital
<br />28.10
<br />21.10
<br />Narcotic Educational
<br />51.61
<br />15.00
<br />The Ridge Co.
<br />7.50
<br />5.01
<br />St. Joseph's Hospital
<br />5.60
<br />46.75
<br />Telautograph Corporation
<br />96.00
<br />1601.42
<br />The Board first gave consideration to the emergency requirement of
<br />the Fire Department for a.replacement motor, and authorized release of
<br />Purchase Order BW6642 for its purchase.
<br />Fire Chief, R. J. Duck, being present, next called attention to
<br />his department's need for ten one and one -half inch selective stream
<br />nozzles, and in view of a substantial trade -in offer involved and the
<br />need for the equipment, the Board directed the Clerk to proceed with
<br />the purchase of these nozzles.
<br />Fire Chief Duck next turned in the report of Captain Harold Zyski,
<br />dated December 29, 1954, concerning accident at the intersection of
<br />South Walnut and West Thomas Streets, which occurred at 11 :04 A.M. CSI'.
<br />that date and involved the 1950 Maxim pumper of Engine Company No. 22.
<br />James T. Stewart, 7254 Jeffery Blvd., Chicago, Illinois, driving a 1954
<br />Chevrolet, was at fault, in accordance with Police Report of the accident
<br />and the Boa�id directed that Mr. Stewart be notified of the cost for
<br />replacement of left rear fender on this piece of equipment is $100.00.
<br />Fire Department Injuries Report, for the month of December, 1954, was
<br />examined and ordered filed.
<br />POLICE DEPARTMENT:
<br />Chief of Police, R. J. Gillen, being present, introduced to the
<br />Board, Sergeant Raymond Maxson, attired in the proposed new short sleeved
<br />summer shirt of 100% orlon material for adoption as regulation summer
<br />wear. Chief Gillen informed the Board, that this shirt is similar in
<br />style to that worn by the police of many cities throughout the United
<br />States and Canada. The Board officially approved the garment, stipulating,
<br />however, that T -shirt or "skivvy" is NOT to be worn with this shirt, the
<br />regulation to be that undershirt is not to be exposed.
<br />Chief Gillen then recommended to the Board, the appointment of Roy
<br />A. Lake, employee of the Jontz Mfg. Co. and Ralph Lewis Stump, employee
<br />of Bendix Aviation Corporation, as special police officers in and for
<br />the City of South Bend, Appointments were, thereupon, made official
<br />by the signatures of Board members and the affixing of the Board's seal.
<br />Chief Gillen next placed before the Board, quotations obtained by
<br />he Clerk from four reliable typewriter repair shops for the repair of
<br />wenty -eight city -owned typewriters used by the Police Department. After
<br />xamining the quotations, the Board, complying with the Chief's recommendation
<br />ccepted that of the Royal Typewriter Co., Inc., at $17.50 per machine,
<br />uotation specifying complete overhaul with one year free service.
<br />Attention of the Board was then called by Chief Gillen to excessive
<br />utomotive service charges made by the Water Works for the upkeep of the
<br />olice Department cars. The Board examined recent claim presented
<br />overing such charges, and agreed to obtain a "flat -rate" for repair and
<br />ther mechanical service, such rate to be established by the Board of
<br />ater Commissioners.
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