08/13/1956 Board of Works & Safety Minutes

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August 13, 1956 A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works & Safety was held on Monday, August 13, 1956 at 10:00 A.M. (DST). All members were present. Minutes of the previous regular meeting were read and approved. Salary claims in the total amount of $909935.13 were read and approved. Claims of the following suppliers in the total amount of $3,802.53 were approved and ordered paid: Alex Andrzjewski 19.00 Sam Berman Coal Company 314.16 Sam Berman Coal Company 237.60 Business Systems, Inc. 52.11 Business Systems, Inc. 6.02 Business Systems, Inc. 2.44 Business Systems, Inc. 13.50 City Water Works 795.30 W. Joseph Doran 17.50 J. Charles D utrieux 130.00 Dr. B. E. Edwards 5.00 Englewood Electric Company 181.90 Charles P. Gordon 37.50 Indiana Bell Telephone Company 10.95 Ind. & Mich. Elec. Compny 6.20 Ind. & Mich. Elec. Company 13.40 Ind. & Mich. Elec. Company 12.88 McClave Printing Company 39.50 Meyer's Hardware 10.35 Midwest Fire & Safety 100.97 Motor Service & Parts 79.70 National Brake Service 9.60 Northern Ind. Public Service 3.50 Radio & Television Dist. 36.68 Sinclair Refining Company 59.40 Sinclair Refining Company 44.28 South Bend Supply Company 1.35 South Bend Supply Company 74.44 South Bend Supply Company 16.24 Standard Automotive Supply 50.64 J. E. Walz, Inc. 28.05 Granville P. Ziegler 15.00 ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT Beans Sport Shop 54.00 Sam Berman Coal Company 244.38 Sam Berman Coal Company 250.80 Business Systems, Inc. 23.76 Business Systems, Inc. 17.10 Business Systems, Inc. 1.10 City Water Works 65.15 J. Charles Dutrieux 30.00 Edmore Mdse. Company 114.00 Englewood Electric Company 20.71 Federal Tool & Mill Supply 2.00 Ideal Press 109.00 Ind. Blind & Floor Covering 124.92 Ind. & Mich. Electric Company .64 Ind. & Mich. Electric Company 18.32 Ind. & Mich. Electric Company 12.36 Meyer's Hardware 2.50 Michigan Motor Freight 3.00 Mittler Supply Company .90 Motor Ser%cice & Parts 12.48 National Brake Service 33.88 Radio & Television Dist. 21.22 Radio & Television Dist. 14.74 Sinclair Refining Company 122.35 South Bend Supply Company 14.18 South Bend Supply Company 5.24 South Bend Supply Company 3.37 South Bend Supply Company 3.52 J. E. Walz, Inc. 98.78 Western Union Telegraph 5.08 Ira Hunsberger, Superintendent of the Electrical Department, recommends a 4000 lumen light between 500 and 600 blocks of 33rd Street, at the alley intersection and 33rd Street, in front of 602 South 33rd Street, alley interstion midway between Bronson Street and the railroad tracks on pole No. J259 -267. The petition for a street light on Cleveland Avenue from Lincolnway West to second alley North was submitted to the Board and referred to the Electrical Department for fur- ther investigation and recommendation. POLICE DEPARTMENT Applications for the Police Department were examined and placed on file for Charles Graham. FIRE DEPARTMENT The application for membership in the Firemen's Pension Fund submitted by Joseph Vandel Nagy was found acceptable and said Nagy's membership to the South Bend Fire De- partment becomes fully effective as of August 16, 1956. FirE Chief Alex Andrzjewski requested permission to attend a Firemen's Convention in Indianapolis on the 4th, Pith, 6th, and 7th days of September. Permission granted. The bids for the fire hose for the South Bend Fire Department whi6h were filed with the Board last Monday, August 6, 1956 were now taken under advisement by the Board. The contract is now awarded to Midwest Fire & Safety Company, 1605 Prospect Avenue, Indiana- polis, Indiana which reads as follows: