08/15/1927 Board of Public Safety Minutes

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-54 The' regular meeting of the -Board of Public Safety was held in the Bo °Ards`offic e Vonday Aug 15th: ; - 1927.' Meeting" was called' tov ;order at .4:15, P.T.I. , All Moitb6ty' ere 'present Minutes of the last regular meeting were read and approved. FIRE.DEPT; k Fire Dept Requisitions were approved ET30TRICAT DEPT Electrical 'Dept. bills were approved and ordered paid. Motion prevailed' that the weekly report of Supt. walls for the week ending August 21st. be approved and ordered placed on file. DEPT OF WEIGHTS ATID MEASURES Motion prevailed that the weekly,report of City Sealer Burns for the week ending Aug. 20th..be accepted and ordered placed on file. POLICE DEPT. Police Dept. bills were approved and ordered paid. lotion prevailed that the applications of Omer L. Browning, and Stanley, H" Tomaszewski ba accepted and ordered placed on file. A petition for a traffic signal at the intersection of Ewing Ave, and - Miaimi St was presented by 1310 citizens" living near this intersection. t, tion prevailed that this petition fora traffic signa not.be granted, but that Ewing Ave. be made a preferential street at the intersection of Miaimi St. Motion prevailed that,Lincoln Way East be made a preferential street at the intersection ,of Monroe, South, and , Bronson°�,Streets Motion prevailed that west Sample 'St. be made a preferential street at the intersection of Prairie Ave. Motion" pr'euailed. that a stop sign be erected on Colfax Ave. at Eddy st for jiest bound traffic crossing Eddy St. Motion prevailed that a stop sign be placed on Eddy st. at Colfax Ave. for South bound traffiv erossin Colfax Ave, Meeting adjourned at 5:50 P. 1,1. / r,,g �,_ Attest...:. . Clerk, card of Pu lic. Safet Pre oar of ubli T; a -. = _ re gu ar meeting o e' Board o Public is Sa.f a was held In e Boards 6S fice Monday Aug. 22nd,1927. bteeting was called to order at 4:00 P.Ia. by Pres. Engeldrum Mr., Nicely was not present. FIRE DEFT. Fire Dept bills were approved and ordered paid _Mo.tion prevailed that the application of Ralph T. Essex for reinstatemndi be accepted and ordered placed on file. ELECTRICAL DEPT. Tot oM prevailed that the Electrical 'Dept bills be approved. and ordered paid. Motion ,prevailed that the weekly report of Supt. walls ^for. week ending` Aug. 21st, be accepted and ordered. placed on file. DEPT. OF WEIGHTS ,& 17.EASURES Motion prevailed that the weekly report of City Sealer Burns for the week end ing Aug. loth. be accepted'and ordered placed on file.. POLICE DEPT. Police Dept. bills were approved and ordered paid. __Motion prevailed that the application of Bhas'. E. bong be approved and orderd placed on file.. Motion prevailed that the Official Bond of Officer J.C.Tdyer, nameing J.C.Myer a.s'prihoipal and Clifford V. DuComb, and Stephen Torek as surety be accepte. Mrs. Harry Bryant appeared before the Board to.ask that the children attend ing.Sun,nyside School and liveing South of Mishawaka Ave. be given some assistance, or some means of insuring their safety be provided. Motion prevailed that the Board go on record as being willing and anxious to promote the safety of school children in cro esing traffic congeststreets," and` "that "the matter be taken.up with the School Board and their co- operation be ,soli'sted in working out some plan for insuring the safety of school children in going to and from,,�Behool every where in the City. Motion prevailed that Chief Hatt's attention be called. to motor vehicles fo;owing the Fire wept. to fires and blocking traffic, and makeing it im- possible for other fire trucks to get near the fire in case of ,a second, alarm Witigfor the erection of a traffic signal at 11Valnut &Dunham Sts was iltI�aaction on this petition ,be' pros coned until the next tehh0p o #er survey of the intersection can be made