07/22/1935 Board of Public Safety Minutes

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MEETING . ?uly - -22, 1935 Regular meeting of the Board of Public Safety was held Monday, July 22, 1935 at 9:00 A. M. All members were present.,. Minutes of meeting of July 15th were read and approved. Requisitions bearin numbers 08.567 to 08577, inclusive,.were approved. Claims in the amount of 1573.90, from the following suppliers, were approved and ordered paid, also payroll of the Fire Department amounting to 490386.66 was approved. Electric Construction Co. $27.00 Amer. Fire Equip. Co., Inc. .$15.83 _ Radio Diatributing.Co. 3.70 The South Bend Supply Co. .62 Thomas ,Rubbier ,Co. 42.55 , . Elkhart Brass Mfg. Co. .54 Thomas,�Rubber'Co` 26.70 Slick's Laundering Co. .80 John Beyrer & Sons Roof. Co. 445.00 Slick -Ideal Laundries .50 Simon-.Brothers, Inc, 8.70 J. Carroll Brown 2.04 Representatives of the Hospitals appeared before the Board in-response to a,.letter directed to them with reference to their, claims agaimst,the City of South Bend for services rendered City employees who are injured in the line of duty, there having been some understanding that the Hospitals were -to render this service gratis, due to their participation in the tax levy which at the: present time is on the basis of, three cents. The presen- tation of their views in the matter was offered by Drs. Sensenich,-Bertling and Clark and Mr. Vitus Jones. The discussion was entirely from a sta_nd.- . point of determining the extent of the responsibility, if any, of the: Hospitals in'connection with this work. After listening to their views, the Board invited them to meet with the Common Council the evening of Monday, July 22nd,.at which time an Ordinance was to be introduced to be used in paying these claims, if correct. Sheriff Roy Wolfe was present to discuss with the Board and Chief of Police Lane the matter of ambulance service outside the City Limits. After a full discussion of the .matter, it was decided that the Sheriff would not call upon the City for service excepting in cases of emergency where he could not secure services of independent ambulance owners and.in such emergencies the Police Department would respond to his request.' _ POLICE DEPARTMENT— Chief.Lane present: The Chief reported on a trip to the Convention at Atlantic City from which he has just returned stated that on his way to Atlantic.City he stopped at all important cities and discussed with the Chiefs of Police or other officials the various phases of police work and exchanged ideas with them along this line. The Chief also reported on some of the activities of the Convention but was interrupted by a call from the Mayor who asked for a personal conference with him -and Chief Lane's report was deferred until a later meeting. - Communication from the Mayor was received calling attention.to a motor boat which.is the property of the City of South Bend and is now stored in the boathouse at Leeper Park. He recommended that mechanics put this boat in running odder and that the Board of Public Safety advertise it for sale. The Secretary was instructed to investigate the cost of doing this work and to report at the next meeting. Applications for Police Department were received from the following and ordered placed on file: Grifford Ecklund, Bernard V. Strike, Cleon C. Fox and Lawrence R. Stein, colored. FIRE DEPARTMENT - Chief Freeh present: Matters pertaining to the Fire Department were discussed, but owing to the fact that no matters of importance were brought up, no action was taken." ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT - Mr. Qualls present: Mr. Qualls presented his June report of fire alarms handled in compar- ison with activities of.previous months and years. This report is on file - in the office of the Board of Public. Safety. Responding to the Board's request at the last meeting to make a report ` of the expense of changing overhead stoplight at Cushing Street and Lincoln Way West to the same system installed recently at Lincoln Way West and William`Street, Mr. Qualls advised that the cost of this change would.be approximately 420.00, much less,than the former change, in view of the fact