09/09/1935 Board of Public Safety Minutes

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MEETING September 9, 1935 Regular meeting of the Board of Public Safety was held at 9:00 A. M. Monday, September 9, 1935. All members were present. Minutes of meeting of September 3rd were read and approved. Requisitions bearing numbers 08614 to 08629, inclusive, were approved. Claims in the amount of 4593.84 were allowed and ordered paid, also payroll for the first half of September amounting to $16,815.73. Underwood 'Elliott Fibh6r_'_'Co..` South Bend Electric Co. 479.44 Krauss - Jeweler .75 Ind. & Mich. Electric Co. 14.12 Gafill Oil Company 16.61 Ind. & Mich. Electric Co. 45.32 Gafill Oil Company 366.99 South Bend Tribune 1.88 Gafill Oil Company 13.60 Scherman-Schaus-Fre6man Co. 36.74 Gafill Oil Company 16.75 So. Bend Clean Towel Ser. 1.00 South Bend Wholesale Drug Co. 1.00 So; Bend Supply Co. 1.00 South Bend Wholesale Drug Co: 3.50 G. E. Meyer & Son, Inc. .35 FIRE DEPARTMENT - Chief Freeh present: Matters pertaining to his department were discussed and, as there were no matters of importance, no action was taken. The Chief made a report that truck No. 2, located at Thomas and Walnut Streets, was struck by a light delivery truck while responding to a fire north on Walnut Street. The damage to the apparatus was approximately four dollars and repairs were made in the Fire Department. No action was taken in reference to this case and the report was ordered placed on file. ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT - Mr. quails present: Matters pertaining to his department were discussed, but as nothing of importance was brought up no action was taken. POLICE DEPARTMENT - Chief Lane present: Matters pertaining to recent request of the Mayor regarding gambling devices were discussed. A letter from Mandel Altfeld, 527 South William Street, calling attention to pin machines which ' have been in use in the City for some time were not strictly gambling. The Board discussed this thoroughly with the Chief and he was instructed to bring Mr. Altfeld in for a conference and inform him that these pin machines will be tolerated until it is found that technical gambling results. The Chief was instructed to call in Louis Curl, operating the Lincoln Hotel, to inform him that the Administration expects him to keep his gambling operations closed.' The Board discussed with the Chief recent damage to Police cars and instructed him to have officers Tholander 'and Rzepka, who had accident with Car No. 3 recently, and Frank Ferger, who brought in Car No. 11 a few days ago with rear axle and drive shaft torn out, present at the next Board meeting on Monday, September 16th to explain these accidents. A communication was received from three business houses, namely: the Linen Shop - log West Colfax, Madden Corset Shop - ill West Colfax, and Margaret & Louise Millinery - 113 West Colfax, stating that they were informed certain taxi cab owners were planning to obtain permission to establish their taxi cab stands in front of their respective places and ,,they wished to enter protest against this being allowed. There having been no requests of this nature, the Board ordered their communication placed on file. - Mr. J. W. Bonner, operating the Clothes Mart at 303 South Franklin Street, requested the Board to establish a one-hour parking limit in front of their place of business, which after considering the Board decided not to allow. Mrs. Alice Vernal of 2501 West Orange Street presented a claim against the City for 45.00 damage caused by Policeman who shot through her house in apprehending two escaping burglars on August 30, 1935. 11 I I I I