09/28/1936 Board of Public Safety Minutes

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52 _ _ . � � MEETING September 28, 1936 � � Regular meeting of the Board of Public Safety was held on Monday, 5ep�ember 28, 1936, at 8:45 A. 14�. A1.1 members were present. Minutes of previous meeting were read and approved. Requisitions in the Fire Department nunbers 03508 to 03513 and in the Police Department numbers 168 to 176 were approved. Claims in the an�ount of �119.10, from the follo�ing suppliers, v�ere approved and ordered paid. New York Central Railroad � .88 Gafill Book Binding Co. �5.00 Recreation Equipment Co. 22.38 �Francis Bock 30.00 Recreation Equipment Co. 41.36 Simon Brothers, Ino. 5.75 Hibberd Printing Co. 7.25 �Zetal I�Iending Produets 6.48 POLICE DEPARTIVIENT - Assistant Chief Diedrich present: • The Board considered a request of the South Bend Inn on North I�ain Street for permanent no�-parking restrictions in front of their place of business. It was decided that such privilege �rould not be practical, but did autharize no parking restrictions eaeh Saturday night from six o' clook on. � petition of fifty-four residents in the neighborhood of Marion and Main Streets requested the attention of the Board to this inter- section and urged that some action be taken in reference to regulation of traffic. The matter vcas referred to the Chief of Police for investigation and recommendation. x request was received from Clifford Churchill to operate private taxicab on the days of Notre Dame football games without the necessity of installing a meter. The Board decided to refuse this request. OfPicer Ernest 1�1liller made a report of the traffic situation on �onroe Street between 11�iehigan and Nlain Streets, giving a traffic count during the hour of 9 A. M. to 10 A. NI. on September 19th, which report is on file in the office of the Board of Public Safety. After considering this report, the Board decided to refer this matter back to Officer I�giller with the request that a survey be made at this point on Saturday, October 3rd, during the hours of 2:00 to 4:00 and 7:00 to 9:00 P. 1�2. The Secretary made a report of the cost of repairing police cars before and after the �later ��Torks took over these repairs. This survey shows the expense of repairing police cars f or the full year of 1934 amounting to :�6,791,95 and for repairing the same cars from April l, 1935 to April l, 1936 amounting to :�4,423.46, sho�ring a saving in one year of �2,368.49. The Police Department reported that permitting fifteen minute parking in front of the Nlarsh Realty Company at 514 ��est Colfax L�venue �ould relieve the situation at that point and such restrietion is being enforced. The Chief of Police reported that he disapproves of 3 hour paThen� at 1901 South Main Street and at 1126 South LaFayette Boulevard. Board then ts°instructed to�notifytthe occupantssofrthatspropertyhe Searetary �va Report of OPficer P�Ziller regarding the request of the South Bend Civie Safety Couneil was fully discussed and it was deeided to withhold definite action reedrUrdinanceewould�be establishedtil J'anuary lst, by which time a revis Applieation for position on the Police Department by Theodore Paczesny was ordered placed on file. FIRE DEPgRT&�NT - Chief Freeh present: Matters pertaining to t�o Furchaseaatne�vtbatterylf orsthe supplyhe Chief and he was authorized p wagon at an approximate cost of nine or ten dollars.