12/21/1936 Board of Public Safety Minutes

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70 �� � MEETING December 21, 1936 �:,� � Regular meeting of the Boa.rd of Public S�fety was held on Monday, December 21, 1936, at 9:00 A. TJI. A.11 members v�ere pr•esent. Minutes of the previous nieeting were read and approved. Requisitions in the Fire Department numbers 03586 ta 03594 and in the Police Department numbers 2,99 to 318 v,Tere approved.�- Claims- iri : the amount of �'1, 767.36, from the follo��ing suppliers, V,�ere �.pproved �;nd ordered paid, also payroll amounting to ��57. 75. Hibberd Printing Co. �8:.50 South Bend X-Ray Lab: �10.00 Hibberd Printing Co. 30.00 Ind. Paint & Vd. P. Co. 11.25 The Office Engineers, Inc. 7.60 G. E. Meyer �C Son, Inc. 2. 73 The Office Engineers, Inc. 40.00 G. E. Meyer �C Son, Inc. 1.59 The Office Engineers, Inc. 28.86 Bermanfs Sport Goods Store 77.32 Business Syster�s, Inc. �5.30 Columbia Paper Co. 10.65 Business .Systems, Inc. 16.00 Recreation Equip. Co. 41.36 Business Systems, Inc. 9.70 South Bend Clean Towel Co. 8. 75 Ulillis H. Sriver 28.65 South Bend Clean Towel Co. 1.00 Western Union Telegraph Co. 9.68 P:ZcCaffery Co. 9.36 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 17.55 Ault Cam.era Shop 5.00 j"Jilliar� Diedrich 20.50 Ault Car�er�. Shop 43.28 L. J. Lane 13.63 tiUilliam Vernon 10.00 Krau.ss' s Jewelry Store . '75 Gottlob Fritz 2. 75 Swanson Service Co. , Inc. 2. 75 Ind. & P17ich. Electric Co. 4a. 30 City U�ater �"dorks 266.69 Ind. �: T��Zich. Electric Co. 29.07 City ti�later tilrorks 11.08 Gener�l Tire Co. , Inc. 1.00 City ti"Jater V��orks 8.16 Elkhart Brass T��fg. Co. 1�.80 Gafill Oil Co. 6.80 Dan R. Lontz Coal Co. 149.26 Gafill Oil Co. 165.50 The Gibson Co. 10.85 Gafill Oil Co. 21. 60 South Bend Auto Prod.ucts 29.20 Ga�'ill Oil Co. 288.15 Consolidated Textile Ind. 159. 64 Gafill Oil Co. 34.30 Simon Brothers, Inc. 12.45 South Bend X-Ray Lab. 10.00 FIRE DEPRRTB.RFIVT - Chief Freeh present: M�tters pertaining to the oper�tion of the Fire Department ti^:°ere discussed uTith the Chief. ELECTRICAL DEPARTrvIENT - 1�Zr. �ualls present: The matter oi' instGlling net�; tra�'�'ic lights on Lincoln ti;'ay Vyest xras discussed tivith Mr. 6�ualls and, due to increased cost of m�teri��ls since estimate was made, it was czecided to install three-light signals �.t ti7illi�m Street, Cushing Street and Blaine Avenue. WEIGHTS 8c P�iEASURES DEPhRTIUIIl�TT - 1�Zr. Burns present: Mr. Burns presented his reports o�' the vrork done during the last month, which reports are on file ir_ the o1'fice of the Board of Public Sa.fety. POLICE __L`EP��Tl�2II�TT - Chief' Lane present: AJlatters pertaining to the operation of the Police Departrnent were discussed tivith the Chief ��nd it v�as re�ularly moved, seconded and carriecl that the purchase of neva radios for �;he net�� cars be authorzzea and that installation be r�ade as soon as possible. It was decided to buy Philco radios because of the �'act that this Company have a regular service department in Soutti Bend. The matter of sending an officer to Washingtor_, D. C. in the coming year to attend a school of instructions was discussed and the Chie�' Vaas i.nstructed to bring zn a report next TJlonday as to the cost to the City. Special police commission was zpproved in favor of Robert 1��laxey while employed by the Park Departznent. Communication was received� �'rom lJlotor Service �C Parts requesting that some arrangement be made for restric-ting parking in front of' their place of business. This matter was re�erred to the En�ineering DePart- r�ent of the Accident Prevention Bure�.�u f'or investigation and recom- mendation.