03/08/1937 Board of Public Safety Minutes

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�� MEETING March 8, 1937 Regular meating of the Board of Public Safety was held Monday, March 8, 1937, at 3:00 A. M. All members �ti�ere present. Minutes of the previous meeting were re�d and approved. Requisitions in the Fire Dep�rtment numbers 03650 to 03665 and in the Police Department numbers 455 to 473, 3.nclusive, were ap�roved. Cle_ims, from the following suppliers, in the amount of �1,013.81 and peyroll in the various departments amounting tv �19,086.61 were approved and ordered pa3c�. Railv��ay Exnress Agency, Inc. �4.00 �eneral Sheet Metal V�orks �10.26 Vuestern Un3.on Telegraph Co. 2.88 G. 0. Thurn 4.25 Postal Telegraph Co. .85 Ind. & &�ich. Electric Co. 1.65 Gill-Vorn Chevrolet, Inc. 10.50 Ind. �c RZich. Electric Co. 45.38 G�fill Oil Co. 52.20 Ind. & Mich. Electric Co. 18.79 Gafill Oil Co. 35.40 G. E. Meyer & Son, Inc. 7.16 Gafill Oil Co. ' 474.55 G. E. Meyer & Son, Inc. 2.50 Gafill Oil Co. 6.80 George ti`dyman & Co. 43.85 Gafill Oil Co. 10.78 H. D. Lee Mercantile Co. 1.25 Pensingers 14.70 Sou�h Bend Clean Towel Serv. 1.00 Slick-Ideal Laundries 1.26 Radio Distributing Co. 1.85 A. G. Meier & Co. 15.00 The Gamewell Co. 244.00 Gottlob Fritz 2.75 FIRE DEPARTAIIEIVT - Chief Freeh present: Matters pertaining to the operation of the Fire Department were discussed with the Chief. ELECTRICAL Dg'AFcTT�iENT - Mr. �,ualls �resent: TQr. �u.alls advised that it is necessary to renew our Radio Station Li;cense and application Uras ordered made. POLICE DEPARTrdENT - Chief Lane present: TJir. Aleg Langel, Township Trustee, was present and requested that a police officer be stationed at the ��Iadison School from 8:30 A. M. to 5:30 P. M. to quiet any disturbance that might arise among the VY.P.A. workers. After a full discussion with the Chief, it vras decided that this would not be done until there was more evidence of disturbance. The owner of the Lyric The�.tre at 2220 V�iestern Avenue requested that the curb at the entrance of the Theatre be painted yellow to enable patrons to unload at that point. The natter was referred to Officer I��iller. Officer Justus C. Bloom, having been confined to his home on account of sickness for a period of sixty days, the Board took the necessary nction by regular motion seconded and carried to place this Of�'icer on pension. The Officer having been appointed March 5, 1915 and having served twenty tv�ro years, the Board directed that application for pension be made ePfective I��arch 19th and that the two weeks on regular pay be considered as his vacation for 1937. p� �°�"''c'''^�, �' -�-�.,..�..,.�-f°Z` �''� 'u-f' A petition signed by seventeen residents on Grace Street,�from the Oliver factory entrance to Arnold Street. This petition was referred to Officer rtiiller for investigation and recommendation. 0�'ficer Miller recommended that parking be eliminated on. the east side of V'lalnut Street north of Yaash. - Street for a distance of 100 ft. �lso on the �ti�est side of Vlalnut Street south of VUashington for the sa�e distance. The Board concurred and ordered instructions be given to the Chief of Police. Officer Miller requested the approval of the Board for the removal of a stop sign on Linden Avenue at Walnut Street, for the reason that this being a dead end and the sign is not necessary and a study of the situation warranted its removal. The Boa.rd concurred and the Chief was instructed to carry out this arra.ngement. Officer P�Riller made a report of the traffic conditions on Sample Street betUteen Lafayette and Michigan. He recommended that the