06/14/1937 Board of Public Safety Minutes

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114 � � MEETING June 14, 1937 � �a Regular meeting of the Eoard of Public Safety t��as held on r.ronduy, �V June 14, 1937, at 8: �0 li. IVI. I�d?r. l�voodward v�a�s absent. �llinutes of the previous meeting �vere read. �nd ap�roved. ReGUisitions in the Police Dep�rtr�ent numbers 651 to 664 and in the Fire Department numbers 03749 to 03756, inclusive, �^:ere r��roveci. Claims in the a.mount oF �:658.79, from the follot�,-in� supnliers, titi�ere an?�roved and ordered paid. V;estern Union Tele�rGph Co. �1.64 G. 0. Thurn �2.00 Postal Telegraph-Cable Co. 6.86 So. �send Electric Co. 11.92 Postal Tele�r�ph C�ble Co. 1. 25 Scher7nan-Sch�aus-I+'reeman .33 Hurxrich Iron Co. , Inc. 16.�8 Sid Bartlett �.00 Vdilli�m. J. CushmGn 90.46 Kaylor-Holman Co. 2.08 Gill-Vo� Chev. Inc. 31.07 Schuyler Rose 27,50 Sincla.ir Refining Co. 16.80 Gafil]. Oil Co. 99.05 Slick-Ide�l L�undries 6.80 t'�rillette' s Serv. Sta. 27.82 Cnarles A. Crocker 7.80 Kra�er Bros. 85.13 Karl '�I. DuB�il, Co. Clerk 2.00 Off'ice Lngineers, Inc. 5.60 Home ?�.Zodernizing Co. 1. 33 Duley Printin� Co. 11. 25 South Bend Su�ply Co. 19.63 Hargrave Paint & V�r. 7.5� George titiyr�an & Co. 22.13 rienry L�tzion 12.00 Geor�e Lti�yrsan & Co. 31.�34 Sirnon Brotiiers, Inc. 23. 25 Geor��e �"�yma.n & Co. 1. 25 Simon Brothers, Inc. 16.00 G. E. Meyer &; Gon, Inc. 17.57 The Gibson Co. 3.00 G. E. rti2eyer �, Son, �nc. 2.80 �bso Clean Cloth Co. 12.48 G. E. PJleyer cc Sor., Inc. 9. 36 i�icCaffery Co. 6.�7 G. E. T�Zeyer & Son, Inc. 1.35 .�lkhart Brass F�Zfg. Co. 12.55 EI,ECTRIC��.L U�P�tTI,,2EivT - ��r. �;ualls �re�ent: I�:Zr. �ualls reported that tne overhead trGf�ic sign�l �_t Iron�vood Drive �znd Jer'ferson B�ulevard had been inst�llea on the northt-��est �nd soutneast corners in 4ccordance «rith instructions. FIRE DEP�'_RTT;Z�:idT - Chief F'reeh �resent: iti2atters pertaining to the operation of tn.e Fire Denartment vrere discussed tvitn the Chief. ' xpplications �'or position on tne Fire Dep�rtment :��ere received from Byron Thurloti�� Snyder and Clarence Emil Johiison, v�hich ��ere orc�ered �laced orl file. Chief Freeh called a.ttention oY the Board to tne conditior� of the boilers �t TJo. 4 �nc� No. 5 Fire St�tions and requested th�t these be repaired during the su:��er. The F3o�:rd g�ve instruc;,ions to sectzre bids for this repair ana :1uo�ations n�:ve been solici�en. POLICE DEP1LFcT�.�ILidT - �ssista.r.t Chief' Diedricil -;�resent: iy�rs. �.7::ory ?�orvath, operatin� the �outh Side B��ery ��t 100�3 South ��Zain Street, re<�uested th�tt p�xrkin� situation in f'ront of ner BGke Shop be investiJated. This m�.tter v�Tas ref'erred to Off'icer �:�iller for '11.5 r'@UOI''t. n cor�munic��tion t�;as recelvea from t�Ze St. Jose?�h Valley t+ood Dealers Eassoci�tion rec_uesting that Charles E. �is��, 1304 Por�a�e kvenue, oe deputized �1�it�Z full �olice boti^��ers �o �rrest violators of the ordinance. I�fter considerir.� tn.is matter and consultin� w�th T�.r. Kisn, tne Board did not feel jus�iiiea in com�lyir.� vti�ith the reauest. • �? cornr�uniculrl.011 v�as received frozn �=ssist�:nt Chief Liedricn signed by Sergeant Burns addressed to �=11 Capt�::ins, indicatin� that the enforcement index i'or the month o�' iJi�y had dro�ned to 5. 2;o v,hile accidents jum�ed from 166 in �pr•il to 240 in I�;�1�.y, and requestin{� the officers to do so�e s�aecial vvork in �ne t:-�:.y of' ti�:riting tickets to cut dot^.�. the a.ccident rate. kfter cansiderin� this communicution, the Bo�rd agreed tnat all znstructions to Police Oificers should ha.zre the -oerson<<1 observation of the Chief or his s;�eci2_1 deputy, as directed by him and th�;t such instructions sn�ll be signed by the Chief' or nis deputy �ryith a t+�Tritten signature or v��ritten ar�proval. � con�riunic:��;ion v��s directed to tne �Chief in accordar_ce v�.-ith the above. •