07/06/1937 Board of Public Safety Minutes

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124 � POSTPONED MEETT.,VG �'ul.y 6, 1937 � � � Postponed meeting o#' the Board. of Publie Safety was held on � Tuesday, July 6, 1937, at 9:00 A. �VI. Mr. Hunter was absent. , Requisitions in the Police Department numbers 705 to 733 and in t�ie Fire Department numbers 03768 to 03772, inelusive, were app'roved. Claims in the amount of �735.59, from the following suppliers, were approved and ordered paid, also payrolls of the various departments amounting to �19,231.66. G. 0. Thurn for Hibberd Printing Co. �27.75 B. J. McCaffery, P. M. �30.00 Geo. Wyman & Co. 8.50 Banks-Baldwin Law Pub. Co. 5.00 Ed�r�ards Iron Works 2.a2 Taube Prznting Co. 5.5Q Amer. Fire Equip. Co. 31.01 Gafi.11 Oil Co. 426.24 Amer. LaFr�n ce & Foamite 1.05 Gafill Oil Co. � 8.94 C. E. Kn.app 3.00 Gafill Oil Co. 12.1.2 So. Bend Cle�n. Towel Serv. 1.00 Office E�igineers, Inc. 13.15 So. Bend Wholes�le Drug Co. 2.70 Ind. & Mich. Electric Go. 42.98 So. Bend Sand 8c Gravel Corp. 3.20 Tnd. & Mich. Electric Co. 14.E3 Electric Construction Co. 30.60 No. Ind. Pub. Service Co. 33.2Q Electric Construction Co. 30,60 F'�RE .DEPARTIvtIIVT - Chief Freeh present: ;The Ch3.ef reported that��the neighbor east of No. 4 Fire Statian would like �o� erect°`;a. fence between the tv,o properties if the Board of Safety would tie willing to pay one half the expenses. The Board concurred in this- su�gestion -and instructed the Chief to make the necessary arrangements. The Chief reported that the extension chimn ey on No. 2 Fire- House was in bad� condition and needs replacing. The Board authorized the replacement ta be made at onee. Application for position on. the Fire Depart�ent was presented by Byron C. Collogan and ordered �placed an Pile. Application for position on the Fire Department was presented by Roland' Arthur Penrod and ordered placed on file. ELECTRICAL DEPARTIviE�TTT - Mr. C�ualls present: The Board discussec��with Mr. Qualls the petition of Post No. 1167, Veter�.ns of Fore3gm Wars, and in view of the report of Officer Miller the Board felt that due to the limited accident experience in this vicinity no change in the present set-up is justified. ` ` � A reayuest Por the instal].atzon �of a street light at Irvington and Dale Streets was presented to the Board and Mr. Qualls was instructed t�o make an investigation and subnit his recommendations at the next meeting of the Board. Mr. Qualls requested �that he be gi.ven bne week from August 7th to 14th for part of his vacation this year. The Board agreed to give h�n thi:s time if it would not interfere with the consideration of the- 1938 budget by the Common Council. The City Physician, Dr. T. B. Pauszek, made a report of the services rendered by him to officers �in the Police and Fire Departments for the months of April; May and June. A oopy of this report has been submitted to each member of the Board and is also on file in the office of the Board of Public � Safety. . � A communication from Frr�ncis J: Bock to the Mayor was submitted to the Board vrith reference to the installation of two-zvay police radio communication. This matter v�Tas diseussed with the Chief who offered the opinion� that two-v:ay commun- ication was still in the experimental stage but that, no doubt, some time in the future t�ie� Police Department must seriously consider its installation.. Copy of thi s report was furnished each member of the Board for later consideration.