10/18/1937 Board of Public Safety Minutes

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14� _ � MEETING October 18, 1937 � � � Regular meeting of the Board of Public Safety was held on Monday, October� l8, 1937, at 8:45 A. M. Mr. Anderson and Mr. Woodward were absent. The Mayor acted as ex-officio member of the Board. Minutes of the previous meeting were read. and approved. Requisitions in the Fire Department numbers 03872 to 03879 and in the Police Department �numbers 889 to 896, inclusive, were approved. Claims, from the following� suppliers, in the amount of �914.41 were approved and ordered paid. Railway Express Agenc�r, Inc: �1.02 Von Lengerke & 1�ntoine �3.13 L. J. Lane , 79.30 Frank S. Andrews 95.00 Air Radio 5.25 Kaylor-Holman Co. 11.47 A. L. Saville .50 Elkhart Brass Mfg. Co. 50.5� Gill-Vorn Chev. , Inc. 80.45 Scherman-Schaus-Freeman 3.66 Slick-Ideal Laundries 7.70 G. E. Meyer & Son 17.49 S1ick-Idea1 Laundries 12.�5 No. Ind, Pub. Service Co. 1.00 Wm. Ransberger & Son 19.65 City Water Works 17.03 The Office Engineers; Inc. 2.00 City Water V�'orks 505.87 The Office Eagin�ers, Inc. .94 ELECTRICAL DEPARTNlIlJT" - Prlr: Qualls pres�nt: Matters pertaining to the operation � of the Electrical Department were discussed with Mr: Qua11s. FIRE DEPARTMFNT� - Chief Freeh absent: Application for position as fireman was submitted by William Henry Heiermann and ordered placed on file. POLICE DEPARTMIIJT - Assistant Chief Diedrich present: The Assistant Chief� discussed with the Board various phases of - the operation of the Police Department during the past wesk. A petition was received, � signed by twelve residents in the affeeted area, asking that �the Board re-establish the right of parking on the west side of Cushing Street: As this matter was referred to TrafPic Engineer Miller several weeks ago and his recom- mendation concurred in that parkin� on the west side of Cushing Street from the filling station south �for 100 ft. be established as no parking, the Board instructed that the petitioners be -so informed. Mr. G. R. MacGregor; - manager of the National Mill Supply Company, requested that a loading zone- be es�ablished in front of their place of business on Monroe� Strest-and on Carroll� Street. This matter was referred to Traffic Ehgineer �Miiler, whose report is on file in which he did not recommend establishing these loading zones. The Board ordered that a copy of his report be sent to �the National Mill Supply Company asking their cooperation with the report. Communication was received from Traffic Ehgineer Ernest H. �1liller recommending that the traffic signals at Ewing Avenue and Miami Street and at Madison and �Eddy�Streets be eliminated; and his reason for this is included in the report�now on file in the office of the Board of Public Safety. The Board� gave instructions to �notify ��r. �ualls to remove these signals at the same time that stop signs are placed. WEIGATS & NIEASURES DEPARTM�NT: Mr. Burns submitted his report of the operation of his department far the week endin� October 16th, showing 269 inspections made. This report is on file in the office o�' the Board of Public Safety. The meeting ad�ourn�d� at 9:30 A. M. � � Chairman ATTEST: Clerk