10/25/1937 Board of Public Safety Minutes

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147 � MEETING October 25�, 1937 Regular meeting of the Board of Public Safety was held on Monday, October 2�, 1937, at 9:00 A. �JI. Mr. Woodward was absent. rdinutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. Requisitions in the Police Department numbers 898 to 907, inclusive, were a proved. Claims, from the following suppliers, in the amount oF �174.59 were approved and ordered paid, also payroll in the various departments for the last half o� October amounting to �19, 222.66. Al Dunlap, Publisher �p2.00 E`pworth Hospital �23.00 St. Joseph's Hospital 4.00 Mine Safety Appliance Co. 3.10 Schilling*s 24.00 Auto-Ordnance Corp. 24.71 Ind. Paint & W. P. Co. 59.25 Bsrman's Sport Goods Store 5.50 Ohio Chem. & Mfg. Co. 29.03 �'.LECTRICAL DEPARTME[�T - Mr. �,ualls present: Mr. �ualls reparted th� activities of his department during the past v�reek. POLIC� D�PARTMENT - Chief Lane present: The Chief discussed with the Board matters pertaining to the operation of the Police Department. The Board authorized the purchase of a pair of trousers for motorcycle officer poyal Rhymer, as his tvere ruined in a recent accident. Traffic Engineer Ernest +�iller reported on a request made, by William E. Rassmussen f'or traffic control at Broadway and It�ain Streets. Details of investigation are on file in the office of the Board of Public Safety, and Mr. rJtiller recommended that a police officer be stationed at this intersection evenings from S:OO to 5: 30 olclock. The Board ordered that the Chief be requested � to follow this recommendation and P�ir. Rassmussen be sent a copy of Mr. Miller's report. W'EIGHTS & N�ASURES D�PAR'I'MIIQT - 112r. Burns present: l��r. Burns submitted his report of the operations of the Weights & Measures Department for the week ending October 23rd, sho�ving 251 inspections made. This report is on file in the o�'fice of the Board of Public Safety. The meeting adjourned at 10:15 A. M. G��(�ir''l Chairman ATTEST• lerk