11/15/1937 Board of Public Safety Minutes

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150 �=� MEE�`ING November 15, 1837 �'� � Regular meeting of the Board of Public Safety was held on � P�ond�y, November 15, 1937, at 9:00 A. M. .All members were present. Minutes of the previous meeting were read and anproved. Requisitions in the Police Department numbers 931 to 935 and in the Fire Department numbers 03901 to 03909, inclusive, were approved. Claims in the amount of �845.36, from the following suppliers, were approved and ordered paid. Postal Telegraph-Cable Co. � .64 G. �. Meyer & Son �1.16 Air Radio 3.50 Elkhart Brass 147fg. Co. 32.56 A. G. Meier & Company 14.00 Weisberger Bros. 18.80 J. I'. Holcomb �Ifg. Co. 56.21 Office Engineers, Inc. 3.55 Indiana State Prison 35.82 No. Ind. Pub. Service Co. 1.00 Argus Manufacturing Co. 41.40 City j"Jater ti1'orks 6.25 South Bend Supply Co. 19.41 City 4ti'ater j'�arks 18.63 J. G. Lauber & Co. 8.18 City V4ater �`�orks 571.07 G. E. Meyer & Son, Inc. 13.18 FIRE DEPART1bqENT - Chief Freeh nresent: The Chief requested the cooperation of the Police Department in roping off streets at large fires in the downtotivn district to keep the public from interfer�ing with the v.�ork of the department. Police Chief Lane was ealled in to conference and it ti^Jas mutually agreed that this should be done. ELECTRI CAI� DEPARTMENT - R�Ir. �u all s p re s ent: I�4atters pertaining to the operation of the Electrical Department were discussed v�Jith T�Ir. �ualls. POLICE DEPARTIvIII�1T - Chief Lane present: The Chief sub�itted report of the activities of the Police Department in its various branches for the month of October, copy of which is on file in the office of the Board of Public Safety and a copy furnished e�ch memb�er of the Board. The Veterans League presented a Resolution adopted by the meeting of Post No. 3 in Riv�r Park, a�ing that the traffic light at Mishawaka Avenue and 30th Street be,�r�moved. Resolution was signed by eight representative business men in that vicinity. Due to the fact that the Board has not been requested to remove this signal, no action was taken and the Resolution was filed in the ofFiee of the Board of Public Safety. A communication was received from the Internatianal Union of United Automobile Workers of America, signed by A. A. Green, SecretarSr, requesting that proper consideration be given Officer Arthur Campbell fbr advan.cenient to a higher ranking off ice in the Police Force. Due to the fact that there are no vacancies on the Force at the present time, communication �vas ordered placed on file. Communieation was received from the Mayor requesting that ail City awned cars check in at the Water Vdorks Garage each evening not later than 6:00 P. M. and check out not earlier than 7:00 A. M. and remain in the garage Sundays and holidays, and was ordered placed on file, due to the fact that all departments in the Board of V`r'orks and Safety have been so notified. Mrs. Frank V'Jhitehall requested that a traffic signal be placed at �ddy and Madison Streets, which was referred to Traffic Ehgineer Ernest Miller for investigation and recommendation. Application for position on the Police Department was received from ti"�illiam A. Mitchell and ordered placed on file.