12/06/1937 Board of Public Safety Minutes

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155 MEETING December 6 , 1937 Regular meeting of' the Board of Public Safety v,�as held on Monday, December 6 , 1937, at 8:45 1�. I�2. A11 members were present. Minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. Requisitions in the Police Dep�rtment numbers 955 to 967 were approved, Claims, from the following suppliers, in the amount of �1,368.13 �vere approved and ordered paid. Western Union Telegraph Co. �2.15 Ind. & T�qich. Electric Co. �32. 25 Clark's Lunch Rooms, In c. 15.40 No. Ind. Pub. Serv. Co. 31.60 Hibberd Printing Co. 17.25 Ohio Chem. & �Ifg. Co. lO.OQ Office Eriginsers, Inc. 3.62 South Bend Supply Co. 17.52 Office Engineers, Inc. 4.82 G. E. P.2eyer & Son, Inc. 15. 38 Schrade'jr, S�,rvice �.80 The Gibson Co. 4.61 Slick YdeaY baundries 4.09 Se�rs, Roebuck & Co. 39.45 Gafill Oil Company 13.92 South Bend X-Ray Lab. 1Q.00 Gafill Oil Company 45.85 Simon Brothers, Inc. 7.50 Gafill Oil Company 448. 27 J. I. Holcomb Mfg. Co. 33. 59 Sinclair Refining Co. 16.40 American-LaFrance 8c St. Joseph's Hospital 2.50 Foamite Ind. , Inc. 318.50 Ault Carlera Shop 18.72 So. Bend. �rhole. Drug Co. 5.10 Ne�v York Central Railroad .88 So. Bend Clean Towel Serv. 1.�0 Indiana St ate Prison 182.95 Ind. &� Mich. Electric Co. 46.01 South Bend C1eUn Towel Ser. 8.75 R�dio Eeuipment Co. 1.65 Railway Express kgency .89 So. Bend Electric Co. 10.00 FIP.E DEP1�RTidIE1VT - Chief Freeh present: The Bo�rd discussed tr.�ith the Chief matters pertaining to the operation of the Fire Department. POLICE DEPI�RTNiENT - Chief Lane present: The C'r�.ief brought up the c�uestion o�' making arrangements for the new cars for 1938 �nd submitted a tentative proposition from Scherman-Schaus-Freeman Company. After discussing the matter, the Board instructed the Clerk to secure a v�lritten proposal showing definitely v�°h�t they propose to furnish and the allotivance made on second-hand cars to be turned in for consideration at the next meeting. The Chief submitted report of Nover.iber covering activities of the Police Departr�ent, which report is on file in the office of the Board of Public Safety. Application for position on the Police Department was submitted by Robert Lee Dotson and ordered placed on �'ile. Report for the month of November from the Traffic Bureau v�-as submitted and a copy furnished each member of the Board and a copy placed on �'ile. Traffic Engineer Ernest I�7iller submitted a recom�end�tion that stop signs be placea at the follo�ring intersectioris, due to inereased speed on Portage Avenue resulting from improvement of the highway: Rex Street Cushing Street California �venue Cottage Grove .F:venue � De�,f�ude �venue Angell� �:venue King Street Gt the east approach. Kinyon St. at the v�est �pproach. McCartney Street After considering this matter, ttie Board decided to concur in this reeommendation and ordered the stop signs erected.