08/01/1938 Board of Public Safety Minutes

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�o� MEETIIVG Au�ust 1 1938 Regular meeting of the Board of Pub].ic :�afety vaas held on IV�onda3�, August l, at 8: 45 A. M. All members were present. �viinute� of the previous meeting were read and approved. Claims from the follojNir_g suppliers in the amount . of �755.�3 were a�proved und ordered paid: Indi�na BeI� Telephone Co. 7.10 Radio Distributin� Co. 5.5a Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 6.05 J. I. Holcomb Mfg. Co. 38.85 , Indiara State Rifle xssoc. 74.80 Nort�ern Ir_ai�na Public S. 29.82 H. �x. Whitmer 95.88 So. Bend hray Laboratory I.0.00 National Safety Council Ia.00 ti"�eisberger Bros. 6.00 Artcraft Printers 9.5E3 General Fire Truck Corp, 164.1.5 V�algreen Co. 3. 60 General Fire Truck Corp. 232.75 , S. H. Reese 18.96 South Ben d Cle�n Towel 1.00 Reere�tion Eq_�ipment Co. 2. 25 Hibbert Print�ng Co. 9.5Q Recreation Ea�i�ipment Ca. ?.40 Off.'ice Engineers, Ine. 26.50 Radio Distributin� Co. �.12 ELECTRICl�L DEPAk7��1T - Mr. �,ualls present: i�iatt�ers pertaining to the operation of the Electrical Dep�rtment . vrere discussed vrith Mr. �,ualls. � R7LICE DEPAR'I�ZF�ti'T- Chief Lane present: A communication v�as received from Officer LaRue Vdert, submit�;ing to the Board a list o� the �arts reo�uired and the cost of each part as estimated upon the two--uray radio sfstem, showin� the amount involved per unit to be �68.22 to which mu�t be added the cost of a crystnl, estimated at from �10.00 to �5�0.00, showir_g th e total unit cost for each car at apnroximately �i00.40. This estimc.te is on file in the of fi ce of thF°. Board of Publi c Safety. Renev��l Certificates on Police Bonds in favor of Casimer Luzny, Leonard i{rule�vitch, Billy �holasinski, and Eleanor Von Hoene were ap- �roved by th E Bo�rd. Special Police Commission in favor of R. G. Foust, while employed in the Health Departr:!ent was approved by the Board. Tr�ffic Engineer Miller reportec. upon the po::sible establishmen t of a bus loadin g zone at tio. 120 to 1�4 South l�ain Street �nd stated that I�"r. Arthur A. Frederickson, owner of the building at 120 South Main, is not in f�vor of this zone. he furth er reported that it is his opin- ior� th�t the establishment cf the zone at 122 and 124 would not be prac- tical when th e office of the bus line is established at 130 South Main �treet. Reviettii� all of the circur�stances, the Board decided to defer f�rther action uni.il the matter may be more fully cor.sidered. City mrai'f'ic �ngineer iriiller reported upon the experience of stop si�ns one year after installation �t T�Jleade and Ford Streets, and showed a reduction of 88;�� had been experienced in accidents at this intersection. This report is on file in the office of the Board of Public Safety. x communication �vas received from V�hiteman Brothers Company, asking for the establishnent of a loading zone or South Michigan Street in front of their builcing at No . 7Q2-714. This being on a 5tate High�Nay, �"47�iteman Brothers were informed that their application should be made to the 5tate High<fr�y Commission tvho cor_trol the parkin� regulat�ions on all 5tfite high�vays. The matter ti�ss fully discussed by the Board arzd it �^ias decided that upon receipt of all requests of t�is nature tha.t the matter be ref'erred to Gity Traffic Engir_eer �iiller, who would investigate � and give the Board his opinion of the praticability of each request,which � vrould then be analyzed b3r the Board and the State Hight��ay informed togetb- er with such recommendations as th e Board f eeZs justified in makin�. In the above case, Mr. i�riller vras instructed to brin� in his recomrr.endations � at the next meeting. The Chief' submitted a monthly report for July of the act3.vities of the Trai'fic Bureau, copy of which is on file in the of�'ice of the Board of Public Saf'ety and a copy furni�hed each member of the Board.