10/14/1919 Board of Public Works Minutes

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2.37'. .edneqfisg a th. _ 1919- Co, t roue* The f ollow Ing c ommun ieat ion rece ived. fr om W. D. Tee ple and the same etas referred to city Attorney Slick for examin.:tion and' opinion as to the proper pr ec ed ur s . The Honorable Board of Pub 1 is Works, South Bend, Indiana, -Gent lellIen: - • _ The office is in receipt of numerdous complaints of •a smoke Nuisance at 824 Harr is on Ave. , Farmer's Dairy Co. Inspection 10- %-�19 showed an unlawful smoke from their chim mey during daylight hours. This is not .the first complaint as one was made June 1918 to --Mr. Rost iser at which time Dept.,, made Inspection and as no structurally unlawful ,condition as to chimney was found nothing was done. Examining records ,re, this concern I find ::an interesting derdAtion in general as follows: - Bldg. Pmt. #20, March 1916 Inspection :very unsat-isfactory 2 sty. frame bldg. with inadequate f ireblockixg, partly knocked out to pass electric wir ing.- B1dg,g pmt #2445 May 1918 Taken Only after suimnary orde-r to do so. Only inspection. after building pract icully completedi Hgt. Pmt. #2967 Bailer never had -final inspect ion. Elevator # taken only after summary order to do so. Has as yet no final inspection. Garage permit #3333, 4-29-19. Passed as an unloading shed. Does not comply as garage, and is only temporarily used as such. Saoke inspection sheet attached, shows: clear violation as defined by code. There is actually a nuiance in fact as well. Evidence goes to show careless firing with low-grade- coal. Smoke and soot are ruining neighborhood linen in bedrooms wt1k and family .washing is s risky propositiox. Commis ioner's only power is to summarily abate ; pr9sumably by drawing fires and shutting sown plait. Such action would probably bring on litigation.. Wish legal advice before -doing th t. This is now and was before installat.iox of pLaxt a residence neighborhogd, closely built up. I recommend the case be given the City Attorney with instructions to clean it up, by suit; if necessary, Very respectfully, W. D. TEEPLE Commissioner. The Board referred the matter of having a red light placed at the end of the Leeper :Avenue Bridge and North Sljore Drive rzfxzz%t' to T. H. Beaning Pale and Wire inspector- for report by next meet ing. Mr. D. C. Layton, Street Commissioner took uo the matter of trucks destroying covers on streets. The Board decided t" advertise warning notice in the papers. Mr. Josephson Clerk of the Safety` Be rd app eared before the Board and filed the following valuations on hose houses nd requested insurance be kept on same. This matter to be referred to someone to obtain insurance rates. The following bids were rec a ived oni Pavement Improvement on North Shore Drive from Mi,�Ch. St. to Leeper Avenue. i Bid Of H. N. Barnes. grading per cu. yd..... ........... ..$l 25 conduit pipe, per lin ft.... ,... .. .. .F30 .. Rase tt ing inlets, each ....................... ..... 3.00 Marginal curb per l in ft ........... I......... `.. .. . 30 71nch concrete pavement per sq. yd.;............ 2.00 ° Chec kf or . 0100.00