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_ _.....__i ./ .,.0 (. <br />MINUTES. <br />Be it remembered t het the Comimcn Counci of the r f South�Dend I; dia, <br />Regul�;r Sesfii on it the Cca•.�ncil Ch^ �-,� � +l City o� , 1_ n�., met in the <br />�ri. , rs o_ the Cit_. gall morc3a• en „� <br />+ .�,� 1:_;_. �. April ?_6th, I °37� <br />a� she h ^ur of 7:��0 P. M. All members were present. Presider. r eve.. re <br />moved that the re ^d-n +, + t Fis: presided, Con��ci?.?r.Fn Hut] <br />p” of the minuvtes for the lss� meet I^ be dispensed with' - C�i'nC'ilmyn Go? ±? <br />seconded, I'- motion. , TO +ior_ carried. <br />COIT7UNI CAT I O S : <br />C IT v OF SOUTH BEND INDIANA_ <br />OFFICE OF THE 11TA °OR <br />A� ri1 26 , X77 <br />The Common Council, <br />Citv of South tend, <br />South Bend_, Indlnn;�, . . <br />Gentlemen: <br />S: " 1_ y,7n.I -s <br />(signed.) J. •i <br />C ^_1mmisr`10 ^Pr of S +rApts <br />Aril lF, x.937 <br />Rev. Fa.tbpr Jsrka, <br />�"t. A''a1bP7• +s Cr„rrc1±� <br />''South Berd, Inaicre <br />At your ?ast meeting g complaint wL ;s ifiaide by Mr. Zmudzinski to the effect that the G+ <br />ce Zt Streets in <br />+ 'd <br />,le nemr. . Adalbe--t s School ht. sumk ewer_ ty � a <br />fear inches and th_t g =s was eficrTpirag -..n the <br />buil,,ing to the extent ghat it traG <br />necessary to d.isWjisc schOOl. <br />I immediately ordered the Street COmmi-ssioner to make an invest ip; t ion and insist that the <br />compant; •engineers <br />eccor ^p: closed zou wil.I find a c- 1r of his report. if ±�_ has <br />env him. Enclosed „' ^p - eceivi ig <br />this report I wrote to Father <br />Jarkr, a copy of vrhich letter is also enclosed. <br />ATCt hairir..g recive a re Ply from <br />y Father Jarka the Chief of Police and myself celled or. him Satur- <br />day Fftermoom,'. The <br />irfcrma4-i^ re received from him indicated that the ibeople in tret sedtion <br />are quite alarmed on account <br />of $ gas main having broken some tirne ago and csueed f death, <br />Of Several Oo le bsr � � the ne r <br />p� p �'as e�.,�p4ng into 't.�eir home.. - <br />` <br />Father Jer' ^ Qtates that he has smelt gas from the floor drain in-the-basement of the school <br />This is <br />probaply due to the odor of the sever gas, which will always result when the trap in <br />the drain has lost its seal Where <br />. floor drains are connected to sewer, it cho,zld a1 �pt,�s b- e t <br />practice to pour water into the drain once a day in-order to keep the This <br />proper aenT. wi?1 <br />eliminate any sewer gas from escr-ring into the basemert, ` <br />The report thpt the street has sunk twenty four inches; is greatly exaggerated, and should be <br />discredited. <br />As these comp?_pints urerc made to =our honorable ��_�.xable body, trd have, no doubt, caufied you soite con_ <br />� <br />corn, this cOmmunicrti.on Is sent to you for your information to be placed in the City records. <br />C <br />Verb, tr:Dly yours <br />s i = ,ned)_Geor e W. Freyer.muth <br />I <br />iaYor cf South Bend. - <br />I GWF:W <br />{ <br />Enc. <br />` <br />.April 14, 1937 <br />Xonorpble Meyor <br />George W. Freyermuth ;. <br />' City Hall <br />South Berd., Indune <br />Deer Si r; <br />I'Or your .ntcrmntion Dish to st�.te t?^+�t use in cooper�-tior with the Northern indi^-ne Public <br />Service Cornia?�r..y mete a thor. ouch i nvesti v �t ion of the conditions regarding gas lenking in the <br />vi0i -,I -ty cI St . Ada1 Bert s Church and. School. <br />From the infcrmatio- thF.t we get from Rev. Father Ja rkv, Assistant Pastor of St. Ada !berts <br />Church <br />i. and the jan itor; we f ind teat there is ,n^ alarm of any gEi s condit ions at t hi.s time. <br />i Mr. Glen Meyers, Supt. of Ya intenence, Mr. Donahue and t wo• of the Yort_,err_ Tnd ana Public <br />..Service Company Engineers, Mr. Payne City engineer end Ourselves found that the only condition <br />at the present time is en odor fr ^m a catch basin_ on the corner of Grace and Clive Streets. <br />There are four catch bpsi.ns or_ Olive Street in front of the Church Property, three of these we <br />have had tryp put ir, nr,d. will put one in the other basin shortly. <br />With the use of the instruments from the Northern Indiene Public Service - Company we tested <br />every pose pole, DInce for P gcs leek and f o Ind absolutely none, sewer or artificial. I • under - <br />stend th=t screie time rge a Q�s main was broken in tha' vicinity but was repaired by the oas <br />W <br />company at trU' tine, ,Ind from the statements of both Father Jerks. and the janitor there is no <br />^' <br />trouble Pt the present time. <br />As to the condition^ of t'le Street we find that the street is in as good cor.d:iti ^n as any, <br />e <br />^d to all ±l,a+ �er� t�P.rP y °sterdty it was a :­-repd that the--'is no cnrdition exi stiM7 at the <br />prele ^t tt-e ^f any ga leak. <br />If thAra i s ar ay that we may assist yo-.z with we are at your call , { <br />S: " 1_ y,7n.I -s <br />(signed.) J. •i <br />C ^_1mmisr`10 ^Pr of S +rApts <br />Aril lF, x.937 <br />Rev. Fa.tbpr Jsrka, <br />�"t. A''a1bP7• +s Cr„rrc1±� <br />''South Berd, Inaicre <br />