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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03/31/1944 Board of Public Works Special Meeting Minutes150 SPECIAL MEETING - MARCH 31, 1944 A special meeting of the Board of Public Works was held on Friday, March 31, 1944. All members were present. The meeting was called to award a contract, the Board having been notified of�.the approval of a special appropriation, G-rdinance #3478, by the State Tax Board, the Board now accepts the bid of G. R. Robertson for the repair of the Jefferson Boulevard Bridge, the bid being in the opinion of the Board the lowest and best bid. The Clerk of the Board was authorized to notify Mr. Robertson to call at the office of the Board to execute the contract, and to notify him to pro ceeci with construction. The Clerk was also authorized to return the bid bonds and checks to the unsuccessful bidders and to return the successful bidders check after the contract is executed. There being no further business to come-:be'fore the Board, the meeting was adjourned ?.��11.11, s . , .i MEETING APRIL 3, 1944 A regular meeting of the Board of Public '��orks was held on Monday, April 3, 1944 at 9 t00 A.Y. All members ,were present. Minutes of the last meeting and of the Special meeting held on March 31, were read and approved. Claims of the following suppliers in the amount of �'�760.64 were approved and ordered paid: Bearing Service Company Business Systems Business Systems Business Systems Englewood Electric Supply Co. The Gibson Company Thos. `L. Hickey Co. Thos. L. Hickey Inc. Thos. I. Hickey Inc. Indiana Hardware Co. Ind. & Mich. Electric Co. Interstate Glass 84 Paint Co. Korte Brothers 12.28 The National IIill Supply 1.32 Nor. Ind. Transit 'Company 1. 90 Nor. Ind. Transit Company 101.18 l;or". Ind. Transit Co"mpany '2.94 Nor. Ind. Transit -Company 16.00 Schilling's Inc. 37.50 Schilling's Inc. 20.00 South Bend Tribune 5.00 Standard Oil Company 5.65 The Upco Company 1.44 `Rm. Welsh, Recorder 7.94 ','Vest Side Hardware Co. 264.00 Schilling's Inc. 27.40 25.00 25.00 2 5.-00 25.00 1.57 1.42 2.04 50.91 33.50 3.20 63.00 .45 STREET DEPARTMENT: Mr. Anthony Zrnudzinski, Street Commissioner, was present and matters pertaining to his department were discussed. The Clerk of the Board was authorized to re -advertise for a Tractor for the Street Department, all bias having been recieved as a result of the last advertisement having I been rejected. ENGINEERING DEPART1VIENT: Excavation bonds were approved for the Solitt Construction Com- pany and Ernest Longway. These were ordered filed. Mr. C11-de '+4illiams, City Engineer,_ presented a copy of a letter written to Mr. G. A. Farabaugh, Attorney for the New York Central Railroad Company, calling his attenti � n to the recomr_endations of the TrL-ffic Engineer on signals for the Meade Street crossing, the Traffic Engineer's report and recommendations were enclosed with the letter. Mr. 1JUilliams also submitted to the Board a report on the petition for the elimin- ation_ of a pond between ',dashington and 'Marshall Stre0i6s and 25th and 26th Streets. The report in part states, ' The area is considerably lower than the established grade of th abutting streets and would provide an ideal location for a City durip. This would pro- vide a means of filling the area, as requested by the petitioners. However, the lots are privately owned and it is doub]-tful that the owners would be interested in this meth od of filling their property. In addition, it is very lik_e17 to create objections from neighboring property owners and citizens. Until the propert7r owners in the general area petition for a trunk sewer on Jefferson Blvd., from 26th Street to Logan Street, the draining of this area will remain an impossiblity. The trunk sewer that will even- tually drain this area now terminates at 26th Street on Jefferson Blvd.' A copy of Mr.- 'dilliams relaort zwas sent to I r. J. IT. 1--`cC2rth77-. Mr. G. R. Robertson was present at the 1"eetin- to sign the contrL-ct for the repairs to the Jefferson Street Bridge. The contract was signed by Mr. Robertson and his partne I!+Ir. Julius Stevens, and their certified check was then returned to them. The clerk of t Board informed the Board that the other certified checks accompanying bids on the repair ,I had been returned to the unsuccessful bidders. !� WHEREAS, plats with dedications of streets and alleys indicated thereon, are now pr ,sented to the Board, to be Imown as Southmore Heights and Beacon heights in South Bend,I AND, these plats and dedications are recorded in Book /,5- , Pages , in the Reci Office of St. Joseph County. ji NUd, THEREF RE, be it resolved by the Board of Public 'd'lorks and Safety of South Ben , Indiana, that all public streets, alle s and public places dedicated to the public use i said plat, are hereby accepted and app oved by said Board for and on berralf of the City o South Bend, Indiana. . -14-1 derIs 0 • • • • •