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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06/26/1944 Board of Public Works MinutesA 160 MEETING - JUNE 19, 1944 A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held on Monday, June 19, 1944 at 9:00 A.M. All members were present. Minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. There were no bills to -be approved. STREET DEPARTMENT: Mr. Anthony Zmudzinski, Street Commissioner,, was present and matters pertaining to his department were discussed. TRARFIC DEPARTMENT: Mr, Ernest Miller, Street Traffic Engineer, was present and matter pertaining to his department were discussed. ETERY DEPARTMENT: Mr. Stanley Leszczynski, Sexton, was present and matters pertain to his department were discussed. There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjo at 10:00 A.M. ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT: A Contractor's Bond in the amount of $1,000,00 was approved for Harry Kemble.. This was ordered filed. MEETING - JUNE 26, 1944 A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held on Monday, June 26, 1944 at 9:00 A.M. All members were present. Minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. Salary claims in the amount of $8,989.99 were approved and ordered paid. Claims of the following suppliers in the amount of $434.59 were approved and ordered paid: American Railway Express $ .36 Building Dept. Trans. $ 87.50 Business Systems 44.06 Michigan Mushroom Co. 9,12 City dater Vlorks 27.67 Nor. Ind. Pub. Ser. 'Co. 1.48 D. Sherman Ellison Agency 5.00 The Ohio Gil Co. 16,20 Goodyear Service 1.50 River Park Lumber Co. 5.88 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 140.43 G. J. Shoemaker 32.49 The McCaffery Co. .51 South Bend Tribune 2.73 Charles Martindale 3.20 Charles Martindale 5:00 E. Miller � 20.00 C. F. Balka 20.00 Kaylor-Holman Co. 7.20 Ernest H. Miller 6.76 STREET DEPARTMENT: Mr, Anthony Zmudzinskiy Street Commissioner, was present and matters' pertaining to his department were discussed. Mr. Zmudzinski turned over to the Board, $2.00 which he received for cutting down weeds on a private lot. ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT: Contractor's bonds in the amount of 01,000.00 were approved a for John C. Benjamin, . J.J. Zellner and Melvin Green, a Partnership and gdwd 'Bunton and an Excavator's bond was approved for 0. E. Frame, d.b.a. 0. E. Frame and Son. These were ordered filed. A petition was received from Agnes L. Waters and George W. Waters, Sr., asking the Board to vacate that portion of LaMonte Terrace described as follows: Beginning at the nort_awest corner of Lot number Eight (8) of Fassnacht's Chapin Place Addition to the City of South Bend: thence North five and five hundredths (5.05) feet; thence East twenty-seven and six tenths (27.6) feet; thence North seven tenths )0.7) foot; thence East three and six tenths (3.6) feet; thence South seven tenths (0.7) foot; thence East twenty-two and eight tenths (22.8) feet; thence South five (5.0) feet;. thence West along the north side of said lot to the. place of beginning. The purpose of this petition is to clean the title to the property of the said Agnes Waters and George I.I. Waters, Sr., as the building on the said lot protrudes into the city street as much as.is described above. No action wast aken on the petition and it was ordered filed. A petition containing 24 signatures was received asking for an abatement of the j smoke nuisance caused by the St. Joseph Hospital. This was turned over to the City j Engineer for investigation and report. • • • 0 • TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT: Mr. Ernest Miller, Traffic Engineer, was authorized to go to .East Chicago on June 7 and 28 to study the Traffic Signal System in operation there. CEMETERY DEPARTMENT: Mr. Stanley Leszczynski, Sexton, was present and matters pertain- ing to his department were discussed. There being no further business to come before the Board, at 10 400 ,A.M. ATT . Cl the meeting was adjourned (I 4 li MEETING - JULY 3,'1944 i . j A regular meeting of the Board of Public -Works was held on Monday, July 31 1944 ^ lat 9:00 A.M. ;All memebers were present. Minutes of the last meeting were read and, Japproved. There were no bills to be approved: 'ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT: This being the date set for hearing on condemnation resolution . 2MO , rof a rig of way 80 feet wide, hearing was had. Wm. E. Miller, Attorney, I!filed remonstrances by Lucy J. Tasher Marshall, Whitcomb and Keller, Inc., and John D. J. Farneman. Said remonstrances are filed in jacket bearing resolution No. 2525, to- gether will all papers pertaining to condemnation proceedings. Leona White, a Court Reporter, was present to take the minutes of�the meeting and Ila copy of the minutes are attached hereto and'made a part thereof. - There being no' further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at ll":30 A.M. A 0 C� • 0