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Home My WebLink About12/26/1945 Board of Public Works Minutes233 • STREET 'DEPAR11TAI=NT: Mr. Casimer l alka, Street Comnissioner, was present and matters per- taining to his depart--iient were discussed. CE'T,N,1 TER-Y- DEPARTLIEN`1•': 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, the meeting was adjourned at 10:00 A.T+'T. December 26, 1945 A regular meeting of the Board of Public corks was held on Vofednesday, December 26, il 1945 at 8:30 A.Y. All members were present. Minutes of the last meeting were read and 11 • ;� approved. Claims of the following suppliers in the amount of �9,912.54 ticrere approved i and ordered paid: j Sam Berman 9.99 George J. !Vlayer Co. yN 16.49 Gus Caussemaker Agency 5.00 Stanley J. TTuszynski 5.00 Champion Corporation 43.30 The Ohio Oil Co. 14.50 City ,Vat er "Norks 1.45 South Bend Tribune 3.06 pity Viater `Works 7.83 The Studebaker Corp. 213.55 City s"Vater Works 7.58 J. E. Viialz Garage 17.50 i! Ind. r& Idlich. Elec. Co. 1.12 Nest Side hardware 26.00 J. C. Lauber Co. 31.63 The Gibson Company 29.92 �, Andresen Corporation 112.77 Graves Auto Glass 9.20 • !Andresen Corporation 112.92 Ind. & Mich. Elec. Co. .28 jl Badur Bros. 24.08 Ind. & Mich. Elec. Co. .89 Dr. B. J. Bolka 18.00 Interstate Glass & Paint Co. 21.39 Business Systems 57.00 The IeicCaffery Co. 11.95 IL. 0. Gates Chev. Co. 1.52 The Ohio Oil Co. 1281.12 j! Hoffman Bros. 11.95 Business Systems 9.22 Ind. &. T,lich. Elec. Co. 358.66 Lavin Insurance Agency 5.00 Ind.& Mich. Elec. Co. 108.24 'ire France Stone Co. 6.28 ` Ind.. &. Mich. Elec. Co. 28.52 The Gibson Company 17.48 'Ind. &-. Mich. Elec. Co. 7,226.73 Goodyear Service 99.90 j Ind. & 14ch. Elec. Co. 167.66 Goodyear Service 102.39 McClave Printing Co. 12.00 Ind. & "i;lich. Elec. Co. 19.60 • !!The Ohio Oil Co. 24.80 The Ohio Oil Co. 467.65 The Ohio Oil Co. 115.00 Sinclair Refining Co. 46.51 I� j TRAFFIC DEPAt`ZTTTKEE T: Mr. Ernest I;Iiller, Traffic Engineer, was present and matters per- taining to his department were discussed. !� A co imunication was received from. the Common Council in the form of a certified copy of a resolution passed by the Council in which they instruct the Board of U�orks and Safety to proceed at once and without delay with the erection of a traffic control jsystems of the automatic type similar to the ones being used at other intersections over the city, at Llishawaka and Twyckenharn Drive and to have the overhead signals removed f from the intersections of iIisharaka Avenue and 30th Street; Lincoln 1;Vay West and Olive • i� Street; and 'western !-venue and Olive Street, and control lights be installed to conform , with the lights now being used in the rest of the city. This resolution was ordered j filed. j IBLS ROUTES: Mr. ;'Jatterson land T'rlr. Hahn of thehorthern Indiana Transit Company and I P!Ir. t'rilliam Bertsch, Mr. George 1•'eldman, Mr. harry Taylor and lair. Tilaurice Bailey were if present for a further discussion of a bus route through the Sunnymede area. A full discussion was had of the various streets in question. Mr. Feldman pointing out that ISunnymede Avenue is thirty feet in width along its entire length, and 'uayne Street is �33 feet in widthat its narrowest point. The feasibility of making one way streets out of wayne where it is intersected by a parkway was also discussed. Mr. Levy indicated that East Jefferson east of Eddy Street could not be used as a bus route without direct • l action by the Council. Mr. Miller, the traffic Engineer, pointed out that Sunnym.ede �iAvenue is widely used for parking cars during football games and other affairs at the IIschool field and routing buses on it would create a definite traffic. hazard. The Board took the matter under advisement and will make their decision before the next meeting. A letter was received from the Northern Indiana 'Transit Company indicating that the had made a careful check of conditions outlined in a petition for better service on the F'ellorrs Street bus route. The letter states in part," ...selecting Thursday, December 113 and Friday, December 14, for the passeno-er check, During this time we found that on two trips in the of tornoon of the 14th, eight passengers were left standing at curb by one bus and seven passengers were left by another bus. Thursday and Ti'riday are our heaviest days of the vreek, and for that reason ire selected these two days. We 6re • �Iattemptino, to divide our equipment on as nearly an equal basis as posal.ble during the heavy holiday traffic, and every tiM1reek day every available bus is being operated. 'pie idid succeed in adding one bus to the Fellow Street line during the afternoon peak - from li 234 3:00 to 7:00 p.m., and believe that in the future this will_ elimate the passing up of passengers. The Board directed that a copy be made of this letter and it be sent to the Common Council. ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT: Excavation bonds in the amount of �,�1,000.00 were approved for lard B. Johnston,. Barry Nicodemus and Anthony Kujawski & Son. These were ordered filed. DEDICATION WHEREAS, the folloiiiing descirbed parcel of land is hereby dedicated to the public for use as a public alley: Beginning at the Southeast corner of Lot number eight (8) in Louis Nickels Subd vi- sion in the City of South Bend, Indiana; thence Wiest, along the North line of Sample Str a distance of five (5) feet; thence North, along a line that is parallel with the East linf of Lot number eight (8) , the point of intersection rith the Northerly line, , produce Southwesterly, of the ten (10) foot alley at the North side of Lot number seven (7 ); the Northeasterly, along said Northerly line of ten 9LO) foot alle;yT produced Southwesterly, to the point of intersection with the East line of Lot number eight (8) produced North; thence South to the print of beginning. CD AND, this dedication is recorded in Book , Page of the Recorder's Uffice of St. Joseph County, in the office 1,1 id0y"u, TIEREFORE, be t resolved by the Board of Public 'tio_rl s and Safety of South ;::send, Indiana, that this public, alley is hereby accepted and approved by said Board, for and on behalf of the City of South Bend, Indiana. STREET DEPARTITILTIT: I,1r. Casimer Balka, Street Cormnissioner, was present and matters PE taining to his department were discussed. CEMETERY DEPARTI..IENT: ITr. Stanley Leszczynski, Sexton, was present, and matters pertai ink, to his department were discussed. There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting eras adjourne at -10:00 A.M. ATTE T : er. 'BO A-RD, OF P : -y RK,S SPECIAL IIEETING DEC-,i1BER 28, 1945 A special meeting of the Board of Public ,corks was held on. Friday, December 28, 1945 at 2:00 P/IVI. All members were present. Michael T. Cummings, City Controller, reported that appropriations had been approv for necessary additional funds in order to cover payments for.garbage collection during the year 1946. Consideration was given to the bid of Frank Palmer, Jr., for the collec Lion of garbage during the year of 1946 fora total sum of �59,951.14. Said bid was accepted and a contract formalized. Such acceptance thereupon executed by contractor and by the Members of the Board and referred to the Conmion Council for approval. Board members discussed, made and seconded, the following resolution: RESOLVED: That Nathan Levy be, and he is, hereby authorized in the name of the 'Board to serve notice upon Itilax lHeiss to vacate premises owned by the City of South Bend and occupied by said II I,Tax 01eiss. Be it further resolved that in making and executing such notice, Nathan Levy) be, and he is-, hereby authorized to -sign the individual names of each of the members of 1 the Board. ;f There being no further business to come before the Board the meeting was adjourned at 4:00 p.m. 000, n LJ 4- eU ce