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Home My WebLink About01/27/1947 Board of Public Works Minutes;tl January 20, 1947 28. A regular meeting of the Board of Public -.`;7orks Baas held on i;Ionday, January 20 i11947 at 8:30 A.I,I. Ail members were present. T:Tr; John I.Tontgomery, having been iIsworn in as City Attorney, was present at the sleeting and aat as a lenber of the I Board of ','forks. 1 linutes of the last meeting were read and approved. Claims of the lfollo,;ring suppliers in the amount of 1,192.47 :;ere approved and ordered paid: I �lBenjamin J,,Q3ois 12.20 The ,1cCaffery Co. ? 4.05 Tuley Printin, Co. 35.00 'iiirror Press 9.94 • �J. C. L- auber Co. ii ,loyd Insurance Cotapany 25.93 Dior. Ind. Pub. Ser. Co. 158.22 1. 48 Vitality 1ileed Stone 7.45 i Blac1zm.er Pump Company 16.63 J ndi and Bell T elepwzone 14.81 i�Bd?cards Iron ;_`orks 33.41 St. Josephs Hospital 394.93 IIThe Gibson Company 241.57 G. A. Schrader 22.75 Gibson CYo:-Dany 5.39 C. A. Schrader 35.62 IThe 'The Gibson Company 15.57 Standard Autoriotive -u 1 r 15.00 Peter Gyuga G.17 Standard Automotive Supply 106.30 T, r il TzAP4�IC DEPA. _MIT: Yr. .Ernest !I m..r I; filler, Traffic _�11gineer, was present c and titters matters , 11per�;ainin o nis c3epart:lcnt were discussed. • I � ,GIN-EM1IN LA'f , Excavation bonds in the amount of ?i..000.00 iiapprove an ordered 1 fled for 0. each ;sere I J. Shoemaker and C. S. Randol?h. A Contractors s Bond in the . amount of 1,000.00 was ap-proved and ordered if iled for Berhard ). Johnson. (r mT1Ti -gin i��. -rim •nr,Tm . ;r ,a�1" DEPA. LI l�LA • i';ir. casimer L n. Balha, Street, Cafm.iSsioner, was y=present and matter �pertazning O nis department :Iei'e discussed. CEI:1ETERY DEPARTI,i 1T ? r. Stanley ,eszczynski, Sexton, was present and scatters ljperc ning o its e�)artrnent were discussed. • • There being no further business to code before the Board, the meeting - was adjourned at 10:00 A.-* T TT''lll .+J I January,27, 1947 A regular meeting of 27, 1947 at 8:30 A.M. All the Board of members Public works was held on Monday, January were read and•approved. were Salary claims present. Minutes of the last meeting in the amount of $12,807.62 were approved and ordered paid. Claims of the following suppliers in the amount of $1,084.76 were approved and ordered paid: Business Systems Business Systems $ 4.46 Koontz -Wagner Elec. Co. $ 6.44 Business,Systems 5.20 .88 Lloyd Insurance Co. Office.Engineers' Inc. 24.84 3.60 Englewood Elec. Supply 28.81 Ridge Company 8.45 L. 0. Gates# Chev. Corp. 4.95 Sheehan Tire ;Service 65.62 Harman & Anderson Garage Indiana.Bell Telephone 8.10 90.50 South Bend Tribune Weisberger Bros. 10.59 Indiana Carbon Company 8.25 Korte Brothers 16.20 25,13 Business Systems Business Systems 9.89 Lloyd Insurance Co. 522.49 Business Systems 3.97 4.73 Office.Engineers Sheehan Tire Service 1.35 95.10 Galion Iron Works L. 0. Gates 33.42 Sheehan Tare Service 44.40 Indiana Bell'Telephone 17.09 6.00 Standard_Automotive Supply The Studebaker Corporation 12.32 21,98 TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT: Mr. Ernest 11iller, Traffic Engineer, was present End matters per ainsn.g o, ss epartment were discussed. BUS ROUTES: A letter was received from the Northern Indiana Transit, Inc., -pe it io nin g to operate a bus line to be called the Ford Street_ bus line, and to start from the East side of the Court House on Main Street; thence South on Main Street to Western Avenue; thence West on Western A enue to Kosciusko Street; thence South on Kosciusko to Ford Street; thence West orb Ford Street to Kaley Street; thence South on Kaley-Street to Sample Street; thence West on Sample Street to Beileveille Gardens; return in -bound to -down town South Bend over same route as outbound to Western Avenue and LaFayette Blvd.; thence North on LaFayette Blvd -to Washington Avenue; thence East on Washington A enue to Main Street and Court House. This service to be operateddaily except Sdn.days and Holidays, and to be operated. between the hours of 5z45 AM and 6:45 PIT from the Court Rouse and be- tween the hours of 6:10 AM and 7;1.0 PM from Bb3levl-le ;Gardens. This service to be on a trial period between the dates of,February 8, 1947 and March 20, 1947, The Board granted the above petition._ 291 ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT: VACATION RESOLUTION NO. 2554 RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS 4F THE CITY OF SOUTIi BEND INDIINA: That it is desirable to _vacate the . following- I� The alley South of' 'Ewing -Avenue from Michigan Street West to the First alley it West of Michigan Street. j The following property may be injuriously or beneficially effected by such (vacation: A part of the West half (W2) of the Northwest quarter (N.W. 4) of Section 24, Township 37 North,, Range 2 east, which part is bounded by a line running as I' follows: Vis : Beginning at the point of intersection of the original south line of Ewing Avenue in the City of South Bend with the West line of Michigan Street; thence West with said original South line of Ewing Avenue 164.8 feet; thence South par- allel with Michigan Street 200 feet; thence East parallel with Ewing ,Avenue 164.88 feet, thence North with the West line of Michigan Street 200 feet to the place of beginning, excepting, therefrom a strip of land 20 feet in width North and South taken off of and -from the entire length of the forth side thereof, heretofore tak en for the widening of Ewing Avenue And Lots numbered 1 to 6 inclusive in Stull's 6th Addition. i Notice of this resolution shall bepublished on the 31st day of January and on the 7th day of February, 1947 in the South Bend Daily Tribune an d,the Weekly Mirror. • This Board, at its office in the City Hall on the 17th day of February, 1947 at 11:00 A.M. will hear and receive remonstrances from all persons -interested in or''affected by these proceedings. I� Adopted this 27th day of January, 1947. • 0 APPR OVED : R. S. Andrysiak John Montgomery M. T. Cummings BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS STREET DEPARTMENT: Mr. Casimer Balka, Street Commissioner, was present and ma ers,per aining to his department were discussed. This being the date set for receiving bids for materials for the Street Department, the following bids were opened and publicly read: Taylor Brothers, Gravel, as is, at the pit, and loaded by the South Bend, Indiana Street Department .25 per yard Gravel, as is, at the pit, and loaded by Taylor Brothers .50 per yeard Gravel, as is,delivered by Taylor Brothers to the Street Department or any specified place not to exceed an�';_equivalent distance (32) miles 1.40 per yard South Bend Sand & Gravel South Bend, Indiana Washed Sand - concrete or mortar .75 ton Washed rice gravel #12 .55 ton Washed gravel -concrete #5 1.,00 ton }The above bids were accepted by the Board. Bids received from Kuert Concrete Company, Standard Oil Company, Tu.ftread Roads, Ines Andresen Corporation, Taranoyl Company and E. R.'Newland Qompany were all rejected for cause and the.Clerk of ,the Board was directed to readver- tise for materials for the Street Department, with bids returnable on February 17, 1947. CEMETERY DEBARTMENT: Mr. Stanley Leszczynskis Sexton, was present and matters pertaining o is aepartment were discussed. There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 11:30 A-M, • i! ATTEST: i