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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04/21/1947 Board of Public Works Minutes9002 - ------ ---- — ---- --- George A. Davis (Park Dept.) 74.40 Nor. Ind. wholesale Groc. � 15.95 4� Englewood Elec. Supply _Co. 18.23 H. H. , Slominslki, 1,1.D. 8.00 Indiana Bell Telephone 6.73 ',. South Bend Supply Co. 8.'75 Indiana Bell Telephone 6.19 South Bend Tribune 8.95 1 Ind. Mich. Elec. Co. .92 7eisberger Bros. 20.25 i' Ind. & Mich. Elec. Co. 415.34 'Nest Side Hardware Co. 190.00 Kenneth Tubbs 242.50 TRAFFIC DEPARTI,;LENT: Mr. Ernest Miller, Traffic aznzng to zs epartment were discussed.fic Engineer, was present and matters per - A petition was received, containing nine -six signatures, asking for the installa- tion of a traf 'ic signal at the intersection of 1:1estern avenue and Taylor Street. This was referred to P,Ir. 'Miller and he was directed to trrite to the State Iighway Commission informing them of the petition. ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT: Contractorts bonds in the amount of $1;000.00 each were a`ppio3737.. `ancC or ere iled for E. T Tranberg, Thos. L. Hickey, and Steven Sharkey. A performance bond in the amount of p5000.00 .rras filed by Virgil H. Reed and Homer L. Short doing business as Reedts Construction Company, Mishawaka, Indiana. STREET DEPARBIENT: Mr. Casimer Balka, Street Commissioner, was _present and matters pertaining to =s department were discussed. CE[JETERY DEPARTMENT: Mr. Stanley Leszczynski, Sexton, was present and matters pertain- ing Eo hEs epar ment vrere discussed. There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourne at 10:00 A.1,1. A TEST e r. April 21, 1947 A regular meeting of the Board of Public ',',forks was held on Monday, April 21, 1947 at 8:30 A.1',. All members were present. Minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. The following claims in the amount of ti?534.02 were approved and ordered paid: Frank Kettering 30.06 Kenneth J. Tubbs y�503.96 TRAFFIC DEPARUMENT: Mr. Ernest Miller, Traffic Engineer, was present and matters pertaining o. nzs, epartment were discussed. Mr. Miller presented plans for traffic light installations at the intersections of Diamond and Blaine Avenues and Angela Boulevard which all converge at Portage Avenue; which will operate at the will of pedestrians and motorists alike by push buttons and also a set of out -of -the ordinary stop and go lightsat 17ashington Avenue and Olive Street which will operate normally except that when the gates are down and the flasher signal is warning of the approach of a train over the adjacent New York Central right of way, the traffic lights will also flash red in all directions, permitting progress east west and north, but not south across the tracks. The Board approved both sets - of plans, Mr. -.Qualls informed the Board that a traffic signal at the northwest corner of Sample and Main streets had been hit by an automobile, driver unknown, and damaged. The signal was repaired and placed back in service at a cost of ?25.85. ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT: A Contractorts bond in the amount of �1,000.00 was approved =L ordered z e Tor Harry Kemble. The Board approved an easement to the City of South Bend, the right to construct and maintain a storm water sewer for the purpose -of draining Sylvan Glen Street under lots 50 and 10 in block B, Bercliff Estate, a strip approximbately 10 feet wide. Vacation Resolution No. 2555 This being the date set, hearing was had on the resolution heretofore adopted by the Board of Public works for the vacation of the alley North of Howard Street from Francis Street to the first alley E' st under vacation resolution ITo. 2555. The Clerk of the Board having shown sufficient proofs of publication and no remonstrators having appeared and no written remonstrances having been filed with the Clerk, it was moved, seconded and unanimously carried that the said resolution be finally adopted and the said alley be vacated. The Engineering Department is directed to prepare an assessment'' roll covering the assessments of benefits and the awards of damages to the surrounding properties. 0- L1 4 303 U • • 1� STREET DEPARDJ NT: Mr. Casimer, }3alka, Street I per ,asning o is department were discussed. C IIETER`"T DEPARTMENT:Mr. Stanley Leszczynski, aining zo ss, epartment were discussed. Commissioner was present and matters Sexton, was present and matters per - There being no fur; her business to come before the Board, the meeting was ad- journed at 10:00 A.PdT. ATTIIS -� C1erK April 28, 1947 A regular meeting of the Board of public ,'forks was held on T;Ionday, April 28, 1947 at 8:30 A.T.I. All members were present. !;,mutes of tLLie last meeting were read and approved. Salary claims in the amount of `117,666.69 were approved and ordered paid. Claims of the following suppliers in"the amount of 3,302.35 were approved and ordered paid: Leslie Applegate Sasm Berman Bus inessSystems Business Systems Business Systems City Viater `uTorks Englewood Elec. Supply Co. Garnit z Furniture Co. Indiana Bell Telephone idlar Main. Pharmacy Building Dept. (Trans.) The Acorn Refining Co. Badur Bros, Coal Co. Badur Bros. V. Graves Indiana Institutional Ind. Indiana ;ell Telephone Indiana Eauipraent� Co. Ind. 8 T11ich. Elec. Co. Ind. & Mich. Elec. Co. C.E. Lee Company Ben Tledow, Ijzc. Tfr4 -F--1--"I or QiinT�I 7r on _ 5 5.00 I;Tirror Press 23.00 Nor. Ind. Pub. Sere Co. 12.40 Royal Typewriter Co. 3.62 Sheehan Tire Service 6.40 Sheehan Tire Service 14.71 Slnton? s I Su;Dr,1V Co. 13.43 KennethJ. Tub1r S 85.10 Yfeisberger Bros, 91.28 7.7feisberger Bros, 3.62 Eduard J. 71hit e 120,00 Frank Kettering 150.00 South Bend Lumber Co. 40.39 South Bend Sanitary ",'lipers 30.25 Stevens Oil Company 3.07 The Studebaker Corp., 309.75 The Studebaker Corp. 6.00 The Studebaker Corp. 225.00 The Studebaker Corp. 2.28 The Studebaker Corp. 20.80 The Studebaker Corp. 6.60 ,The Studebaker Corp. 11.67 The Studebaker Corp. 44.45 Scherman-Schaus- Freernan ENGINEERING primary IJEPA?Ti?ITNT: n.rr. Ray S, .Andrysiak, City Engineer, filed assessmen roll showing' the awards of damages and the assessments of benefits in the matter of the vacation "Street from of the alley , orth of Hovia_rd !Francis Street tb.-; the alley Mast under ,No. 2555. , vacation Resolution • In the 'Vi11 meet in above named assessment roll, the Board hereby orders that it, the City Hall at 11:00 for the purpose A.m. on the 19th day of T.Tay, 1947 of hearing and receiving remonstrances from all persons interested in or affected by said vacation, and the Board further orders that notices of and benefits said hearing, together with the amount of dar.-ages awarded assessed be addressed to the same on the property owners by publishing 2nd day of- May and on the 9th day of May, 1947 in the Bend Daily Tribune South and the IGTeekly T-lirror. 4 8.21 .91 131.75 4.25 1.00 24.75 = 496.55 6.75 34.80 47.48 38006 123.89 10,00 52.43 1.55 4.66 2.14 2.14 1.14 5.73 13.42 25.51 2.13 "1.13 5.37 2.50 tiers ??or d ml,zend- Ytya� f iled L matters C7-1TETERY DEPAP TT,17-,NT : T:-ir. Stanley Leszczynski, Sexton, was present and raat tiers per- taining nis acp�,rtment tisere.discussed. There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 1Q� :00 l,.1J. C er U%J, .