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Home My WebLink About02/09/1948 Board of Public Works Minutes352 that said Board has fixed the 24th day of February, 1948, at Eleven o'clock in the fore- noon, at the office of said Board, in the City Hall, 214 North Main Street, South Bend I Indiana, as the time and place at which said agreement will be finally considered; that at said time and place a public hearing will be had? at which any taxpayer may appear, in person or by attorney, and file protest against any or all of the provisions of said agreement. THE STUDEBAKER CORPORATION BY: H. S. Vance Chairman of the Board BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND? INDIANA BY: Frederick K. Baer Albert E. Troeger Ray Andrysiak AS THE MEMBERS THEREOF STREET DEPARTMENT:__ Mr. Melton 0. Brannan= Street Commissioner, was present and matters pertaining to his department were discussed. Mr. Brannan filed the specifications for the materials needed for the Street Department and the Clerk of the Board was directed to advertise for said materials with bids to be returnable on March 1, 191-8. All materials are to be of the standard spec- ifications for the State Highway Commission Specifications of the Acts of 1939. CEMETERY DEPARTMENT: Mr. Stanley Leszczynskil 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 adj at 10:00 A.M. ATTEST: Cl BOARD OF PUBLIVWORKS February 9, 1948 A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held -on Monday, February 9, 19481 at 8:30 A.M. All members were present. Minutes of the last meeting were read and I approved. Salary claims in the amount of $15,102.66 were approved and ordered paid. Claims of the following suppliers in the amount of $850.53 were approved and ordered poi: Arrow Towel & Linen Service $ 10.55 E. M. Earhart 20.00 Englewood sec. Co. 36.60 Otto Gratzol 78.00 Huntington Laboratories 104-05 Indiana Bell Telephone 6.75 Indiana Bell Telephone 10.70 Indiana Bell Telephone 6.98 Business Systems 5.94 Schillingts Inc. 10.94 South Bend Sanitary Wipers 10.00 Tropical Paint Co. -114.10 Ind. & Mich. Elec. Co. 1.00 Koontz -Wagner Elec. Co. 10.00 hcClave Printing Co. 37.00 McClave Printing Co. -^ 37.50 McClave Printing Co. 156.50 McCaffery Co. 2.21 South Bend Window Cleaning 18.00 West Side Hardware 33.00 Standard Automotive Supply 5.69 South Bend Sand & Gravel 33.44 South Bend Sand & Gravel South Bend Window Cleaning Co. 90.00 TAXI -CABS:_ The petition from the Veterans Cab Company was referred to Mr. Miller for study and he will make -a recommendation as to the location of a stand. TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT: Mr. Ernest Miller, Traffic Engineer, was present and matters per- taining to his department were discussed. BUSSES_: This being the date set for hearing remonstrances against and for considering the new contract between the City of South Bend and the Northern Indiana Transit Compa said hearing was held. Comes now, Mr. Aaron Huguenard attorney for the Northernlndiana Transit Company and files proof of publication of notices in the South Bend Tribune and the Mirror Press and the posting of notices in ten public places in the City of South Bend. The Board accepted the filing of proof for record. A written remonstrance .was filed with the Clerk of the Board from Ivan G. Fulwider, 313 East Bowman Streets South Bend, Indiana, and was presented to the Board. • C7 0 0 • • 0 353 Mr. Sam Corle, 2022 Mishawaka Avenue, came before the Board, but upon questioning I� declared that he had no protest against the change in rates, but wished changes in j bus service. ! I' Mr. William Mayo, C.I.O. Director in this area, indicated that his organizations I! i would oppose the bus companies increase in rates unless the bus company would meet a !'five. -point plan which he proposed as follows: ! ij 1, .Later bus service during the week as well as on Saturday and Sunday. • I� 2. Earlier and more frequent service on sunday mornings. Ii! 3. All lines to be extbnded to Teach all people and additional new lines where j� necessary. 1+P urchase and replacement of equipment at regular intervals with full seating ! capacity. �1, 5, Revert to pre-war stops, stopping at every standard block i j Mr. Earl Howell, 1014 South Michigan Street, remonstrated against the raise in '!{ rates and compared them with bus fares in other cities of comparable size. I� Miss Virginia Guthrie, representing the South Bend Civic Planning Association, presented a letter from the association questioning the statements made by the Northern Indiana Transit Company, and suggesting that if a new rate is established it be not j greater than three tokens for twenty-five cents instead of five for forty-five cents. Mr. e. R. Downes, President of the Bus Drivers, Union, Mr, Sid Cohen, representing Studebaker Local #5 and Mr. Joseph V. W"iszynski, a householder, all spoke before the Board; . j' Mr, Stanley Price,-,C.P.A. and Mr. Al Johannes, Vice -President of the Northern India: Transit Company, presented the case for the Company and answered charges made. ii No more persons wishing to be heard, the Board took the matter under advisement and will announce their decision at a later date. ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT: An Excavation bond was approved and ordered filed for E. J. 11 White. j DEDICATION OF EASE14ENT Ij a I, !i WHEREAS, a plat with dedication of streets and alleys indicated thereon previously j) accepted by the City of South Bend, to be known as Section B of Belle Village, an Addi- tion to the City of South Bend, Indiana; This plat and dedication is filed in the records of the Board of Public Works and Safety in Row #21, Drawer #+ and recorded in Plat Book 17 Page B of the Recorder's • j; office of St. Joseph County, ; NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Board of Public Works and Safety, of South j Bend, Indiana, that all public streets, alleys and public places and utility easements are approved by said Board b yand on behalf of the City of South Bend, Indiana. i Vacation Resolution No. 2560 ji Hearing on the assessment roll showing the award of damages and the assessment of !� benefits in the matter of the vacation of the alley South of Western Avenue from La- jj Fayette Boulevard to the East line of the alley .pest of LaFayette Boulevard, Also the !I alley West of LaFayette Boulevard from Western Avenue to the North line of the Alley • South of Western Avenue under vacation resolution No. 2560, was continued on this date. The Board, therefore, decides to take -final action on said assessment roll and declares 11 same inall things ratified, confirmed and approved without modification and the pro- ceedings closed, and the alleys vacated upon receipt of the amount -of benefit assessment from the various property owners so benefitted and all proceedings had with reference to said alley vacation are hereby sustained. STREET DEPARTMENT: Mr. Melton 0. Brannan, Street Commissioner, was present and matters pertaining to his department were discussed. �I • Mr. Brannan informed the Board that he was in need of a bulldozer and payloader for his department and the Street Commissioner and the City Engineer was directed to j� prepare specifications for same, 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, the meeting was adj at 10:00 A. hi. 'ATTEST: it Clark !j ! �j