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Home My WebLink About09/20/1948 Baord of Public Works Minutes422 The bid of Stockberger-Sea Strom Cor>pany was accepted for the following items: 2 Vacuum Leaf Loaders and Street Cleaners @ $2,767.50 each �57535.00 2 lengths 15' of 10" flexible hose C 61.80 123,60 2 Model E Guttcr-Snipe Pick-up streetcleaners @ <<a6,3l5.00 each 12,630.00 1 Big 6 Street Flusher mounted on suitable truck 8a66.'U 6 Allen convertible Ca13s for Tractors 235,00 each, with hand - operated windshield gripers @ 6.00 each 1,446.00 The a.bove bids were a.ccopted subject to the approval of the Common Council. The Clerk informed the Board that he had purchased one Standard front 'Ind Loader` for w260.00 and one Tokheim Cab for y�11140.00 from the THuntington Tractor Sales Cor_ipa.ny, Huntington, Indiana.. CEIIZTER.Y DEPAi'-P1,21,-,1YT: lair. Stanley Leszczynski, Sexton, was Dr•esent and matters perta.in- ing to his department were discussed. There being no further business to corre before the Board_, the _meeting was adjourned at 10:00 A.1,1. n'J" SST : Spccia.l E.ceting Septcr_iber 16, 1948 Special meeting of the^Board of Public Safety 7;ra.s held on Thursday, Septcr,bcr 16, lo,48 at 7:30 P.111i. All members were present. The meeting wa.s called for the purpose of holding a, public hearing on Improvement liesolution No. 2572, l l'8 for the improve_:Zent of Orange Street from �rtest line of Bir dsel Street to Ea.st line of ":cede Strect by draining, grading alhdl�aVing file center portion of the roadway, excluding a. nine (9) foot wide track, right. -of -.Tay of the Chicago, South Shore a.nd. South Lend a111ia;;;', -;y1.th a Class "All Types 1 to 5 inclusive, paver'_ent and U rcrlaining oorti on of the road "Tay wit, a. Class C, Ty��es 1 to 5 incl'usive pavcli''c`nt. After hea.ring all persons interested ;�riho appeared, and being fully advised in the premises, the Board decides tha..t the benefits to the property liable to be assedsed for ..aid irlprovers�ent are not equal to t''_e ^st_ :a^.fed cost O t_ne sa e a.S --reportedby the City Civil Engineer. Therefore, „� n .-LE -3 i � `, 7 n 'p b i i lr a .F+ t v 'i t \i f -v BE IT 'I' SOL-.-:�D. �y the ooa,rd of u Ali c ,or__s and 5,: e r of the �; of youth Bend, Indiana. that Improvement Reso_ution Ito. 2572, 19�;8, duly passed by this "='oard on August 23, 1948 for the above inprove„icnt, bc anc. the sari^e is hereby rescinded. There being no further business to come before the hoard, t'_e meeting was adjour_,ed at 9:30 AT TEST: Septeri ^r 201 1948 A regular meeting of the L'.oard of Public ;Iori_s wa.s held or_ T`onda.y-, Septe;.iber 20, i 1948 at 9:00 A.1,i. All members were present. 1•.inutes of the last neeting were read and 'i approved. < Sala.ry clair:.s in the arnou_;.t of >19,176.96 were a.r;t roved and ordered paid. Cla.ims of the follotTing suppliers in the a_r_lount of :r2, 668. e5 were ap- roved and ordered i� paid: Atlas Specialty Co. 14.22 :`rational 1"ill Supply Co. 4 .69 Bea.ri ng Service Company ti, 3G 1 a ti oral 1-gill Supply Co. 7.34 Bearing Service Company 24.97 . -; � m 1 in �cih__�li -D s c. 1 61 Bearing Service Company 1.92 Sin ter General Tire Co. 2.25 Gibson Cor_pa.ny 23.57 Singer General ='ire Co. 44.70 Edwards Iron Works 9.5G a.r Sfandd 0111 Corlpany 13.45 India.na, 'ell_ Telephone Co. 7.31" Standard Oil 1,336.37 Korte Bros. 17.58 S-�.andarc� Oil Cor,_pa.n-0 602.86 Porte Bros. 198.13 Studcba'_.Ter Corporation 13.21 Korte Bros. 3.84 Studcb,:1per Corporation 3,33 National ''dill Suppl7,T 7.63 Studebaker Co, c - U-Lo_h 12_.2�+ Business Systems 1.50 D. S'icrr a.n '�l I sor_ ^: e he;T 7.57 City ,dater Works 17.17 Indiana. Sell Telephone 116.01 City Water U;orks 1 .44 1'°idd,i ty rquipnent Corp. 11.34 City Water Works 2�,.39 Office Lngin.eers I l,8 D. Sherman Ellison 5.00 Royal Typewriter Co. 131i.75 • • • C� J 423 Lj 1 Tlii'2FIC D';PART1 _,'tiT: Mr. �,'rnest filler, Traffic Engineer, was present and matters per- taining to his departr_iet 4rere discussed. ENGTNL 'RIiTG D PARTPZ T: Cont.'actor's Bonds tivere approved and ordered filed for T. W. j Miller and the Singer la.nufacturing Company. The Board approved plans for l•auer and i a.ucr, Architects, for a bridge across an alley North of `vti�ashington Street, D et-ween I'>'�ain and l�i__chiga:n Streets, for the George Wyman Store, from their store to the Diana, Building. They arc to assume all_ liability. • Vacation Resolution No. 2578 �` t r Andrysiak, City :engineer, filed primary assess.,.ent roll showing the awarder. R. . of damages and the assessments of benefits in the -matter of the vacation of the alley West of Ironwood Drive from Ewing Avenue -to the AD._ley South, under Vacation Resolution No. 2578. In the above named assessment roll, the Board hereby orders that it will meet in the City Nall at 11:00 A.M. on the llth day of October, 1948 for t-_c purpose of hearing and receiving remonstrances from all persons interested in or affected by said vacation and the Board further orders thatnotice of said hearing, toMether with the amount of • damages awarded and benefits assessed be addressed to the property owners by publishing same on the 24th day of September. 10L_8 and on the lst day of October, 1948, in the South Bend Daily Tribune and the ,Meekly _irror. • • • The following property may be injurious177 or beneficially effected by such vacation: All Lots 1 to 30 inclusive in Hillside Addition to the Cit�r of South Bend, Indiana. (STREET DEPART1,T"'I;T,: Mr. I,elton 0. Brannan, Street Cor- issioner was present and matters pertaining to his department were discussed. ry The Board accepted the bid of 'orte Brothers, Forte lvbyne, Indiana, for one Austin- -I Western odel 88H hotor Grader, gasoline porered, with 11 tooth oval' scarifier and in- closed steel cab with shatter proof glass at a price of �9,018.00 less a, trade-in allow- ance for one 1925 i•cCormick Deering Tractor and one 1927 Allis Chalmers tractor of 's500.0 making the total price of �8,518.00. This bid was accepted subject to the approval of the Corm --on Council. A contract was signed Ietween the City of South E end, and Roy A. ,.70rden & Associates for the design and specifications, and supervision of construction of two Quonset -type bizildin gs for the City Street Dcpar t;i t. CEP,LTER'� DEPART;<J`]I'1T: Mr.` Stanley Leszczyr_s11-i, Sexi, , lra.s present and r. atters pertaining to his depart-ment were discussed. There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 10:00 T E" m Special �_eeting September 214, 1948 A special meetino of the Board of Public `lor'rs Via.s held on Friday , September 2' , 1948 at 7:30' P.T1. ilr. Troeger was absent. .The meetino) was called for the' purpose of holding a public hearing on Trnprovernent Resolutions Nos. 2568, 2569 and 2570. Improven ent Resolution iio. 2568, 1948 South Bend, Indi a,na., September 241c),48 For the improvement of i'Jest I-luron Street Under Ir.provemcnt 'Resolution No. 2569,ia,48 adopted August 30, 10,48 from To line of South 1'eade Street to ;,lost line of alle.r t.icst of Liberty trect by draining, grading and paving the roa.dua-, i%ith a. Class C pavement, Types 1 to 5 inclusive. After hearing all persons interested Brio a -PP ppca.red and being fully advised on the premises, the Board decides that the benefits to the benefits to the property liable to be assessed for said i,,mprover,ient are equal to the esti<na.tcd cost of the same as reported 1by the City Civil Engineer, However, there were agair_st said improvement, (filed I-rith the Clergy: of the Board.' Therefore, • Be It Resolved, BJr the Board of Public '?orks and Safety of the City of South Bend, Indiana, that Improvement <<esoluti,oh No. 2568, 19L-8 duly passed by this Board on August 307 1948 for the above improvement, be and the same is hereby in all things rescinded.