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Home My WebLink About11/22/1948 Board of Public Works Minutes453 • n U r� U TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT: Mr. Ernest Hiller, Traffic Engineer, was present and matters per- taining to his department were discussed. Damage to two traffic signals was reported to the Board, and the Clerk was directed to write letters to the insurance company and to the persons involved asking for reim- bursement for the cost of repairs. BUS ROUTES.: A petition signed by residents of the River Ridge Addition was sent to the Common Council and referred by them to the Board, asking for bus service for school children attending the Marquette School. Said petition was sent to the Northern Indiana Transit Company for investigation and report. ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT: Excavation bond was approved and ordered filed for Bernhard D. Johnson, and a Contractor's Bond was approved and ordered filed for Paul L. Pocza. A petition was received asking for the investigation of smoke and odor conditions in the area of Fisher, Dunham, Meade and Olive Streets caused by the South Bend Grain Elevator Company. A letter was drafted by the Board and sent to the South Bend Elevator Company informing them that within 30 days, or by December 15, 1948, they will be asked to cease the operation and use of their incinerator until they have a complete plan showi g possible changes which would make the incinerator more efficient. After the said date of December 15, they will be asked to dispose of cobs by hauling them to the city dump. A resolution passed by the Common Council was presented to the board wherein they asked the cooperation of the railroads now using coal-buring engines within the limits of the City of South Bend to convert their equipment to oil buying engines. This was ordere filed. A contract between the City of South Bend and the Rieth-Riley Construction company was approved by the Board for the paving of Sibley Avenue from the West line of Wilber Street to the East line of College Street under improvement resolution No. 2580. Also a. Maintenance bond and a performance bond for the above. PARKING METER DEPARTMENT: Joseph Bliley was appointed as a collector for the Parking Meter Department effective November 16, 19L,8 at a salary of $250.00 per month. STREET DEPARTMENT: Mr. Melton 0. Brannan, Street Commissioner, was present and matters pertaining to his department were discussed. CEMETERY DEPARTMENT: Mr. Stanley Leszczynski, Sexton, was present and matters- pertaining to his department were discussed. There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 10 00 A.M. ATTEST: Qa.;. rClerk November 227 1948 • i A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held on'Monday, November 22, 1948 at 9:00 A.M. All members were present. Minutes of the last meeting were read and approv:d. Claims of the following suppliers in the amount of $2,518.42 were approved and ordered Ipaid: Business Systems $ 1.96 Indiana Bell Telephone 98.81 City Water Works 1.08 Harold A. Weber 12.00 Englewood Electrical Supply 10.25 44.55 West Side Floral Co. Equipment Co. 25.00 1,096.45 Badur Bros, Indiana iBa.dur Bros. Badur Bros, 50.05 145.31 Magnus Chemical Co. Mishawaka Equipment Co. 19.09 8.49 Business Systems 10.50 Northern Indiana Wholesale Grocery 14.00 40.50 • Century tool & Metal Co. 168.75 Leo P. Rieder 195.02 Ellsworth Store 1.80 S. S. Saunders Co. 18.61 Ga.dbury Implement Sales 1.75 C. A. Schrader Co. Co. 42.19 ,Graves Auto Glass 5.50 Singer General Tire 32.25 Hoffman Bros, 48.26 Sing er General Tire Co. 15.'+9 Huntington Tractor Sales 400.00 atanda,rd Automotive Supply (Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 7.51 Parking Meter Department: Business Systems 8.29 11 454 TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT: Mr. Ernest Miller, Traffic Engineer, was present and matters per- taining to his department were discussed. , The Board approved the installation, by the Singer Manufacturing Company, of three traffic signals in the 300 block on South Olive Street. The Singer Manufacturing Com- pany to pay for the cost of the installation and the expense of maintaining them. The Board shall have the right to reject this permission wheneverit shall see fit. BUS ROUTES: Mr. Watterson and Mr. Hahn,, representing the Northern Indiana Transit Com- 11, • pany, presented the following letter: November 22, 1948 !I Honorable Board of Public Works and Safety I' City of South Bend, Indiana 214 North Main Street South Bend, Indiana �I j Gentlemen: ! A residential section of the City of South Bend, Indiana, located West and South of River . side,DriTYe, North of Rose Street and East of Englewood Place, is not provided with direr bus transportation. ; Northern Indiana. Transit, Inc. respectfully petitions your Honorable Body for the privi-;1 loge of changing -the Angela Bus line to continue North on Portage Avenue to Queen Street thence East on Queen Street to Kessler Boulevard; thence North on Kessler Boulevard to jl Englewood Place; North North on Englewood Place to Roosevelt Street; thence East on Roosevelt Street to Sherman Avenue; thence South on Sherman Avenue to Rose Street; thenc West on Rose Street to Kessler Boulevard, and return over the same route as outbound. 11 This route in lieu of present route which is West from Portage Avenue over Elwood Avenuell to Adams Street; thence South over Adams Street to Humboldt Street; thence West over it • Humboldt to College; thence North over College Street to Elwood Avenue and return over j( same route°as outbound.. i! Northern Indiana Transit respectfully petitions your Honorable body for the privilege of!! changing the Lincoln Way West -O'Brien Street bus line to continue North on O'Brien Stree to Marquette Boulevard; thence East on Marquette Boulevard to College; thence South on 11 College Street to Lincoln Way West. j i This route in lieu of present route which is North from Lincoln Way West over O'Brien j Street to Keller Street; thence East on Keller to Johnson Street; thence North on John- son Street to Marquette Boulevard; thence West on Marquette Boulevard to O'Brien Street;I thence South on O'Brien Street to Keller Street and returning over the same route as 11• outbound. Respectfully submitted, NORTHERN INDIANA TILUTSIT, INC. BY R. R. Smith II President 'I The Traffic Engineer checked the above routes and recommended that the changes j be approved by the Board, f ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT: Excavation bonds were approved and ordered filed for Arthur C. Rogers and C. A. Baker and K. F. Rose d/b/a Rose & Baker. i� The Board approved the established grade on the first alley West of Twyckenham Drive from Monroe Street to South Street, for the Whitcomb & Keller Company. STREET DEPARTMENT: Mr, Melton 0. Brannan; Street Commissioner, was present and matters pertaining to his depa.rtr..ent were discussed. This being the date set bids were received for the construction of storage build- ings for the Street Department, and were opened and.publicly read as follows: Sollitt Construction Companyz Non -collusion affidavit and proposal bond for II 301"S. Columbia. Street $3,000.00 accompanied bid. I! South Bend, General construction of buildings $341708.00 Ij completion time 75 days I H. G. Christman Company Non -collusion affidavit and proposal bond for South Bend, Indiana. 15,000.00 accompanied bid ,! General construction of buildings P48,974.00 Alternate bid $21422.00 completion time 70 days II !I 455 0. R. Robertson Non -collusion affidavit and certified check for South Bend, Indiana $287.13 accompanied bid General construction of buildings $577400.00 Completion time 150 days Thomas L. Hickey Non -collusion affidavit and proposal bond for South Bend, Indiana $2,000.00°accompanied bid . f General construction of buildings $329220.00 completion time 70 , days S-L-A-B Construction Company, Non -collusion affidavit and bid bond for 56 of South Bend, Indiana the bid accompanied bid G General construction of buildings $401975.00 Completion time 120 days PLUMBING Ed.°J. ldhite Non -collusion affidavit and certified check for $626.25 accompanied bid Plumbing, heating and ventilating $125525.00 completion time 60 days (0. J. Shoemaker Non -collusion affidavit and certified check for^ South Bend, Indiana $684.00 accompanied bid Plumbing, heating and ventilating $13,685.o0 completion ti r-.e ELECTRIC . South Side Electric Company Non -collusion affidavit and certified check for South Bend, Indiana $215.00 accompanied bid Electric wiring for buildings 4 300.00 Koontz -Wagner Company Non -collusion affidavit and certified check for SoutJg Bend, Indiana $325.00 accompanied bid Electric wiring $6 100.00 � 180 days The above bids were 'taken under advisement, with the award to be made at a, later date. • CEI2TERY DEPAIR=T NT: Mr. Stanley Leszczynski, Sexton, was present and matters pertain- ing to his department were discussed. 10 CJ There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 10:00 A,M. ATTEST: erk Special Meeting November 26, 1948 A special meeting of the Board of Public 1.17orks was held on Friday, November 26, 1948 at 11:00 A.M. All members were present. The meeting was called for the purpose of making an award on the bid for the co�stru - tion of the Street Department Buildings. After a discussion of the bids, the award was made to the Thomas L. Hickey Construction Company for the general construction of the buildings at his bid price of $32,220.00, SUBJECT TO the approval of the Common Council. The awards were not make on the contracts for electric airing, plumbing heating and ventilating, These awards will be made at a later meeting. There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 11:45 A.M. ATTEST: Clerk C WORKS