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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05/31/1949 Board of Public Works MinutesA SPECIAL MEETING May 27, 1949 A special meeting of the Board°of,Public Works was held on Friday, May 27th, 1949 at 10:00 A. M. All members were present. Comes now Mr. Watterson and Mr. Hahn representing the Northern Indiana Transit Com pany and presenting the following petition May 26, 1949 Honorable Board of Public Works and Safety City of South Bend, Indiana 214 North Main Street South Bend, Indiana Gentlemen: Effective June 1, 191+99 Bendix Field, St. Joseph County Airport will have completed the improvements on the port and ready for occupancy, Northern Indiana Transit, Inc. respectfully petitions your Honorable Body for the privelege of operating bus service, on a trial basis, between the hours of 7 AM to 9 AM and 4 PM to 6 PM from the intersection of Crumstown Avenue and Lincoln Way West in a South Westerly direction on Crumstown Avenue to Bendix Drive; then on the Bendix Drive to Lincoln Way West; thence North West on Lincoln Way West and Route 20 to Airport enterance; thence North on Airport Highway to Airport and re- turning over same route to Lincoln Way West and Crumstown Ave- nue. Rate of fare on way 150 cash, or one token and 5¢ cash, or one transfer and 5¢ cash. Respectfully submitted, NORTHERN INDIANA TRANSIT, INC. By: s/ R. R. Smith R. R. Smith President` The Board granted the above petition on a thirty (30) day trial basis. There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting adjourned at 10:30 A. M. AT EST: • • • • r i • BO D_J'0FPUP1IC WORKS' May 31, 1949 A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was -held on Tuesday, May 31st, 1949. 'All members were present. The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. The 'Claims of the following suppliers were approved and ordered � g liers pp pp paid in the amount of (Business Systems � Y 39.66 J. 0. Orr Co I01.90 (Business Systems, Inc 7.41 Remington Rand Co 16.00 • Henry Eckler 7.50 Weston Electronics Corp 14.26 ;McComb Battery Co 2.90 Schilling's 7.90 ;Business Systems, Inc 10.50 Korte Brothers, Inc 1.35 iCentury Tool & Metal Co Edwards Iron Works 189.00 70.93 McCaffery Co McComb Battery Co 305.28 3.35 lEdwards Iron Works 11.29 McComb Battery Co 3.85 I Gadbury Implement Sales 36.55 Municipal Supply Co 94.95 IV. Graves Auto Glass !Harnishchfeger Corp 5.65 S. & H Carbonic Co Stockberger 10.80 I 12.52 Seastrom Co 18.27 Indiana Equipment Co 21.86 Andrew Troeger Co 15975 Koontz Wagner Electric Co 89.E-0 Viking Pump Company 12.52 525 TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT: _____,Mrs,_ Ernest Miller, Traffic Engineer was present and matters per- taining to his department were discussed. Mr. Miller informed the Board that he had installed the following stop signs: Greenlawn at Colfax Avenue both sides and Arnold at Sample Street, north West side. The Board approved the above installations. Mr. Miller informed the Board that an awning on a building at Williams Street and Lincoln Way West was obscuring the traffic signal. The Board instructed that the prop-; • erty owner be notified to remove aforesaid awning forthwith. ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT: A $10,000 Excavation Bond was approved and ordered filed for the Pinhook Manor, Inc., and Contractor's Bond in the amount of 1,000 was approved and ordered filed for Leo A, Lippman, d/b/a Pinhook Manor Inc, and Genteil H. Dhaeze. Mr. K. L. Neal, representing the Sollit Construction Company, Inc., appeared before the Board to ask permission to erect a street barricade and a covered pedestrian walkway on the East Side of Lafayette Boulevard at the rear of the South Bend Tribune building • for a period of six (6) months from June lst, 191+9 to December lst, 1949 inclusive. The Board granted said permission. A petition was received asking for the vacation of an alley between St. Joseph Stree and Carrol Street from Dubail Avenue south to the East and West alley. This was referred to the City Plan Commission for investigation and report. PARKING METER DEPARTMENT: _._Mr. .Maurice C. Vennet, Auditor, presented his report for the week ending May 28, 1949. STREET DEPARTMENT: _____1D%_ Melton 0. Brannon, Superintend4nt, was present and matter per- taining to his department were discussed. • CEMETERY DEPARTMENT:___ Mr. Stanley Leczyzniski, Sexton, was present and matters pertainin to his department were discussed. There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting adjourned at 10:00 A. M. 9 • U ATTEST: June 6, 191+9 7 A regular meeting of the Board of Public Worlis was held on Monday J e 6, 191+9. All members were present, Minutes of the last meeting were approve as read Salary claims in the amount of $29,195.59 were apporved and ordered paid. Claims of fol ,following suppliers in the amount of $9,724.25 were approved and ordered paid; PARKING P�IETER DEPT. Childs, Dudley 95.50 Office Engineers, Inc Co 7.52 Railway Express Agency 13.61+ Sinton Supply 3.65 Sinton's Supply Co 5.17 Street & Traffic Badur Brothers Coal Co 93.32 Municipal Supply Company 84.43 Benko-Baraso Co., Inc., 5.65 National Mill Supply Co 1.00 Doyle Chemical Co 131.76 National Mill Supply Co 5.80 Indiana State Industries 103.19 Oliver Corporation 2.89 Indiana State Industries 192.13 Romy Hammes Co., Inc 2.1+1+ McCaffery Co 45.83 Rose, Jacob 7.57 Medow, Ben Inc 6.1+1 Sinton Supply Co 1+6.00 Mendenhall, E. L. & Son 11.80 Stockberger-Seastrom Inc 1+35.00 Mishawaka Equipment Co Board of Public Works Arrow Towel & Linen Service 14.85 Indiana & Michigan Electric Co 209.33 Disekinson, Joseph G 3.00 Indiana & Michigan Electric Co 162.40 Gibson Company, The 173.57 Linden Hardware 8.28 Gibson Company, The 1+2.50 Noble, Freda 1.00 Indiana Bell Telephone Co 8.70 Office Engineers Inc 47.25 Indiana Bell Telephone Co 6,98 Office Engineers Inc 148.95 Indiana & Michigan Electric 7,490.09 South Bend Foundry Co 78.00 TRAFFIC'DEPARTMENT: Mr. Ernest Miller, Traffic Engineer was present and matters per- taining to his department were discussed.