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I TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT: __:_Mr,._ 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.
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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'a.nd 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 1st, 1949 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:_____Mr,_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
Ito his department were discussed.
There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting adjourned at
�110:00 A. M.
ATTEST:
June 6, 1949
A regular meeting of the Board of Public Wor)cs was held on Monday Jne 6, 1949.
All members were present. Minutes of the last meeting were approve as rea
Salary claims in the amount of $29,195.59 were apporved and ordered paid. Claims of
fol ,ifollowing suppliers in the amount of $9,724.25 were approved and ordered paid:
PARKING P-TER DEPT.
Childs, Dudley
95.50
Office Engineers, Inc
7.52
Railway Express Agency
13.64
Sinton Supply Co
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
2.44
McCaffery Co
Medow,
45.83
6.41
Rose, Jacob
7.57
46.00
Ben Inc
Sinton Supply Co
Mendenhall, E. L. & Son
11.80
Stockberter-Seastrom Inc
435.00
Mishawaka Equipment Co
Board of Public Works
Arrow Towel & Linen Service
14.85
Indiana & Michigan Electric Co
2Q9.33
Disckinson, Joseph G
3.00
Indiana & Michigan Electric Co
162.40
Gibson Company, The
173.57
Linden Hardware
8.28
Gibson Company, The
42.50
Noble, Freda
1.00
Indiana Bell Telephone Co
8.70
Office Engineers Inc
47.25
Indiana Bell Telephone Co
6.98
Office Engineers Inc
li-8.95
Indiana & Michigan Electric
7,490.09
South Bend Foundry Co
78.00
TRAFFIO`DEPARTMENT: Mr. Ernest Miller, Traffic Engineer was present and matters per-
taining to his department were discussed.
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j The Traffic Engineer requested permission to install stop signs at Coquillard and
j� Colfax Streets on both sides, and at Hawthorne Drive and Colfax Avenue on both sides,
PARKING LOTS:
An application for a parking lot at 410 °South Main Street, to be known as the L &
M Parking Lot was approved by the Board.
ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT:
Contractor's Bond in the amount of $1,000.00 were approved for Elmer Baringer,
Stanley Michalski d/b/a Indiana Dairy Company, Alvin Linn, Dorothy E. Scernits and
j J. W. Smith d/b/a Smith Construction Company. These were ordered filed.
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Excavation Bonds in the amount of $107000.00 were approved and ordered filed for
Barney Massa Construction Company of Fort Wayne, Indiana and E. R. Knapp & Sons, Inc"
of LaCrosse, Indiana. An Excavation Bond in the amount of $1,000,00 was approved and
ordered filed for Leonard F. Fry,
The Board approved a blat of Wilmore Hills, Section B, for William Moore,
The Board approved the following paving plans - on Kentucky Street from Ford Street
to 30 feet south of Western Avenue, On Huron Street from the property line of Kentucky
Street to the East line of an alley one-half block West of Dundee Street, on Revere
Place from the South line of Kentucky Street to 365 feet south East of Kentucky Street,
on Dunham Street from the East side of the Alley West of Dundee Street to the West side
of the alley East of Lake Street, on Kentucky Street from Sample Street to Ford Street..
The Colpaert Realty Corporation submitted a bid on the paving of Kentucky Street
from Western Avenue to Ford Street Ford street from the Alley East of Kentucky to the
concrete pavement to the west and kuron Street from Kentucky Street to the alley East,
in accordance with the specifications of the City of South Bend. The work is to be done
by the Rieth Riley Construction Company of South Bend All of the property involved
belongs to the Colpaert Realty Company and the School City of South Bend and the entire
cost of the paving is to be paid by them.
RESOLUTION ACCEPTING FINAL ESTIMATE
No. 2574 - 1948
South Bend, Indiana
May 23, 1949
Be It Resolved, By the Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of South Bend,
Indiana, that the final Estimate, and Primary or Preliminary Assessment Roll submitted
to the Board by the City Civil Engineer or his duly authorized representative on this
23rd day of May, 1949, on the improvement known as the Kosciuszko Street Paving as des-
cribed in Improvement Resolution No. 2574, 1948, adopted by the Board of Public Works;
and Safety on August 9, 1948, be and the same is hereby adopted and the Clerk of this
Board is hereby requested to give notice of the hearing of Special Benefits on said
Improvement, as required by Section N.111 or 120 of an Act entitled, "An Act Concerning
Municipal Corporations" Approved March 6, 1905.
R., S. Andrysiak
F. K, Baer
Frank J. Bruggner
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS & SAFE
Freda G. Noble
Clerk of the Board,
;PARKING PETER DEPARTMENT: Mr. Maurice C, Vennet, Auditor, presented his report for the
;week ending June 4, 1949.
STREET DEPARTMENT:- Mr Meltod 0. Brannon, Superintendent, was present and matters per-
taining to his department were discussed.
(CEMETERY DEPARTMENMr. Stanley Lesezyznski Sexton was resent and matters ertainin'
to his department were discussed.
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There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting adjourned at
10:00 A. ,M.
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