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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08/22/1949 Board of Public Works Minutes572 August 22, 1949 A regular meeting of the Board ,of Public Works was held Monday, .Au Bust 22, 1949 at 9:00 A. M. All members were present. Minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. Salary claims in the amount of $25,438.15 were approved. Claims of the follo ing suppliers in the amount of $10,275 were approved and ordered paid: TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT; _Mr. Ernest Miller, Traffic Engineer was present and matters pertain ing to his department were discussed. SEWAGE DISPOSAL: I A letter was received from Consoer, Townsend.and Associates indicating that they had requested the successful bidders on the Intercepter Sewers to proceed with the work. ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT: Contractor's Bonds in the amount of $1,000.00 were approved and ordered filed for Woltma.n Brothers and the Taylor Construction Company, Inc. The First Presbyterian Church and the Indiana Club were granted permission to erect a canopy over their enterances on September 10, 191+9 for one day only. VACATION RESOLUTION NO. 2596 This being the date set, hearing was held on the resolution heretofore adopted by the Board of Public Works for the vacation of Part of Alley blest of Vernon Street from Dubail Avenue North a distance of 114 feet under Vacation Resolution No. 2596. The Clerk of the Board having shown sufficient proofs of publication and no remonstrators having appeared and no written remonstrances having been filed with the Clerk, it was moved, seconded and unanimously carried that the said resolution be finally adopted and the said alley be vacated. The Engineering Department is directed to prepare an assess- ment roll covering the assessment of benefits and the award of damages to the surroundin properties. RESOLUTION ACCEPTING FINAL ESTIMATE No. 2567, 1948 South Bend, Indiana August 22, 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 bubmitted to the Board by the City Civil Engineer or his duly authorized representative on this 22nd day of August, 1949, on the improvement known as the O'BRIEN STREET paving as des- cribed in Improvement Resolution No. 2567, 1948, adopted by the Board of Public Works and Safety on August 9, 191+81 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 J.ggner nk BOARD OF PUBLICaWORKS &rSARETY Freda G. Noble, Clerk ,.'Insert in South Bend Tribune and Mirror Press Friday, August 26, lQ49 and Friday, Sept 2, 1949 NOTICE OF HEARING SPECIAL BENEFITS ON STREET IM ROVL1,1ENT No . 2 567 , 1948 South Bend, Indiana August 26, 1949 September 2, 191+9 Notice is hereby given, that the following Street Improvement has been completed. The general character of the Improvement, the street, alley, or public place on which it h been made, and the terminal points thereof, are as follows: O'BRIEN STREET from the north line of Washington Street to the north property line of Lots 11 & 13 in Wheeler's Sub- division by draining, grading and paving the roadway with a Class "C" Type Four (4) Com- pacted Aggregate Base, Bituminous Concrete Surface Pavement . There is on file in the office of the City Controller of said City an assessment roll with the names of the owners and description of property subject to be assessed with; the amount of the prima facia assessment, and can be seen in the office of said City Controller. • • 11 0 0 0 573 The Board of Public Works and Safety of said City, at the office of the Board in said City, will on the 6th day of September, 1949, at 10:00 o'clock A. M. C. S. T. re- ceive and hear remonstrances against the amounts assessed against their property res- pectively, on said roll, and will determine the question as to whether such lots, or tracts of land, have been or will be benefited by said Improvement to the amounts named on said roll, or is greater or less than that named on said roll or in any sum. At which place and time all owners of such real estate may attend in person or by represent- ative and be heard. • it R. S. Andrysiak F. K. Baer Freda G. Noble, Frank J. Bruggner Clerk RESOLUTION ACCEPTING FINAL ESTIMATE No. 2587, 1949 South Bend, Indiana August 22, 191+9 • 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 22nd day of August, 1949, on the ir_provement known as the GARDEN LANE paving as described in Improvement Resolution No. 2587, 1949, adopted by the Board of Public Works and Safety on .April 25, 1949, be and the same is hereby adopted and the Clerk of this Board is here- by 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 Municipol Corpora- tions" Approved March 6, 1905. R:. S. Andrysiak F. K. Baer Frank J. Bruggner BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS & SAFETY Freda G. Noble, Clerk Insert in South Bend Tribune and Mirror Press on Friday, August 26, 1949 and Friday, September 2, 1949 • NOTICE OF HEEARING SPECIAL BENEFITS ON STREET IMPROVTET, ENT No. 2587, 1949 South Bend, Indiana August 26, 1949 . September 2, 1949 Notice is hereby given, that the following Street Improvement has been completed. The ,general character of the Improvement, the street, alley, or public place on which it has been made, and the terminal points thereof, are as follows: GARDEN LANE from the north line of Dogwood Drive to twenty feet (20' ) north of the south line of Sample Street y draining, paving andgrading the roadway with a Class "C" Type One (1) pavement. n • There is on file in the office of the City Controller of said City an assessment roll with the names of the owners and description of property subject to be assessed with the amount of the prima facia assessment, and can be seen in the office of said City ontroller. The Board of Public Works and Safety of said City, at the office of the Board in said City, will on the 6th day of September, 1949, at 10:00 o'clock A. M. C. S. T. re- ceive and hear remonstrances against the amounts assessed against their property res- on said roll, and will determine the questions as to whether such lots, or tectively, racts of land, have been or will be benefited, by said Improvement to the amounts named said roll, or is greater or less than that named on said roll or in any sum. At • Jonplace and time alloti-mers of such real estate may attend in person or by represent- �Eich tive and be heard. Freda G. Noble, Clerk R. S. Andrysiak F. K. Baer Frank J. Bruggner BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS & SAFETY • Mr. Barry Armstrong, Mr. Fairchild and Mr. Jones representing the U. S. Gypsum Compa appeared before the Board to discuss the smoke and mica conditions of their Company. Afte a Rill discussion of the matter the Gypsum Company informed the Board that they will en- deavor to work along the line of eliminating said nuisance' and they will report their progress in this matter to the Board on December 11 1949. 574 The Board approved plans of the Coelpaert Realty Company for the paving of Fairway Street from Sample Street to Juniper Place, from Juniper Place to Lombardy, also Parkway and Juniper Place, Ford Street from the Alley east of Juniper to Lombardy. The Board approved the plans and profile drawings of the Hoover Avenue Sewer. PARKING METER DEPARTMENT: 1949. Mr. Maurice C. Vennet, Auditor, presented his report for the week=ending August 20, STREET DEPARTMENT___ Mr. Melton Brannon, Superintendent, was present and matters pertain- ing to his department were discussed. The Board granted permission for the Sherman-Schaus-Freeman Company to park three new Studebaker Trucks in front of the Indiana Club on August 22nd and 23rd, 1949. Also permission to park a new Studebaker car in frontof the Gilbert Store and George A. Wyman store on Monday August 22, 1949. The Board accepted the bid of the Cayuga Rock Salt Co., Inc., of Meyers, New York for 300 ton of rock salt at $17.312 per ton and also the bid of Wilson Taylor, 3014 E. Hastings Street, South Bend, Indianafor hauling of salt from box cars to the street department for U3.00 per ton. CEMETERY DEPARTMENT: Mr. Stanley Leszczynski, Sexton, was present and matters per 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: August �9, 1949 A regular meeting .of the Board of Public Works was held on Monday, August 29, 1949 at 9:00 A. M. All members were present. Minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. Claims of the following suppliers in the amount of $3,722.69 were approved and ordered paid: Ray S. Andrysiak 22.55 Sheehan Tire Company Business Systems? Inc 13.37 0. J. Shoemaker Coffield Supply Co 52.23 South Bend Foundry Co Continental Oil Co 35.88 South Bend Tribune Huntington Laboratories 36.35 Todd Company, Inc Mirror Press, Inc 6.48 G. E. Weaver Co., Inc Bearings Service Co 1.88 National Auto Service Co Wm. I. Burke Electric Co 198.75 Rubber Shop Wm. I. Burke Electric Co 86.25 Rudduck, Mrs. Grover Car Parts, Inc 3.49 Schuyler Rose Inc 60 Century Tool & Metal Co 135.00 Standard Oil Continental Oil Co 141.78 Smogor Lumber Company Continental Oil Co 11406.40 Smogor Lumber Company Deeds Equipipent Company 15.25 Smogor Lumber Corpany Edwards Iron Works, Inc 2.80 Smogor Lumber Company Edwards Iron Works, -Inc 20.39 Smogor Lumber Company Indiana. State Industries 185.00 Smogor Lumber Company Miami Hardware Co 12.99 Andrew Troeger & Company G. E. Meyer & Son 1.00 Maurice C. Vennet TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT:- i r,_Ernest C. Miller -Traffic Engineer, ta.ining to his department were discussed. .50 14.50 100.50 5.89 60.00 36.96 15.00 42.40 125.00 19.46 12.1.5 58.00 164.84 81.00 142.26 166.57 191.16 57.29 50.00- was present and matters per - A letter was received from the American Bus Lines asking for the removal of Parking Meter #1102 in front of their depot at 322 East Jefferson Street. This was referred to Mr. Miller for investigation and report. A petition to prohibit heavy trulk traffic in the 1000 block of West Dubail Avenue was referred to Mr. Muller for investigation and report. ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT: Contractor&s Bonds in the amount of $1,000.00 were approved and ordered filed for Harry M. Verkler, Everett Lee Richardson, William F. Myers, Josph Miva and George Syson and Ralph Syson, Co-partners. • 0 •