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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10/03/1949 Board of Public Works Minutes• October 3, 1949 A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held on Monday, October 3, 19499 at 9:00 A. M. Mr. Baer was absent. Minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. Salary claims in the amount of $26,133-72 were approved. Claims of the following sup- pliers in the amount of 34,141.06 were approved and ordered paid: Business Systems, Inc 8.04 Linden Hardware Co 91.78 Continental Oil Company 63.60 Linden Hardware Co 169.50 Continental Oil Company 273.00 Royal Typewriter Co 2.50 Englewood Electric Company 17-.14 South Bend Foundry Co 100.50 Englewood Electric Company 7.15 Tope, Edwin Furniture Co 5.00 Trove Hardware Company, 8.50 Trojan Tool Equipment Co 173.41 Grove Hardware Company 18.50 Trojan Tool Equipment Co 131.20 Indiana Bell Telephone Co 14.35 Trojan Tool Equipment Co 131.20 Bearings Service Co 9.83 Korte Brothers, Inc 13.03 Cannaday Mgt. & Spdmtr Co 4.98 Korte Brothers, Inc 118.53 Continental Oil Company 11889.87 Romy Hammes Company 8.52 Continental Oil Company 56.05 South Bend Aiming Co 5.00 Coffield Supply Company 33.14 Smogor Lumber Cot_rpany 40.00 Godfrey, E. J. 22.00 Smogor Lumber Company 132.40 Linden Hardware Co 18.90 Super Atuo Salvage Co 7.50 Nat`;_onal Mill Supply Co 11.56 Andrew Troeger Co 11.25 Korte Brothers, Inc 152.15 Wire & Disc ti,T_heel Sales 1.46 Ko7te Brothers, Inc 127.09 Shuman, Frank G. Co 212.43 Maurice C. Vennet 50.00 TRAFFIC DEPARTi�1ENT: Mr. Ernest Miller, Traffic Engineer, was present and matters per- taining to his department were discussed. The Board now reviews the record and findings as of the meeting of April 41 1949 with regard to playground�priveleges in the 1400 bloc'_ marine Street and it is the judge- ment of the Board to rescind said findings and playground priveleges hereforeto extended will be withdrawn. Mr. Miller was instructed to take down the barricades now blocking the street and to notify Mr. Stephen J. Tsalikis of the Board's findings. TAXI CABS:. In regard to taxi -cab driver, Joseph Binder: Joseph Binder having been notified twice to appear before the Board to show cause why his taxi -cab parking station privelege should not be revoked and the said Joseph Binder not appearing before said Board, but being represented by City Judge Kowalski, the Board, after due deliberation, finds that the parking space alloted to the said Joseph Binder located at 127 North Main Street, South Bend, Indiana, should be cancelled and revoked for the reason that the said Joseph Binder has not occupied said space and given service to the public within the purview of the ordinance governing such locations, and the provisions and regulations made by the said Board of Public It is therefore adjudged that such taxi -cab parking space at said location be forth- with vacated, and metered for the convenience of the public. This action of the Board was suggested and concurred in by. the Mayor. A letter was sent to Joseph Binder informing him of the action of the Board. A letter was sent to the South Bend Cab Company, 710 N. Niles Avenue directing them to have a renreTsentative of their Company appear before the Board at their meeting on October 10, 19tFq between the hours of 10:30 and noon to discuss their practice of parking or using the parking space alloted -to the Veteran's Cab Company located in front of the Odd Fellows Building on South Main Street. A letter was sent to the Veteran's Chb Company asking that a representative of the Company appear before the Board at their meeting on October 10, 1949, between the hours of 10:30 and noon to show cause why one of the parking spaces alloted to them in front of the Odd Fellows Building should not be eliminated. GARBAGE DISPOSAL: The Clerk of the Board was directed to advertise for sealed proposals for the collect- ion and disposal of garbage in the City of South Bend. Said proposals to be received 11 until 11:00 A. T-4. on October 24, 1949. Specifications for said collection and disposal„ of garbage were approved by the Board and placed on file. ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT: Contractor's Bonds in the amount of ti?1,000 were approved and ordered filed for Edmund S. Cytacki and Howard G. Rogers. A petition was received asking that the alley between Bryan and Deale Streets be opened to the public use. This was referred to the City Engineer. The Board approved the plans for a canopy on a commercial building at 709 S. Eddy Street for Joseph Muia, Contractor. • n U • • 0 • • 585 A petition was received fro Whitcomb & Keller, Inc., asking for the installation of a sewer on Gertrude Street from Ewing Avenue south a distance of 1300 feet under the provision of Barrett Law. This was referred to the City Engineer. A petition was received asking for the vacation of the following streets and alleys`, to -wit: 1. The first East-West alley South of Linden Avenue from Falcon Street Westward to the center line of Section 9; 2. The first East-West alley North of Colfax Avenue from Falcon Street Westward to the center line of Section 9; 3. Colfax Avenue • from Falcon Street Westward to the center line of Section 9; 4. The first East -West - alley South of Colfax Avenue from Falcon Street Westward to the center line of Section 9; 5. The first East-West alley South of Washington Street from Kaley Street Westward to the center line of Section 9; The first East-West alley South of Jefferson Street from IBendix Street Westward to the center line of Section 9. Section 9 as referred to above is Section 9 of T.37 N., R.2 E. of the 2nd P. M. This petition was referred to the City Plan Committee for investigation and report. II �- A petition containing 14 names was received petitioning against the erection of an Old People's Home in the 1000 block of Notre Dame Avenue. Said petition was ordered • filed. STATE OF INDIANA } SS: ST. JOSEPH COUNTY ) IN THE MATTER relating to the Improvement arcade under Improvement Resolution No. 2588 1949 and the plans and specifications therefor comes now Lee A. Rieth who being duly swor upon oath deposes and says he is acquainted with the Rieth-Riley Construction Company the party to whom was awarded the contract and who performed the work under Improvement Res- olution No. 2588-1949. That he is familiar with and personally ?mows the requirements of the plans and specifications of said improvement resolution and further knows that the said Rieth- Riley Construction Company in the performance of said work complied with all the terms and conditions of said,plans and specifidations in every particular, and that the materi used was of the character, kind, quantity and quality required therein and according to and under the direction of the Board of Public Works and Safety. s/ Lee A. Rieth Subscribed and sworn to before me this lst day of October, 1949. • Jacob Dribble, Notary Public, St. Joseph County, Indiana ENGINEER'S CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION South Bend, ii.dia.na September 29, 1949 To The Board of Public Works Safety Soutar Bend, Indiana . We hereby certify that the contract between the City of South Bend, Owner, and the Rieth Riley Construction Company, Contractor, for the construction of the pavement improve- • ment on Grace Street from the west line of the alley west of ZaTebster Street to the west 1property line of the Oliver Farm Equipment Company property, under Improvement Resolution No. 2588-1949 has been completed in accordance with the plans and specifications for this project. Respectfully submitted, 3 I � CII,ARLES W. COLE & SON I By: Wilbur H. Gartner RESOLUTION ACCEPTING FINAL ESTIMATE No. 2588- 1949 South Bend, Indiana • October 3, 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 3rd day of October, 1949, on the improvement k:noim as the GRACE STREET paving as describe in Improvement Resolution No. 2588-1949 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 Municipal Corp- orations" Approved I -larch 6, 1905. • R. S. Andrysiak Fred K. Baer Freda G. Noble, Clerk Frank K. Bruggner BOARD OF PUBLIC 1,,1ORKS & SAFETY` ' f Insert in South Bend Tribune and Mirror Press on Friday October 7, 1949 and Friday October 141 191+7 NOTICE OF 111EARING SPECIAL BENEFITS ON STREET IMPROVM;ENT No. 2588 - 1949 South B end, Indiana October 7, 1949 October 14, 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 ha"s been made, and the terminal -points therof are as follows: GRACE STREET from the west line of the alley west of Webster Street to the west property line of the Oliver Farm Equipment Company property by draining, grading and paving the roadway with a Class "C" Type One (1) 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 wi the amount of the Prima facia assessment, and can be seen in the office of said City Controller. The Board of Public Works and Safety of said City, at the office of the Board in sai Casty, will on the 17th day of October 1949, at 10:00 o'clock A. M. C. S. T. receive and hear remonstrances against the amounts assessed against their property respectively, 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 lets than that named on said roll or in any surf. At which place and time all owners of such real estate may attend in person or by representative and be heard. Freda G. Noble, Clerk DOG POUND: R. S. Andrysiak F. K. Baer Frank J. Bruggner BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS & SAFETY A performance bond was presented by Carl J. Rienke & sons for the construction of the Dog Pound Building. This was approved by the Board and ordered filed. STREET DEPARTMJ]NT: -- Mr. Melton 0. Brannon, Street Corm.-nissioner, was present and matters pertaining to his department were discussed. PARKING METER DEPARTMENT:_ Mr. Maurice C. Vennet, Auditor, presented his report for the week ending October 1, 1949. CEMETERY DEPARTMENT: Mr. Stanley Lesczyznski , Sexton, was present and matters pertaini to his department were discussed. There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 10 : 00 A. 111. S. October 10, 1949 A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held on Monday, October loth, 1949 at q 00 A. M. All members were present. Minutes of the previous meeting were read l and approved. Claims of the following suppliers in the amount of $10,862.87 were ap- proved and ordered paid: Arrow Towel &- Linen Service 14.85 Go E. Meyer &- Son 2.80 Business Systems, Inc 7.29 Office Engineers 3.25 City Water Works 44.12 Peltz-Ka.ufer Co 8.00 City Water Works 18.63 Sheehan Tire Service 25.72 Indiana Bell Telephone Co 6.98 0. J. Shoemaker 11.05 Ll • 0 • • •