HomeMy WebLinkAbout11/21/1949 Board of Public Works Minutes598
Councilman Glass appeared before the Board to register a complaint on bus service
and the Board directed that the following letter be sent to the Northern Indiana Transit
Company:
Northern Indiana Transit Co.,
105 East Washington Street,
South Bend, Indiana.
Gentlemen
One of the City Councilmen, Mr. Walter G. Glass
has advised the Board recently that a number of his consistuents
have complained to him that the schedule of the North Side bus
service has been reduced from 10 to 15 minute intervals.
Please be kind -enough to give us a report on this
matter so that we may notify Mr. Glass.
There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned
at 10:00 A. M.
November 21, 191+9
A regular meeting of the Board
of Public
Works was held on Monday, November 21st,
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
$25 686.91 were approved and ordered paid.
Claims of the following suppliers in
the amount
of $42,620.00 were approved and
ordered
paid:
Armstrong, Charles
17.00
Sheehan Tire Service
.90
Abbott, L. C.
7.00
Sheehan Tire Service
33.50
Crane Company
5.54
South Bend Foundry
172.50
Englewood Electric Supply
8.24
South Bend Fov.1idry
36.o0
Indiana Bell Telephone Co
10.30
Shoemaker, 0. J. Inc
10.60
Indiana Bell Telephone Co
99.97
Vitality Feed Store
2.45
Janowszyk, Joseph
57.98
West Side Hardware Co
101.95
Miller Bryant Pierce
14.00
Wheeler & Hamilton
42.50
Continental Oil Company
11747.4+
Rose, Jacob
39.39
Continental Oil Company
261.16
Saunders, S. S. Co
11+2.20
Forbes Typewriter Co
16.50
Saunders, S. S. Co
142.20
Harmon, V. E. Dr.
3.00
Seneca Petroleum Co
414.95
Hoffman Brothers Auto Electric
129.89
Seneca Petroleum Co
414.95
Miami Hardware Co
21.02
Sheehan Tire Company
3.25
Mishawaka Equipment Co
26.07
Smogor Lumber Company
199.26
Mittler Supply Company
7.80
Smogor Lumber Company
87.99
National Mill Supply Co
6.52
Perley, Arthur P Insurance
5.50
Retco Alloy Company
35.30
Standard Oil Company
182.93
PARKING METER DEPARTMENT
Dual Parking Meter Co
8.99
West Side Lumber Yard
14.10
Indiana Bell Telephone Co
6.75
SEWAGE DISPOSAL:
Consoer, Townsend & Associates
827.90
Independent Concrete Pipe Co
6,715.80
Fattore Construction Co
18,432.54
Nolan, Thomas D. Construction
12,107.16
TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT:. Mr. Ernect Miller, Traffic Engineer, was present and matters perta
ing to his Department were discussed.
RAIL ROADS:
The following letter was drafted by the Board and directed to be sent to the three
Railroads whose tracks constitute the grade crossing at Olive and Sample Streets;
Dear Sir:
The Board of Public Works and Safety at their
regular meeting held on Monday, November 21,,1949 gave
permission for you to proceed with the impr6l6ifibnt=at -the
intersection of Sample and Olive Streets, as detailed in
the New York Central signal department pland revision #�
dated May 24, 1949.
You may discontinue the use of watchmen, other
than those occupying the tower for the control of traffic,
as soon as the installation has been completed, including the
illumination of the entire area, in accordance with the
proposal submitted by the Traffic Engineer of the City.
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Very truly yours,
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS & SAFETY
s/ Freda G. Noble, Clerk
ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT:
A Contractor's Bond in the amount of $1,000 was approved and ordered filed for Ward
F. Fries.
• An Excavation Bond in the amount of $1,000 was approved and ordered filed for William
L. Turnock.
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.The°•°Riled Construction Company filed a Maintenance Bond in the amount of $7,357.75
covering the pavement on South Main Street.
DEDICATION
WHEREAS, a plat with dedications of streets and alleys indicated thereon is now
presented to the Board to be known as a Replat of Part of Second Plat of LaSalle Park,
an addition to South Bend, Indiana, and
This plat and dedication is file in the records of the Board of Public Works and
Safety in Row # 21, Drawer-, and recorded in Book Page , in the Recorders Office
of St. Joseph County.
NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Board of Public Works and Safety of the City
of South Bend, Indiana, that all public streets, alleys and public places dedicated to
the public use in said plat are hereby accepted and approved by said Board for and on
behalf of the City of South Bend, Indiana.
BUSSES:
The following letter was received from the Northern Indiana Transit Company:
Replying to your letter under date of November
15th7 191-9, in regard to the schedule of our
North Side bus line, I will say that Councilman
Glass has been misinformed.
Altho we have carried on our lines One Million
Six Hundred and Forty-six Thousand fewer passengers
in the first nine months of 1949 than we did in
191-8, we have the same schedule on the North Side
Line that we have had for a long time past as is
shown in the enclosed schedule.
Very truly yours,
s/ R. R. Smith
�i President.
STREET DEPARTMENT: Mr. Melton 0. Brannon, Commissioner, was present and matters per-
taining to his department were discussed.
Permission was granted to the Salvation Army to have their Annual Christmas Kettles
at the following locations:
Michigan and Jefferson Streets
Michigan and Colfax Avenue
Michigan and Washington Streets
Michigan and Monroe Street
Lafayette and Western Avenue
Michigan and Sample Streets,
CEMETERY DEPART11ENT: __.Mr. Stanley Lesczyzniski, Sexton, was present and matters per-
taining to his department were discussed.
PARKING METER DEPARTMENT: Mr. Maurice C. Vennet, Auditor, presented his report for the
week ending November 19, 191-9.
There being no further business to come before the Board the meeting was adjourned
at 10:00 A. M.
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