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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. • 0 • • • 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. • • 0 .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. *0 *0 • ■ i■ • ■