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Home My WebLink About01/09/1950 Board of Public Works MinutesBusiness Systems, Inc. 15.14 Graves, V. Auto Glass 29.52 Hoffman Brothers Auto Electric 60.97 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 17.10 Indiana. & Michigan Electric Co. 99.20 Indiana & Michigan Electric Co. 1.12 Indiana & Michigan Electric Co. .72 Indiana & Michigan Electric Co. 2.56 Messenger Press 40.60 Scherman-Schaus-Freeman Co. 24.01+ Sheehan Tire Service, Inc. 163.48 Sheehan Tire Service, Inc. 191.80 Sheehan Tire Service, Inc. 199.41 Sheehan Tire S)crvice, Inc. 188.62 Sheehan•Tire Service, Inc. 191.76 Sheehan Tine Service, Inc. 117.00 PARKING METER: H. M. Sawyer & Son 19. 50 There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned ,at 3:30 p.m. ATTEST: ,January 3, 1950 BOA D OF PUBLIC WORKS A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held Tuesday, January 3, 1950 at 10:30 a..m. All members were present. Minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. There were no claims of suppliers to be approved. TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT s, Mr. Ernest 11111er, Traffic, Engineer, was present and matters pertain ing to his Department, were discussed. ENGINEERING DEPART.=JENT: _ Excavation Bonds were approved and ordered filed for: Phillip Cohn Plumbing and Heating Company; C. S. Randolph, Abe Medow, d/b/a as Medow Plumbing and Heating Company; Victor Tripple and Slutsky Plumbing and Heat°_ng Company Incorporated. Sewer plans were approved for Ash Lane and Crest Avenue in the Tti.ynckenham Hills Addition Section B and South East Drive, Sheets 1 and 2 in Twynckenham hills Addition, Section B for the Crown Development Company. STREET DEPARTMENT: Melton Brannon, Street Commissioner, was present and matters pertain- ing to his department were discussed. There being no further business to cop^e before t1le Board, the meet-_ng adjourned at ;�11:45 a.m. ATTEST: JANUARY 97 1950 B.D OF a IC RKS A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was 'meld M1onday, January 9, 1950 at 10:30 a..m.. All members were present. 1%inutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. Claims of the following suppliers in the amount of $44, 524.42 were approved and ordered paid; SEWAGE DISPOSAL: - Thomas D. Nolan $151000.$1+ Independent Concrete Pipe Corporation 77564.50 Fattore Company 217979;.08- TRAFFIC DEPART1�23NT: Mr. Ernest ?Miller, Traffic Engineer, was present and matters pertai ing to his Department were discussed. • RAILROADS: The Board directed that a letter be sent to the Superintendent of the Grand Trunk Western Railroadq relative to requests semt 'them for the installation of an over- head light at Ironwood Drive on the North Side of the tracks. The Board requested that • immediate steps to complete this installation be taken. I !i ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT: Excavation Bonds were approved and ordered filed for thc_'follow ing: Arthur C. Rogers; William H. Burke and Robert H. Burke; Harry Nicodemus; Anthony Kujawski; Norman W. Collmer, Hamilton. Heating and Plumbing; 0., J. Shoemaker Company. i I Contrast Bond was approved and ordered filed for Lowell Matz. i I I� DEDICATIONS WHEREAS, a plat with dedication of streets and alleys indicated t_,zereon is now re- Y p • sented to the Board, to be known as Whitcomb and Keller's Beverly Heights, Sixth Distric an addition to South Bend, Indiana and i; This plat and dedication is filed in the records of the Board of Public Works and Safety in Prow #18, Drawer #5, and recorded in Book . ' , Page W, in the Recorder's Office ! ! of St. Joseph County. j 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. DEDICATION' ! WHEREAS, a plat with dedication of streets and alleys indicated thereon is now preseat-' it w ed to the Board, to be ��non as Whitcomb ana Kellert s replat of a part of Whitcomb and 1 Keller's Third Sunnymeade, an addition to Soath Bend, Indiana and Th F s plat and dedication is filed in the" records of the Board of Public v•'orks and 1 Safety in Row #18, Drawer t5, and recorded in Book 1.7, Page W, in the Recorder's 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 . i 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. { 11 The Board approved the following easement: it GRANIT OF ° EASEIvINT This Grant of Easement executed this 6th day of January, 1950, by Crown Development Company, Inc., to the City of South Bend, Indiana, a Municipal Corporation: j WITNESSETH: • i 1. In consideration_ of One Dollar (4?1.00) and oti.er good and valuable consideration' I the undersigned, does hereby grant to the City of South Bend, Indiana, a Municipal Corp6= ration, an easement over the following described property in St. Joseph Couty, State of Indiana: I Twenty(20) feet East and West in width taken off of and from the entire length I' of the East side of Lot Numbered Sixteen 1 (16) as shorn on the recorded Plat of it Twyckenham Hills, Section A, to the City 11 of South Bend. 2. Said easerinent hereby°granted shall be for sewer purposes. Grantor further accords to the said City the right of ingress and egress for the purpose of installing said sewe' and for the further purpose of maintaining and repairing same. I a I 3. Grantor has heretofore given' an easement to the Northern Indiana Public Service Company for a as pipe line on the above described �' i P Y g p�p property. j CROWN DH t1ELOPivL1T1T C„Ii'F.AN.L', INC. By James F. Peacock Its Vice -President • The Board approved the following sewer plans for !.% pp b p -hi tcor.2b and Keller for Addison, ; from Chippewa Avenue to Luelde Street; L•uelde Street,from Chippewa Avenue to Addison j Street; Chippewa Avenue, f rom Fellows to Addison Street. I TAXI CABS: The Controller presented an application for Taxi Cab License by Coy Rand, Jr , and the Cler!,_ of the Board was directed to publish a notice of a public hearing on same to be Feld in the office of the Board on Monday, January 16, 1950 at 11:00 a.m. CEI '1LRY DE_PNRTIyi?T: 2ir. Stanley Leszczynslii, Sexton, filed his report for the year of 1950. There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting adjourned at 11:45 • I a.m. ATTEST: 20 401 B RD OF PUB C NORKS January 16, 1950 A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held on Monday, J ,nuary 16, 1950 All members were present, Salary claims in the amount of 25,863.06 were approved and ordered paid. Claims of the following suppliers in the amount of $9,846.77 were approve, and ordered paid: Indiana Bell Telephone Company Indiana Bell Telephone Company Indiana Bell Telephone Company McClave Printing Company Inlander-Steindler Paper Company D. Sherman Ellison Agency D. Sherman Ellison Agency Singer General Tire Inc. STREET & TRAFFIC: Indiana Bell Telephone Indiana, Bell Telephone Indiana Bell Telephone Kuert Concrete, Incorporated McCa.ffery Company 6.98 IvIcCaffery Company 10.15 McKinley, L. W. 11.85, McKinley, L. W. 24.00 McKinley, L. Id. 72.65 McKinley, L. W. 2.47 Saville, Hattie 678.84 D. Sherman Ellison Agency 88.53 ;Singer General Tire Inc. Singer General Tire Inc. 6.77 South Bend Sand and Gravel Co. 20.17 PARKING • E TER DEPART-1,2 T : 6.75 Indiana Bell Telephone 89.14 LeFevre, Frank W. 138.80 Stockberger Seastrom Company 94.60 81.90 lo8.59 78.00 133.35 16.00 2060.82 15.30 114.90 26.03 7.80 57.40 5895.00 TRAFFIC ENGINEERING:.. Mr. Ernest Miller, Traffic Engineer was.present and matters per ing to his Department were discussed. D XI CABS: This being the date set, hearing was held on the application of Coy Rand, Jr. for a Taxi Cab License. The Clerk of the Board having shown proof of publication of the notice, same was found sufficient by the Board. No remonstrators having appeared, and no written remonstrances having been filed with the Clerk, the Board granted to-e above application. ENGIN ERli�11U DEPAETI._LINT:: Excavation Bond's in the amount of 1,000 were approved and o filed for the following: Edward J. White; Ed L. Zimmerman, and John W. Rensberger. A petition was received asking for the vacation_ of alley running north and south from East Campeau Street to East Chalfant Street and vacation of alley running east and west from North Arthur Street to North Eddy ;Street. T11 s was referred to the City Plan Commission for investigation and report. A petition was received requesting the vacation of the North and South alley lying between said lots nu.abered One hundred Forty-three (143) and One Hundred Forty -Four (144) from Ewing Avenue to the alley lying at the North end of the aforesaid lots. This was referred to the City Plan Commission for investigation and report. A petition was received, signed by nineteen (19) property owners, requesting the improvement of alley between LaSalle Avenue and IcKinley Street from Twyckenham Drive to Esther Street by the construction of a concrete pavement. T:is was referred to the City Engineer. RAILROADS: Letter was received_ from the Grand Trunk Railroad System signed by L. L. Thompson, Freight Agent informing the Board that Ir. Thernstrom had authorized the India and Mich! gan Electrical Company to install a street light at t'1- Grand Trunk Tracks at Ironwood Drive. This was in'response to a letter fro.._ the Board requesting said instal- lation. PARKING IYIETER DEPARTI� NT: Mr. Maurice C. Vennet, Auditor, presented his report for the week ending January 15, 1950. CEMETERY DEPARThENT: Mr. Stanley Leszczynski, Sexton, :,as present and ratters pertain- ing to his Department were discussed. There being no further business to come before the meeting, the Board adjourned at 10:00 a.m. ATTEST: • • C] • LJ 0