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SPECIAL MEETING
June 16, 1950
A Special Meeting of the Board of Public Works was held on Friday, June 16, 1950 at
`110:00 a.m. .All members were present.
A petition having been filed by Northern Indiana Transit, Inc. which,,s,er ts foth a
;request for change of fares and a showing having been made by said Company; that the fare
• :permitted to be charged for bus transportation under a contract made with the City of South
!Bend, Indiana on or about the 13th day of hay, 1940, as amended by contract'da.ted February
139 1948, and a request having been made by said Company that it be permitted to charge ii
rates for services rendered to the public which will be fair and reasonable to all parties
concerned, and the statutes of Indiana (Sec. 48-7303 Burns Indiana Statutes, 1933) requir-
ling the amendment of said contract to to undertaken in 'the manner herein followed, this
IBoa.rd now takes the following .Action:
This Board, in compliance with said Statute, has tentatively determined the exact r
;form in which the amendment to said contract is to be finally adopted to be in the follow-
ling words and figures:
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THIS CONTRACT, made and entered into this day of , 1950, by and between the,:
:CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, acting by and through its -Board of Public Works and Safety,
!hereinafter called the First Party, and NORTHERN INDIANA TRANSIT, INC., a corporation or-'
lga.nized'under the laws of the State of Indiana, its successors and assigns, hereinafter
;called the Second Party.
WI'TNES SE TH:
jThe parties hereto agree that the certain contract made between the parties and con-;'
• if by Ordinance of the Common Council of the City of South Bend, on or about the 13th�
dayy of May, 1940, as amended by a contract entered into on the 13th;da.y of February, 19�t8'
between the parties and thereafter confirmed by,the Common Council, shall be and is here8
by amended -in each of the following respects:
All provisions in said contract, as amended, regarding the charges for token fares
�are'hereby deleted. .All provisions in said contract, as amended, as to cash fares and
transfers shall remain the same.
The Second Party shall furnish service to the public over the routes now presently is
established.
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Said contract made between the parties on the 13th day of May, 1940, as amended by
the contract of February 13, 1948, as hereinabove amended, shall be and is hereby conti-
hued in full force and effect.
Executed in triplicate by the parties on the day first above mentioned. I'
CITY OF SOUTH BEND; INDIANA
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Attest:
Clerk of the Board of Public Works and Hs Members of the Board of Public
!� Safety of the City of South Bend, Indiana Works and Safety
NORTHERN INDIANA TRANSIT, INC.
By _
This Board now fixes the 6th day of July, 1950 at nine o'clock C.S.T. in the fore-
1noon, as the time at which said contract will be finally considered, at the office of this
;Board in the City Hall, 224 North Main Street, South Bend, Indiana. At said time and {;
;place, a public hearing will be had at which any taxpayer may appear and file protest I
against any or all of the provisions of said contract.
IT IS ORDERED that Northern_ Indiana Transit, Inc. shall, at its own expense, cause i
the full and complete text of said contract to be published one time at least one week
before such hearing, with the time and place of such hearing, in the South Bend Tribune, j'
a daily newspaper, and:.the'Mirror- &'.weekly newspaper (there being only one daily newspa,p6r
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I1published in the City of South Bend), each of said newspapers being printed in the Engli:
;,language in the City of South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that Northern Indiana Transit, Inc. shall likewise post a
copy of such contract and notice in ten public places in the City of South Bend, Indiana.
Done this 16th day of June, 1950.
There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned
at 11:00 a.m.
ATTEST::
BOARD OF P LIC WORKS & SAFETY
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June 19, 1950
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A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held on Monday, June 19, 1950 at
9:30 a.m. All members were present. Minutes of the previous meeting were read and ap-
proved. Salary claims in the amount of $23,214.76 were approved and ordered paid. Claims
of the following suppliers in the amount of $11,300.56 were approved and ordered paid:
.Arrow Towel & Linen Service 3.40 Simeri, Rocco 196.00
Arrow Towel & Linen Service 26.30 STREET & TRAFFIC:
l Burroughs Adding Machine Co.
13.50
;,Business Systems
.85
;Callaghan & Company
25.00
lContinental Oil Co.
29.25
;Englewood Electrical Supply
1.58
!'Englewood Electrical Supply
88.71
:;Indiana. Bell Telephone
101.94
iIndia.na Bell Telephone
12.50
iIndiana & Michigan Electric
211.45
LaFortune, Edmund
5.00
;Lower, I. W., Co.
125.00
Lower, I. W., Co.
175.00
Miller Bryant Pierce
12.81
jNorthern Indiana Wholesale Groc.
4.25
iiOffice Engineers, Inc.
8.27
JOffice Supply & Equipment
12.95
Saville, Hattie
3.5p
"Shell American Petroleum
9.50
!.Simeri, Rocco
197.50
Haberle, Maule H.
5.25
Kollar, H. J.
4.62
Indiana. Bell•Telephone
6.75
Miami Hardware Co.
73.58
Miami Hardware Co.
15.30 j
Scherman-Schaus-Freeman
67.51 i
Sears, Roebuck & Co.
2.73
South Bend Brewing Co.
5.50 i
Standard Automotive Supply
4.50
Viscosity Oil Co.
6.69 r
INTERCEPTING SEWER:
Independent Concrete Pipe Corp.
27228.67
NOLAN, Thomas D. Contractor
71607.70
PARKING METER:
Dual Parking Meter Co.
7.50
TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT:.. Mr. Ernest Miller, Traffic Engineer, was present and matters per
ing to his Department were discussed.
The Board approved stop signs on Marrietta at Indiana .Avenue, both sides.
The Board approved the installation of a traffic signal light at intersection of
Madison and Michigan Streets, which were placed in operation June 15, 1950.
ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT:.._ Contractors' Bonds were approved and ordered filed for Ira E.
Wallen, John Wesley Smith, d/b/a Smith Construction Company, Edward Burton, M. E. Walters
d/b/a M. E. Walters, Peter Guila, Francis Snider, and Indiana Bell Telephone Company.
Petitions were received asking for the construction of a permanent type pavement on
ROBINSON STREET from Calvert to Randolph Streets, RANDOLPH STREET to the New York Central
Railroad tracks, and.the New York Central railroad tracks to Lincolnwa.y East. These were
referred to the City Engineer for investigation and report.
The Board approved plans for the erection of a canopy over the sidewalk for a build-
ing for Swank Dry Cleaning, 312 West LaSalle Avenue.
I Mr. Shearer appeared before the Board to ask permission to erect a stand on the side
walk in the fifteen hundred block of Mishawaka Avenue for entertainment. The Board de-
nied the request for the erection of a stand, but granted permission for the placing of
lights and flags along the store fronts and have roving musicians.
Mr. Fread representing the bread Decorating Company appeared before the Board to as
permission to place flags and bunting on the street light poles along Michigan Street
June 23 to June 25, inclusive, during the Eagles Convention. Permission was granted.
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