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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04/16/1951 Board of Public Works Minutes.257 April 16, 1951 A regular meeting of the Board of Public-17orks was held on Monday, April 16, 1951 at 9:30 a.m. All members were present. Minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. Salary Claims in the amount of $24,147.53 were approved and.ordered paid. Claims of the following suppliers in the amount of $18,898.93 were approved and ordered paid: Business Systems, Inc. City Water Works 34.15 83.56 Indiana & Michigan Electric Medow, Inc., Ben 85.60 41436.04 City Water Works ' z3.97 Minnesota Mining & Mfg,. Co. 110.00 C-ontinental Oil Co. 12.00 Minnesota Mining & Mfg. Co. 110.00 Continental Oil Co. 30.75 Scherman-Schaus-Freeman Co. 15.50 Diedrich, A. J. 5.00 Schilling's 2.91 Diedrich, A. J. 5.00 Sheehan Tire Service, Inc. 3.25 Eckler Mfg. Co., Henry 10.40 D. Sherman Ellison Agency 69.12 Forbes Typewriter Co. 3.50 D. Sherman Ellison Agency, 2.23 Hobbick, VV. D. 5.00 D. Sherman Ellison Agency 36.51 Hobbick, W. D. 5.00 Slominski, H. H., M.D. 9.00 Homan Garage, John 30.00 Slominski, H. H., M.D. 3.00 • Indiana & Michigan Elect. Co. Medow, Inc., Ben .443.20 2,318.02 Smogor Lumber Co. Smogor Lumber Co. 44.04 111.26 Pickering, Connie 5.00 South Bend Supply Co. 79.95 Pickering, Connie 5.00 Standard Oil Co. 100,00 Schilling's 15.34 VV'est Side Hardware 102.99 Shoemaker, Inc., 0. J. 4.50 SEWAGE DISPOSAL: Smogor Lumber Co. 27.77 Consoer, Townsend & Associates 1,840.00 Smogor Lumber Co. 4.60 Consoer, Townsend & Associates 255.00 Underwood Corp. 3.20 Consoer, Townsend & Associates 270.00 'Nest Side Hardware 38.50 Consoer, Townsend & Associates 262.50 West Side Hardware 78.75 Consoer, Townsend & Associates 258.75 I STREET & TRAFFIC: Consoer, Townsend & Associates 360.00 Benko & Baraso Co., Inc. 55.00 Consoer, Townsend & Associates 1,198.74 • ; Century Tool & Metal Co. 85.59 Fattore Company 2,909.70 Continental Oil Co. 49.50 Hurwich Iron Company 44.50 Continental Oil Co. 178.65 Meyer & Son, Inc., G. E. 23.90 Continental Oil Co. 364.00 PARKING ME -TER: Continental Oil Co. 1,811.45 Dual Parking Meter Co. 400.00 i Indiana & Michigan Electric 18.04 TRAFFIC ENGINEERING: Ernest Miller, Traffic Engineer, was present and matters pertaini to his department were discussed. Mr. John Zriny and nine others appeared before the Board at the Board's request to • I discuss parking problems in the Studebaker plant area. After a full discussion of the matter, the Board asked Mr. Zriny and others of his committee tq/constitute a committee together with the Traffic Engineer to study off-street parking facilities which may be available for purchase and report back to the Board with an estimate of cost of the pro p-erty to be used for off-street parking. Mr. J. D. Martin and Councilman Walter Glass presented a petition to the Board to j continue Ruskin Street to North Side Boulevard and to refuse the trucking companies the j right to use Louis Street from Ruskin Street to Mishawaka Avenue. This was referred,,too--j' Mr. Miller for investigation and report. ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT: Contractor's Bonds were approved and ordered filed for Harry W. . Dille, Thomas L. Hickey, Incorporated; and Joseph Price. An Excavation Bond for William Frankfort was approved and ordered filed. A letter was received from the Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company indicating that the are negotiating for the purchase of a parking to°t to use as a truck terminal and can vacate the lot at the Michigan and Donald Street store within ten days or two weeks. ! A petition was received asking for the improvement of Dundee Street from Washington s Street to Western Avenue by the construction of a sewer. This was referred to the City Engineer. • The Board approved plans for establishing the grade on Klinger Street from the alle ;west of Adison Street to St. Joseph Street. A Contract between the Rieth-Riley Construction Company and the City of South Bend ifor resurfacing Main Street was signed by the Board. I • 258 i VACATION RESOLUTION NO. 2671 f RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF PUBLIC X RKS OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA: That it I is desirable to vacate the following; THAT PART OF EAST M ARION STREET BOUNDED AS FOLLOWS: Beginning at a point 201 feet east of the northwest cornerof Lot 130 in the original plat of South Bend; Thence north 15 feet; thence east parallel to the south line of Marion Street to the west line of the St. Joseph River; thence southwesterly along the west line of the St. Joseph River to the south line of Marion Street; thence west on the south line of i Marion Street 343.28 feet mor or less to the place of beginning, said 15 foot strip of East Marion Street being that part of said street lying north of the north pro- perty line of Lot 118 in the original plat of South Bend and a part of vacated St. Joseph Street immediately west thereof. The following property may be injuriously or beneficially effected by such vacation Lots numbered 1 to 6 inclusive, Hammond and4Wnitcomb Addition and j; Lot numbered 118 original plat of South Bend. Notice of this resolution shall be published on the 20th day of April and on ,the 27- day of April, 19%1, in the South Bend Daily Tribune and the Weekly Record. This Board, at its office in the City Hall on the 7th day of May, 1951, at 10:00 aom., C.S.T., will hear and receive remonstrances from all persons interested in or af- fected by these proceedings. Adopted this 16th day of April, 1951. ATTEST: R. S. Andrysiak F. K. Baer Freda G. Noble, Clerk Frank J. Bruggner 2 T - 4/20 - 4/27 BOARD OF PUBLIC 4'O RKS & SAFETY VACATION RESOLUTION NO. 2659 This being the date set for the continued hearing on Vacation Resolution 2659 for the vacation of Marshall Street, comes now Leo P. Rieder, Attorney for the remonstrators who presents to the Board the following agreement: Board of Public Works City of South Bend South Bend, Indiana I We, .,the undersigned, sole owners of Lots Numbered 11, 12, 13 and 14 of Jefferson Heights Addition to the City of South Bend, Indiana, for value received, hereby agree j to dedicate to the City of South Bend a strip of land across part of said lots, sixty (60) feet in width, North and South and located at such a point as to constitute a con- !' tinuation of Marshall Street projected west, with a cul-de-sac on the west end of Marshail Street so projected west of a radius of approximately sixty-five (65) feet, all to be f' approved by the Board of Public Works of said City. We further agree to have the survey made and to perfect the said dedication within a period of ninety (90) days from date hereof. We also agree to release the City of South Bend from all damages by reason of the laying out and opening of said street. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands, this 13th day of April, 1951, (Signed) Milo Dugdale Fannie Dugdale The Board, thereupon, decides to deny the petition to vacate Marshall Street, pro- vided that the above dedication be executed within the 90 day period. VACATION RESOLUTION NO. 2659 The City Engineer is directed to prepare, an assessment roll showing the assessments of benefits and the award of damages in the matter of the vacation of FIRST EAST -WEST ALLEY SOUTH OF WASHINGTON AVENUE from the east line of 24th Street, east a distance of 588 feet to the east line of No. 25 in Tuxedo Park, First Addition and 42 in Tuxedo Park 2nd Addition of Lots in Jefferson Heights Addition and FIRST EAST-W`E'ST ALLEY SOUTH OF WILSON STREET from the east line of 24th Street, east a distance of 588 feet to the east line of Lots No. 9 and 24 in Tuxedo Park, First Additio of Lots in Jefferson Heights Addition. U • • • 0 L "A • • 0 VACATION RESOLUTION NO. 2659 R. S. Andrysiak, City Engineer, filed primary assessment roll showing the awards off,. damages and the assessments of benefits in the matter of the vacation of the FIRST EAST-� jJl'EST ALLEY SOUTH OF WASHINGTON AVENUE from the east line of 24th Street, east a distance of 588 feet to the east line of Lots No. 25 in Tuxedo Park, First Addition, and 42 in Tuxedo Park, 2nd Addition of Lots in Jefferson Heights Addition; AND the FIRST EAST -WEST;, ALLEY SOUTH OF WILSON STREET from the east line of 24th Street, east a distance of 588 feet to the east line of Lots No.9a.nd 24 in Tuxedo Park, First Addition of Lots in Jeffe,. son Heights Addition under Vacation Resolution No. 2659. In the above named assessment roll, the Board hereby orders that it will meet in ' the City Hall at 10.00 a.m. C.S.T., on the 7th day of May, 1951, for the purpose of hear.'" ing and receiving remonstrances from all persons interested in or affected by said vaca- tion, and the Board further orders that notice of said hearing, together with the amount' of damages awarded and benefits assessed be addressed to the property -owners by publish -I ing same on the 20th day of April and on the 27th day of April, 1951, in the South Bend Daily tribune and the Weekly Record. l STREET DEPARTMENT: Melton 0. Brannan, Street Commissioner-, was present and matters per- taining to his Department were discussed. CEMETERY DEPARTMENT: Stanley Leszczynski, Sexton, was present and matters pertaining to his Department were discussed. There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned! at 11:15 a.m. I ATTEST: L� April 23, 1951C/0 A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held on Monday, April 23, 1951 at 9:30 a.m. All members were present. Minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. Claims of the following suppliers in the amount of $3,690.10 were approved and ordered paid: Grzywienski Studio 7.50 Graves Auto Glass., V. Harmon, V.E., M.D. 8.00 Hoffman Brothers Auto Elec. . Indiana Bell Telephone 10.66 Indiana Equipment Co. Indiana & Michigan Electric 43.75 Institute of Traffic Engineers Kaley Motor Service 8.80 Kaley Motor Service Lee, H.D., Co. 36.27 Kaylor Spring Co. Levy -Ward Grocery Co. 25.25 Korte Brothers Lien Chemical Co. 20.33 Korte Brothers Medow, Inc., Ben .83 Korte Brothers McClave Printing 20.00 McClave Printing Co. Marchelewicz, P. J. 5.00 McClave Printing Co. Marchelewicz, P. J. 5.00 Medow, Inc., Ben Michiana Plate Glass & Mirror 5.78 Medow, Inc., Ben Royal Rubber Co. 199.50 Medow, Inc., Ben Royal Rubber Co. 17.88 Meyer & Son, G. E. Schwarz Paper Co. 75.00 Miller, Ernest H. Schwarz Paper Co. 66.70 Rose, Jacob Shoemaker, 0. J. 15.75 Rose, Jacob Shoemaker, 0. J. 18.56 Slominski, H. H., M.D. Slatile Roofing Co. 190.00 South Bend Hardware Co. ATREET & TRAFFIC: Standard Oil Co. American Steel Dredge Co. 1,000.00 Standard Oil Co. Atlas Silk Screen Supply Co. 11.33 Standard Oil Co. Bearings, Service Co. 10.09 Standard Oil Co. Business Systems, Inc. 25.68 Thompson, John, M.D. Business Systems, Inc. 12.32 Weisberger Brothers Clemans Truck Line, Inc. 2.00 Western Indiana Gravel Co. Forbes Typewriter Co. 12.00 PARKING METER: General Equipment & Machine Co. 8.35 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 29.65 186.29 131.72 3.50 7.5o 42.64 83.83 87.55 173.14 50.00 40.00 6.24 9.61 41.37 24.45 16.60 53.30 187.29 3.00 3.96 3.6o 174.62 168.98 172.70 5.00 10.50 103.34 7.69 TRAFFIC ENGINEERING: Ernest Miller, Traffic Engineer, was present and matters pertain- ing to his Department were discussed.