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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06/25/1951 Board of Public Works MinutesJune 25, 1951 A regular meeting of the Board pf Public Works was held on Monday, June 25, 1951 at 9:30 a.m. All members were present. Minutes of the previous meeting were read and ap- proved. Claims of the following suppliers in the amount of $4,648.76 were approved and ordered paid: Artcraft Printers 72.50 STREET & TRAFFIC: Burke Electric Co., Wm. I. 39.65 Continental Oil Co. 144.39 Business Systems, Inc. .36 Continental Oil Co. � 2,063.80 i • Business Systems, Inc. 11.10 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 9.79 Continental Oil Co. 35.13 Kuert Concrete Inc., 372.89 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 114.70 Kuert Concrete inc. 22.58 Indiana Michigan Electric Co. 171.42 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 7.69 McClave Printing Co. 93.5o Mishawaka Equipment Co. 47.65 McClave Printing Co. 99.25 Rieth-Riley Construction Co. 136.22 Overhead Door Co. 15.80 South Bend Sand & Gravel 270.63 11 Royal Typewriter Co. 19.00 Toth, George, Lincoln W.W.Gravel 750.00 '11 South Bend City Water Works 23.64 Western Indiana Gravel Co. 35.00 i South Bend City Water Works 69.17 SEINAGE DISPOSAL: I Tri-County News 22.90 TRAFFIC ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT: Ernest Miller, Traffic Engineer, was present and matters; pertaining to his department were discussed. BUSSES: Mr. Hahn from the Northern Indiana Transit, Inc., appeared before the Board wit a petition to change the Rum Village bus route. The bus presently runs east on Calvert to Kendall Street, north on Kendall to Indiana Avenue, and east on Indiana Avenue to Main Street. They wish to change the route and have it run east on Calvert Street to Main Street. The Board took the petition under advisement until next Monday. TAXI CABS; This being the date set for hearing on the application of United Cab Company;; Inc., for a license to operate a taxi cab company, hearing was held. Comes now Joseph Pawlowski, representing the United Cab Company of South Bend, Indiana. He informed the I�? . Board that Attorney George Sands had been retained by the United Cab Company. He furthe% informed the Board that Mr. Sands was unable to be present on this date as he was attend= ing a trial. He, therefore, requested that the hearing be set over for one week or unti such time as the Board wishes to set a date for the hearing. Mr. George Beamer, Attorney for the Indiana and South Bend CaD Companies, protested against the continuing of the hearing as he had his evidence and was ready to be heard. Mr. James Keating, represent- ing William. Heirman, a memberof the public and President of the Taxi Drivers Local #141,� and Walter Whitacre, member of the public and Secretary of the Courtesy Cab Company, stated that he was ready to be heard. After a full discussion of the matter, it was the,; decision of the Board to continue the hearing on the aforementioned application until Monday, July 2, 1951 at 2:00 p.m. r ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT: Contractorts Bonds were approved and ordered filed for Edward Burton; Joseph F. Kuzmits; and S. Edward Merrill. fC An Excavation Bond in the amount of $10,000.00 for the Checkley Contractors., Inc., li was approved and ordered filed. II !j An Excavation Bond in the amount of $2,000.00 for the Burton Construction Corp., j was approved and ordered filed. II An Excavation Bond in the amount of $5,000.00 for the Rieth-Riley Construction Co., was approved and ordered filed. • A petition was received asking that the name of Crumstown Avenue be changed to Ardmoe Trail. This was referred to the Common Council. A petition was received asking for the construction of a pavement on Bulla Street j from Portage Avenue to -Wilber Street. This was referred to the City Engineers Office. The Board approved plans and specifications for the paving of Lincolnway East from Monroe Street to Michigan Street; and Jefferson Boulevard from Lafayette Boulevard to the east end of Jefferson Bridge. The Clerk of the Board was directed to advertise for bids for said paving, which will be received until July 16, 1951. The Board approved plans for a sewer on Chalfant Street and on Bissell Street. � • i VACATION RESOLUTION NO. 2651 This being the date set for the continued hearing on Vacation Resolution No. 2651, the hearing is now continued until December 24, 1951. i A letter was received from the City Plan Commission indicating that they approve the; vacation of the alley between Main and Michigan Streets, running north from Navarre,St,, upon the condition that the architects for the building to be built for Memorial Hospitak, Inc., provide the several utilities whose facilities are involved in the said alley with;, sets of blue prints of the proposed construction; and, also, that the City Plan Commissi 'r and the Board of Public 'Works and Safety be.provided with blue prints showing the propos c construction which had been approved by the above mentioned utilities.' • 1 VACATION RESOLUTION NO. 2674 RESOVED BY THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIAN A: That it is desirable to vacate the following: That portion of the alley 127 feet south of Sample, Street from.High Street East, described as follows: j Beginning at a point on the East line of High Street 197 feet south of the southeas corner of the intersection of High -Street and Sample Street, which pointof beginning is at the intersection of the east line of High Street and the north line of said alley; thence east along the north line of said alley, and parallel to the south line of Sample Street, a.,distance of 148.72 feet; thence southeast a distance of 19.8 feet to a point o: the south line of said alley, which point is 141 feet south of the south line of Sample Street and 162.71 feet east of the east line of High Street; thence west along the south dine of said alley, and parallel to the south line of Sample Street, a distance of 162.,7. 11 feet to the,e ast line of High Street; thence north along the east line of High Street a I distance of 14 feet to the point of beginning. The following property may be inuriously or beneficially effected by such vacation: I` Unplatted. Owned by the South Bend Toy Manufacturing Company. Notice of this resolution shall be published on the 29th day of June and on the 6th I day of July, 1951, in the -South Bend Daily Tribune and the Weekly Tri-County News. i This Board, at its office in the C ity Hall on the 16th day of July, 1951 at 10:00 a.m., C. S. T., will hear and receive remonstrances from all persons interested in or j affected by these proceedings. I Adopted this 25th day of June, 1951. R. S. Andrysiak Frank J. Bruggner F. K. Baer BOARD OF PUBLIC M RKS & SAFETY This being the date set for receiving bids for the pavement of various streets, the • ( following bids were received and publicly read: Reed Construction Co., A Non -Collusion Affidavit Mishawaka, Indiana with a Proposal Bond in the amount of 91603.65 accompanie j the bid. -- For the Improvement of KENMORE STREET from the north line of Western Avenue to the south line of Linden Avenue. Total Extension of Items 1-1,2-1,3,5,6,7,8,9 and 10 $ 28,518.00 i Reed Construction Co., A Non -Collusion Affidavit j Mishawaka, Indiana with a Proposal Bond in the amount of $1603.65 accompanie the bid. For the improvement of WELLINGTON STREET from the north line of Western ( Avenue to the south line of Linden Ave. Total Extension of Items 1-1,2-1,3,5,6,7,8,9 and 10 $ 26,463.00 I Reed Construction Co., A Non -Collusion Affidavit Mishawaka, Indiana with a Proposal Bond in the • amount of $1603.65 accompanie the bid. For the improvement of WILBER STREET from the north line of Fassnacht Avenue to the southerly line of LaPorte Avenue. Total Extension of Items 1-1,2-1,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 and 13 $ 9,164.90 0 Rieth-Riley Construction Co. A Non -Collusion Affidavit P. 0. Box #775 South Bend, Indiana with a proposal Bond accom panied the bid. ror the improvement of KENMORE STREET from the north line of Western Avenue to the south line of Linden Avenue. Total Extension of Items 1-1,2-1,3,5,6t,7p8 9 and 10 29,206.00 Total Extension of Items 1-3,2-3,3,4,5,6,7,6,9 and 10 291407.50 • Rieth-Rile Cons ruction Co. y � A Non -Collusion Affidavit P. 0. Box #775 South Bend, Indiana with a Proposal Bond accom- panied the bid. For the improvement of WELLINGTON STREET from the north lineof Western Avenue to the south line of Linden Avenue. Total Extension of Items 1-1,2-1,3,5,627,8,9 and 10 26,851.00 Total Extension of Items 1-32283j3o4P5,6,7,8,9 and 10 27,052.50 Rieth-Riley Construction Co. ANon-Collusion Affidavit I P._ 0. Box #?75 with a Proposal Bond accom- , South Bend, Indiana panied the bid. For the improvement of WILBER STREET from the north line of Fassnacht Avenue to the southerly lineof LaPorte Avenue. Total Extension of Items 1-1,2-1,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11212 & 13 $.10,181.00 Total Extension of Items 1-302-3,3,4:5,6:728,9210,11,12 & 13 10,241.00 The above bids were taken under advisement for tabulation. REFERRING BIDS TO ENGINEER Nos. 2665, 2666, & 2667 - 1951 ilbur g. Gartner & Associates ivil Engineers outh Bend 12 Indiana South Bend, Indiana June 25, 1951 The Bids for the improvement of WILBER STREET from the north line of Fassnacht Avenue to tue southerly line of LaPorte Avenue received on June 25, 1951, in accordance with • Improvement Resolution No. 2665, 1951, AND KENMORE STREET from the north line of Western Avenue to the south line of Western Avenue to the south line of Linden Avenue received on June 25, 1951 „ in accordance with Improve- ment Resolution No. 2666, 19512, AND ELLINGTON STREET from the north line of Western Avenue to the south line of Linden Ave- ue received on June 25, 1951 „ in accordance with Improvement Resolution No. 2667, 1951, assed by this Board on May 7, 1951, and confirmed by this Board on June 4, 1951, are ereby referred,to you for examination and tabulation to report to this Board with recom- endations. R. S. Andrysiak �) • Frank J. Bruggner F. K. Baer BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS & SAFETY -_ - RESOLUTION ADOPTING FINAL ASSESMENT ROLL No. 2647., South Bend, Indiana 'i June 25, 1951 !� e It Resolved, By the Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of South Bend, Indiana hat the Primary or Preliminary Assessmwnt Roll adopted by the Board on the llth day of j • une, 1951, for the improvement of ALBERT STREET PAVEMENT be and the same is in all things onf irme d. ,, R. S. Andrysiak Frank J. Bruggner F. K. Baer bBOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS & SAFETY Freda G. Noble, Clerk •4 PLANS REPORTED South Bend, Indiana June 25, 1951 Board of Public Works & Safety City of South Bend, Indiana Gentlemen: • We hereby report Profiles, Drawings, Plans, General Dettils, Specifications, Esti- mates mates and Preliminary Improvement Resolutions for the improvement of RANDOLPH STREET from the east line of Twyckenham Drive to the west line of Robinson Street, AND TWENTIETH STREET from the south line of Mishwwaka Avenue to the south line of Hammond & ! Whitcomb Addition, AND VINE STREET from the east line of Twenty-sixth Street to the west line of Twenty-seventh Street by constructing Class `"C",pavements. Respectfully submitted, . Wilbur H. Gartner & Associates CL.vil Engineers !� BOARD APPROVES PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS South Bend, Indiana Department of Public Works & Safety: June 25, 1951 I ! The profiles, drawings, plans, general details, specifications and estimates for ! the improvement of RANDOLPH STREET from the east lineof Twyckenham Drive to the west 1 of Robinson Street, AND ! TWENTIETH STREET from the south line of Mishawaka Avenue to the south line of Hammond & Whitcomb Addition, AND VINE STREET from the east line of Twenty-sixth Street to the west line of Twenty-seventh Street by constructing Class 10 pavements are hereby approved. R. S-. Andrysiak Frank J. Bruggner F. K. Baer BOARD OF D WORYZ & SAFETY • IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTIONS Nos. 2643J 2672 and 2673 - 1951 1950 South Bend, Indiana June 25, 1951 Be lt!;Resolved, By the Board of Public Works and Sfifety of the City of South Bend, Indiana, that it is deemed necessary to i#prove RANDOLPH STREET from the east line of Twyckenham Drive to the west line of Robinson Street,AND • VINE STREET from the east line if Twenty-sixth Street to the westline of Twenty-seventh Street, AND TWENTIETH STREET from the south line of Mishav&a Avenue to the south line of Hammond & Whitcomb Addition by constructing Class nCn pavements. The same to be done in accordance with the profiles, drawings, plans, general details and specifications of such improvements approved June 25, 1951, and to be adopted by the Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of South Bend, immediately upon the final adoption of th&se resolutions, and placed on file in the office of the City Civil Engineer of Said City, nn.d such improvements are now ordered. - i • ' The total cost of said improvements, including all incidental costs such as advertis- ing, abstracting, inspection and engineering, shall be assessed upon the real estate abut` ting on said Randolph Street, Vine Street and Twentieth Street to be improved, all aocordL j ing to the Method and manner provided for in an Act of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, entitled, "An Act Concerning Municipal Corporations" approved March 6th, 1905; and in accordance with_ and pursuant to the provisions of all amendatory and supplemental acts thereto, passed bythe General Assembly of the State of indiana. Assessments, if deferred, are to be paid in ten equal installments, with interest at the rate of six (6) 1 per cent per annum. (A bond or bonds shall be issued to the contractor in payment of assessments, as the several owners of real estate upon which they are a lien exercise the; right to pay the same in ten equal installments.) Under no circumstances shall the City of South Bend, Indian, be or be held responsible for any sum or sums due from said properir • ty owner or owners for said work, or for certificate or certificates, bond or bonds, iss od to said contractor in payment for such work, except for such moneys as shall have been WE actually received by the City from assessments for such improvements, or such moneys as teh City is by said entitled Act and the prcbvisions of all Acts amendatory and supplemen- tal thereto, required to pay. Allproceedings had and work done in making of said improve ments, assessment of property, collection of assessments and issuance of bonds therefor, shall be as provided for in said entitls.d Act and amendments thereto. The 1.7th day of July, 19519 at the hour of 6:30 o'clock PM -CST is hereby fixed as the time, and the officeof the Board in said City as the place, when and where all person whose property may be affected by such proposed improvements, may be heard as to the nece -2 sity for the same, and all petitions and remonstrances received and the Board will, on said day, decide whether the benefits accruing to abutting and adjacent property, and to the City of South Bend, Indiana, will be equal to or exceed the estimated cost of said improvements. The Clerk -of the Board is hereby ordered to give notice by two weekly pub- lications, of the time and place of hearing of this resolution. Adopted June 25, 1951. R. S. Andrysiak Frank J. Bruggner F. K. Baer BOARD OF RMLIC dORKS & SAFETY Pthlished on June 29, 1951 and July, 1951 Freda G. Noble, Clerk NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNERS Nos. 2643-1950, 2672 & 2673-1951 To Whom It May Concern: South Bend, Indiana June 29, 1951 July 6, 1951 Notice is hereby given by the Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of South Bend, Indiana, that it is deemed necessary to make the following described public improve ments in the City of South bend, Indiana, authorized by the following numbered Improve- ment Resolutions, passed by said Board on the 25th day of June, 1951. Improvement Resolution No, 2.643, 1950, for the improvement of RANDOLPH STREET from the east line of Twyckenham. Drive to the west line of Robinson Street, AND Improvement Resolution 2672, 1951, for the improvement of VINE STREET from the east line of Twenty-sixth Street to the west line of Twenty-seventh Street, AND Improvement Resolution 2672, 1951, for the improvement of TWENZE TH STREET from the south line of Mishawaka Avenue to the south lineof Hammond, & Whitcomb Addition by const ing Class 110 pavements. All work done in the making of said described public improvements shall be in accord ance with the terms and conditions of Improvements Resolutions Nos. 2643-1950, 2672 & 2673-1951, adopted by the Board of Public Works and Safety on the above named day, and the profiles, drawings, plans, general details, specifications and estimates to be adopte by the board of Public Works and Safety of such City, upon the final aoption of said resolutions and placed on file in the office of the Department of Engineering of said City. The Board of Public Works and Safety will meet in its office in the City Hall on th 17th day of July, 1951, at the hoursof 6:30 otclock PM -CST for the purpose of hearing ad considering all remonstrances, which may have -been filed or which may bepresented, and will hear all persons interested or whose property is affected by said proposed improve- nB nts, and will decide whether the benefit that will accrue to the property, abutting and adjacent to the proposed improvements and to said Otty, will be equal to or exceed the estimated cost of the proposed improvements as estimated by the City Civil Engineer. Freda G. Noble, Clerk R. S. Andrysiak Frank J. Bruggner F. K. Baer BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS & SAPTY t- • • 0 0 • 11 C] ;STREET DEPARTMENT: Melton O. Brannan, Street Commissioner, was present and matters per staining 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. • !ATTEST: 0 a July 2, 1951 A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held on Monday, July 2,,, 1951 at 9:30 A.M. All members were present. Minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. Salary claims in the amount of $29,192.78 were approved and ordered paid. Claims of the following suppliers in the amount of $11m,656.53 were approved and ordered paid: Indiana Bell Telephone Indiana Michigan Elec. Co. Indiana Michigan Elec. Co. Indiana Michigan Elec. Co. Levy -Ward Grocery Co. Casimer' s Super Market SEWAGE DISPOSAL: South Bend Tribune, $ 9.30 10,634.14 170,92 423.99 23.61 195.00 Northern Indiana Wholesale Groc.$ 22.20 Northwestern Transit Co. 2. 13 Royal Typewriter Co. 32.00 Schwarz Paper Co. 61.45 South Bend Tribune 6.83 PARKING METER DEPARTMENT: 24.96 Maurice Vennet 50.00 TRAFFIC ENGINEER: Ernest Miller, Traffic Engineer, was present and matters pertaining to his department were discussed. Stop signs were approved by the Board for the following locations: On Kentucky Street at Dunham Street, both sides. On Napier Street at Maple Street, both sides. BUSSES: Mr. Hahn of the Northern Indiana Transit, appeared before the Board in regard to a change in the Rum Village Bus Route, which the Board had taken under advisement. The Board approved the change in the. route and Mr. Hahn informed the Board that the change would go into effect on July 8, 1951. Notices of the change in route would be posted in public places by Northern Indiana Transit. ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT: 'Contractorts bonds were approved and ordered filed for Lucian A. Szymanski, John C. Gillstrap, Edmund L. Kolupa, Herron Murray, Tommy Thomas and Earl J. Orrington, Jr., An Excav,_tion bond was. approved and ordered filed for Fred Spromberg. VACATION RESOLUTION NO. 2678 RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF PUBLIC VO RKSOF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA: That it is desirable to vacate the following. - The alley West of Michigan Street and East of Main Street from the North line of Navarre Street to the South Line of the first alley North of Navarre Street. !1 i The following property may be injuriously or beneficially effected by such vacation: • Lots numbered nine (9) to fifteen (15) inclusive, and nineteen (19) to twenty- eight (96) inclusive in Bartlett's First Addition. Notice of this resolution shall be published on the 6th day of July raid on the 13th- day of July, 1951 in the South Bend Daily Tribune and the Weekly Mirror. (Record) This Board, at its office in the City Hall on the 23rd day of July, 1951 at 10:00 A.M. (C.S.T.) will hear and receive remonstrances from all persons interested in or affected by these proceedings. I� Adopted this 2nd day of July, 1951 Frank J. Bruggner F. K. Baer ATTEST: R. S. Andrysiak Freda G. Noble, Clerk BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY