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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03/10/1952 Board of Public Works MinutesMarch 10, 1952 A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works,was held Monday, March 10, 1952 at 10:00 A. M. 11embers present were R. S. Andrysiak and G. P. Ziegler. Minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. Salary Claims of the Street Department in the amount of $11,659.84 were approved and ordered paid. Claims of the following suppliers, in the total amount of $21,158.08 were approved and ordered paid. Artcraf t Printers 14P148.75 STREET & TRAFFIC G. E., Mfeyer & Son 8.67 Minnesota ',lining & Mfg. Co. $153.80 South Bend Electric Co. 37.80 Office Supply,& Equipment Co. 7.50 Weisberger Bros., Inc. 38.25 Meyerts Hdwe. Co. 18.23 Arrow Towel & Linen Service 13.45 Central West Oil Corporation 13.20: Indiana & Michigan Electric Co. 341.30 The O'Brien Corporation 1c38.06 Indiana & Michigan Electric Co. s10,963.90 J. W. Werntz & Son 10.20: South Bend. Electric Co. 95.00 J. W. Werntz 8-. Son 58.28 J. W. Werntz & Son 8.81 Indiana Lumber & Mfg. Co. 7.40 Ward H. Crothers 3.10 Kaley Motor Service 38.16 Edward Iron Works, Inc. 60.95 Bearings Service Co. 9.90' South Bend Electric Co. 7.35 J. 17. Werntz & Son, Inc„ 12.?�7 South Bend Window Cleaning Co. 53.50 J. W. Werntz & Son, Inc. 83.52 Gafill Oil Co. 30.60 Kaley Motor Service 75.41 Fabricated Steel Products 56.96 General Equipment & Machine Co. Indiana Lumber Co. 4.25 Kaley Motor Service 74-o5 Knapp Seed & Hardware Co. 5.08 Kaley 'Motor Service 24.72 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 11.36 T,+Jhite ItTfg. Co. 12.42 Office Engineers 13.00 itiemorial Hospital 33.10 Gafill Oil Co. 11.27 H. H. Slominski, Iui.D. 33.00 PARKING TvT TER: Singer General Tire, Inc. 412.50 Globe Distributing Co. 20.09 Singer General Tire, Inc. 56.20`! STREET & TRAFFIC: Singer General Tire, Inc. 372.48 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 9.19 Singer General Tire, Inc. Kaley Motor Service 166.0rL, J. W. Werntz & Son 2.17 Bearing Service Co. 11.26 White i;Lt'g. Co. 51.26 Jacob Rose 27.17 I-i-82-4e-ti ±±+e-• 47� r } Municipal Supply Co. 133.38 Reith-Riley Construction Co. 53.65 U. S. Automotive Products, Inc. 13.82 Reith-Rile7T Construction Co. 63.08 Reith-Riley Construction Co. 238.16 SEWAGE DISPOSAL: Thomas D. Nolan $6086.72 Consoer,Toti:rn.send & Associates 182.50 ENGINEERING DEPARTPEI NT: City Engineer, R. S. Andrysiak then presented the Plat of Block "B" in Belleville . Gardens Addition to the City of South Bend of the Colpaert Realty Corporation, bearing the approval stamp of the City Plan Commission. The plat was examined, approved by the board, and Block "B", as subdivided, was ordered to be recorded., Book 18, Page "B". The City Engineer was authorized by the Board to give Barney Massa, Inc. and Niles Excavating Company an extension of time on their respective contracts. S TREE T DEPARTMENT: Harry M. Tomlinson, Street Commissioner was present and brought before the Board the Equipment Rental Agreement to be entered into between the City of South Bend and i the State of Indiana, in the matter of the use of the Street Department Flusher for �. flushing state -maintained streets in South Bend. The Board approved the agreement and directed the Clerk to forward same to the State Highway Commission's District a Engineer's office for the required approval of the Commission. Mr. Tomlinson then brought to the attention of the Board the extensive patching of the streets now underway, pointing out that in some instances costly work of this type could be avoided, if the street involved is scheduled for resurfacing, by pro- 1 ceeding immediately with the resurfacing work. Pv?r. Tomlinson mentioned the concrete section of East Jefferson Boulevard as being in most urgent need of attention. Wayne Street from St. Joseph Street to Taylor, in regard to which consultation has been held with the IVI'ayor, was agreed upon as the first resurfacing project, on which work 'a is to be commenced immediately. Mr. Tomlinson next laid before the Board a petition for approximately 75 feet of sidewalk to be constructed, beginning at the alley in the 1300 block West Washington'. Avenue, westward to Chestnut Street. The Board approved the petition and directed the I Clerk to notify the property owners to provide the required sidewalk. Mr, Tomlinson next tools up with the Board his needs for new motorized equipment. The Board approved the Street Commissioner's recommendations and the Clerk was directed to proceed with the required advertising. The City Engineer then presented a Quit Claim Deed, given by Whitcomb & Keller,Inc., deeding the following described real estate to the City for use as a public alley, to wit: 403 A part of Lot Numbered Twenty-three (23) in Whitcomb & Kellerts Lincoln School Addition to the City of South Bend, described as follows: Beginning at the Northwest corner of said lot; thence South a l onm the West line of said lot, a distance of 40.47 feet; I thence East 43.91 to the Easterly line of said lot at a point 20.03 feet South of the Northeast corner of said lot; j thence North along the East lot line, a distance of 20.03 feet to the Northeast corner of said lot; thence Northwesterly k • J along the Northerly line of said lot, a distance of 47.5 feet j to the place of beginning. ALSO, a part of Lot Numbered Twenty -tyro (22) in Whitcomb & Kellerts Lincoln School Addition to the City of South Bend, described as follows: Beginning at the Northwest corner of said lot; thence South along the lot line, a distance of 20.03 feet, thence 44-06 feet to the Northeast corner of said lot; thence Northwesterly along the North lot line, a distance of 47.5 feet to the place of beginning. 1i The Board accepted the Quit Claim Deed and directed the Clerk to proceed in having '. this Deed properly recorded. Recorded in Book 497, Page 103 in Recorder's Office of St. Joseph County. A Petition received by the Board for black -topping Vassar Avenue,from Olive to Elmer Street, was referred to the City Engineer for consideration and report. The February 'report of the City Sealer, Charles J. Burns, was examined by the Board, together with a copy of Mr. Burnts letter to the State Director of Weights j and Measures, concerning short weight butter at present being wholesaled throughout !I this area. i Councilman Walter C. Erler was present and called to the attention of the Board j ! the needs of the Common Council for new chairs and desks and presented quotations and illustrated descriptions of the type of equipment now being under consideration. Costs and type of construction were discussed. I 0 U The Board suggested that the chairs being the most urgently needed, and within the indicated budgetary funds available, it will consider such purchase when de- cision has been made by the Councilmen on the specific chair to be provided. A letter from. the Bell Telephone Company concerning re -arrangement of telephone service in the office of the Board of Health was examined by the Board. An objection to the additional annual cost was made by Virginia Guthrie, Executive Secretary of the Civic Planning Association. The matter was taken under further advisement by the Board. At 12:00 Noon the Board recessed the meeting to be reconvened at a later hour for the convenience of Irving A. Hurwich, Chairman of the Board of Safety. All members being present, the Board reconvened at 2:00 P. I;% Monday, March 10, 19" 2. Northern Indiana Transit, Inc., appearing by its attorney, Nicholas P. Cholis, and its Vice -President and General P,anager, John T. Martin, made proof of the publishing of notice of said hearing in the South Bend Tribune on the 25th day of February, 1Q52 and in the Tri-County News on the 22nd day of February,, 1952, which notices are in the following words and figures, to-;arit: (Here Insertj: and also made proof of the posting of said notice in thirteen (13) public places within the limits of the City of South Bend, Indiana, which proof of posting is in the following words and figures, to -wit: (Here Insert). And said matter being now set for public hearing, the need for said contract was explained br Northern Indiana Transit, Inc., by its Vice -President and General Manager., John. I,artin, and there being no representative of the public present to protest, nor remonstrances presented, the approval of said contract was taken under -advisement by the Board for action. It was moved b,T G.'P. Ziegler, seconded by,R. S. Andrysiak that the proposed contract between Northern Indiana Transit, Inc., and the City of South Bend, Indiana " be executed and approved, and is so ordered, and thereupon said contract was signed and executed by the members of the Board of Public Works and Safety, which contract reads` as follows, to -wit: (Here Insert) . Said action to be presented to the Common Council for ratification. There being no further business of urgency, the meeting adjourned at 2:45 P. NI. • i ATTEST: ay - Clerk.