HomeMy WebLinkAbout03/17/1952 Board of Public Works Minutes0
SPECIAL MEETING
March 12, 1952
March
AlpeiW meeting of the Board of Public Works and Safety was held Wednesday,
at 7:3 P. M. in accordance with legal notice for the purpose of
public hearings on the following Improvement Resolutions pertaining to Sewer constructi
1�RD?U�Y0 TA
I No. 2688 - CRi 0,;MTRA { NU4 from the center line of Lincolnway West to the
center line of lot 8 in Lincoln Manor 2nd Addition.
No. 2704 - NORTH ELMER STREET from 625 feet South of center line of Marquette
Boulevard to 460 feet North of center line of Marquette Boulevard.
No. 2706 - WALL STREET from the center line of Twyckenham Drive to 220 feet
West of the West line of Greenlawn Avenue.
No. 2707 - GERTRUDE STREET from the center line of Ewing Avenue to 1276 fee
t
et
South of the center line of Ewing Avenue.
Board member, Granville P. Ziegler was absent.
The meeting was called to order by the president of the Board, R. S. Andrysiak.,
who addressed the assembled interested property owners, giving a general outline of
Barret Law procedure, and presented blue -prints for their examination.
No remonstrances being voiced at the meeting, the persons present were informed
that a ten day waiting period will ensue, terminating at midnight March 22, 1952,
during which time remonstrances, if any, must be filed with the Board.
There being no other businessto come before the Board at this meeting, the
meeting was adjourned at 8:15 P.M.
ATTEST: •L�%j �'-�/L� 7� �iLG"�7�
Clerk
March 17, 1952
A regular meeting of the Board of Public works was held Monday, March 17, 1952
at 10:00 A. M. All members were present. Minutes of the previous meeting and the
p Secial Meeting were read and approved. Salary claims in the amount of 20
Were approved and ordered paid. Claims of the following suppliers, in the total? amount of $7,006.38, were approved and ordered paid:
Office Engineers, Inc.
Weisberger Bros.
$7.90
8.00
Indiana Bell Telephone Co.
$9.60
The C. H. Hanson Co.
Weisberger Bros.
13.50
Indiana & Michigan Electric Co522.60
Koontz Engineering & Elect. 17.14
Koontz Wagner Electric Co.
12.75
15.60
Arrow Towel & Linen Service
PARKING METER
2.00
Indiana Bell Telephone Co.
9.41
DEPARTMENT:
Dual Parking Meter Co.
2,5p
STREET & TRAFFIC:
Anderson Service Station
Bockts Mobilgas Service
$30.52
18.16
Central Equipment Co.
$126.96
Anderson Service Station
45.70
Municipal Supply Co.
Bill Nichols, Inc.
18
Scherman:Schaus-Freeman Co.
35.48
Ben Medow
7.8.26
Scherman-Schaus-Freeman Co.
Ernest H. Miller
216:69
Kahn. Plumbing & Heating Co..
4-57
Indiana Bell Telephone Co.
22.68
12.29
Remington -Rand, Inc.
Wire
327.79
9.
Koontz -Wagner Electric Co.
The Office Engineers, Inc.
8.1+0
& Disc. Wheel Sales
Bearings Service Co.
4.48
16.32
The Office Engineerts, Inc.
The Office Engineers, Inc.
4-05
1 -1
4 3
Jacob Rose
Zimmerman Brush Works, Inc.
77.16
1
19.52
The -Office Engineeris, Inc.
2.05
35.98
Continental Oil Co.
Bickel Coal
766.32
Weisberger Bros.
Weisberger Bros.
13.80
& Stoker Co.
Central Equipment Co.
37.00
15.68
Hibberd Printing Co.
5•�5
9.�5
Interstate Glass & Paint Co.
Co.
A.00
Reith-Riley Construction Co.
1 5 35
G. E. Meyaere& Sonctric
6.20
3 36
0
0
•
0
4
•
0
Reith-Riley Construction Co. $34.55
Simon Brothers, Inc. 60.00
Reith-Riley Construction Co. 41.25
Simon Brothers, Inc. 60.00
Weisberger Bros._ 3.25
Indiana & Michigan Electric Co. 129.60
GARBAGE DEPARTMENT:
Dependable Disposal Co. $2979.16
G. E. Meyer & Son
G. E. Meyer & Son
G. E. Meyer & Son
G. E. Meyer & Son
Korte Bros., Inc.
Indiana & Michigan Electric Co.
$51.23
26.98
9.6o
72.53
164- 32
6.36
Mrs, Earl Rupe, chairman of the Poppy Day Committee of the American Legion
Auxiliary, Post 50, was present and applied to the Board for permit of their
organizationts annual sale of poppies on the dates of May 23rd and 24th. Approval of
the Board was granted and letter so certifying is to be supplied the Auxiliary by
the Clerk.
Mr. J. C. Hughes of Indiana Bell Telephone Co. and Miss Jean Townsend, represent-
ing the office of the Board of Health, were present and took up with the Board
telephone installations desired by the Health Office. Mr. Hughes suggested that a
survey by the telephone company to discover and report on the phone service for the
offices throughout the City Hall could be made at no cost to the City.
The Board was in accord and asked that the telephone company proceed to make
this survey.
Mr. Hughes then took up with the Board a proposed installation of outdoor
telephone booths at the American Trust Building,corner of Washington and Michigan
Streets and at the Court House, corner of Washington and Main Streets, mentioning
revenue to be received by -the City from such installations. The Board decided this
matter should be held in abeyance and given further consideration at the time the
telephone company reports on its City Hall telephone survey.
• i Mr. Wilbur H. Gartner was present and the matter of the re -surfacing of Wayne
Street from East line of Taylor Street to East line of St. Joseph Street was then
taken up for discussion. Drawings submitted by the Civil Engineers, Wilbur H.
Gartner & Associates, covering this improvement were examined and approved by the
Board.
IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTIONS CONFIRMED
The Board next confirmed the following Improvement Resolutions, pertaining to
construction of local sewers:
j RESOLUTION NO. 2688 - For the Improvement of ARDMORE TRAIL (CR'UMSTOWN AVENUE)
• from Center line of Lincolnway West to center line of
lot 8 in Lincoln Manor Second Addition by constructing a
i local sewer.
RESOLUTION NO. 2704 - For the improvement of NORTH ELMER STREET from 625 feet
South of center line of Marquette Boulevard to 460 feet
North of center line of Marquette Boulevard by constructing
a local sewer.
RESOLUTION NO. 2706 - For the improvement of WALL STREET from the center line of
Twyckenham Drive to 220 feet West of the West line of
Greenlawn Avenue by constructing a local sewer.
RESOLUTION NO. 2707 - For the improvement of GERTRUDE STREET from the center line
of Ewing Avenue to 1276 feet South of the center line of
Ewing Avenue by constructing a local sewer.
The Resolutions above described were then adopted and the date of April 7, 1952,
the the hour of 11:00 A. M. CST, was set for the opening of bids for these improve-
ments. The Clerk was ordered to proceed with the required legal advertising.
I
STREET DEPARTMENT:
• H. M. Tomlinson, Street Commissioner, was present and was informed by the Board
of the confirming and adoption of resolution pertaining to the re -surfacing of Wayne
i Street. Mr. Tomlinson then brought lip the urgency of the Sample Street Bridge repair
work. It was.agreed that the Bridge is to be handled as a separate project and a
further study of this particular project will be made by the Street Commissioner and
' the City Engineer Tuesday, March 18th.
TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT:
Ernest H. Miller, Traffic Engineer was present and brought up the matter of
installation of traffic signals on streets maintained by the State Highway Commission.
Mr. Miller pointed out that these installations are made by and under the supervision
I� of Supt. Hunsberger of the Electrical Department.
Mr. Miller called attention to the ruling in force, that in cities where parking
meters are maintained, the cost of the installation operation and maintaining of
406
these signals and is to be borne by the City and paid from Parking Meter revenue.
ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT:
The Sign -Board and Bill -Board Bond of the South Bend Neon Co., Inc. was approved
by the Board.
The following Contractors Bonds were examined and approved by the Board:
Ben-Jamin Bros., 1519 N. Ironwood Drive
J. ,J. De Grove,
{
Harry F. Garling & Harry D. Garling`d/b/a Garling and Son.
The following Occupancy Bonds were examined and approved by the Board:
Place and Company, Inc. l
Midland Engineering Co. I
An Excavation Bond submitted by Place and Co., Inc. for $10,000.00 was examined j
and approved by the. Board.
The proposal of Wilbur H. Gartner & Associates for their engineering services,
as contained in their letter of March.3, 1952, received further consideration and the
letter was ordered place on file.
A letter inviting the Board Memberst attendance at a meeting of the City Plan �a
Commission and Citizenst Parking Committee on Thursday, March 20th at 7#30 P. M. in
the office of the Building Commissioner was read by the Board. it
A letter from the American Steel Dredge Co. of Ft. Wayne, Indiana, -with Bill of
Sale and receipted invoice attached, covering Wayne Monotrol Model M-20 (Serial#202)
was read and ordered filed by the Board.
A petition submitted to the Board through the Common Council and City Clerk, If
pertaining to truck traffic on Twyckenham Drive, was examined by the Board and ordered
filed.
There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting adjourned
at 12:00 M.
ATTEST: �c�i2PJIA
Clerk.
•
0
C
0