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Home My WebLink About07/31/1952 Board of Public Works Special Meeting Minutesa FINAL ORDER No. 2719 - 1952 South Bend, Indiana July 28, 1952 Whereas, the Board of Public Works, did on the 21st day of Jvly, 1952, adopt a Preliminary Order designating Class C Cement -Concrete as the kind of Pavement for the improvement of ALLEY BE Tj7EEN ADAMS STREET AND COLLEGE STREET from the north line of Humboldt Street to the east and west alley north of Humboldt Street in accordance with improvement Resolution No. 2719, 1952, passed by this Board on May 12, 1952, and . confirmed by this Board on June 16, 1952• BE IT RESOLVED, That the Preliminary Order is hereby, in all things confirmed � and said street ordered paved with a Class C Cement Concrete. R. S. Andrysiak I. A. Hurwich G. P. Ziegler Ward H. Crothers Board of Pu'olic Works & Saf etv Clerk of the Board Is The Street Improvement Plan for Jackson Street, co,.-nencing at Calvert Street, submitted by Colpaert Realty Corporation, was examined and approved by the Board. License Bond in the sum of 'p10,000.0O of Jacob ]_itschelen, was examined and approved by the Board. Excavation Bond in the suni of „2, 000. CO of Stanley E. ;'de solovrski , was examined and approved by the Board. The following Contractorts Bonds, each in the sun of 1;",000.00, were examined and approved by the Board: �� • A. A. Aldrich Tdenr J. C'h.robot 11 .Gentiel T. Dl aeze Forest Guise i S. Tof: asze�:s �i & Son Rieth- iley Construction Co. There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at ll :!�5 A. . Attest: Clerk SPECIAL MEETING July 312 1952 l� A Special Meeting of the Board of Public Works was held in accordance with legal l notice of hearings on Thursday evening, July 312 1952 at 6:30 P.M. CST, relative to the following Improvement Resolutions: Resolution No. 2721 - Improvement of THIRTY-FIRST STREET from Pleasant Street to Northside Boulevard by constructing a permanent type pavement. Resolution No. 2722 - Improvement of WASHINGTON AVENUE from Ironwood Drive to East curb line of Tuxedo Street, by constructing a Class "C" Pavement. Resolution No. 2723 - Improvement of WILSON STREET from Ironwood Drive to west property line of Tuxedo Street, by constructing a Class "C" pavement. • Resolution No. 2724 - Improvement of CHALFANT STREET from Walsh Street to Jacob ! Street by constructing a Class "C" pavement. Resolution No. 2725 - Improvement of HUMBOLDT STREET from Fremont Street to alley West of Meade Street, by constructing a Class "C" pavement. Resolution No. 2726 - Improvement of FIRST ALLEY WEST OF MICHIGAN STREET from Donald Street to Ewing Avenue, by constructing a Class "C" pavement. Members present were _ _ a R. S. Andrysiak and Irving A. Hurwich. The meeting was called to order at 7:30 DST.Mr. Andrysiak explained the Barrett.Law procedure to a group of abou( • sixty property owners in detail and answered questions concerning same. There being no further business to be considered, meeting was adjourned at 9#00 P. M. I Attest: i Clerk. August 4, 1952 ' A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held Monday, August 4, 1952, at 10:00 A. M. All members were present. Minutes of the previous regular meeting and - also special meeting were read and approved. Salary claims in the amount of "2,456.09 • were approved and ordered paid. Claims of $20,248.08, were approved the following suppliers, in the amount of I and ordered paid: Armstrong Chas. $4.00 PARKING METER DEPARTMENT: Artcraf t Printers 37.50 C. W. Dzikowski $40.00 Ward Crothers 2.45 Morris Friedman, iv.D. 408.00 INTERCEPTOR SEWER: Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 11.36 Niles Excavating Co. 152362.81 Indiana & Michigan Elect. .20 Consoer Townsend & Assoc. 186.24 Indiana & Michigan Elect. 197.20 Michiana Plate Glass Co. 557.00 GARBAGE DEPARTMENT: Stickley Electric Service 125.00 Dependable Disposal Co. 3,312.50 J. W. Werntz Co. 3.82 • i Mr. Edward C. Rase, a Government Housing representative, calling attention to rank growth of weed in both the Southmoor and Beacon Heights housing projects, appeared before the Board and -asked that the Board.direct the Street Department to cut these weeds. The matter was immediately taken up with the Street Commissioner, in the presence of Mr. Kase, and it was agreed the weeds should be cut at the same cost to the housing projects as would be charged to the ordinary citizen and property -owner. !i Mr. George F. Asheraft appeared before the Board, stating that he is engaged in the (! itrucking business, and desires also to enter the taxicab business with one cab, center- Iing his cab activities in the Chapin Street area. Mr. Asheraf is request was carefully I; • jconsidered and approved and he was directed to have his meter checked by the City Sealer. land secure the required license from the City Controller, before placing his cab in servi�lle, Two actions of the Common Council in the last regular meeting of July 28th, both pertaining to the removal of trucking terminals from residential areas, were read. It was conceded that the only terminal so located is that of the South Bend Freight Lines, Inc., and the Board has been assured by this freight line that a new terminal under construction for them on Olive Street will be completed within the next several weeks, and immediately upon its completion, this freight line will move from its present location in Hoose Court. Motion made by Councilman Muezynski at the last regular meeting of the Common Council . IJuly 28th, and carried, in regard to the New York Central Railroad being notified to repair their crossings at Walnut, Harris, Sample and Olive Streets, and Twyckenham Drive, was next considered and the Board directed that Traffic Engineer, E. H. Miller, contact the proper railroad official and furnish a report in this matter at the next regular meeting of the Board. A petition received by the Common Council and referred by the Council to the Board !of Public Works, pertaining to a smoke nuisance created by the steam engine, used by the South Bend Sand and Gravel Company, was examined by the Board and referred to the City Engineer for investigation and report. • i A petition for the prevention of further dumping on the south bank of the river, ;immediately west of the Ironwood Drive bridge, carrying fifteen signatures, was next !examined by the Board and referred to the City Engineer for investigation and report. I A petition addressed to the Board of Public Works and Safety, dated August 4, 19522 . - lover the signature of Roland Obenchain, attorney for Portage Realty Corporation, was referred to the City Plan Commission. . ISTREET DEPARTMENT: Harry M. Tomlinson, Street Commissioner, was present, and called to the attention of the Board, the need of a rebuild job on the South Kaley Street sewer. Funds being available to handle the rebuilding of this sewer, the Board authorized the City Engineer to make a check of the requirements and proceed to advertise for bids. I