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CONTRACTORS BONDS
Harry H. Verkler Melvin Ganaway
Ernest L. Longway John C. VonBergen
R. J. Lisenko The Ohio Oil Co.
Wm. J. Kline Northern Indiana Public Service
Willie Graham Alice Teeter Herreman
Glen R. Davis Ignatius Golichowski
Belleville Lbr. & Supply Co. Goheen Plumbing & Heating Co.(Excavatio')
There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting adjourned at 1
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September 29, 1952
A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held Monday, September 29, 1952
at 10:00 A. M. Mr. Hurwich was absent. Minutes of the previous meeting were read and
approved. Claims of the following suppliers, in the amount of $21,472.38, were approved!
and ordered paid:
Business Systems, Inc.
6.75
SEWER DEPARTMENT:
Ward H. Crothers
.96
Champion Corporation
$35.08
Herby Leary
5.00
Champion Corporation
124.47
South Window Cleaning Co.
53.50
Champion Corporation
32.10
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Office Engineers, Inc.
.64
Korte Bros.
480.96
Office Engineers, Inc.
80.00
Western Auto Supply Co.
3.33
R. S. Andrysiak
7.50
Sinclair Refining Co.
115.06
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National Mill Supply Co.
4.43
Walter J. Braunsdorf & Son
84.28
Scherman-Schaus Freeman Co.
11.13
Trojan Tool & Equipment Co.
451.86
Singer General Tire Co.
25.28
Trojan Tool & Equipment Co.
903.75
Lien Chemical Co.
21.75
Trojan Tool & Equipment Co.
482.78
ExcavatingNiles
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INTERCEPTOR SEWER:
Niles ExcavatingCo.
231231.00
Consoer, Townsend & Associates
$468.01
Niles Excavating Co.
220.00
Niles Excavating Co.
29 .70
STREET IMPROVEMENT FUND:
Niles Excavating Co.
302.50
Rieth-Riley Construction Co.
0692.62
Niles Excavating Co.
480.60
Niles Excavating Co.
480.00
Niles Excavating Co.
495.96
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STREET DEPARTMENT.-
Niles Excavating Co.
298.00
Charles Armstrong & Son
$8.15
Niles Excavating Co.
348.00
Artcraft Printers
30.00
STREET DEPARTMENT:
Bearings Service Co.
6.77
Redmer Distributing Co.
67.10
Bearings Service Co.
12.51
Reliable Clothing Store
236.40
Bearings Service Co.
3.24
The Ridge Co.
40.67
Walter J. Braunsdorf & Son
9.57
The Ridge Co.
201.92
Art Canadyts Magneto & Sped.Service
9.74
Jacob Rose
38.17
Central Power & Transmission
26.29
Jacob Rose
36.15
Elgin Sweeper Co.
270.00
C. A. Schrader Welding Supplies
28.12
C. M. Sennett
M. A. Elliotte
4.00
168.92
Singer General Tire Co.
Singer General Tire Co.
95.75
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M. A. Elliotte
176.00
Singer General Tire Co.
38. 4
Eutectic Welding Alloys Corp.
121.50
Singer General Tire Co.
80.90
The Gibson Company
3.36
Singer General Tire Co.
17.87
The Gibson Co.
S4.66
Simon Bros., Inc.
342.00
The Gibson Co.
240.56
Simon Bros., Inc.
342.00
Ham The Wrecker
10.52
Simon Bros., Inc.
342.00
Ham The Wrecker
52.70
Simon Bros., Inc.
342.00
John B. Haberle
12.00
Simon Bros., Inc.
342.00
:the Romy Hammes Corporation
1.89
Sinclair Refining Co.
195.99
Ideal Press
21.50
Sinclair Refining Co.
76.50
Indiana Bell Telephone Co.
45.49
C. D. Smelser Co.
129.34
Indiana & Michigan Electric Co.
12.56
C. D. Smelser Co.
355.28
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Indiana & Michigan Electric Co.
75.20
South Bend Supply Co.
129.52
Indiana Equipment Co.
40.94
South Bend Exterminating Co.
6.50 i
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STREET DEPARTMENT CONTtD
Indiana Equipment Co. $38.39 Standard Oil Co. $22.00
Indiana. Equipment.Co. 2.33 Standard Oil Co. 879. 0
Indiana Lumber & Mfg. Co. 29.00 Standard Oil Co. 489.99
Joy Mfg. Co. 26.74 Standard Oil Co. 497.71
Koontz -Wagner Electric Co. 15.60 Stockberger-Seastrom, Inc. 4.38
Korte Bros., Inc. 4.32 W. A. R. Equipment Co. 8.50
Korte Bros., Inc. 3.37 Wire & Disc Wheel Sales & Service 13.90
S Korte Bros., Inc. 4.00 Bearings Service Co. 20.51
Korte Bros. 4.24 Edwards Iron Works 14.40
Memorial Hospital 11.00 Gafill Oil Co. 1876.17
G. E. Meyer & Son 64.18 The Gibson Co. 5.�_6
G. E. Meyer & Son 81.65 V. Graves Auto Glass 97.05
Miehiana Machine Co. 60.96 V. Graves Auto Glass 54.91
Miehiana Machine Co. 16.00 V. Graves Auto Glass 25.14
Miller -Anderson, Inc. 4.25 John Be Haberle 15.60
Miller-Andersons, Inc, 13.52 Ideal_ Press 7.00
Millerts Marathon Service 51.70 Indiana Equipment Co. 36.16
Motor Service & Parts,, Inc 25.14 Indiana Lumber & Mfg. Co. 4.60
Motor Service & Parts, Inc. 6.35 Industrial Towel & Uniform Service 11.00
• Motor Service & Parts, Inc. 7.95 Korte Bros. Inc. 6.89
National Brake Service Inc. 29.74 Kuert Concrete,Inc. 793.18
Office Engineers, Inc. 46.12 Lamberton Implement Service 30.44.
Simon Brothers 342.00 C. E. Lee Company 14.99
Standard Oil Co. 4.89.57 Materials Handling Equipment Co. 9.24
Standard Oil Co. 4 62.49
437. 0 Ben T�edow, Inc.
Standard Oil Co. 486.65 Miller's Marathon Service 78.09
S. S. Saunders Co. 249.36 Motor Service & Parts, Inc. 25.90
S. S. Saunders Co. 249.36 National Mill Supply, Inc. 1.24
S. S. Saunders Co. 124.68 No. Liberty Machinery, Inc. 4.877
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Sinclair Refining Co. 93.08 No. Liberty Machinery, Inc. 4
Sinclair Refining Co. 276.34 Peltz-Kaufer Paper Co. 3.45
• Singer General Tire 75.70 Premier Autoware Co. 44.83
Singer General Tire 42.89 Scherman-Schaus Freeman Co. 18.16
Materials Handling Corporation 49.45 V. Graves Auto Glass 47.10
Geo. R. Stroup 57.01 Viscosity Oil Co. 12.50
Edgar K. Van Eman Co. 10.50 W. A. R. Equipment Co. 5.60
Western Indiana Gravel Co. 7.74 Wire & Disc Wheel Sales & Service 2.50
Wire & Disc Wheel Sales & Service 28.07 Schuyler Rose, Inc. 5.94
Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 10.69 South Bend Electric Co. 14.96
Robert L. Braunsdorf & Son 26.00
Dr. Lorenzo A. Rausch, 2111 Miami Street, appeared before the Board and protested
• against the preliminary assessment roll adopted by the Board September 8, 1952 for
the improvement of the alleys between Donald Street, Fox Street, Dale Avenue and Miami
Street, claiming water stands in the alley following a rain, and in his opinion "the
alley is worse than before it was paved", and "it wasnft laid properly." The City
Engineer replied that in his opinion, "it was laid properly" and proceeded to explain
the engineering problem which was involved. Dr. Rausch then made complaint concerning
the bank building and banking business presenting considerable inconvenience to
neighboring residents. The City Engineer explained this was due to a mistake in city
planning occurring many years past. Mrs. R. F. Rausch, 1030 E. Donald Street, com-
plained of broken sidewalk, caused by the paving contractorts operations, and that
entrance to the alley is "unfinished". Mrs. James W. Batig, 1021 Fox'Street, offered
• similar complaint. ivirs. Sylvia Weber, 1018 E. Donald Street, complained that a
depression in the alley back of her garage causes water to stand there for a long perio
after every rain. Mrs. Maude Worley, 1024 E. Donald Street, offered the complaint that
the pavement of the alley at the Donald Street entry "is lower than the approach", and
is, accordingly, unsatisfactory. John & Blanche Janowiak, 1001 Fox Street, asked that
the City Engineering Department "see what they can do to correct the unsatisfactory
features of this paving job."
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The Board thanked the group for having offered their comments. Wilbur H. Gartner,
of Wilbur H. Gartner & Associates, Civil Engineer, being present, assume the Board
that the alleys in question represented a first class paving improvement and the best
engineering possible in view of the topography of the location.
RESOLUTION ADOPTING FINAL ASSESSMENT ROLL
RESOLUTION NO. 2703 - 1952
After hearing all persons interested who appeared and the clerk of the Board of
Public Works and Safety having proofs of publication of the notices to property owners
and the same having been found sufficient, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED, By the Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of South Bend,
Indiana, that the Primary of Preliminary Assessment Roll adopted by the Board on the
8th day of September, 1952, for the improvement of ALLEYS BETWEEN DONALD STREET, FOX
STREET, DALE AVENUE AND MIAMI STREET be and the same is in all things confirmed.
Ward H. Crothers, Clerk
R. S. Andrysiak
G. P. Ziegler
Board of Public Works & Safety
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Mrs. Cora B. Bonfiglio appeared before the Board in the matter of the adopting
final assessment roll for the improvement of BULLA STREET, and informed the Board of
her satisfaction with the pavement, offering no objection to the adoption of assessment
roll
i RESOLUTION ADOPTING FINAL ASSESSMENT ROLLS
NOS. 2677-'1951, 2716 & 2717 - 1952
After hearing all persons interested who appeared and the clerk of -the Board of
Public Works and Safety having proofs of publication ,of the notices to property owners
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:i BE IT RESOLVED, By the Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of South Bend,
Indiana, that the Preimary of Preliminary Assessment Roll adopted bythe Board on the
8th day of September, 1952, for the improvement of VASSAR AVENUE from the east line of
Olive Street to the west line of Elmer Street by construction of a Class ttCti Type t}A
Pavement AND
For the improvement of BULLA STREET from the west line of Portage Avenue to the
west line of Medora Street ( South ) by constructing a Class"C" Type LEA Pavement AND
For the improvement of FELLOWS STREET from the south line of Ewing Avenue to the
north line of Altgeld Street by constructing a Class "C" Type 4A Pavement be and the
same are in all things confirmed.
R. S. Andrysiak
G. P. Ziegler
Board of Public Works & Safety
Ward H. Crothers, Clerk
The Board next took up the matter of the resurfacing of Hydraulic Avenue and were
in agreement to call for bids for the performance of this improvement in accordance
with specifications under consideration by the Board. The Clerk was directed to
proceed with the required legal advertising.
Copy of a letter sent Haines & Haines contractors for the Gertrude Street local
sewer, notifying this firm, under date of September 26, 1952 that penalty will be
invoked if construction is delayed any longer, was read by the Board and placed on file.
A letter, under date of September 22, 1952, from Consoer-Townsend & Associates
RE: Contract 2-B, Thos. D. Nolan, Contractor, requesting a change in alignment for a
portion of the remaining 670 feet (approximately) of 48" sewer on Niles Avenue to be
completed, was read and considered by the Board. The Board approved this re -location,
which will effect a definite saving thru the elimination of two manholes, and directed
the Clerk to so notify Consoer-Townsend & Associates.
STREET DEPARTMENT:
H. M. Tomlinson, Street Commissioner, being present, reported that diligent search
involving considerable digging by the Sewer Department at the location in the 1900
block South Chapin Street failed to discover the house tap indicated on Engineering
Departmentts map of this area. Report was accepted by the Board for deferred consider
ation.
The Street Departmentts need for a self -feeding material spreader was brought to
the Boards attention. The Board directed the Clerk to proceed to obtain quotations
on this piece of equipment from three manufacturers of this type of machinery.
Specifications for the material and installation required for the extension of the
Street Department Office heating system to supply heat to the old office building now
used by Thos. D. Nolan, Contractor, were examined and the Clerk was directed to adverti
for bids in accordance with these specifications.
Mr. Tomlinson also mentioned Street Departmentts need for processed gravel and
asked that the Board advertise for bids in the quantity of 5,000 cu. yards, and/or
5,000 tons. The Board approved and directed the Clerk to proceed to advertise acco
Representatives of the Studebaker Corporation next appeared before the Board in the
matter of complaint made in the regular meeting of September 8, 1952 by Mr. John Zrinyi;
and stated that the equipment used by them, namely, the Schneible Wet Dust Collector,
is the best of its type and is the same equipment used for this purpose at the Buick,
Chevrolet and Pontiac plants in Michigan. They further pointed out that the remounting
of these collectors on concrete foundations at ground level has practically eliminated
any noise of operation, and since repeated efficiency tests show these four dust
collectors as being 99.8% efficient, the possibility of offensive dust from this source
is practically nil. It was also pointed out that this is a heavy industrial section
involving coal yards, railroad switching activities and heavy truck traffic, which
could be the source of the excessive dust condition complaint. The Board accepted
and thanked the Studebaker representatives for their report.
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This being the time set, Chairman of the Board, R. S. A-dd.rysiak, announced the bids
would be opened for street and alley improvements, and proceeded therewith, as follows:
SWYGART STREET RESOLUTION NO.2732
Reed Construction Co. A Non -Collusion Affidavit
2022 N. Main St., and Bidder's Bond accompanied
• Mishawaka, Indiana. the bid.
For the improvement of SWYGART STREET from the north line of
Donald Street to the south line of Prairie Avenue
TOTAL EXTENSION OF ITEMS 1-1, 2-1, 4s 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9 ---- $13,805.00
Work to be completed on or before December 1, 1952.
Rieth-Riley Construction Co., A Non -Collusion Affidavit
• P. 0. Box 775, and Bidder's Bond accompanied
South Bend, Indiana. the bid.
For the improvement of SWYGART STREET from the north line of
Donald Street to the south line of Prairie Avenue
TOTAL EXTENSION OF ITEMS 1-11 2—1, 4s5165728 & 9-----$13,558.50
TOTAL EXTENSION OF ITEMS 1-3p 2-3p 314i5j6,7,8 & 9---$139273.50
Work to be completed on or before June 1, 1953•
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• ALLEY BETWEEN IRONWOOD DRIVE & TWENTY-THIRD STREET
RESOLUTION NO. 2733- 1952
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Reed Construction Co.,
2022 N. Main St. ,
Mishawaka, Indiana.
A non -Collusion Affidavit
and Bidder's Bond accompanied
the bid. -
For the improvement of the ALLEY BETWEEN IRONWOOD DRIVE AND TWENTY-
THIRD STREET from the north line of Mishawaka Avenue to the south
line of Wall Street.
TOTAL EXTENSION OF ITEMS 1-11 & 2-1-----------------$3255.00
Work to be completed on or before December 1, 1952.
I. Rieth-Riley Construction Co.
i P. 0. Box 775,
j South Bend, Indiana.
A Non -Collusion Affidavit
and Bidder's Bond accompanied
the bid.
For the improvement of the ALLEY BETWEEN IRONWOOD DRIVE AND TWENTY-
THIRD STREET from the north line of Mishawaka Avenue to the south
line of.Wall Street.
TOTAL EXTENSION OF ITEMS 1-1, & 2-1----------------$3236.00
Work to be completed on or before June 1, 1953-
FELLOWS STREET LOCAL SEWER RESOLUTION NO. 2734 - 1952
Niles Excavating Co.,
Niles, Michigan.
A Non -Collusion Affidavit I
and Certified Check for $200.00
accompanied the bid.
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For the improvement of FELLOWS STREET from the center line of Donmoyer
Avenue to 1060 feet south of the center line of Donmoyer Avenue.
TOTAL ITEM EXTENSION------------------------------$7714.90
Work to be completed on or before December 1, 1952.
Reed Construction Co.,
2022 N. Main St.,
Mishawaka, Indiana.
A Non -Collusion Affidavit
and Bidder's Bond accompanied
the bid.
TOTAL ITEM EXTENSION-----------------------------$7856.00.
Work to be completed on or before December 1, 1952.
MIAMI STREET RE -SURFACE PAVEMENT - CDNTRACT NO. 10
Rieth-Riley Construction Co. A Non -Collusion Affidavit
South Bend, Indiana. and Bidderts Bond Accompani
this bid.
For the re -surface pavement of MIAMI STREET from the south line
of Ewing Avenue to the south line of Ridgedale Road.
TOTAL ITEM EXTENSION--------------------------------$56,586.00
To be completed within 45 calendar days after contract is awarded.
Reed Construction Co.
2021 N. Main St.,
Mishawaka, Indiana.
A Non -Collusion Affidavit
and Bidderts Bond accompanie
the bid.
For the re -surface pavement of MIAMI STREET from the south line
of Ewing Avenue to the south line of Ridgedale Road.
TOTAL ITEM EXTENSION ------------------------------ $56,998.00
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To be completed with 45 calendar days after contract is awarded.
WEST SAMPLE STREET RE -SURFACE PAVEMENT - CONTRACT NO. 12
Rieth-Riley Construction Co.,
South Bend, Indiana.
A Non -Collusion Affidavit
and Bidderts Bond accompanied
the bid.
For the re -surface pavement of WEST SAMPLE STREET from the east
line of Walnut Street to the west line of Kosciuszko Street.
TOTAL ITEM EXTENSION -------------------------------- $16,692.50
To be completed within 45 calendar days after contract is awarded.
Reed Construction Co.,
2022 N. Main Street,
Mishawaka, Indiana.
A Non -Collusion Affidavit
and Bidderts Bond accompanied
the bid.
For the re -surface pavement of WEST SAMPLE STREET from the east line
of Walnut Street to the west line of Kosciuszko Street.
TOTAL ITEM EXTENSION ------------------------------ $16,905.00
To be completed within 45 calendar days after contract is awarded.
Mr. Andrysiak then announced that all bids were being taken under advisement
and contracts will be awarded one week from this date.
Pulaski Post No. 357, American Legion, having requested yellow traffic lines
painted at the entrance from Chapin Street to the Postts parking lot, the matter receive
the consideration of the Board and was referred to the -Traffic Engineer for his in-
vestigation and report.
The time now being 12:15 M, the Board recessed, and resumed its deliberations
at 1: 45 P . M .
The next matter taken up by the Board was that of final payment on Contract
4-A, Barna Massa Construction Company, Contractors. Robert D. OtNeal, Secretary and
Treasurer of the Barna Massa Construction Company, was present, together with Ralph
Moorhouse, Resident Engineer of Consoer,Townsend & Associates. The file of the Board
of Public Works containing all statements filed with the Board, as charges against
Barna Massa Construction Company, was examined in detail and tentative settlement was
arranged for all legitimate claims on file.
Contractors Bonds, each in the sum of $1,000.00, for Floyd A. Barrier and
Harold A. Heltzel were examined and approved.
Excavation Bond in the sum of $1,000.00, for Henry DeWulf of Mishawaka, Indiana,
was examined and approved.
There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting adjourned
at 2:45 P.M.
Attest: z�`�,F
Clerk
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