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March 231 1953
A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held Monday, March 23, 1953,
at 10:00 A. M. Mr, G. P. Ziegler was absent. Minutes of the previous meeting and
Special Meeting were read and approved. Claims of the following suppliers, in the
amount of $l8,524.459 were approved and ordered paid:
Samuel Asire
A. J. Diedrich
Belleville Lumber & Supply Co.
Englewood Electrical Supply
Indiana Lumber & Mfg. Co.
C. M. Sennett, M.D.
Verhostra Painting Co.
G. E. Weaver Co.
Office Engineers, Inc.
STREET & TRAFFIC:
Barry Seat Cover Co.
Co -Operative Supply Co.
Edwards Iron Works
Hamilton Body Shop
Korte Bros.
Korte Bros.
Kuert Concrete Co.
The Ridge Co.
Schuyler Rose, Inc.
Sinclair Refining Co.
Standard Oil Co.
Standard Automotive Supply Co.
South Bend Supply Co.
G. E. Weaver Co., Inc.
$10.00
SEWER DEPARTMENT: ,
10.00
Century Tool & Metal Co.
$410.68
8.78
1.50
CONTRACTORtS IMPROVEMENT FUND:
20.20
Reed Construction Co.
$1435.27
3.00
INTERCEPTOR SEWER:
165.00
Thos. D. Nolan Contractor
$12072.68
1.68
Consoer Townsend & Assoc.
277.61
15,17
Consoer, Townsend & Assoc.
200.00
$30.00
Bearings Service Co.
30.00
5.70
John B. Haberle
46.00
198.96
V. Graves Auto Glass
41.90
66.00
Indiana Lumber & Mfg. Co.
11.25
47.56
Korte Bros.
470.75
350.20
Korte Bros.
16.50
120.83
Phillips Petroleum Co.
45.66
30.23
Simon Brothers, Inc.
342.00
143.00
Sinclair Refining Co.
15.12
428.03
South Bend Supply Co.
30.97
428.27
Standard Automotive Supply Co.
104.98
56.60
South Bend Electric Co.
135.30
69.65
G. E. Weaver Co., Inc.
220.00
135.35
The request of the Lions Club, submitted by Kenneth F. Taube, for permission to
conduct their annual White Cane Street Sale on Saturday, April 18th, was approved by
the Board.
IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTIONS CONFIRMED
NOS. 2745, 2746, 2747 & 2748
Confirmation of Resolution No. 2745 for the improvement of NORTH HUEY STREET
from 30 feet south of the south line of Hamilton Street to 264 feet south of the south
dine of Hamilton Street, by constructing a local sewer, AND
For the improvement of ROBINSON STREET under Improvement Resolution No. 2746
from the south line of Bowman Street to the north line of Donald Street by constructing
�a Class "C" Pavement AND
For the improvement of NAPOLEON BOULEVARD under Improvement Resolution No. 2747
from the west line of St. Louis Boulevard to the west line of Notre Dame Avenue by
constructing a Class "C" Pavement AND
For the improvement of ALLEY BETWEEN ADAMS STREET AND COLLEGE STREET under
!Improvement Resolution No. 2748 from the north line of Vassar Avenue to the south line
lof Humboldt Street by constructing a Class "C" Type-1 Concrete Pavement.
. ; BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of South
!Bend, Indiana, that Improvement Resolution Nos. 2745, 2746, 2747 and 2748, 1953, duly
passed by this Board on February 24, 1953v for the above improvements, be and the same
its hereby in all things confirmed and the improvements are hereby ordered to be made.
I. A. Hurwich
R. S. Andr siak
Board of Public Works & Sa ety
lAttest: Ward H. Crothers
1 Clerk of the Boar
I Change Order No. 1, Contract No.2-Bo Thos. D. Nolan, Contractor, submitted under
date of March 16, 1953s by Consoer, Townsend and Associates, was next examined and
,approved by the Board. This change order pertains to the placing of sandbags for
!,the further strengthening of the bulkhead to avoid possibility of blowout of bulkhead
' .in connection with tunneling operations, about to be commenced by the contractor.
The request of Raymond A. Hoyer, local Administrator of Federal Social Security I
for written advice as to the policy of the City in providing graves for veterans in j
j.the City Cemetery was given consideration, and held in abeyance pending consultation
1with the sexton, Clifton Engle, Ward Anderson, Adjutant Disabled American Veterans,
South Bend Chapter No. 6, and Ira D. Howard, President, St. Joseph County Veterans
• Graves Registration Service.
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582,
A petition, dated March 18, 1953, for the improvement of north Illinois Street
from Linden Avenue to Washington Street, by the construction of a concrete pavement,
was examined and referred to the City Engineer for investigation and report.
STREET DEPARTMENT:
Street Commission H. M. Tomlinson, being present, took up with the Board the
possibility of a lower charge being made for the oiling and grading of dirt streets.
Mr. Tomlinson suggested charging 83 per square yard for applying asphaltic oil and •
grading, and W per square yard for this work where pea gravel treatment is added;
these prices to be in lieu of the price of 10�,and 15� per square yard presently in
effect. The Board approved this lowering of prices, as recommended.
.Mr. Tomlinson next brought to the attention of the Board, the plan of the Gas
Company to put in.a gas main on Calvert Street and pointed out that this operation will
completely ruin the existing oil surface. Chairman of the Board, R. S. Andrysiak,
Informed the Commissioner that in every instance of this kind, where the Gas Company
cuts into an oiled street or alley, the company is billed at the rate of $1.00 per
square yard for all street or alley surface thus damaged, which is sufficient for the
satisfactory replacement of this type of surface.
The Board next considered the application of the Northern Indiana Public Service
Company for permission to lay a 12" main in North Shore Drive, from Michigan Street to
Angela Boulevard. The Board instructed the City Engineer to investigate the possibility
of locating this line in any area other than the street.
A copy of Traffic. Engineer, E. H. Miller's letter to the chief engineer of the
New York Central Railroad pertaining to installation of flasher signals at Kendall,
Chapin and Catalpa Streets, was next read by the Board and ordered filed.
A request for permission to construct a canopy in connection with the rebuilding
of store front at 1125 Mishawaka, was approved by the Board and referred to the •
Building Commissioner.
The Board next took up the bids opened at the regular meeting of Monday, March loth
to supply nine desks for the Council Chamber. After some discussion, in which the
president of the Common Council, Walter C. Erler, took part, it was decided to accept
the bid of the Office Supply & Equipment Company, for the Yawman & Erbe desks #6450-01
at $89.75 each, as the best bid for desks most suitable to the douncilis needs.
TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT:
Traffic Engineer, E. H. Miller, was present and placed before the Board his
report in connection with the parking situation in the 100 block West Bronson Street.
Engineer Miller was commended upon his report and it is believedthe enforcement of
the 2-hour parking regulation in effect for this block by the closer police surveillance
promised by Chief Gillen, will correct the condition to the satisfaction of Br?. Frank
Parkhurst, who reported the gross violation of this regulation over a period of months.
The Traffic Departmentis need for three two-way three -section Underground Feed
Signals was brought to the attention of the Board, and the Clerk was directed to
purchase the required equipment.
Advice of parking lot price changes to be made, effective April lst, were
examined and ordered placed on file. These changes were submitted by Green Arrow
Parking, Inc., and apply to their parking lots at the following locations:
216 West Colfax Avenue
119 West LaSalle Avenue
315 N. Michigan Street.
Contractors Bonds, each in the sum of $1,000.00, were examined and approved, for
the following contractors:
Leonard H. Herriman
James F. Keller
Ralph Keller, Jr.
W. W. Construction Co. •
There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting adjourned
at 11:15 A. M.
Attest: vGJ�
Clerk
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