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Home My WebLink About06/15/1953 Board of Public Works Minutesi j The. request of Rev. R. G. Jones, 1430 N. Olive Street, for permission of Christ Temple Church to conduct meetings on'the corner of Michigan and Wayne Streets, was next considered and approval granted. ContractorstBonds, each in the sum of $1,000.00, were examined and approved, binding ,the following four contractors: ,Allied Building Services, Inc. i I. D. ,Lant Fred L. Geissel Gino Vannoni & Sons Excavatorts Bond, in the sum of 1,000.00, binding Gilmer Park Electric & Supply, Inc., as principal and The Travelers Indemnity Company, Inc. as surety, Was examined and approved. There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned �Iat 11:45 A. M. r i I° Attest: Clerk June,15, 1953 A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held Monday, June 15, 1953, at 10:00 A. Hs Mr. Ziegler was absent. Minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. Claims of the following suppliers3 in the amount of 3'23,762.763 t,ere annroved and ordered paid: Arrow Towel &=l;inen Service $2.00 Arrow Towel & Linen Service Business Systems, Inc. 9.72. Gafill Oil Co. Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 9.41 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 9.60 Meyer's Hardware Co. South Bend Glass Works, Inc. 17.41 J. W. Werntz & Son DOG POUND: SEWER DEPARTMENT: Hibberd Printing Co. 61.00 E. R. Newland Co., Inc. PARKING METER DEPARTMENT: The Dual Parking Meter Co. 8.16 Thos. E. Bath Agency Meyer's Hardware Co. 3.36 GARBAGE DEPARTPENT: INTERCEPTOR SEWER: Dependable Disposal Co., Inc. 4812.50 Consoer Townsend & Associates Consoen_• Townsend & Associates STREET & TRAFFIC: Consoer Townsend & Associates Artcraft Printers 48.50 Thos. D. Nolan, Contractor Car Parts, Inc. 10.35 Earl R. Cottrell 60.90 STREET & TRAFFIC: William Curl - 84.70 Detex Watchclock Corporation Edwards Iron Works, Inc. 17.21 Edwards Iron Works, Inc. Favorite Equipment Co. 5878.38 General Equipment & Machine Co. The Gibson Co. 5.74 Hamilton Body Shop Wm. Happ & Sons, Inc. 176.20 Hobbick Kuespert Electric Co. Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 20.64 Indiana Bell. Telephone Co. Indiana & Michigan Electric Co. 9.96 Indiana & Michigan Electric Co. Industrial Towel & Uniform Service 11,00 Interstate Glass & Paint Inc. Interstate Glass & Paint Inc. 9.00 Koontz -Wagner Electric Co. Koontz -Wagner Electric Co. 11.70 Koontz Wagner Electric Co. Korte Bros., Inc. 116.02 Kuert Concrete Co. Lien Chemical Co. 21.00 Municipal Supply Co. National Auto Service, Inc. 71.75 National Brake Service Co. National Mill Supply Co. 27.06 The -Office Engineers, Inc. The Oliver Corporation 35.98 J..A. Pedersen Peltz-K_aufer Paper Co. 35.84 Phillips Petroleum Co. $15,10 20.92 13,10 4.44 8.70 55.44 j ii 25.00 j i 120.00 120,00 153.93 6806.68 165.76 48.88 138.27 93.82 131.47 42.02 111.60 9.17 7.75 30.80 379.26 348.50 19.51 3.23 1,25 110,16 1i St, Joseph's Hospital 43.00 C. A. Schrader23.08 j Simon Brothers, Inc. 342.00 Simon Brothers, Inc. 342.00 i Simon Brothers, Inc. 513.00 Simon Brothers, Inc. 342,00 I Simon Brothers, Inc. 342.00 Simon Brothers, Inc. 342.00 Singer General Tire, Inc. 33.65 Singer General Tire, Inc. 39.45 i 164.94 Singer General Tire Inc. i, Singer General Tire, Inc. g , 270.76 Singer General Tire, Inc. 117.21 Singer General Tire, Inc. 56.80 Singer General Tire, Inc. 43.90 Singer General Tire, Inc. 130.20 Harry H. Slominski, M.D. 18.00 C. D. Smelser Co. 54.92 W. M. Smith, M.D. 8.00 Wire & Disc Wheel Sales & Service 6.00 First appeared before the Board Mr. Russell E. Perkey, requesting the permission of the Board to !' conduct a parade Saturday, June 27th, under the auspices of Antique Car-oimers of the Midwest Area.; :-oarade to form on Tutt Street, proceed north on Michigan Street to LaSalle Avenue, thence south on Main Street to Western Avenue, and west on Western Avenue to the Studebaker Proving Ground. Permission ?j was granted. Mr. Perkey was referred to Chief of Police Gillen in the matter of providing the parade k with police escort. li A representative group of the local truck transport operators next presented to the Board a petition for the rerouting of trucks to Chapin Street in lieu of William Street, the principal objection to William Street being the low viaduct at the railroad, and low -hanging limbs on the trees of.this j; residential street, whereas the Chapin Street viaduct has more clearance and the street is mainly commercial. The Board took the matter under advisement for a period of two weeks to enable the Traffic Engineer to make a.proper study of the situation and report his recommendations. The group also called to the attention of the Board, the deteriorated and impassable condition of Sample Street. Ij Next appeared before the Board, Miss Virginia Kalebic, 2111 Kenwood Avenue, Mrs. B. Prentkowski, 1647 N. Huey Street and Mrs. M. Co 609 W. Oth Street Pishawaka reporting to the Board damage i J � �� > > p g � g j and injuries received in accident caused by hitting an improperly installed manhole, protruding approx- i i imately eight inches above the grade of the street, by Miss Kalebic's automobile. j The Board was satisfied from the testimony offered that the responsibility lay with the contractor, and upon examining contractor's bond, directed the Clerk to notify the Hamilton Body Shop to proceed with the repair of the Kalebic car, in accordance with their estimate presented to the Board by Miss Kalebic, and informed Mrs. Prentkowski that the hospital, X4Ray and other medical bills connected with this accident, involving her child and a child of Mrs. Betty Harmon of 122 E. Keasey Street, would be j ' subject to settlement under the bond provided by the contractor. yh Mr. John Zriny- appeared eared. before the Board with complaints. The violation of parking regulations jl !by Studebaker employees in the neighborhood of the Studebaker plant, and the parking situation on Ford, Ij 41 Orchard and Dunham Streets, 'immediately west from Chapin Street, both being matterp under the juris- diction of the Traffic Engineer, Mr. Zrinyi was referred by the Board to that office. 'j '! ENGINEERINGDEPARTMENT: !+ IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION NO. 2753 - 1953 AWARDING CONTRACT i j, Engineer's Report, submitted by Wilbur H. Gartner & Associates, having been received and examined i j by the Board, in the matter of bids for the improvement of NORTH ILLINOIS STREET from the south line of Washington Street to the south line of Linden Avenue in accordance with Improvement Resolution No. 2753, �! passed by this Board on April 13, 1953 and confirmed by this Board on May 18, 1953, therefore, Be It it 4. Resolved, that the Preliminary Order is,hereby, in all,things confirmed and said street ordered paved it with a Class "C" - Type 1 Pavement, and the bid was awarded to Rieth-Riley Construction Company as iI they submitted the lowest and best bid for Class "C" - Type 1 Pavement for the sum of $17,688.70, AND ij In the matter of bids for the improvement of MISHATnrAKA-AVENUE (NORTH SIDE) from the east line of �I Twyckenham Drive to the west line of Greenlawn Avenue in accordance with Improvement Resolution No. 2749 passed by this Board on April 13, 1953, and confirmed by this Board on May 18, 1953, the bid was awarded j to Rieth-Riley Construction Company as they submitted the lowest and best bid for Class "C" - Type 4A Pavement for the sum of $12,146.90, AND i! In the matter of the bids for the improvement of SOUTH CHICAGO STREET from the north line of Western Avenue to the south line of Washington Street in accordance with Improvement -Resolution No.2750, i 1953, and confirmed by this Board on May 18, 1953, the bid was awarded to Reed Construction Company., Mishawaka, Indiana, as they submitted the lowest and best bid for Class "C" - Type 1, Pavement, for the sum of $19,920.20., AND I In the matter of the bids for the improvement of NORTH CHICAGO STREET from the South line of + .' Washington Street to the south line of Linden Avenue in accordance with Improvement Resolution No. 2752, j' 1953, and confirmed by this Board on May 18, 1953, the bid was awarded to,the Reed Construction Company., ij Mishawaka, Indiana, for the sum of $19,872.80. I Quotations received from Niles Excavating Company on the two sewer jobs (200 block S. Kenmore and 2200 block Kemble Avenue), and -for installation of a concrete manhole, at.the intersection of Madison I jl and Sommers Streets, were examined, found to be satisfactory, and the Clerk was directed to notify this firm to proceed with the work immediately. Copies of Board of Zoning Appeals Decision No. 240-A were supplied to, the Board and the Clerk i' directed. td provide the Street Commissioner with one copy and place one copy in the files of the Board of Public Works. --Iqq 29 VACATION RESOLUTION NO..2761 - 1953 RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF FUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA: That it is 11 desi.rable to vacate the following: jj THE FIRST ALLEY EAST OF HOKE STREET Ij FROM EWING AVENUE TO THE SOUTH LINE I,i T OF THE ALLY NORTH OF EWING AVENUE. • I+ The,following property may be injuriously or beneficially affected by such vacation: i Lots numbered 126 to 134,inclusive, and Lots numbered 147 to 155,inclusive, in Ewing Park Addition. Notice of this resolution shall be published on the 19th day of June and on the 26th day of June 1953, in the South Bend Tribune and the Tri-County News, This Board, at its office in the City Hall on the 6th day of July 1953, at 10:00 A. M. CST will ;'hear and receive remonstrances from all persons interested in or affected by these proceedings. r Adopted this 15th day of May 1953. R. S. Andrysiak I. A. Hurwich Board of Bablic Works & Safety ;Attest: Clerk A petition to vacate alley adjacent to Lots 14 and 15, Rum Village Park First Addition, was (examined and referred to the City Plan Co=.* ssjon for investigation and report. Contractorts Bonds, each in the sum of 1,000.00, were exariined and approved by the Board, ;binding the following contractors, and their sureties: Floyd W. Clark Louis P. Pecsi Ralph C. Holston Hugh Wright There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting adjourned at 11:15 A. M. At Clerk • l