HomeMy WebLinkAbout09/08/1953 Board of Public Works MinutesSeptember 8, 1953
A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held Monday., September 81 1953,
at 10:00 A. M. All members were present. Minutes of the previous meeting were read and
.,approved. Salary claims in the amount of $Z9,010:71 were approved. Claims of the follow
ing suppliers in the amount of $18,228.36 were approved and ordered paid:
Belleville Lumber & Supply Co. $12.48 Business Systems, Inc. $5.10
Business Systems, Inc. 9.51 City Water Works 20.18
Edward Don & Co. 6.12 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 11.76
Indiana & Michigan Electric Co.$11,397.24 Indiana & Michigan Electric Co. 368.90
Indiana & Michigan Electric Co. 238.60 South Bend Window Cleaning Co. 53.5o
Weisberger Bros., Inc.
1.90
PARKING METER:
Thos. E. Bath Agency
25.00
Gerber Mfg. Co.
55.15
Plast-Ad Mfg. Co.
10.00
STREET & TRAFFIC:
Anderson Service Station
4.70
E. F. Donnelly, M.D.
24.00
Indiana Bell Telephone Co.
11.79
Indiana& Michigan Electric Co.
14.68
Sinclair Refining Co.
11.70
CONTRACTORtS IMPROVEMENT FUND:
Wilbur H. Gartner
147.09
SANITATION DEPARTMENT:
Dependable Disposal Co., Inc.
4812.50
The Dual Parking Meter Co. 3.60
Office Supply & Equipment Co. 7.55
D. Sherman Ellison Agency 16.42 it
D. Sherman Ellison Agency 7.93
Indiana & Michigan Electric Co. 83.20
The OtBrien Corporation 180.00
Rieth-Riley Construction Co. 7.76 18 �{
INTERCEPTOR SEWER:
Independent Conrete Pipe Corp. 500.00
VACATION RESOLUTION NO. 2762 - 1953
This being the date set, hearing was held on the assessment roll showing the award
of damages and the assessment of benefits in the matter of vacation of FOX STREET FROM
;,THE WEST LINE OF HIGH STREET TO THE STUDEBAKER PARK GOLF COURSE, under Vacation Resoluti
No. 2762.
In the above .named assessment roll, no remonstrators appeared and no written re-
monstrances were filed, the Clerk of the Board submitted proofs of publication of
.'notices and same were found sufficient, and the Board, therefore, finds that the several
!!lots and parcels of land have been benefited and damaged in the amounts shown on said
roll. The Board, therefore, decided to take final action on said assessment roll and
''declares same in all things ratified, confirmed and approved without modification and
"the proceedings closed, and the street vacated upon receipt of the amount of benefit
,assessments from the various property owners so benefited and all proceedings had with
`reference to said street vacation are hereby sustained.
The Board next examined and approved drawing submitted by Wilbur H. Gartner &
.Associates for street improvements on Chimes Boulevard from MacArthur Avenue to Rockne
Drive.
The request of W. B. Stansbury, general chairman of the Veterans Graves Registrati
Committee,that permission be granted their organization to conduct their annual tag day
on Friday and Saturday, October 9th and loth, was next considered. There being no
.previous assignment of those dates, the Board granted its permission.
The request of the Kiwanis Club that permission be granted their organization to
conduct their annual newspaper sale on Saturday, September 26th was next considered.
There being no previous assignment of this date, the Board granted its permission.
In line with letters requesting their attendance, Messrs. Place and Major appeared
before the Board relative to the proposed widening of McKinley Avenue at the curve in
the highway, in front of Major's Shopping Center, McKinley Terrace, and property of
Mr. Herman Light. After considerable discussion, the Board recommended that the Traffic
.Engineer, E. H. Miller, together with Messrs. Place and Major arrange for a consultation
with the representatives of the State Highway Commission for this area, with a view to
determining whether the State has plans for the widening of State Highway #20 at this
curve, which now presents a traffic hazard, and report to the Board the results of their
conference at an early date.
Councilman Walter Glass then appeared before the Board requesting immediate action
in the repair of Mishawaka Avenue paving beneath the Grand Trunk Viaduct and for A
distance of 100 feet or more east, where the street has now reached a condition of
complete deterioration. The matter was given serious discussion as to the probable
cost and funds available at this time to proceed with the necessary repair. The decision
was reached, and the Street Commissioner directedito lay an asphalt strip in the center
lanes, without further delay, and it was the concensus of opinion, such minimum repair
will remedy the traffic hazard now existing, due to the "bottle -neck" created at this
point by the present worn-out condition of the street.
Next appeared before the Board, Attorney Warren McGill, representing Ben Feferman
Motor Sales Corporation in the matter of vacation of the east and west alley bi-secting
their property from Michigan Street to the west line of the north and south alley be-
tween Michigan and St. Joseph Streets. Petition for this vacation was returned to the
Board by the City Plan Commission "not recommended". In view of the fact that Ben
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Feferman Motor Sales Corporation is the owner of three -fourths of the entire city block
involved, and the only other individual owning property in the block has given written
consent to the vacating of this section of the alley., the Board agreed to return the
�petition to the City Plan Commission for reconsideration and statement of the reasons
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for objecting to such vacation.
Petition for vacating a section of the first alley west of Ironwood Drive, from
�Altgeld Street north to the first east and west alley, and petition for vacation of
!section of Oak ?ark Drive from White Oak Drive to Twyckenham Drive, each bearing a
116tter from the secretary of the City Plan Commission, dated September 4., 1953, stating
111vacation is not recommended", were examined by the Board and ordered filed.
A petition, bearing forty or more signatures, dated August 2,01 1953, and asking for
'the paving of South Brookfield Street, from Indiana Avenue to Prairie Avenue, was next
iexamined and referred to the City Engineer for investigation and recommendation.
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STREET DEPARTMENT:
Street Commissioner, H. M. Tomlinson, being present, brought to the Board's atten-
11tion the immediate need for the construction of a wash rack for the daily cleaning of
the truck bodies of the Sanitation Department's equipment. The Commissioner stated
this would require an 18 x 20 foot concrete platform and large catch basin. In -view
lof the fact such rack will be a'part of the required equipment, funds for which have
"been made available through recent sale of municipal bonds., the -Board authorized the
ii,Commissioner to proceed with the needed construction in line with plans presented to
11 the Board.
The Street Commissioner then called attention to the need for a shelter or machine
"fished of pre-fab construction to house the two bull -dozers operated by the Sanitation
IDepartment This need also coming under the equipment needs of the Sanitation Depart-
.ment, for ;hich bond sale funds are availables the Board directed the Clerk to advertise
Ii�for bids for the required construction as soon as specifications are available.
• The Street Commissioner informed the Board that the entire 6perating force of the J,
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is,,Dependable Disposal Company will be taken over by the Sanitation Department at the Is
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commencing of operations by this department of municipal garbage pick-up and an addition
i1al five men only will be required to complete the department's personnel.
The Street Commissioner also informed the Board, all arrangements have now been
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.;completed and work will proceed immediately on the Orange Street oiling project.
Mr. Edgar S. Anderson then appeared before the Board in the matter of the proposed
of opinion that this improvement can best
'!Ellsworth Street sewer. It was the consensus
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be financed under the Barrett Law Plan, and further action in this matter is to proceed
accordingly.
CITY CEMETERY:
The sextonts need for an adding machine to replace the small Corona adder now in use,,
is his office was brought to the Board's attention. A suitable machine being available
for $85.00, through a trade-in allowance of $35.00 for the obsolete Corona, and funds
being available for office equipment., the Board directed the Clerk to proceed with the
purchase of the modern machine on the basis of offer now pending.
The request of Mrs. Bert Karpinskil 2718 W. Calvert Street, for permission to use
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for gardening purposes, an adjacent lot known as Lot 25, Richland lst Addition and 35 felt,
of Lot 26., comprising property belonging to the City of South Bond, was granted by the j
Board, for a period of one year.
The Board approved Excavation Bonds, each in the amount of $1,000-00, for Northern
Indiana Public Service Company, and Alex R. Niezgodski, d/b/a Niezgodski Brothers Plumb-'
ing Company.
The Board approved the following Contractorts Bonds, each in the sum of $1,000.00;
Northern Ind. Public Service Co.
Ernest L. Longway
John C. VonBergen
Emanuel C. Heltzel
• Constructioneers, Inc.
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There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned
at 11:40 A. M.
Attests.
Clerk