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tember � p 14, , 1953 i,
A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held Monday, September 14, 1953,
I! at 10.-00 A. M. Mr. I. A. Hurwich was absent. Minutes of the previous meeting were read;
1, and approved. Claims of -the following suppliers, in the total amount of $7034.99, were
approved and ordered paid:
Charles Armstrong & Son .85 Artcraft Printers $14.50 j
Business Systems, Inc. 1.58 Business Systems, Inc. 1.98
Gafill Oil Co. 32.50 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 9.60
Frank C. Kettring, Postmaster 29.76 Office Engineers, Inc. 11.25
Peltz-Kaufer Paper Co. 26.88 City Water Works 21.34
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E STREET & TRAFFIC
' Artcraft Printers 30.00 Belleville Lumber & Supply Co. 65.05 :.;.
Car Parts, Inc. 7.36 Deeds Equipment Co. 1.62
Koontz -Wagner Electric Co. 33.66 Kuert Concrete, Inc. 6.78
Seherman-Schaus Freeman Co. 11.78 C. A. Schrader Welding Supplies 22.51
Singer General Tire, Inc. 294.17 Singer General Tire, Inc. 19. 0
Singer General Tire, Inc 17.00 Standard Steel Works 270.93
Super Sales Co. 4.75 l
DOG POUND: GARBAGE DEPARTMENT:
C. A. Schrader Welding Supplies 14.64 Dependable Disposal Co., Inc. 4812.50
i SEWER DEPARTMENT:
f! Niles Excavating Co. 580.00 Niles Excavating Co. 642.50
The Board first examined a petition filed by the Bendix Aviation Corporation, dated
;September 11, 1953, to vacate Kaley Street, from Bertrand Street to Kenwood Avenue, and
;referred this petition to the City Plan Commission for investigation and report.
A petition filed by the Bendix Aviation Corporation, dated September 11, 1953, and
,,bearing in addition the signatures of Frank Szarwark, Agnes Szarwark, and Margaret
1Hawkins, to vacate the alley between Kaley Street and Meade Street; only that part of
;;the alley which abutts Lots 125, 126 and 127, and Lots 82, 83 and 84 of Kaleyts 1st and
2nd subdivisions to the City of South Bend, Indiana; the alley running east and west ;!
;,between Bertrand Street and'Kenwood Avenue, was then examined and referred to the City
!'Plan Commission for investigation and recommendation. i
3RESOLUTION ADOPTING FINAL ASSESSMENT ROLL
RESOLUTION NO. 2749 - 1953
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 or Preliminary Assessment Roll adopted by the Board on the
��31st day of August 1953, for the improvement of MISHAWAKA AVENUE (north side) by
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3constructing a Class C, Type 4A Bituminous Concrete (AH) Surface Pavement be and the
same is in all things confirmed.
?' R. S. Adnrysiak
G. P. Ziegler
E' oar or Fublic Works& Safety
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Mard H. Crothers
Clerk o e Board lj
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1,STREET DEPARTMENT:
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Street Commissioner, H. M. Tomlinson, being present, brought to the attention of
the Board the urgency of preparing the rules and regulations governing the collecting
,:of garbage under City operation, for the guidance and compliance of householders. The
'Commissioner informed the Board that the division of the City into five Sanitary Districts,
has been arranged and determined by himself and the foreman of the Sanitation Department, j
1. W. Cripe. The Board then requested the Commissioner to consult with Mr. Cripe and
,and prepare such rules and regulations as they deem will be required for the operation
of the Sanitation Department with a minimum of complaint from the public, and the maximum;,
of efficiency, and present these rules and regulations for approval and adoption at the
next regular meeting of the Board. It was also agreed that suitable publicity should
be given by the press, setting forth these rules and regulations and acquainting the
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;public with the Sanitary Districts into which the City is divided, and other information
;pertinent to the successful launching of this new municipally operated service. j
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The claim of Niles Excavating Company, dated August 31, 1953, in the amount of
$925.00, covering construction of 36" C. M. Pipe Outfall Sewer from the North Shore Drivel
;Intercepting Sewer to the St. Joseph River at LaFayette Boulevard, was ordered held in
;abeyance, to be presented for payment at a later date. Claim was, accordingly, placed l�
;temporarily on file in the office of the Board.
This being the time setfor the opening of bids to provide a bull -dozer and a half -
'ton pick-up truck for the Sanitation Department, the Chairman of the Board so announced i
!and proceeded, as follows: '
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1/2 Ton Pick -Up Truck
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SCHERMAN-SCHAUS FREEMAN CO. A Non -Collusion Affidavit
S()UTH BEND, INDIANA. and Certified Check for $135.0
accompanied the bid.
1 - 1953 Studebaker 2R5 1/2 Ton Pickup Truck
equipped as per proposal ------------------ $1254 01
L. 0. GATES CHEVROLET CORPORATION A Non -Collusion Affidavit
SOUTH BEND, INDIANA. and Certified Check for $117.
accompanied the bid.
1 - 1953 Chevrolet 1/2 Ton Pick -Up Model. 3104
Standard equipped ------------------------- $1485.00
Discount -------------- 315.00
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The above bids were taken under advisement.
Before proceeding with the opening of bids on bull -dozer, the chairman announced
Ithat the Board had decided to purchase a tractor of a size no larger than the tractor
(purchased in May and now in use on the Sanitary Land -Fill, rather than the somewhat
!larger size indicated in the legal advertising. He then proceeded with the opening of
!the bids, as follows:
KORTE BROS.
FORT WAYNE, INDIANA
A Non -Collusion Affidavit
and Proposal Bond in the amount
of $2064.50 accompanied the bic
No. 1 - OC-18 Oliver Tractor with �4" Grousers, with Air Steering
and Brakes, heat treated front idlers, radiator and crankcase
guards, electric starting;
Above tractor and any one of the following Bulldozer and control
units installed and delivered to the City of South Bend, Indiana:
CB-18F Heil Dozer with HF-1-B Control Unit -------- $20,140 00
CB-18R Heil Dozer with S-2 Control Unit ---------- 20,645.00
HB-100 Heil Dozer, Hydraulic Front Mounted Pump--- 21,648.00.
MACALLISTER MACHINERY CO., INC.
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA
A Non -Collusion Affidavit
and Bid Bond in the amount
of $1800.00 accompanied the
bid.
1 - Caterpillar D6-741' Gauge Tractor: equipped with
a hydraulic bulldozer, crankcase guard, electric
starting, 18" shoes, and power control unit ------- $13,361.00
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1 - Caterpillar D7-74 Gauge Tractor; equipped with a
hydraulic bulldozer, crankcase guard, electric
starting, 20" shoes, and power control unit -------- $161705.00
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1 - Caterpillar D6 Shovel; equipped with 1811 flat center
shoes 9 'crankcase guard, electric starting, 2 cu.yd.
bucker, and power control unit-------------------- $17,645.00
OPTIONAL ITEMS:
D6 Enclosed Cab, Steel. For use without rear cable
Control---------------------------------------- $719.00
D7 Enclosed Cab, Steel. For use without rear cable
control---------------------------------------- $832.00
Campbell All -Weather detachable Cabs:
Model No. D6 Shovel---------------------------- 295.00
Model 524 D6---------------------------- 295.00
Model 524 D7------------ ---------------- 324.50.
INDIANA EQUIPMENT CO. A Non -Collusion Affidavit and
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. Contractor's Supplies'Bond
in the amount of $2,000.00
accompanied the bid.
1 - International Harvester Model TD-14A Crawler Tractor
65.9 Drawbar Horsepower complete with four cylinder
diesel engine, as per.specifications in proposal ---- $11,800.00
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Indiana Equipment Company bid continued
1 Drott Model 14C Bullclam Shovel, 2 yard capacity complete
mounted on above machine, total weight of TD-14A and
Drott Bullclam 27,078 pounds --------------------------- $1,585-00
1 Allen All -Steel Cab with safety glass hinged windshield
and sliding back glass mounted on above --------------- 567-00
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1 International Harvester Model TD-18A Crawler Tractors
89.29 Drawbar Horsepower complete with crankcase guard,
electric starter 2 d lights,
as per specifications
in proposal --------- ------- ------------- 015)000-00
18C Bullclam Shovel c--ampl t 3 yd capacit mounted
1 Drott Model e e y
on above machine ------------------------- ------------ $1844.00
1 Allen All -Steel Cab with safety -glass, hinged windshield and
sliding back glass ---- ----------------- $567-00.
The chairman then announced that these bids would be taken under advisement and
;contract awarded at next regular meeting of the Board.
Ii Councilman Walter Glass then appeared before the Board and called to the atten-
tion of the Board, that time is now limited for the laying of asphalt and that no work
'has as yet gotten under way on the Mishawaka Avenue repair job at the Grand Trunk viaduct;
iwhich.-at the last regular meeting of the Board was to proceed immediately. The chairmanl,,
i'of the Board informed Councilman Glass that an inspection of the site was made by the 1!
';City Engineer and the Street Commissioner, and it is their conclusion that it is "too
'big a job for the Street Department and will have to be done by a contractor
Councilman Glass then asked that something be done now, and suggested that
,'Ilthe Street Department could at least fill the low spots and seal it". The Street
hCommissioner stated that he does not have "men qualified to operate the spreader", and
i'the operation would require tearing up the worn out pavement., and might Involve having
I;to lay some concrete. The -Commissioner stated, however, it would be"possible to patch
;a few low spots". Councilman Glass then demanded that such temporary patching of low
Itspots should be done without further delays put some seal in and roll it", and put
.1the permanent repair on thd,agenda for a first job to be contracted in the coming year.
!,The Board then ordered the Street Commissioner to patch and put seal coat on the wornout
,!area of pavement in questions and to proceed with the work immediately.
ail The Board next examined the claim of the Deeds Equipment Company covering their i'
I!Invoice No. 12197, dated August 6, 1953, reaffirmed its action of July 6th, 1953 author-
1, izing the Street Commissioner to purchase the tractor covered by this billing, taking 1:
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1advantage of the trade-in allowance offered for two wornout tractors, and directed the
11Clerk to release Purchase Order SD4600, issued in authorization of this transaction,
Contractor's Bonds, each in the sum of $1,000.00, were examined and approved
,by the Board for the following four contractors:
Ignatius Golichowski
Harvey D. Hall
Joseph Mui
Paul Pocza
Excavator's Bonds, each in the sum of $1,000.00, were examined and approved by
,the Board for Goheen Plumbing & Heating Co., Inc., and for Robert H. Todd, d/b/a Todd's
:;Equipment Service of Mishawaka.
There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was
;adjourned at 11:45 A. M.
Attest:
Clerk
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