HomeMy WebLinkAbout09/28/1953 Board of Public Works MinutesSeptember 28, 1953
A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held Monday,. September 28, 1953:
at 10:00 A. M. All members were present. Minutes of the previous meetin were read
and approved. Claims of the following suppliers, in the total amount of 44,901.04,
were approved and ordered paid:
Indiana Bell Telephone Co.
$12.44
Indiana Bell Telephone Co.
$260.28�; '
Indiana Lumber & Mfg. Co.
96.00
Indiana Textile Co.
47.45
National Mill Supply, Inc.
47.04
South Bend Tribune
8.95 �{ •
Weisberger Bros., Inc.
29.27
PARKING METER DEPARTMENT:
SANITATION DEPARTMENT:
Michaels Art Bronze Co.
30.26
Korte Bros., Inc.
$12,316.00
SEWER DEPARTMENT:
Niles Excavating Co.
680.00
Rieth-Riley Construction Co. 70.00
STREET & TRAFFIC:
Bearings Service Co.
26.02
Chicago Auto Radiator Co.
13.25 I'
Healy Sign Co.
49.75
Maude H. Haberle
63.90
Korte Bros., Inc.
36.25
Municipal Supply Co.
206.55 1I
Memorial Hospital
18.00
Reid -Holcomb Co.
3.00 ;i
Romy-Hammes Co.
20.38
Sinclair Refining Co.
723.67
South Bend Electric Co.
1.30
Standard Automotive Supply
Co. 138.28 Ij •
W. J. Stogdill, M.D.
3.00
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The Board first examined a drawing, certified by Andrew J. Toth, for an office
addition and remodelling for Dr. Max Feldman, 1921 Miami Street, in connection with a
request for permission to construct a canopy, as shown in this drawing. There being
no objection offered by the City Engineer, or other members of the Board, approval was
granted, signatures of the Board appended, and the Clerk directed to return the drawing
to the Building Commissioner.
Next appeared before the Board, Mrs. Geo. W. Lewis, 221 Sheridan Avenue, offering ;I
,the suggestion that a city ordinance be drawn up and presented to the Common Council •
to restrict the"burning of trash inside the city limits to the hours from 4:00 P. M. j
until 9:00 A. M. Mrs. Lewis? suggestion met with the Boards approval and Attorney !!
I. A. Hurwich will present the matter to the Common Council. Mrs. Lewis informed the
Board that such an ordinance -has been in effect and very beneficial in the city of
.Elkhart.
A remonstrance filed by Robert McCarthy, in his individual capacity and as Vice -
President of the Taxi Drivers Local Union No. 141 (AFL), under date of September 26, 1
1953, was next examined by the Board.
Mr. Bert Liss, representing the Indiana Cab Company, and Mr. Otto L. Moorehouse,
Business Agent for Local 141 Cab Drivers Union,(AFL) then appeared before the Board in
remonstrance to the expanding of cab service or issuance of any additional taxi -cab �i •
licenses at the present time, and outlined to the Board the present situation,in line i
of public service currently, as they see it. The Board, having under consideration a �!
petition to expand -such service by the addition of six more cab licenses for the
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Yellow Cab Company, informed these gentlemen that it will be necessary to hold a hearing
in the matter, and accordingly set the date of Monday, October 19th, at 11:00 A. M. in
the office of the Board, as the date and place for such hearing. The Clerk was directed
to notify the Yellow Cab Company accordingly. Ij
A drawing prepared by Wilbur H. Gartner & Associates for local sewer improvement
on Kessler Boulevard, from the center line of Inglewood Place to a point 210 feet west �l
of center line of Inglewood Place, was next examined and approved by the Board.
A drawing covering curb, grade, walk and pavement plan for Ridgedale Road,
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Twckenham Hills Addition Section ??G??, certified by Wm. S. Moore, Engineer, was examined
and approved by the Board.
Representatives being present from the three firms bidding on bulldozer for the
(Sanitation Department, which bids were opened, in accordance with legal advertisement,
Iat the regular meeting of the Board, Monday, September 14th, the chairman of the Board
;announced that awarding of contract to supply this equipment would be continued in I
abeyance to offer an opportunity for the Oliver Corporation to give a demonstration of j
itheir machine at the Sanitary Land -Fill. on Douglas Road. The chairman also informed �I
;these representatives that the Board is of the opinion at this time that the front end I
loader type equipment is better fitted for use in the filling of pits than the bulldozer •
;and, accordingly, it is this type of machine presently under consideration. The chairman
jof the Board also extended invitation to the Indiana Equipment Co., Inc. to demonstrate
the International Harvester Crawler Tractor at the Sanitary Land -Fill, during the durrent
week if possible.
Petition, dated September 21, 1953, and referred to the Board by Councilman Korpal, h
concerning dust nuisance, caused by the Wilson Brothers parking lot, which had been
referred by the office of the Board for attention of the Street Commissioner, was
presented to the Board, with the report of the Commissioner that Wilson Brothers will
proceed to black -top this parking area. The Commissioner also stated he received
from Wilson Brothers the information that a substantial part of the dust nuisance,ereated •
in this area,has been due to the operations of the Rieth-Riley Construction Company.
A petition, dated September 19th, calling for 2-hour parking signs,to be placed �)
on Miami Street in the 1600,'1700 and 1800 blocks, was referred to the Traffic Engineer
for investigation and report.
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The Board approved the installation of S-T-O-P signs, as follows:
Falcon Street at Ford Street I�
Ford Street at Dundee Street
Olive Street at Lathrop Street
Farneman Street at St. Joseph Street
The Board approved 4-way S-T-O-P signs at the following intersections:
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Linden Avenue and College Street
East Calvert Street and Leer Street
This being the time set, for the opening of bids to providea portable metal or
rooden building as a shelter for Sanitation Department equipment, the chairman so announce;,
Lnd proceeded to open the only bid received, that of Armco Drainage & Metal Products, Inca
luoting price for one Steelox Building complete with two l0t8" x lltO" high sliding doors
Lt $lo68.30 f.o.b. South Bend, Indiana. Bid was accompanied by certified check in the
Lmount of $110.00 and non -collusion affidavit properly executed. Bid was taken under
Ldvisement. `;
Contractorts bonds, each in the sum of $1,000.00, were examined and approved by
;he Board for the following four contractors:
Lester C. Bernhard !`
Edmund S. Cytacki
Henry S. Schultz Ij
John T. Weaver I¶
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There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned !j
at 11:30 A. M.
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Clerk
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