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Home My WebLink About10/05/1953 Board of Public Works Minutes74 o� October 5, 1953 ' �i A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held Monday, October 5, 1953, Cat 10:00.A. M. All members were present. Minutes of the previoTis meeting were read and approved. Salary claims in the amount of $26,707.73 were approved. Claims of the ;following suppliers in the amount of $14,900.85 were approved and ordered paid: i Indiana Bell Telephone Co. $1176 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. $13.36 Indiana & Michigan"Electric Cc $11,411:28 Indiana & Michigan Electric Co. .36 i Indiana & Michigan Electric Co. 36890 Indiana & Michigan Electric Co. 234.80 (; • I Radio Distributing Co. 6.22 Singer General Tire 1.25 South Bend Electric Co. .71 South Bend Tribune 5.89 South Bend Tribune 7.06 Sinclair Refining Co. 14.80 is Tri-County News 5.62 Tri-County News 6.48 SEWER DEPARTMENT: PARKING METER DEPARTMENT; E. R. Newland Co. 150.92 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 9.19 1' { SANITATION DEPARTMENT: { Wm. S. Moore 778.50 Russell C. Kuehl 1510.87 ( �i Ross McCord Ice & Miller 150.00 STREET DEPARTMENT: American Steel Dredge Co. 129.91 Streeter-Amet Co. 4.80 Scherman-Schaus Freeman Co. 1.90 C. E. Lee Co. 19.68 Sargent Sowell, Inc. 56.59 j First appeared before the Board, Robert E. Gawthorpe, representing the Courtesy j,Cab Association, asking to be assigned a single cab stand on Western Avenue at the ; ;;location marked by Parking Meter No. 200. This location, in front of the Union Bus j'Station, where a two -cab stand is presently serving the public, the Board advised Mr. 1,Gawthorpe to appear at the October 19th meeting of the Board for the general hearing i on taxicab stands, scheduled for that meeting, and in the meantime his associ ationts • request will be investigated by Traffic Engineer,E. H. Miller.'; Next appeared before the Board, John A. Grabarz, Jr., Commander Post 8748, V.F.W. ;'representing the Arrangements Committee for the Ernie Kovatch-Don Paul parade, per- mission for which is being asked of the Board for Friday evening, October 9th, at seven o'clock. Parade is to form on Madison Street at Michigan Street, and is to pro- ceed south to Jefferson, and thence via Jefferson and Eddy Street to School Field. i ' Permission was ranted b the Board. i! r g Y i; The Board then approved plan of sewer improvement for MacArthur Avenue, from center] line of Chimes Boulevard to center line of Pyle Avenue and Pyle Avenue from center line 1i of MacArthur Avenue to center line of Rockne Drive, as submitted by Wilbur H. Gartner & Associates. A letter, and petition of James R. Rasmussen, pertaining to a proposed vacation of certain footage adjoining Lot 19, William Miller's Addition, was next examined and referred by the Board, to the City Plan Commission for investigation and report. iis RESOLUTION ADOPTING FINAL ASSESSMENT ROLL RESOLUTION NO. 2750 - 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 I) 21st day of September 1953, for the improvement of SOUTH CHICAGO STREET by constructing I, a Class C cement concrete pavement be and the same is in all things confirmed. R. S. Andrysiak i j G. P. Ziegler I. A. Hurwich i Board of Public Works & Sa=ety� Ward H. Crothers l Clerk of the Boar RESOLUTION ADOPTING FINAL ASSESSMENT ROLL ,R,ESOLUTION NO. 2752 - 1953 After hearing all persons interested who appeared and the Clerk of the Board of Public Works and Safety having proofs of.pubiication 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 21st day of September 1953, for the improvement of NORTH CHICAGO STREET by constructing • a Class C 6" cement concrete pavement, be and the same La in all things confirmed. +i R. S. Andrysiak i G. P. Ziegler I. A. Hurwich Board of Public Works & Safety r 75 ! The Board next approved S-T- 0-P signs installed at the following locations: l� Vassar at Elmer Street i Ford at Kaley - now 4-way stop St. Joseph at Dayton ' Vine at Logan Street Vassar at Johnson Street Elwood at Johnson Street - now 4 way stop • Elwood at Woodward Avenue I Hoke at Ewing Avenue i I� The Board approved the reversing of S-T-O-P signs at the intersections of: it 'I Adams at Vassar ! California at Lawndaleit �I College at Elwood { The Board approved the installation of the following NO PARKING signs: 'I • ` 7 to 8 A.M. - 3 to 4 P.M. installed on north side of Edwood, between Portage and Anderson jl 7 to 7:30 A. M. - 4 to 4:30 P- M- installed on I� west side of Kendall,from Railroad to Cotter Street. jli i The matter oftheerection of a machine shed to shelter the machinery used at the =Sanitary Land -Fill, was then taken up and the bid of Armco Drainage & Metal Products, { Inc., to provide a 24t x 241 x 12' Steelox Building for $1068.30 was accepted, together ii 11with their supplemental offer to erect this building, furnishing 6" x 6" untreated oak 11timbers as foundation, and the Clerk was directed to prepare formal purchase order for 1Itheir notification, and proper encumberance of funds. it �j The bids pertaining to the supplying of a bulldozer or dozer -shovel for the s !!Sanitary Land -Fill, were again reviewed by the Board, and the chairman announced the ;Boardts decision to award contract to the I4IacAllister Machinery Co., Inc., 2118 N. Gale 11 !Street, Indianapolis, for one Caterpillar D6 Dozer -Shovel with Campbell All -Weather i lidetachable cab, at the price of $17,645.00, and $295.00, respectively. The Clerk was it I i'directed to issue purchase order accordingly. ,a The Board rescinded action taken in regular meeting of Monday, September 21, 1953, !'pertaining to affidavit for taxicab license of Cecil L. Crail, and directed the Clerk ;:to proceed with the required legal advertising in this matter. ++ • it A letter, under date of October 2 1953, was received from the City Plan Commission s � y !recommending the vacation of a section of alley between Caroline Street and Eldora Court,;; juunning north from Delbert Court to the first east and west alley, and this was referred Tito the Engineering Department for investigation and report. I A letter, under date of October 2, 1953, was received from the City Plan Commission '!recommending the vacation of a section of alley between Bertrand Street and Kenwood Avenue, running east from Kaley Street to the first north and south alley, and also '! 1vacation of the section of Kaley Street from Bertrand Street to Kenwood Avenue, and it !these were referred to the Engineering Department for investigation and report. • i Changes in price schedules, submitted by South Bend Parking Co., Inc. were examined !!and ordered filed. 3 '! The Board ordered Wilbur H. Gartner & Associates to proceed to prepare plan for the l;construetion of a local sewer for the improvement of Ellsworth Place, in accordance ;:..with the recommendation of City Engineer, Ray S. Andrysiak, and the petition of Russell ! I! R. Shue and four others. The recommendation of Traffic Engineer, Ernest H. Miller, in regard to proposed j ]driveway in connection with the new Catholic High School, at Angela Boulevard and ,Michigan Street, was examined and ordered filed. • The time now being 11:00 o'clock, the Board recessed to meet at 1:30 P- M- for !'the continuance of transaction of business. There being no further business at 1:30 P- M. to be given the Board's attention, the meeting was thereupon adjourned. I oe Attest:' Clerk