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November 30, 1953
A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held Monday, November 30, 19531
at 10:00 A. M. All members were present. Minutes of the previous meeting were read j
and approved. Claims of the following suppliers, in the amount of $2908.43, were approved
and ordered paid:
Business Systems, Inc. $1.04 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. $10.60 �
Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 254-31 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 9.19 �
Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 29.90 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 27.79
Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 9.19 Inwoodts Store 37.50
Walter J. Lamirand 12.12 Office Engineers, Inc. 1.34 !j
Office Supply & Equipment Co. 3.10 H. F. Glaser, Mr. 109.25
STREET & TRAFFIC: CONTRACTORtS IMPROVEMENT:
Heal Sign Co.
y g 37.50 Wilbur H. Gartner & Assoc. 420.25
I' SANITATION DEPARTMENT:
Taylor Construction Co. 355.00 Armco Drainage & Metal Products 1590.15 ;
• I The Board first examined and approved street improvement plans, Lincoln Plaza, A
Second Addition, for the following streets:
Ryer Street from Elwood Avenue to Keller Street
Iowa Street from Elwood Avenue to Keller Street
Elwood Avenue from Kenmore Street to end of project
I� Keller Street from Kenmore Street to end of project
The Board next examined and approved sewer construction plans, Lincoln Plaza, Ij
Second Addition, for the following locations: 1
Ryer Street from Elwood Avenue to Keller Street
• �I Iowa Street from Elwood Avenue to Keller Street
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Elwood Avenue from Ryer Street to Iowa Street South j
Iowa Street from Elwood Avenue to Lineolnway West
Maintenance Bond, in the sum of $3,000.00, of Hartman Builders, Inc. pertaining
to permit granted this firm, under date of November 13, 1953, for construction of
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(sidewalks, curbs and streets in the 1600 block North Kenmore Street, between Bulla ;and Kellers Streets was examined and ap
proved by the Board. !
Maintenance Bond, in the sum of $2,000.00, of Hartman Builders, Inc., pertaining
to permit granted this firm, under date of November 13, 1953, to construct sidewalks, I'
(curbs, and streets in the 1400 and 1500 blocks, North Kenmore Street, between Elwood
• j;Avenue and Bulla Street, was examined and approved by the Board.
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Maintenance Bond, in the sum of $1250.00, of Hartman Builders, Inc., pertaining to
;permit granted this firm, under date of November 13, 1953, to construction sidewalks,
curbs and streets in the 3500 block of Elwood Avenue, between Kenmore and Wellington
Streets, was examined and approved by the Board.
IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION NO. 2759 - 1953
Contractor's Completion Affidavit was furnished by Virgil H. Reed in the matter
lof Pavement Improvement on LAWTON Street made under Improvement Resolution No. 2759,
;and this was approved by the Board.
RESOLUTION ADOPTING FINAL ASSESSMENT ROLL
RESOLUTION NO. 2759 - 1953
After hearing all persons interested who appeared and the Clerk of the Board of
is Works and Safety having proofs of publication of the notices to property owners
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
16th day of November 1953, for the improvement of LAWTON STREET by constructing a Class
"C" Type 1 Cement Concrete Pavement be and the same is in all things confirmed.
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R. S. Andrysiak
G. P. Ziegler
I. A. Hurwich
Board of Public Wor s & Sa ety
The Board next examined and approved grant of easement made by the Esther Manu-
acturing Corporation, for the erection and construction of a line of telephone and
lectric poles and wires and the use thereafter for the purposes of operating and main-
aining telephone and electric services as to the following described real estate in
dison Park Addition, an Addition to the City of South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana,
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Esther Manufacturing Corporation grant of Easement continued -
An easement one -hundred fifty-two and five tenths (152.5)
feet in length and eight (8) feet wide, the center 'line of which
is the line between Lots numbered eight. -five (85) and eighty- j
six (86) in Edison Park Addition, which is a distance of one- it
hundred thirty-two and five tenths (132.5) feet, and the East
twenty ( 20 ) feet of the line between lots numbered fifty-six
(56) and fifty-seven (57), in Edison Park Addition, making a
total distance of one -hundred fifty-two and five tenths (152.5) h
feet. I!
Letter of application for license to operate a parking lot at 425 South Main Street,I
submitted by Inwood -Glaser Realty Company, was next examined. Certificate of Insurance I
accompanying the application, indicated error in the public liability policy issued to
this firm. Inwood -Glaser Realty Company was immediately notified, accordingly, and upon
receipt of Certificate of Insurance showing corrected policy is in effect, the Board I!
authorized the issuance of license. i
The Board then took up the matter of the purchase of equipment from the Dependable j
Disposal Company, Inc. In accordance with agreement with the Dependable Disposal Company
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in consideration of having had the use of their equipment pending delivery of the new I'
garbage collection equipment, and also in consideration of stand-by service rendered by
the company during the transition period from operation by private contractor to operation
by the City, the Clerk of the Board is authorized to issue a purchase order for the
purchase from the Dependable Disposal Company, Inc., of the. following items of equipment,
i.e. seven (7) garbage trucks with bodies, one (1) pick-up truck, and one (1) bulldozer
"Terra-Trac" loader, for the total price of $6795.00. The company has agreed to permit
the City to.store the equipment temporarily on their farm without cost, and the company
has also agreed that delivery of the "Terra-Trac" loader will be made to the City after r
they have fully completed their land -fill operation on their farm, and that delivery of
the "Terra-Trac" loader will be made to the City in good condition, directly from the
authorized dealer.
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Engineer Andrysiakis report of inspection and the satisfactory completion of the li
building, supplied and const»ucted by the Armco Drainage & Metal Products, Inc., for
the Sanitation Department, was examined and approved, and the Clerk was directed to
forward the signed standard acceptance form to this company.
IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION NO. 2763 - 1953 AWARDING CONTRACT !
Engineerts Report, submitted by Wilbub H. Gartner & Associates, having been received,
and examined by the Board, in the matter of bids for the improvement of ELLSWORTH PLACE
from the center line of lots 27 and 70 in Jefferson Heights Addition to a point twenty- I,
six feet south of the south line of Colfax Avenue, by constructing a local sewer in I
accordance with Improvement Resolution No. 2763, 1953, passed by the Board of Public
Works and Safety on October 12, 1953, and confirmed by said Board on November 9, 1953, �.
the bid was awarded to Youngs Excavating Contractors for the surd. of $1961.0o.
Elder M. G. Johnson, pastor of the Seventh Day Advertist Church, appeared before
the Board, requesting permission to allow a group, or groups, of carollers from his
church to sing Christmas carols on the streets in residential area, using a P. A. system.
Inasmuch as it was agreed the carollers will move from block to block, singing only one
or two carols at one location, and that this permit is not to be extended beyond. the
Christmas season, permission was granted by the Board to allow this special activity.
TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT: �I •
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Traffic Engineer, E. H. Miller, was present, and was directed by the Board to
further control the movement of traffic at the intersection of Western Avenue and
Lafayette Boulevard by the use of green arrows.
A request from the OtBrien Corporation for the use of special signs at their
warehouse entrance, received careful consideration, and it was the consensus of opinion I;
that the signs suggested would possibly be conducive to a more hazardous condition,
instead of serving to increase safety as intended. Accodingly, permission was denied
the OtBrien Corporation to erect or install the suggested signs.
A petition placed with the Board by Hartman Builders, Inc., for the installation
of street signs at the following intersections, was referred to Street Commissioner,
H. M. Tomlinson, for his investigation and attention:
Kenmore Street and Elwood Avenue
Kenmore Street and Bulla Street
Kenmore Street and Keller Street
An agreement to be entered into between the State of Indiana, through the State
Highway Department, and the City of South Bend, relative to signal equipment to be
installed at the intersection of Lincolnway West and Bendix Drive was next consideredt
approved, and signed by the Board.
The Board approved installation of traffic signals at Michigan and Tutt Streets, •
at Michigan and,Garst Streets, and Western and Sheridan Streets.
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The Excavation Bond of Slutsky Plumbing & Heating Co., Inc., in the amount of
$1,000.00, was examined and approved by the Board.
The Board next examined, approved and signed the following agreement between the
Board of Commissioners of St. Joseph County, Indiana and the Board of Public Works and
Safety: i
AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT, made and entered into this 30th day of November, 1953, by and
between the Board of Commissioners of St. Joseph County, Indiana, a body politic and
corporate, existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Indiana.,. hereinafter
called the County, and the Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of South Bend,
Indiana, hereinafter called the City, W I T H E S'' S E T H: That
WHEREAS, the County is the owner of the following described real estate in St.
Joseph County, Indiana, -to -wit:
A tract of land in the northwest quarter of Section 2b,
Township No. 38 North, Range No. 2 East, said tract
being marked "ST. JOSEPH COUNTY 35.45 AC." on the
survey attached hereto, made a part of this Agreement,
and marked "Exhibit A," less those lands heretofore
acquired by the City of South Bend for highway purposes.
Also the rights of easement which the County has to
that tract of land shown on the survey attached hereto
and made a part of this Agreement and labled "INDIANA
AND MICHIGAN ELECTRIC COMPANY 30.1b AC." said easement
being the right to enter upon said lands to remove the
standing timber and the right to pasture and farm said lands,
subject to the use of the same by the Indiana and Michigan
Electric Company, and
WHEREAS, said real estate and said easement rights are required by the City for
use as a site for its proposed sewage treatment plant.
IT IS, THEREFORE, MUTUALLY AGREED as follows:
1. The County agrees to sell, transfer and convey to the City the above -described
real estate and rights of easement by appropriate deed of conveyance as approved "by
the County Council in accordance with the provisions of Section 26-2026 of Burns Indiana
Statutes, and the City hereby agrees to purchase said lands and easement rights, the
sale price to be determined by three appraisers, one to be appointed by the Commissioner
of St. Joseph County, one to be appointed by the Board of Public Works and Safety of
South Bend and said appraisers to appoint the third appraiser, they to appraise and
determine the value of said lands and easement rights.
2. The said lands and easement rights to be transferred to the City of South Bend 11
land said consideration to be paid by said City from the proceeds of bonds to be sold by
;the City for the construction of its sewage disposal plant as provided in the Indiana 11
;Acts as provided in the Indiana Acts as set out in Section 48-4301 to 4311 of Burns
Indiana Statutes.
3. The City agrees to reserve to the County the right to use the well situated on
the land owned by the County described above and, if and when it becomes necessary for
';the City to use the land upon which said well is located, then the City will extend
..the City Water Service mains to the County Highway Department buildings at the expense
of the City.
4. The City agrees to connect the sewers serving the -St. Joseph County Home and
lithe County Highway buildings with the sewer interceptors and also to connect the Health -
win Hospital sewer line when it is brought to the sewage disposal plant, at the expense
'l of the City.
5. The County may use said above lands for pasture purposes until construction
of said sewage treatment plant is commenced. (This reservation not to be recited in the
deed of conveyance.)
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have hereunto affixed their signatures the day
and year -first above written.
(BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF
ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, INDIANA
By Marcel C. Van DeWalle
John E. Hanley
Stark 0. Sanders
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY
OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA
By G. P. Ziegler
I. A. Hurwich
R. S. Andrysiak
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Next appeared before the Board, representatives of the Good Samaritan Army. These
people were advised by the Board to confine their solicitations and religious activities
to their own premises, inasmuch as the Board is not authorizing any additional soliciting
on the downtown streets nor in places of business in the downtown district at this time.
There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned
at 11:30 A. M.
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�jAttest:
Clerk
December 7, 1953
A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held Monday, December 7, 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 $25,505.83, were approved. Claims of
the following suppliers, in the amount of $62,597.63, were approved and ordered paid:
Arteraft Printers
$12.25
Walter J. Braunsdorf &; Son
$25.4-0
Walter J. Braunsdorf & Son
28.36
Walter J. Braunsdorf & Son
.33.14
Walter J. Braunsdorf & Son
15.60
Walter J. Braunsdorf & Son
144.50
Braham Laboratories, Inc.
111.76
Business Systems, Inc.
1.17
Ward H. Crothers, Petty Cash
25.59
Englewood Electrical Supply
Co. 14.28
Indiana Bell Telephone Co.
11.76
Indiana Bell Telephone Co.
10.35
Indiana & Michigan Electric Co.
373.Ob
Indiana & Michigan Electric
Co. 37.40
Indiana & Michigan Electric Co.11,473.20
Indiana & Michigan Electric
Co. 201.00
Indiana & Michigan Electric Co.
6.96
Meyer's Hdwe. Co.
83.00
Office Engineers, Inc.
27.S5
PARKING METER:
C. Eugene Burkett
17.03
Casimir A. Szynski
17.00
John Przyboda
25.00
SANITATION DEPARTMENT:
Leach Company
15,592.00
Leach Company
7796.00
Leach Company
3,898.00
Leach Company
3898.00
Leach Company
7,796.00
Dependable Disposal
8795.00
Harry M. Tomlinson(Petty Cash)
12.00
SEWER DEPARTMENT:
General Equipment & Machine Co.
11.16
The Gibson Co.
186.21
Municipal Supply Co.
16.99
Singer General Tire Co.
14.75
Verd"ARRay Corporation
36.60
J. W. Werntz & Son
7,47
STREET DEPARTMENT:
Verd-A-Ray Corporation
83.45
W. J. Stogdill, M.D.
9.00
Standard Oil Co.
923.53
Singer General Tire Co.
16.00
St. Josephts Hospital
17.00
Singer General Tire Co.
15.44
Singer General Tire Co.
84.20
Singer General Tire Co.
24.75
Singer General Tire Co.
142.85
Scherman-Schaus Freeman Co.
192.83
Scherman-Schaus Freeman Co.
19.62
Schuyler Rose, Inc.
148.Oo
Romy-Hammes Corporation
36.51
Office Engineers, Inc.
6.89
North Side Feed Store
26.75
Meyerts Hardware Co.
35.22
Konntz-Wagner Electric Co.
19.20
Koontz -Wagner Electric Co.
5.00
Inlander Steindler Paper Co.
35.84
The Board first took up the matter of the one -hundred sixty shares of capital stock
of the South Bend Manufacturing Company issued in the name of the Municipal City of
South Bend, and adopted the following resolutions pertaining thereto:
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 3914, as enacted on March 23,
1953, by the Common Council of the City of South Bend,
Indiana, and approved on March 24, 1953, authorized
the sale of 160 shares of capital stock of South Bend
Manufacturing Company, an Indiana corporation, which
stock is issued in the name of the Municipal City of
South Bend, Indiana; and
WHEREAS, said Ordinance No. 3914 provides that the
Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of South
Bend, Indiana should sell and deliver said stock to
any purchaser or purchasers thereof upon the payment
of not less than the full appraised value thereof as
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