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December 141 1953
A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held Monday, December 141 19531
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 94246.45,
were approved and ordered paid:
American Home Equipment Corporation
Arrow Towel & Linen Service
Business Systems, Inc.
Business Systems, Inca
City Water Works
City Water Works
L. 0. Gates Chevrolet Corporation
Indiana & Michigan Electric Co.
Indiana & Michigan Electric Co.
Indiana Bell Telephone Co.
Inlander Steindler Paper Co.
Knapp Seed & Hdwe. Co.
National Mill Supply, Inc.
Office Engineers, Inc.
Office Supply & Equipment Co.
PARKING ME TER :
C. W. Dzikowski
SEWER DEPARTMENT:
Teeter Sales & Service, Inc.
Kuert Concrete, Inc.
Teeter Sales & Service
W. J. Braunsdorf & Son
Teeter Sales & Service, Inc.
Industrial Towel Service
SEWAGE DISPOSAL:
Roy J. Michael
SANITATION:
The Gibson Co.
National Mill Supply, Inc.
STREET DEPARTMENT:
Charles Armstrong & Son
Chicago Auto Radiator Co.
R. E. Grow, D.O.
The Hunt Company
Indiana & Michigan Electric Co.
Indiana Textile Co.
Korte Bros., Inc.
Monroe Calculating Co.
The O1Brien Corporation
Rex Pharmacy
J. W. Werntz & Son, Inc.
$2.00 Arrow Towel & Linene Service
15.10 Artcraft Printers
3.36 Business Systems, Inc.
3.15 Business Systems, Inc.
3.35 City Water Works
31.72 Gaf ill Oil Co.
81.72 The C. H. Hanson Co.
12.40 Indiana & Michigan Electric Co.
.24 Indiana Bell Telephone Co.
9.41 Indiana Lumber & Mfg. Co.
26.88 Knapp Seed & Hdwe. Co.
29.00 Walter J. Lamirand
47.04 The O'Brien Corporation
3.18 Office Engineers, Inc.
11.46 Super Sales Co.
DOG POUND:
17.94. Levy -Ward Grocer Co.
75.64 C. D. Smelser
389.77 Ben Medow, Inc.
40.68 Geroge R. Stroup
56.44 Indiana Equipment Co.
94.06 Teeter Sales & Service
17.6o
25.00 Howard D. Rerick
18.72 Korte Bros., Inc.
34.50 Leach Company
$2.00
45.00
11.30
2.52
15.20
28.83
4.50
353.16
9.60
150.30
93.40
5.35
180.0o
14.72
23.00
19.62
lo1.58
20.22
35.28
85.90
50.00
365.48
138.8o
4.25
19.35
3.00
9.00
130.00
323.18
8.64
172.63
9.88
y 25.00
20.o8
FIRE DEPARTMENT:
Fire Chi0f, Richard J. Duck, being present, brought to the attention of the Board
zihis department's need of four doors, and the necessary hardware and trim, to close off
,,the dormitories in Fire Station No. 14 and eliminate the over -heating of these sleeping
;;quarters, which condition presently exists. A quotation of $2b1.46 for the needed
,materials was deemed reasonable and satisfactory, and the Clerk was authorized by the
Board to proceed with the purchase.
ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT:
The Board approved the recommendation of Supt. Ira Hunsberger for the installation
of a 4000 lumen light at each of the following locations:
Intersection of Gladstone Avenue and Sample Street
Intersection of Greenview Avenue and Fairview Street
Intersection -of Greenview Avenue and Silver Lane
Intersection of Gladstone Avenue and Silver Lane
Intersection of Edison Avenue and Silver Lane
Intersection of Edison Avenue and Meadow Lane
Meadow Lane between Nos. 4318 and 4324.
13.40 W. J. Braunsdorf & Son
8.50 Gadbury Implement Sales
10.00 Healy Sign Co.
34.95 Maude Haberle
6.00 Indiana & Michigan Electric Co.
50.81 Korte Bros., Inc.
243.43 G. E. Meyer & Son, Inc.
238.50 Motor Service & Parts, Inc.
30.00 Schuyler Rose, Inc.
31 43 Harr M Tomlinson
The Board first examined Store Building and Apartment Alterations plans for
Melvin Humphrey, 903 Lincoln Way East, involving a projecting canopy. The canopy con-
struction met with the Boardts approval and plans were signed and stamped accordingly.
The Board next examined the report of the appraisers of the tract of land and
;;rights of easement, in the N.W. quarter of Sec. 26, Township 36N., Range 2 East,
comprising an area of 35.45 A. and accepted the appraisal made in this report. Report
"!was then ordered filed.
R. D. Moore then presented to the Board his request for approval of a 66+ x 56t
private parking lot of twenty -car capacity, located at the Southeast corner of Main and
South Streets. The Board approved the licensing of this area for parking purposes.
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i' The Board next considered a motion made, seconded and carried, at the regular meet- j
ing of the Common Council, November 23, 1953, and referred to the Board for the �required! j action. Finding this matter to be a traffic problem, the Board directed Traffic EngineeP,
E. H. Miller, to investigate and report.
STREET DEPARTMENT:
Street Commissioner, H. M. Tomlinson, being present, requested authorization for the;;
payment of $300.00 special remuneration for the Poundmaster, from funds appropriated- Ij
for the Dog Pound Assistant. In view of the fact that the Poun.dmaster performed all of
the duties in connection with the Dog Pound for a period of not less than six months,if
without the services of an assistant, the Board authorized the additional remuneration
from the funds available for Personal Services in the 1953 appropriation for the open- :I
ating of the Dog Pound. I'
Some discussion was given to the dog problem, which the Commissioner described as j
particularly bad in the.Beckts Lake area, where he reports dogs are running loose in
packs. It was suggested the City ordinance governing ownership and control of dogs
should be more effectively enforced.
IMPROVEIvENT RESOLUTION NO. 2763 - 1953 '
Certification of Completion was furnished by Wilbur H. Gartner & Associates of the
contract between the City of South Bend, Indiana, Owner, and the Youngs Excavating
Contractors, Contractor, for the construction of the local sewer improvement on Ellsworti
i Place, from the center line of lots 27 and 70 in Jefferson Heights Addition to 26--feet if
+I south of the south line of Colfax Avenue under Improvement Resolution No. 2763, 1953,
has been completed in accordance with the plans and specifications for this project.
RESOLUTION ACCEPTING FINAL ESTIMATE
I RESOLUTION NO. 2763 - 1953 1
BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of South Bend
Indiana,.that the Final Estimate and Primary Assessment Roll submitted to the Board by
the CityCivil Engineer or his duly authorized representative on this 1 th day of.
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E December, 1953 on the improvement known as the ELLSWORTH LOCAL SEWER, as described in 11
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, be and the same I
isihereb adopted, and the Clerk of this Board is hereby re uested to give notice of
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i If the hearing of Special Benefits on said Improvement, as required by Section N.111 or I!
120 of an Act entitled, "An Act Concerning Municipal Corporations" approved March 6, 190 " j
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R. S. Andrysiak
G. P. Ziegler
I. A. Hurwich if
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Board of Public Works and Safety
Ward H. Crothers
1! Clerk of the Boar . !�
VACATION RESOLUTION NO. 2766 - 1953
R. S. Andrysiak, City Engineer, filed primary assessment roll showing the awards ij
of damages and the assessments of benefits in the matter of the vacation of a part of ii 3
j SHERMAN AVENUE under Vacation Resolution No. 2766.
In the above named assessment roll, the Board hereby orders that it will meet in
the City Hall at 11:00 A. M. on the 18th day of January, 1954, for the purpose of �� •
hearing and receiving remonstrances from all persons interested in or affected by said
L; vacation, and the Board further orders that notice of said hearing, together with the !
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amount of damages awarded and benefits assessed be addressed to the property owners
!: by publishing same on the 24th day of December, on the 31st day of December, and on the
7th day of January, 1954, in the South Bend Tribune and the Tri-County News.
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Contractors bonds for the following contractors, each in the sum of $1,000.00,
L were examined and approved by the Board:
William Frankfort
A. Medow Plumbing & Heating Co. •
Ohio Oil Company.
Then appeared before the Board, Hon. Walter C. Erler, Sr., bringing to the Boardts
attention complaints of residents of the immediate neighborhood of the old Wells Manu-
facturing plant, because of the excessive smoke due to the burning of sawdust. The
I Board directed the Clerk to notify the firm now operating this plant to abate this
nuisance without delay. I
There being no furtner business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned ',
at 11:05 A. M. i
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Attest : ���� 1ZtJLo�
Clerk