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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04/05/1954 Board of Public Works Minutes151 • • • .0 • r April 5, 1954 j A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held Monday, April 5, 1954, at 10:00 A. M. All members were present. Minutes of the previous meeting were read 1, and approved. Salary claims, in the total amount of30,481.70, were approved. Claims of'the following suppliers, in the amount of 031,074.84, were approved and ordered paid: Brulin & Company $24.00 Englewood Electrical Supply $ .63 Koontz -Wagner Electric Co. 16.89 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 9.60 Indiana & Michigan Electric 399.38 Indiana & Michigan Electric Co. $11,557.15 Indiana & Michigan Electric 245.40 Inlander-Steindler Paper Co. 53.76 Clifford L. Kinch 37.28 Meyer's Hardware 2.21 John H. Gorney 5.00 Office Engineers, Inc. 1.34 Office Supply & Equipment Co. 3.10 Simon Brothers, Inc. 7.20 South Bend Tribune 7.30 Tri-County News 6.05 Tri-County News 7.78 Wymants 11.03 Business Systems, Inc. 2.07 E. J. DeGroff 34.80 SEWER DEPARTMENT: E. R. Newland Co. 55.74 Niles Excavating Co. 306.50 Niles Excavating Co. 338.00 SANITATION DEPARTMENT: MacAllister Machinery Co. 10.38 So. Bend Truck & Equipment Co. 322.00 PARKING METER: Dual Parking Co. 12.60 STREET & TRAFFIC American Auto Parts, Inc. 13.72 American Auto Parts, Inc. 106.43 American Auto Parts, Inc. 11.48 American Auto Parts, Inc. 8.95 !' American Auto Parts, Inc. 68.80 American Steel Dredge Co. 193.01 American Steel Dredge Co. 20.72 Bearings Service Co. 7.55 Bearings Service Co. 5.09 Belleville Lbr. & Supply Co. 4.48 Beringer Rebuilding Service 108.56 Bituminous Industries 45.15 Car Parts, Inc. 44.50 Chicago Auto Radiator Co. 25.50 Deeds Equipment Co. 74.36 Edwards Iron Works, Inc. 13.81 Edwards Iron Works, Inc. 7.92 Elgin Sweeper Co. 44.76 Fabricated Steel Products 83.07 Gafill Oil Co. 1944.71 The Gibson Co. 9.50 The Gibson So. 61.15 Maude H. Haberle 91.05 The Hibberd Printing Co. 145.00 Hoffman Bros. Auto Electric 10.00 Indiana Equipment Co. 58.68 Indiana Equipment Co. 23.18 International Harvester Co. 1.13 International Salt Co. 1440.00 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 45.77 Indiana Equipment Co. 1.47 Indiana & Michigan Electric 11.64 Indiana & Michigan Elect. 150.80 Koontz -Wagner Electric Co. 354.72 Korte Bros. 51.08 Korte Bros.. 7.88 Korte Bros. 1769.15 Korte Bros. 45.12 Korte Bros. 121.24 Korte Bros. 48.84 Korte Bros. 162.32 J. C. Lauber Co. 6434.00 Ben Medow, Inc. 11.89 Ben Medow 19.05 Municipal Supply Co. 87.25 National Brake Service 8.66 Phillips Petroleum Co. 127.44 Redmer Distributing Co. 3.54 Redmer Distributing Co. 2.67 Redmer Distributing Co. 19.15 Reid -Holcomb Co. 15.90 The Romy-Hammes Corporation 1.42 Schuyler Rose, Inc. 27.94 The Ridge Co. 3.45 Sinclair Refining Co. 683.54 Scherman-Schaus Freeman Co. 4.81 St. Josephs Hospital 9.00 C. D. Smelser Co. 251.00 Standard Automotive Supply 275.53 Standard Oil Co. 520.88 Carl J. Rudolph, M.D. 5.00 C. A. Schrader 21.04 South Bend Supply Co. 141.31 Harry M. Tomlinson,(Petty Cash) 20.09 Singer General Tire, Inc. 63.85 Singer General Tire, Inc. 27.70 Singer General Tire, Inc. 118.18 Singer General Tire, Inc. 275.73 Singer General Tire, Inc. 17.00 Singer General Tire, Inc. 513.87 Singer General Tire, Inc. 59.00 Singer General Tire, Inc. 139.95 Victor Adding Machine Co. 240.00 W. A. R. Equipment Co. 5.50 VACATION RESOLUTION NO. 2774 - 1954 RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA 'That it is desirable to vacate the following: No.l That it is deemed and desired necessary to vacate Sorin Street from Preston Drive to the East line of the recorded McKinley Terrace Addition to the City of South Bend, legally described as follows: Beginning at the northeast corner of lot 22 in McKinley Terrace Addition; thence west along the north line of said lot a distance of 95 ft. to point of curve; thence along said curve, to the left,, to a point on the east line of Preston Drive 47 ft. north of the southwest corner of said lot 22; thence north 170 ft- to the southerly line of lot 133; thence southeasterly along the line of lots 133 and 132 a distance of 131.06 ft, to the .southerly southeasterly corner of lot 132; thence east 20 ft. to the east lineof McKinley Terrace Addition; thence south along the east line of said McKinley Terrace Addition, a distance of 60 ft. to the place of beginning. i 152 No.2 That it is deemed and desired necessary to vacate the alley East of Lot One hundred thirty two (132), the alley south of Lot One hundred thirty six (136), and the alley lying Northeast and adjacent to Lot one hundred thirty two (132), One hundred thirty three (133), One hundred thirty four (134) and, One Hundred thirty five (135) all as shown on the recorded plat of McKinley Terrace Addition, legally described as follows: Beginning at the southwest corner of lot 136 McKinley Terrace Addition; thence easterly along the southerly line of said lot 136 a distance of 178.53 ft. to the southeast corner of said lot 136; thence south along the east line of McKinley terrace Addition, a distance of 240.34 ft.; thence west 20 ft. to the southeast corner of lot 132; thence north along the east line of said lot 132, a distance of 144.38 ft. to the northerly line of lot 132; thence northwesterly along the northerly line of lots 132 and 133, a.distance of 11.34 ft. to northeast corner of lot 134; thence still northwesterly along the northerly line of lot 134, a distance of 21.83 ft. to the southeasterly corner of lot 135; thence northeasterly along the easterly line of lot 135 a distance of 57 ft. to the northeast corner of lot 135; thence northwesterly along the northerly line of lot 135 a distance of 11- ft. to the easterly line of Manchester Drive; thence northeasterly along the easterly line of Manchester Drive a distance of 20 ft. to the place of beginn-ing. No. 3 That it is deemed and desired necessary to open, extend and re -locate Sorin Street, from Preston Drive to the East line of recorded McKinley Terrace Addition to the City of South Bend, on property legally described as follows: Beginning on the east line of McKinley Terrace Addition at a point 150 ft. north of the northeast corner of lot 22 McKinley Terrace Addition; thence west 125 ft. to the easterly line of Preston Drive, produced north, thence south 10 ft. to the easterly line of said Preston Drive; thence northwesterly along the easterly line of Preston Drive, a distance of 95 ft. to a point of the north line of Sorin Street in McKinley Terrace, Section "A" produced west; thence east 188 ft. to the place of beginning. No.l_ That the property which may be injuriously or beneficially affected in the City of South Bend by the above said vacation of streets and alleys and re -location, opening, and extension of Sorin Street as above described, is known and described as the ground herein proposed to be condemned and appropriated therefor and are also all the 1•ots and lands lying within the recorded McKinley Terrace Addition which Addition is on file in this Board of Public Works. The following property may be injuriously or beneficially affected by such vacation: Lots Numbered 22, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 299, 384, and 385 in McKinley Terrace Addition. Notice of this resolution shall be published on the 9th day of April and on the 16th day of April, 1954, in the South Bend Tribune and Tri-County News. This Board, at its office in the City Hall on the 26th day of April, 1954, at _11:00 A. M. will hear and receive remonstrances from all persons interested in or affected by these proceedings. Adopted this 5th day of April, 1954• R. S. Andrysiak I. A. Hurwich J. A. Bickel Board of Public Works & Safety. A Quit -Claim Deed from Place & Company,Inc., bearing date of March 29, 1954, was examined and referred to the City Engineer for checking and report, in the matter of legal description of the area involved. This conveyance pertains to the re -location of Sorin Street, from Preston Drive to the east line of McKinley Terrace Addition. The Board next considered the recommendation of the Board of Public Health for the acceptance of the bid of Remington -Rand, Inc., in connection with the micro -filming of records and micro -filming equipment required by the Department of Public Health. The matter was given some discussion and the awarding of contract was deferred for further study. The payment of claim of Thos. D. Nolan on the basis of Final Estimate, was next considered and the decision made to correct all four copies of the Final Estimate forms to coincide with the final claim form, showing deduction of $53.70, representing the South Side Electric Companyts claim for labor and court costs. The Thos. D. Nolan claim will then be in readiness for presentation for payment at the next regular meeting of the Board. Ll The Board, upon the recommendation of Consoer, Townsend and Associates, consulting engineers, approved the Engineering Department of the University of Notre Dame as"the laboratory for the testing of the concrete pipe to be furnished under Contract P-61 in connection with the Sewage Treatment Plant and Interceptor Sewer project. The'Clerk was, accordingly, directed to so inform the contractor concerned in this matter.''` 4 VACATION RESOLUTION NO. 2773 1954 j! This being the date set for the hearing on the resolution heretofore adopted by IIthe Board of Public Works for the vacation of streets, alleys, and utility easements ;fall in a part of Edison Park Addition to the City of South Bend, Indiana, under Vacation Resolution No. 2773, Attorney Russell C. Kuehl appeared before the Board, I�representing one remonstrator, requesting only that a correction be made in No. 6 �!of the resolution, which should read - All utility easements that affect any part of !'Lots Numbered 351 to 405, inclusive, and 450 to 485, inclusive, except and excluding !those utility easements covering the north four feet (4') of Lots 351 to 359 inclusive. IThe Board approved the correction amending the resolution, and it was moved, seconded Hand unanimously carried that the said amended resolution be finally adopted and the ;!said streets, alleys and utility easements be vacated. The Engineering Department is 1directed to prepare an assessment roll covering the assessment of benefits and the 11award of damages to the surrounding properties. !! IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION NO. 2771 - 1954 In accordance with legal notice hearing was held at 11:00 o'clock on Improvement Resolution No. 2771 for the improvement of NORTH ELMER STREET by constructing a local sewer. Mr. Andrysiak explained the fundamentals and procedure pertaining to the oper- ation of the Barrett Law and aIL the necessary steps for the completion of the construc- tion involved. IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION CONFIRMED RESOLUTION NO. 2771 if • ; For the improvement of NORTH ELMER STREET under Improvement Resolution No. 2771, 'adopted March 15, 1954, from the center line of Elwood Avenue to the center line of .'Keller Street by constructing a local sewer. I! After hearing all persons interested who appeared and being fully advised on the --.premises and the Clerk of the Board having shown proofs of publication of the notices .'to property owners and the same having been found sufficient, the Board decides that ,,the benefits to the property liable to be assessed for said improvement are equal to :'the estimated cost of the same as reported by the City Civil Engineer, therefore BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of South Bend, ;;Indiana, that Improvement Resolution No. 2771, 1954, duly passed by this Board on • !'March 15, 1954, for the above improvement, be and the same is hereby in all things confirmed and the improvement is hereby ordered to be made. R. S. Andrysiak I. A. Hurwich • J. A. Bickel Board of Public Works & Safety ''Ward H. Crothers ,:Clerk of the Board PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS ADOPTED BE IT RESOLVED, By the Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of South Bend, Indiana, that the Profiles, Drawings, Plans, General Details, Specifications and ;Estimates approved by this Board on the 15th day of March, 1954, for the improvement of NORTH ELMER STREET from the center line of Elwood Avenue to the center line of ''Keller Street by constructing a local sewer be and the same are hereby adopted and ordered placed on file in the office of the Board of Public Works and Safety. ! April 19, 1954, at the hour of 11:00 o'clock A. M., CST is hereby fixed as the 1' time and the office of the Board of Public Works and Safety in the City Hall of this City, as the place, when and where the Board of Public Works and Safety will open and 1 consider bids for the above named improvements, provided all bids for the construction of said work shall be filed in the office of the Clerk of this Board before 11:00 o'clock' of said day. Each bidder for said work shall enclose with his bid a certified check, !!payable to the Treasurer of this City in the sum of two and one-half (22) per cent of the amount of his bid, or a bid bond for two and one-half (22) per cent of the amount of !,his bid, to insure the execution of this contract, if said work is awarded to him. The Clerk of this Board is hereby ordered, to give notice by two weekly publications of the time and place, when and where bids will be received, opened and considered for the construction of said work. Said Clerk shall state in said notice, that each bidder 'ri i shall enclose with his bid a certified check or bid bond for above named amount, to insure the execution of this contract. GlerkxofC�ie-Board R. S. Andrysiak I. A. Hurwich J. A. Bickel e ty,. pl- 154 a STREET DEPARTMENT: Street Commissioner, H. M. Tomlinson, was present and brought to the attention of the Board, an emergency situation in the 1000 block of Burns Street where, for a distanc of eighty feet or more, the sewer the has broken and sewage is being forced up onto the street and surrounding surface. Wilbur H. Gartner of the engineering firm of Wilbur H. Gartner and Associates, being present, the Board directed that his organizatio investigat& this situation and furnish the Board with a report and estimate of cost to restore this sewer at the earliest possible date. The Board approved the installation o S-T-O-P signs on Cedar Street at St. Louis Boulevard. Chairman of the Board, R. S. Andrysiak, then announced the time as 11:00 o'clock and proceeded with the opening of bids to supply the Street Department with motor equipment, in accordance with legal advertising, as follows: L . 0. GATES CHEVROLET CORPORATION, SOUTH BEND, INDIANA. A non -collusion affidavit and certified check in the amount of $230.00 accompanied the bid. 1 - 1954 Chevrolet 3/4 ton Pick -Up, equipped as per specifications....,....#.........#... ... $1780.54 Trade -In allowance on 1952 International....... 780.5 . 0 1 - 1954 Chevrolet Model 1502 2-door Sedan as per specifications..............................$1769.45 Trade -In allowance on 1949 Ford .................$ 469.45 ,170070 SCHERMAN-SCHAUS-FREEMAN CO. SOUTH BEND, INDIANA. A non -collusion affidavit and certified check for $275.00 accompanied the bid. 1 - 1954 Studebaker Champion Custom 2-Door Sedan equipped as per specifications ..................$1500.00 Trade -In allowance on 1949 Ford ................. 350.00 11 0.00 1 - 1954 Studebaker 3/4 Ton Pickup equipped as per specifications ............................. $1453.95 Trade -In allowance on Intnl Pickup ............. 753.95 ,5 77b 00 INDIANA EQUIPMENT COMPANY, A non -collusion affidavit INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. and bid bond in the amount of $1,000.00 accompanied the bid. 1 - HOUGH Model HRD Payloader, Hercules Model DIX Diesel Engine as per specifications ......... $10,650-00 Add if wanted: Lighting system 12 volt, 2 headlights, o backup light, 1 stop tail light ............... $50.00 Allowance on Case Tractor... ..... $2500.00 DEEDS EQUIPMENT COMPANY ROCHESTER, INDIANA. A non -collusion affidavit and bid bond in the amount of $1500.00 accompanied the bid. 1 - Model 75A Michigan Tractor Shovel as per specifications... $11,050.00 Allowance on Case Tractor ..................... 3,000.00 All of the above bids were taken under advisement, decision and award of contrac to be made at the next regular meeting of the Board. Bids received and opened at the regular meeting of the Board, Monday, March 29, 1954, for the supplying of a tractor with bulldozer blade, were again held in abeyance by the Board for further study. Excavatorts Bond, in the sum of $10,000.00, binding Colpaert Realty Corporation, as principal, and the New Amsterdam Casualty Company, as sureties, was examined and approved by the Board. 0 • • 0 U • E • • • • i Contractorts Bonds, each in the sum of $1,000.00, covering Edward S. McGlinsey, !, and Stanley J. Wachowiak, were examined and approved by the Board. There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 11:40 A. M. Attest• .Clerk April 12, 1954 A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held Monday, April 12, 1954, at 10-00 A. M. Mr. J. A. Bickel was absent. Minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. Claims of the following suppliers, in the total amount of $17,607.93,'' ;,were approved and ordered paid: Arteraft Printers $310.00 Burden Sales Co. $239.00 John W. Gorney 5.00 Indiana & Michigan Electric .60 McComb Battery Co. 21.80 Elmer E. Murray 35.92 Office Engineers, Inc. 3.78 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 9.41 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 11.45 South Bend Tribune ,30 Tri-County News 7.78 Wire & Disc Wheel Sales 12.25 PARKING METER: Casimir A. Szynski 16.16 Charles E. Burkett 16.48 STREET & TRAFFIC: Anderson Service Station 127.80 Healy Sign Co. 25.00 SEWAGE DISPOSAL: Thos. D. Nolan, Contractor $16,758.20 First appeared before the Board Messrs. J. Frick and Jack Carroll, and presented to the Board photographic evidence of the serious drainage problem with which the residents of the 1000 block Roosevelt Street are faced and have to contend with for a long period of time following heavy rains. H. M. Tomlinson, Street Commissioner, was present and stated that he and Councilman Bestle had inspected this street Sunday, :April llth and found it in the condition shown in the photographs. He further stated that there was evidence of water main breakage, and that the Water Department is at this time investigating and repairing any broken main in the area. A memorandum :received. from Mayor John A. Scott, bearing date of April 12, 1954, was also read at ;this time, confirming the fact that this situation has existed for some time. City Engineer, R. S. Andrysiak, informed the Street Commissioner and Messrs. Frick and Carroll relative to the history of that entire area, including Sheridan Street, and 'explaining how the present situation has been brought about. It was the decision of the Board to have a thorough inspection and investigation conducted by the City Engineer !:and Street Commissioner with the view to arriving at a solution of this long standing ;;problem. Messrs. Frick and Carroll were assired the matter will be given immediate ''attention. The Board next considered a petition in the form of a letter, dated April 9, 1954, .from Northern Indiana Transit, Inc., over the signature of John T. Martin, President and .General Manager, and granted permission -for the discontinuance of the Corby Street :bus route extension, to become effective as of Friday evening, April 16, 1954- The Board next granted authorization to the City Controller to invest such portion of the funds in the Construction Account of the Sewage Disposal Plant, as shall not be ;required for immediate use, in direct obligations of the United States Government, accord - ling to the laws of the State of Indiana regarding the investment of public funds. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest T. Zick next appeared before the Board, Mr. Zick petitioning ;the Board to grant him a single cab stand in the 100 block Western=Avenue, preferably in front of the Union Bus Station. City Attorney, I. A. Hurwich, read the City ordinance ;pertaining to the licensing of taxicabs and directed Mr. Zick to file written petition ;required by ordinance, assigning of cab -stand, being the ultimate step in the procedure !so governed. The Board next examined and ordered placed on file Bill No.93-54 of Federal Housing and Home Finance Agency, Chicago, in the sum of $77,500.00, pertaining to Project: Ind.12-P-44 - repayment of funds advanced by the Federal Government.