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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04/12/1954 Board of Public Works Minutes• I-] • • 0 11 3 Contractors 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: Artcraft 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 7.30 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 land Street Commissioner with the view to arriving at a solution of this long standing ;,problem. Messrs. Frick and Carroll were assured 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- ing 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. 156 STREET DEPARTMENT: Street Commissioner, H. M. Tomlinson, being present, the Board reviewed the bids opened at the previous meeting to supply certain equipment for his department, and with the Commissionerts recommendation, awarded contracts, as follows: Deeds Equipment Company, - 1 Model 75A Michigan Tractor Shovel Indiana Equipment Co., - 1 International Harvester Model TD9 Diesel Crawler Tractor with straight blade. Scherman-Schaus Freeman Co. - 1 1954 Studebaker Champion 2-Door Sedan 1 1954 Studebaker 3/4 Ton Pick -Up Truck The Board next considered the report of Mr. Jack Beckman, concerning insecure waste can, presenting a hazard to both pedestrians and automotive traffic, and referred the matter to Street Commissioner, H.' M. Tomlinson, for proper attention. A petition, dated March 30, 1954, on behalf of the Most Reverend John Francis Noll, pertaining to an alley vacation, was referred by the Board to the City Plan Commission. VACATION RESOLUTION NO. 2773 - 1954 R. S. Andrysiak, City Engineer, filed primary assessment roll showing the awards of damages and the assessments of benefits in the matter of vacation of streets, alleys, and utility easements all in a part of Edison Park Addition, under Vacation Resolution No. 2773• 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 loth day of May 1954, for the purpose of hearing and receiving remonstrances from all persons interested in or affected by said vacation, and the Board further orders that notice of said hearing, together with the amount of damages awarded and benefits assessed be addressed to the property owners by publishing same on the 16th day of April, on the 23rd day of April and on the 30th day of April 1954, in the South Bend Tribune and Tri-County News. The petition of Frank R. Lupa, dated April 7, 1954, for the vacation of the alley between Lot 2 of Susan M. Stokes Subdivision of B.O.L. 96 and Pulaski Park, was examined and referred to the City Plan Commission for investigation and report. Contractor's Combination Bid Bond and Bond for Construction, binding American Vitrified Products Corporation of Cleveland, Ohio, as principal and Indemnity Insurance Company of North America, as surety, in the penal sum of $15,&Z2.45, was examined and approved by the Board. Copies of Consoer, Townsend and Associates' letter to the Sollitt Construction Company, under date of April 5, 1954 and Sollitt Construction Company's letter in reply, dated April 9, 1954, were read and ordered placed on file. The Board approved S-T-O-P signs installed on Main Street at Navarre Street, making this a four-way stop. A letter received by the Board from Jack Beckman, requesting permission for paint- ':ing the newsstand at the corner of Main and Washington, was examined and approved. The 'Clerk was directed to inform Mr. Beckman by letter of the Board's approval. There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 11:30 A.M. Attest:`/vl Clerk • •