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Home My WebLink About08/03/1954 Board of Public Works Minutes224 TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT: The -Board approved the purchase of one GF5 Secondary Controller, !' 1'in accordance with the quotation of Crouse -Hinds Company, under date of August 4, 1954, ;'and directed the Clerk to proceed to obtain this equipment accordingly. l Excavation Bonds, each in the sum of $1,000.00, were examined and approved for ,Wallace Mitchell and Harry H. Verkler. Contractors Bonds, each in the sum of $1,000.00;, were examined and approved for the following five contractors. - Belleville Lumber & Supply Co. Melvin L. Green Grover C. Monroe Wm. H. Ortman Walter M. Szymkowiak There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned .at 11:25 A. M. Attest: --- Clerk August 30,1954 A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held Monday, August 30, j19543 at 10:00 A.M. All members were present. Minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. Claims of the following suppliers, in the amount of $5%,94� -13, were j;approved and ordered paid: Thomas Jefferson Akens Business Systems, Inc. Indiana & Michigan Electric Verd-A-Ray Corp. Granville P. Ziegler, Postmaster CONTRAC TOR r S IMPROVE :ANT Wilbur H. Gartner SANITATION MacAllister Machinery Co. SEWAGE WORKS CONSTRUCTION American Vitrified Products H. W. Hunter Co. Paschen Contractors Sollitt Construction Co. STREET 8c TRAFFIC Acme Steel Products American Steel Dredge Co. Bearings Service Co. Car Parts, Inc. Edwards Iron Works, Inc. The Gibson Co. Hurwich Iron Company, Inc. Indiana Bell Telephone Co. Korte Bros. Inc. J. C. Lauber Co. Mittler Supply Co. Inc. Schuyler Rose, Inc. Schuyler Rose, Inc. C. A. Schrader Welding Supplies South Bend Clinic South Bend Supply Co. Teeter Sales & Serv. Inc. J. W. lifierntz & Son Inc. ,h 5.00 Arrow Towel & Linen Sery 7.10 7.87 Ferguson & Sons 15.75 230.40 South Bend Janitor Supply 12.30 24.64 John 1,7. Gorney 5.00 60.00 701.4-0 Niles Excavating Co. 2579.22 26.55 Saint Joseph Hospital 16.00 10,775.16 Falcon ?b'arine Co. 20,115.05 17,214.16 Independent Concrete Pipe 37,767.60 84,984.76 Santucci Construction Co. 3,029.17 321,375.06 50.61 Acme Steel Products 7.00 29.81 Bearings Service Co. .72 6.61 Belleville Lumber & Supply 76.59 38.48 Deeds Equipment Co- 64.85 24.83 Englewood Electrical Co. 10.72 3d.93 Hamilton Body Shop 33.75 15.44 Hurwich Iron Company, Inc. 24.00 9.19 Koontz -Wagner Electric Co. 6-44 .75 Korte Bros. Inc. 8.91 140.00 Meyerts Hardware 5.07 3.00 The OtBrien Corp. 176.40 79.00 Schuyler Rose, Inc. 79.00 4.03 The S. S. Saunders Co. 299.38 12.84 Sinclair Refining Co. 2.08 5.00 C. D. Smelser Co. Inc. 471.92 4.36 Standard Automotive Supply 161.65 85.86 W. A. R. Equipment Co. 22.60 32.89 Wire & Disc Wheel Sales 35.93 • 0 • • E • • 225 The Board first examined proof of service of notice on Johnson Oil Refining Company, Harold Wierich and Matina and Yagdaline Paulos, pertaining to damages by reason of taking of easement rights and property interests for the, construction of sewage river !crossings and lift stations, and found these papers to be in order. The Board on its down motion, continued the hearing and date for the filing of remonstrances by the parties named above to the next regular meeting,of the Board, Tuesday, September 7, 1954 at 10:00 A.M. CST. (5 PAG-e I•SR CorreeT/oW) • The Board then examined and approved drawing submitted by Edison Park,Inc., :illustrating area to be vacated for the purpose of providing a 10 foot public walkway between Lots 314 and 315, and between Lots 333 and 334, and to provide a 14'foot public 'alley between Lots 328, 329,330 and 331, all in Edison Park Addition. The Board then examined and approved Sheet 1 and Sheet 2 of two drawings of McK}nley ';Terrace Addition, Section B, certified by Engineer W. S. Moore, under date of August 25, 1954 A petition, dated August 20, 1954, to vacate Garland Road from the west line of !Caroline Street to the west line of the recorded plat of Twyckenham Hills Addition, Section "G" , was examined and referred to the City Plan Commission. • The Board next examined and approved Contract Supplement No. b, dated August 13,1954 ;;pertaining to Contract No. 11-52-137, Sollitt Construction Company, Inc., Contractor. In response to request'to appear before the Board, h1r. Robert Ham then presented ihimself, and discussion of the status of junk yard at the southeast corner of Sample and !Fellows Street ensued.. Petition for removal of junk yard was shown, and it was con- iceded that this property, in_an area zoned Heavy Industrial, has been.used for this ;purpose over a, period of times*exceeding that of.the time of residence of more than one- halfi f the petitioners. (Aty.Attorney, I. A. Hurwich, being present, advised Mr. Ham thatntis compliance with the City] Ordinance governing operation of .junk yards, by jereeting the required fencing, and by securing a Scrap Dealers license, the situation • jwill then be covered to the satisfaction of the Board. STREET DEPARTMENT: Street Commissioner, H. M. Tomlinson, was present and took up with the Board matters 'I ,pertaining to his department. Discussion was given the matter of discouraging the current practice of fishermen parking their cars in the alley in rear of 833 Angela Boulevard, West, also to the immediate repair of protective fencing along river bank jon Lincoln Way East. i VACATION RESOLUTION 2776 RESOLUTION ADOPTING FINAL ASSESSYENT ROLL • 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 ,16th day of August, 1954, for the improvement of South Lake Street by construction a 4" Cement Sidewalk be and the same is in all things confirmed. R. S. Andrysiak • J. A. Bickel I. A. Harwich Board of Public Works & Sa e y Ward H. Crothers Clerk of the Board VACATION RESOLUTION 2775 RESOLUTION ADOPTING FINAL ASSESSNENT ROLL 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 16th day of August, 1954, for the improvement of South Lake Street by constructing a local sewer be and the same is in all things confirmed. R. S. Andrysiak J. A. Bickel I. A. Hurwich Board of Public Works & Sa ety Ward H. Crothers Clerk of the Boar 226 The Board next tentatively awarded contracts for the improvement of Dunham Street, in accord with Improvement Resolution No. 2788 - 1954, and South Brookfield Street, in accord with Improvement Resolution No. 2789 - 1954, to the firms of Reed Construction Company and Rieth-Riley Construction Company, respectively, pending choice of paving to be made by the affected property owners. IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION NO. 2778 CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION Certificate of Completion and Contractors Completion Affidavit were furnished by the civil engineer, Wilbur H..Gartner & Associates, of the contract between the City of South Bend, Indiana, Owner, and the Young's Excavating Contractors , for the con- struction of the local sewer improvement on NORTH IOWA STREET, from the center line of Ardmore Trail to the center line of Locke Street, under Improvement Resolution No. 2778, 1954, has been completed in accordance with the plans and specifications for 'this project. RESOLUTION ACCEPTING FINAL ESTIMATE IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION NO. 2778 - 1954 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 City Civil Engineer or his duly authorized representative on this 30th day of August, 11954 on the improvement known as the NORTH IOWA STREET LOCAL SEWER as described in ?Improvement Resolution No. 2778, be and the same is hereby adopted, and the Clerk of this Board is hereby requested to give notice of the hearing of Special Benefits on said ;Improvement, as required by Section N.111 or 120 of an Act entitled, "An Act Concerning I�MTunicipal Corporations" approved March 6, 1905. TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT: E. H. Miller, Traffic Engineer, being present, discussed with the Board, matters pertinent to his department. His departmen tts need for an additional GF-5 secon dary controller, was approved by the Board, and the Clerk directed to proceed with the purchase. The need for replacement of old and badly worn linoleum in the Desk Sergeant's hallways, and in the Ladiest Lounge, was brought to the attention of the Board, together with quotations to provide and install this floor covering. The Board approved the installation, examined the quotations and awarded the job to G. E. Weaver Company, Inc. The Board next examined and approved five Contractor's Bonds, each in the sum of 1,000.00, for the following Contractors : Ike K. Knutson Ij Muia_Construction Company, Inc. Alexander T. Nowacki I W. R . Shaffner Jos. and Mary Vargyas There being no further business to come before the meeting, meeting was, thereupon 'adjourned; the time then being .11:30 A.B. ,DST. Attest: Clerk U • • • • 0