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Home My WebLink About09/20/1954 Board of Public Works Minutes233 i' Contractors Bonds, each in the sum of 1,000.00, were examined and approved for the following five contractors: Ernest J. Barany Ignatius Golichowski E. L. Klatt & Son Arthur B. Strasser Rufus C . Ward j x • There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned'' at 11:20 A. M. September 20, 1954 • A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held Monday, September 20, 19541 at 10:00 A. M. All members were present. Minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. Salary claims, in the total amount of34,059.45, were approved. Claims j of the following suppliers, in the amount of $12,179.30, were approved and ordered paid: Business Systems, Inc. $8.10 City Water Works .21.50 City Water Works 36.30 Clemans Truck Line 5.05 Deans Office Machines 1.75 Gafill Oil Co. 36.66 John W. Gorney 5.00 Indiana. Bell Telephone Co. 10.80 Indiana Paint & Wallpaper Co. 4.91 Indiana Paint & Wallpaper Co. 10.03 I Indiana Paint & Wallpaper Co. 2.42 Inlander-Steindler Paper Co. 3.35 Halsey LeRoy 36.88 Lien Chemical Co. 72.76 • Meyer's Hdwe. Co. 2.80 Office Engineers, Inc. 12. Stanley Piasecki 56 y 3.95 Dale E. Shelley 58. 6 South Bend Electric Co. 1.11 Walter Stickley 39.68 Indiana & Michigan Electric $11,490.67 PARKING METER FUND: Charles E. Burkett 25.04 M. H. Rhodes, Inc. �5,p4 Casimir A. Szynski 8.64 White Swan Laundry & Cleaning 3.40 GENERAL IMPROVEMENT FUND: Wilbur H. Gartner 262.14 • • 0 In connection with the suit filed by Homer W. Fitterling against the City of South Bend for the vacation of the plat of Richland 3rd Addition, the New Jersey, Indiana and Illinois Railroad Company presents a Quit Claim Deed to the City, dedicating an addi- tional ten feet on Dundee Street for highway purposes, and an additional twenty feet on Kaley Street for highway purposes, which deed is accepted and to be recorded. Recorded in the office of the St. Joseph County Recorder Book # , Page # Then appeared before the Board, a woments group from Broadmoor Heights, together with J. T. Martin, President and General Manager of the Northern Indiana Transit, .Inc., and Wm. A. Hahn, Supt. of Transportation of said company, and discussion was again opened on the subject of the extension of bus service in that area with particular stress;"; ; 'upon the need for the transportation of school children. The Board heard both sides of (the controversy at considerable length, and again concluded the problem, almost in its I'entiret y, one to be solved by school authorities, and so informed and dismissed the ' assembly. I! k Next appeared before the Board, a larCD ge delegation headed by Attorney Chas. A. Wills, land William R. Morris, President of the local chapter of the N.A.A.C.P. to "renew" il their request that the police make on -the -spot arrests in cases where race discrimination. !!is involved. i Considerable discussion then ensued, City Attorney, I. A. Hurwich, endeavoring to Ip oint out the fact that adequate legal remedy for the violation exists, without com- �'pelling a police officer to "act in the capacity of judge, prosecutor and arresting ;officer, all at the same time." Attorney J. Chester Allen, cited an instance of on -the - ;;spot arrest, and injected some pertinent comment, also commending the Board for its 234 idirective of March 6, 1954, which was read to the assembled persons and which the Board stated shall remain in effect. 11 Attorney J. Chester Allen was then heard by the Board in the matter pertaining to on -the -spot arrests made Saturday night, September 18, 1954, in the vicinity of F�44F Eddy Street and Colfax Avenue, involving certain juveniles, and read to the Board and persons assembled, the individual reports written by three of the young men placed under arrest. The Board assured Attorney Allen, an investigation of the matter would be made Nand the reports of the arresting officers would be in the hands of the Board at the next 11 regular meeting. The Board next considered the matter of the immediate commencing of operations to install the sewer river crossing, involving the premises of the V.F.W. club house on Lincolnway East. No reply having been received to the offer submitted V.F.W. Post 1167, the Clerk was directed to notify this organization of the fact that construction is to 'proceed without further delay. ENGINEER'S CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION RESOLUTION NO. 2782 Certification of Completion was furnished by Wilbur H. Gartner &Associates, � • `:accompanied by Contractor's Completion Affidavit of the contract between the City of ,:South Bend, Indiana, Owner, and the Ralph Keller Company, Contractor, for the construction of the pavement improvement on the ALLEY BETWEEN COLLEGE STREET AND BROOKFIELD STREET ;from the north line of Humboldt Street to the south line of the first alley north of Humboldt Street, under Improvement Resolution No. 27820 1954, has been completed in ;'accordance with plans and specifications for this project. RESOLUTION ACCEPTING FINAL ESTIMATE RESOLUTION ITO. 2782 - 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 20th day of September, 1954, on the improvement known as the ALLEY BETWEEN COLLEGE STREET & BROOKFIEL➢ 'STREET PAVEMENT as described in Improvement Resolution No. 2782, 1954, passed by the !;Board of Public Works and Safety on June 14, 1954, and confirmed by said Board on July �121 1954, be and the same is hereby adopted, and the Clerk of this Board is hereby re- 11 ;.:quested to give notice of the hearing of Special Benefits on said Improvement, as re- quired by Section N. 111 or 120 of an Act entitled, "An Act Concerning Municipal Cor- porationi' approved March 6, 1905. { i R.S. Andrysiak J.A. Bickel I.A. Hurwich • Board of Public Works & Safety ,'Ward H. Crothers _ .Clerk of the oard ENGINEER'S CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION RESOLUTION NO. 2784 - 1954 1 Certification of Completion was furnished by Wilbur H. Gartner & Associates :accompanied by Contractor's Completion Affidavit of the contract between the City of 3 South Bend, Indiana, Owner, and the Ralph Keller Company, Contractor, for the construction' of the pavement improvement on the ALLEY BET`NEN PORTAGE AVENUE & ASHLAND AVENUE, from • the south line of Portage Court . -o the west line of Leland Avenue, under Improvement Resolution No. 2784, 1954, has been complated in accordance with the plans and specifications for this project. RESOLUTION ACCEPTING FINAL ESTIiTATE RESOLUTION NO. 278L - 1954 i 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 20th day of I :September, 1954, on the improvement known as the ALLEY BETWEEN PORTAGE AVENUE AND ASHLAND! -AVENUE as described in Improvement Resolution No. 2M-, 1954, passed by the Board of • Public Works and Safety on June 14, 1954, and confirmed by said Board on July 12, 1954, i 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 entitled, "An Act Concerning I4Tuni- cipal Corporations" approved March 6, 1905. R. S. Andrvsiak J. A. Bickel i) I. A. Hurwich Board of Public lHorks- & Safety ;Ward H. Crothers :,Clerk of Ehe Boar it 235 40 is • • • E Installation of four traffic ie siana s was aDDroved 57the Board on corners of—ln- i a-na and Miami Sts. A letter from the Michigan Motor Freight Lines, Inc., Detroit, Michigan, under date of September 17, 1954, was examined by the Board and referred to the City Engin.eer.''. A letter from the City Plan Commission, over the signature of Robert L. Huff, bear- ing date of September 17, 1954, with reference to the employment of a Building' Commissioner, was examined and decision in the matter held in abeyance for further study. VACATION RESOLUTION r No. 2802- 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 The alley south of Calvert Street from Swygart Street east to the west line of the alley between Swygart and Webster Street The following property may be injuriously or beneficially affected by such vacation: Lots numbered 15, 16, 59 and 60 Prairie Land Co.1s First Addition I' Notice of this resolution shall be published on the 24th day of September and on the 1st day of October, 1954, in the South Bend Tribune and Tri-County News. i; This Board, at its office in the City Hall, on the llth day of October, 1954, at 10:00 A. M. will hear and receive remonstrances from all persons interested in or affected by these proceedings. Adopted this 20th day of September, 1954- R. S. Andrysiak ' J. A. Bickel I. A. Hurwich 3. Board of Public Works & Safety TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT: si The Board approved the installation of S-T-O-P signs at the following three r locations: On Northwest corner of Colfax Road at Portage Avenue On both sides of Camden Street at Jefferson Blvd. Southwest corner of Madison at Sunnyside Avenue. The Board approved the installation of a. YIELD -RIGHT-OF-WAY sign on both sides of Northwood Boulevard at Corby Boulevard. An excavation Bond, in the sum of $5,000.00, binding Zook Realty Company of South Bend, Ind. as principal, and Secured Insurance Company as surety, was examined and approved. Contractorts Bonds, each in the sum of $1,000.00, were examined and approved for the following four contractors: Ernest Brambert Colpaert Realty Corporation Constructioneers, Inc. Zook Realty of South Bend, Inc. STREET DEPARTPI'NT: Street Commissioner, H. M. Tomlinson, being present, reported in the matter of the points brought up in petition of complaint, dated August 30, 1954, pertaining to a hazard for children existing due to lack of fencing at gravel pit and other unsatis- factory neighborhood conditions for which the petitioners blame the South Bend Sand & Gravel Company. Commissioner Tomlinson informs the Board that fencing has been restored and the operations of the pit and all operations conducted by this concern are now complying in every way with all statutory requirements. There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 12:20 noon. I i Attest:-- ��