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Home My WebLink About10/25/1954 Board of Public Works MinutesI October 25, 1954 A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held Monday, October 25, 1954, at:, �li10:00 A. M. All members were present. Minutes of the previous meeting were read and !;approved. Claims of the following suppliers, in the total amount of $2859.00, were j 1:,approved and ordered paid: I Charles Aulm $725.00 Belleville Lumber & Supply Co. $8.10 i Deants Office Machines 27.50 Gaf ill Oil Co. 33.67 • i John-W. Gorney 25.00 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 18.12 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 22.56 Indiana Lumber & Mfg. Co. 22.02 Melkus Bros. Distributors 47.52 Office Engineers, Inc. 5.90 Office Engineers, Inc. 2.64 Office Supply & Equipment Co. 5.00 Paris Dry Cleaning Co. 12.35 Schwarz Paper Co. 15.30 South Bend Tribune 6.75 So. Bend Window Cleaning Co. 53.50 G. E. Weaver Co. 343.10 i! SEWAGE WORKS CONSTRUCTION: i City Water Works 28.00 Direct Mail Letter Service 18.00 Direct Mail Letter Service 21.20 Direct Mail Letter Service 53.60 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 10.88. • GENERAL STREET IMPROVEMENT FUND: Ross, McCord, Ice & Miller 1025.00 Northern Bank Note Co. 298.33 STREET & TRAFFIC: McCombts Service Co. 6.50 Schillingts 3.61 H. J. Kollar ,4.25 Sinclair Refining Co. 15.60 The Board first took up the matter of agreement being entered into between the Civil City of South Bend, and the Civil City of Mishawaka, pertaining to the maintenance of the two bridges known as the Logan Street Bridge and the Ironwood Bridge. The agree- ;i 11ment was signed by all members of the Board and dispatched to the Mishawaka City Hall, Hand returned within the hour, bearing signatures of three City officials, representing s Hthe Civil City of Mishawaka, thereby making the agreement effective as of this date. • �. The Board then took up the matter of the application of Ted Marciniak for a Taxicab (License. The Controller having having refused to grant a license; the Board set a date 1for hearing in the matter for 10:00 otclock, Monday, November 1, 1954, and Mr. Marciniak jwas, thereupon verbally so notified. -The Clerk was directed to give notice of hearing '''to Mr. Otto Morehouse, Indiana Cab Company and Flash Cab Company, accordingly. f The Board next considered the proposal of the Singer Manufacturing Company for the ;;deeding of a strip of their property to the City and expense involved on their part for the removal of certain facilities, required for the widening of Olive Street, from iWestern Avenue to Washington Street. A counter -proposal was drawn up and is embodied in the letter of the Board, addressed to the Singer Mfg. Co., attention of Mr. Dale I. '.Parshall, this date, over the signature of the Chairman of the Board, R. S. Andrysiak. The Board next considered Contract Supplement No. 7, Contract 11-52-137 - Sollitt 'Construction Company, Inc., contractor, and having been recommended by the consulting 'Engineers, Consoer, Townsend & Associates, the Board accepted the supplement and affixed ;their signatures thereto. The Board next directed the Clerk to incorporate in the minutes, the following R(Oblution, adopted by the Planning Commission, under date of October 21, 1954, to -wit RESOLVED WHEREAS there has been a report from the City Engineer that construction is contemplated northwest of the intersection • of Bendix Drive and Lincolnway West. THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Commission requests that the City Engineer investigate this matter for the purpose of assuring sufficient building line setbacks for the future widening on the west side of Bendix Drive conformance with the width of Bendix '\ Drive north of Elwood avenue. A: letter was received from the City Planning Commission recommending the vacation :of Garland Road from the West line of Caroline Street to the West line of the recorded i"plat of Twyckenham Hills Addition, Section "G" to the City of South Bend, Indiana, and • (this was referred to the Engineering Department for further study. I A letter was received from the City Planning Commission recommending the vacation ,of part of alley running East and West between Sample and Tutt Streets, providing that °a new alley right-of-way, as an alternate outlet, is dedicated prior to vacation, The Board referred this to the Engineering Department for further study. i Then appeared before the Board, Mr. E. W. Dalton, of Dalton Pontiac, Inc., request- iWing permission for the use of a mobile seXchlight in connection with the introduction of 1the 1955 Pontiac models on the nights of October 28, 29, and 30th inclusive. Permission was granted with the stipulation that an experienced operator be in charge at all times i'while the searchlight is in operation. •Permission for the use of a mobile searchlight in front of WyP^.:antpps Department Store ansegperienced operatordbefin hargegat allNtimesewhile ,thetsearchlightlis1in operation. i 250 The Board then read the request of the Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company, dated 19-19-54, for permission to block the Sunnyside Street crossing on November 27th, due :,to the necessity of maintaining steam connections to heat the cars comprising the special;; ;;football trains. The Board referred the matter to Traffic Engineer, E. H. Miller, for ;his recommendation and handling. The Board approved the installation of a S-T-0-P sign on the southwest corner of 'Kenwood Street at Johnson Street. An Excavation Bond, in the sum of $10,000.00, binding Robert'M. Checkley as principal;, 'Wand Capitol Indemnity Insurance Company as sureties, was examined and approved by the Board. Contractor Bonds, each in the sum of $1,000.00, were examined and approved for the following contractors: Rufus Barkus Verlin V. Engle Henry J. Fisette Eugene A. Harris David Moss There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 11:15 A. M. AttestsClerLk� November 1, 1954 A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held Monday, November 1, 1954, I 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 total amount $309,519.73, were ,,approved and ordered paid: s Arrow Towel & Linen Service $6.00 Belleville Lbr. & Supply Co. $1.44 H. L. Brannan 10.00 Business Systems, Inc. 3.29 Business Systems, Inc. 1.48 City Water Works 33.75 Charles Colip 10.00 Ward H. Crothers (Petty Cash),13.68 Ernest DeGraff 50.40 George Dunn 10.00 S. W. Gerber Furniture Co. 31.00 Kasper Falk 10.00 John W. Gorney 5.00 Home Plumbing & Heating Co. 5.00 The Hoover Co. 5.95 Indiana & Michigan Electric 269.60 Koontz -Wagner Electric Co. 14.69 Brent Kumm 10.00 Elmer E. Murray 33.60 National Brake Service 13.85 Office Supply & Equipment Co. 16.94 Simon Bros., Inc. 8.75 Taylor Brothers 13.50 PARKING METER: C. Eugene Burkett 26.83 M. H. Rhodes, Inc. 20.60 Casimir Szynski 16.80 SEWAGE WORKS CONSTRUCTION: i Falcon Marine Co. 9,691.83 P. V. Gouker Co. 2.40 Independent Concrete Pipe Co. 15,303.00 Paschen Contractors, Inc. 83,666.86 Sollitt Construction Co. 197,696.29 STREET & TRAFFIC: Scherman-Schaus-Freeman Co. 2,517.20 The Board first directed the Clerk to include and make a part of the minutes of this meeting, the following lease entered into between Edmund J. Luther and Herbert A. Waechter, as lessors, and the Civil City of South Bend, Indiana; THIS INDENTURE made and entered into this 30th day of October, 1954 by and between HERBER T A. WAECHTER and EDMUND J. LUTHER, Lessors, and the Civil CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, Lessee, WI TNESSETH: U C] 0 • 1. Lessors hereby lease unto the Lessee the following described property located in South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana and • described as follows: