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Home My WebLink About04/04/1955 Board of Public Works MinutesApril 4, 1955 A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held Monday, April 4, 1955, at 10:00 A. M. Mr. J. A. Bickel was absent. Minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. Salary claims, in the total amount of $35,292.31, were approved. Claims of the following suppliers in the amount of $285,558.99, were approved and ordered paid: Walter J. Braunsdorf & Son $70.68 Business Systems, Inc. $ .80 Business Systems, Inc. 2.12 Ernest DeGraff 52.48 Healy Sign Co. 7.75 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 11.76 Indiana & Michigan Electric Co. 463.20 Indiana & Michigan Elect. $11,682.54 Indiana & Michigan Electric Co. 7.44 Inlander-Steindler Paper 7.50 Koontz -Wagner Electric Co. 14.52 Granville P. Ziegler 30.00 Verner L. Lane 7.52 Elmer E. Murray 51.20 Office Engineers, Inc. 4.04 Office Supply & Equipment Co. 14.70 R. L. Polk Co. 600.00 Royal Typewriter Co. 38.70 South Bend Tribune 5.63 South Bend Window Cleaning 53.50 Tri-County News 5.62 Louis Zoss 5.00 PARKING METER FUNDS: White Swan Launderers 20.10 C. Eugene Burkett 30.96 G. E. Meyer & Son .89 M. H. Rhodes, Inc. 917.70 SEWER DEPARTMENT: SANITATION: South Bend Foundry 90.00 Leach Co. 7.60 Phillips Petroleum Co. 54.16 SEWAGE WORKS OPERATION & MAINTENANCE: City Water Works 6159.63 City Water Works 6641.38 SEWAGE WORKS CONSTRUCTION: Russell C. Kuehl 435.00 Alfred C. BonDurant 35.OG Alex Langel 35.00 Phillip M. Oestreicher 35.00- Santucci Construction Co. 24,368.74 Sollitt Construction Co. 230,335.79 STREET & TRAFFIC: Anderson Service Station 8.85 Belleville Lbr. & Supply Co. 5.31 Ben Department Store 59.70 Car Parts, Inc. 30.15 Car Parts, Inc. 4.80 Car Parts, Inc. 26.64 Car Parts, Inc. 22.81 Car Parts, Inc. 179.44 Car Parts, Inc. 6.52 Edwards Iron Works 9.90 General Equipment & Machine Co. 2.00 Hamilton Body Shop 27.50 Hamilton Body Shop 45.00 Indiana Lumber & Mfg. Co. 27.00 International Business Machines 1.88 International Harvester Co. 2.25 Lien Chemical Co. 23.31 Lien Chemical Co. 14.11 Michigan Calvert Hardware 8.55 Michigan Products Corp. 23.05 Phillips Petroleum Co. 130.35 Railway Express Agency 2.50 The Ridge Co. 41.96 The Ridge Co. 22.85 Reid Holcomb Co. 682.66 Rieth-Riley Construction Co. 162.18 Schuyler Rose, Inc. 183.60 Schuyler Rose, Inc. 3.50 St. Joseph Hospital 3.00 Schilling's .77 Schilling's 23.02 C. A. Schrader Welding 11.12 C. A. Schrader Welding 11.55 S. L. Searer 209.88 Singer General Tire, Inc. 487.08 Bearings Service Co. 27.24 Singer General Tire, Inc. 24.75 Singer General Tire 236.49 Frank S. Vukovitz 29.12 Standard Oil Co. 522.95 The Board first gave consideration to the improved parking facilities provided for the residents on East Indiana Avenue,between Miami and Leer Streets, and certain commercial enterprises on Miami Street in the vicinity of the Indiana Avenue intersection, and the more efficient tr affic signal operation at this intersection, due to the recent conversion of East Indiana Avenue, from Miami to Leer Streets to one-way traffic. Councilman Walter C. Erler,being present in protest, was assured that the improvement in parking facilities being afforded through both sides of the street being made avail- i! able, will more than compensate for any inconvenience caused the 9% of Indiana Avenue traffic formerly west bound over this section of Indiana Avenue. Traffic Engineer, i E. H. Miller, being present, was directed by the Board to eradicate, as quickly as possible, all yellow paint from curbing, which is now to be made available for parking. City Engineer, R. S. Andrysiak, being present, informed the Board in regard to complaints that Street Department vehicles, equipped with redlight flasher device, are operating these flashers when in motion, contrary to rules. The Board directed the Clerk to bring this violation of rules to the attention of Street Commissioner, H. M. Tomlinson. A red light flasher device, proposed for use at the intersection of McKinley and Greenlawn, as a warning sign to traffic when the fire apparatus is leaving Fire Station No. 14 in response to an alarm, was demonstrated to the Board by Traffic Engineer, E. H. Miller. It was suggested that a "try -out" installation should be made of this type of warning device at this location, with a view to additional installations being made where needed in the event the trial operation proves successful. Superintendent Ira Hunsberger, of the Electrical Department, also present, was directed by the Board to proceed with the installation. At the request of Chester Copp, Chairman of the Seal Sale for the St. Joseph County Crippled Children's Society, the Board advanced the date of permit for the annual Easter Seal sale, -originally set for April 4th.to April 9th, there being no conflicting commitment. • • 9 • • 317 O A petition, filed with the Board by six down -town merchandisers, complaining of unsightly appearance and certain hazards created by the news-stand on the southwest corner of Michigan and Washington Streets, was next read and considered by the Board. In view of the definite loss -sustained by these merchants, as pointed out in their petition, together with its conceded unsightliness and the excess of siedwalk area ,occupied by this stand, the Board orders its removal on or before June 1, 1955, and directs the Clerk to have such notice served upon the operators, Mr. and Mrs. Robert i A. Brooks. • The Board next considered the matter of a type of window display contemplated by Franckowiakts, Inc., and were advised by the City Attorney, under Section 13, Chapter8`' iiof the Municipal Code, this particular type of display is forbidden. The Board directed the Clerk to so notify Frankowiakts, Inc. 1i • The Board next gave consideration to the appointment of Ray Riffell, Inc., as plastering sub -contractor under Contract No. ll,'Sewage Treatment Plant. This appoint - menu, being recommended by Consoer, Townsend & Associates was approved accordingly, and the Clerk was directed to give Ray Riffel., Inc., written notification in accord with Page E-7 of the Contract Documents. j Supplement to Contract Supplement No. 1, Contract 5-A, Paschen Contractors, Inc., licontractor, was then examined and having been recommended for acceptance by the con- 11sulting engineers, Consoer, Townsend and Associates, the Board granted their approval. A letter from Chas. W. Cole & Son, dated March 31, 1955, addressed to the City Engineer, pertaining to the General Street Improvement Program, was read and ordered placed on file. Councilman W. A. Hahn then appeared before the Board calling attention to the fact that property titles to lots on North Shore Drive extend to the edge of the St. Joseph River, thereby giving the residents of such property full rights and authority over river banks in that area from Michigan Street to Angella Boulevard. The Board agreed that such was the legal status and that such residents were within their rights in ('posting "No Trespassing" signs on this shore area, which the Councilman stated is being {used as picnic grounds and littered with picnic refuse. The Councilman was advised that violation of such posted notice would subject trespassers to arrest. The Board approved the installation of YIELD RIGHT OF WAY sign on southeast corner of Pyle Avenue at Edison Road. Contractorts Bond, in the sum of $1,000.00, for Interstate Maintenance and Engineering Company, was examined and approved. There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 11:30 A. M. Attest. Clerk