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April 25, 1955
A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held Monday, April 25, 1955, at
10:00 A. M. All members were present. Minutes of the previous meeting were read and
'approved. Salary claims in the total amount of $34,162.13 were approved. Claims of
the following suppliers, in the total amount of $4,496.95, were ;approved and ordered
paid:
Indiana Bell Telephone Co.
$292.88
Indiana Bell Telephone
Co.
$13.58
Indiana & Michigan Electric Co.
217.60
Monroe Calculating Co.
328.50
The Hoover Co.
4.76
Churchill Mfg. Co.
7.96
Sidwell Studio
24.00
South Bend Electric Co.
.35
Ferguson & Sons, Inc.
35.00
Weisberger Bros.
20.40
Weisberger Bros.
45.75-
Business Systems, Inc.
.27
Tri-County News
5.62
South Bend Tribune
5.85
G. E. Verhostra
37.80
Ferguson & Sons, Inc.
88.20
Indiana & Michigan Electric Co.
.40
Inlander-Steindler Paper
Co.
17.92
So. Bend Window Cleaning Co.
53.50
Louis Zoss
10.00
SANITATION:
Gafill Oil Co.
2145.34
STREET & TRAFFIC:
Schilling!s
8.57
Frank S. Vukovits
28.87
Wayne Hall Supply Co.
115.00
Ernest H. Miller
6.00
SEWAGE WORKS CONSTRUCTION:
Independent Concrete Pipe Corp.
.60
Indiana Bell Telephone
Co.
10.88
South Bend City Water Works
953.60
PARKING METER:
Indiana Bell Telephone Co.
9.19
Leonard L. Shire
8.56
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D I C A T
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WHEREAS, a plat with dedication
of streets and alleys indicated
thereon
is now
presented to the Board, to be known
as BROADMOOR, FOURTH SECTION, an
addition
to the
City of South Bend, Indiana.
This plat and dedication is filed in the records of the Board of Public Works and
jaafety, and recorded in Book No. , Page No. , in the office of the St. Joseph County i
j Recorded.
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NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Board of Public Works and Safety of the City
'!of South Bend, Indiana, that all public streets, alleys and public places dedicated to
'!the public use in said plat are hereby accepted and approved by said Board for and on
i'Ibehalf of the City of South Bend, Indiana, to wit:
Part of the Northwest Quarter (1/4) of Section Thirty (30)
Township Thirty-seven (37) North, Range Three (3) East, also
part of the Northeast Quarter (14/) of Section Thirty (30)
Township Thirty -Seven (37) North, Range Three (3) East, and
also part of the -Southeast Quarter (1/4) of Section Nineteen
(19), Township Thirty -Seven (37) North Range Three (3) East,
within the City of South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana;
and more particularly described in copy on file.
In Witness Whereof, The First Bank and Trust Company of South Bend, as Trustee,
,;under 'knd pursuant to a Trust Agreement made and entered into on the 20th day of
April, 1951, (which Trust Agreement is recorded in Miscellaneous Record No. 115, at
Pages 162-166 in the Office of the Recorder of St. Joseph Count, Indiana) in :conformance
'with the powers contained therein, has caused this instrument to be signed by its
;!Senior Vice President and Trust Officer, Judd Leighton, and its seal affixed and attest
`ed by its Assistant Secretary and Assistant Trust Officer, Leo R. Boyle; and Leo A.
Lippment, the sole beneficiary designated in said Trust Agreement has hereunto set his
'; hand and seal as of the 21st day of April, 1955•
Signed: THE FIRST BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
OF SOUTH BEND, TRUSTEE
By: Judd Leighton, Senior Vice President and Trust Officer.
Attest: Leo R. Boyle Ass1t. Secy
and Assft. Trust Officer
Then appeared before the Board, John T. Martin, President of Northern Indiana
Transit Co., and Mr. Paren W. Anderson, requesting permission to mate certain changes
in bus routes to provide extended and improved service, involving, the Corby, Miami and
O'Brien. Street routes. The matter was given some discussion and taken under advisement
for further study; decision to be announced at the next regular meeting.
Lochmondy
Next appeared Mr. Paul Lochmondy,Bros. Lumber Co., in regard to the continued use
of an overhead sign. The Board, having received a complaint concerning this sign and
finding it to be upon public property, ordered its removal, but informed Mr. Lochmondy
it can be placed on private property where it will serve more effectively without viola-
ting municipal codes.
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The Board next considered Contract Supplements Nos. 10, 11 and 12, Contract No.
11-52-137, Sollitt Construction Company, Inc., Contractor. These supplements, having
been recommended by Consoer Townsend and Associates, Consulting Engineers, were
thereupon, signed in acceptance by the Board. j
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The agreement to be entered into between the City of South Bend and Russell
Oberlin, in the matter of appraisals and acquiring grants of right-of-way of property
along the East side of Eddy Street from Jefferson Boulevard to South Bend Avenue, was
carefully examined and approved by the Board.
-Then appeared before the Board, Attorneys Walter Clements and Walter G. Shorts,
and their client, Robert A. Brooks, operator of -newsstand at the southwest corner of
Michigan and Washington Streets, and protested the removal of this newsstand, on or
before June 1, 1955, as ordered by the Board. The attorneys presented a petition bearing;
s6veral hundred signatures of citizens purportedly protesting the removal of the news -
,stand. Considerable discussion ensued. Strenuous objection was made by the Board to
both the location and the size of the stand. Being unable to reach any agreement, the
'matter was deferred to be taken up in regular meeting, Monday, May 16, 1955-
Then appeared before the Board Sgt- Gordon Gollnow of the U. S.-Army Recruiting
Service, asking permission to park an Army Display Bus in front of restaurant opposite
Federal Building on West Jefferson,, Saturday and Sunday, May 23rd and 24th'.
The sergeant having obtained permission from the management of the restaurant, and;
assuring the Board no P.A. system will be used in connection with the exhibit, the Board
proceeded to grant the request, and directed the Clerk to notify the departments con-
cerned.
D E D I C A T I O N
WHEREAS, a plat with dedication of street and utility easements indicated
'thereon is now presented to the Board, to be known as SWANSON PARK 6TH ADDITION, an
;addition to the City of South Bend, Indiana.
This plat and dedication is filed in the records of the Board of Public Works
'and Safety, and recorded in Book No. Page No. in the office of the St. Joseph
'County Recorder.
NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Board of Public Works and Safety of the
!City of South Bend, Indiana, that all public streets and public places dedicated to the
;public use in said plat are hereby accepted and approved by said Board for and on behalf
of the City of South Bend, Indiana.
Swanson Park Sixth Addition to the City of South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana
;is a sub -division of Part of Lot Fifty -Five (55) in the recorded plat of Jefferson
!Heights Addition to said City and also a tract of land Thirty-five and four -tenths , (35-Z4-)
feet wide East and West and adjacent to the entire easterly side of said lot Fifty-five
�(55) in said Jefferson Heights Addition and being more particularly described in copy
on file in the office of the Board of Public Works & Safety.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, C. Harry Swanson, Inc., being the owner of the fore -going
'described real estate, has caused this dedication to be signed by its President, its
;seal affixed and attached by its Secretary Eunice T. Swanson, this 20th day of Apri1,1955
C. HARRY SWANSON, INC.
Signed: BY: C. Harry Swanson, President
The Board again reviewed the letter of Wm. Fuerbringer, bearing date of April 11,
'1955, and directed the Clerk to refer this matter to Supt. of Parks, Ralph A. Newman,
.for action or recommendations in settlement of the problem presented.
The request of the Spanish American War Auxiliary for permit to sell memorial
;carnations at factory gates and upon the downtown streets was approved by the Board
!for the dates of Friday and Saturday, June loth and llth, 1955•
Captain Clement Hazinski then appeared and presented to the Board the request of
the South Bend Junior Association of Commerce for permission to barricade and use
'North Lafayette Boulevard, from Bartlett Street to Park Lane on Saturday May 7, 1955, to
'conduct their 14.th annual teen-agers "Roadeo". Request was granted.
An Excavation Bond, -in the sum of $5,000.00, for Hartman Builders, Inc., was
.examined and approved by the Board, and also Excavation Bond for $1,000.00 for William
S. Lodyga.
Contractor's Bonds, each in the sum of $1,000.00, were examined and approved
;for the following -contractors:
Hartman Builders
I. D. Lant
Lafayette Macumber & Sons, Inc.
Donnie E. Mishler
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Contractorts bonds approved continued -
Ernest Stump
M. E. Walters
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There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned
jj at 11:30 A. M.
Attest:
Clerk
May 2, 1955
II A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held Monday, May 2, 1955, at
1I10 00 A. M. All members were present. Minutes of the previous meeting were read and
h approved. Claims of the following suppliers, in the total amount of $36,745.41, were
approved and ordered paid:
Joe the Jeweler$$3.00
Indiana Bell Telephone Co.
11.76
Meyer's Hdwe. Co.
3.00
Office Supply & Equipment Co. 6.75
South Bend Tribune
5.63
PARKING METER:
M. H. Rhodes, Inc.
917.70
SANITATION:
Lien Chemical Co.
9.85
Phillips Petroleum Co.
97.11
SEWER DEPARTMENT:
E. R. Newland Co.
77-42
SEWAGE WORKS CONSTRUCTION:
Falcon Marine Co. $3O,844.58
STREET & TRAFFIC:
Arrow Towel & Linen Service
10.00
Bearings Service Co.
1.43
Bearings Service Co.
32.08
Car Parts, Inc.
23.82
B. E. Edwards, M.D.
9.00
J. 0. Hildrebrand, M.D.
83.00
Indiana Bell Telephone Co.
13.94
Lyle Signs, Inc.
706.,00
Minnesota Mining & Mfg. Co.
24.9.10
Municipal Supply Co.
124.22
National Mill Supply, Inc.
2.74
The OtBrien Corporation
176.4.0
Power -Transmission Co.
14-96
The Ridge Co.
1.20
Schuyler Rose, Inc.
81.50
C. A. Schrader Welding
8.60
Standard Oil Co.
391.23
St. Joseph's Hospital
4-00
Harry M. Tomlinson
12.75
J. W. Werntz & Son, Inc.
88.05
Indiana Lbr. & Mfg. Co. $23.40
Indiana & Michigan Electric Co. 8.12
Office Supply & Equipment Co. 14.07
Royal Typewriter Co. 65.00
A. E. Constant 12.50
The Thomas Co. 83.97
The Sanf ax Co. 269.10
Bearings Service Co.
1.69
Bearings Service Co.
1.60
Belleville Lbr. & Supply Co.
28.10
Car Parts, Inc.
4.2.84
Hurwich Iron Co.
21•53
Elkhart Paint Mfg. Co.
38.41
Arthur E. Jordan
122.50
Meyer's Hdwe. Co.
7.03
Municipal Supply Co.
4.4.00
National Brake Service, Inc.
52.94
E. R. Newland Co.
30.38
Office Supply & Equipment Co.
9.45
Phillips Petroleum Co.
97.96
Sargent Sowell, Inc.
9.72
Schuyler Rose, Inc.
189.72
South Bend Electric Co.
1486.76
Stants Garage & Service
35.00
Harry M. Tomlinson
24.95
W. A. R. Equipment Co.
6.72
J. W. Werntz & Son, Inc.
9.13
The Board first examined and approveddrawing for street improvement plan for
Alpine Drive, from Brookton Drive to York Road.
The Board next examined the plans and approved the construction of a canopy for
the building to be located at 2117-2121 Miami Street by Mrs. Ida Banfi.
The Hon. Walter Glass then appeared before the Board and reported the failure of
any progress being made, or any indication of intention, on the part of Eugene A. Ham
to comply with the City ordinance governing the maintenance of junk yards within the
city limits.
Then appeared before the Board, Ernest W. Young, Architect, accompanied by Mr.
Bert T. Anderson, representing the Sherland Building Corporation and presented blue-
prints of the Sherland Building, prepared by.W. S. Moore and Chas. W. Cole, Civil
Engineers, showing the front of the Sherland Building to be exactly on the east line