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August 22, 1955
A regular meeting of the Board of-PublicWorks was held Monday, August 22, 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 of37,788.00, were approved. Claims of
.the following suppliers, in the total amount of 59,505.87, were approved and ordered
paid:
Chas. Armstrong & Son
$1.25 Central Power Transmission
$10.53,'
Cortier Service
76.00 Cortier Service
92.30
General Electric Appliances
26.75 The Hoover Co.
4,4
Indiana Bell Telephone Co.
10.80 Indiana. Bell Telephone Co.
11.10!
Indiana Bell Telephone Co.
13.16 Indiana Bell Telephone Co.
272.60.
Indiana Lumber & Mfg. Co.
10.06 Indiana & Michigan Electric Co.
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Office Engineers, Inc.
1.34 Office Engineers, Inc.
2.17„
Office Supply ,& Equipment Co.
317.02 J. W. Werntz & Son
93.48;
SEWAGE WORKS CUNSTRUCTIUN:
Indiana & Michigan Electric Co.
7.50 Santucci Works Construction
19,613.5W
South Bend Tribune
31.27
GENERAL IMPROVEMENT FU?ITD:
Niles Excavating Co.
7695.01 Wilbur H. Gartner & Associates
627.02,
1954 General STREET IMPROVEMENT:
Reuben, Sara, Morris & Elsi
30,500.00 Tri-County News
11.02
Theodore G. Wood, Attorney
50.00
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The Board first examined a letter
from the Building Commissioner, under date
of
August 19, 1955, concerning complaint
received by his office with regard
to damaged '!
curbing on the south side of Woodside
Avenue, in conjunction with grocery
store
located at 2904 South Michigan
Street. The Board referred the matter tb
Traffic
I Engineer, E. H. Miller for investigation
and report.
Then appeared before the Board
Messes. Edward A. Smith, L. A. Emelity and
Walter F. 'j
,.Middleton of Chas W. Cole & Sons, Civil
Engineers, and discussion was first given
to
j' the status of Contract No. 2 - Eddy
Street Improvement from Jefferson Boulevard
to
Madison Street.
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ENTRY OF PETITION PRESENTED
The Board of Public Works and Safety hereby receives and places on file the
petition of Emmett N. Fisher and eighty -One others for the improvement of all properties;;
of Bercliff Estate Addition to the City of South Bend, Indiana by constructing combined
sanitary and storm sewers.
The above petition was examined by the Board and referred to the City Engineer
for recommendation. The City Engineer being present, made the recommendation that the
petition be granted. The Board then directed that the firm of Chas. W. Cole and Son
prepare general details, drawings, specifications and preliminary improvement resolution1
1 for the construction of combined_ sanitary and storm sewers and the firm was so notified.
PRELIMINARY PLANS REPORTED
Chas. W. Cole & Son, Civil Engineers, reported to the Board profiles, Drawings, {
General Details, Specifications, Estimates and preliminary Improvement Resolution for
;the improvement of all properties of Bercliff Estate Addition to the City of South Bend,l
Indiana, under Improvement Resolution No. 2814-
The Board approved the reports and passed Imppovement Resolution, authorizing
this public improvement, and the lfth day of September, 1955, at the hour of 6:30 P. M.
C.S.T., is hereby fixed as the time, and the office of the Board in said City as the
place, when and where all persons whose property may be affected by such proposed
improvement, may be heard as to the necssity for same, and all petitions and remonstrance
received and the Board will on said day decide whether the benefits accruing to abutting;
and adjacent property, and to the City of South Bend, Indiana, will be equal to or exceed
the estimated cost of said improvement. The Clerk of the Board is hereby ordered to give
notice by two weekly publications, of the time and place of hearing of the Resolution
No., 28lbr.
The Board next examined and approved Grade - Curb - Pavement Plan for Corby Street;
submitted by Wm. S. Moore, Engineer, dated August 15, 1955•
Street Improvement Plan for Lombardy Drive from Huron Street to Western Avenue,
submitted by Colpaert Realty Corporation, was examined and approved.
Plans for Brookfield Street sewer from Indiana Avenue north 1411 to alley north
of Indiana Avenue were approved by the Board.
Plans for sewer improvement on Delano Avenue and Victory Avenue from Corby Boule-
vard to MacArthur Avenue, submitted by Wilbur H. Gartner & Associates, were examined
and approved by the Board.
The request of the Northern Indiana Public Service Company for permission to
install 2500t x 6" gasmain on Portage Avenue (Work Order No. 4406-6) was granted by the
Board.
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Frank Zielinski, Barrett Law Clerk, being present, the City Engineer, R. S. Andrysiak,
brought to Mr. Zielinskils attention,.change in sewer construction plans, whereby sewer
was laid in 33rd Street, instead of 34th Street, resulting in the resolutions being
designated 2801A and 2801B accordingly.
1)r. Zielinski then took up with the Board certain discrepancies in property ownership
discovered in Assessment Roll of the Jefferson Boulevard - 33rd Street - Washington
!Street and 35th Street Trunk Sewer Extension. In this connection, sketch and recommenda-
tions of 011ie Fries, Ex-Officio City Treasurer, for the correction of these discrepancie
were examined and accepted by the Board.
VACATION RESOLUTION NO. 2813 - 1955
RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA:
That is desirable to vacate the following:
The east -west alley running from Ironwood Drive east to
Congress Avenue, between Solomon Avenue and Union Street
in Edison Park Subdivision, which is fourteen feet wide,
may be closed to public travel by vacation proceedings
ONLY if the full fourteen feet of the entire alley is
retained as an easement for the city sewers and other
utilities so that no permanent structure will ever be.
built upon this fourteen feet and also, the City must
retain its right to go in and upon this alley to
maintain and repair the sewer line which is in the
center of said alley.
Further, the City will not at any time pay damages,
caused by repairs to sewer line in this portion of
alley.
The following property may be injuriously or beneificially affected by such
vacation: -
Lots numbered 10, 11, 30, and 31 in Edison Park Subdivision
Notice of this resolution shall be published on the 26th day of August, and on
the 2nd day of September, 1955, in the South Bend Tribune and'Tri-County News.
This Board, at its office in. the City Hall on the 12th day of September, 1955,
at 10:00 A: M. C.S.T. will hear and -receive remonstrances from all persons interested
in or affected by these proceedings.
Adopted this 22nd day of August, 1955.
R. S. Andrysiak
J. A. Bickel
I. A. Hurwich
Board of fublic Works & `Sa ety
The Board next examined and approved certain Appraisal Reports prepared by
Russell Oberlin, examined Grants of Right -Of -Way, and signed agreements between the
City of South Bend and Otto and Adeline Merkle, and Anna Hoffman Cantor et al.
The Warranty Deed given by Jerry Claeys, Jr. and Evadna L. Claeys, husband and
.wife, conveying to the City of South Bend a tract of land one hundred twenty-three
and fifty-nine hundredths (123.59) feet North and South taken off of and from the
entire width of the South side of Lot Numbered Fifty-seven (57' as shown on the
'l recorded Plat of Jefferson Heights Addition to the City of South Bend, subject to
current taxes and all subsequent taxes, was examined and and -the Clerk of the Board
::,was directed to have deed recorded in the office of the County Recorder, Book No.
Page No.
Then appeared before the Board Stephen M. Barany, in a matter pertaining to the
erecting of a large signboard on vacant property to indicate the Miami Street Shopping
District. Examination of the location indicated by Mr. Barany convinced the Board
that the property involved is under private ownership, and Mr. Barany was, accordingly
directed to contact such property owners.
Next appeared before the Board James E. Trump of the South Bend Jaycees and Lieut.
Kieting, requesting permit for the parade to be held in conjunction with the St. Joseph
County Korean War Veterans R@cognition Day, Friday, August 26, 1955. Line of march
was designated and approval granted by the Board. Further request was made by Mr. Trump
and Lieut. Kieting for permission to close briefly west Colfax Avenue, between Main
Street and Lafayette Boulevard, Friday, at 11:00 A. M. for the appearance and televising
of the Army Band, taking part in the Recognition Day activities. Inasmuch as the
appearance of the band is for a short period only, it was considered feasible to detour
Route 20 traffic for the brief time involved, and permission was granted accordingly.
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The Board then read and ordered filed letter of the Bendix Aviation Corporation,
;dated August 19, 1955, relative to their continued effort to solve the noise problem
'involved .in connection with their test stands, and the Clerk was directed to acknowledge'.
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!its receipt.
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The Board next read the report of Asst. Supt. Stanley C. Gourd, pertaining to
;catalpa tree in alley east of Laporte Avenue, running south from Colfax Avenue to
'intersecting east -west alley. It was the consensus of opinion, the Board should and
;would be guided by this report in this matter.
The Board next considered a. complaint relative to sidewalk being littered with
!loose gravel, bordering the parking lot at the corner of Madison and Michigan Street.
The Board_ directed the Clerk to notify the parking lot management to correct this hazard-'
ous and unsightly condition.
STREE T DEPARTMENT:
Then appeared before the Board Street Commissioner, H. M. Tomlinson, and presented
the problem of the disposal of trees and heavy tree limbs, which are being delivered to
the Sanitary Landfill in increasing amount after every windstorm. It was the decision j
of the Board that the burning of this material is the only solution to this problem,
and after the burning of the current accumulation at the Sanitary Landfill, all future
collection of such material is to be taken to the Park Department's Gertrude Street
;dump and burned under Fire Department supervision, and that the Board will proceed i
immediately to establish such arrangement with the Department of Public Parks.
The Commissioner then inquired as to whether or not a sewer could cross Ironwood
Drive.in the Edison Park Addition, and was advised such sewer construction would be
prohibited.
The Hon. Walter C. Erler, being present, brought to the attention of the Board
an intolerable condition existinm in the southtiTrest section of the City due to the con-
tinuous burning of tires and oil -saturated rubbish in the junk yard at 11�20 South
Walnut. {>
TRAFFIC ENGINEER:
The Board approved the installation of a STOP sign on southeast corner of Dundee
Street at Washington Street.
Maintenance Bond, in the sum of $1680.00, for McIntyre & Jones, for approximately
1300 feet of pavement on Iowa Street from Elwood Avenue to Keller Street, was examined
and approved by the Board.
Excavation Bonds, each in the sum of $1,000.00, for Niezgodski & Sons Plumbing Co.,
and Taylor Construction Company were examined and approved.
Contractor's Bonds, each in the sum of $1,000.00, were examined and approved for
the following:
Vernon C. Bice Crof oot Brothers
Lloyd L. Barrett Colpaert Realty Corporation
Arthur R. Jensen L. W. Rimer
Walter M. Szymkowiak Taylor Construction Co.
A letter, dated August 21, 1955, from Mr. Otto Bird, 533 East Angella Boulevard,
'requesting speed caution signs to slow traffic at this point, because of accidents
:having occurred here on several occasions from excessive speed, was referred to Traffic
,Engineer, E. H. Miller, for investigation and report.
There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned
at 11:35 A. M.
Atte st :
Clerk
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