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j October 229 1956
A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held on Monday, October 22, 1956 at 10:00 A.M.(DST)
11 members were present. Minutes of the previous regular meeting were read and approved. Claims in the
otal amount of $3758.83 were approved and ordered paid to the following suppliers:
Business Systems, Inc.
5.40
Business systems, Inc.
12.28
Business Systems, Inc.
4.50
Business Systems, Inc.
5.04
Englewood Electric Supply
1.48
Harper & Brothers
3.95
Ideal Press
113.50
Indiana Bell Telephone
43.38
Indiana Bell Telephone
19.20
Indiana Bell Telephone
16.45
Indiana Bell Tleephone
13.60
Indiana & Michigan Electric
.68
Linden Tree Service
354.00
Luzny's Paint Store
13.28
Makielski.Art Shop
4.35
National Cash Register Company
3.10
Schilling's
14.88
Schilling's
2.85
Schilling's
1.93
Schilling's
.89
Schilling's
2.53
Schilling's
2.41
Smogor Lumber Company
4.95
South Bend Window Cleaning
53.50
Weisberger Brothers
129.25
Weisberber Brothers
12.00
West Side Hardware
33.30
West Side Hardware
10.51
Granville P. Ziegler
10.00
1954 GENERAL STREET IMPROVEMENT FUND
PARKING METER FUND
Public Employee's Retirement Fund
35.10
Indiana Bell Telephone Company
9.19
STREET & TRAFFIC FUND
Mark Time Parking Meter
50.90
Acme Steel Products
20.20
Frank W. LeFevre
80.00
Indiana Bell Telephone
9.19
Mark Time Parking Meter
50.60
Public Employee's Retirement fund
2520.67
Public Employee's Retirement Fund
113.73
River Park Lumber Company
9.75
Sheehan Tire Service
1.50
j With reference to the bids received for the Pedestrian Walk to be constructed on Angela Boulevard, the
,Board hereby awards the contract to McIntyre & Jones, Inc.
Permission is hereby granted to the Eisenhower Band Wagon to conduct a parade on Tuesday, October 23,
1956 at 11:30 A.M. starting at Leeper going south on Michigan Street to Marion Street, going west on Marion
Street to Main Street, going south on Main Street to Wayne Street, going east on Wayne Street to Michigan
Street, and then going north on Michigan Street back to Leeper Park.
The contracts of Clyde E. Williams & Associates for the improvement of Jefferson Street are hereby
approved and signed by the Board this 22nd day of October, 1956.
Contractor's bonds were approved for Max Dreibelbis, Joseph M. Vargyas, Ronald E. Hill, and William H.
and Robert H. Burke.
Maintenance bond is hereby approved for Axel A. Anderson in the sum of $1750.00 for new street pavemen
on Brookton Drive, Clayton Drive, Oakdale Drive and Ireland Road. Date of expiration three years from this
date.
The request of the Shrine Club to bury a tank in an area between St. JosephStreet and Washington Stree
,is approved by the Board, provided however the tank is at least 10' away from any public or private sewer.
Several complaints were filed with the Board with reference to the smoke nuisance caused by the furnac
1,in the Blue Ribbon Pie Company and the ,Board now authorizes that a letter be directed to said Company to
1:work out a solution to remedy the situation.
Messrs. Chester Kafka and Hall having appeared before the Board with reference to their application
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1,for a taxi cab license. The Board now authorizes the City Controller to issue a limited license to each
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;;man with an expiration date on the 1st day of January, 1957 and at such time if conduct of both men has bee
ligood, the Controller at that time is then authorized to issue a permanent permit.
The petitioner with reference to the vacation of an alley between Chapin Street and Prairie Avenue s
of Sample Street appeared and withdrew the said petition.
IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION NO. 2846, 1956
PRELIMINARY ORDER
WHEREAS the Board of Public Works and Safety pursuant to its notice to do so, meton the 15th day of
October 1956, at the hour of 9:00 A.M. (CST) and publicly opened and considered all bids for the improve-
ment of South Lake Street from the North line of Jefferson Boulevard to the South line of Washington Stree
by constructing a Class "C" pavement (Types 1 to 4) in accordance with Improvement Resolution No. 2846,195
passed by this Board on August 27, 1956, and confirmed by this Board on October 1, 1956, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD that the street be paved with Class "C" Type 3 (6" Bituminous) pavement.
R. S. Andrysiak
Frank J. Bruggner
Irving J. Smith
ENGINEER'S REPORT.
In the matter of the Bids for the, Improvement of South Lake Street from the North line of Jefferson
Blvd. to the South line of Washington Street•;?by constructing a Class "C" pavement in accordance with Im-
provement Resolution No. 28469 19569 and confirmed by this Board on October 19 1956, we hereby.report that
we have examined the several Bids submitted to the Board on October 15, 19569 and find that the Reed Con-
struction Company, Inc., 20* North Main Street, Mishawaka, Indiana has the lowest and best bid for Class
licit, Type 1, Pavement and that the Rieth-Riley Construction Company, Inc., South Bend, Indiana has the
lowest and best bid for Class licit Type 3 Pavement.
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We recommend that the street be paved with Class "C", Type 3 (6" Bituminous) Pavement.
Chas. W. Cole & Son
Engineers.
VACATION RESOLUTION NO. 28489 1956
RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA: That it is desirable to
vacate the following:
DONALD STREET FROM THE WEST LINE OF MAIN STREET TO THE EAST LINE OF THE NORTH
AND SOUTH ALLEY WEST OF MAIN STREET
The following property may be injuriously or beneficially affected by such vacation:
LOTS NUMBERED 43 and 44 in BOWMAN'S ADDITION
Notice of this resolution shall be published on the 26th day of October and on the 2nd day of Nov-
ember, 1956 in the South Bend Tribune and The Record.
This Board, at its office in the City Hall on the 5th day of November, 1956 at 10:00 A.M. (CST) wi
hear and receive remonstrances from all persons interested in or affected by these proceedings.
Adopted this 22nd day of October, 1956.
R. S. Andrysiak
Frank J. Bruggner
Irving J. Smith
(DST). There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 10:30 A.M.
uk,6u1jur 199 1956
A special meeting of the Board of Public Works and Safety was held on Friday, October 19, 1956 at
2:30 P.M. (DST). All mbmbers were present.
The main purpose of this special Board is to award the contracts for the paying of Indiana Avenue
and also for Sample Street. The following action was taken and contracts were awarded to the following:
INDIANA AVENUE
Contract No. 1 - Rieth Riley Construction Company . . . . . . . . $43,473.40
Contract No. 1A- Rieth Riley Construction Company . . . . . . . . $ 9,567.50 and $11,575.00
Contract No. 2.- Rieth Riley Construction Company . . . . . . . . $679256.00
Contract No. 2A- Rieth Riley Construction Company . . . . . . . . $$309955.50 and $37,823.00
SAMPLE STREET
CONTRACT NO. 3 -Rieth Riley Construction Company . . . . . . . . . $218.880.50
There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 3:00 R.M.
ATTEST--.- ANTHONY V./qABO, CLERK
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