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Home My WebLink About11/26/1956 Board of Public Works Minutes542 Contractor's bonds were approved for Robert Leroy Umbaugh and McIntyre & Jones, Inc. j Excavation bonds were approved for Joe R. Cleland. A petition was received asking for the improvement of Pershing Street Sewer from the existing manhole located 149 feet west of Johnson and Pershing Streets to the intersection of Pershing and proposed Elmer by the construction of 12" sewer according to Barrett Law Plan. (By Tri-Way Builders). Petition hereby 'referred to the City Engineering Department for investigation. Permission is hereby granted to Rev. Melvin G. Johnson, for the Seven Day Adventist Church to carol !in the residential areas of South Bend, Indiana during the month of December subject to the condition that si• the funds which are collected are used for charitable purposed and not for funds for the church building i Comes now Floyd L. Searer and Harry Swanson with reference to purchasing from the city a piece of prop; erty,namely Lot 57 in Jefferson Heights Addition. The Board now approves the sale of said property to Swan'; ; son and will proceed with the legal measures connected with said purchase. i. L i Mr. Paul J. Schwertley appeared before the Board on behalf of a property owner in connection with Improvement Resolution No. 2838 of Huron Street Sewer Matter to be further discussed with the City. Engi near. i A petition was received from Tri-Way Builders asking for the improvement of Bergan Street from Johnson;'; ,Street to Bendix Drive by the construction of a Trunk Sewer according to Barrett Law Plan. Petition hereby:! ;referred to the City Engineering Department for investigation. The Board hereby approves the sewer construction plan in Twyckenham Hills Addition on Twyckenham Drive''! from Miner Street to Sorin Street. A petition was recieved from Mrs. Alex Trok, 2303 West Dunham Street and others to eliminate a public nuisance, namely, smoke, health hazard and vermin infested property in the 2200 block of Dunham Street. Pe-` 'tition hereby referred to the City Engineer for investigation. I There being no further business to comer before the Board, the meeting w s adjourned at 10:40 A.M. '1 i ATTEST•'` ( , 'Anthony J. S , Clerk November 26, 1956 A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held on Monday, November 26, 1956 at 10:00 A.M.(CST•::i). 'All members were present. Minutes of the previous regular meeting were read and approved. Salary claims in the total amount of $339884.99 were land approved and claims in the total amount of $122657.44 were approved] ordered paid to the following suppliers: ]Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 49.47 Indiana Bell Telephone Company 28.85 j JIndiana & Michigan Electric Company 203.20 Indiana & Michigan Electric Company .68 ;Verner L. Lane 50.00 Lincoln Tree Service 144.00 ;South Bend Window Cleanine Company 53.50 Schilling's 7.50 'Schilling's 81.60 Schilling's 1.04 ;SEWER FUND . -Sanfax Company 141.39 0. J. Shoemaker, Inc. 40.44 South Bend Foundry 33.50 DOG POUND FUND Simon Brothers 64.80 SANITATION FUND (Huntington laboratories 242.25 Indiana Hardware i 31.45 (,Sinclair Refining Company 208.74 .STREET & TRAFFIC FUND [Alby Asphalt & Refining Corporation 628.05 Ally Asphalt & Refining Company 657.08 American Distributing Company 3.80 Bearings Service Company 44.70 Bostitch Central, Inc. 5.90 Continental Oil Company 149.82 Continental Oil Company p Y 360.36 Continental Oil Company 140.14 Continental Oil Company 572.88 Deeds Equipment Company, Inc. 278.37 Freeman -Spicer Company 14.80 Hurwich Iron Company, Inc. 27.15 i Kowalski Brothers 75.00 McCaff ery Company 1.98 Miller and Steele 30.86 Municipal Supply Company 494.45 Municipal Supply Company 86.60 Municipal Supply Company 244.50' National Brake Service, Inc. 228.14 National Brake Service, Inc. 107.15 '{ National Brake Service, Inc. 184.91 National Brake Service, Inc. 213.03 National Mill Supply, Inc. 36.25 National Mill Supply, Inc. 35.64 0 Brien Corporation 98.40 O'Brien Corporation 23.90 River Park Lumber Company 28.75 S & H Carbonic Company 7.75 Schilling's 5.69 Seneca Petroleum Company, Inc. 538.90 Seneca Petroleum Company, Inc. 464.08 Seneca Petorleum Company, Inc. 563.63 JJ _• n • Y\ • Sheehan Tire Service, Inc. 243.56 Sheehan Tire Service, Inc. 755.91 Sheehan Tire Service, Inc. 485.91 Sheehan Tire Service, Inc. 54.34 0. J. Shoemaker, Inc. 69.72 Sinclair Refining Company 1710.72 C. D. Smelser Company, Inc. 584.51 Stanley Body & Equipment Corp. 181.07 Swanson Spreader & Mfg. Company 406.96 Van's Standard Service 32.90 West Side Hardware 1.58 Contractor's bonds were approved for Alfred G. and Hershel L. Ellis db/a A. G. Ellis & Son Heating Company and James A. Armour. Mr. Paul Green, representing Tri-Way Builders, Inc, appeared before the Board with reference to re- questing permission to have a sewer line placed in vicininty of some recently purchased property for his Company. The Board requests Mr. Green to submit to the Board a proposed sewer plan, with the exception of the use of septic tanks, and also designate the exact street and so forth. The Board willahen take the proposed plan under consideration for approval or disapproval. Mr. Bert Liss, 125 East Pokagon Street appeared before the Board on behalf of the Indiana Cab Company,;! requesting permission to temporarily move their present cab stand which is now located in from the Bus Company to the first parking meter place fronting Main Street at the A & P Store. The Traffic Engineer wild be contacted to make the temporary change and report back to the Board on Monday, December 39, 1956. It is'. hereby understood that the Indiana Cab Company will be responsible for all expenses involved with this change. C. Harry Swanson, Inc. hereby requests permission for approval of the Board to continue their temporary storage of a warehouse on the Southeast corner of Ironwood Drive and Colfax Avenue, a plat of land owned by. the City, for another six months. Permission granted. j It was moved and unanimously adopted by the Board of Public Works and Safety this date that the City of South Bend petition the CAB in Washington D.C. with reference to Document No. 4251 which involves a pe- tition of the Great Lakes local to curtail the service of the TWA which will affect the City of South Bend.. This to be petitioned jointly by South Bend Association of Commerce, City of South Bend, City. of Mishawaka,;: Mishawaka Chamber of Commerce, and any and all parties interested in said petition. It was further moved that the City Attorney be responsible for execution of any and all exhibits involved and also for any nec- essary traveling which may be requested in connection with said petition either in Washington D. C. or South Bend. The Board now accepts and approves the Dedication of the Bellville Investment Company, Inc. of the Plat of Belleville Unit "E" Addition, located in the County of St. Joseph, which reads as follows: f BELLEVILLE INVESTMENT COMPANY, INC, and Indiana Indiana Corporation, hereby certifies that the annexed map is a true representation of the Plat of Belleville Unit "E" Addition, located in the County of St. Joseph, State of Indiana, and in the Southeast Quarter (SE') of Section Eight (8( Township Thirty-seven (37) North Range Two (2) East; and that the lots in said addition are num- bered as designated by the numbers on said map, and that the streets as shown on said map are hereby dedicated to the use of the public for the use and purposes of public highways. IN WITNESS WHEREOF Belleville Investment Company, Inc., has caused its corporate name to be signed and its seal affixed and attested by its duly authorized officers on this 23rd day of November, 1956. BELLEVILLE INVESTMENT COMPANY, INC. By: Achille C. Colpaert, Vice President IlAttest: Harold W. Holderman, Secretary !! A petition was received from the owners of all the real estate abutting on both sides of Belleville 'Center Street, from Western Avenue to Washington Street, hereby respectfully petitioning for the preparation! .of a resolution providing for the vacation of Belleville Center Street from Western Avenue to Washington St .Petition referred to the City Planning Commission for investigation and recommendation. i The Board of Public Works and Safety, meeting in regular session on Monday, November 26, 1956 accepted ,the following recommendation of our City Traffic Engineer, Ernest H. Miller, concerning the remov al of the' `railroad signals at the intersection of Johnson and Orange Streets in South Bend, Indiana. 1. That the railroad signals and short arm gates be removed completely from the intersectionof of Johnson and Orange Streets. 2. That said railroad signal equipment removed from the intersection of Johnson and Orange Streets be held by the Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad until such time as a study can be com pleted concerning the redistribution of traffic in the area, due to the closing of Johnson Street between Orange Street and Washington Avenue. Upon the completion of said study the Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad to re -install within 90 days said railroad signals and gates at the i i intersection so designated by the City of South Bend, Indiana. If the above recommendations meet with the approval of the Chicago SouthShore and South Bend Railroad, 'then the Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad Company may proceed immediately with the removal of th !signals at the Johnson and Orange Streets intersection. Ernest Miller, Traffic Engineer, reports the installation of the following traffic signs: Yield Right of Way signs installed on Crosby Street, at Eisenhower, northwest corner. j Yield Right of Way signs installed on Adams Street, both sides, at Marquette Avenue. Yield Right of Way signs installed on Sunnymede Avenue, both sides, at 30th Street. Stop sign installed on Jacob Street, both sides, at Miner Street. There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at ATTEST :C�,;, a 10:30 A.M.(CST) a