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Home My WebLink About01/28/57 Board of Public Works Minutes'No There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was a ATTES�: I ANTHON4,,,,, S , CLERK January 28, 1957 at 10:45 A.M. (CST). CJ A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held on Monday, January 28, 1957 at 10:00 A.M.(CST). All members were present. Minutes of the previous regular meeting were read and approved. Claims in the; total amount of $12,395.76 were approved and ordered paid to the following suppliers: Business Systems, Inc. 41.30 Elwyn Fiehold 3.00 . Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 308.70 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 12.27 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 21.05 Indiana & Michigan Electric .72 Indiana & Michigan Electric Co. 256.00 Verner L. Lane 6.00 McClave Printing Company 12.50 Record 6.50 Record 6.70 Robert J. Schultz 3.00 Smogor LumberCompany 121.75 South Bend Tribune 6.48 South Bend Tribune 6.05 W. J. Stogdill, M.D. 8.00 South Bend Window Cleaning 53.50 West Side Hardware 33.25 Weisberger Bros. 22.90 PARKING METER FUND W. J. Huston 16.50 International Salt Company 170.20 International Salt Company 29930.40 International Salt Company 4,469.60 SEWER FUND Sinclair Refining Company 203.58 SANITATION DEPT. Robert J. Bryan, M.D. 6.00 Memorial Hospital 6.00 Carl J. Rudoply, M.D. 16.00 Sinclair Refining Company 1,908.90 STREET & TRAFFIC FUND Continental Oil Company 949.91 R. A. Gaffney, M.D. 140.00 John F. Helmer, M.D. 5.00 Hoffman Brothers 92.65 ;1 Indiana & Michigan Electric 197.60 Memorial Hospital 3.00 O'Brien Corp. 38.84 Roots Connersville 240.00 St. Joseph's Hospital 11.00 Smogor Lumber Company 15.10 West Side Hardware 2.03 Weisberger Brothers 36.05 'I Wyman's 8.54 The request of the Indiana Bell Telephone Company with reference to placing a public telephone booth in front of their building having been given due consideration by the Board is now denied. The South Bend Tribune requests q permission to occupy an area on Lafayette Street adjacent to their build -:I ing during such time when said company installs new pressers in their building. Traffic Engineer, Ernest:s H. Miller, is hereby authorized to make necessary arrangements and report on his findings as to his recom=! mendation. Traffic signs were installed at the following locations: 1 hour time limit parking in front of 319 East Wayne Street, Stop signs on Donald Street at Morris Street; No Parking This Side signs installed on east', side of Walnut Street between Colfax and Linden Avenues. VACATION RESOLUTION NO. 28451, 1956 This being the date set, hearing was held on the Resolution heretofore adopted by the Board of Public Wor and Safety for the vacation of A PORTION OF THE NORTH AND SOUTH ALLEY LYING BETWEEN CHAPIN AND PINE ST;REE AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: Beginning at the NW corner of Lot 14, Erastus Perkins' 2nd Sub -Division of part of Bank Out Lot 76, South Bend, Indiana; thence south along the east line of the first alley west of Chapin Street 66.04 feet to the north- erly line of the New York Central Railroad Right-of-way; thence westerly • 9.9 feet to the west line of the north and south alley; thence north along the west line of said alley 66.04 feet, more or less, to a point west of the NW corner of said Lot 14; thence east 9.9 feet to place of beginning. j under Vacation Resolution no. 2845, 1956. The Clerk of the Board having shown sufficient proofs of publication and no remonstrators having appeared before the Board and no written remonstrances having been filed with the Clerk, it was moved, seconded and: unanimously carried that the said Resolution be finallly adopted and said alley be vacated. The Engineering Department is hereby directed to prepare an assessment roll covering the assessment of ben' - fits and the award of damages to the surrounding properties. i • R. S. Andrysiak, City Engineer, filed primary assessment roll showing the awards of damages and assessments! 553 • • 0 • • • of benefits in the matter of the vaeation of a PORTION OF THE NORTH AND SOUTH ALLEY LYING BETWEEN CHAPIN AND PINE STREET AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: Beginning at the NW corner of Lot 14, Erastus Perkins' 2nd Sub -Division of part of Bank Out Lot 76, South Bend, Indiana; thence south along the east line of the first alley west of Chapin Street 66.04 feet to the north- i! erly line of the New York Central Railroad Right-of-way; thence westerly I 9.9 feet to the west line of the north and south alley; thence north along the west line of said alley 66.04 feet, more or less, to a point west of I the NW corner of said Lot 14; thence east 9.9 feet to place of beginning. under Vacation Resolution No. 2845, 1956. In the above named'assessment roll, the Board hereby orders that it will meet in the City Hall at 10:00'A.M14 (CST) on the 25th day of Februa `1 1956 for the purpose of hearing and receiving remonstrances from all perIT sons interested in or affected bX said vacation and the Board further orders that notice of said hearing, !; together with the amount of damages awarded and benefits assessed be addressed to the property owners by publishing same on the 1st9 8th, and 15th days of February, 1956 in the South Bend Tribune and The Record.! The following property may be injuriously or beneficially affected by such vacation: Lots numbered 149 15, 20, and 21 - Erastus Perkins' 2nd Sub -Division of part of Bank Out Lot 76. "' Total net Benefits 00.00 Total net Damages 00.00 Respectfully submitted the 4th day of September, 1956. R. S. Andrysiak City Civil Engineer There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 10:25 A.M. (CST). ATTEST: ANTHONY J./ BO, CLERK February 4, 1957 A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held on Monday, February 4, 1957 at 10:00 A.m. (CST). Al members were present. Salary claims in the total amount of $409323.09 were approved and claims in the tota ,amount of $5,228.80 were approved and ordered paid to the following suppliers: ;R. S. Andrysiak Bimsco Dennen Corporation !Englewood Elec. Supply Co. Englewood Elec. Supply Co. I. W. Lower Company :Elmer E. Murray !Royal Typewriter Company ',Granville P. Ziegler 'PARKING METER DEPARTMENT jM. H. Rhodes, Inc. ;STREET & TRAFFIC FUND !Business Systems, Inc. jCoffield Supply Company ;McCaffery Company Minnesota Mining Company L. Van Paris West Side Hardware ,West Side Hardware 26.00 Bims.co 8.32 8.84 Business Systems, Inc. 3.15 11.65 Ernest DeGraff 36.40 51.89 Englewood Elec. Supply Co. 7.79 7.05 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 11.76 100.00 I. W. Lower Company 115.00 34.08 Railway Express Agency 2.61 4.50 Slutsky Plumbing & Heating 64.96 30.00 27.50 17.60 Business Systems, Inc. 3.01 30.94 H. B. Gravel Company 30227.82 626.10 McCaffery Company 626.10 69.50 Railway Express Agency 2.71 3.90 Wayne Hall Supply Co. 50.00 7.02 West Side Hardware 12.06 .54 A letter was received from the Mayor with reference to possibly relocating the Police School Patrol Women and is hereby referred to the Traffic Engineer for investigation and report. Excavation bonds were approved for Arthur C. Rogers and R. E. Carlton. The monthly report of the Building Department is hereby accepted and placed on file. !A letter was received from Ernest H. Miller, Traffic Engineer, with reference to traffic signal sequence at the intersection of Colfax Avenue and Hill Street in South Bend. Accepted and placed on file. A petition was received from Tri-Way Builders with reference to improving Elmer Street from Bergan Street J