HomeMy WebLinkAbout06/12/1933 Board of Public Works MinutesTuesday, June 6th . , 1933.
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By order of Iayor 'i. R. Hinkle, ,a;11 offices closed on this date. All busines
cheduled for this clay will be handled. by the Board on T,onday, June 12th., 1933. I�
Clerk of the Board
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Board rriet in repuler session at 3 P. r;-- I-r. Dick Johnson end l:r.
Ralph 1T. Kuss present. n:i.nutes of meetings held June arc ., an c June 5th., 1933, read
and an -proved.
Bins for the gre d. ing- o ? the alley west of Franklin Street from Calvertil
.Street to Donald Street under Improvement Resolution TTo.2474, ?rhich were a.dvertisdd.l
to be received on June 6th . , I933 , tT,e-°e received,, opener am rend as follows:
Carmine Puca gra ci ng .65
Because of the fE-ct th^t this bid e--ceeds the Engineer's estimate
for sa ir.' improvement, the vo••rd hereby rejects said, bid an(' c+c�cices to drop the matter
for the t irne being.
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Upon the request of ueaner and De('rove, Contr^ctors, the Board
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printed the priveleg.e of encroa.chinE in the street 1 7/8 inches in order that a new
front may be constructed at 1021 South Lick iFf-n Street. The builFin i s of ned by
Joseph Burke :^n7 <ecording to the contrfetors, this encroachment Tvd 11 not be to any
noticabledegree nor will it interfere rith the ec- joining builcings on either site.
Long, � tree-, '-'epartrent 17oremen, t as present <:nd outlined
h1_ s pls.ns for renn irinF certain streets in the cit"v. These streets are i n th e out lying
sections end ccordinr- to I.-r. Long have needec at :noon for sor.^E time. 'he Board 1
instructed hi]`, to po ahead Frith his. nlnn as soon a:s posyib _E.
.:r C=; 1_liam `frost Jr. , of the Board, O f Pub? ; c S nfe ty to get he r v..Ti th
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TELichael Jarany C"I erY of the Board of afety, were present r i_th the request that +hi.s
Board allow the Borc of Publi_C-.`--afety to rn.ove from their r_,resent quarters in =oom 6
to the room nos: occupied b}r the Police 6pertrment er.c. 1;nown. as Room 3. ccor,:inr to
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j.r. Trost, this will facilitate matters wit h the =on rc o l Public -'a.fety. Cleric of the J
=hoard instructed to see a too- t hevi.nt, . alls clee-ned before the t ove is race by the Loa rc�l
of Safety. -he i o^.rd granted this request together Frith t'- e request of the neF spa per r
reporters that the77" be a llcr-ed to occupy the room now bei-nfi vnca ted bar the -ooard of
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Safetyjss a Press room in -,lace of the Police Squad 'room.
"t petition signed by ei�°ht propert-- o�T-ners foar the improver ent of jl
Nast Bartlett Street from Lichi,- n treet to i<iverside Drive bI resu.rfecings T -,s'filed,
Fetition pl�_,ce6 on file me ordored referred. to City �nrineer for -o1=ns.
she matter of mc-17inC- some provision or "e use o" ,^spline in the
Bu ldinr e rtment nnd it, TTas eci(7 ed to brine the r-� tter up ^c,''ore the Mabinet nieoti.nq
before t ekinr, Pny act ion. I;
The - oarcl arp vec pa-r roll c='_n _rs cr v:^r' pus e ena rt eats in the sung
of 6,055.90 nn(� rcre-bv once Controlle_ to`n same .
The --Oc rd 2nr1=-O ve ^ c = - s - - v�r- ous C e-0a r+r-ent s i Il e s u-YI of
1159587.92 n:,,� arcers Ci-'r :;On, ro lc- _ t0 -C- v s^me.
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T.hi s -;ninr- the, cite set Continue(' t-�n�-ril�f- ,^_s r m
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Resolution 1io.2435 for the. Op, f . e nf'i a and ninF- o -,li ornir_e�r
Southern. Y' '' ri Fh o�' ay to it e Street.
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In the ai,ov- namedonce'_ etion esoIJti-1 i, +}_r _:Orr( ('eC4 1.S to Con-
ti nue he.i- ring until T -On (7n-�, , JulsT 31 st. , 1033.
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Monday,, June 12th. , 1933. (Continued.) 457
paid: The follasiinF claims were signed and approved by the Board and ordered
Inds ana R T.:`ichipan Electric Co. 8,9 23.57
l L. Polk `'o. ( Cemete ry } 12.00
R. L. Polk Co. ( Street Dept) 12.00
R. L. Polk Co. (Bldg. Dept) 12.00
V. P. Kemper (Street Dept 32.00
rySche rman �)chaus Freeman Co. 1.16
Johnson Oil Refininr, Co. 372.57
I-"eetinC� rdjourned at 4-30 P. 1'„.
Attest:
C le r k of the Board
June 19 th . , 19 33 .
('ity V:, ter V orks 6 , 006. 67.
Ind. Bell Tel Co. 20.95
Ind. Bell Tel Co. 1.60
Shell rimer. Pet. Co. 18.00
A. P. Kemper 9.34
International F,,rvester 12.66
I.'odern improvement Co. 153.40
j Board net in ip.gv la.r session at 3 P. Y. I; r. Dick Johnson and I: r. Ralph
• Kuss present. Lr. -m. S. I::oore, City Engineer, was also present.
"i nut e s of L,�e et i n� h e ld ._onda?, June 12th. , 19: 3, read end. approved.
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The follovaing conmunication was ordered referred to the Park Board for
consideration:
June 3rd., 1933
Mayor `1+. R. Kinkle,
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out I-. Br-,nd, in Tana-.
Dear L=a.Tror
As ' it—.,_ Rorers says - "I see by the nee: sT;ape rs t ^n_ t there is a movF rent
on h�_xi to imQrove sor-e streets ens alleys b7. dole labor". i co not know anytT-. ing,
laps t abov then u ? ,-oul� lilm to su -� the t i' -,, ere that
es t � .� ; ou �_r r�o in �, t� d o i t ,
'Nrou dive sor;�e attention to the un--e- ed. strip on nnFela Boulevard bepinninC at +'Toodwai&d
Avenue anc extending throu€_h Brovin F ielc Pp.rk and to the brie_€pe connection with
I' averre Place anc: fast knela-venue to Notre rah^e.
tnpela ' enue has become one of the r^in thorou[hferes of the Northwest
�I part of the City. Automobiles are runninf_ through there almost constantly. It is
• the ah ortcut to :io' re Dame and is used b77- t-, e frienc:s an (-�' relatives of the student
body as well as all visitors to teat institution. Consequently, there is an antomo-
jl bile running over it ever-r fey-. seconcs. I have counted From rav z-Tindow and it runs
f-s high as four and five a minute in the eveninc.
j This narrow strip has been paved v'ith cin�_ers nr.d is P filthy proposition.
Children Pn vounF men end boys use Bro?•:,-n Fielc Park in T-hich to play games and
occassionally Thou i 1?. see a picnic party on the f-rounds. T'-.'s dirty strip of road
makes it terri lz, ci_rt r to ; _lk throur4 `-h(i Brass es tl e Futomobiles swoop the dust
up r�nr wine rlor:s it half v-a, across the pF rk I1 seer"; to _r_-e tr, s j t some way should
be el e ivsed. to •e1- this strop -* 1 1 � +
-Rme� _. pu in. T -I : Llr f is will no!,, prow less but
a, vier. The 01tzT ha.s attempted to a oid. rthe c'_irt ,,nnoyance rs v!ell as
the rau h ness of the d_r�.vesFTa�T bar oiling the strip but this i" only temporary relies'
and. when the dust Pets dry enot¢rh to bloc , makes it a:ll ttL e 6-irtie.r for it contains