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HomeMy WebLinkAbout07/08/1935 Board of Public Works MinutesMEETING JULY 8, 1935 • • • Regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held at 11:30 A. M., Monday, July Sth, 1935. All members were present. Minutes of meeting of July 1, 1935 were read and approved. Claims in the amount of $1,505.15 from the following suppliers were approved and ordered paid. Also payroll for the first half of July amounting to $5,055.30. Mr. Anderson reported that he and Mr. Weer had made a trip to falcon Street and I: other streets in the vicinity in compliance with a request from the M. B. Skinner Company to trim the tT-ees on these approaches to Sample Street. Mr. Anderson stated that Mr. Weer will obtain sufficient men to cutoff the shoots from the trees in the parkways as soon as; it is practical to do this. Bucholz and two others representing merchants in the vicinity of Western Avenue and Walnut Street appeared before the. Board and requested information as to the type of lighting system that would be installe-d:at the approaches - east and west to the crossing. They were assured by -the Board that such lighting system as will be installed will be entirely satisfactory to the residents and business men, and that at the present time underground conduitswere being installed for this purpose. Mr. Millbern of the Sinclair Oil and Refining Company appeared before the Board and presented sketch showing changes they desired to make in the approach to their Filling Station at 444 South Fellows Street. After a discussion, this matter was referred to the Engineering Department for disposition. Mr. William Longenecker, the City Sexton, appeared before the Board and requested that a transfer of $200.00 be made from his appropriation for Repairs to Equipment to the General Supplies account, for the reason that his present equipment will not, during the present year, require the amount allowed in the appropriation but that his requirements in the way of additional general supplies will be more than is allowed under the present appropriation for this account. The matter was referred to the City Attorney with instructions to outline an Ordinance covering this matter to be presented to the Common Council.,. John Beyrer & Sons Roofing Co. $53.15 A. D. Mass & Sons, Inc. $22.40 Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. 2.00 G. E. Meyer & Son, Inc. 1.38 Indiana & Mich. Electric Co. 118.64 South Bend Sanitary Wipers Co. 11.00 Indiana & Mich. Electric Co. 1.50 A. D. Mass & Sons, Inc. 3.31 Indiana & Mich. Electric Co. 14.94 The Crown Rock Company 531.31 Indiana & Mich. Electric Co. 1.00 Henry Eckler Mfg. Co. 318.00 Central Electric Co. 1.05 Henry Eckler Mfg. Co. 318.00 Central Electric Co. .27 Austin -Western Road Mach. Co. 3.75 South Bend Clean Towel Service 8.75 J. R. Strang Hardware 12.00 South Bend Clean Towel Service 3.65 Smith -Monroe Company 79.05 Mr. Paul Anderson of the Standard Oil Company appeared before the Board and stated'that his Company had taken over the former Filling Station of the Johnson Oil Company at St. Joseph and Wayne Streets and that they were desirous of removing the Neon sign of the Johnson Oil Company and replacing it with one of their own Company. After discussing this matter, it was referred to Mr. Anderson of the Engineering ?epart- ment with instructions to confer with these people and determine upon a practical procedure. Mr. Weer, Commissioner of Streets, presented his report for the month of June for operations of the Street Department during that month. This report is on file in the office of the Board of Public Works. Mr. Longenecker, City Sexton, presented his report showing receipts for the month of June amounting to $180.50, which was ordered placed on file. The matter of re -roofing the Fire Alarm Station was further discussed, and the proposal of the John Beyrer & Sons Roofing Co., of which the following is a copy, was approved by the Board. The original of this contract is on file in the office of the Board of Public Works, South Bend City of, Electrical Dept., Attn: Mr. W. F. Qualls Gentlemen: We are herewith pleased to quote you, for furnishing all material and labor necessary to complete the following described work, on the Police and Fire Alarm Signal Station, 212 E. Wayne St., for four hundred forty five dollars ($445.00). Install new roof over all portions of building to be a Barrett Specification type A. A. 20 year bonded roof, all parapet walls, stone copping is to be removed and 4-plies of asphalt saturated fabric, applied on inside face of wall from out on roof approx- imately eight (8) inches up inside face and over top to outside edge of wall, mopped to roof, wall and between sheets with hot asphalt, so as to completely cover wall, then reset stone copping in good cement mortar. If awarded this contract, for re -roofing, upon completion and final payment, we will furnish a 20 year surety bond by The Barrett Company and the United States Fidelity and Guarantee Company, of Baltimore, Maryland, covering maintenance on this roof for 20 years from date of completion. 2' Hoping to be favored with your order, for this work, which we promise to complete in a first class workmanlike manner. Yours truly, JOHN=BEYRER & SCANS ROOFING CO. By V. H. Cleveland A Petition from residents on Gertrude street was presented to the Board, requesti that a sewer be constructed on Gertrude Street from Prairie Avenue to Ewing Avenue. This was referred to the Engineering Department. Mr. Eli F. Seebirt, in the communication to the Board of Public Works dated July 5th, enclosed_two copies of Agreement, tentatively drawn up to convey to Cora, Orpha and Lona Swindler the dwelling house and all improvements located on their property, included in the assessment roll in the Bottle Neck proceedings, in exchange for dismissal of their appeal. All of which was referred to the City Attorney with instructions to investigate and bring the matter to the attention of the Board at its next meeting on July 15th. A Petition from Weisser Bros., conducting a Grocery, for permission to break curb ' to construct a driveway to garage, was approved by the Board provided no construction work is necessary - in which event, a licensed contractor must be employed. The Secretary so notified Weisser Bros. ;I A sketch from Sherman Metzger, 228 South St. Peter Street, was submitted to the Board, requesting permission to break out curb to allow construction of driveway to garage on 27th Street, and this was approved with the understanding that if further construction work is necessary, a licensed contractor is to be employed. Mr. Metzger has been informed accordingly: Continuation certificate in favor of Barker & Spromberg for street excavation and for Delbert McNab, in the Employers` Liability Assurance Corporation, were approved. Mr. Qualls, in a communication to the Board, advised that all poles and wires have been removed from Western Avenue, from Maple'Street to Cherry Street, and that in the removal of these poles it was necessary to remove seven street lights and that under the present contract this would create a saving of $173.40 per year. He further stated that there was an agitation for boulevard lights along the approaches. to -the underpass, and that this would require eighteen boulevard lights at $27.00 each per year or a total expense of $486.00. He further stated that the operation of the City Lighting System, under the present contract if continued for the balance of the year on the same basis, would create a saving on the contract of $418.55. This saving added to the elimination above mentioned would still leave sufficient to install the boulevard lights. Under this set up, he requested permission to install underground construction which may be utilized for the installation of eighteen_boulevard lights. The Board, i on regular motion, adopted this program. Mr. Qualls, in a communication to the Board, stated that, as a safety measure to prevent collision with concrete construction at each end of the center tier of steel supports of the New York Central bridge on Western Avenue, he recommended that red reflector warning signals be mounted in the concrete at an approximate cost of $5.00 I each. The Board of Works, on regular motion, adopted this recommendation. The meeting adjourned at 12:20 P. M. of Public Wo ATTEST: Clerk 7 • 0 40 • 0