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MEETING September 28. _1936
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:.Regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held on N-TToSeptember 26,
1936) at 10:30 A. 11. All members were present..
Minutes of the previous meeting vrere read and approved.
Claims in the amount of �357.01, from the following suppliers, were approved
and ordered paid, also Rayroll in the various departments for the last half of
September amounting to 43,692.37 was approved and ordered paid.
No. Indiana Public Service Co. 2.63 South Bend Lions Club _ 2�2.50
South Bend News -Times 6.36 Office Engineers .56
11irror Press, Inc. 5.67 City Water Works 6..29
Lontz Bros. 333.00
Mr. -Lualls reported that he had requested the Indiana lylichigen Electric :Company
to reduce the 4000 lumen lar,_ at Eckman and Carroll Streets to 1000 lumen and i.nstell
a 1000 lumen lamp at Irvington and St. Joseph Streets and that the work would be done
promptly.
A petition was received from forty-nine residents in the neighborhood of 31st
Street and wall Street, requesting the installation of a street light at that inter-
section. The matter was referred to 11r. `walls for investigation and: recommendation.
Yr. %uells reported a request of the Northern Indiana Railway Company for the
installation of a pole line on North Side Boulevard from the alley west of 36th Street
to Logan Street on which to carry their circuits to existing pole line on Logan street,
this to be installed on the north side of North Side Boulevard. The Board gave this
favorable consideration and instructed P;s._�06ualls to notify the Northern Indiana Rail-
way Company.
Miss Kathleen amallzried appeared before the Board regarding placing of adver-
tising refuse cans on the streets of South Bend. After considering the matter since
the last meeting, the Board decided that this request could not be granted and so
notified bliss Smallzried.
Complaint was received that bushes on the west side of Leeper Avenue rung; over
the sidewalk and are an obstruction and request was made that these be trinmed. The
matter was referred to the Street Department with instructions to cooperate with the
residents in trimming these hedges.
A release by Harvey 17eldon, employee of the Cemetery Department, was submitted to
the Board releasing the City from any further obligations to him by reason of an
accident that occurred in the City Cemetery on Duly 18, 1936 in consideration of the
payment of salary from above date to September 14, 1936. This release is on file in
the office of the Board of Public works.
The meeting adjourned at 11 :45 A. I:.
ATTEST: Clerk
a.rd of Public