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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02/27/1939 Board of Public Works MinutesI4+IEE=NG--FEBRUARY 27, 1939 Regular meeting of the Board of Works was held at 9:15 A.I.A. on A:A onday, February 27, 1939. All members were present. Minutes of the previous neeting were read and approved. Payrolls of the various departments were approved in the amount of $4,728.79 and claims of the following suppliers in the amount of �}384.26 were ap- proved and ordered paid: ,South .Bend Iron & Metal Company "3.42 ,,Les Ko-rp al . 3.00 Zt-�.�.o.�-A1-le•-�.,0� : y..�� ..,n ,...,_.� ,....�,K v�.rY,..��1.�4��� . ,The Ridge Company 17.03 <T.iirror Press, Inc. 16.75 ,The South Bend Clinic 6.00 ,R. C. Larkin Co. 1.28 ,River Park Lbr. Co. Inc. 8.32 City Water Yorks 8.20 oSam Berman >75.00 \Verrill E. Liston 15.00 ,Scherman-Schaus-Freeman Co. .52 :,Voorhees-Jontz Lbr.Co. 31.50 Sara. Berman 75.00 ,City ',dater Works 2.00 `City slater Works 6.40 ' Rev. Roscoe Wilson of the First'United Brethren Church appeared before the Board and requested that additional lighting facilities be maintained in the 100 block East South Street between St. Joseph Street and IV!ichigan Street; that in the past considerable molestation has taken place in this territory and at eo are taking street cars to his ch r. ' and returning by street cars nights,4. y -'will not have to travel tha7 rritory. The matter was referred to theElectrical Department for investigation and -report. V�Mr. Clyde E. Williams, City Civil Engineer, submitted the following resolution for the vacation of an alley north of North Side Boulevard from Louise Street to Roberts Avenue, same being Resolution No. 2500 reading as follows: RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF PUBLIC SORKS OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIAIVA: That it is desirable to vacate the following: ALLEY NORTH OF NORTH, SIDE BOILEVARD from Louise Street to rrtoberts Avenue. The following property may be injuriously or beneficially effected by such vacation: Lots 48, 492 50 & 51 Barer & McHenry Addition. Notice of this resolution shall be published on the 3rd day of IIarch and on the loth day of March, 1939 in the SouthBend Daily Tribune and weekly I,Tirror. This Board, at its office in the City Hall on the 20th day of IMarch, 1939, at 10:00 A.11. will hear and receive remonstrances from. all -_persons interested in or af- gected by these proceedings. Adopted this 27th day of February, 1939. Clyde E. Williams Harry S. Driggs Geor-e N. Beamer Board of Public a orks ✓Mr. Bert Holycross of Holycross_Nye, Ford Dealers, appeared before theBoard and requested that Ford trucks.be considered Then the city, purchases trucks for WPA Today being the date set for hearingm VacationResolutions No. 2491, 2492 and 2493 and the Northern Indiana_ P-cblic Bervice Company having filed with the Board blue prints and information shotiiing that the`- maintain gas pipes in certain alleys effecte by these vacation resolutions and that they have requested the interested parties to furnish easements before Vacation proceedings are completed, giving them the right to maintain and repair the mains on said property and the easements not having been presented, it is, therefore, moved that these vacation resolutions be postponed until March 13, 1939, during which time the interested parties will have an opportunity to procure and present easements. ✓ The Board approved the construction of driveways .for Slicks Laundry i n accordanc with the plans submitted and the Engineer was authorized to notify Mr. Slick that a permit must be obtained from the Engineering DepartTient for making the necessary im- provements upon city property and that the work must be done by a person having submitted. a contractor's bond approved by the Board of --public Works and that a blue Print of the plan approved must be on file in the `-IoarcL of Wor'Is T office. ✓A formal petition was filed by the Twyckenham Land & Investment Corlpany for re - spread of Assessment Roll No. 2154--Fairview Avenue Local Sewer and it was referred to the City_ Attorney for investigation and report. �Mr. Zr udzinski, Street Commissioner, was present and matters pertaining to his department were discussed. An accident which occurred on February 22, 1939, on Ss ple and Lincolnway East, between a Street Department Truck driven by James Perry and a truck owned by the e. • • • • 437 SPECIAL MEETING--FEBRUARY 28, 1939 R. C. 0. Transfer gompany was reported. The claimant was instructed to report to the insurance company. Meeting adjourned at 10:55 A.M. ATTEST: (az_o� CL" H SPECIAL MEET ING- -FEBRUARY 28. 1939 The Board, in special session, Tuesday,-, February 28, 1939, at 11 30 A.1,11., entered into an agreement to purchase ten (10) 12 tor_ dual tired trucks, two (2) with chassis only, and eight (8) with Dower operated hydraulic dump bodies. The total cost of this equipment amounted to W,951.20. ✓ An agreement was also entered into to purchase special dump and hydraulic hoist equipment at a total cost of l,2980.00 from the n. C. Larkin Company of Chicago, Ill. to be installed upon the two chassis. Due to a request for additional trucks for city sponsored `rv. P. A. projects and also due to the dilapidated condition of the Street Department trucks, the Board has con- sidered the purchase of new t-rucks.for the Street Department and the use of the Street Department truces on V'I.P.A.projects. Proposals were obtained from Scherman-Schaus- 1 reeman Company, Holycross & 1- ye, Bogda, Inc., and the International Harvester Company. These proposals were presented to all members of the Council and a request made for ad- vice as to where the purchase should be made, if it was agreeable with the Council to purchase the equipment. /Copies of all bids received are on file in the office of the Board of Public Viorks. The purpose of the meeting having been accomplished, the meeting adjourned at 12 : 00 P1. ATTEST: C LERF� monk r • 0 •