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Home My WebLink About04/03/1939 Board of Public Works Minutes447 1-4EETING--A.PRIL 3, 1939 Regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held on 'Monday, April 3, 1939, at 9:15 A.M. All members were present. Yinutes of the previous meeting were read and ap- proved. CEMETERY DEPARTMENT: Lisle F. Vicluabb, Sexton, was present and made his -report for the month of I-Jarch, 1939, which showed total receipts of 191.00. Mr. McNabb obta'-reed an estrrate on the amount of paint required to Paint the fence around the City Cemetery. 163 gallons of paint will be needed. If red -lead at A04.12 a gallon and steel coating at 1.82 a gallon are used, the cost will be $1263.76; if the fence is merely cleaned and coated: with aluminum paint atn2.42 a gallon, the cost Will be>394.46 for material only. No action was taken by the 1-'oard. IEIr. McNabb was authorized to purchase 100 lbs of grass seed and 100 lbs. of fertili ✓_Mir. lddilliams presented to the Board a letter of the State Highway Commission re- gard-ng.the railroad crossing on Western Avenue west of 1 alnut Street. Since the report did no•�, include-recorLyAendati ons, final action of the Board was withheld until a later date. ✓ The following deed was accepted and was recorded in accordance with the minutes of S the meeting of February 6, 1939: Deed of Mae E. Huff Arrowsmith, widow and of full age, and survivor of ?Mary E. Huff, deceased, of Grange County, in the State of Florida, for the following real estate, to -grit: A parcel of land bounded b-- a line runn n� as follows, to-:vit: Beginning at a point six hundred (600) feet east of a point in the north and south center line of SectionThirty-three (33), Township Thirty-eight (38) North, Range Two (2) East, distant south one thousand seven hundred fifty-five (1755) feet from a stone in the center of said Section; thence south one • hundred sixty-one (161) feet; thence east twenty-seven (27) feet; thence north one hundred sixty-one (161) feet; thence west twenty-seven (27) feet to the place of beginning; and being the east twenty-seven (27) feet of grantor's land. T_1is deed is executed to convey to the City ofSouth Bend said land for street p,.rposes for the`,Uuse of the r�ublic, heretofore designated on the proposed .plat as I'Jayfield Road, and which the grantor now understands is to be known as Illinois Street. I-Aary E. Huff, who held the title to the above described property as a joint tenant with the grantor, was grantor's mother. The said Liar y E. Huff de- parted this life on the 25th day of February, 1�)29. which quit -claim deed was recorded in -gook No. 309 at page 496 and is Decwment No. 56999 in the Records of the Recorder of St, Joseph county, Indiana, and is Document No. 705 in the records of the Board of Public +iJorks of-1the city of South Bend. / It was moved by I,.r. Beamer, seconded b-;=r. Driggs and unanimously carried that the City_ Hall shall be closed on Good Friday from fronoon until 3:00 %_.;.T. The Engineer presented evidence to tie Board taat=1arr7T i,11icodemu s, a plumber, had not complied with the ordinance in t=,e construction of a sewer connection at 912 Leland Avenue. The following letter was sent to I;�r. Nicodemus b1T registeredmail • "on the 31st day of ITlarch, 1939, you obtained Permit No. 30753 to install a sewer connection at the residence at 912 Leland Avenue. "Under the rules and regulations of the engineer you were instructed to install � not less than a six-inch connection which instructi6ns and order were stamped upon the per�it which you obtained. "We have been informed that instead of complying witht his order, that you in- stalled a five -inch connection at this address. This is a violation of the ordinanc . The ordinance provides that upon failure to comply with this order, the Engineer shall cause the connection to be changed and suit shall be brought against you and your bonding company to recover the cost of changing the improper connection and to recover reasonable attorney fees and court costs; it also provides that you may be charged with a violation of the city ordinance and fined for your failure to comply therewith. "Unless the five -inch connection which you installed at the above address is corrected by the installation of not less than a six-inch connection on or be- fore the loth day of April, 1939, we shall proceed under the ordinance to change the connection which you installed and bring an action on the bond and also prosecute you for violation of the c rdinance. • "Kindly govern yourself accordingly." Carbon copy was sent to the Laven insurance Agency. MEETING--APRIL 10,• 1939 STREE,rP DEPARTI.IENT : ir. Zmudzinski was present and matters pertaining to his department were dis- cussed. Gordon D. Keller of 1026 Emerson Avenue reported to the Board that the property west of his residence is being used as a dumping ground. He requested that something be done to discontinue this practise. The Clerk of the Board.was instructed to nct,;Lfy the Street Department and the Chief of Police. /Excavation bond in favor of Mel. S. Niemier was approved by the Board. Meeting adjourned at 11: 00 A. �, % n N CLERK APRIL 10, 1939 G. I BOARD 0 UBLIC uORiiS Regular meeting of the Board of Public V-1orks was held on i';Tonday, April 10, 1939, at 9:00 A.P,,T. All members were present. r:`inutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. Payrolls of the various de_r_.art?�ents in the amount of �5,860.39 and claims i the amount of $17.00 of the follow-ng suppliers were approved and ordered paid: Edwin J. Stachowski 815.00 Ja=es P. Conboy 62.00 / he :Westinghouse lamp contract with Il cCaffery Company, Inc. was returned fully signed. This contract is on file in the office of the Board. C�IETERY DEPJ'uRTT EI\tT : /The Engineer was authorized to investigate the possibility of procuring a 1JVPA project for caintin�-g the cemetery fence with INPA paying for the cost of paint estimate by the O'Brien Varni-sh Company and submitted to the Board nrevlouslJr. STREET DEPARTMENT: �Ir. Zmudzinsk_i was present and matters pertaining to his department were dis- cussed. Tarr. Zmudzinski reported '"to the Board_ that "Nio Dusr_ning" signs had been erected on the property w1h1ch had been called to his attention. ✓ DeWitt Ingleright appearted before the 3oard and requested a re -spread of delin- quent assessments. on Lot 2 in Tuxedo mark First Addition. In the opinion of the City Attorney no Iegal`rzeans are available for distribution of assessments against property on Vich the assessments have become delinquent. Mr. L. Harmon appeared before the Bo€rd regarding a complaint he had filed pre- viously against the city. .for damages incurred to his car by a manhole cover on South Main 'Street. The matter was referred to the City Attorney,; for further consideration. Mr. William Busse of the Krearno Bai>ery appeared and requested (:permission to erect a flagpole in front of t1ae ba'_ er-; between the sidewalk and curb. Permission was not granted. He was advised to place the pole within his own property; line or on the roof of the building. /A petition was received from forty-six citizens requesting= the erection of a scree light over the railroad crossing- at Lon -ley Avenue, between College and Brookfield Streets. The matter was referred to the Electrical Department. v A hearing of interested parties was had relative to the changing of the Bendix busline from Linden Avenue to ;Washington Street. Ina_snuch as the Board received an additional _petition recuesting that this change be not made, the clatter was tabled for future consideration. ✓Continuation certificate coverin- contractor's bond in favor of Frank Sailer was approved by the Board. J Upon motion duly made and unanimously carried, the Board approved a contract with the ,,,r'n.ite Consolidated, Inc. for the rental of one Rex 27E concrete mixer at the rental of A200.00 ner month, which contract is as follows: Agreement No. 2 Order No. CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA EZUIPMENT RENTAL AGREEMENT • U 0 •