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BED,TIi\TG--DULY 24, 1939
Regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held on Monday, July 24, 1939, at it
9:00 A.Tft. All members were present. Minutes of the previous meeting were read and ap
proved. Payrolls of the various departments in the amount of '•$,1,932.24 and claimsof
the following suppliers in the amount of $255.10 were approved and ordered paid:
Scherman Schaus Freeman Co. $1.52 Simplex Time Recorder Co. $3.50
Scherman Schaus Freeman Co. 1.24 Dr. H. H. Slominski 4.00
Scherman Schaus Freeman Co. 2.38 John B. Haberle y 30.00
James P. Conboy .50 G. E. Meyer & Son, Inc. 3.11
West Side Hardware Store 40.40 City Water Works 39.03
River Park Lbr. Co. Inc. 35.19 City Water Works .75
River Park Lbr. Co. Inc. 32.45 City Water Works 14.88 5..,.,
Jos. DeVilde Hardware 3.50 Oriental Sanitary Products Corp. 3.50
Jos. DeWilde Hardware .15 The Gibson Company 17.76
Jos. DeWilde Hardware .75 Geo. Wyman &Co. 7.72
South Bend Janitor Supply Co. 12.50 Bogda Chevrolet Co. .27
The follotag claims to be paid for from the Special W.P.A. Fund were approved and
ordered paid:
The Gibson Company. 8.00 Payroll 155.00
Sealed proposals were received +and, opened for the purchase of streetcar rails from
Jefferson Boulevard, Mishawaka Avenue and South Michigan Street. The bids are as follovy
SAM BERMAN BUCHANAN IRON & METAL CO. HURWICH IRON COIVIPAN
125 lb. rails with plates
to match and copper $9,051.10 $r,200.84 $131515.00
70 lb. rails 21083.31 1,472.98 2,485.00
TOTALS $111134.41 $8,673.82 $$,16,000.00
The Hurwich Iron Company -submitted an additional bid of $116.00 for all copper rail
bonds, making a total bid_,of $16,116.00.
The bid of the Hurwich Iron Company, being the highest and best bid, was accepted
and his warranty check was turned over to.Mr. Driggs, dity Controller.
Guaranty checks in the amounts of �,p905.11 and $208.33 submitted by Sam Berman with
his bid were returned.
Proposal bond furnished by the Bunhanan Iron & Metal Co. was returned to that company.
The City Attorney was authorized to prepare an agreement to be entered into between;
the city by its Board of Public wyorks and Safety and the Hurwich Iron Company.
STREET LIGHTS: A petition signed by 19 property o wners requesting. a street light on
South Richigmi Street at the City Limits was received and referredto Mr. Qualls for
investigation and report.
A petition for street lights at the intersections of Michigan and Altgeld and
Michigan and Fairview signed by 27 property owners was received. and referred to TtTr.Owuall�
for investigation and report.
A letter was received from M. Brown & Son requesting three street lights at the
intersection of Main and Western was referred to Mr. Qualls for investigation.
The Replat of Lot numbered 90, and Lots numbered 101 to 105, both inclusive, in
Christman Place Second Addit.on to the Citv;of South Bend, having been approved by the
City Plan Cormnission, was referred to the Board by Charles G. Schreyer of the Inland
Bonding Company. Upon motion duly carried, the plat was approved. This replat com-
prises and is described as follows:
DEDICATION OF PLAT
z The Replat of Lot Numbered 90; and Lots Numbered 101 to 105, both inclusive, in
Christman Place Second Addition to the.City of South Bend, is laid out on said Lots in
F Christman Place Second Addition for the purpose of correcting and altering said plat as
f herein indicated.
The lots in said Replat are numbered as in the plat of Christman Place Second .Add-
ition to the City of SouthBend.
An easement 4 feet fn width is reserved off of the east side of Lot Numbered 90,
E as well as the rear ends of all lots in such Replat as shown on the attached plat of
i said Replat.
The set back line shall not be less than 25 feet as indicated on the plat:
IN WITINESS WHEREOF, Inland Bonding Company, an Indiana corporation, owner of al`E
of" the lots above described, has hereunto affixed its hand and corporate seal, by E-.A.
Coates, its Secretary, this 19th day of July, 1939.
INLAND BONDING COMPANY
By. E.A'.Coates (signed)
Secretary.
OR 0
STATE OF INDIANA )
( SS:
ST.'� JOSEPH COUNTY)
Before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public in and for said county and state, came
InlandBonding Company, an Indiana corporation, by E. A. Coates, its Secretary, on behalf
of said corporation, by authority of its Board of Directors, and acknowledged the execu-
tion of the above dedication of plat as the free act and deed of said corporation.
WITNESS my hand and Notarial Seal this 19th*day of July, 1939.
My commission expires: July 29, 1940. A.-J. Harnson 0-signed)
Notary Public
( SEAL)
CITY CEMETERY: Lisle F. PrcNabb was present and matters pertaining to his department
were discussed. Mr. IlilcNabb submitted his financial report for the first half of July,
1939 showing receipts in the total amount of $354.15; $210. being for perpetual care"
and 9144.15 being for regular stare.
Excavation Bond in favor of Harry H. Verkler with The Fidelity and Deposit Company
of Baltimore, Md. as surety was approved.
Contractor's bond of Clarence I. Lee with Hartford Accident & Indemnity Companyas
surety was approved.
/A committee consisting of John Buczkowski, Leon Kowalski, Eugene Pajakowski and—
Walter Mucha, representing the Polish Central Civic Committee, were present and dis-
cussed with the Board the unsatisfactory condition which results after each rain at the
viaduct at Western and Walnut Streets. They w6re informed that a new sewer is being
planned, which will overcome this hazard.
The matter of repairing sidewalks on the west side of the city was also discussed
and the men were informed that the Board had already taken this under consideration by
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Improvement Resolution No. 2502.
The matter of boulevard lights on Western Avenue was discussed briefly. The fol-
lowing resolution was presented to the Board:
"A RESOLUTION TO ADOPT IN BUDGET FOR THE YEAR 1940 FOR BOULEVARD LIGHTS ON
WESTERN AVE14UE
"Be it resolved by the Polish Central Civic Committee, that it forward this
resolution passed at a special meeting of the Improvement Committee to the
Board ofVlorks of South Bend, Indiana.
111,11h.ereas, the citizens of the West Side have asked previous City Administra-
tions to provide lights on Western Avenue and were always refused due to
lack of funds.
11111hereas, Budget time is here, the Polish Central Civic Committee gives ample
time to provide in the Budget for the year 1940 funds for boulevard lights
on Western Avenue.
POLISH CENTRAL CIVIC COMMITTEE
By Eugene Pa j akowski ( s i ,ned )
Secretary
• This matter was referred to Mr. Qualls for investigation and report.
STREET DEPARTMENT: Pair. Zmudzinski was present and matters pertaining to his departmen
were discussed. Mr. Zmudzinski was authorized to purchase a power mower and 500 feet o.
2rr wire cable and one pair of boots for the use of the sewer department.
The Board authorized the rental of a lathe from the South Bend Lathe Works for the
use of the Street Department at an initial payment of t19.00 and the balance of the
rental to be 210.44 per month. If, and when, 18 consecutive monthly rentals of $10.44
each are paid, title will pass to the City of South Bend.
there being no remons ra 'ectors, to said resolution, the same is now adopted
without amendment. The Engineer filed es he clerk is instructed to adver-
tise for bids to be received at 10:00 A.M. on August 7, 19 , tisements sha.
A proposal requesting a W.P.A. project to investigate the Barrett Law del.inquencie
was referred to the City �'ontroller for discussion with the Assessor and City Treasurer
A petition for construction of driveway on LaPorte Avenue north of the Chicago,
South Shore and South Bend Railway tracks was approved by the Board.
The City Attorney was authorized to prepare an -'ordinance changing the name of 19th
Street to Ellsworth Place from Wilson Avenue to Colfax Avenue in accordance with the
i recommendation of the Council Committee on Streets, Alleys Znd Bridges..
Meeting adjourned at 12:30 P.M.
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"LERK