HomeMy WebLinkAbout09/11/1939 Board of Public Works MinutesY-EETING--SEP TEEBER 11, 1939
GARBAGE DEPT.,Victor W. DeFrees filed with the Board his contract bond in the
sum. of �'�10,000. with Maryland Casualty Company as surety and duplicate copies of Standa
aorkments Compensation and Employerst Liability Policy and Public Liability and
Property Damage policy with the Travelers Indemnity Company as surety on both, in
accordance with the re-qurements of the garbage contract.
!Meeting adjourned at 12:00.
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TTBLIC WORKS
Regular _meeting of the
Board of Public
7orks was held on Monday, September 11,
1939, at 9:00 A.II. All members
were present.
TJinutes of the previous iieeting
were read
and approved. Payrolls of the
various departments in the amount of 4�7,442.41
and claims
of the following suppliers in the
amount of �3444. 59 were approved and ordered
paid:
1,41cClave Printing Company
33.50
Indiana Bell Telephone Co.
$ 6.30
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South Bend Supply Company
17.10
Glenn �"Jells
7.50
Scherman-Schaus-Freeman Co.
1.93
South Bend Clean Towel Service
8.75
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2.22
Burroughs Adding I-,Tachine Co.
1.31
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1.42
Peterson Battery &- Ignition Co.
17.25
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.06
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2.50
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.88
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• ,75
Goodyear Service
6.00
South Bend Lathe Works
2.50
The Ohio Oil Co.
19.60
Itli= Steel Company
28.35
J. I. Holcomb Mfg Co.
18.62
O t Brien Varnish Company
12.50
Royal Typewriter. Company, Inc.
7.35
Bogda Chevrolet Co.
5.14
South Bend Clean Towel Service
1.25
If It it
3.21
South Bend Sand cok Gravel Corp.
105.60
The Gibson.Coipany
2.64
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Asphalt Products Corp.
108.90
Continental Oil Co.
16.06
J. D. Martin Machine Co.
2.00
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The following claims to
be raid out of
the Special :11.P.A. and Intercepter
Sewer
Accounts were approved and ordered
paid in the
Fnotu-it of � 6, 657. 01:
T;"cClave PrintinC; Company
15.50
P. A. Truck Rental
$1533.68
Indiana Bell Telephone Co.
1.85
Payroll -Intercepter Sewer Acct.
75.00
South Mend Supply Company
7.10
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60.00
Clyde E. ;Williams
30.00
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150.00
iIndiana Bell Telephone Co.
6.00
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50.00
Soi;th Bend Foundry Corlpany
504.00
" Special W.P.A. Fund
374.83
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Good year Service
12.44
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23.56
Voorhees-Jontz Lbr. Co.
560.00
Henry Ec,ler fg. Co.
1170.00
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560.00
Schilling's
.43
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6
500.00
.43
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560.00
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2.50
it Bob Morgan
34.70
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Joseph De�'lilde Hardware
8.94
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10.01
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1.94
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29.49
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3.00
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35.13
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3.25
Scherman-Schaus-Freeman Co.
14.76
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1.72
Business Systems, Inc.
1.85
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1.34
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Frederick Post Co.
114.95
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2.92
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Indiana Bell Telephone Company
8.95
Sothtr_ Bend Supply Company
28.91
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'A. L. Saville
3.45
South Bend Foundry Company
70.00
Indiana &- I,Iichigan Electric Co.
10.90
Attorney John Gonas appeared before the Board in connection with the claim of Eulali
Jagmin, who asserts a clair_- against the city for personal injuries received while riding
in a star on West Sample Street. Mr. Gonas said the complaint could be settled for six
or seven hundred dollars, if immediate payment was made. He was informed that in the
opinion of the Board, there was no liability on the part of the city.
% A letter was received fr cm Attorney Floyd Jellison, w1no represents Anna '��pplegate,
✓stating that they will accept �1500.00 for settlement of a claim against the city as a
result of personal injuries received bar111rs. Appl&gate when she fell after tripping over
an alleged defective sidewalk on East South Street.
STREET DEPARTIE ITT:
Mr. Zmudzinski was _present and matters pertaining to his department were discussed.
1-,1 °. Znudzinski reported that the sewer in the 500 and 600 block East Broadjjay had been
inspected, cleaned and the difficulty adjusted.
Mr. Zmudzinski reported that PIrs. Edward Detzler of South I,Ii.a_mi Street has been
burning leaves and trash on asphalt pavement and has refused to comply with the request
of the Street Department to desist. The matter was r eferred to the Board of Safety, to
be referrdd to the Chief of Police with instructions to check the ordinance and take the
matter up with either %Ir. or itiirs. Detzler.
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The Roard received a report from the City Plan Commission approving the acceptance
of the following; deed; from David L. Guilfoyle and Catherine E. Guilfoyle, his wife, now
of Dade County, State of Florida, and formerly of St. Joseph County, in the State of Ind
Tana for the following described Real Eatate in St. Joseph County in the State of
Indiana, to -wit:
A part of Bank Out Lot Numbered Ninety-four (94) of the Second Plat of Outlots
to the Town, now City, of South .Bend, which part is bounded by a line running
as follovas, to -wit: v
Beginning at a point on the West line of Arnold Street in said City of South Bend
• 184 feet South of the intersection of Western Avenue and Arnold Street in said
City; thence retest 92 feet; thence North 87 feet; thence North, 450 west, 7 feet;
thence West 200.05 feet; thence North 92 feet tot he South line of said Western
Avenue; thence East along said south line 12 feet; thence South 75 feet; thence
South, 450 East, 7 feet; thence East 188.05 feet; thence North, 220 6' East,
17.2 feet; thence East 12 feet; thence South, 220 61 Nest, 17.2 feet; thence
South 87 feet; thence South, 450 East, 7 feet; thence East 75 feet; thence South
12 feet to the place of beginning; -being the proposed Alley as laid out and
designated on the roposed Plat o - Guilfoy le's Sub -division of a part of said.
Bank Out Lot Numbered 94.
• The real estate hereinabove described is hereby conveyed to the City of South Bend,
Indiana, for use by the public as a public alley.
The Deed was accepted by the Board and the Clerk was ordered to have the same recorded.
A petition to pave LaSalle Court from the end of the present pavement across alley
to Colfax Avenue by the construction of brick pavement with J.P.A. labor and city
materials was received and referred to the Engineering Department for investigation and
report.
f A claim for damage done to sidewalk, corner curbing and driveway at 1101 N. College
Street presented by �Jilbur H. Hoover was referred to the Engineering Department for
investigation.
CITY CE%,"ETERY DEPT: Lisle F. liIcNabb was present and matters pertaining to his departmen
were discussed. I,Ir. 1TcHabb presented his financial report for August, 1939, showing
receipts of 0160.00 for perpetual care and 'P132.00 general fund.
Continuation Certificates on contractor's bonds of John VonBergen and Charles E.
Dahmons were approved.
r Continuation Certificate on Excavation bond of Goheen Plumbing & leating Company
was approved.
T,Ir. Williams, City Civil Engineer, reported that Leo Rieder had contacted him rela-
tive to the city using the Old Hoffman Gravel Pit on i, iles Avenue as a Central 1,lixing
Plant. No action was taken.
hZeeting adjourned at 12:30 P.M.
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