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MEETING -- JANUARY 15, 1940
A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held on 1tonday, January 15, 1940
at 9:00 A. T+T. All members were present. Minutes of the last, meeting "were read and
approved. Claims of the following suppliers in the amount of $93.81 were approved and
ordered raid.
American Linen Supply Co, Inc.
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City eater Works
Goodyear Service
J. I. Holcomb Mfg. Co.,
The Ohio Oil Co.,
South Bend Sanitary 'Wiper Co.,
South Bend Tribune
$31.52 Weisberger Bros.
4.52 Geo. Wyman & Co.,
1.88
10.4'7
6.83
7.15
3.00
8.94
9.51
10.00
The following claims to be paid out of the Special W.P.A. fund 'or'the Interceptor
Sewer W.P.A. fund in the amount of a211.€ were approved and ordered paid,
Edwards Iron Works, Ire..
Maurice J. Hoban
Indiana 8, Ti,Ii chig an El ec . C o .
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15.60 River Park Lbr, Co., Inc. 68.06
20.00 South Bend Wholesale Drug Co., 2.50
.94 White Consolidated, Inc. 100.00
1.13
10.08
3.37
GARBAGE DEPARTINlai TT: Mr. I. W. Cripe was called into the Board meeting and asked to
explain the ten hundred and eight;, -seven (1087) complaints made in the last two
weeks. He reported that some of the conditions causing the complaints were beyond
Their control and that effective today, they would be on their regular schedule.
The Blue Lines, Inc., have been assigned the garbage collection and disposal
contract of Victor Degrees and having filed Contractorts Bond in the sum of $10,000.00
and also having filed insurance policies as roq_uired of Contractor, the Bond and
Insurance Policies of Victor DeFrees are herewith returned to 15r. DeFrees, with the
krivile�;e of cancellation.
STREET DEPART1,11E�,T: Mir. Anton Zmudzinski, Street Commissioner was present and matters
pretaining to his department were discussed.
T. Fields, 1102. Kinyon St., appeared before the Board of '.forks and made complaint
of damages to his car by hitting a depression in the street around the manhole in.
the center of the street, at the corner of Vassar Ave., and Blaine Ave. The Street
Commissioner was instructed to make an investigation and report to the Board, and
Mr. Fields was ordered to get an estimate and file claim. Following instructions,
the Street Commissioner reported that conditions led him to believe the City had
some responsibility in the case and the Board approved the expenditure up to 015.00
and Mr. Fields was ordered to present a proper claim for that amount, which he did
and same was approved by the Board and ordered paid.
Edith Klein, #2022 Linden Ave., appeared before the Board of Public ('darks
and made complaint of damages, due to hitting a depression in the intersection of
Jefferson St., and Chapin St., She presented a claim for -towing charges in the
amount of ?3.50 which the Board approved and ordered paid.
The Street Commissioner stressed the hazardous condition existing at the Beck's
Lake Dump, due to men and boys riding on the Bendix trucks arriving at the dump to
be unloaded. The Board authorized the Clerk to send the following letter to the
Plant Superintendent at Bendix:
• ''Our attention has been called to the hazardous conditions that exist when
your trucks haul refuse to the Beck's Lake dump. It seems that as your
trucks approach the dump, youngsters living in the vicinity'of the dump
climb on these "trucks in search of valuable refuse. The boxes containing
the refuse are shoved off the trucks before they reach the designated
dumping place.
ij In the ?~lad scramble to bet on the truces and to shove the boxes off, there
is grave danger of thes; youngsters being injured. It is reported that a
youngster was killed a few years ago, and another had his leg broken just
recently because of this condition.
Also the dumping of refuse before it reaches the designated dumping place
makes it more difficult to maintain the dumping ground, and loose paper
and other light material is blown about the community creating a nuisance.
The Board -of Public Works and Safety urges: you to take whatever steps are
necessary to eliminate the conditions as outlined above. A communitation
from you as to what steps have been taken will be appreciated."
The,Board of Public 'orks approved the establishing of grade on the alley
bed een Woodland Ave . , and Boulevard Park Addition, from. Inglewood Place, South.
/ There being no further lousiness, the Meeting was adjourned at 12 05 P.
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