HomeMy WebLinkAbout08/24/1936 Board of Public Safety Minutes 44 �
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]l�ETIMG August 24, 1936 �
Re�ular meeting oP the Board of Publie SaPety was held on
Monday, August 24, I936, at 9:00 A. M. All members were present. .
Minutes of previous meeting were read and approved.
Requisitions in the Fire Department numbers 03471 to 03481 and
in the Police Department numbers 11? to 135, inelusive, were approved.
Claims, from the following suppliers, in the amount of �142.76 were
approved and ordered paid, also payroll in the various departments
Por the last ha1P of �ugust amounting to �17,143.43.
Hibberd Printing Co. �18.50 1Nilliam Freeh �53.53
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. 3.40 gaylor Holman Spring Co. 4.22
The MoCaffery Co. 9.36 No. Incandescent Lamp Co. 38.88
E. W. Pike & Co. 14.27 Smith-Alsop S.B. Paint Co. .60
FIRE DEPARTMENT - ChieP Freeh present: �
Matters pertaining to the operation oP the Fire Department were
disoussed and the Chief requested privile�e of purchasing a new
battery for the Assistant Chief' s Rockne car, also two additional
tannia acid sets for use in the Fire Department. The Board authorized
him to make these �urchases.
Letters of reoommendation in favor of Marshall Witt were received
from A. L. May, Jaok Taylor and Earl Hollis. These were ordered placed
on file with .the original applioation.
Applications for position as Pireman were reoeived from Charles
Lyons, Edmund Leo Smolka and George S. Toth, Jr. , which were ordered
placed on Pile.
ELECTRICAL D�.'ARTMEIJT - Mr. Qualls present:
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Matters pertaining to the operation of the Eleotrical Department
were disaussed with Mr. Qualls.
pp.LIGF�DEPARTIV�NT - Chief Lane Present: �
Mr. T. E. goontz of the South Bend Dowel �Jorks appeared before
the Board in rePerenae to the traffic situation at Main Street and
Indiana Avenue where Main Street was recently established as a through
street. He called the Board' s attention to hazards which have
developed by holding the east and west traffic at this point and
urged that a traffic light be installed at this intersection. He
suggested that traffic .light on Lafayette Street at Tutt, which is
seldom being used, might be placed at this point, or the traPPic light
at Indiana gvenue and I�iehigan Street be transferred to this inter-
section. The matter was fully diseussed and rePerred to Mr. Quall� for
investigatio� and reoommendation.
Chief Zane requested �he privilege of purchasing four sets of
shot gun loaks for installation in police cars at a cost of $10.00 per
set. The Board authorized the purchase of this equipment.
Applioationsfor position on the Police Uepartment were received
from Edmund l�orasz and George Hozow, which �ere ordered plaoed on file.
V�EIGHTS & MEASURES DEPARZ'B�ENT - Mr• Burns present:
Mr. Burns submitted his report Por the week ending August 22nd,
showing total number of insgeotions made of 267. This report is on
file in the offiee of tYie Board of Public Safety.
The meeting ad�ourned at 10:30 A. M.
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Chairman
ATTEST: Cl erk