HomeMy WebLinkAbout09/28/1936 Board of Public Safety Minutes 52 _ _ . �
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MEETING September 28, 1936 �
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Regular meeting of the Board of Public Safety was held on Monday,
5ep�ember 28, 1936, at 8:45 A. 14�. A1.1 members were present.
Minutes of previous meeting were read and approved.
Requisitions in the Fire Department nunbers 03508 to 03513 and in
the Police Department numbers 168 to 176 were approved. Claims in
the an�ount of �119.10, from the follo�ing suppliers, v�ere approved and
ordered paid.
New York Central Railroad � .88 Gafill Book Binding Co. �5.00
Recreation Equipment Co. 22.38 �Francis Bock 30.00
Recreation Equipment Co. 41.36 Simon Brothers, Ino. 5.75
Hibberd Printing Co. 7.25 �Zetal I�Iending Produets 6.48
POLICE DEPARTIVIENT - Assistant Chief Diedrich present: •
The Board considered a request of the South Bend Inn on North
I�ain Street for permanent no�-parking restrictions in front of their
place of business. It was decided that such privilege �rould not be
practical, but did autharize no parking restrictions eaeh Saturday
night from six o' clook on.
� petition of fifty-four residents in the neighborhood of Marion
and Main Streets requested the attention of the Board to this inter-
section and urged that some action be taken in reference to regulation
of traffic. The matter vcas referred to the Chief of Police for
investigation and recommendation.
x request was received from Clifford Churchill to operate private
taxicab on the days of Notre Dame football games without the necessity
of installing a meter. The Board decided to refuse this request.
OfPicer Ernest 1�1liller made a report of the traffic situation on
�onroe Street between 11�iehigan and Nlain Streets, giving a traffic
count during the hour of 9 A. M. to 10 A. NI. on September 19th, which
report is on file in the office of the Board of Public Safety. After
considering this report, the Board decided to refer this matter back
to Officer I�giller with the request that a survey be made at this point
on Saturday, October 3rd, during the hours of 2:00 to 4:00 and 7:00 to
9:00 P. 1�2.
The Secretary made a report of the cost of repairing police cars
before and after the �later ��Torks took over these repairs. This survey
shows the expense of repairing police cars f or the full year of 1934
amounting to :�6,791,95 and for repairing the same cars from April l,
1935 to April l, 1936 amounting to :�4,423.46, sho�ring a saving in one
year of �2,368.49.
The Police Department reported that permitting fifteen minute
parking in front of the Nlarsh Realty Company at 514 ��est Colfax L�venue
�ould relieve the situation at that point and such restrietion is
being enforced.
The Chief of Police reported that he disapproves of 3 hour paThen�
at 1901 South Main Street and at 1126 South LaFayette Boulevard.
Board then ts°instructed to�notifytthe occupantssofrthatspropertyhe
Searetary �va
Report of OPficer P�Ziller regarding the request of the South Bend
Civie Safety Couneil was fully discussed and it was deeided to withhold
definite action reedrUrdinanceewould�be establishedtil J'anuary lst, by
which time a revis
Applieation for position on the Police Department by Theodore
Paczesny was ordered placed on file.
FIRE DEPgRT&�NT - Chief Freeh present:
Matters pertaining to t�o Furchaseaatne�vtbatterylf orsthe supplyhe
Chief and he was authorized p
wagon at an approximate cost of nine or ten dollars.
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ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT - Mr. Qualls presen�:
• Mr. Qualls reported on the. changing of traffie signals and the
establishment oP a nevr signal at Calvert and r�Iiami Streets, also at
various other points. Offioer Miller submitted a traffic eount for
each of these intersections. The Board decided to defer action on
all of these metters until January lst, af ter a nev� TraFf ie 4rdinance
has been established.
G�EIGHTS 8c NiEASURES DEPARTIJlENT - Mr. Burns present:
142r. Burns submitted his report of inspections made during the
week ending September 25th, showing 323 inspections, which report is
on file in the office of the Board of Public Safety.
- The meeting adjourned at 10:30 A. �.
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Chairman
ATTEST: lerk