HomeMy WebLinkAbout10/18/1937 Board of Public Safety Minutes 14� _ �
MEETING October 18, 1937 �
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Regular meeting of the Board of Public Safety was held on
Monday, October� l8, 1937, at 8:45 A. M. Mr. Anderson and Mr. Woodward
were absent. The Mayor acted as ex-officio member of the Board.
Minutes of the previous meeting were read. and approved.
Requisitions in the Fire Department numbers 03872 to 03879 and
in the Police Department �numbers 889 to 896, inclusive, were approved.
Claims, from the following� suppliers, in the amount of �914.41 were
approved and ordered paid.
Railway Express Agenc�r, Inc: �1.02 Von Lengerke & 1�ntoine �3.13
L. J. Lane , 79.30 Frank S. Andrews 95.00
Air Radio 5.25 Kaylor-Holman Co. 11.47
A. L. Saville .50 Elkhart Brass Mfg. Co. 50.5�
Gill-Vorn Chev. , Inc. 80.45 Scherman-Schaus-Freeman 3.66
Slick-Ideal Laundries 7.70 G. E. Meyer & Son 17.49
S1ick-Idea1 Laundries 12.�5 No. Ind, Pub. Service Co. 1.00
Wm. Ransberger & Son 19.65 City Water Works 17.03
The Office Engineers; Inc. 2.00 City Water V�'orks 505.87
The Office Eagin�ers, Inc. .94
ELECTRICAL DEPARTNlIlJT" - Prlr: Qualls pres�nt:
Matters pertaining to the operation � of the Electrical Department
were discussed with Mr: Qua11s.
FIRE DEPARTMFNT� - Chief Freeh absent:
Application for position as fireman was submitted by William
Henry Heiermann and ordered placed on file.
POLICE DEPARTMIIJT - Assistant Chief Diedrich present:
The Assistant Chief� discussed with the Board various phases of
- the operation of the Police Department during the past wesk.
A petition was received, � signed by twelve residents in the
affeeted area, asking that �the Board re-establish the right of
parking on the west side of Cushing Street: As this matter was
referred to TrafPic Engineer Miller several weeks ago and his recom-
mendation concurred in that parkin� on the west side of Cushing Street
from the filling station south �for 100 ft. be established as no parking,
the Board instructed that the petitioners be -so informed.
Mr. G. R. MacGregor; - manager of the National Mill Supply Company,
requested that a loading zone- be es�ablished in front of their place
of business on Monroe� Strest-and on Carroll� Street. This matter was
referred to Traffic Ehgineer �Miiler, whose report is on file in which
he did not recommend establishing these loading zones. The Board
ordered that a copy of his report be sent to �the National Mill Supply
Company asking their cooperation with the report.
Communication was received from Traffic Ehgineer Ernest H. �1liller
recommending that the traffic signals at Ewing Avenue and Miami Street
and at Madison and �Eddy�Streets be eliminated; and his reason for this
is included in the report�now on file in the office of the Board of
Public Safety. The Board� gave instructions to �notify ��r. �ualls to
remove these signals at the same time that stop signs are placed.
WEIGATS & NIEASURES DEPARTM�NT:
Mr. Burns submitted his report of the operation of his department
far the week endin� October 16th, showing 269 inspections made. This
report is on file in the office o�' the Board of Public Safety.
The meeting ad�ourn�d� at 9:30 A. M.
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Chairman
ATTEST: Clerk