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HomeMy WebLinkAbout12/06/1937 Board of Public Safety Minutes 155 MEETING December 6 , 1937 Regular meeting of' the Board of Public Safety v,�as held on Monday, December 6 , 1937, at 8:45 1�. I�2. A11 members were present. Minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. Requisitions in the Police Dep�rtment numbers 955 to 967 were approved, Claims, from the following suppliers, in the amount of �1,368.13 �vere approved and ordered paid. Western Union Telegraph Co. �2.15 Ind. & T�qich. Electric Co. �32. 25 Clark's Lunch Rooms, In c. 15.40 No. Ind. Pub. Serv. Co. 31.60 Hibberd Printing Co. 17.25 Ohio Chem. & �Ifg. Co. lO.OQ Office Eriginsers, Inc. 3.62 South Bend Supply Co. 17.52 Office Engineers, Inc. 4.82 G. E. P.2eyer & Son, Inc. 15. 38 Schrade'jr, S�,rvice �.80 The Gibson Co. 4.61 Slick YdeaY baundries 4.09 Se�rs, Roebuck & Co. 39.45 Gafill Oil Company 13.92 South Bend X-Ray Lab. 1Q.00 Gafill Oil Company 45.85 Simon Brothers, Inc. 7.50 Gafill Oil Company 448. 27 J. I. Holcomb Mfg. Co. 33. 59 Sinclair Refining Co. 16.40 American-LaFrance 8c St. Joseph's Hospital 2.50 Foamite Ind. , Inc. 318.50 Ault Carlera Shop 18.72 So. Bend. �rhole. Drug Co. 5.10 Ne�v York Central Railroad .88 So. Bend Clean Towel Serv. 1.�0 Indiana St ate Prison 182.95 Ind. &� Mich. Electric Co. 46.01 South Bend C1eUn Towel Ser. 8.75 R�dio Eeuipment Co. 1.65 Railway Express kgency .89 So. Bend Electric Co. 10.00 FIP.E DEP1�RTidIE1VT - Chief Freeh present: The Bo�rd discussed tr.�ith the Chief matters pertaining to the operation of the Fire Department. POLICE DEPI�RTNiENT - Chief Lane present: The C'r�.ief brought up the c�uestion o�' making arrangements for the new cars for 1938 �nd submitted a tentative proposition from Scherman-Schaus-Freeman Company. After discussing the matter, the Board instructed the Clerk to secure a v�lritten proposal showing definitely v�°h�t they propose to furnish and the allotivance made on second-hand cars to be turned in for consideration at the next meeting. The Chief submitted report of Nover.iber covering activities of the Police Departr�ent, which report is on file in the office of the Board of Public Safety. Application for position on the Police Department was submitted by Robert Lee Dotson and ordered placed on �'ile. Report for the month of November from the Traffic Bureau v�-as submitted and a copy furnished each member of the Board and a copy placed on �'ile. Traffic Engineer Ernest I�7iller submitted a recom�end�tion that stop signs be placea at the follo�ring intersectioris, due to inereased speed on Portage Avenue resulting from improvement of the highway: Rex Street Cushing Street California �venue Cottage Grove .F:venue � De�,f�ude �venue Angell� �:venue King Street Gt the east approach. Kinyon St. at the v�est �pproach. McCartney Street After considering this matter, ttie Board decided to concur in this reeommendation and ordered the stop signs erected. 156 �' ,� _ � WEIGHTS & rlIEASURES DEPARTMIlVT - Mr. Burns present: � � � Mr. Burns submitted his report of the operations of his department for the week ending December 4th, showing 239 inspections made, which report is on file in the office of the Board of Public Safety. The meeting adjourned at 10:45 A. M. � � Ch ai rman ATT�ST• Clerk 1�EETING December 13, 1937 Regular meeting of the Board of Public Safety was held on Monday, December 13, 1937, at 8:45 _A. P�I. All members were present. ndinutes of the previous meeting were re�d and approved. Requisitions in the Police Department numbers 968 to 983 and in the Fire Department numbers 03931 to 03939, inclusive, were anproved. Claims in the amount of �1,110.q6, from the fbllowing suppliers, were approved and ordered paid. Payroll of the various departments amounting to �38,223.48 was approved �nd ordered paid. South Bend Supply Co. �23.19 Simon Brothers, Inc. �7.Q5 South Bend Supply Co. 1.86 Amerzcan ZaFrance & South Bend Supply Co. 1.50 Foamite Ind. , Ine. 199.66 G. E. Meyer & Son, Inc. 6.56 Scherman-Sch�us-Freeman 16.82 G. E. Meyer & Son, Inc. 5.90 So. Bend Vlholesale Drug 10. 20 G. E. 1t2eyer & Son, Inc. 1.13 Gafill Oil Co. 101.05 Healy Sign Company 7.40 No. Ind. Pub. Serv. Co. 1.00 ��eisberger Bros. 6.35 Radio Distributing Co. 1.91 ti"Teisberger Bros. 12. 75 City l�tiater Works 6.08 Alex Korski 2.75 City V�ater ti�iorks 3.00 The Gibson Co. 4.97 City l�ti�ater Works .60 Gill-Vorn Chev. , Inc. 8.90 City Water ti"lorks . 30 Ind. Lumber 8c Mfg. Co. 3.73 City Vdater Vuorks 628.�0 The Se�grave Corp. 48.00 FIRE DIl'ART�JIENT - Chief Freeh present: The Chief reported that on responding to an alarm on December 5th, Engine No. 6 in leaving the Statian skidded into a parked automobile belonging to Beulah Young. The Board autharized the necessary expense - of repairs, amounting to �8.90. F,L�CTRICAL DEPARTTuIIIVT - P.Zr. �ualls present: Mr. Qualls submittsd the report for November o�' the radio system, a copy of v��hich is on file in the office o� the Board of Public Safety and a copy furnished each me:nber of the Board. pOLICE DEPARTI�ENT - Chief Lane present: A propos�l from Scherman-Scha.us-Freeman Company for new cars for 1938 was submitted and the m�tter was taken under advisement until further investigation could be made. The most favored proposition by the Chief was Proposal No. � far 3 - 1938 Commanders 1 - 1937 President 1 - 1937 Dictator for �4,000.00 and in addition the follovtiring trade-ins: 1 - 1934 Studebaker, kno�ron as �10 1 - 1933 Ford, knov�n as #3 1 - 1931 Ford, known as �12 1 - 1932 Rockne, known as �4 1 - Junk Ambulance This proposition to be less generators.