01/31/1938 Board of Public Safety Minutes

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�� ' MEETING Janua,r�"31, 1938 �__.__...._- Regul�r meeting of the Board of Public Safety i��JGs held on � P�l�onday, January �I, at 9:QQ A. M. All members v�ere present. Minutes of the previous meeting were read:and approved. Claims from the foll.ov:�ing suppliers in the amaunt of ��146.85 were approve� and ordered paid: Business Systems,Inc. � 6.8� Office En�ineers, Inc. � 6.80 Businecs Systems, Inc. 14.36 G. 0. Thurn 29.72 Business Systems, Inc. .2,5 Schermen-Schaus-FrEeman I9.I.3 Hibberd Printing Co. 63.QC? - Co. Nev�s• York Central R. R. 1.75 Stevens �il Company S.Qa FIRE DEPkRTTti�F.NT- Chief Freeh present: The Chief reported that one of th.e inhalators used in the Fire Department needed repairs whieh Vt�ere duthorized by the Board. Applieation far a positian on the Fire Depart�lent was presented by Ear1 J. Harman and ordered placed on file. The Chief presented the 31st �nnua� Financial Sbatement of. the Firer�en's Pension Fund, �,hov,ing �activities of 1937 and the cash po- sition on January �1, 1938, which i�� ordered placed an file. ELECTRIC�.L UEPARTI�iE1VT - Mr. �,ua�Is present: Mr. �u�lls reparted that the v��arning si•gnuls at the Sr�mple and Fello��s Street crossing of the Ne�v Yor� Centr�l are too ex�ensive to operate electrically and recommended that fl��sh�rs be purchased Por saic� inst�llat�on. Instructions were gitren to communicate v,�ith the State Prison to see if they m�.nufacture a suitable flasher. PaLICE DEP�HTI�iENT - Chief Lan e present: The Chief presented a communication from the IndiGna Associa- tion of Chiefs of Police, outlining a plan for the installation of a Teletype��riter in the Folice Department. It was brought aut that a member of the State Police Department w�i�I be in South Bend Feb- ruary IDth to explain this matter. Defir_ite decision regarding the installation af the te�etypev�riter was therefore postponed. O��icer Ernest Busch made a report of an accident to Car Nu.21 as having come in cantact with a street car and Sample and I�ichigan Streets. A report was also presented from the driver of the street car. The Board instructed that the �fficers ir_ ear No. 21 be order- ed to appear before th� Board at its next meeting to discuss this matt er. City Tra£fic �ngineer i�iller made a report of a number o�' loce- tiQns v�here saPeguards v,ere neces:ary and after discussing this mat- ter, the report not being co�plete, the Board ordered that such safe- guard.s be erected as could be done v:�ithout purchase of v�arning signs. The Street Derartment therefore was ordered to erect barricades at Edgei^rater �nd T�onroe Streets, a.t Edge�tiater and Arch Avenue, �,.n.nd at Lafayetf;e and North Shore Drive; �nd to continue the present type of guard-rail 125 feet north and 50 feet south at Nile� Avenue and Cor- by; also to repair the guard-rail cable at the east end of Hydraulic Avenue bridge. Mr. �ualls was in�tructed to repair the dead-end elec- tric light at North Side Blt*d. and Notre Dame Avenue. Also to re- puir guard-rail along the river in the 13a0 block on Lincoln Way �as�. � The Board discussed the physical condition of Officers Fred Ham- ` mer and gave instructions to the Chief to have Offic�r Hammer bring in a report of his physical concition �nd recommendatxins by Dr. Paus- zek before he be permitted to go back to xork. A request �n�as received from �:estern Radio Service at �E35 Lincoln ti'�Tay West for the establi�hment of a loading zone in front of their � pl�ee of business. Having been referred to City Trafi'ie Fngin�er MilZer and he recommending tha.t this be not established for the rea- �on that there is a rear drive to the buildin� permitt� unloading in the rear, the Boa.rd concurred and ordered th&t the Ra�io Shop be so notii'ied.