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10/13/1947(MRS. E. WILLER'S LETTER, CONT'D.) After carefully considering the matter, the Board of Health respect- fully recommends that the City Council take up this issue and formulate a program which will eliminate this nuisance, such program including the weeds on vacant lots and corners. Respectfully submitted, Des Plaines Board of Health Elsie M. Willer EW: ss Secretary The Mayor referred the letter to the Council as a committeeof the, whole, and the Mayor instructed the Clerk to acknowledge the letter. ADJOURNMENT. The motion was made by Alderman Kehe, and seconded by Hansen, to adjourn. The motion was voted upon by acclamation, whereupmn the Mayor declared the motion carried, and the Council regularly adjourned. OTTO W C * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DES PLAINES HETD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 6, 1947, AT 8:00 P.M. . HENRICH CLERK DUE TO THE ABSENCE OF THE CITY CLERK, OTTO W. J. HENRICH, AND THE MAYOR, G. WALTER PFLUGHAUPT, AND THERE BEING NO QUORUM, THE DEPUTY CLERK, KATHERINE SCHMIDT ,� THE MEETING FOR WANT OF QUORUM, UNTIL MONDAY, OCTO-- BER 13, 1947. (ADJOURNED) 2gAe& Katherine Schmidt Deputy City Clerk MINUTES OF THE'1REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DES PLAINES HELD IN THE COUNCI CHAMBERS, MONDAY EVENING. OCTOBER 2e. 1947. AT 8:00 P.M. CALL TO ORDER. The meeting was called to order by Mayor G. Walter Pflughaupt, who presided with Aldermen Johnson, Hansen, Wolf, Kehe, Baines, Harm, McKay, and Morava responding to roll call. Alderman Vavrinek and Halverson were absent the entire meeting. OFFICIAL REPORTS. The City Clerk submitted the reports of Building Inspector, F. Scharringhausen; Electrical Inspector, A. Rieck; City Treasurer, H. J. Ahbe; and City Clerk, Henrich, for the month of September. The City Clerk read the following report of City Attorney, Frank October 10, 1947. Opeka: Mayor and City Council, City of Des Plaines, Des Plaines, Illinois. Gentlemen: Re: City of Des Plaines vs. Mihala City of Des Plaines vs. Hunt Please be advised that the Mihala case was set by Judge Prystalski to be heard on October 20th. Proofs will be offered and it is hoped a decree will be entered. There is no contest in this matter. The Hunt case was set by Judge Reid to be heard on October 24th. This matter will be contested. Very truly yours, Frank M. Opeka City Attorney COMMITTEE REPORTS. Public Protection Committee: Alderman Johnson made the following report: Des Plaines, Illinois, September 3, 1947 To the Mayor and City Council: Your Committee on Public Protection has investigated the above and recommend: • 1. That 4 way stop signs be placed at,Lee and Prairie. If this test proves to be a success, possibly the State will install stop and go lights; synchronizing them with those at Lee and Ellinwood Streets 2. That the ordinance be amended, creating 30 minute.' parking on the west side of Graebland, between th® C & NW tracks and Webford Avenue and one hour park- ing on the west side of Pearson Street form Ellinwood south to the ally and on the east side, form Ellinwood south to the property line of the Des Plaines Public Service Company Elmer W. Johnson Eric G. Hansen The motion was made by Alderman Johnson, and seconded by Kehe, to concur in the report. The motion was voted upon by acclamation, whereupon the Mayor cn declared the motion carried. Bennett Construction Company Excavators. Alderman McKay reported the az following: Des Plaines, October 13, 1947. Hon. Mayor and City Council, City of Des Plaines, Illinois. 1 1 Gentlemen: On June 9th of this year, after some unpleasant preliminaries, Mrs. Bennett of the Bennett Construction Company, agreed to start construction at the two excavations on Woodbridge Road in Cumberland Terrace within 30 days. As you may recall, these excavations had been made 16 months before and had become a menance and a nuisance. At our regular Council meeting of July 7th I reminded those present, including Mrs. Bennett, that the Construction Company had not up to that, time ful- filled the promise to start construction, and it was agreed that if work had not started in the allotted time the excavations would be filled by the City. At the last moment the Bennett Company started work on the foun- dations. Soon the concrete walls were in, the forms removed, dirt backfilled, and after a while some millwork was delivered on the site. Water and sewer lines were installed. Incidentally, it will be recalled that at our meeting on June 9th, the Bennett representative had requested she be permitted to install sewer connec- tion so water which might collect in the basements could flow into our sanitary sewer. She was informed this would not be permitted, but the sewer linea are in, and the tile ends are not capped, and I have been informed they are not plugged except with dirt and stone. This cannot be definitely checked except by getting down into the basement, and this it is difficult to do without a ladder as the walls are about seven feet high and a sheer drop all around. I would suggest, however, that the condition be checked. The tap at the end of one of the water lines is dripping freely, and perhaps it might be well to correct this. The millwork which had been delivered to the job has been withdrawn, and it looks now that the net result of the philanthropic efforts of the Bennett Company to provide relief to the housing situation, is this - Instead of having two excavations on Woodbridge Avenue with dirt_ banks, and a chance for a child to crawl out if he fell in, we now have two de luxe ditches with concrete walls and which are definite traps for anyone who might fall in. This is the net result of a 20 -month stretch since the breaking of ground for these two homes. S. E. McKay. ILLINOIS COMMERCE COMMISSION. The City Clerk reported a hearing to be held on.Alley Bus Lines, October'14, 1947. Attorney Opeka informed the Council he would represent the City at the meeting. 685 G86 DES PLAINES TRAFFIC COMMISSION LETTERS. The Clerk read the following three letters, which later were referred to the Public Protection Committee: Chairman of the Public Protection Committee c/o Mr. Otto W. J. Henrich, City Clerk The City of Des Plaines Municipal Building Des Plaines, Illinois Dear Sir: . October 9, 1947 We repommend that you have painted on Miner Street at the crosswalk north of the depot a"large "Slow" sign facing both directions. • We suggest that you or the City Clerk attempt to have a representa- tive of the. Engineering Department of the State of Illinois meet jointly with the Traffic Comoission and your Public Protection Committee to discuss the protection of various highway intersections in and adjacent to our city limits; and, if' con- venient, we would like to have this meeting on Tuesday evening, October 28, along with,our regular Traffic Commission meeting. VLS:ss Mr. Otto W. J. Henrich City Clerk The City of Des Plaines Municipal Building Des Plaines, Illinois Respectfully yours, DES PLAINES TRAFFIC COMMISSION V. L. Spiegler Secretary October 9, 1947 Dear Mr. Henrich: In reply to your committee' report dated September 15, and the letter attached thereto from the Safety Council dated September 14, we recommend that.the City barricade Seegers Road at the east line of Harvey Street for, according to Engineer Fletcher, part of this road is private property and also the railroad crossing on•the old roadbed had been disposed of.at the time the'underpass was built.' We also recommend that the "No Outlet" sign now in use on the east side of Seegers and Wolf Roads be removed and moved to the west side of Wolf Road at Harvey Street. We recommend that the four-way stop sign be replaced at Center and Thacker Streets. The stop signs at Center Street had been removed. several years ago; however, it is still a dnagerous corner approaching the property of the Center Street School, and this would reduce the speed of the motorists approaching this corner from both the north and from the south. VLS:ss Mr. Otto W. J. Henrich City Clerk The City of Des Plaines Municipal Building Des Plaines, Illinois Respectfully yours, DES PLAINES TRAFFIC COMMISSION V. L. Spiegler Secretary October 9, 1947 Dear Mr. Henrish: Mr. Donald Frazer, representing the Riverview Civic Club, and Alderman Harms brought to our attention, and we discussed at length, the danger of the children going to and rom the Riverview School crossing the Soo Line Railway right of way at the end of Everett Street which is not an authorized crossing. We wish to recommend that,you ask the Soo Line Railway to barricade the foot path at the west end of Everett Street which leads across the Soo Line Railway property to Mannheim Road. 1 (TRAFFIC COMMISSION LETTER., COAPT *D. ) We also recommend that a sidewalk be placed from the south end of the "S" curve on Mannheim Road to Prospect Avenue which, after completed, will give the children the privilege of walking on the sidewalk in preference to Mannheim Road and permit them to cross the railroad on Prospect which is an authorized crossing. Respectfully yours, DES PLAINES TRAFFIC COMMISSION VLSss V. L. Spiegler Secretary • S. H. ROSENTHAL LETTER ON DEPMSTER STREET WATER MAIN. The Clerk read the following letter: City of Des Plaines, Illinois City Hall Des Plaines, Illinois Attention: Hon. Walter Pflughaupt, Mayor Gentlemen: October 9, 1947 You will recall that on September 9, 1947, I wrote to you concerning the water main built by mfr client, the Croation Orphans Home, on Dempster Street outside the City Limits. On September 16, 1947, we received a letter from your City Clerk, <C acknowledging receipt of our letter, and stating that the matter was referred to to the City Attorney and to the Water Committee. Although we were informally assured by the City Attorney, Mr. Frank Opeka, that no water would be sold through our main until a satisfactory adjustment is made with the Croation Home, it is now rumored that the City of Des Plaines is supplying water to several subdivisions, through our main. Since we have received no formal response from the City in connec- tion with these matters, and since my client is pressing me for something definite in this matter,'I respectfully request that you let me have a formal reply to the - matters set forth in mfr letter of September 9, 1947. Very truly yours, 1 Samuel H. Rosenthal • B}LFi" F 955 cc - Mr.'George C. Kutuzovich, Supt. Croation Orphanage ' Route 1 - Box 133" ' Des Plaines, Illinois " Mr. John Butkovich, President • Croation Fraternal Union of America 34.41 Forbes Street • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania REGISTERED MAIL RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED The Mayor referred the letter to City Attorney Opeka, with the instruo- tion to contact Mr. Rosenthal. ' STATE DIVISION OF'HIGHWAYS:-"MANHEIM & TOUHY". The Clerk read the following letter: Mr.'Otto W. J. Henrich Citi Clerk Cit} of Des Plaines Des"Plaines, Illinois • September 25,-1947 Dear Sir: I acknowledge receipt of your letter of September 3rd attached to which was a copy of a letter sent the City Council by the Des Plaines Traffic Commission regarding the intersection of Touhy and Mannheim Roads. 687 688 (HIGHWAY LETTER, CONT'D.) A twelve hour traffic count was made at this location on Tuesday, August 12th, between the hours of 7:00 A.M. and 7:00 P.M. A breakdown of the count showed that traffic volumes through the intersection were slightly over 50 of that required under the minimum warrants adopted by this Department in accordance with the law. An examination of accident reports of your City, as well as the State and County police, showed a total of five accidents during 1945, 13 in 1946 and four to July 1st in 1947. Of the total it was noted that 15 occurred during hours of day- light. As you know, traffic through the intersection is controlled by 2 - 36" stop signs on Touhy with 36" advance warnings. There are 36" cross road signs on Mannheim Road. There are no restrictions on sight distance and we believe that most of the accidents can be attributed to a violation of the stop regulation. At this time we cannot recommend the installation of signals under. any of our warrants, but will keep this intersection under observation. Yours very truly, C. H. Apple District Engineer The Mayor ordered the letter placed on file. Alderman Johnson requested the City Clerk to mail a copy of the letter to the Secretary, V. L. Spiegler, of Traffic Commisbion. APPROVAL OF BILLS. Alderman Kehe,.Chairman of the Finance Committee, presented the following proposed resolution: BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DES PLAINES THAT THE FOL- LOWING BILLS ARE DUE AND PAYABLE AND THAT THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK BE AND ARE HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO MAKE PAYMENT FOR SAME. of No. Ill.$2,139.05 160.14 160.00 55.50 25.00 107.50 47.50 3.90 41.75 7.74 15.60 9.04 39.33 3.06 25..25 80.84 19.51 588.00 24.38 22.64 27.14 26.5,5 210.56 5.07 772.83 24.30 676.17 9.25 Co. 3.00 20.00 2.57 2.61 1.33 5.00 4.54 15.00 18804 Public Serv. Co. 18806 J. K. McGregor 18808 Otto W. J. Henrich 18810 Burroughs Adding Mach. Co. 18812 Art Rieck 18814 Elmer Carle 18816 Village Elec. & Radio Shop 18818 Hartless-Austin 18820 D. P. Journal 18822 Lien Chemical Co. 18824 The D. P. Publishing Co. 18846 The Miro-Flex Co., Inc. 18828 Seneca Petroleum Co. 18830 B. F. Kinder's Sons 18832 Wally's Mobile Service 18834 Lagerhausen Lumber & Coal 18836 Krema Trucking Co., Inc. 18838 Marblehead Lime Co. 18840 Socony-Vacuum Oil.Co., Inc. 18842 Louton Paint & Varnish Co. 18844 Prairie -Lee Paint Store 18846 B. F. Kinder's Sons 18848 Pittsburgh Equitable 18850 C. L. Bishop 18852 Joe Divito 18854 Glenview Plumbing 18856 National Lead Co. 18858 D. P. Journal 18860 D. P. Mercantile 18862 W. C. Trenn 18864 W. E. Mathews 18866 George Beck 18868 Dora Heim 18870 H. G. Sheppard 18872 Bruce E. Smith 18874 Village Electric Co. & Heating Shop * 18805 Koehler Bros. Serv. Sa. $ * 18807 Burroughs Adding Mach. Co. * 18809 D. P. Journal * 18811 F. Scharringhausen * 18813 City Clerk's Petty Cash * 18815 D. P. Motor Sales, Inc. * 18817 D. P. Tire & Battery Serv. * 18819 Frank M. Opeka * 18821 Lagerhausen Lumber * 18823 Kaufman's Electric * 1882; Bither's, Inc. * 18827 Lagerhausen Lumber * 18829 Louis Esser & Sons * 18831 Duro Test Corp. * 18833 Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. * 18835 The D. P. Publishing Co. * 18837 Pennsylvania Salt Co. * 18839 Merchants Chemical Co. * 18841 Johnson's * 18843 Lagerhausen Lumber & Coal Co. * 18845 James B. Clow & Sons * 18847 Kaufman's Electric Shop * 18849 Neptune Meter Co. * 18851 Frank Saville * 18853 Reding Coal & Material * 18855 Petterson Safety Service * 18857 D. P. Motor Sales, Inc. * 18859 U. S. Postmaster of D. P. * 18861 Water Dept., Petty Cash * 18863 R. Little * 18865 Alvin Niebuhr * 18867 Hal Baird * 18869 John Shand * 18871 Marie Harloff * 18873 Harold J. Ahbe, Treasurer & Coal Shop 292.79 286.27 37.20 40.00 52.45 110.56 33.72 76.90 Co. 479.32 1946 18.41 53.17 60.00 45.60 42.46 30.00 41.31 73.64 21.60 97.27 506.65 2.21 478.47 29.60 12.00 19.00 4.35 75.15 12.12 4.00 2.03 1,84 1.45 4.55 125.00 & Coal Co. CASH TRANSFER WARRANT No. 1 1935 Mater Revenue Bond Cash $ 576.25 1947 " " " " 378.00 Water Depreciation Cash 80.00 To transfer from the Water Free Cash the monthly sums stipulated'in the Water Revenue Board Ordinances for the month of October, 1947. No. 2 General Corporate Free Cash 50.00 IIILibrary Free Cash To refund to the General Corporate Fund the protion of Janitor's Salary chargeable .to Public Library Fund, but which was advanced by the General Corporate Fund during the with of October, 1947. 689 $ 1,034.25 50.00 The motion was made by Alderman Kehe, and seconded by Harm, to adopt the proposed resolution. The mor put the question, and the Clerk called the roll with the following result: Ayes: Alderman Johnson, Hansen, Wolf, Kehe, Baines, Harm, n McKay, and Morava. Nays: None. The Mayor thereupon declared the motion carried and ;said resolution adopted. az ADJOURNMENT. The motion was made by Alderman Harm, and seconded by Morava, to adjourn. The motion was voted upon by acclamation, whereupon the Mayor de- clared the motion carried, and the meeting reiularly adjourned. OTTO W J. HENRICH CI CLERK MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DES PLAINES HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, MONDAY EVENING. OCTOBER 20, 1947. AT 8:00 RM. CALL TO ORDER. The meeting was called to order by Mayor G. Walter Pflughaupt, who presided with Aldermen Hansen, Wolf, Vavrinek, Kehe, Baines, Harm, McKay, Halverson, and Morava responding to roll call. OFFICIAL REPORTS. The City Clerk submitted the report of receipts and disbursements for the period of January 1, 1947 to September 30, 1947. The City Attorney reported the following: "Please be advised that the Mihala case was heard before Judge Prystalski today, who after a hearing directed that I prepare a decree which is to be.signed on Thursday of this week." Alderman Vavrinek reported that the street light requested on Harvey Avenue was ordered to be installed. HUMBERT'S FOREST PRESERVE SUBDIVISION PLAT APPROVED. The Clerk read the following letter: October 18, 1947 IIICity Council Des Plaines Illinois Gentlemen: The City Plan Commission having approved the Humbert's Forest Preserve Subdivision Plat, refer the plat to the City Council. Yours truly, OTTO W. J. HENRICH, SECRETARY OF PLAN COMMISSION 690 The Mayor declared a recess and after reconvening, the motion was made by Alderman McKay.and seconded by Morava, to approve the plat of Humbert's Forest Preserve Subdivision. The motion was voted. upon by acclamation, whereupon the Mayor declared the motion carried and plat approved. APPROVAL OF MINUTES. The motion was made by Alderman Kehe, and seconded by Hansen, that the minutes of the regular meeting September 15, 1947, special meeting of September 22, 1947, regular meeting of October 6, 1947, and the adjourned meeting of October 13, 1947, be approved ad written. The motion was voted upon by acclamation, whereupon the Mayor declared the motion carried. ADJOURNMENT. The motion was made by Alderman Kehe, and saedonded by Baines, to adjourn. The motion was voted upon by acclamation, whereupon the Mayor declared the motion carried, and the meeting regularly adjourned. bela- OTTO W. HENRICH, CITY CLERK MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DES PLAINES HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, MONDAY EVENING. NOVEMBER 3. 1947. AT 8:00 P.M. - CALL TO ORDER. The meeting was called to order by Mayor G. Walter Pflughaupt, who presided with Aldermen Johnson, Hansen, Wolf, Vavrinek, Kehe, Baines, Harm, Mckey, Halverson, and Morava responding to roll call. OFFICIAL REPORTS. The City Clerk submitted the reports.. of Building Inspec- tor Frank Scharringhausen, Electrical Inspector Art Rieck, and City Clerk report of receipts for the month of October. The Clerk also reported receiving a copy of a letter from City Attorney Frank Opeka, which he was instructed to write to Mr. Rosenthal. October 23, 1947 Mr. Samuel H. Rosenthal, 127 North Dearborn Street, Chicago 2, Illinois. Dear Mr. Rosenthal: Your letter of October 9th addressed to the Mayor of the City of Des Plaines was referred to me for reply after it was read at a regular meeting of the Council. First, I wish to advise that the reason you have received no formal communication from the Water Committee, to whom your letter of September 9th was referred, is due to the fact that the Committee has endeavored to compel an adjust- ment of any claims that might exist and for that reason called the meeting to which you were invited and apparently could not attend. A subsequent meeting was to be arranged to suit your convenience, but no date has been agreed upon. I wish to direct your attention to the fact that the City of Des Plaines entered into•a contract with Harry A. Dooley, the owner of the subdivision directly across from the high school and also with the Green Fields Homes, Inc., the owner of the subdivision adjoining the high school to the south. The agreements provided for the construction of a new main from the city limits to their properties, thru which they would be serviced with water for which they have made application. The agree- ments further provided that they are to procure the necessary easements and rights of way. Water when supplied will be supplied thru a meter installed at the City limits. To date no such application has been made nor such meter installed. Up to the present time no request has been made with the City for water service to either of the subdivisions to which you refer in your letter. I might add that the City of Des Plaines has made use of the main in question, when it was com- pelled to secure an emergency supply of water from Park Ridge and in so doing acted within its authority under the purported contract to which you refer. The records indicate that your clients have abandoned the use of this main for some 17 years, during which period the City of Des Plaines, to maintain proper circulation of water, maintained -water in said mains, especially in view of the fact that on several occasions it was found necessary to connect with the Park Ridge system for an emergency supply of water. You are informed that the City of Des Plaines issued no permits to any one to tap on this main, for the reason that the City of Des Plaines has no authority to issue any such permits beyond its corporate limits and especially in view of the fact that they are not the owners or lessers of said main.