12/01/1952 Board of Public Works Minutes

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534 Wire & Disc Wheel Sales & Service $1.61 Wire & Disc Wheel Sales & Service $5.14 Zimmerman Brush Works, Inc. 82,66 Zimmerman Brush Works,.Inc... 30.18 Scherman Schaus Freeman.Co. 18.59 Scherman Schaus Freeman,Co. 32.64 The first matter taken up by the Board was the petition filed by the Studebaker Corporation for vacating street and alley described as follows: Beginning at a point which is the northeast corner of Lot 87 as shown on the recorded Plat of South Bend City as platted by Samuel Morrison, now a part of the City of South Bend, located • in the northeast quarter (1) of the northeast quarter (1) of Section 14, Township 37 north, Range 2 east; thence due west a distance of 107.50 ft.; thence due south a distance of 264.00 ft. thence due east a distance of 107.50 ft.; thence due south a distance of 14.00 ft.; thence due west a distance of 107.50 ft.; thence due south a distance of 17.67 ft-; thence due west a distance of 14.00 ft.; thence due north a distance of 362.37.; thence due east a distance of 20.00 ft.; thence due north a distance of 10.10 ft. thence due east a distance of 101.50 ft.; and, thence due south a distance of 62.80 ft. to the point of beginning. Petition and accompanying drawings were examined by the Board and the matter was then referred to the City Plan Commission for their consideration and report. VACATION RESOLUTION NO. 2740 - 1952 R. S. Andrysiak, City Engineer, filed primary assessment roll showing the awards , of damages and the assessments of benefits in the matter of the vacation of THE WEST 30 FEET OF ERNSBERGER STREET FROM THE ST. JOSEPH RIVER SOUTH TO A POINT WHERE SUCH FORMER STREET INTERSECTS IRONWOOD DRIVE, UNDER Vacation Resolution No. 2740. In the above named assessment roll, the. Board hereby orders that it will -meet in • the City Hall at 11:00 A. M. on the 29th day of December 1952 for the purpose of hearing and receiving remonstrances from all persons interested in or affected by said vacation, and the Board further orders that notice of said hearing, together with the amount of damages awarded and benefits assessed be addressed to the property owners by publishing same on'the 5th day of December, on the 12th day of December and on the 19th day of December 1952, in the South Bend Tribune and the Tri-County News. A request for increased fares on the part of Northern Indiana Transit, Inc., under date of November 29th was next examined by the Board, ordered placed on file, and the matter taken under advisement. STREET DEPARTMENT: 1j . Street Commissioner, Harry M. Tomlinson, being,present, first brought to the atten- tion of the Board, the condition of Fellows Street in the 3200 and 3300 blocks due to settling of clay fill-in job of sewer contractor. It was the consensus of opinion that.two loads of gravel would suffice to temporarily remedy the condition and make the street passable until spring, when the contractor will be able to make satisfactory repair of the street. The reported two large mud -holes in first alley south of Lincolnway West and west of Elliott Street were next considered. The Commissioner stated this alley is to be given his department's immediate attention. TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT: Considerable discussion took place concerning a complaint registered by the S. S. Kresge Company, against the maintaining of the news -'stand at the corner of Michigan and Jefferson, which was referred to as "an eye -sore". The fact that it provides a,living for the 78-year old vendor was given.,consideration. It was also pointed out that two more stands are to be constructed of the improved,type, and will be available soon, and it was decided to hold the matter of the removal of the Michigan and Jefferson news-stand in abeyance until the two new stands are installed. It was believed that S. S. Kresge Company may be persuaded td withdraw their removal request, by the im- proved appearance of these -new news -vending stations. • DEDICATION O-P LAND FOR PUBLIC STREET l KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That JACK J. KOHEN AND HELEN C.KOHEN, husband and wife, of St. Joseph County, Indiana, do hereby dedicate to the City of South Bend, Indiana for a public street the following described real estate located in St. Joseph County, Indiana, to -wit: Beginning at a point sixteen (161) feet East and ten (101) feet South of the Southeast corner of. -Lot No. 3 of John Adams -First Addition; thence due East to a point seven (711 feet west of the Southwest corner of Lot No. 8 in G. W. Mikesellts First Addition; thence due South fifty (50t) feet; thence due West to a paint • forty-six (461) feet East of the Northeast corner of Lot No. 4 in John Adams -.First Addition; thence North fifty feet to the point of beginning; all in the Northwest Quarter ��Ot) 4)_of the Northeast