07/10/1928 Board of Public Works Minutes

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Tuesday, July IOth., 1928. • E O C • • ment and sewer improvement on Adams, College and Brookfield Streets from Elwood Avenue to Humboldt Street under Improvement Resolution.No.I976. In the above named assessment roll, the Board: hereby, orders that on the 24t� day of July 1928, this Board will meet in their office in the City Hall at 10:00 A. M. to hear and receive remonstrances from all persons whose property has been assessed �� •_' for said improvement and will decide whether the several lots and, parcels of land {II primarily.- assessed for said improvements have been or will be benefited in the amounts - named on said assessment roll or in a greater or loss sum than that named on said roll. , The Board further orders that notice of said hearing shall be published in the youth {i Bend Mews Times and Tribune on the 13th., day. of July, 1928, according to law. City Engineer filed the following primary assessment rolls: Assessment roll for the pavement on Dorothy Street from south line of Concret Pavement on Priaire Avenue to Ewing Avenue under Improvement Resolution No.20I2. Assessment roll for the pavement on Lafayette Stre-et from Calvert Street to Ewing Avenue under Improvement Resolution No.1988. Assessment roll for the pavement on Chapin Street from Indiana Avenue to Calvert Street under Improvement Resolution No.I97I. In all -of the above named assessment rolls the Board hereby orders that (; , on the I8th. , day o,f July I928, this Board will m eet in their office in the City Hall at 7-I5 P. IT., to hear and receive remonstrances from all persons whose property has .been assessed for said improvements and will decide whether the several lots and parcels !i ' of land . primarily assessed for said improvements have been benefited in the amounts :named on said rolls or in a greater or less sum than that named on said rolls. The Board farther orders that notices of said hearings_, shall be published on the 13th. , day of July and on the I4th. , day of July I928 in the Sout h Bend News Times and Tribune according to law. The Board approved the recommendation of ;7m. F. ^calls for the following change in light location: if Uove the I000 lumen light at the akkey location to the corner of Huron and 11 Tuley Streets and install a 2500 lumen light at the intersection of Huron and Yeade .`streets. This will mean an additional cost to the city of 335.00 per year. +,! The Board adopted the following -resolution: BE IT RyS^LTTED BY THE BO_RD ^F PMT LIC 7ORTS Or MT CITY OF SOUTH BEND IND. i WH7�IRKAS on the I8th. , day of February 1924, a contract was entered into between the Grand drank "estern Railway Company and the._ City of South Bend, whereby the said City did give and grant unto said Railway Company, among other things, the privilege and franchise to secure a new right-of-way thru said City, from a point near Greenlawn Avenue (formerly I8th. , `treet) to a point near its present intersection with the right-of-way of the New York Central Railroad company, and to construct, track and operate a line of double tracelevated railroad on said latered route, and over all intersecting streets and alleys;.and did agree to vacate certain streets and alleys along said route; to open new streets and to pair to said Railway Company certain sums of money, inconsideration of which grant and pr imises on the part of said City the said ailway ompany did agree, among other things, to acquire the right of way between the points aforesaid, and to constacut a line of double track elevated railroad thereon, and uptn the completion of such work to remove its rails, ties _and planking from that portion of Division Street :r:est of the east line of f-lichigan Street, and to '! relinquish its right to longer occupy .the same; and, '1��'REAS,&* the special instance and request of said City negot6at3ons have I� since been entered into between said Grand Trunk Iffestern Railway ompany and !! the New York Central Railroad Company, for_ the use in common by both of said railroad i companies of the right of way of said New fork Centr al Railroad Company, from a point near High. -Street to a point near the -present intersection of the lines of said railroad � companies in said City, which negotiations if carried into effect would involve the further alteration of the proposed route of said Grand Trunk' "lestern Railway Company from Igishawal Avenue to High Street and the abandonment of all of .that part of its { Iroposed altered route between High street and the intersection of the rights of way of said railroad companies; and, �► t7=UT,'sAS, the said railroad companies are in accord concerning the terms of a proposed agreement covering the joint use of the tracks of said New York Central Railroad Company, between the points aforesaid, and the erection and maintenance of a I joint passenger station, and have proposed to enter into a tri-party agreement between !' themselves and the City of South Bend, for the further alteration of the right of way of the Grant Trunk Western Railway Company to -permit a connection of the tracks: of said railway company with those . of the New York Central Railroad Company, at a point near I High Street, the joint use of the New York Central right. of veay by hoth of said j railroad companies from said point of nonnection, to a -point near the present inter- ,I section of the railroads tracks of said companies, and the erection of a union 11 passenger station for the use of both of said railroads; and,. i MI SEAS, in the opinion of this Board such further alteration of route of the Grand. Trunk Vestern Railway.Company, the joint use by said railroad companies of the New York Central right of way between,.the points aforesaid, and the erection of a union passenger station would befor the advantage of the City of South Bend, and-