03/18/1930 Board of Public Works Minutes

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VIP- 60 Tuesday, March I8th. , I930. Board met in regular session at 9 A. 1.1. All members present. Minutes j of meeting held March Ilth., 1930, read and approved. i The Board approved the estimate of Gerber and dale , Contractors, for painting walls and. ceiling in thou Counc i 1 Chambers at the cost of 4458.00. A proposal for the lease of the old South Bend Woolen Company property on past LaSalle venue was filed by Hoe Scheininger as follows: South Bend -,,Indiana. Ia'arch I7th. , 1930. • To The Honorable Board Cf Public Vi orks Uity of South Bend Indiana , . Gentle men : The unde.F. signet represe�t�s that he is the owner of the fbllc�ri�g deserib ed real estate in the City cf South Bend: Lots numbered Your (4) and five (5) and six (6) in the Original Plat o f the `T'won of Lowell • now a part of the City of South Bend, excepting therefrom a parcel of land sixteen (t) rods in -length, taken off of and from the Entire width of the east end of said. Lots, alsoLotsTwo, (°=2), three (3), and four (4), as shwon on the recorded plat of Esther H. M11illerts subdivision of a Dart of Lots four (41''' five (5) (6) and six in the Original Plat of the Town of Loy; ell, nova a part of the 6ityof South Bend . The undersigned proposes to lease said real estate to the City of ''ouch Bend for a public Parking for term (5) ground, a. of five years, at an annual rental of Fifty-two hundred dollars (5200.00) payable on July Ist. , and January Ist., of each G year. It is proposed, also, that the City may have a renewal of said lease fora like (5) period of five years at the same rental. if desired It is understood that the City should accept the property in its presnt cond-�tion, and- Can make any improvements on the real estate that it desires, with the privilege of removing any end all of its improvements at the expiration of idle lease. i' The undersigned respectfully presents this proposal for the considena- Lion of the Board. - Fours very truly, Joe Scheininger." 11 petitions. regare'ing the assessments for track removal The following on Division Street were filed: Board of Public Yorks City of South Bend, Ind. Re: Grand Trunk Tra ck -Removal peso lu `ion. Gentlemen: At a general meeting of the property owners along Division street, the following reasons were advanced why the property owners should not pay more than • 10% of the bale -nee due on the Grand Trunk con tract for the removal of i is tracks on j Division Street from Michigan street to Laurel Street: I. The, Grand Trunk Railroad Compan-r never paid the adjoining or abutting property owners along Division Street, cr the city for its right of way at the time the tracks were laid. 'i 2. The tracks on-'ivision 'street for the past sixty years have lessen ed the value of the property along said street and has materially hind ere d its detelope merit. 3. The property owners in this section have suffered great inconveniana;e in form of noise, smoke and delaYs by reason f trains o being zun over said tracks at all hours of the day and. night, 4. The city for the past sixty R CompanyRailroad for its right of way along said street, and said tax became a part of the general fund, and was used for governmental purposes generally. The property owners on Division Street derived no more benefit from said tax than the property owners generally in the City. 5. The removal of the railroad tracks, while it is not in the nature of a. public utility, was neve rthe less considered as a part of the track elevation program an(_ should be paid by the city at large. 6. Studebakers, 'livers ,Wilson Bros., and other employees and the City as a while derive a direct benefit by the removal of the tracks -and the abandon - me nt and surrender of the right of way.