07/01/1930 Board of Public Works Minutes

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Tuesday, July Ist. , 1930. • • 0 • • 0 STATE OF IND IAI,, A ) ST. JOSEPH COUNTY) SS IN T FT t A_T'_IMM OF RESOLUTION) PROVIDING FOR GRADE SEPARAI TION OF RAILROAD TRACKS AT) DIVISION AND 17ALNUT STREETS) BEFORE THE BOARD OF PUBLIC H<-S OF THE CI'1"'Y OF SOUTIE BEND INDIANA We, the undersigned residents and citizens of the City of South Bend St, Joseph County, Indiana, respectfully represent and show that we are the owners of real estate abutting on Division Str�-et adjacent to the intersection of Walnut and Division Streets in the City of South Bend, Indiana, and that all of our separate pieces and parcels of real estate so abutting upon said Division Street will be affect- ed by the proposed improvement; that said realestate owned by each of the undersigned is now occupied .by buildings used for business purposes; that the proposed separation of railroad tracks by the construction of a subway under the seine, as shown by the plans now on file with the Board of Public Wcsks, will ruin and destroy each separate and several piece and parcel of real estate and the buildings thereon situated owned by the midersigned in so far as the -same would be useful for business purposes; that the plan proposed is unjust, unreasonable, and is not the cheapest and best plan that can be adopted for accomplishing the proposed imnro vement ; that the plan should be modified. in this, that The New York Central Railroad Company be mquired to elevate its tracks above the present grade to a sufficient height that the depression in the street meking proper clearance under and through said. subway will minimize the damages to the reppective real estate owners adjacent to said improvement; that under the present plan the realestate of this remonstrator, Anthony Buchholtz, on the south side of Division Street to the west side of Walnut Street will be approximately eight (8) to eight and one half (82) feet above the pavement of said street in front of his buildings if said improvement is made as proposed and on the plan now before the Board of Public Works; that the real estate of John P. Rozplochowski and others on the north side of Division Street west of said proposed improvement will be six (6) to seven (7) feet above the pavement on said street and the real estate of Mrs. Josephine Brambe rt is on the north side of Division .3treet east of said proposed improvement and the pavement of Division Street in front of her real estate will be nine (9). feet lower than her real estate, and the buildings situated thereon; that the real estat e owned by the remons trator , Samuel Burke , on the s outh si de of Division Street, and if said improvement is made under the proposed plan now on file the pavanent on Division Street will be nine (9) to ten (I0) feet lower than the buildings on his real- estate; that all of said buildings have basements underneath the s'arue, and if they sho should undertake to lower said pavement said basements would be ruined; that the sew- erage on Division Street is not sufficiently law so as not to affect the basements; that portions of said. buildings cannot be lowered nor rebuilt to make the same ade- quete for business purposes; that the proper specifications and plans for the improve- ment proposes would require and provide that the tracks of the Railroad Company?; be elevated where the same crosses Division Street approximetely six (6) feet in order to make said proposed work feasible and to render servicable and useful the bhildings adjacent thereto. 'Re therefore, remonstrate and pray that the same be modified to the end that the tracks where the sane cross Division Street be elevated as herein prayee. ANTAHTONY S. BUCH-HOLTZ JOINT P. RO7,PLOCHO:7SKI JOSEPHINE BRA!BERT.It STATE OF INrI.A ) ST. JOSEPH COUNTY) IN TT'T' 11A_T`�`R OF RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR CRA,DE SEP A _," TI ON OF RAILROAD TRF_CKS ON DIVISION F,TI" 'ALIN`I STREETS. BEFORE T I-E BOARD O, F PUBLIC WORKS CI 'I 0 Gi S 0 U`i'H EE ILL` IND_ I ANA TO TPA; FONORA.BLE BOARD OF . PUELTC T ORKS . The undersigned, resident and citizen of the City of South Bend, County of 6t. Joseph and State of Indiana, respectfully represents and. shows: The t he is the owner of the real estate on the south east corner of Division and Walnut Streets in the City of South Bend, County of Wit. Joseph and State of Ind iane , which grope rty abut is upon Division litreet and will be affected by the proposed additional improvement to elevate the rpilroad trr cks of the New York Central nailroad at the intersection of Division and Walnut Streets; that the property of the undersigned is occupied by buildings used. for business purposes; that the pro- posed separation of the said railroad tracks by the proposed elevation of said tracks ah.d the construction of a sub -way under the same as shown by the plans now on file with said Board of Public Works wi 11 destroy the real e state of the und ersigned, and particularly the building thereon fbr business purposes and- that said property cannot be used for any other purpose; that the proposed plan with respect to the, undersigned's property will lower the I Bement on Division Street from nine to ten feet laver than the present grade level of the buildings of the und ersi gned ; that said buildings have P basement und. erneath of the same and if the p zopos ed plan is f ollowed it, would. ruin and destroy the basement thereunder; that the sewerage on Division Street is not