05/17/1937 Board of Public Works Minutes

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2,98 said property for a gravel pit for the Municipal City of South Bend. IT IS STIPULATED AND AGREED by and between the parties that parties of the second part, subject to the approval of the Common Council of the City of.South Bend, Indiana, will purchase the property above described from parties of the first part for the sum of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00).upon the furnishing to parties of the second part or their assigns of good and merchantable title to the property described showingno incumbrances or liens against said real estate, and that parties of the first hart stipulate and agree, upon the approval of the action of the Board of Public Works and Safety in purchasing said property above described by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, that they will furnish and deliver unto the said City of South Bend a Warranty Deed with abstract showing good and sufficient right to convey the property set out in this agreement upon the payment by the Municipal City of South Bend to parties of the first part or their assigns the sum of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) as set out in this agreement. To the carrying .out of this agreement and the provisions and terms hereof the parties bind themselves, their heirs and successors this 17th day of May, 1937. PARTIES OF THE FIRST PART Thomas H. Jackson Laura Dell Jackson George W. Jackson Tt ma Mae Jackson Charles A. Jackson .PARTIES OF THE SECOND PART (Board of Public Works and Safe- ty of the Municipal City of South Bend.) Frederick J. Anderson Edwin W. Hunter Fred Woodward Mr. R. G. Merrill, president of the M. B. Skinner Company, made a request that the parkways opposite their factory be trimmed, and after considering the matter, the Board referred it to the Park Department for attention. The Board discussed with Mr. deer the various properties which the City is now using for dumps and Mr. Weer outlined the following as being used at the present time: Hoffman Gravel Pit on Merry Avenue, mile north of Lincoln Way West. Beck's Lake. Randolph and Robinson Streets. Across from Rum Village Woods on Ewing Avenue. The City Attorney was instructed to draw up an Ordinance to be submitted to the Common Council approving the contract, a copy of which is outlined above, entered into for the purchase of this described property. The meeting adjourned at 11:00 A. M. Clerk • • • • •