04/14/1926 Board of Public Works Minutes

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APRIL 14th. , 1926. XXXXXXX� 86A If4 • 0 • FT,'TIT10N FI1 M, BY THE SOUTH B K TD YOT0'R BUS ' COIFTI ATTY .�tr1l ..:la.:vdJ1J..�.LV11:11..yty. Vi:�,lV Vtgl:LL n-:�y APPRO'7ED JANUARY 12 t h. , I 9 2I . "The South Bend Yotor. Bus Company respectfully represents there heretofore, on January I2th., I92I, O dXnaA87 was passed by the Common Council of the City of South Bend and approvea by the blyor of said City. That said ordinance ratifi- ed and confirmed a contract and amendment thereto graihting this petitioner permission any` authority to operate busses on certain streets in the City of South Bend. That subsequent to the approval of said ordinance the third route described in said contract, which ran into the Southeast part of the.City >of South Bend was abandoned by and with the acquiesence and consent of the municipal authorities of the City of South Bend, but without formal amendment of the contract or amend- ment of the ordinance. That subsequent to such abandonment the City of South Bend through this Board and by ordinance duly adopted, granted permission and authority to the Chi cagorp South Bend and Northern Indiana Railway Company to maintain and operate motor busses in said southeast portion of said city. Said petitioner would fatther.show that police regulations and orders have heretofore been made requiring the encircling by all busses of the block in said city bibunded by Yaln, Lafayette and Washington Streets and Jefferson Boulevard. That in conformity with such orders this petitioner has been for sometime operating its busses around said block. Said petitioner further reppectfully represents that -the inhanbitants of that portion of the city bounding Division Street and lying Vest of Olive Street desire bus service as far west as Iowa. Street on Division Street, and said petition- er represents that the extension of its Division Street route from its present Western Terminus at Olive Street to Iowa Street will be a public utility and a general benefit. 11herefore this petitioner prays that the terms of the :contract now existing between the petitioner and said city be modified with this petition. signed Arthur L. Cilliom Jones and Obenchain Attorneys for South Bend RESOLUTION. 17-otor Bus Co." "Resolved by the Board of Public vrks of the City of South Bend, Indiana, that the following is the exact form of contract which will consid ;red and adopted in the matter of t_ie petition pf the South Bend Motor Bus Company heretofore filed praying for the modification of certain provisions of the contract now existing between said city and said compazW, which existing contract was confirmed and rati- fied. by ordinance Number 2I37 of said city, approved January I2th., I92I." CONTRACT. "This agreement, made and entered into this I4th., day of April 1926, by and between the City of South Bend by and through its Board of Public Ifforks, herein Nter called first party, and the South Bend Ij-otor Bus Company, a corporation, _k ereinafter, called second party, 'r'ITTTESSJTH: That the consent, permission and authority are hereby given and granted by firrst party to and vested in second party, its successors and assigns, to operate its commercial vehicles commonly knoLm as motor busses, for the purpose of carrying passengers, _or the period hereinafter specified, over the following streets and routes in the City of South Bend, Indiana. I. On '°'oath Main Street between Washington and Division Street; on Division Street between main and Iowa Streets; on Lafayette Street between Division and Washington Streets; on Washington between Lafayette and Main Streets. 2. On South Main Street between Washington Street and Jefferson Boulevard; on Jefferson Boulevard between La,in Street and Lafayette; on Lafw,7ette between idashington and Sample Streets; on West Sample Street between Lafayette and Franklin Streets; on Franklin Street between Sample Street and Indiana Avenue; on Indiana Avenue between Franklin and Kemble Avenue; on Kemble Avenue between Indiana and Ewing Avenues; on 4ashington Street between Lafayette and Main Streets. Said second party agrees to operate its said vehicles over said streets and I' routes regularly and in accordance with a regular time schedule adequate to the I convenience and necessity of the inhabitants of said city; second party further agrees not to pick up any passengers at intersections of any of said streets with the Chicago, South Bend and Northern Indiana Railway Company's tracks, except f at the downtown starting points; second party also agrees to comply with the pro- visions and regmirements of any ordinance now or hereafter in force in said city i� regulating such traffic. First party further grants the right to second party to erect and maintain suitable signs along said streets and routes, advertising its stopes and schedules. I subject to regulation by the Board of Public Works of said City.