02/27/1924 Board of Public Works Minutes

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Wednesday February 27 1924 Continued.• STATE OF INDIANA BEFORE THE -BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS SS. ST. JOSEPH COUNTY OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND. In the matter of Resolution No. 4., Providing for Grade Seperation at certain street REMONSTRANCE. crossings and the elevatinn of certain railroad traoks,in the city of South Bend. ' e undersigned persons interested in and affected by the improvement providef for in Resolution No. -4, Providing for Grade Seperation, do ba by in their own and individual eapaeity, as such persons interested in and affected 'Fy the improvement provided for by the said resolution, and as a com- mitoo acting for and in behalf of numerous other persons similarly interested a !$ 3$ ae%&e#ebb + �o �' $ e � t8r8 $ $e °rm$ k eel i itati"rel un s pant hereof, of said persons enacted at a mass meeting of said persons held on February 24, 19249 at St...adalbert's Ha11, remonstrate against.said RESOlutinn No. 4 in its present form and pray that the aforesaid Resolut,ian No, 4 be mddified so as to provide for the elevatinn of the tracks of the New York Central Rail- road Company, and of the Grand Trunk Western, Railway`Ndmpany over all df the street crossings over which the tracks of.the said railroad companies pass ' between Chapin and Olive Streets inclusive. For rounds of -remonstrance the undersigned declare that the public necessity and. envenience of the,proposed improvement demand and require the modificatinn prayed; that the plan proposed in said Resolution No. 4 elevates a number:.of the.existing grade crossings several feel, there*Vy making the use of. said .crose7ing extr;�rntly to thnt- Divi-iot, Walnut and Olive streets are majorareerial streets and used of necessity by large numbers Of people and particularly by those who reside west of Chapin -street. Name: Address: Stanley A. Kolkiewioz 418 So. Brookfield Str. Johm W. Cividak 441 So Meade ST. • Woiwigais Szymorowski 446 So Grant St. Ignatius Kazmierzak 454 S. Philli rX St. Joseph 1P, Moskinski 2409 W. Poland -St. Exhibit "A" The following resolution was adopted at a mass meeting of appprox- mately 205 citizens and residents of the Fifth ward representing approximately 1500 citizens and voters of the city of south Bend, held on February 24, at St. 4 Adalbert's Hall, to the authenticity and geniuness of which the undersigned, citizens and residents of South Bend, certify to as a committee appointed for said and other purposes: RESOLUTION: - WEVREAS the Board of Pu�blir Works of the city of South Bend St, Josepph County, State of Indiana,r,by resolution known as Board of Public works 8e:solu iion No, , Providing. for �e ftRtfaki?off goopoeles tjoadoopt;� cert�, in proposdd plan a desor be in Sala-esie railroad tracks of the New York Central Railroad Company, and -of the Grand Trunk Railway Company; and WHEREAS, by the said proposed plan no consideration is give -n to the elevation of the tracks of the aforesaid railroad companies at the several Gros sings over which the tracks of said railroad companies.cross between Chapbn and Olive Streets; THEREFORE, be it resolved that it is the sense of this meeting that we, citizens and residents of the West Side, of the City of South Bends ar-e gainst the present proposed plan for track elevation of the New Yor1c'.t j yRailroad Company, and of the Grand Trunk•Western Railway Company because it does he cr ssings Q er ihh the tacks of the said railroad companies Chapin an Oi ve Streets; an BE it resolved further that it is -the sense of this meeting that the citizens and residents of the West Side, of the city of South Bend, are in favor of the track elevation of the several. railroads providing such elevation includes the steeet crossings between Chapin and Olive Streets inclusive; and if for any reason and / ,orereaasonsvt,hetelevations ofethent,rackstofstheeaforesaid n r a eo aComp 'e es crosssesdnelheentonapin ansc i gi�veov� roe shiner s�ivektheen a o e o noes n es the question of track elevation of the aforesaid railroad oo anies remain in Abeyance Ultil such time as the said reason and / or reasons be eliminated; and