03/05/1924 Board of Public Works Minutes

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159 Wednesday March 5th., 1924. Continued. To the Honorable Board of public "Works South Bend, Indiana, Gentlemen:,;`. The undersi ned owner of the followingdescribed 'property, to -wit:- Beginning at- a point 62- : ft. south of the center, line of" Section- S and, extending' south along the west lone of Logan �19th. - ) -Street 100 ft' thence west 169 ft,; thence_ north ' 100 ft; thence east 169 ft, to the place of beginning. Respectfully remonstrators against the construction of the proposed River Perk Trunk sewer, District No, 3 , and for cause of remonstrance says; that the estimated cost of such ppopos�ed. improvement will be greatly in excess of the benefits accruing to said property by reason of the construction of said proposed improvement, and that the benefits to the City of South Bend will not equal to the estimated cost of the improvement as afore- said Respectfully submitted, N. R. SHAMBLEAU PILED March 5th., 1924. BY WM. P. O'NIEL, Atty. BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS BY VERONICA C. SWEENEY Clerk. to the Board of PUblic Works of the Cityiof South Bend, Indiana. Gentlemen:- W*t4 reference -to improvement resolution No. 1283 now pending before your Board for the improvement of River Park sewer system #3, the undersigned property owners within such assessment area defined in the resolution and sewer map now on file in this proceeding, remonstrate separately and severally, each for himself, against said improvement, on the grounds and each of them following, to-:vit:- 1. That said improvement is not required by the public needs. 2, That 3ihe cost of the proposed improvement would be excessive, considering the character and value of the real estate to be assessed. 3. That the cost of idid improvement will exceed the benefits to the :0641 estate to be assessed. 4. Thst the Board of PUblic Works has no legal authority to order the same, 5. That the depth of the trunk sewer as stated In the specifications and resolution on file is more than is required to effectually drain the area to be affected, which makes the cost excessive. ° 6. That the size of the trunk sewer as stated in the resolution on file is greater than newessary, and makes the cost excessive, 7. That, the lands of the undersigned' remonstrators and each of them lying within said assessment area, are farm lands, unplatted, and that 'there is ho demand for the platting of the same, or the use of said lands as City property at the present tine, and no proppeet that the lands of the undersigned ,and each of them lying within said area will, within a reasonable tithe, be subject to demand for use as City property: That no other City improvements have been made waking said lands of remonstrators and each of them available for use as City residence property. 0. That the lands of the remonstrators and each of them lying within said assessment area would not now or within a reasonable time in the future be benefitted either directly or indirectly by the construction of said improvement. 10. That there will be no immediate demand and no demand within the reasonable future for the lands of the undersigned for either residence or business purposes, owing tothe following reasons: (a) That there are not, now any industries located within the vicinity of any of the lands and that there are not any facilities for such industries within the vicinity of said lands; that the -principal industries fin the City of South Bend are located in the southerly and westerly portions of said City and that the demand for vacant lands for residence and business purposes will be n the southerly and westerly sides of said City of South Bend for many years hence. (B). That the impending track elevation within said City of South Bend will open up the north and *ouch thorogghfares in said City 6f South Bent and for that reason the demand :kz for vacant land for residence and business purposes for many years hence will be on the southerly and westerly sides of the City of South Bend, (C). That intervening between the built up portion of the City of South Bend on the easterly side thereof and the lands of the undersigned remonstrators, there is a tract of approximately two hundred acres which will in the -near future be available to accommodate the expansion of the City in an easterly direction, which said tract is near the street car line and has already been furnished with.sewer facilities for the construction of which the lands of the undersigned have already been assesssed, and the assessment thereof paid by remonstrators;