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Wednesday Apirl 23, 1924. Continued.
<br />and on the 17th day of may, 1924 , ' in , the South Bend News Times and South Bend Tribune
<br />in said City, stating that this Bard will receive bids for the construction of said
<br />Y improvement up to 10:00 A.M. .on the 27th day of May, 1924 The Board reserves the right to
<br />re ;jeet any and all bids.
<br />Ir. W�bs1, r ap rl d in r and to s er.in &lor ne Court. Also in regard
<br />to stone at the intersection®rive eCurt and,�nco n ay st.
<br />Attorney Obenchain appeared before the Board representing. New Jersey,
<br />Indiana & I:llinois Railway Company and presented petition for additional tracks as fol-
<br />lows:
<br />STATE OF INDIANA' T
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<br />giT.io JOSEPH COUNTY),
<br />BEpoith Tfff BOARD' OF PUBLIC WORKS OF THE- CITY OF SC UTH__ MEND.
<br />PETITION OF THE NEW JERSEY; INDIANA & ILLINOIS RAILROAD COMPANY FOR
<br />CONSENT TO LAY ADDITIONAL TRACKS.
<br />To the Honorable Mayor,,Common Council, and Beard of Works of the City of South Bend.
<br />Your petitioner, the New Jersey, Indiana & Illinois Railroad Company,
<br />,respectfully shows,by this, its petition:
<br />1. That said petitioner is a corporation duly organized and existing
<br />under and by virtue of the.laws of the State of Indiana for the purpose of ,operating a.
<br />steam railroad and particularly organized and existing under and by virtue df the general
<br />laws of the said state pertaining to the organization and existence of steam railroads.
<br />2. That said petitioner is duly authorized to maintain and operate its
<br />p resent steam railroad in the City of South Bend under and by virtue of Ordinance Number
<br />1250 adopted by the Common Council of the City of Sough Bend, February 28th, 1904, and
<br />Ordinance Number 2100, adopted by the Cameron Council of the City of South Bend, July 12th,
<br />1920.
<br />3. Your petitioner further respectfully shows that it ownsa operates and
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<br />controls a steam railroad in the said State of Indiana, and particularly said
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<br />St. Joseph County, in said State, and in and from the station of Pine in sCounty in
<br />a northerly dir ction in and to the City of Suouth Bend, and is a common carrier of freigh
<br />and passengers for hire; both in state and interstate commerce: and that its liine of
<br />railroad connects with and furnishesintercharnge of traffic with other lines of railroad
<br />engaged -.in such commerce: that in order to provide accommodations necessary to accomplish
<br />the purpose for which said Company was incorporated, and in order tO furnish proper and
<br />adequate public_i'acilities in the discharge of its duties as such oommon carrier, and for
<br />the purpose of improvement of its read by the construction of additional yard facilities
<br />and team tracks,, it has become and is necessary and desirable that the said petitioner
<br />construct, operate and maintain across Huron Street, two additional switch or yard tracks
<br />in said City; that said petitioner has, for many years owned the fee simple title to the
<br />necessary lands therefor. And petitioner says that it desires and intends to use such
<br />additional siege or yard tracks, and `the land obtainedtherefor for railroad purposes
<br />in the staring, receiving, ]candling.°and deliveyy of freight, and to put the same to such
<br />uses a s such yard tracks and facilities are generally put in the operation of a steam
<br />railroad as a public earrer.
<br />4, That both of said additional tracks will stand upnn land owned by
<br />petitioner; that the exact location of said tracks is more specifically shown by a map
<br />attached hereto and made a part of this petition.
<br />WHEREFORE this petitioner prays that it be granted permission to con-
<br />struct, maintain and operate said additional tracks across Huron Street in the City of
<br />South Bend. NEW JERSEY, INDIANA & ILLINOIS RAILROAD COMPANY
<br />By Jones, Montgomery &Obenchaain
<br />APPROVED.APR 239 1924-Attorneys
<br />BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
<br />By L. B..SLAUGHTER, President
<br />Thereupon the B*-rd adopted the following re solution:
<br />IN -THE. MATTER OF THE PETITION OF THE NEW JERSEY, INDIANA & ILLINOIS RAILROAD COM-
<br />PANY FOR PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE ADDITIONAL SWITCH OR YARD TRACKS
<br />ACROSS HURON STREET IN THE CITY OF SOUTH.BEND.
<br />RESOLIITION.
<br />P.ESOLVED, by the Board of Public Works in the City of South Bend, Ind-
<br />.iana, that the petition of the New Jersey, Indiana & Illinois Railroad V®Mpany heretofo r4
<br />filed, asking for permission to construct, maintain -and operate two additional switch
<br />or yard tracks across Huron Street, as hereinafter further set forth, be and the samE
<br />is hereby granted, on the following terms and conditions, yard tracks shall be constructed on lands
<br />ewn:
<br />. 1. -Said-additional switch or
<br />Railroad Company and shall cross Hunan Straei
<br />owned by the New Jersey, Indiana & Illinois
<br />at grade. 2. Said additional switchor ,yand tracks shall be constructed, maintain-
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<br />ed used -and operated according to the terms of the franchises heretofore granted to the
<br />said New Jersey, Indiana & IllInIs Railroad Company, which said franchises were con-
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