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<br />aday July 1Qth., 4923, .
<br />Board met in regular SoVeion at 9:90 A.M. All. members present.
<br />Mr. R. R. Smith Mgr. of the Chi o *- South Bend & Northern
<br />Indians Railway _Company appoaEred before the Boa and pre3ented agreement
<br />Per the runni of -.busses on certain
<br />streets i the
<br />n h City,
<br />AR ENT.
<br />This agreement -us" jmd centered into this 17th. day or Jule
<br />1923. by ,and between the City wf SamA Send. Indiana, by and thr6ug`h_f1p.
<br />Ord of Public Works, Jero- er` a ine first party, and the Chick e
<br />mouth Bend'*nd Northern Indiana Rail v -Company,, a ®rp®'ration duly erase o ti
<br />-And organized under the laws of tto ;state of Indiaba, hereinafter called
<br />the second party.
<br />WITNESSETH:
<br />THAT CONSENT, PERMISSION AND AUTHORITY are hereby grunted
<br />and giwan by the first party to and vested in the second party, its s c
<br />suesesacys and assigns,,subject to and upon the conditions hereinafter spieid'
<br />speeifi-aeet, to operate vehicles, commonly known as noter busses, for the
<br />purpose of carrying passengers, for a period of ten-(10) years from date of
<br />this agreement, ever the following rbuU in the City of South Bend.
<br />Starting from the corner of Washington and:Main Streets,
<br />i+hease south on Main :Street to Wayne Street►;tst on Wayne Street to Lafayeta
<br />Street; south on Lafayette Street to Breast', east on Broadway to .Main Streu
<br />south on Main Street to Indiana Avenue; *at,: on Indiana Avenue to Fellows
<br />Street; south on Fellows Street tvo Ewing Attie; east on Ewing Avenue to
<br />Erskine Blvd; south'on Erskine Blvd._ Irview Street; west on Fairview
<br />Street to Rush Street; north•on Ruch Street, to -.Victoria. Street; east on
<br />Victoria Street to;ErskIne Blvd., returning -over the same route to Lafayette
<br />and Wayne Streets; thenee nortlipn Lafayette Street to Washington Avenue;
<br />theneeveast on Washington Avenue to the starting*pdtAL.
<br />The said second party agrees to operate its said vehicles
<br />ever said streets in accordance with a regular ttme'sehedule, adeQuate
<br />to -the convenience and necessity of the- inhabit,ants'ef said City.
<br />The said pdirst party agrees Ant to enter into a similar
<br />contract, granting a similar right to any other applicant, covering the.same
<br />streets, unless such applicant first files with the Board of Public Works
<br />of said City, a verified statement to the effect that public ineonvenienee
<br />and necessity require the granting of such sesad right, and which statement
<br />shall be signed by a sufficient nm ber of residents along the streets over
<br />which application is made, to show=sueh public neeessity,:providing that;if
<br />such statment is filed, grating of such contract shall reset in the discretin
<br />of the said Board of Public Works,
<br />AND WHEREAS the public.de-sires the service along the
<br />route hereinbefore specified* and said second party desires to render the
<br />service if it - is practiesbhe.to givo y but neither pa hereto now knows
<br />whether such is
<br />eon be pratotleally_ ,ftd.. profs%bly rendered,t►horeFore -
<br />it is expressly agreed that said second party -shall have the right. to 0e1
<br />this contract at any time within a period of two years- from the effectige
<br />date thereof,.by giving three months notice in writing to the said firav
<br />party through its Board of Public Works .
<br />IT IS FURTHER AGREED by and between -the parties hereto
<br />that in the event that the rouge hereinbefore specified does not serve the
<br />best interests of the Traveling public, then the City, through its.Board at
<br />Public Works shall have the- authority to grant minter changes is the. rout►
<br />OR pe t►ition of the Railway Company,, which shall show the necessity for
<br />such change.
<br />THIS CONTRACT -shall be in full force and effe'et from and
<br />after its approval and _confirmation by Ordinance passed by the Common
<br />Council, and approved by the mayor of said City.
<br />IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the first party has hereunto caused
<br />Its name to be signed by the members pf the Board of Pubi,ie Works of the
<br />City of South Bend, and the said second party -has caused its name to be
<br />signed and its corporate seal, to be ,affixed by Raymond E. Smithm its
<br />Vic+# President, and Oren A. Snag, ,, it Secretary, duly authorized thereto
<br />the day and year first above written.
<br />BROARD OF PUBLIC WORKS OF
<br />.B�� INDIANA.
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