05/10/1922 Board of Public Works Minutes

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1'L!t Board met in -regular session at 7:15 P.M. Al members present. City Engineer present. Attorney Harry Wair appeared before the Board and presented the .following petition which was read and placed on file and Board decided to consider. the advisability of vacating alley mentioned in pei*tion. ° PETITION.' To thw Honorable Board of Public Works of the City of - South Be4d, Indiana. The undersigned, the School City of South Bond, Indiana, hereby represents to your Honorable Body that it owns and uses as the site o.r the` Linden School building all'of the real estate bounded by Birdsell'Street on nib Parallel Street and the south line of Parallel Street extended, do the south, the westerl rtion of °said school site beingconstituted of lots oo bete One (1) and twelve �1 � in College Grovel Addition, and the easterly portion sai site being - constituted of lots numbered Dine (9) , ten (10),Eleven (11) Tw lve (12) and'Thirteen 13 in Arnold and Pagin`s Sub -Division of Bank Out lgts eigfity (80) and eighty one �81� • The undersigned further represents that the said easterly portion of said site has been recently Acquired by the School City and that &;.new. School Building has been constructed on the westerly portion of said site; That said easterly portion and said westerly portion are severed by a north'and south alley, That in order to use said easterly and westerly portions of said site as a u"'it`'for School purposes it is essential that said north and south alley from the north line of Parallel to the south line of linden Street be vacated; and the undersigned further represents that since the acquirement of said easterly por.tiou of said site by said School City said portion of said north and south alley has itot.been of public utility orconvelence. WHEREFORE, the undersigned petitions your Honorable Body to cause staid portion of said alley to be vacated. Respectfully submitted, SCHOOLCITYOF SOUTH BEND,INDIANA. FILED BY'HARRY R. WAIR, MAY1011922. Its Attorney, BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS, � BY L. B. SLAUGHTER • ' President, J • Hearing had on.resolution for grade, curb and valk on Scholum Street Division Street tp New York -Central Railroad right of way, under Improvement Resolution No. 974. In the City of South Bend, Indiana. Upon said hearing property owners ap eared for said improvement no written remonstrance was filed Special Tax Agent gelnnon of the New York Central Railroad Company with En inters of said Company appeared before the Board also John thogor and requested that sidewalk.be orgy constructed on East side of Scholum Street The Board after hearing all parties interested modified said resolution to read as follows: To eliminate sidewalk on west side of Scholu m Street, grading curb and side-. walk to -be placed on East side. And the Board being fully advised in the premises, decides that the'benefits to property liable to be assessed for said improvement ato el to the estimated cost of the same e><s reported by t?►e City Civil. Enineer, and thereupon takes final action on said resolution as modified,.and the game is hereb�i in all things, ratified, cdAfirmed and approved as modified. Resolved further that itotices be published on the 12th. day of Ma �r 1922 and on.the 19th. day of May 1922 in the South Bend, News Times and South Bend, Tribune, statingthat this Board will receive bids for the construction of said improvement up to 10:00 A.M. June 6th., 1922. The Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids. Engineer filed assessment roll of awards of damages and assessments of benefits for the Vacation of north and south alley lyin between Tenth Street and Eleventh Street from Vine Street to Pleasant Street also Ne east and west alley Eleventh Street, lying between Vine Street and Pleasant -Street from Tenth Street to undeY Vacation Resolution No. 61. In the City of South Bend, Indiana. t Board has ordere that nitices Qf u h a r s off da ge an assessments of ben* s e served acmer ing o aw, an t�a� sac �ear3ng �e given on same on May 24th., 19222 at the office of the Boarinin the City Hall at 7:I5 P.M. for the purpose of hearing or receiving objections o any person or persons interested in said matter.