05/31/1922 Board of Public Works Minutes

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i Pole and wire inspector reported as follows,on light petitions: - There is now six carolina Poplar trees on Portage Avenue five trees south of queen Dteet One tree north of Queen Street. Cut down poplar trees and there will be betwee light. Light now at corner of Grace.Street and Olive Street should be reset to the south end, or placed on the east, side of Olive Street, also the alley at the rear of the church is a private alley, I beg to recommend that no light be placed, the church should provde lights. Same approved. Renewal certificate of Harvey Hager for $1,000.00 Excavation bond approved.. The following permission was granted to the H. G. Christman Company for to construct and maintain a single track siding across Calvert Street immediately west and along side of alley vest of Main Street. To the Honorable Board of Public Works, South Bend, Indiana. Gentlemen: - The undersigned, H. Q. Christman Company, a corporation o:' this City, , hereby and by these presents make application and petition to your Honorable Body for the right and privilege to construct and.maintain a single.track sieving a cross_Calver Street immediately west and along side of the alley west of Main Street. . This siding is -to be constructed off of and from the main line of the P. C. C. & St. L. Railroad, the total length of said siding to be four hundred eighty six (486) fe, feet from its connection with the main line at switch point and three hundred fifty two (352) feet from the point of clearance. -The siding will be constructed entirely upon the private right of way of the P. C. C. & St. L. Railroad, except only where it crosses Calvert Street, and it is intended for and will be used bythe H. G. Christman Company for their use and the use df the tenants of the building now in course of construction at hhe south --west corner of Main and Calvert Streets said building to be one hundred sixty- five (165) feet in width and the full depth of Ue lot of one hundred. thirty -two (132) feet, This building is to be occupied by the Weiss-Mueelssel Company wholesale --iiobbers of hardware specialities and toys, and this siding will serve both the Weiss- Jjuessel Company, the tenant o terislCtoiberused byat em on�work�in�thersoutmherin Company* for the delivery of building of the city. There are alread private sidinggs servingmerchants and .industries immediately north of Calvert Street, andthealley whicFi the siding in question parallel has,been v eated in order to more.pro erly serve said firms and individuals. In the construction of the siding in question, it will not be necessary to vacate the alley south of Calvert Street. However, unquestionably, this is a matter that will eventually be done, as industries and merchants are comlAlled to go south to find locations where they can be. served by private sidings. - .After considerable negotiation's, the undersigned were able to induce the P. C. C. & St. L. Railroad Company to construct this siding upon their own private ri ht of wmy, in order to eliminate the necessity at this time for asking the vacation o� the alley, and to that extend co-operate with your Board in only asking for the granting of the right and privilege of constructing said siding across Calvert Street. In a short time other merchants adn industries will purchase the property now occupied by dwelling houses immediately south of Calvert Street, who will unquestionably then petition your Honorable Body for the vacation of the alley so that sidings can be constructed along side of the property to be served, in the same manner as is the pro]perty immediately north of Calvert Street. Attached hereto and made a part of this petition is a blue print, marked Exhibit A, which shows the correct location of the siding shown in yellow on said blue print and the place where it is intended to be constructed and the measurements showing the length of construction. The petitioner hereto also agrees upon the granting of the right herein petitioned for, to maintain the alley in the rear of its premises in good repair and - open to traffic. ° WHEREFORE, your petitions prays that it be granted the right and privilege to construct and maintain said track over and across said Calvert Street at said location as herethbefore specifically set out, tf 11 submitted Respec u y , H. G. CHIRSTMAN COMPA NY BY H. G. CHRISTMAN Approved this 31st.> >de.y .Qf May 1922., President, BY 11j. B . SLAUGHTER 'L, P9-HARDY,.>.> ALBERT B. HONER Board of Pu'hlic 'W6tks. '