06/13/1922 Board of Public Works Minutes

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185 Board met in regular session at 9:00 A.M. All members present. Re resent hives of the New Jer ey, Indiarja & Illinois Railwa Com any ,, nd Studebaker Corpore,tion pe red before the Boar in re area to petition and lue rac prints* for sidetracks into Studebal9p L4rporation, after discussi§g the contract and blue prints, the same were approved by the Board. STATE OF INDIANA ) ST. JOSEPH COUNTY (SS BEFORE THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS OF THE CITY OF SOU12H BEND, PETITION OF THE NEW JERSEY, INDIANA & ILLINOIS RAILROAD COMPANY FOR FRITACHISE FOR ADDITIONAL, SIDE TRACKS. To the Honorable Mayor, Common Councl and Board of Public Works of the City of .South Bend; Yours Poteitioner, the New Jensey, Indiana & Illinois Railroad Company, respectfully shows by this, its petition: 1 That said petitioner is a corporation duly organised and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Indiana for the purposes of. operating a steam railroad and particukarly organised and existing under and by virtue of the General Laws of the said state pertaining to the organization and existance of steamrLilroads. 2 That said petitioner is duly authorized to maintain and operate its ppresent steam railroad in the City of South Bend under and by virtue of Ordinance Number I250 adopted by the Common Council of the City of South Bend February 28th.9 1904 and .Ordinance Number 2100 adopted, by the Common Council of the 6ity of Soutih Bend, Judy 12th., 1920, Your petitioner further respectfully shows that its owns, operates and controls �► steam railroad in the said State of Indiana and partdculiarly.in and th ou h St. Joseph Count in said State, and in Ind from the station Pine in said 6ou-ty.in a no therly alrection in and to the Cty of South Bend, and is a common carrier of freight and passengers for hire, both in state and interstate commerce; and. that its line of railroad connects with and furnishes interchange of traffic with other lines of railroad engaged in such commerce; that in order to privde accommodations necessary to accomplish the purpose for which said. Company was inc orporatead, and in order to furnish proper and adequate public facilities in the discharge of its duties as such common carrier and for the p urpose of improvement of its road by the construction of additional yarn facilities, it has become and is necessary and desirable th& t said ppetitioner construct, operate and maintain additional switch or yard tracks Bs.at of the V�e!st line of Prairie Avenue, immediately North of its pr se , t industrial. spur track in said City, f Prairie A more specifically referred to ar tut said petitioner hasty pproper legal proceedings acquired the fee simple tithe to the necessary lands therefore, 4nd petitioner says tM t it desires add intends to use such additional side or yard tracks, and the land obtained therefore for railroad purposes in the storing, receiving, handling and delivery of freight and passenger cars, and the loading, unloading and interchange thereof in the discharge of petitioners functions, and to put the same to such uses as such yard tracks and facilities are.generally put in the operation of a steam railroad as a public carrier. 7, That°the additional switch tracks above referred to will lie between the West Tine of Prairie Avenue and the East line of Kendall Street in said City of South Bend,l that Prairie Avenue will be crosssed by one (1) of tuch additional tracks; that Catalpa Avenue will be crossed by two (2) of said additional tracks; the alley be- tween Catalpa Avenue -and Chapin Street will be crossed by four (4) of said additional tracks; that Chapin Street and the alley between Chapin Street and Kendall Street will be crossed b five (5) of said wdditional tracks; and that Kendall Street will be crossed by one (J� of said additional tracks; that all of said additional tracks will stand upon land owned by petitioner; that the exact location of said tracks is more specifically shown by a map attached hereto and made a part of this petition. 5. That said tracks will cross at grade, the above described streets and alleys.; that all of said sracks will directly connect with and constitute a part of petitioners existing industrial spur track through which it serves the Studebaker. Corporation and will make interchanges.with the PemsylvalAaLines; WHEREFORE this petitioner prays that it be granted permission to constrl maintain and operate within the City of South Bend, its said proposed additional switch or yard tricres. NEW JERSEY, INDIANA & ILLINOIS RAILROAD COMPANY APPROVED BY JONES & OBENCHAIN. JUN. 1301922. Attorneys, BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS. BY L. B. SLAUGHTER ' President.