08/09/1922 Board of Public Works Minutes

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_k� 1922. Continued. Property owners residing gn Fifteenth Street River Park from Mishawaka Avenue to Pleasant Street "geared before the Board and filed petition foa water main on said street. Same read and "referred to the Water Department. Petition filed for light at the corner of Main Street add Calvert Street. Same read and referred to Pole and Wire Inspector for report. The following plat of Signal Hill was approved by the Board with the following dedication: This plat constituting Signal Hill, and Addition to the City of South Bend, is platted from the following described real estate in St. Joseph County, Indiana, to -wits - All of that patt.of the South east quarter of the Northwest quarter of Section No. 1. Township No. 37 North of Range No. 2 East, that is bounded on the Nortboast by Niles Avenue; on the southwest by the right of way of the Michigan Central Railway Company; on the South by the North Line of Howard Street; and on the Northwest by a parcel of land formerly owned by Susan Leeper, being one-half acre conveyed to her by the South Bend Cement Company by Deed dated June loth., 1891,..and recorded in Deed Record 86p page 358 of the records of said County, and all now within and a part of the City of South Bend. The dimensions of the lots, streets and alleys are so marked on the plat in feet, All streets and alleys contained in said plat are hereby dedicated to the public as public highways forever. In Witness whereof the St. Joseph Loan and Trust,Company, Trustee has hereunto set it taut tame and seal this 31st. day of July 1921. ST. JOSEPH LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY, TRUSTEE BY ROME C. STEPHENSON, President. STATE OF INDIANA ST. JOSEPH COUNTY �SS Before,me, a Notary Public in and for said County and State, this 31st, day of July 19229 personally appeared Rome C. Stephenson, President of the St. Joseph Loan and Trust Capany, and for and on behalf of said Company being so authorized to do, acknowledged the execution of the foregoing plat and dedication. Seal My Commission expires Nov. 17,1922. WM. R. HAPP Notary Public APPROVED AUG. 991922. BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS BY L. B. SLAUGHTER Concerning thepetition filed August 7th., 1922 and referred to ke City Engineer on August 8th.9 for change of type of material on North Shore Drive, was reported on as followsse August 8#1922. Board of Public Works, South Bend, Indiana. Dear Sirs: - We have investigated the attached petition, and find that it contains the signatures of a majority of the resident freeholders residing on North Shor& Drive and Lafayette Street within the limits designated. FILED BUG. 991922. BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS. BY L. B. SLAUGHTER. Yours very truly, FREDERICK J. ANDERSON City Engineer. Concerning the improvement of the roadway of North Shore Drive from Michigan Street to 150 feet west of Lafayette Street and Lafayette Street from North Shore Drive to 1st. alley North in pursuance to Resolution No.997 the petitia of freeholders residing on said street is considered, and the report of the City Engineer is received and all evidence is heard, and the Board finds that said petitioners constitu a majority in number of the freeholders residing upon said street to be improved, that said petition is sufficient and it is therefore considered, and adjudged that said improvement be made with Emulsified Asphaltic concrete the kind of pavement requested in said petition; and the City Engineer reports that the Emulsified Asphalt Company is the lowest and best bidder for said kind.of.pavements and the Board do finds, and°lets Dhe contract for said improvement to him, and orders that said improvement to be made with emulsified asphaltic concrete and all proceedings heretofore had fn this matter are hereby confirmed and -ratified. L. B. SLAUGHTER Attested;_ BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS. L. P. HARDY ALBERT F. HONER Veronisa eleSwe rrk oiegoard. Dated this 9th. day of August 1922.