03/21/1923 Board of Public Works Minutes

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wednesd&v reh ��.$t,� j 1923. Continued, vhe following agreement between-- the City and Btudebaker Corlyora 'tion approved.` A;.G R E E °M .E N T: { This agreement =made and exeouted this 22nd..dar <of March 1923, by mnd' between..: the _,Cii, c:#' ,Sout�b,be , by.__and:,through=its:.Board, of Rub;i� ,Works and the u.St de.baker :Corporation .:of Amrtrioa, : wi'ttie_sseth: That in consideration of the promises and agreements hereinafter conts' ined, on thepart of the said Studebaker Corporation, the said, City of South Bend, by,and through its Board of Public Works, agrees that the said Studebaker Corporation be permitted to apread a wearing surface of cinders on Eckman Stre,et.between Michigan Street and the Vandalia Railsead.,Tracks, It is under- stood and agreed, however, that whereas said st eet has ,just been graded to, proper grade and the expense, thereof borne by property owners abutting on said street, that in consideration for the grading of, said permission as afore said, the Studebaker Corporatioi agrees that at any further date when said street is paved, the said Corporation will take out, or pay for having takenout, all such enders, dirt, etc.,, placed therein by said Corporation and bring the same to the existing grade, and further agrees at all times to keep said street between laid points free of rubbibh, brick bats, etc„ and to keep the same graded so as to insure proper drainage, and *hat whenever any enders.placed there- on are worn to dust, to remove same before replacing with other cinders, said Studebaker Corporation furthermore agrees that after said cinders have been so placed by them,to oil said street between said points at least twice a season with asphalt road oil. In Witness whereof, to have hereunto 'set oy.r hands this 22nd, day of March 1923. THE STUDEBAKER CURPORAtion by A. R. feltes O.K. J.F. C. APPROVED Treasurer. MAR. 2191923.' BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS. BY L. B. SLAUGHTER Presddant. THE FOLLOWING APPROVED BY THE BOARD. South Band, Indiana March 1991923. 'TO THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS OF THE CITY OF SOUTH_BEND, INDIANA. GENTLEMEN:- The Studebaker Corporation hereby makes the follwing offer to the City of South Bend, Ind Jana . In consideration of the City vacating the streets and alleys as set forth in the petition to_vacate streets and. alleys in Oliver 19 First Addition to the City of South Bend and certain other streets and alleys set forth in.said petition, and the agreement of the City to vacate Tutt Street from the east line of Prairie Avenue to the first alley west of Lafayette Street and to allow the Studebaker Corporation to place its railroad tracks across Sample Street, east of Prairie Avenue, and also to allow the Studebaker Corporation to build passage ways over said Sample Street•from Buildings which may be erected on the south side of Sample Street to buildings which are or may be erected on the north side thereof from the third and fourth stories of said buildings. The Studebaker Corporation agrees as follows:- 1. To dedicate for public use as part of Prairie Avenue a strip of land ten feet in width off of the west side of its property abutting on said Avenue in.the City of South Bend, Indana, which said $trip of lanes ten feet in width shall begin Lat the south line of tha property cif this corporation where the north line of,the°alley north of Leon Court intersects Prairie Avenue and shall exteneV northeasterly along Prairie Avenue to the north line'of the property of said corporation abutting on said Prairie Avenue, which north line'is the south line of the right- of way of the New York Central Railroad Company; provided, however, that as said corporation now has certain permanent constructi and buildings upon part of daid'strip that said corporation shall have the privilege of using the same in its present condition for two years after this date at whih time said construction and buildings shall be removed and said strip shall be made us.edble for public Vae as a part of said Prairie Avenue.