01/25/1916 Board of Public Works Minutes

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Board Diet in regulw r session at 7:45 P.M. All members present. P Hearing given on Condemnation Resolution No. 43 for the purpose of appropriating a strip of land to open and extend Lafayette Street from a point 149 ft. north of the north line of Indiana Avenue, in the City of South Bend, Indiana, A In the above matter no remonstrators appeared and no remonstrances were fill A mayority.o.fBoard being fully advised in the matter takes final action on said resdlu- tion, confirming without mods 'ication, all former action taken on the same. A majorityofthe� Board thteiwzo�Mi&,Fes the above property in all things condemned and appropriated for paubl cu e,a oard now orders that a .list or roll be prepared of _all . the owners or 6-iders of property and of valuable interests therein sought to be taken or to be in O elV afffected',,which said list or roll shall also describe the property benefisiaily $ffected. Hearing given on Vacation Resolution No. 25 for the purpose of vacating a portion of Lafayette Street between Broadway and -Indiana Avenue, as follows+ Beginning fifty (50) feet east and one hundred and forty nine (149) feet north of the intersection of the north line of Indiana Avenue and the west line of Lafayette Street produced south; thence north one hundred and ninety one (191) feet; thence east thirty two and one-half (32-1/2) feet; thence south one hundred and ninety one (191) feet %hence west thirty two and one half (32-1/2) feet tonthe place of beginning* a majorijy ofn the above matter no remonstrators appeared and no remonstrances were filed, the Board therefore sustain all former action taken and declare the above described property in all thin-.s vacated and this resolution in all things ratified, confirmed and- approved. Resolved further, that the City Engineer be instructed to prepare a roll showing awards of damages and assessments of benefits to all parties and pro- perties interested in the above matter. The Board ordered the City Civil Engineer to prepared resolution for pavement on Michigan Street from South Street to north line of Lam, �Sa3.1e Avenue. Eddy Street from Jefferson Blvd. to Sample Street Bridge, 9,44 Mishawake.-Avenue from Eddy.Street to Nineteenth Street. and Indiana Avenue from Leer Street to Kemble Avenue. Permission was granted E.H. Frederickson an extension of 60 days or until April lst.1916 for the compketion of printing office building on Hibberd Court. The City Engineer filed the following reports. Regarding the attached petition for pavement on St. Louis Blvd. from Jefferson Boulevard to Division Street, I respectfully report that I have investi- gated said utter and recommend that the petition be granted. The estimated cost of the City's Intersections is $1,300.00 and the City's share fo share for street and aky r Park frontage is 0.00 Respectfully submitted, FREDERICK J. ANDERSON City Engineer. The above petition was placed on file until April 4th.91916 at 10:00 A.X,