09/26/1916 Board of Public Works Minutes

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Board met in regular session at, 7: 45 P.M. All members present. Hearir.� giver on assessment roll and final estimate for pipe sewer or. Bo7rnan Street from Miami Street to east ,line of southeast addition, under Imorov ement Resolution No. 449, In the City of South Bend, Indiana, In th e above matter no remonstrators appeared and no written remonstrance was filed. The Board therefore find -that the property assessed in said roll filed Sept .12th.is benefited in the amount of assessments as shoqn or. swid rolls, and th the Board further find that the assessment rolls filed Sept, 12th. and the fir;.al estimate allowed Sept. 12th.1916. should be and the s�,,me are hereby in all things ratified, confirmed a.n.d a Apr owed. Hearing had on assessment roll and final estimate for Ashaltic concrete d pavement on First alley west of Lafayette Street from. La Salle Avenue 'to 'Colfax Avenue, under Improvement Resolution No. 431. In the 'City of South Bend, Indiana. In the above matter no remonstrators appeared and no written remon- . trances .vas filed. The Board _therefore find that the property assessed in said rolls filed Sept.l2th. is benefitted in the amount of assessments as shojT, on said rolls, end the Board further find that the assessments rolls filed Sept. 12th.1915 and the final estimate allowed Sept. 12th.19195hould be and the same are hereby in all th-j_r, s ratified, confirmed and approved. Deferred hear in;-� had on assessment roll and final estimate for Bituminous and (Ilutrin Bound Uacadem Pavement Improvement on Leeper Avenue from Howard Street to Angella Avenue, under Improvement Resolution No. 405. In the City of South Bend, Indiana. In the hbove matter A, Mattes appeared and remonstrated against assessment, stating the same was to high for his size of lot. Attorney Vitus Jones of Howell,Jones and Devine appeared representing the Harter Realty Com-oany and Samuel Leeper. and objected to the condition of pavement, curb and v,alk on Leeper Avenue , and remonstrance hereinbelow spread on this reacord was riled by said Howell,Jones and Devine for Samuol Leeper and The Harter Realty Company. The Board after due consideration decided to defer all action on said assessment roll and final estimate until T'ednesday September 2;th. ,1916 at 11:30 A.M. STATE OF IND IANA ) ST. JOSEpH COUNTY ) SS In the batter of Grade ) REMONSTRANCE AND OBJECTIOY TO Curb, Walk, and pavement ACCE"TANCF OF TORK. on Leeper Avenue. V TO T'Hr Honorable Board of Public Works of the City of South Bend: Comes now Samuel Leeper and the Harter Realty Company and object to the City of South Bend by and through this Honorable Board accepting t6he work in the matter of the grading of Leeper Avenue, also object to.the accepting of the curb, walk and pavement on Leeper Avenue for the following reasons, to -wit -!- The top of crown of the hill on Leeper Avenue north of Howard Avenue was not graded according to specifications in as much as said crown or top of the hill .4,as not graded low enough so that the same is higher than the street immediately north thereof. ID r[lha Street -Aras not graded with sufficient crown. The sidewalk is cracked, broken, and not level. The curb is soft, cracked, crushed , broken, smeared with tar, scraped, does not run in a straight line, nor is the same level or in plumb. The pavement on said avenue from the top of the hill immediately north of Howard Avenue is soft, has already begun to'cruinble and decay, is not level and smooi;h, has sunken and submerged in various spots anal places, the stone used was not of the proper size to meet the requirements of the specifications, tht that said street does not contain the proper crofim. The contractor did not lay the proper foundation for said-avement, but left the ground in a soft and un- settled condition r7hich allowe the vemenbt to sink and submerge therein. The approaches to the property on he ea are e ow grade.