11/27/1916 Board of Public Works Special Meeting Minutes

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Board met in special session at 5:00 P..M.,All members present. City Attorney E- F. Seebirt present. Mr. J. Ehrke and Mr. Saunders representatives of the Grand Trunk Western Railway Company appeared before the Board and requested permission to c/ place temporary rails on Division Street 'until spring of 1917- The Board granted the followings permission given Grand Trunk western railway C aay-tv install new rails on Division -Street this City. Replace old planks wlthrnew:.,plank .at important crossings. Said work to be temporary. Permanent 'work to be done in Spring of 1917 New ties and new balast work and -new plank to be put in good condition at said time.. Work to be. finished and completed to conform with established street grade and to be fully completed not later than June`lst., 19170 Board instructed clerk to send copy of said permission to the Grand Trunk Western Railway Company,: City Attorney E. F. Seebirt in accordance with instructions from the Board tenders modified resolution No. 2 for track separation of the view York Central Railroad Companies tracks. Remonstrances of the Grand trunk 'Western Railway Company filed August 12th.,1916, Remonstrances of Vandalis VailwapdCompany filed August 14th. 1916, Remonstrances of Chicago, South Bend &.Northern Indiana Railway Company filed September l2th.9,19 6 and remonstrances of Indiana Northern Ry, and Oliver Chilled Plow Works filed August 22nd41916 are over -ruled, New York Central Railroad Co ;f iles as th this date remonstrance to mod if ied Resolution No. 2-and each of the remonstrances of said company •filed August 15th._ 1916 and November 27th. 1g16 are over -ruled and the Board now confer approves said track separati+on Resolution No-. 2 as modified and which is in the following; MODIFIED RESOLUTION NO. L,FOR TRACK SEPARATION, WHEREAS, on the dayof xa e ' 916, the Board of Public Works of the City of South Bend, Ind-iana, adopted Resolution -No. 2'for the separation of the tracks o.f,the'New.York Central Railroad Company where the same.interseet certain streets in said City; the said Board caused notice.of the Ipendency of said reaolu- tion to be served upon the following named railroad etndother companies:- New York Central Railroad Company,.Grand-Trunk Western 4ailway Company Vandall _Railroad Company,. Indiana Northern Railway Company, Oliver Chilled Plow Company,:Stud:ebaker Corporation, and Chicago , South Bend &Northern Indiana Railway Company. ghat after the representatives; agents and attorneys of said com- panies, the Board does hereby modify said resolution No. 2 to read as follows: - WHEREAS, it is deemed necessary for the public good that the grades of certain streets in the City o" - South Bend, Indiana, where the same intersect thetracks of.the railroad companies hereinafter named,.be changed and altered., and that the grades of the tracks of said railroad companies be altered and changed; NOW,.THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Board of Public Works of the City of South Bend, Indiana: that thegrade crossings of the tracks of the New work Central Railroad Company, formerly the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad Company, a steam railroad-, at the intersection of said tracks with Michigan Street-, Bronson Street, Main Street, Lafayette Street; Prairie Avenue, Scott Street, and Chapin Street, all in the City of South Bend, Indiana, be altered by elevating the said tracks at said intersections. And that the change in grade of said several street intersecting said railway, and of certain streets and alleys intersecting daid streets .and other railway tracks," and the amount in feet of the clearance of the superstructure over the above named streets shall be as follows: