12/26/1916 Board of Public Works Minutes

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Communication received from C. N. Wilcoxen, Pres't and Gen'l. Mgr. of the Chicago Lake Shore and South Bend Railway Company stating that he had' :issued instructions to have any wires, belonging to our company, crossing the streets in the City of South Bend removed t.h.ere possible to do so, and will endeavor F:,o see that the matter is given prompt attention by the prover department. The following; report filed by the City Engineer. Dec. 21,1916. Board of Public Works, South Bend, Indiana. Gentlemen: - In regard to assessing the property o�irners on Haney Avenue for outlet t - the Broadway sewer, I have taken this matter up with the City. Attorney and his opinion is that this cannot be done. V The Attorney stated that the sewer. is nbt the property of the property owner along the street, but belon; s t-o the public, and that the City has the right to empty theHaney Ave. -sewer into the Broadway sewer. Respectfully submitted, +'rederick J. Anderson, C ity Eng in Per . Th folio: in: communication received; read c.nd,plL:.ced on file. Permission grunted. South Bend, Ind. Dec. 22,19b0. To the honorable Hoard of Public, Works of the City of South Bend, Indiana. ✓ "Vi.11 you Tease grant us permission -to open the two alleys at the inter- section of Main and Mi higan and Monroe and Souths Streets to repair our existing under -ground conduit. These conduits have broken in making it impossible to install our under- ground cable as called for by our plans in connection with our construction .cork. Please advise at your earliest convenience regarding this permit as -.e .:could like to get this cable installed as soon ,.s moss ible. Yours truly, E. W. LINDSEY Foreman. Pres i.dent.