01/16/1917 Board of Public Works Minutes

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3 Board met in regular session at, 10:00 A.M. A 11 members present , f Attorney Kovach represent ing Frank Radick , property ! owner on Webster Street met Alth the Board and discussed the matter.of more damages be awarded, to his client for_property taker. for the Widening of Webster Street & Indiana Avenue under Condemnation Resolution No. 39 adopted by the Board on August Ilrd.1915. The Board after due consideration decided to allow Seventy five .($75, 00)Dollare more in add it ion to Two Hundred ($200.00 )Dollars allowed on roll of 'awards of damages and assessments of benefits approved by the Board on the April 4th. 1916. Engineer in- structed to prepare and file with the Board a supplementary assessment roll. Attorney Stuart McKibben with Mr. 'Chas. E. Bucher appeared before the Board and presented the following petition: TO THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS. 'Petition of C. Edgard Sher for, vacation of part of alley, Comes now, C. Edward Bucher and shows to -the Board that he is the owner of the following desorbed real estate situate in the City of South Badd, Indiana to Wit: Beginning One Rod West of the North-west corner of Lot 3971n the Original Plat of the Town., now City of South Bend, thence running West Sixty (60 ) Feet; thence South Twelve (12) Rods; thence East Sixty (60) feet; thence north Twelve (12) Rods to the place of beginning, and bding a part of Lot 1 in the Tract known as Johnson's Two Acres: He kas been such owner for more than fifteen (15) year last -past. That said real estate is located upon a plat known as Johnson's Two Wcres, which was surveyed and platted in 1859, This lies immediately west of and adjoining the original plat of the town new City of South Bend. That on the east side of said Johnson's Two Acres, there was laid out and platted a north and south alley running from; Jefferson St. to Wayne Street., which said alley as laid out, was sixteen and one-half feet (14) wide and which said alley lies Immediately east of and adjjoinging the above described real estate of this petitioner, and is. west of lots .397 to 400 inclusive, of the original plat of the City of South Bend. This petitioner says that the said alley wars paved with brick, about twenty (20) years ago, to the width of fourteen (14) feet west From the east side thereof, and no more; that the strip two and one half feet (20 wide on the west side of said alley and adjoining. the real estate of this petitioner on the east, is not used as an alley, and .has not been used as an alley, as this petitioner is informed for more than Twenty (20) years, but has been wholly abandoned. It has been used by the adjoining property owners for private purposes. Wherefore,, this petitioner prays that a strip of ground two and one half feet (*) wide off of and from the west side of said alley and extending from Jefferson St,, to the first alley south thereof be vacated. C.EDWARD BUCHER* STATE OF INDIANA SS ,ST. JOSEPH COUNTY ° Chas. E. Aucher being fully sworn upon his oath deposes and says - that he has read the above and foregoing petition and knows the contents thereof and that the same is true to the best of his knowledge, information, and belief. C.EDWARD BUCHER Subscribed and sworn to before me the undersigned a Notary Public in and You before said Court and State, this llth. day od January A.D. 1917 STUART MAC.KIBBEN ° Notary Public My Commissioner expires February '(S E A L ) 14*19176 The Board placed the above petition on file, until a trip could be made to investigate said vacation,