05/15/1917 Board of Public Works Minutes

Home Browse Search

15-72 .Board met in regular session. at 7:45 P.14 VS. E. M. Dorris absent, Ur. A. H. Rice Acting Presijautt Nearing had on assessment roil and final estimate for Grade, curb, walk and gravel pavement on Donald Street from Michigan Street to Win Street, Under Improvement Resolution No. 445. In the , 01ty of South Bend., Indiana. In the above ratter a remonstrator appeared but no written remox- strance was filed. The Board therefore find that the property assessed in said rdils filed PAY 1st. ,1917 is belafitted in the amount of assessments as shown on 84 said rolls, and the Board further find that the assessment rolls filed Vvy lst., 1917 and the final estimate allowed Ray 1st. ,1917 should be and the same are hereby in all things, ratified, confirmed -and approved. Property owners residing can 'Sunnyside Avenue appeared before the Radrd and requested that a, light be placed on that street. The same was -taken r� under consideration, Property oners appeared before the Poard in regard to a petition for placing a, water main on Clifford Court. This matter was referred to the Water Dept. for Wednesday May 16th. ,1917 meeting. Attorney Junes appeared before the Board and discussed the width of the roadways in Harter Heights:, as a full Board was not present, this matter was deferred until Wednesday 4y 16th.,1917 at 11:30 A.M. . Board ordered that the Indiana, & Michigan Electric Company be notified to turn on all the lights in Various Parks in the City, ai.d to give this Beard a report as to the data that same Vero turned on.. Attorney L. J. Meyers representing the Chicago Lake Shore & South Bend Railway Company appeared before the Board and -resented the following contrast which was approved by the Board and referred to the Common Council for ratification. CONTRACT AUTHORIZING THE RIGHT TO CONSTRUCT AND MAINTAIN TRACKS ACROSS OLIVE STREET AND ACROSS A CERTAIN ALLEY IRS THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND BY THE CHICAGO, LAKE SHORE AND SOUTH BEND RY. CO. WHEREAS, the City of South Beni by a, contract approved by Ordinaries No. 1214, adapted by the Common Council of. the City of South Bend., %diazes on September 17,1903, granted to the'predeeassors of the Chicago, Lake Shore & South Bend Ry. Co., the right to contruct and maintain, a freight depot on Birdsall Street oh upoi any street or upon any street or avenue crest of Birdsall Street; and said cagpany desires to build an! maintain such freight depot upon Orange Street and in order that it may have access to and from such depot with its freight cars it desires the right and privilege from said City of crossing with its snitch tracks across Olive Streetm and to approach its freight depot ant yards by tracks leading from and to its main tracks on. Orange Street to this northward, both from the East and. the ?'Pest approaches to such depot and yards, so as to avoid any backing of its trains on Orange Street, WITNESSETH: - THIS CONTRACT, made and executed in duplicate on'the 15th. day of Vay 1917, by and between the City of South Bend, Indiana,, by and through its duly c anst ituted Board of Public Works duly authorized in the premises, and the Chicago, Lake Shore & South Bend Ry. C., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Indiana. SECTION (1) The Chicago, Lake Shore & South Ry. Co., its successors and assigns is hereby authorized to construct and maiAtr in tracks for the purpose of connecting with tracks on property to be acquired by it facing and abutting on Olive Street, Orange Street and Fremont Street, to be used and maintained as a Freight depot and yards an is also authorized, and the right is herein granted, to construct Rnd maintain three tacks across Olive Street in, the working out of its plans for the construe ion of such depot and yards leading from a lead -track across Carlisla- Street-over and across property owned by said railway company and the intervening alley and is also authorized to construct such leads from its main track in Orange Street into such depot and yards across Fremoxt Street ate as to avoid the backing of any Freight trains upon. Orenge Street when entering such depot and yards as far as practicable.