07/10/1917 Board of Public Works Minutes

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Board 'met in Y regular session at 7: 45 P.M. Mr. J. B. Weber absent. Mr. W.. J. Braunsdorf with property owner appeared •be%ore the Board in regard to no sewer tap at 502 E. Sample Street. The Board instructed Mr. Br%unsdorf to have property owner €3 ig trench and AAdtth6y ow®uld pay for repaving. Bill of Hoban & Roach for the amount of $3.49 for 13.33 sq. yds. of Brick pavement taken ap and relaying @ 30 rents at east and west ends of Portage Court was approved by the Board. ° Board ordered that a five day notice be sent to Lorenz Lederer to remove part of his building which extends out in William` Street off of La Salle Avenue. According to law. Twenty#d ay notice ordered sent to the School Trusttees to repair defectir sidewalk walk or construct new sidewalk in front of old High school lot on West Wa.shin§ton Avenues according to law. ° Deferred hearing on Improvement Resolution No. 520 for pavement on Alley north of Washington Avenue from William Street to Taylor Street, in the City of South Bend, Indiana.. In the above matter no remonstrators'appeared and no further written remonstrance was filed. And the Board being fully advised in the premises, decides; that the benefits to property liable tobe assessed for said improvements are equal to the estimated cost.of said improvement, as reported by the City Civil Engineer, and thereupon takes final action on said resolution Fs originally adopted, and the_same is hereby in all things ratified, c onf irmed and ' approved, Resolved further, that notices .be published on the 27th. day of July 1917 and on the 3rd. day of August 1917--in the South 'Bend Daily Tribune in sadd City, stating that this Board will receive bids for the construction of said iipprove- ment up to 10.00 A.M. on the 7th. day of August 1917. The Board reserves the -right to reject any and all bids. ° In regard to complaint about covering well on Shively property on Niles Avenue, Street Commissioner reports that Officer Jennings reports that he ' investigated same and he himself filled and covered up hole, so same is not dangerous now. Same read and filed. Building Commissioner filed report for the month of June 1917. The following deeds were approved by the Board. QUIT CLAIM DEED. THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH, That Fred Thomas and Florcene Thomas (hubband and wife) pf St. Joseph County, in th � State of Indiana quit claim and dedicate to the City of South Bend, for the general use of the public as a part of Ewing Avenue the following described real estate in St. Joseph County in the State of Indiana, to -wit: - A strip of land ten (10) feet in width north and South off of the south end of -lot numbered twenty (20) in Oak Park Fourth (4th.) Addition to the City of South Bend. In Witness Whereof, the said Fred Thomas and Florenn* Thomas have here unto set their hands and seals this 7th. day of April 1917. ° FRED THOMAS FLORENCE THOMAS.�.�..> STATE OF INDIANA St.JOSEPH COUNTY SS Before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public, in and for said County amd State, this 7th. day of April A. D. 1917 personally appeared the within named Fred Thomas and Florence Thomas Grantors in the above conveyance, and acknowledged the same to be their voluntary act and deed, for the uses add purposes herein mentioned In Witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official seal. My Commission expires duly 12th.,1919 CLAUD INE BR ICKELL Notary Public