09/25/1917 Board of Public Works Minutes

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Bo Board met in regular session at 7:45 P.M. All members present. The following letter was ordered sent by the Board to J. H. Cahill Contractor on the Michigan Trunk sewer improvement, also copy of same to the Chicago B and ing Company. Mr. J. H. Cahill, Louisville, Ky. ° Dear Sir :- Relative to the sewer connection on Michigan Street to the Sibly property which the City Engineer Mr. F..4. Anderson has already written you, we would like to advise you that this sewer connection lacks thirty five inches of reaching the curb line. Your spef i,c iat icons provided ,that this sewer connection reach the curb line, and as you failed to follow the specifications in this regard, and a nless the bill is paid a copy of .vhieh you will find enclosed it will be necessary for us to proceed against your bondsman. The Board ordered that Samuel Jackson be appointed as assistant janitor in the City Hall to take the place of William Murphy at -the sum of ... $70.00 per month Estimated cost of sidewalk improvement on the north side of Lincoln Way West from Olive Street to Fremont Street at ........ .................... $200.00 CONDEMNATION RESOLUTION NO. 49.1917. Resolved b the Board of Public Works of the City of South Bend, the City of South Bend, Indiana. That the following described property be appro- priated for the use of said City: a part of Miami Street as follows, to -wit: - Beginning at the intersection of the east line of Miami Street and the south line of Ewing Avenue; thence south on the east line of Miami Street to apoint 200 feet south of the, east and west center line of the north east 4 of section 24 T. 37 N.' R. 2 E produced cast which point is the City limits; thence east 15 feet; thence north parallel to and 15 feet east of the east line Of Miami Street to the south line of Ewing Avenue; thence west 15 feet to the place of beginring. ALSO: a Beginning at a point 60 feet due south of the southeast corner of lot 58 Charles Weidler's Addition; thence east 15 feet; thence south to a point 200 feet south of the east and west center line of the north east 4 id. section 24 T. 37 N.E. 2 E. which pdjxt is the City limits; thence west 15 feet thence north' to the place f of beginning. The following iiesprAbyd property may be injuriously or benec if ica,lly affected by sych appropriation: Beginning at the intersection of the south line of Ewing Avenue and west line of the first alley west of Miami Street; thence south on the west line of said alley and said alley produced south to a point 200 feet south of the east and went center line of the northeast 4 of Section 24 T. 37 N.R. 2 E., which point is the City Limits; thence east to a point 155 feet east of the west line of section 19 T. 37 N. R. 2 E thence north parallel to and 165 feet east of west line of said section to the south line of Ewing Avenue; thence west on the south line of Ewing Avenue 165 feet; thence south 68.84 feet; thence west to the l place of beginning. The purpose of such appropriation is for a strip of land for Widening of Miami Street from Ewing Avenue to City Limits. Notice of this resolution shall be published on the 29gt.h. day of September 1917 and on the 6th. day of October 1917 in the South Bend Daily Tribune. +his board at its office in the City Hall on the 9th. day of October 1917 at 7:45 P.M. will hear and received remonstrances from all persons interested in or affected by these proc gedings. Adopted this 25th. day of September 1917. E. M. MORRIS BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS. A. H. RICE ROHN B. WEBER Attested: - Veronica C. Sweene Clerk of the ;9rd.