12/18/1917 Board of Public Works Minutes

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t Board met in regular sesss®n at 11145 P.M. Mr. ;A. H. Ride absent. 'Hear ing ha&_ ozement r ell and F ir&1 tat (mate f or grade_,^ aurty and walk on Various Street in the C-i f unter- Improvement Resolution A0. 495. In the City of South:Bend, Indiana. °In the above matter, no remonstrators sppeared.abnd no written remon- strance was filed. The Board therefore find . that the property .assessed in said roll filed December 4th. ,1917 is benef itted in the amount of assessments as shown ; on said tells, and , the Beard further find that the assessment rolls filed December 4th. 1917 and the final ost.imate allowed'December 4th. ,1917 should be and the same are hereby in all things ratified, confirmed and approved. The following communication received. from the ZdtJ Engineer�eF=off"ias in regard to me.ps, and the same were ordered. Dec ember.18th.,1917. The Honorable Board of Works, South Bend, Indiana.: Dear Sirs: �--- The City Planning Committee hsve requested this,department to furnish them with about fifty maps of the City. These maps will oest about one dollar each. Will you kindly instruct me as to whtither or not you wish=this department to order these maps and as to whether you will authoriZe the expenditure of fuAda from the apgropAiation for° engineering for this purpose. Awaiting instructions from your Honorable Body, I am, - Yours very truly,., FREDERICK J. AI bERSON, City C iv it End ineer. At the rec ommendat ion of the City Attorney, the Board approved of the following resolution. R E S O L U T I 0 A. WHEREAS, on the 23rd. day of January 1917, Wm. K..Mcxenry submitted to the Board of Public Works a plat of Baker McHenry Additionl described as follows: - Beginning at a stake in the Country Road, leading from South Bend to ltihhawaka ( now known - as Mishawaka Avenue) at the angle where said read (or Avenue):strikes the section 1 j.e dividing sections 7 and 18 Township 37 North Range 3. East at a point twenty four and thirty eight hundredths (24.38) chains west of the quarter :post in said section line thence running east four and sixty hundredths (4.60) chains to a stone in the center of said road (or Avenue) thence south twenty three (23) chains to a stake at the St. Joseph Riwwr thence down said River north forty two and one half (4* degrees west six and eighty two hundredths (6.82) chains . mgander ing with the same until it strikes a line running due south from the place of beginning. Thence north se venteen and ninety eight hundredths (17.98) chains to the place of beginning containing nine and forty two hundredths (9.42) acres more or less. And Whereas, said Board approved said plat but said Wm. K. McHenry has filed, and refused to place said Plat an record and has withheld the same From record and has st diff-arent times informed the Board that he desired to have said plat revoked and desired to submit another plat of said land , THEREFORE, f Be It Resolved by the Board of Public Works ,that because said Plat has with held from- record az imtsasef 9ble length of time and because of . the statements of said Wm. K. McHenry, said Plat is hereby and in all tUAngs revoked and set aside and the streets and alleys so approved are hereby vacated. BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.: Be Me MORRIS J©HN Be; WEBER