04/23/1918 Board of Public Works Minutes

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• of South Bend, Plat of Prairie Avenue Land company's First Addition to the City Indiana was presented to the Board and.approved as follows: - Minutes of meeting of Stockholders of Prairie Avenue Lend Company, Feb. 15,1918, Pursuant to the following notice sent to all members of the Prairie Avenue Land Company, ti.-wit:,. " You are hereby no of ied that there will be a meeting of th Prairie Avenue Land Company at the office of ° its President Dan Pyle,, -Suite 624 Farmers Trust Building in the City of South Bend, Indiana•, at eight o'clock on Friday evening,. ,Feb. 15,1918, for the purpose of passing a resolution to appro- priate ten to twenty Feet off of and from the property of said corporation that abuts along and upon Ewing Avenue in the City of South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana, upon the condition that said property herein donated shall be accepted and used by the City of ,South Bend for the purpose of widening Ewing ]41-venur sufficiently to make it a part of the boulevard system of said City. Dan Pyle President. A. V. Kenny, Secretary. a meeting was held at the office of its President, Dan Pyle, in Suite 624 Farmers Trust Building in the City* of South Bend, Indiana on Febr-vary 15,1918 as in ss.id notice specified. All stockholders of the corporation were present either in person or by proxy. The meeting wascalled to order by the President and the purpose -of the meeting by him stated as in the notice sent to each of the stockholders in said corporation. Whereupon motion was made by John Swygart t%at.a resolution be passed by the Corporation g iv ing and donating untq the City Of South Bend, Indiana, not less than ten nose more than twenty feet off of and from lets thirty five, thirty six a d ttthirevrin f the Prij i€ ie Atvetnue -tan Com�FnF's Dropo$ed tdg it iQn t�othe C ity 0 $ou n , ndians; sa en o welv.y fee ron ag ono a an g ven by tKis resolution to be used by the City of South Bend $or the puposee of converting the pr'es ent Ewing Avenue into a boulevard, making it a part of the boulevard system of the Cityof South Bend, In.dIana, said Boulevard proposed not to be less than eight feet nor more than One hundred wide; said donation to be on the condition that the City convert said Ewing Avenue into a part of its boulevard system and use the grontage for that purpose. Otherwise the property by this resolution given and donated shall bevert and remain the property of the Prairie Avenue Land Company, its successors and assigns: This motion was ec onded by Noah Lehman. After discussion the motion was put And carried by the unanimous vote of all stockholders,either p-rsonally or by proxy. There being no further business to come before the corporation, the meeting adjourned. Signed Dan Pyle, President. A. V. Kenney Secretary. The annexed plat to be knwn as Prairie Avenue Land Co. first Addition to South Bend and is situated in a portion of the east of the west of the south west J4 of section 14 Twp. 37 North Range 2 east, except .g that part which lies north of Prairie Avenue, containing 13.33 acres more or less, all in St. Joseph County and State of Indiana. The streets, alleys and lots are of the size as marked can the p1at.All streets and alleys are hereby dedicated to the public for public use. PRAIRIE AVENUE LAND CO BY DAN PYLE PRESIDENT A. V. KEENEY SECRETARY STATE OF INDIANA � SS ST. JOSEPH COUNTY Before me a notary Public in and for said County came Dan Pyle President and A. V. Keeney, Secretary, and acknowledged the execution of the foregoing instrument. . WITNESS my hand and seal this 14th., day of Uarch 1918, HARRY E. JOSEPHSON Notary Public My Commissioner expires January 17,1920 ( SEAL). President.