01/22/1919 Board of Public Works Minutes

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Board met in regular sess-ion at 7:15 P.M. Mr. John F. De Haven absent. This being the date set for deferred hearing on assessment, roll and final estimate for pipe sewer on Columbi& Street from Inds ana Avenue to 70 feet north of Dubail°Avenue, under Improvement Resolution No. 582. In the above matter property owners appeared and Attorney Goo. Schock appeared'r.epresenting property owners interested in ass*ssment against Lot 92 Bowman Place .Addition and objected to part of this lot being assessed. The Board after due consideration decided to modify assessment on 1®t 92 and ordered the assessment on the east half of lot 92 Bowman Place Add. be assessed to the City and thewest haff to Grace A. Dubail property owner as shown in red on assessment roll, and the Board therefore finds that 'all other property assessed in said rolls: filed Dec ember '28th. ,1918 is benef itted in tho amount of assessments as shown on said rolls, and'the Board further find that the assessment roll filed December 28th., 1918 and the_firial estimate allowed December 28th:,1918 should be and the same is hereby in all things ratified, confirmed and approved as modified. T74is being the date set for -the consideration of the advisability of the paving of Lincoln Way West from Olive Street to the City Limits. Mr. Joseph Kaley, Mr. C. W. Hyde,Mr. Drain , E�, T. Bonds and Mr. Ridinnur , property owners on said street met with the Board and stated that they were in favor of this pavement going in, ill' the City would see. -that all other underground work was put in first. The Board advised those property owners that this would be given consideration. This being the date set for the consideration of the advisability of paving South Bend Avenue from Eddy Street to City Limits. Attorney Wm. Bergan, representing a number of property owners appeared before the Board and objected to this pavement being put in at this time. Mr. Behr property owner stated he was against pavement . Pro. Greene representing his brother -Jerome Green and Mr. Luce against this pavement going in at the present time. Delbert Thompson and ' G. W. Arehart, property owners on said street appeared for said improvement, and also informed the Board that some of the other property owners not present were in favor of the pavement going in, but they did not want to see a narrow strip in the middle of the street, but wanted a first class pavement from curb to curb when the same was put in. Attorney Stuart McKibben and Engineer McClellan representing the County explained how the County intended to improve their part of this road and showed the property owners the advantage it would be to have this street paved at this time when the C ount.p is paving theirs as to the grade and the filling in. of their dirt. The Board after due consideration ordered a resolution prepared for a 12 foot Concrete roadway on South Bend Avenue from Eddy Street to.City Limits, and to sot same for hearing, and if property owners wanted other type of pavement to present an 80% petition before the night of the hearing or before Wed. February 19th., 1919.