02/25/1919 Board of Public Works Minutes

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46 R E S O L U T I 0 N. ApsolUtion relinguishing hhe authority granted to the Board oP.Park Commissioners by the Board of Public Works ° Be It Resolved By the Board of Park Commissioners of the Cityof South Bend, Indiana, that all rights and jurisdiction over Ewing Avenue Boulevard from the center.of Ernsperger Street on the east to the center ,of Prairie Avenue on the West, be and is hereby relinquished andtransferred to the Board of Public Works of h the - gity of South- Bend.,,: -Indiana. Adopted February,21st-. ° 1919 RICHARD ELBEL IRVIN W. JACKSON CARL B. BRITTON Attested: Arthur. P, P,earley... - ° .. • . . Secretary. _ .. , The above communication and resolution was read and placed nn filed to be taken up Friday March 4th.,1919 at 10:00 A.M. The Board- ordered- gad, resolut ion prepared for resurfacing of pavement on Hudbot Avenue betweenRiverside Drive and Portage Avenue. in the` mat'te`r 'of ` `the' hearing on resolution for pipe sewer on Lindsey Street f"rbini Portage` Av*hue` t`o' Alleh' Street, under Improvement Resolution No. 594. The Board decided to refer all action until FrIday.1fthruary 28thm01919 at 10: 00 A.M. Mr.•Geo. M. Urey,°Sexton of the City Cemetery Department appeared before the, Board and recommended that the prices of grave be estimated at 6.00 for plan grave and small graves portionally, and that vaults be sold at $35.00 and that vaults to be used elsewhere to be priced at $25.00 , this same scale of prices to be the same as those charged in other cemeteries in South Bend. The Board adopted the recommendation of the Cemetery Sexton. In regard to complaint filed by V. R Roberts of water standing after every rain on sidewalk of New York Central Lines ( right of way) east and west side of Tracks on Bronson- Street North side of street from one -to three inches deep, the street commissioner reported -as follows: - The above complaint is correct the sidewalk is low or the lawn space is high. Allowing water to stand on walk. Would recommend notice being sent to N. Y. C. R. R. to drain sidewalk. D. C. Layton, Street Commissioner. The Board instructed Street Commissioner to send proper, not ices and proceed to have c and it ion remedied. . A lengthypetition filed by residett property owners in River Park requesting the Board to erect a Hose House in River Park. Same read and placed on file for future consideration.