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<br />Hearing had .on improvement resolution No. 630 for pipe sewer on
<br />Fisher Street from ado Pherson Street to Chapin Street, -In the City of South Bend,
<br />Indiana.
<br />Upon said hearing remonstrators appeared bUt no,writt4n r# - monstrance,
<br />was filed. And,the Board being fully advised in the premises, decides that the
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<br />benefits to property liable to be assess'd for said improvements are equal to
<br />the est;bnated cosi of the games, as reported by the City
<br />Civil, Engineer, and there-
<br />upon takes 'final action on said resolution 46 originally adoptod., and the same to
<br />hereby to all thIngs -rat lfled, confirmed and approved..
<br />Resolved furtber, that notices be published on the, 29th.0 day oaf
<br />March 1919 and on the '.5th day of April 1919.1n the
<br />st&tihgLth&t' 9 0 South Bend Daily Tribune
<br />In sai&City,1 this-BoardwIl roceive, bids for the construction of'said -
<br />Improvement up to 10-:00 A.M. On the 15th. day of AprI11919 The 'Bo4rd:,resemes
<br />the right to rejects any and all bids.
<br />Hearing had on Impr6v6dent Revolution Ito. 621 for Pavement
<br />on
<br />Calvert, Street from Michigan Street to seat line of High Stroetv In' the City of
<br />South.B#nd.1ndiana.
<br />In the--abovemottor-labout fIfty interested property Owners appeared,,
<br />unsalmously requesting that Improvement.be put In. No written remefis , trance.fllod.
<br />The Board after hearing all_ Interested property ore 0 residing
<br />On and owlag- pr oper ty
<br />on said street, and belng dully advised In the promisee,, -decides that the benefits
<br />to property liable to be asooso*d for said Improvomen-ts are equal tea the estimated
<br />cost :of: %ha same, as "ported- by the City Civil -Engler, and thereupon taken -
<br />finaL-4action on said r6seltitlon an modified: L Present - curbs to be retalned,,,-and the
<br />some to hereby L in all tliinZi unanimously ratified conf Irmd and approved as modified.
<br />Resolved further,, that notices be .published on the 29th.g,day of
<br />Mareb,1919 and on the 5th.,,day of April 1919 In the South Bend Daily Tribune,
<br />in said City, statingthat this Board will receive bids for the construct46n of
<br />said improvements up-to,10:00 A.M. on the 15+,,h.9 dpy .ofApril1919. The. Board
<br />reserves the right to reject any and all bids*
<br />We member of the Park Board present at above hearing.)
<br />The following Communication received read and placed on fil*,
<br />Ron , Gilbert Elliott,,
<br />Chairman BAadd of Public Works,,
<br />South .Bend, Indiana:-
<br />-My dear' Mr. Ell1ottL:-
<br />Answering your verbal inquiry ,as to the status of the action •
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<br />Or ' 'actions takelk by the Board Comity COMMi ssion*re ogj f St. County with
<br />roforence.to proposed Bridge on Calvert Streit In the City of f South Bend,,'I bog to
<br />say.
<br />,Sometime &g*9 I Cannot gIve the exact date withoutreferring.
<br />to C*zni4#10Ue1rs records, In '
<br />response to a petition from a large number of citizens
<br />and Board of Public Works in City of South Bend, the Beard 'of Commissinners 'adopted
<br />.& dec,l ar&tsvl r*solutien.to build bridge, and referred the matter to the County
<br />Engineer withc4astruotiene to prepare Plans andspecifications and report the
<br />same <to the Board.
<br />The County Engineer proceeded with this work until' it was
<br />1RUM1414-04 -to him by Mr:.PerlOy, thatthe property an which he was supposed to
<br />build:tbe bridge was Park property and that the park Board would not allow a
<br />bridge to be constructed there.
<br />Last Mondaytwo.memberg of the Park Board appeared before the,
<br />Board Of Commissioners and stated -in a-ubstsaeo-, that they .denied the right ofthe
<br />city to Open Calvert Street and also doled t1w PI-ght to the County to build a
<br />Bridge.
<br />The Board of Commissioners, otated that they didn't car* to go
<br />ahead as dmake expense until the Park Board and Board of Public Works had Ironed out
<br />bbeft differences. This was entirely Informal and is not a matter of record
<br />to the'Coun 'EngLdeer
<br />rocerd-establIshing.the Bridgo-andrefartAgg the matter
<br />has ,never -been rose ided and. is. still An -f orce,
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