10/13/1920 Board of Public Works Minutes

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lei 1, i Hearing had -on resolution for pipe seweron Harper Court �rom the St. Joserph River to a point 80 feet east of th3 easterly. line. _of Lincoln Wty West and Edge water Dr ive fr om. Harper Court tm- a po int 80 -feet worth of the port h,1 ins of Harper Court, under -Improvement Res plut ion No. 845. In the City of South Bend, nd iana, r Upon. said hear ino.. as remonstrators appeared. and no written remonstrance was filed, And the -Board t ojng., fully adv1sedL in the premises, dec idea that .,the benefits to property liable to be assessed for said improvements area equal. to the' e�itimated cost of the same, as replrted by the City CivilEngineer,,and_°thereupon takes fnal,aetion on said res glut ion as 'or ig inally a ad optod, ' and the same is hereby in all thibgs; ratified, c oaf firmed and approved Resolved further, that notioe's be published on the 14th. day of October 1920 and on the 21st. day of October 1920. in, the South I Bend Daily Tribune, stating that this Board will receive bids for the construction' of said improvements up to 10:00 A.M. on the 29th: day of October 1920. The Board reserves the night to reject any and all ; b ids . Est imated cost ,., of 1..,P ipe sewer on Harper Court from River to `i, inc oln 'Nay East and ih Edgewater `Drina from. Raper Court northerly 16o feet filed by the City Eng lager at..... . , ...... 39315.00 Estimated cost of pipe sewer on Fox Street from St. Joseph )Street to Mlahigaa Street filed at City Engineer at......... ..... 2.45000 ° 9 Estimated cost of grading of alley east of Fellows Street Jr OM Indiana Avenue to Haney Avenue filed at ........................ 110.00 The following resolution approved by the Board. STATE OF INDIOA, I COUNTY OF ST.: J08i$p"g Board of Public Works of the City of South Bend, Ind inns. In the matter Of a pet it ibn the Michigan- central Railroad :Company, 'for permisa. ion to lay a track across Wil Ut raet, in the City of South Bead. ° R E S 0 L U T I O N. Whereas the Petitioner:, Michigin Central Railroad Company,, heretofore on this the 12th, day of October 1920, filed with this Board its pet it ion for permiss ion:, to construct and maintain a track ever Walnut Street, in the City of South Bend, And Whereas - this Board being fully advised in the premises f inds,: that,, s ici Petitioner is a railroad corporation duly organised and ex.ist:i under the lows.of the State of Miehigsn; that it owns and operates a steam railroad in the City of South Band; and that it is a common carrier and subject to the laws of the ..State or of .the United States governing common. Carriers; that said Petitioner now has , and, maintains ns three tbaeks over and upon acid Walnut Street; and that foemerly said Petitioner shad and maintained a- fourth track ever sad upon said street when the same was kMown ae Union Street but which was taken up, on .aecoust Of the elosineas of the clearance to the property along the South line of said. right of way; that said petitioner serves the Studebaker Corporat lea and other industries in the City of ` South Bean; and that the construction- and maintenance Of - said track is made necessary in order that said Petitioner may properly serve said indus- tries and carry on its duties as a common carrier- is the public: and is particularly made necessary by the fact that the New Jersey, Indiana and Illinois Railway Company was - granted a right to construct a -spur, track from its` main line in the City of South Bead to the Plant of the ."Studebaker -Corporat fan, organ tug P*VLt honor's railroad on Prair fie Avenue; which made it necessary, in the Interest of public convenience in the use olf ,said street, And the carrying of freight by said railroads ever st"d atreet, that said Pat it inner m9vo. its ,yard tracks now upon;esid .street to, Went In order that said street and said railroad- Oro---- might be reI2oeed from able ev estion.