10/27/1920 Board of Public Works Minutes

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welinanda r October 27th�_ s 107[l - The - fallowing petition received read and placed on f ilea STATE OF IND AIIA COUNTY OF ST. JOSEPH) >: To the Honorable Board, of Public Works, of the City of ,South Bond, Ind iana►, Petition of the New York Central Ra ilr clad Company, f or permission to lay one, add it ional track and rearrange an existing track across the intersection of Olive sand Sample Streets. ` Comes now the pet it-ioner and res ectfuli p y a bows to the Board that it is a duly organized, c orporat ion operating* under and by v irtu.e of the laws of the State of Ind Tana; that it &oea now and has for many gears operated a steam railroad in and thr ough the C. ity of ;-S outh Bend, 'Ind isna; -that it is a common carrierand is subject to the _lairs of the Stateand the United States governing � e��ommon carrier ra ilro&ds; that the New Vork Railroad Company now crosses the intersection of Olive and Samt3e Streets along its r ght of `way, with three tracks, one of which is the main line of the New York Centrv,l Railr'oaad Company's Illinois Div is ion, the other two tracks being for purposes of switching. , Your petitioner would show that the laying of an additional track across said intersection of O1 ive and Sample Streets would increase the eff ie ie iney of the yard r operation and relieve pose"ible congestion and delay at the cooss ing by keeping, swtttchIng movements off the ma in track; that it is therefore 'to the best interest of the City of South Bend and the petitioner 'herein to lay an add it ional track across said interseA ion of Olive and Sample Streets, that the laying of the additional' track involves and makes necessary the rearrangement of one, existing track. The pet it ioner submits. herewith a blue print of `the 'proposed changes, 1 attached hereto, made a part hereof and marked " Exhibit As.. WHEREFORE, your pet i°t ioner prays said Board to grant the permiss ion z and authority to construct_ and ma inta in an additional standard guage track across the intersection of OLive and Sample Streets along petitioner's right of way, and to rearrange an existing track which crosses said intersection. THE NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY, BY S. C. HUBBELL Atty. F ILED APPROVED WALTER L. CLEMENT$ OCT. 2$9192,0.. Oct. 279192a. BOARD OF, PUBLICWORKS , . BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS BY G. A. ELLIOTT BY Go -,A. ELLIOTT President_. President. as per resolution.. The following resolution approved by the Board. State of .Indians County of St. Joseph ;SS Board of Public Works of the City of South Bend . Indiana. In the matter of a petition of the New York Central Railroad Company for permission to lay one additional track and to rearrange an existing track across the intersection of Olive Street and Sample Streets. ° R E S O L U T I O N Whereas, the petitioner,, Hew York Central Railroad Company on this:, the 27th. day of October 1920 filed with the Board its petition for peAmfes ion to construct amd maintain an additional track for switching purposes along its right of way, across the intersection of Sample and O1 ive Streets in the City of South Bend, Indiana, and do rearrange one exisiting track at such crossing. Whereas, this board being fully advised in the premises finds that Aa id petitioner is a duly organised corporation operating under and by virtue of the Dews of the State of Indiana, that it does now anct has for many years operated a stew railroad in and through the City of South Boud in4i,,a; that 'it is a e mmon carrier and In abject to the laws od the Statean�d the United governing common carrier, railroads;