07/06/1921 Board of Public Works Minutes

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52b 3meAnesdam Sul x ;6t-'h _ - 14a1 _ Cantimupd _ The following claims were approved by Me Board. ° G. E. Meyer & Son AL. 1_2Q 0 Buee Sohock and Jackson gb Elgin Street Sweeper Co. 112.. 85 W. Ai. •.Sliek Tr:eas.s 100.00 I' W_ Lower Dec. Co. 3.45 Underwood T ewriter Co. 2.8.00 Herr & Herr -Co,. 5,30 Tuttle Corp. 3.a0 Wm. Kizer 13.00 Herr & Herr Co. 4,,25 West Side Hardware Co., 22.40 F. W. Lucke Co 279.45 Shirley Reynolds Co. .50 Chic ago ,S6. Bend & Northern -Ind. Ry. 12.00 .. , °; ,-B: °Butcher 363.06 - . B. Dutcher 18.00 The following remonstrance filed. TO THE HONORABLE MAIM OF PUBLIC IYORKSL .OF THE, CITY OF SOUTH BEND. IN THE MATTER OF THE CONDEMNATION RESOLUTION NUMBERED SIXTY- ONE FOR THE OPENING OF A STREET FROM SAMPLE STREET SOUTH ON THE WEST ONE -EIGHTH SECTION LINE OF SECTIONS FIFTEEN AND TWENTY -TWO IN TOWNSHIP THIRTY-SEVEN NORTH,:RANGE TWO EAST SOUTH BEND, INDIANA TO PRAIRIE AVENUE owners whose Th Gr d ru West rg Rallwat Compa y ne of th roperty proper yy s# 1 �e affecte� by the opening¢ op saia proposed Street, respectfully remonstrates -against said proposed action on each of the following grounds: commonly known al`tw#ah &�4 k0aos8f i� a e�I�n �ya� l�fi ° o '$ -TAM s _ this remonstrant, including two main tracks and three -switch or storage or a pssing tracks and will also cross the tracks of the New Jersey Indiana and Illinoe Railway Company and four tracks of the New York Central Railroad Company and will render said Oliver Yards of his remonstrant practically useless for the purpose for which they are intended and therefore amount to the taking and will be a taking qdf the property of this remonstrant without compensation which property is already, evoted to a public use, namely; that of transportation for hire by railroads in both inter and intre state commerce. - 2. That the lands and property of this remonstrant will be damaged by the op gg ing of sa d proposed street or hi hwa in the sum of Thirty-five Thousand [ 35,000.00 Dollars, while there w 11 be no benefits to the lands of this remonstrant.. 3. That the damages that will be caused by the opening of said proposed street or highway will exceed the benefits therefrom. 4. That the property at the North end of said proposed street is platted andthat said proosed street or highway would not connect at either the north of south end thereofwith any other North -and South Street and as it is now proposed to ppen the same there would be a ,,jjo at the North end to the West to Anthony Street or to the East one-half block o Kaley Street, 6. That no petition has been filed with the public service ,con - mission of Indiana asking that said proposed highway be opened and there has- been no order of said commission directing or permitting the opening of said street or ,highway. ,6.. That the Board .of Public Works of the City of , South Bend, Indiana, does ,nat.haae.authority.or jurisdiction to open said highway or street. 17. That any highway reserved or dedicated as claimed in the petition.herain was abandoned°more than thirty years ago. FILEGRAND TRUNK AESTFP.N RAILWAY COMPANY Jul 6D1921. BY ANDERSON PACKER' CRABILL & J BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS Attorneys for remonstrant. BY G. A. ELLIOTT President. Fresident.