04/28/1913 Board of Public Works Special Meeting Minutes

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`UU north track at Washington Avenue and West of Michigan Street and turning in a southerly dir do and connectin withh thq ea t tr ck n Michigan Stre t and a doubt1 curve eacaing r the presen double track gn ash ngton Avenuea:: hest of c igan S reet and turning by a curve to the north and connecting with the present double track on Michigan Street; also by a cross --aver south of LaSalle Avenue on Michigan Street and con noting the east and west tracks as now constructed on Michigan Street. The curve and special work herein mentioned shall be presented to the Board ,of Public Works by means of drawings and the same shall meet with the approval of the Board of Public Works of said City before the same shell be installed. SECTION 5. The said South Bend Company is hereby authorized to use its tracks heretofore constructed and herein proposed to be constructed by it (except. said double tracks on Main Street and its "Y" on Colfax Avenue hereinafter referred to ), and the tracks referred to herein as being contracted for by it from said Northern Indiana Company as one continuous line of railway from the western city limits east to Hill and from Hill Street west to the said west City limits, and operates its cars thereon. Said Northern Indiana Company is hereby permitted to discontinue and abandon its railway service on its present north track on LaSalle Avenue between the intersection of said LaSalle Avenue with Miehigan.Avenue and Michigan, .Street, :and also its railway service on its south track on said LaSalle Avenue between Main Street and Michigan Street, and the said South Bend Company is hereby permitted to discontinue its present tracks on Main Street and its "Y" now located on Colfax Avenue east of Main Street, and said last mentioned Company hereby renounces, releases and abandons all of its street and interurban railway franchise rights on Main Street between said LaSalle Avenue and Washington A veneu, and also on Colfax Avenue east of lain Street and hereby agrees to remove its said "Y" from Colfax Avenue. And the said City hereby consents that the South Bend Company may, at any time, discontinue service on such part of its proposed single track on LaSalle Avenue east of the bridge over the Saint Joseph Raver as said South Bead Company may hereafter determine as not essential for its use in con— nection with its proposed car barn or station facilities, and that said South Bend Company may assign and transfer such part of said track to said Northern Indiana Company and the latter may thereafter maintain and operate same, But it is understood that the site for the car barn for said South Bend• Company shall be procured and esta— blished by it$ west of the said LaSalle race bridge and east eltthe River bridge. SECTION 6. The rights herein granted to said railway compares are granted upon the following terms, conditions and restrictions in addition to those rights and duties whip which apply to and shall continue to be binding upon said parties, upon all such exten- sions and additions as well as present lines, under their said respective franchise ordinances ajid ordinances amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto,viz: That where any track referred to herein is removed by either of said parties the street shall be restored to equally as good condition as the remaining pro- tion of the street- to the satisfaction of the Board of Public Works, and where new track is constructed hereunder, the material removed from the street in such con— struction may be used by either of said companies for the purpose of repairing the the street and restoring the same to its original condition, all to the satisfaction of said Board of Public Works and saidSouth Bend Company hereby, agrees to maintain and keep in good repair at its cost and expense the .pavement on the roadwsy of saidLaSalle Avenue bridges and the approaches thereto for a distance of fifteen (15) feet from the ends of said bridges. It is also agreed that the construction of the single tracks on LaSalle Avenue and the double tracks on Main Street hereinbefore specifically des— cribed shall be begun within thirty (30) days after the: approval by the Mayor of said City of an Ordinance passed by the Common Council of said City ratifiying and _con— firming this agreement and same shall be completed within nine (9) months from such time. In case the said South Bend Company uses the Race bridge on LaSalle Avenue for the transportation of its cars over it , tree said South Bend Company shall, at its own expense, strengthen said Race Bridge according to plans and specifications to be furnished by the Board of Public Works and to its satisfaction, if in the opin— ion of said Board said bridge required such strengthening. SECTION 7. Said Companies are also hereby authorized -to construct, maintain, and operate such "Y'S", turn -outs, cros s—overs, poles wires, and overhead construction work as may be or become necessary to connect their respective tracks with their r existing tracks on the streets herein mentioned and on other streets and so as to provozd videc:proper facilities for the .,routing of cars. for City se.rvi,ce and proper facilities for the movement of cars in and out of the respective state s, waiting rooms, term— inals sand yards of said companies, and so as to connect with Back. other in the inter—