10/1903 Board of Public Works Minutes

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Tuesday.. -Oct, 6th, 1903. The Board met in regular session, all members; being present. The Electric Light Company were ordered to place a mid-nite lamp at the inter- section of Marine street and -Indiana avenue.. Petition asking that sidewalks on Madison street east from roin ichigan tobehe first alley east thereof be laid next to the curb and the sidewalk including made 5' in width, granted. JAI, President. SPECIAL MEETING. The Board met in special session at 7:15 P.M. present members of the Board and City Engineer and Clerk. In the matter of the grade, curb. and walk improvement on Calvert street, under Hearing was given on the assessment rarfindathatithe Estimat improvement resolution #115. No remonstrants appeared and no remonstrances were filed. oa property described in said roll is benefited respectively in the amounts of the assess- ments shown on said roll. And nmthe llowedSept.that 23rd,the 1903�essment should belandithe same f Sept. 23rd, 1903, and the Fia,l E Estimate a hereby in all things ratidied, confirmed al:d approved. Hearing were qp had on the Deelaratpry resolutet, undeforr r treesolutions No 168,170 Fog street, Ewing avenue, Indiana avenue and Poland s 189 and 1679 respectively. The Engineer filed his estimates as follows: Indiana avenue 996.60; Ewing avenue $104.40; Fox street 362.20 and Poland street- 896.50. No remonstrants appeared and no remonstrances were filed. The Board find that the benefits to the abutting property and to the City ofSouth Bend are should al to the same estimated cost of the improvement, and said declaratory resolutions are hereby in all things ratified - confirmed and approved. First hearing on Vacation Resolution +24, adopted on the 19th. day of September, 1903, for the vacation of that part of an alley in the Burroughs iaddition fo o the City of ws: lying east South Bend, lying south of lots 31 and 32 in said addition described as of the following line and west of portage avenue; beginning at a point 14 feet north and 6.2 feet feet east of the northeast corner of lot 19, in the said addition, theneb south 42 degrees east to the south line of said alley. The Board finding no remonstrants present and no remonstrances being filed, that said lots 31 and 32 and 169 17, and 18 in the Burr- oughs addition to the city of South Bend owned by Fred W. Keller are benefited in the amount. of $20.00. The Board accrodingly fixes the assessment of Fred W. Keller at 20.00. property will be injuriously effected by such vacation. Now comes Fred W. Keller and waives notice of amount of assessment and the hearing of the amount of assessment under Vacation Resolution #24, and pays into the City Treasury of the City of South Bend, the sum of 20-.00 without further proceedings. The above described alley is now vacated. L/ a 1