01/1904 Board of Public Works Minutes

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The Board met in regular sesOion at 10. A. M. All memaers being; present. Proposition of the Henry Studebaker Estate was accepted as amended. A plat of groung to be used for park purposes, wounded by Calvert St., High St., Dayton St., Hilton Boulevard and Marietta Street was dedicated to the City �. f South Bend, Indiana. TO THE HONORABLE BOARD OF PUBLIC ,WORKS,. OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND. IND. Gentlemen: - We, the undersigned; hereby offer to convey to the City of South Mend the following described reAl estate, situate i,: St. Joseph Ccunty,, Indinan., _to -wit Commencing at the North-east. corner of Calvert and Marietta Stret s, thence running east to west line of South-east Addition , thence running due North to the South line of Dayton Street, t jence running West :about One -Hundred (100) feet, thence angling, in a South-westerly direction to Milton Ave., thence West on North line of Milton Avenue to Marietta Street, thence South on Marietta Street to place of begin: ing, containing about Five (5) acres of land. The same will be conveyed and given on the Following conditions:- 1. That all of the described real estate shall be used and maintained by the said city for park purposes. 2 That the name of the said Park shall -..be known as "THE HENRY STUDEBAKER PARK" -3. The said City shall expend One Thousand Dollars toward beautifying and main- taining said ParK with in three (3) years from June 1st, 1904. 4. That the said City shall extend their water main Fast on Dayton Street East to Christian, on Dubail Avenue to alley East of Ehristian and Indiana Avenue to the East line of Henry Studebaker Addition, on or before Oct. 1, A. D. 190.4. Said main to be extended on Dubail and Dayton streets, as streets are improved and the service needed. 5. That in the event thatthe said City shall cease to mai ntain and keep up said described real estate for said Park purposes, for a perios of fire years in that event, said real estate shall revert to the donors, their heirs or legal repmesentatives. Respectfully submitted, Henry Studebaker Estate By C. W. Studebaker. Jacob M. Chillas. Same was approved. President.