03/25/1924 Board of Public Works Minutes

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Monday March 24, 1924. Continued. City Councilmsn John Olejniezak appeared before the Board in favor of the favor of the signing of the cnntract above mentioned. Attest: Clerk of Board Tuesday March 25th., 1924. President. Board met in regular session at 9:00 A.M. All members present. Atty. Miller Guy appeared before the Board representing County Commissioners and presented resolution granting permission tothe Counl,y to extend pavement on Prairie Avenue. Same approved as follows: - State of Indiana ) City of South Bend ) SS BEFORE THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS R E S O L U T I O N. Resolved by the Board & Public Works of the City of South Bend, Indiana, That: WHEREAS, on the third day of January , 1924, Joseph C. Rerriek and others, filed in the office of the Auditor of St. Joseph County,. in the State of Indiana, their petition for the improvement of a certain highway, under an Act of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, commonly known as the " County Unit Road Act," the beginning, course and termination of which proposed improvement is as follows: Beginning at a point on Prairie Avenue, in the City of South Bend, in said County, Where it intersects the east line of.Grant Street, in said City, beging the south- westerly end of the conbrate Vvement on said Avenue; thwnce running in a southwesterly direction along and upon said Prairie Avenue to the southern boundary line of said City of South Bend; thence continuing in a southwesterly direction, - from the corporate limits of said City, along and upon said Liberty Highway, through Section 2,22 and 29, of Township 37 North, Range 2 East, in said County, to the public highway - commonly known as the Nasturtium Road, on the North and South Quarter section line of said Section 299where it terminates. And Whereas, said petition was afterward duly referred to the county surveyor of said county, and said Board of Commissioners and County Smrveyor have t1uly filed their determination and report thereon, with complete plans, speci- fications and an accurate profile of the said highway to be improved by said pro- ceedings: And Whereas, a part of said highway proposed to be improved is within the corporate limits of the said City of South Bend, which said part is a portion of Prairie Avenue, in said City; Therefore, be it resolved by the Board of Public Forks of the City of South Bend, Indiana, that this Board does hereby consent to and approve the said proposed improvement of said street and highway, and of said portion of said Prairie Avenue in said City of South Bend, by the Board of Commissioners of St. Joseph County, State of Indiana, under said petition, as set forth and described in said proceedings, and according to the plans, specifications and profile now on file R in the office of the Auditor of said County; the grade within the City is to con- form to the established grade of said Prairie Avenue in said City.