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Home My WebLink About12/19/1922 Board of Public Works Minutesd Board met; in regalar session at -9:00 A.M. All members present. Stanley Kolkiewica appeared before the Board and requested light be placed at Jefferson Street, and Kaley Street. Same referred to Inspector for report. _ Atty. Be*tsah`WJ,th-,Dr. -Wirt appeared before the Board in regal regard to petition refused for moving of pole at alley off of Portage -,Avenue near -- Keller Street. Board advised Dr, Wirt and Atty. Bertsch to take this matter up with the Indiana & Mich. Elec. Co. tohavepole moved ah.d,if poll is moved the City will see about rounding off corners. Thisate"rftlelefhe tl;gyp the deferred hearing on assessment roll and,. final estimate on La Salle Avenue from W. erI - end of River Bridge ' to west line of Main Streets `'under -Improvement Resolution No • 1002 In the above matter Mr. Gray and Attorney W.,W. Pepple fi General Attorney of -the Chicago, Lake Shore and South Bend,Railway Company appeared and filed written remonstrance against assessment, and certificate of Public Service Commission in regard to surrender of franchise was pre en,ted to the Board for inspection.-bizt not fileF T Board aftev' hea,.V a � u rt interested in said hearing decided-3to defer -all action on said assessment,_ro�I� untff Wednesday December.20th , 1922 at '] i5 P,M.. Copy °af return receipt, of registered letter send to C `N. Wilcoxen, Pres. Be:Gen'1. Mgr, Chi cagoLake_Shore & South Bend Railway. Company signed By-J. D.Flaherty at Miehigan City was filed. Copy of written remonstrance filed by Attorney Pepple of the Chicago, Lake Shore & South Bend Railway Company and over -ruled by the Board. STATE OF INDIANA SS COUNTY OF ST. JOSEPH BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS. OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND: IN THE MATTER OF THE ASSESSMENT FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF LASALLE AVENUE, REMONSTRANCE OF THE CHIdAGO, LAKE SHORE & SOUTH, BEND RAILWAY AGAINST SAID PROPOSED ASSESSMENT AGAINST IT. to the Board of Public Works, South Bend; Indiana. Gentlemen:-. The undersigned respectfully remonstrate against the assessment against it for the improvement of La Salle Avenue, between West, line of Bridge ad and West line of Main Street for. the following.Teasons, to -wit:_ 1.- That the property of the ChIftgb, Lake Shore & South Bend Railway Company is not subject to an assessment for said improvement; 2.- That on the 2nd, day of Mai 1922.9 the Chlca�o, Lake Shore & South Bend Railway Company, ;under its then existing franchise did then and there file with the City of South Bend, Indiana, which granted daid'fri=hise, and with the public service commission of Indiana, a written declaration; legally executed then and there surrendering its said franchise theretofore duly entered into, all as provided by Section 10052e5 of Burn's Annotated Statutes of .Indiana, Supplement of 1921. _ 3.• That, the Chicago, Lake Shore & South Bend Railway Company, at the time of the le-..ting of the contract for the aforesaid improvement of said La Salle Avenue by paving, received and was operating under and indeterminate permit,- duly authorised by-law, as provided in the act of the public service commission of Indiana, entitled " An Act Concerning Public utilities, creating a public service eomfnission, abolishing the railroad Commission of -Indiana, and conferring the powers of the riilroad commission on the public service commission approved March 4th, 1913. 4.- That said alleged assessment herein for said improvement, by paving, of La Salle Avenue, in the -City of South Bend, Indiana, is contrary to law. l Wherefore your undersigned remonstrant respectfully requests that the a�ssessmsnt herein placed against its property for the improvement of La_.Salle Avenue, in the City of South Bends Indiana, by paving, or any assessment whatsoever# be stricken from said assessment roll, Dated this 19th. day of December 1922. u FILED DEC 19019220 BO.9RD OF PUBLIC WORKS BY L. B. SLAUGHTER President. CHICAGO, LAKE SHORE & SOUTH BEND RAILWAY COMPANY. BY W. "X. PEPPLE General Attorney. Petitions viere filed and resolutions,ordered_on the following: Sidewalk and curb and grade on Otsego from Angella Avenue to Pokagon Street. Pipe sewer on O-tsego Street from Angella Avenue to Pokagon Street. Petitions for lights reported - on as follows: - Light on W. Wash. Ave. at intersection of alley between Elm St. and Walnut Street. Reco mended single light post be placed on corner of Spruce Street and W. Washington Avenue on thesouthwest corner of Washington Avee Approved. No lights necessary on Ewing Avenue east of Miami Street, a light will be alright there next summer. Not necessary to place lights at the cornerof Robinson Street at corner of East Calvert Street as there is now an are light a short, block _to the northeast and south also an are light at the Lincoln School west. Complaint about, poles and anchors reported on as follows by inspector. Complaint about pole in way of entrance to garage kKkff tnin alley between Cushing Street and Scott Street located near 721,W. La Salle Avenue This is a dismantled anchor and should be removed at once as it is dangerous -to automobiles. notify Indiana► Bell Tel. Co.' Report approved, Pole in way of driveway to a garage in the rear of 317 W. Marion Street. This is an Indiana & Michigan Elec. Co. pole and should be reset to the north about five feet. Approved Request received from the Board of Park Cpmmissioner requesting that lights be placed at the Lagoon in Pottowatomie Park for skating rink.__ Referred to the inspector for. report. Permit granted to the Studebaker,Corpo ration to close Bronson Street from end of new building near Main Street to Lafayette Street for a period of Thirty days from date of closing, same to be properly barricaded, red lights, and Police and fire departments to be notified. The following communication received from Goo. A. Davis. Bldg. Commissioner, read and placed on fiel and approved granted after March 15,1923. South Bend, Ind. Dec. 15,192.p Board of Public Works: - South Bend, Ind. Gentlemen: - .Mr. Harold Smith, Assistant Commissioner and Mr. N. S. Marsh Inspector ask me to apply to this Board for an allowance for the.upkeep of a car for each of them, bicycles have always been used for inspection work but the work has become so heavy that an inspection is only possible about every 10 to 12 days, and if the volume of building for the coming year equals or increases over this year this depart - went should have at least one more inspector to take as re of furnaces and flues alone. APPROVED DEC. 191,1922. BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS BY L. B. SLAUGHTER President: Granted after Mar,15,1922. Respectfully , GEO. A. DAVIS COkWISSIONER OF BUILDINGS. Engineer filed assessment roll and final estimate for pipe sewer on Sibley Avenue from Brookfield Street to Wilber Street, under Improvement Resitution No 1058. In the City of South Bond, Indiana. Resolved that, th# snti # work don#ruhd4r'ht,heaboue...'rOolftion and contract let, thereunder be in all things accepted and approved and the said final estimate be &,flowed. Resolved lhat said notices in form required by law ba.publisbed, on the 21s.t day of December 1922 and on the 28th. day of December 1922 in the South Bend Daily Tribune and Nuys Times, stating tbwt; this Board will give a bearin on the amounts of such assessments at Its office in 4,he City °Hall on the loth. lay of January 1922 at 7:15 P.M. at the office of said Board in the City Ra.11 South Bend, Indianaasthe time and place when this Board will -receive and hear remonstrances against the amounts assessed against each of the logs and p parcels of land on said roll and will hear and determine whether such lots and parcels of land will be specially benefitted by said improvement by the amounts stated and set, forth in said roll, Claims were allowed as follows: - Engineering Dept., $258.00 Attested:— �(A Clerk of the Board. President A