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Board met in regular session at 10:00 A.M. Mr. Lambert Absent.
In the matter of the awarding of the contract of the pavement of MadiF= Street
Under Improvement Resolution No. 131 & 1.31-A of the City of South Bend, IndianE.,
the sane was deferred until April the 16ti. 1912 at 10:00 A. ill:.
.( Petition received and remd by the Board asking for the:.apen xrg of Chapin Street
South from Prairie Avenue to the First Alley North of Lean Court. The -rmie
referred to the City Engineer for investigation.
Petition received and read by the Board .asking for Gra.de ,Curb and Walk on Howard
Street riom Notre Dame Avenue to Eddy Street. The same referred to the City En-
gineer for investigation.
/Petition for a permit presented to the Board by Chris. Alhchele,Plumber,Asking for
permission to open street fdr water connection at 906 Portage Avenue. The G€:.me
approved by the Board.
Band �,nd contract signed and approved by C.H. De Frees and the Board for Brie],
Block pavement on North. Scott :3t reet from Mi chi f;,&n Avenue to Portage Avenue.
petition received a<ici read by the Bard &gLinq for a Macadam Pavement on WAKewa
Avenue from Michigan St re et to Latf ayett e St reet . The sane re fe rre6 to the City
Engineer for investigation.
Petition received �.nd read asking for 'curb on each side of driveway walk. ®n.the
Natth side only.. and -grade. nn' Nort,hi Shore'. Drive from Lafayette Street to Irquois S'
The same referred to the City Engineer for investigation.
J Petition reficeived and read by the Board for curb on each -side of Drive walk on the
east side only and grading Tecumseh Avenue from Parkovash Avenue to .Angella Ave.
(The improvement to begin at end of present improved section of Tecumseh Avenue,
the excess dirt in 'excavation not needed for the fill to be placed in holes at
South earner of Lafayette and Marquette) The same referred to the City Engineer
for'i nve st i gat i on.
Complaint received by the Board calling their attention to the dangerous condition
of the wooden bridge at the crossing of Bo an Creek on Carroll Street., The same
read and placed on file, and the street Commissioner instructed tab investigate
same.
VACATION RESOLUTION N0. 16.
f RESOLVED, by the Board of Publi-c Works of the City of South Bend,
Indiana; That it is deemed and desired necessary to vacate Division Street from
Eddy Street to Parry Street in the. City of South Bend, County of St. Joseph, and
State of Indiana, which part of Division St reet proposed to be vacated is meee
specifically described as follows ,to -wit: --
Beginning on tile North line of Division
Street said the west line of Eddy Street: thence Vest along the North line of said
Division Street & distance of 115.5 ft. to the East line Of Parry Street;thence
South 20 ft. to the South line of said Division Street; thence east along the
south line of said Division Street 115.5 ft. to the West line of Eddy Street;thene
' North along the 'Pleat line of said Eddy Street 20 feet to the place of beginning
all as shwon by a plat of such proposed vacation on file in Board og Public Narks
Office. The property which may be injuriol sly or beneficially affected in the
City of South Bend, Indiana by said proposed vacation is knom and described as
the part of Division Street herein proposed to be vacated and the right -of --way
of the Grf-,nd Trunk We Est a rn Rei lway Company.
Native of this resolution shall be published on the 27th. day of
March 1�412 and on the 3rd. day of April .10,12 in the South Bend Daily Times
This Board at its o ff'i ce in the City Hall on the 23rd . d�%y of
April 1912 at 10:00 A.M. and will hear and receive remonstrances from all persons
interested in or affected by there proceedings.
Adopted by the unanimous consent of the Board as present, this 2.6th. dray of March
1()12.
OTTO C. BASTIAN
BOARD OF PUBLIC CORKS. CHAS. F. NIEDBALSKI
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CONDEMNATION RESOLUTION NO-. 15.
RESOLVED, By the Board of Public Works of the City of South Bend,,Indiana.
That it is deemed ftnd desired necessary to coxideran for ,street purposes a strip of land, 20
feet in width off of the Southerly side of the r4oat -of-way of the Gran Trunk Western
Railway Gompainy from the west side of Division Street to a point about 62-7 -ft. west of
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Parry Street,, in the City of South Bend,,County of St. Joseph, State of Indiana,by the - con-
demnation and appropriation of sufficient land for such opening, specifically described as
follow s7te-wit:-
Beginning on the West line of Eddy Street eta point 66 ft. South of the
South line of Division Street: thence Northwesterly follovdng, the Soutberly line of the
Grand Trunl, Western Railway Companies right-of—Tayto the East line of parry Street; thenc
North 20.6 ftto a point 20 ft. northerly from the Southerly line ,of sipid companies right
of -way; thence SoutYleasterly parallel with and 20 ftnortherly from the southerly line
of s,-4,id companies *right -of-vray to the West line of Eddy Street; thence South 20.8 feet to
the place of beginning. Al-so.begin on the Went line of Parry 'Street and the South line
of Division Street;t'hence West along the south line of said Division Street to the South-
erly line of the Grand Trunk Western Railway Companies ri ght -o f—l-ffty;t hence southeasterly
following t-ae southerly line of the said. companies right-of-way to the West line of Parry
Street; thence North along the West line of said Parry St . reet 15.42 feet to the place of
begin ning, all as shown by a plat of such proposed' condemnation now on file in the de-
partment of Public Works of the City of South Beal, Indiana.
The property wnich may be injuriously or beneficially affected in tile."
City of South Bend,, Indiana by the proposed condemnatien 4 S the land herein proposed to be
condemned and the right-ef-way of the Grand Trunk Western Railway Company.
The purpose of such appropriation is The opening and appropriating of a
strip of land along the "o, Grand Trunk & Western Railway,, on East Division Street
more specifically described in the above*'
Notice of this resolution shall be published on the 27th. day of March
1912 and on the 3rd.. day of Aprill912,, in the South Bead Daily Times.
This Board at its o&lce in the City 11&11 on the 23rd. day of April 1912
at, 10:00 A.M. vd,ll hear an-H. receive remonstrances from a.Jl perron,,R interested in or af-
fected by these preaeedings.
Adopted by the unanirous consent of the Board as present,this 26thday of fularch,,191.2.
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
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Meeting adjourned to Aprilthe 16th.. 1912 at 10:Q0 A.M.
OTTO C. BA6rIAN
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CHAS. .1". NIEDBALSKI.
PRESIDE -PIT.