03/21/1922 Board of Public Works Minutes

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20' °Board met in regular session at 10:00 A.M. All members present. City Attorney L. W.I. Hammond appeared before the Board and took up matter of appeals taken by various -property owners on their assessments MR ing Avenue Pavement assessments in August 1921 and now pending in Couht for and stated.' that he would like to have property appraised to ascertain the value of the various lots before oing to tridal. The Board authorized Mr. Hammond to,obtain the services of two disinterested ps-rties to appraise lots., The- matter of vacating a five foot``strip of La Monte Terrace was discuss and the City Attorney reported that there were decisions on similiar cases other than those quoted by the Attorney for the parties who asked for part of La -Monte Terrace be vacated, which would also protect the City`s rIghtp in the matter. - A property ownere residing on Olive Strut in Vernon Heights Addition appeared before the Board and complained of the condition of Olive Huey and Elmer Streets in Vernon Heights Addition, after,a discussion with.D. C. L'ayton, Street Commissioner it was decided that petitions should be presented -for grading and: gravel- ingof these streets and same would be considered. Mr. Jacob Hoffman and Engineers of the La Salle Hotel Company appeared before the Board and requested,permission to install a transformer vault for the - La Salle Hotel in Michigan Street. Mr. Roberts of Indiana &-Michigan Electric Co. resent*# and sttearinmarties ted to the Board the number of vaults their corps 1 nadt= had i gjchi an St etut none werq of s%tffictnt itze to takt care oi'� t"Ri Sa1ie Hpte�, The- Bard a er in tires a owe pperm ssion to buil mianho a in Michigan Street.to conn transformer, (this permit to take the place of permit ranted February 28th., 1922 to Indiana & Michigan Electric Company to construct, nd install transformer vault -under the sidewalk on Michigan Street>for La Salle Hotel. Attorney Iden S. Romig appeared before the Board and presneted Plat known as Romig First Addition to South Bend . Mr. L. P. Hardy moved that Plat be approved subject to the City Planning Commission, same seconded and carried and plat was approved as follows:- P L +A T. The belov#nnaxddmap represents a plat of a tract of land in the City of South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana., which is to be known as Romig`s First Addition to the City of South Bend , and which tract is bounded by a line running as follows, to -wit: Beginning at the northwest intersection of Ewin Avenue and -Gertrude St., in said City, and running North on the West line of sad Gertrude St., to a point (200.8) two hundred and eight tenths feet south of the intersection of said Street with the southerly line of Prairie Avenue, thence wept from said point a distance of One Hundred Six and*Twenty--five hundreths feet 106.25) thence north -to the southerly Line of said Prairie Avenue, thence southwesterly about 92.3 ft. along the southerly line of said Prairie Avenue to the intersection of said avenue with a fourteen (14) foot alley, thence south along the easterly line of said 140foot alley to its intersection with Ewing Avenue, thence East along the southerly line of said Ewing Avenue to the lace of beginning. The sa id tract being in the east helf of the Southeast r2) arter (2� of Section Fifteen (15), Township thirty-seven (37) north, Range two East. The dimensions of, t e lots and the alleys are marked in feet upon said plat and the lots are twenty "three (23) in number being numbered from one to twenty -three inclusive: The lleys and the five-foot strip of the easterly side thereof being along the westerly side or said Gertrude Street, which said ;give foot strip has not heretofore been dedciated to the publics are hereby dedicate t the public for public highway. In Witness Whereof we the owners of the above described tract do hereunto subscribe our hands and seals this 21st day of March A. D. 1922. IDEAT S. ROMIG (SEAL) CARRIE D. ROMIG )SEAL) State of Indiana, St. Joseph Co. SS: Before me the undersigned , a Notary Public, in and for said County personally appeared Iden S. Romig and Carris D. Romig, husband and wife, and acknowledged the executdon of the above and foregoing instrument. Witness my hand and Notarial Seal this 21st. day of March , A. D. 1 22. CLARA F. MAKIELSKI My Commission expires Notary ftblic February 10,1922. (SEALO APPROVED MAR 21st.,1922." BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS. BY L. B SLAUGHTER President. Subject to approval od City Planning Commission.