04/04/1922 Board of Public Works Minutes

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Board met in regular session at 10:00 g. M. All members present. Deferred hearing had on Resolution No. 942 for pavement on Michigan treet from a point 0 ft. nor � f th a rthh line of Fairview Avenue 4 Cit Limits* n the a: eve met er r. Qs & * M Henr a ear a but no wr_ n amen t nce ileac upon op $�u oonJ�i� t�o ne l�'. �iamm d p�es �u io was mo�i�ie� as follows: ri mo e Ry Yl�minating � at par o tie pavement running from the south line of Bonmoyer Avenue to -the City,Limits. The balance of the resolution "from a point forty feet north of the north line of Fairview Avenue to the South line of Donmoyer Avenue" is hereby confirmed, and the Board being fully advisees in the premises decides that the benefits to property liabbe to be assessed, Por'_said'' ImproVer-ents are equal to the estimated cost of the same, as -reported by the City --Civil Engineer, and thereupon takes finaljaction on said resolution as modified, and the same is hereby in all things, ratified,- confirmed and approved as modified. Resolved further that notioes be published on the 6th. day of April 1922 and the 13th.-day of April 922 in theSouth Bend News Times and South bend Tribune and on the 7th. day of April; 1922 in the tnd.i.anEpn.iis Star stating that this Board will receive bids for the construction of said -improvements up to 10:00 A.M. Tuesday April 25th., 1922. The Board reserves'the.right torejectany and all bids. a Board instructed City Engineer to -prepare new resolution for that part of Michigan Street from South line of Donmoyer Avenue to South City Limits for Wednesday April 5tn.,.1922 at 9:00 A.F. i City Engineer F. J. Anderson appeared before the Board ana.took up matter - of no,.sewer connection on Lbt 11 Studebaker's Add. owned by Mrs. Witucki and stated reeorc s. of. city snowed no `tap at this location. The Board agreed av to he 'd tap--inst&11e-d Councilman'Sid. Thornton appeared bfore the Board in regard to"petition for pipepsewerron Georgianne Avenue and Board ordered resolution prepared. Attorney George Omacht representing George Hoffman appeared before the Board and ppresented petition as follows, which was referred tQ the City Attorney for investigation and -report. t South Bend, Indiana April 4th.9 1922. To the Ronorable Board of Public Works,' of ,the City of South Bend, Indiana, PETIR'IO. Gentlemens+- � aeorge,i.i Hoffman, the undersigned petitioner would show your honorable Board that on November 2,1�21 your Board confirmed an assessment roll humbered 1286 for eight inch concrete pavem , an Emeriek Street from Cro ce t Avenue to orby Street under Improvement Resolution Number;88q adopteon-June i4,921, that be ore said confirmation of said assessment "roll ¢s f ad Dctober l9 1921 was codified so that the assessments of.lots 8.r10 and ll on said roll ease modified so that the assessments of 1,ota,8-10 end 11 on said -roll were confirmed in a gross sum against each lot and again& Staples & Hildebrand company and the Michi'an Central Railroad Company, as their various interest ;:cosy appear: ' : that at the time of tKe conf irdation of said assessment roll the said Staples -Hildebrand tempany and they said Vichigan-Ceptral Railroad Company were the owners of divided part&::df said lot 8 and ;likewide- of said lots 10 and 11. That theie.cannot be determined from said assessment roll; '(1)' The 'rmspeetiv6; aMOdUt Of part of tho= total assessment S9 inst each ��.� of said lots which word intended to-belasse.ssed against the Staples -Hildebrand Company and the Michigan' Central Railroad' CemptnF..: ' {2) ..%he ftspective ppa�nes of each of said lots 8-10 and 11 which -the said'Staples-Hildebrand Company andthe Michigan Central Railroad Company owned at the time of said assessment. That ; thereforo thb assessment set out in said assessment roll on said lots 8-1Q and 11 are and always have.been invalid and cannot be enforced. Therefore your petitioner rays that the said defects in said ass ssments for lots 8-10 and 11. be remedied akd`that supplemental proceedings be begs immediately With that purpose. - Very truly yours, FILED •APRIL 491922.. BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS. ,BY L. B. SLAUGHTER President.. Referred to City Attorney. GERRGE J. HOFFMAN BY GEORGE W. OMACHT.