02/13/1917 Board of Public Worlks Minutes

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373 Board met inregular session at 10: 00 A.H. Mr. J. B. Weber absent* first part of session. Mr. Geor8e Witwer appeared before the board and presented two petitions, one for Vacation of Four alleys in Elliott Tutt's Addition to the City of South Bend between Tutt Street and Dunham Street also Dunham Street from Lot 8 to'lot 16 in Elliott Tutt's Add it ion. Also one for" vscation of a part of Scott Street , `Leon Court and the first alley north of Leon Court. The Board referred the,`same to the -City Engineer°for �a resolution to be presented at session at 7:45 P.M. this 13th . day of Feb. 1917. 'Mr. -Forest Hillier met with the Board - and discussed the matter of a installing a proposed extension of High gtreet Sub -:Trunk sewer in the southernpart of City. The Board instructed City Engineer to furnish Mr. Hillier with an approx#mate estimated cost of the same. Mr. R. W. Binghamm representing the Welsbach Street Lighting Company of America with C. N. Chubb General Manager of the Northern Indiana Gas & Elec. Company of this City appeared bfore the Board and discussed gaslights in River Perk also the .,renewing of the contract farsaml which expires April lst.,1918. Mr. H. B. Re insagen, Assistant Pr inc ipal Engineer of the New York Central Railway Company of. Cleveland appeared before the Board andsubmitted plans of v the progress of work being done on Grade Separation of their railway in this .City. The Board agreed .to meet with Mr. Reinsagen within sixty days from date on the above matter. Mr. Chas. Weidler appeared before the Board and filed the following v petit ions: - Brick pavement on Miami Street from Ewing Avenue to City Limits. Sewer on Miami Street from Ewing Avenue to City Limits. Widening. of Ewing Avenue from Michigan Street to Ernsberger Street to 80 feet. All of the above petitions referred to the City Engineer for investigation . PrGs ident.