South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-01-03
WILLIAM STREET
OPENING ASSURED
Board of Works Completes La
borS With Only Two Hear
ingS Left 0ver-Park Board
Does Good Work.

Opening of the William ST extern
sion, from Colfax to Michigan av., and
from Marion st. to the sOutherly be-
ginning of Portage av.. was finally de-
cided upon by the board Of works at
the hearing had on the matter at the
city hall Friday night. The cost of
the opening will approximate $50,
Condemnation resolutions were in
troduced some time ago and after a
series of hearings, interviewer with
some Investigations as to the cost of
securing the necessary right of way,
and property to be assessed to cover
the benefits, confirmation of the reso-
lutiOns followed at the Friday night
session.
This virtually clears the slate for
the new board, the only matters left
over being the confirmation of grade,
curb and walk assessments on Olive
St, and hearing on the punham st.
sewer system. Date for further con-
sideration of the former was set for
Feb. 13, and of the latter Feb. 16.
The board also passed upon the
bills and accounts of the water works
ing, and ended its supervising admin
department at fits Friday night meet
istration. A sort of farewell meeting
is scheduled for Monday morning.
0Odru ftdu 1eaT.
The park board, which while inde-
pendent, is a close relative of the
board of works, makes a splendid
showing for the year that closed
Wednesday. During the year a COM
plete blvd. system for South Bend has
been laid out, and construction work
is well under way.
The route that includes Jefferson
blVd., Lafayette av., st. Louis st. and
Riverside drive, all of them in part,
is generally understood. but the park
board has also secured right of way
through the Wood addition, from the
brickyard to Rjverview. TO be known
as the North Shore drive. which will
extend the boulevard system from
Riverside along the ST. Joseph to the
cemetery.
Using the dirt taken from the g.
600, ,00O-gallon reservoir at the water
works plant, the park has brought
the Anderson tract along Lafayette
av. and Leeper park up to splendid
condition, and il might be said at a
saving of $4,000. That is about what
the 100000 yards of dirt used would
have cost, or otherwise it might be
deducted from the $52, 600 cost of the
reservoir. The hill on the tract, con-
Meeting Riverside drive with Leeper
park has been reduced to a six per
cent grade, and made passable for
all kinds of vehicles.
Improvements at POttaWatOmie
park has been another feature of the
boards activities during the year.
Having saved the tract from being re-
turned to fair ground usage, the west
half has been graded for a children's
playground at a cost of some $4,000,
the woodland has been cleared of un-
derbrush and deadwoOd, and with the
tuberculosis camp removed, Potta-
watomie promises to become one of
the chief, if not the chief beauty and
pleasure resort of the city Two arti-
fetal lakes are scheduled to feature
the park.
Other parks have been kept in good
repair and many Improvements have
been made, others being predicted for
the coming season. The year 1914
promises to see no less than six tennis
courts installed on Anderson tract,
Leeper park, alone.
DR.. Z. j. Lent, Richard Elbel. II.
l.. Green and Irving w. Jackson are
the park commissioners, DR.. Lent be-
ing due 20 retire, however, TIE first Of
May.
The board endeavored to secure an
ordinance from the last council, pro-
viding for city forester, but it fall
ed To pass. 1t is expected that the
same ordinance, or one similar, will
be placed before the next council in
the hope that Il will look upon the
gfpD mora favarahlx