South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-01-06
Mass Meeting of Property Hold
erS Along City'S Chief Thor
Cughfare viii be Held Oh
tuesday Night, Jan. 20.
ASSESSMENT PLAN TO
0BVIATE DIFFICULTY
Proposal to Construct New
Sewer From Monroe to LaI
sale PreCipitateS Action TOI
ward Laying New Pavement

What. according TO r. 81. Morris
president of the board OF pubn
works. IS the first active step towar,
the repaving Of Michigan ST.. viii %
taken Tuesday night, Jan. 20. whom
mass meeting of citizens and prop
erty holders of that th0roughfare MI
assemble at the city hall.
Just what objections there are and
what conditions favor the construct
tion of a new Michigan ST. sewer from
Monroe ST. TO Lasalle av. into ths
river viii be discussed at that timeE
the present works board taking thE
liberty TO call the meeting with ths
intention OF putting the new seWe
through if possible.
II the sewer is 10 be constructed
ii means that Michigan St will -
Tepaved Property owners the lengtl
OF the street from Ewing av. TO la
sale aV, property holders on ali lat
eral sewers on side streets that ente
the main pipes. and others will be as
sessed for the $4,000 that will be re
quired for the construction OF tn
sewer.
According TO Mr. Morris one Of the
chief objections which has held III
the matter for some time is the com |
plant of the property owners in the
south end, in the vicinity of Ewina| T
av., that their assessments were too
large. According To the first plansl
brought before the board. smalleri
pay as large assessments as the dowI
town business ment.
Evolve Long System.
To obviate this diffculty the board
mas evolved system whereby as i
sessments Will be levied i'm proportioI1
TO the values Of properties owned
This matter viii be explained at tbs
mass meeting
The pavement alone viii cost an
other $4,000 it was said Wednesdas
morning by City Engineer Moore T
who has prepared "a set ca estimate
and approximate costs for the pc
rusal of the works board
The construction of the sewer vii
result ia the tearing up OF the pres
ent pavement. since the smaller lat
eral pipes which viii run from tho
basement of an business houses inte
the main pipes viii be laid at the
same 'ime The work thus entailed
Will result i'm the cessation of prac
tically all traffic along the street un
til after the work is completed.
Instead of merely replacing the ol
pavement. the works board feels tina
since new pavement is needed 1
badly as is the sewer. the opportu
nifty offered with the construction o
the sewer is not one 20 pass idly by
Mr. Morris said Wednesday morning
that If the new sewer was decide,
upon the pavement OF the street wa
assured.
Believe Majority Favorable
tt is the opinion Of the board %
works, according tc Prest Morris
that the majority OF property holder
along the street favor the new move
The dullness of business al the pres
ent time, il was said. precludes al r
objection tending 10 show that dow
town business opportunities would bs
ruined by the tOrn-up condition Of N
street BY spring and the opening O
the years real business activities tn
work would nearly Doe completed
Paved with concrete and asphalt. I
was said that Michigan So woult
form one of the most beautiful street
in northern Indiana.
One of the chief reasons advances
0y City Engineer Moore and Pres
Morris that the work be- put forward
at once is the fact that abor viii be
more easily obtained than IL viii Pa
in the spring months. The eXpens
of labor. also. at this time was con
sidered. Moore declared that les
would be expended for this parucula
branch OF the work than at any othe
time Of year
The total costs Of both the Fepa
ing and the construction of the new
sewer. according 10 Moore. VIII TO
exceed sI35,o00.