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City of Richmond , Indiana,
' Friday , April 18, 1919.
(Special Session. )
The Board of Public Works of the City of Richmond , Indiana, met in
Special Session in the office of said Board, Friday, April 18, 1919
at 1:30 o'clock P.M. Tajo` of the members of said Board being present
Messrs. Taylor, and Peltz. Absent Mr. Johnson. The following pro-
ceedings were had, to-wit:-
The Board took up the matter in regard to the Petition of Gates
R. Davis, et al. , for the improvement of a highway commencing on
the Richmond and Newcastle turnpike at the County Line between the
counties of Wayne and Henry, in the state of Indiana, and continu-
ing thence in a general south-easterly direction through the towns
of Hagerstown and Greensfork to the City of Richmond, and in the
City of Richmond continuing along part of North-west Fifth Street,
Center Street and North-west Second Street , and terminating on
North-west Second Street where the same intersects with Richmond,
Avenue, all in Wayne County, Indiana, under provisions of the
County Unit Road Law, and adopted the following resolution, to-wit:
RESOLUTION.
- Whereas, a petition signed by more than fifty (50 ) resident
freeholders and voters of Wayne County, Indiana, has been address-
ed to the Board of-Commissioners of Wayne County, Indiana, and fil-
ed in the office of the Auditor of said Wayne County, Indiana,
praying that a certain public highway in said Wayne Township, des-
cribed as follows:
Beginning at a point on the Richmond and Newcastle Turnpike,
- said point being on a line between the counties of Wayne and Henry
in the State of Indiana;... said line being approximately two miles
west of the Town of Hagerstown ; thence in a southeasterly direct-
ion along said turnpike to the west corporate limitsof the Town of
Hagerstown; thence east along Main Street in said town to Perry St.
thence south along Perry Street to the south end of said street ;
thence angling east with said Richmond and Newcastle Pilce and con-
tinuing along the same to the west corporate line of the Town of
Greensfork; thence east along Pearl Street in said Town to the east
corporate limits thereof; thence continuing in a general south-
easterly direction along said Richmond and Newcastle Pike to a
point where it intersects with the Union Pike ; thence south along
the Union Pike to the north corporate line of the City of Richmond;
- thence continuing south on Northwest Fifth Street in said City to
a point where it. interwects with Center Street ; thence east on Cen-
ter Street to northwest Second Street in said City; thence south of
said northwest Second Street to where it intersects with Richmond
Avenue, said last point being the terminus of said highway. Said
highway being in total .length of approximately eighteen (18) miles
shall be improved under the provisions of the County Unit Road Law
by grading, draining, changing and widening said highway where
necessary, and paving the same with concrete ; And ,
Whereas, A part of said highway is within the corporate limits
of the City of Richmond, and the said Board of Commissioners has
no authority to improve the same in so much thereof as is within
the corporate boundariesof said city without the consent being first
obtained from the Board of Works of said City so to do;
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Therefore b.e .it resolved by the Board of Works of the City
of Richmond that consent , authority and permission is hereby giv-
en to the Board of Commissioners of Wayne County, Indiana, to im-
prove that part of said highway petitioned for within the corpora
ate limits of .said City of Richmond, the same to be done as pe-
titioned for, or as finally ordered by, said Board of Commission
ere, provided, howerver, that the established width and grade of
- said highway inside of said city shall be in conformity with
the width and grade of the streets forming a part of said high-
way as already established.
Be it further resolved that a certified copy of this Reso-
lution be prepared by the Clerk of the said City of Richmond andI/
filed in the office of the County Auditor of Wayne County, Ind.
.,T. C. Taylor
Attest: John E. Peltz
Wm. Stevens Board of Works of the City
Clerk of the Board. -of Richmond , .Indiana.
The Board took up the matter in regard to the Petition of Charles
H. Sell , et al. , for the improvement of a highway commencing at
the intersectiioh. of the Commons Road with West Fifth Street in the
City of Richmond, Indiana; thence west along the Commons Road to
East Haven Avenue; thence north along East Haven Avenue to the
tracks of the P. C. C. & St. L. Railroad Company. All in Wayne
- County, Indiana, under the provisions of the County Unit Road Law,
- and adopted the following resolution to-wit:-
. R E S O L U T I 0 N.
Whereas, A petition signed by more than fifty ( 50) resident
freeholders and voters of Wayne County, Indiana, has been address-
ed to the Board of Commissioners of Wayne County„ Indiana, and
- filed in the office of the Auditor of said Wayne County, Indiana,
praying that a certain public highway in said Wayne Township,
described as follows:
Beginning at the intersection of Northwest Fifth Street and
- the Commons Road in the City of Richmond, Indiana, and thence west
along the Commons Road a distance of approximately one mile to
the point where the Commons Road intersects with East Haven Ave.
- in Wayne Township, Wayne County, Indiana; thence north along .
East Haven Avenue a distance of approximately a quarter of a mile
to the tracks of the P. C. C. & St. L. Railway Company, where
said tracks are immediately south of the Eastern Indiana Hospital
for the Insane , part of said highway being in the City of Rich-
- mond, part in Wayne Township, and all in Wayne County, Indiana,
and said highway being in its total length approximately one and
one-fourth ( 1-1/4) miles; shall beimproved under the provisions 111
of the County Unit Road Law by grading, draining, changing and
widening said highway where necessary, and paving the same with
concrete ; And,
Whereas, A part of said highway is within the corporate
limits of the. City a Richmond, and the said Board of Commission
ere has no authority to improve the same in so much thereof as is
within the corporate boundaries of said city without the consent
being first obtained from the Board, of Works of said city so to
do;
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Therefore be. it resolved by the Board of Works of the City
of Richmond that consent , authority and permission is hereby
given to the Board of Commissioners of Wayne County, Indiana, to
improve that part of said highway- petitioned for within the cor-
- porate limits of said City of Richmond, the same to be done as
- petitioned. for, or as finally ordered by said Board of Commission
ers, provided, however, that the established width and grade of
said highway inside of said city shall be inconformity with. the
width and grade of the streets forming a part of said highway as
already established.
Be it further resolved that a certified copy of this Resolu-
tion be prepared by the Clerk of the said City of Richmond and
- filed in the office of the County Auditior of Wayne County, Ynd.
T. C . Taylor
Attest: John E. Peitz
Wm. Stevens Board of Works of the City
Clerk of the Board. of Richmond, Indiana.
The Board then adjourned.
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Pro-tem
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Clerk of the Board.
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