04/09/1924 Board of Public Works Minutes

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236 Resolu- tion for Service Connections with Mans 1341. WHEREAS, the Board of Public Works on the .......:.... . day of ... ........... , 192 did aiopt a resolution ordering and requiring the permanent improvement of Van Buren .?treet. Street from .-�4WVOA10 Y:QI..........Street to. .84tlopxe.!ive Street, by paving the roadway the same, and WHEREAS, the City Civil Engineer has prepared and Wdin the office of this Board a report showing the number and toration of the service pipes, mains, ennduits, laterals, and connections which are, or will be necessary to accoirm ate the abutting property and the owners thereof with gas, water, sewer, and other conveniences and nece ssar t_-: and alto said City Givil Engineer has prepared and filed in said office specifications showing the matey al to be used and the maner of laying said service pipes maims, tasdats, laterals and connections from the mains to the points in- side the curb lines. THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Board of Public Wcrkes of the City of South Bend, Indiana, that the report of the City Civil Engineer is aecptcd, and aa'd report and the specificaier.s prepared and fl-d by him are made a part of this resolution as fully and effectually as if copied herein at full length; and it is fur- ther ordered that all of such private connections with the sewer, gas, and water mains be made in said street by bringing_ them inside the curb lines thereof. And be it further resolved that notice by publication for two successive days in South Bend Tribune & Wo s TJ es.A newspaper of general circulation printed and publ shed in the City of South Bend Indiana, be given to the owners of the property abutting upon said street to be improved directing them to make such sewer and water connections on or before the - 1 3th - day of —av 1924. (92 and that if said connections are not made on or before said time and in accordance with the speci- fications and report on file in the office of the Board of the Public Works, then said Board will cause the same to be made and will asses the cost thereof against the property abutting upcn said street, and shall do all other things pertaining thereto according to the provisions aid requirrrents cf Ordinance No. 1842 adopted by the Common Council of the City of South Fend on July 24, 1 1916, ar.d cf all, oth<r crdmances and law relating thereto. And, be it further resolved and ordered that after the 20 day Period has elapsed fcr the making cf said connection by the property owners, a notice shall be published for two weeks, cnce each week, in the South Bend Tribune &c h T1me , a newspaper of general circulation publ shd in said city, req resting bids from contraeton for the making of such connections as have not been made by the property ow ners, and such notice shall fix a day, not earlier than ten days after the first of such publications, when bids sham be opened and a contract let for the doing of said work. And be it further ordered. that the Northern Indiana Gas and Electric Ccrrpacy, which holds a fran- chise from; and is a n»wme l by said city t:) furnis% artificial gas to the citizens thereof, and is engaged in said bmi:►ess is siii city, is h;re'-)y directed h mike and install all service connections with its mains in said' street in accordance with the provisions of Ordinance No. 1555 adopted June . 27 1910 and such ether ordi- nances or laws applicable thereto; which ccnoectiens are :Lc -on turn the rcpcit cf tl-eCity Civil Engineer, and which are heT#y declared to be necessary in supplying gas to the owner of property abutting upcn said street. Adodted this - 9th•$ day of April 1924. ,192— Blau bier. L. P. Hardy AlberttF. Honer. Board of Public Works.