04/09/1924 Board of Public Works Minutes

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228 Service Connections Ma'i*ns WHEREAS, the Board of Public Wks on the :............. day of ... ....192 did alopt a resolutio:a orJering and requaing th- permanent improvement of Harris Street. Stceelfrom .... Ford Street. „Streetto. . Sample Street. j Street, by paving the roadway the some and WHEREAS, the City Civil Engineer has prepared and filed in the office of this Board a report showing the number and location of the service pipes, mains. conduits, lateral:, and connections which are, or will be necessary to accommceiae the abutting property and the owners thereof with gas, water„ sewer, and other conveniences and neccssane<: and also said City Givil Engineer has prepared and filed in said office specifications showing the material to be used and the maner of layin3 said service pipe mains, e33duits, 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 aercpted. and sa*d report ar.d the pecificiticrs prepared and fled 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 eoa:ieclions 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 succcssive days in South Bend Tribune and Views Times* a newspaper of general circulation printed and publshed in the City of South Bend Indiana, be given to the owners of tha property abutting upon said street to be improved directing them to make such sewer and water connections on or before the 13th. , day of --- M'Y 1924, 192 —, 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 W'crks, 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 and requirrrents cf Ordinance No. 1842 adopted by the Common Council of the City of South Pend on July 24, 1916, ar"d cf all cthrr crdinames ar.d law relating thereto. And, be it further resolved • and ordered that after the 20 day reriod has elapsed fcr the making cf said connection by the property owners, a notice shall be published for two weeks, once each week, in the -South Bend Tribune and hews Times,,a newspaper of general circulation publ'shd in said city, req-restirg bids from contraetors for the making of such connections as have net been made by the property owners, and such notice shall fix a day, not earlier than ten days after the first of such publications, when bids shall be opened and a contract let for the doing of said work. And be it further ordered that the Northern Indiana Gas and Electric Ccrr.par:y, which holds a fran- chise from, and is en»w rel by said city to furnish artificial gas to the citizens thereof, and is engaged in said business is sii 1 city, is h,re'oy directed to make 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 other ordi- Danees or laws applicable thereto; which eennecticns rre :hcwn trcn the rcpcst cf Ile City Civil Engineer, and which are hereby declared to be necessary in supplying gas to the owner of property abutting upon ;aid street. Adodted this 9th . , say of April i 1 1924. 192 L. B.. olaughter Attested:_ Veronica aweeney Clerk, of the Board. L. P. Hardy Albert F. Honer. Board of Public Works. i