04/09/1924 Board of Public Works Minutes

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229 Service Connections With Ma s. 1337 WHEREAS, -the Board of Public Works on the ............. day of ...:..:.. 192 did a lopt a resolutions ordering and requiring the permanent improvement of Dubs i l Avenue.. Street from .. •..�je1' .jtreet. Street to.. St. Street, by paving the roadway the same, 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, e)nduits, lateral;, and connections which are, or will be necessary to acccumccate the abutting property and the owners thereof with gas, water, sewer, and other conveniences and nece ss-re<: and aT o said City Givil Engineer has prepared and filed in said office specifications showing the mater'al to be used and the maner of laying said service pipes mains, caadaits, 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 ae'cptcd, and :•ad report and the specificatiers prepared and fhd 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 News Times & Tribune. 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 Ri:h - day of ky 1924. 192 and that if said connections are not made on for before said time and in accordance with the speci- fications and report on file in the office of the Board of the Public Wctks, then said Board will cause the some to be made and will asses the cost thereof against the property abutting cpcn :aid street, and shall do all other things pertaining thereto according to . the provisions and requhrrerts cf Ordinarce No. 1842 adopted by the Common Council of the City of South Lend on JLly 24, 1916, and cf all cth(r crdinarces .and law relating thereto. And.. be it further resolved i and ordered that after the 20 day period has elapsed fcr the making cf said connection by the property owners, a notice shall be pub'ished for two weeks, cnce each week, in the South Bend Tribune &; mews Times., a newspaper of general circa?ation publ'shd in said city, reqliestirg bids from contraeton for the making of such connections as have not been made by the property 01%nei_s, 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 Ccrpary, hhich holds a fran. chise from, and i; en?ow!reI by said city t:) furnish artificial gas to the citizens thereof, and is engaged in said bi3iaesi i-i siil city, is h3re'iy directed h mike and install all service connections with its mains in said street in accordance with the provisions of Ordinance Nc. 1555 adopted June 27 1910 and such ether ordi- nances or "laws applicable thereto; Hhich ccnneeticrs Ere Actin rrcn the rcpert of Ile City Civil Engineer, and which are hereby declared to be necessary in supplying gas to the owner of property abutting upcn said street. Adodted this 9th . , day of April 19 24 ,192 L. B. 01augh1-er L. P. Hardy Albert r. Honer. Board of Public Works.