05/13/1924 Board of Public Works Minutes

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Tuesday May 13ths 1924. Contimued. WHEREAS, the Board ci Public Works on the.................................... .... day of -- ....... -.._........................................ . 191........., did adopt a resolution ordering and requiring the permanent improvement of xxximMa _Marquette Avenue from Mich. St. rtte Street. . ......................................................................... §?reet from��---...............- e Street to —._-- --.......... Street, by paving the roadway of the same, and WHEREAS, the City Civil Engineer has prepared and filed in the office of this Board a report show- ing the number and location of the service pipes, mains, conduits, laterals, and connections which are, or will be necessary to accommodate the abutting property and the owners thereof with gas, water, sewer, and other conveniences and necessaries; and also said City Civil Engineer has prepared and filed in said office specifications showing the material to be used and the manner of laying said service pipes, mains, conduits, laterals and connections from the mains to the points inside the .curb lines. THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Board of Public Works of the City of South Bend, Indiana, that the report of the City Civil Engineer is adopted, and said report and the specifications prepared and filed 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 the South Bend Tribune & News _Tim%snewspaper of general circulation printed and published 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 ................................................ day of.................................................................., 191.......... and that if said connections are not made on og before said time and in accordance with the speci= fications and report on file in the office of the Board of Public Works, then said Board will cause the same to be made and will assess the cost thereof against the property abutting upon said street, and shall do all other things pertaining thereto according to the provisions and requirements of Ordinance No. 1842 adopted by the Common Council of tke City of South Bend on July 24, 1916, and of all other ordinances and laws relating thereto. And, be it further resolved and ordered that after the 20 day period has elapsed for the making of said connections by the property owners, a notice shall be published for two weeks, once each week, in . the F South Bend .._Tribune & News -Times a newspaper of general circulation published in said city, requesting bids from contractors for the making of such connections as have not 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. Company, which holds a fran- chise from, and is empowered by said city to furnish artificial gas to the citizens thereof, and is engaged in said business in'said city, is hereby 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- nances or laws applicable thereto; which connections are shown upon the report of the City Civil Engineer, and which are hereby declared to be necessary in supplying gas to the owners of property abutting upon said street. Adopted thislth.2........... day of.......................Mai -1924 r.......- ........................... 191.......... ............................ -.......................................................................................................... . . i