05/13/1924 Board of Public Works Minutes

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373 Tuesday May 13ths 1924. Continued. ict Resolution for Service Connections with'Mains No, 1388 WHEREAS, the Board of Public Works on the , , . .... .. , do. of .. . 192 did alopt a resalutioa or.lering and requiring the permanent improvement of . Anthony, Street Street from .... Linden.Avanue. ....Street to.. Bertrand Street..... . 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-3nduits, laterals, and connections which are, or will be necessary to accorrrrceate the _ abutting property and the owners thereof with gas, water, sewer, and other conveniences and neccss:rie,: and also 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, conduits, laterals and connections from the mains to the points in- side the- .curb lines. - i 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 adopted, acd rad report acd the specifictticrs prepared and f1Fd 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. i And be it further resolved that notice by publication for two' succcssive days in South Bend Tribune & New Times a newspaper of general circulation printed and publshed in the City of South. Bend Indiana, be given to the owners of th-- property abutting upon said street to be improved directing them to make such sewer and water connections on or before the day of 192 and that if said connections are not made on or before said tir:e and in accordance with the speci- fications and report on file in the office of the Board of the Public Wcrks, then said Board will cause the same to be made and will asses the cost thereof against the property abutting upon ,aid street; and shall do all _ other things pertaining -thereto according, ' to the provisions and regr:irrrents cf Ordinance No. 1842 adopted by the Common Council of the City of South Pend on jdy 24, 1916, ar.d cf ell 61htr ordinances and law relating thereto. And, be it further resolved and ordered that after the 20 day period has elepsed fcr the making c f said connection by the property owners, a notice shall be published for two weeks, trice each week, in the South Bend Tribune & News Times a newspaper of general circulakoo pubhshd in said city, req testing bids from contraetors for . the making of such connections as have not been made b the e property owners, : and such notice shall fix a day, not earlier than ten days after the first of such publications, wlien 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 Ccrrpary, which holes a fran- chise from, and is en»w�rc1 by - said city t3 furais!t artificial gas to the citizens thereof, and is engaged in said bmiaess in sail city, is h!re'ay directed t:) mike and install all service connections with its mains in said . Street in accordance with the provisions of Ordinance NO. 1555 adop ted June 27 1910 and such ether. ordi- nances or laws applicable thereto; khich ecnnecticns are ackn trcn the- rcpert of Ile City Civil Engineer, �- and which are hereby declared to be necessaryisupplying n gas to the owner of property abutting upon ;aid sheet. Adodted this lath. day of May 1924. - ,192 - I ! 'Board of Public Works. — I