05/13/1924 Board of Public Works Minutes

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374 Tuesday May 139 19&- Continued. , <.- G R6 solution for Service Connections with Mains No. 1389 WHEREAS, the Board of Public Works on the .... .. day of ... 192 did alopt a resolution ordering and requiring the permanent improvement of ...Oo7ns ld..Stripe:b. ,frog► Street from .. Aphigsn, St, Street to.. Main 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, conduits, laterals, and connections which are, or will be necessary to accorrmceate the abutting . property and the owners thereof with gas, water, sewer; and other conveniences and necessaries: and also said City Givil Engineer has prepared and filed in said office specifications showing the material to be used . and the maner of laying; said service pipe mains, conduits, laterals and connections from the mains to the points in- side the curb `lines. THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Board of Public Workes of the City of South Bend, Indiana, that the report of the City Civil Engineer is -adcpted, and sa'd repert and the specifications prepared and faed 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 gall; of such._pr;vate 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 & News Time news a P per of general circulation printed and publ shed in the City of South Bend a 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 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 j 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 requirmenis of Ordin-nce No. 1842 adopted by the- Common Council of the City of South Bend on July 24, 1916, aed cf all cthcr crdinances 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 & Nees Times;—, a newspaper of general circulat:on publshd in said city, requesting bids from contractors for the making of such connections as have not been made by the property a%ners, and such notice shall fix a day, not earlier than ten days after the first of such publications, phen 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 Ccrrpar,y, which holds a fran_ chise from, and is en»w!rel 6y said city to furnish artificial. gas to the citizens thereof, and is engaged in said busiaeas in siil city, is hare'ry directed to 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- aances or laws applicable thereto; -ohich connecticrs Ere :hewn tpcn the repert cf 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 13th . day of May 1924. ,192