03/28/1923 Board of Public Works Minutes

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Service Connections with Maims No; 1.14 WHEREAS, the Board of Public Works on the ...27.1h ... day of ... ..March 1 23i 192 did adopt a resolutioa ordering and requiring the permanent improvement of Bowman ...:. \ .. ...... ... . " - LQ -- i Street from .....I[iaDli......... ......Street to.. !r . ... ......... i 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 j location of the service pipes, mains, conduits, laterals, and connections which are, or will be necessary to accon mceate 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 pipes 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 Wcrkes .of the City of South Bend, Indiana, that the report of the City Civil Engineer is adcpted, and sa'd report and the specif:caticr.s 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 succcssive days in South Bend News Times & Tribu4e p P g printed and j news a er of general circulation publ shed in the City of South Bend I Indiana, be given to the owners of the property abutting upon said street to be improved directing them to 281,h: April 1923 . 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 to be made and will asses the cost thereof against the property abutting tpcn said street, and shall do all other things pertaining thereto according to the provisions and requirrrcnts of Ordinance No. 1842 adopted by the Common Council of the City of South Pend on July 24, 1916, and cf all cth, r crdinances and law relating thereto. i And, be it further resolved - and ordered that after the 20 day period has elapsed for 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 & Iffew$ TiffieFa newspaper of general circulation publ-shd in said city, requesting bids from-contraetors 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 Ccrrpar,y, H Lich holds a fran. — chise from, and is en»werel by said city t3 furnish artificial gas to the citizens thereof, and is engaged in I said business in sail city, is here"-3y directed h 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 other ordi nances or laws applicable thereto; Hhich .connecticns are -Lcwn tpcn the rcpert cf Ile City Civil Engineer, and .which are hereby declared to be necessary in supplying gas to the owner of property abutting upcn street. ' Adodted this 2TLb . day of March 1923 • 192 L B. SLAUGHTER T PIN HARDY .t ALBERT F. HONER i Board of Public Works. 1