04/10/1923 Board of Public Works Minutes

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71 I - j Resolution for Service Connections with Mains 8s: 1162 y 1 l a�Y �y WHEREAS, the Board of Public Works on the ........... i.. day of ... .... 192 ... did ajopt a resolution ordering and requirin the rmanent improvement of ��4Ky:tte..S1... Proalt. J�E rgUe tte Avenue to Wakewa Avenue s Be 9; ette Ave. Prom Lafayette Street to Iroquois Street, . a1S&Ak" Avenue. from Lstag& t�tg. S. to Iry ,queiB 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, lateral, and connections which are, or will be necessary to accctr:mceate the abutting loperty and the owners thereof with gas, water, sewer, and other conveniences and necessarien and also _ said City GiviI 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. 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 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. k And be it further resolved that notice by publication for two successive days in South Bend Dews Times & Trib9ewspaper of general circulation printed and publshed 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 4t - day of May I- j 02 —, 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 Works then said i2� P d Board will cause the szrne =_� to be- made and will asses the cost thereof against the property abutting epcn said street, and shall do all other things pertaining thereto according to the provisions and requirments of Ordinance No- 1842 adopted 6 by the Common -Council of the City of South Lend on July 24, 1916, . and cf all oth<r crdinan(es 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, once each week, in the South- Bend Tribune !- News T+--,so 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 ow ners, and such notice shall fix a day, not earlier than ten days after the first of such publications, when bids shah be opened and a contract let for the doing of said work. And be it further ordered that the Northern Indiana ' Gas and Electric Cempar.y, which holds a, fran- chise" from, and is en.:)awarel by. said city to furaisti artificial gas to the citizens thereof, and .is engage4in i said business in sail city, is htrev directed th 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- trances or laws applicable thereto, which connections Pre Ac%n tFcn fhe rcrctt 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 10th: day of April 1923j ,192 LE B 'SLAUGHTER - _ ALBERT F. HOTTER �y � w