04/24/1923 Board of Public Works Minutes

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i II j Resolution -Service Connections with Mains. 170 { WHEREAS, the Board of Public Works on the ............. day of ... ... 192 did alopt a res�lutioa ordering and requiring the ., permanent improvement. of ��:r#:x ........ . , .... ... Street from Zt. LOui a . B1 vd.Staev .. .. No t,re 3 w* . Av* . 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 accorr.trccate the abutting property and the owners thereof with gas, water, sewer, and other conve-rierces and nece ss!iries: and also said City Givil Engineer has prepared and filed in said office specifications showing the mater'al to be used and i 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 ae'cpted, and sa'd report ar.d the specif cations prepared and feed by him are made a part of this resolution as fully and effectually as if copied herein at full lengtb; 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 p 6lication• for two successive days in South Bend Tribuxe & News T ea�tewspaper of general circulation printed ar d publ shed 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 - 1T414 day of May 7 923_�__ l92 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 Board will cause the same 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 ard regcirrrents cf Ordinarce No. 1842 adopted i by the Common Council- cf the City of South Fend on j _ Y �, Jtly 24, 1916, ard.cf �11 c�h<r-crdinarces and law --- relating thereto. - `;.4rrd; 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 Tri.buze & News T3nesa newspaper of general circulation publ'shd in said city, requesting bids from contractors for the making of such connections as have net been made by the property ow nets; and such notice shall fix a day, not earlier than ten days after the first of such publications, when 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 holds a fran. chise from, and is en»w!rel by said city 0 furnish artificial gas to the citizens thereof, and. is engaged in j r I said business iz siil city, is h�re'ay directed to mike and install all service connections with its mains in said I street: in accordance with the provisions of Ordinance No. 1555 adopted June 27 1910 and such ether ordi- _ i Dances or laws applicable thereto; which ccnnecticrs are acun tpcn the rcrcit cf Ile Ciiy Civil Engineer, and which are hereby declared, to be necessary in supplying t Y gas to the owner of property abutting rpcn said street. Adodted this 24tt1;'t. day of April 1923.,192 i L. B. SLAUGHTER l L P. HARDY ALBERT F. HONER Board of public Works. I