05/15/1923 Board of Public Works Minutes

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ervice Connections with .a we 1194.. } ... day ... � 1 WHEREAS, the Board of Public Works on the .. �,5�..Y of � 9-2•i 192?st did alopt a resolutioa 'ordering and requiring the permanent irpprovement of Ylel�'i� ► ... . l Street from ...: A i�i , AQe1 s... ft=to. Bre&dW .Y 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 lo-zation of the service pipes, mains, c-3nduits, lateral., and connections which are, or will be necessary to accorr.rrcebte the abutting property and the owners thereof with gas, water, sewer, and ether conveniences and necc ss pries: and also said City Civil Engineer has prepared- and filed in said office specifications showing the mater'al to be used. and 1 the maner of laying said, service pips mains, coal tits, 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 adcptcd, and sa`d report ar.d the specificaucrs. prepared and fled by him are made a part of this resolution as fully and effectually as if copied herein at fall lengtt, '"arid it is fur- ther ordered that all of such pr;vat� coa-iections 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 36Gcation for two succc ssive days , in South Bend - I News Times & Trtbimt,,spaper of general circulation pr'.nted 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 f make such sewer and water connections on or before the day of �l>r• 192 --JL, and that if said `connections are not made on or before said time and in accordance with the speci- fications and report onn file in the office of the Bosrd of the Public Works, then said Board will cause the same to be made and will asses the cost thereof against the property abutting up(n said street, and shall do all other .thi-ngs pertaining thereto according to the. provisicr,s and Yequirmtrits cf Ordinsnce No. 1842 adopted by the Common Council of the City of South Pend on July 24, 1916,- ar:d cf all cth�r crd:nar:ces and law j relating thereto. And, be it further resolved • and ordered that after the 20 day reriod has elapsed for the making cf said connection by the property owners, a notice shill be pubish_d for two weeks, cnce each week, in the t a newspaper of eral circu!aton ub1 shd in said city. iestir . South Bend ge r• p Y- re 9' g i bids from contraetor3 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, w hen bids shad 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 i3 en»w!ral by said city th furnish artificial gas 'to the citizens thereof, and is engaged in said b131a!33 in sail city, is h:re')y directed th mike and install all service connections with its mains in said ! I Street in accordance with the provisions of Or No. 1555 adopted June 27 1910 and such ether ordi- nanees or laws applicable thereto; which connecticns Ere Acwn itcn the rcrcit cf tle City Civil Engineer, and which are hereby declared to be necessary in supplying gas to the owner of property abutting rpcn said street.