05/15/1923 Board of Public Works Minutes

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i Service Connections with Mains Mew 1195 WHEREAS, the Board of Public Works on the Q t ... day of ... .....4rf1..1923F92 did a lopt a resolutioa ordering and requiring the permanent improvement of .. Telttii ,AYO111 uo , t lxfrom .........I'�f8yet.te Blv�t. Ireque Street.. treet to 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 loz-ation of the service pipes, mains, conduits, lateral;, and connections which are, or will be necessary to acccrr.n:ceate the abutting property and the owners thereof with gas, water, sewer and other conveniences and neccss�ries: and alto said City Givil Engineer has prepared and filed in said office specifications showing the mateyal to be used and the maner of laying said service pipes mains; conduits, later4ls 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 aecpted, acd sa'd report ar.d the specifications prepared and f.l,d 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 confections 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 News TiVW8 & Tribune , a newspaper of general circulation printed and 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 — 7f�h day of ` Uxe 19�3 a 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 Wcrks, thf n said Board will cause the same to be made and will asses the cost thereof against the property abutting open said street, and shall do all other things pertaining thereto according to the provisions and requirrrents cf Ordinance No. 1842 adopted by the Common Council of the City of South Bend on Jely 24, 1916, and cf all cth,r crdirar,ces and law• relating thereto. And, be it further resolvedand ordered that after the 20 day period has elapsed fer the making cf said connection by the property owners, a notice shall be published for two weeks, once each week, in the South Bend R'Pib1UtC 8e NewsT aCe, a newspaper of general circulation publ'shd in said city, req!iestirg bids from contractor; for the making of such connections as have not been matte by the property ow ners, and such notice shall fix a day, not earlier than ten days after the first of such publications, N hen -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 Ccrcpany, Hhich holds a fran_ chise from, and is en»w!ral by said city to furnish artificial gas to the citizens thereof, and is engaged in said bmia53r in siil city, it h�re':)y 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- Uances or laws applicable thereto; which connections are sh(Hn trcn the rcrcrt cf Ile City Civil Engineer, -. and which are hereby declared to be necessary in supplying gas to the owner -of property abutting upon :aid street. Adodted this --Mthe day of M89 19�3 • ,192