06/05/1923 Board of Public Works Minutes

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nesowtion tor Service Connections with Mains', WHEREAS, the, Board of Public Works on the ............. day of 192 did alop't a resalutioa' ordering and requiring the permanent improvement of i9okspa—streets ... ....... Street from ........ DiVigi-03L. ....Street to.. *.:R 09 4 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 accorrmceate the abutting property and the owners thereof with gas, water, sewer, and other conveniences and nec(tsliries: and aho said City Givil Engineer has 1prepared 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 adcptedl, and sa'd'r'epert and the specificetiors prepared and filed by him are made a part of this resolution as fully and effectually as if copied herein at full 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 he �it further resolved that notice by publication for two succcssive days in South Bend T it e r 1-bu3ne- & X-OUS-2 a newspaper of general circulation printed ard Pu61 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 2n.d - day of July 1923 • 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 Board will cause the .same to be made and will asses - the cost thereof againW the property abutting vpcn, said street, and shall do all other things pertaining thereto according to the provisions and requirrrenfs cf Ordinance No. 1842 adopted by the Common Council of the City of South Bend on July 24, 1916, and cf all c6r crdinarces and law relating thereto. 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 pub!ish.-d for two weeks, crice each week, in the South Bend TrIhURe News Times newspaper of general circulation publ'shd in said city, requesting bids from contraetori 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 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 Ccrupary, which holds a fran. chise from, and is eri?jwarel by - said city tofurnish artificial gas to the citizens thereof, and is engaged in Y said 4,a3int3s in sxil city, is 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 other ordi- Dances or laws applicable thereto; which ccune'cticris ere iLcmn trcn Ile r(rcit 'cf tl-e City Civil Eng ineer, and which are hereby declared to be necessary in supplying gas to the owner of Property abutting vpcn said street.