05/11/1920 Board of Public Works Minutes

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570 Tuesday May 11th. ,1920. Continued. Service Connections'with. Ma'ins- Parks i WHEREAS, the Board of Public *99s on the ..9t]2...... day of ... 1 a�C.h• y92p, 192 did alopt a resalufioa ordering, and requiring the permanent improvement of ... Jefferson •B•i'i beard - Street from 12l.19..1"t...Qf .S.unn.Vs.$d*t twe .' to - Greex1am• Avo. AK*t-, by paving the roadway the same, and WHEREAS; the City Civil Engineer has preparcd andfiledin the office of this Board a report showing the number and location of the service pipes, mains, cnnduits, lateral„ and connections, which are, or will be necessary to accon wccrate. the abutting property and the owners thereof with gas, water, server, and other conveniences and neccssarie.: and al o • said City Givil Engineer has prepared and filed in said office specifications showing the mater�al__ta be -vied. and the maner of laying said service pipes mains, cxiduits; laterals and connections from the mains to the .points in- side the curb lines. THEREFORE,: be it resolved by the Board of Public Workes of the City of South Bend, Indiana, that the top it of the City Civil Engineer is adopted, and sa'd rercrt and the specificaticns prepared and f,lad 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. And be it further resolved that notice by pa6lication for two successive days in South Bend Tr Wme , a newspaper of general circulation printed and publ shed in the City of South -Bend jr 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 theyday of •i ��` 192' ,rind 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, thin said Board will cause the same to be made and will asses the cost thereof against the property abutting I epcn <aid street, and; _shall_ do all other things pertaining thereto according to the provisions and requirments cf Ordinance No. 1842 adopted by the Common Council of the City of South Bend on July 24, 1916,. ar:d cf all eth(r-crdinances and law relating thereto. And, be it further resolved ' and ordered that after the 20 day period has elapsed for the making cf said ` 1 connection by the . property owners, a notice shall be published for two weeks, once each week, in the a newspaper of general circulation publ'shd in said city, regaestrng IJ r South Bend i bids from contraetora. 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 shall be opened and a contract let for the doing of said work. And be it further ordered that the :Northern Indiana Gas and Electric Ccrrpany, mhich holds a frail. chase from, and is en?)w�rel by said city to furnisha'.artificial gas to the citizens thereof, and is engaged in said 6-asin�rs in sii3 city, is h:re'ay directed to make ;and install all service connections walla its mains in said Street in accordance with the provisions of Ordinance No.. 1555 adopted June 27 1910 and such other ordi- aances or laws applicable thereto; -"hich, connecticns'' are .h(Hn rpcn the rcpert cf tle City,.civil Engineer,__-__ and which are hereby declared to be necessary in supplying gas to the owner of property abutting 'upcn .aid r. . street. i