05/19/1920 Board of Public Works Minutes

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WHEREAS, the Board of Public Works " on the ..' 24 h.... day of ... _. IC aro k..1920"a, 192 did adopt a resolution or.Iering and requiring the permanent improvement of .1nC blox . s. w.o0v .. . .. :... Street fr" . JKV!iA9 AVQ. t.0. r p09att 40 ft...ner , of the. nor Ch line of Fairview ATa-rive, Street, by paving the roadway the same, and WHEREAS, the City Civil Engineer has prepared and filed in t6 office of this Board a report showing the number and location of the service pipes, mains, conduits, "lateral:, and connectionsX which are, or will be necessary to accommce'ate the abutting property and the owners thereof with gas, water, sewer, and other conveniences and necessaries: and also said- City Givil Engineer has prepared and filed in said office specifications showing the matey 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 Workes of the City of South Bend, Indiana, that the report of the City Civil Engineer is adcpled, and sa'd report ar.d the specificzticrs prepared and filed 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 Ininging them inside the curb lines thereof. And be it further resolved that notice by publication for 'two succcssive days in South Bend Tr ibxx* , 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 l c'it,b day of JuYtwt 190n 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 Works, then said Board will cause the same to be made and will asses the cost thereof against the property abutting epcn said street, and shall do all other things pertaining thereto according to the provisions and requirmenis of Ordinance No. 1842 adopted by the Common Council of the City of South Bend on July 24, '1916, and cf all other crdinances and law 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 shall be published for two weeks, once each week, in the South Bend Tr ibune a newspaper of general circulation publ'shd in said city, requesting bids from contraetors 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 shale be opened and a contract let for the doing of said work. And be it further ordered that the Northern Indiana Gas and Electric £errpary, which. holds a fran. chile from, and is en»wared by said city to furnish artificial gas to the citizens thereof, and is engaged in said business in stil 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 ccnnecticns are sl:cwn trcn the rercrt cf tle City Civil Engineer, and which are hereby declared to be necessary in supplying gas to the. owner of property abutting upcn said street. Adodted this 19t14_—day of 11?I&Y 1920 ,192