05/25/1920 Board of Public Works Minutes

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sio I Re'solution tor ServiceMains 786 WHEREAS, the Board of Public Works on the .24th, .,... day of ... Ma -re h-1.92.0; 192 . did a Copt a resolutio t ordering and requiring the permanent improvement of ... D.Onald . st rle et • • • • Street from ....MUMS -Stre-et.. • ...IftNexto.. ff�� 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 accotrn.cc'Ete the abutting property and the owners thereof with gas, water, sewer., and other conveniences and necess=saes: and. also - said City Givil Engineer has prepared and filed in said Office specifications showing the mater'al to be used and the maner of laying said service pipes main, 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 adcptcd, and ea�d rercrt ar.d the specif czticrs prepared and f:1-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 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 p jblication for two succcssive dzys in South Bend Tribute« , a newspaper of general circulation printed 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 make such sewer and water connections on or before the I at: h +�-- day of June 1 20 t92 —, and that 'if said connections are not made on or before said tirr:e and in accordance with the speci- fications and report on file in the office of the Board of the Public Works, then said Beard will cause the, same to be made and will asses the cost thereof against the property abutting upon said street, and shall do all other things pertaining thereto according to the provisicr.s and rcquirmems cf Ordinznce No. 1842 adopted by the Common Council of the City of South Lend on Jtly 24, 1916, and of ell cthcr Ordinances and law relating thereto. And. be it further resolved and ordered that after the 20 day rericd has elzpsed for the making cf said connection by the property owners, a notice shall be publish3d for two weeks, Once each week, in the South Bend Tr ibI)n a a newspaper of general circulation publ'shd in said city, regsesting bids from contraetors for the making of such connections as have not been matte by the property owners, and such notice shall fix a day, not earlier than ten days after the first of such publications, when bids sham 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 is en»werel by said city t� furxs% artificial gas to the citizens thereof, and is engaged in said bminesr in sill city, is here')y directed t:) 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- aanees or laws applicable thereto; which connections zre shown trcn the rcpert cf tle City Civil Engineer, and which are hereby declared to be necessary in supplying gas to the owner of property abutting upon said street.