07/06/1920 Board of Public Works Minutes

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3-0 Tues I _ f Res'ohition f6r Service Connections, with - ains .� lid No. 815 WHEREAS,:. the Board of Public Works fits . the 1Sth, .... day of ... Y9e��.. , 192 Ju>�.>3 , id alo t a resolution orderirf and requiring the p g q g permanent improvement of Street from . N Q...1 ina . mf - Rus 11i ka tg9:dd 1 'ta V!19'$ g r AlIE! v 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 accommodate the abutting property and the owners thereof with gas, water; sewer; and other conveniences and necessaries: and al.o said City Givil Engineer has prepared and filed in said office specifications _ showing the material 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 adcpted, and sa'd repert and the specifications 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- 1 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 publication for two successive days in South Bend 'Tr ibtme 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 day of 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 Wc•rks, then said Board will cause the same to- be made and will asses the cost thereof against the property abutting upcn said street, and shall do all other things pertaining thereto according to the provisions aed requirments of Ordinance No. 1842 adopted by the Common Council of the City of South Bend on July_ 24, 1916, and of all other`crdinances and law relating thereto. And, be it further resolved and ordered that after the 20 day period has elapsed for the making of said connection by the property owners, a notice shall be published for two weeks, once each week, in the { South Bend , 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 off Hers, 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 Company, which holds a Fran. j chise from, and is eaxawarel by said city to furnish artificial gas to the citizens th roof,;sand is engaged in said business irr still city, is h,!reiy directed to make and. install all service connections wiK its mains in said street in accordance with the provisions of Ordinance No: 1555 adopted June 27 1910 and' such .other ordi- tiances or laws applicable thereto; %hich connecticns are shcwn upcn the r(rcrt of tl;e -City Civil Engineer, and which are hereby declared to be necessary in supplying gas to the owner of property,`„abutting upcn said 1 street. Adodted this —day of d^ i----,192 I - II G. A. ELL, IO TT ------------- HARVEY F- ROSTIuER JOHN F. DEHAVl