07/27/1920 Board of Public Works Minutes

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i\/Alb - -- Service Connections -with Mains WHEREAS, the Board of Public Works on the .... 3 t' !.. day of ... ....J . A, MA 192 did adopt a resolutioa ordering and requiring the permanent improvement of U�Rq_' .....:. ...... ... e. .. Street from ......ld.etre. )3iLm. Arentweet to .. 5A4 T-70 0's *Yt¢ 04 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, laterals, and connections which are, or will be necessary to accorr.mc&-te 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 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 Workes of the City of South Bend, Indiana, that the report of the` City Civil Engineer is adcpted, and sa'd report ar.d the specifications prepared and fled 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. i And be it further resolved that notice by publication for . two successive days in South Bend Tr. btxt , a newspaper of general circulation printed' and publ shed in the City of South Bend i 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 21St,, day of AugUx.to 19204i: 192 and that if said connections are not made on or before said time and in accordance with the spec= fications and report on file in the office of the Board of the .Public Wcrks, 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 thing peitainiug thereto according to the provisions and requirmerts cf Ordinance No. 1842 adopted by the Common Council of the City of South Bend on July 24, 1916, ard cf all cth, r crd trances and law i relating thereto. And, be it further resolved and ordered that after the 20 day reriod has elapsed fcr . the making cf said connection by the property owners, a notice shall be published for two weeks, once each week, in the South Bend 9h? ibume a newspaper of general circulation publ'shd in said city, requesting 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 Cerrpar.y, Ahi(h holds a frarr , chise from, and is en»w!rel by said city to furnish artificial gas to the citizens thereof, and is, engaged in said business in sill city, is h3reSy 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- sanees or laws applicable thereto; which ecnneetiens are shcwn trcn the rcrcrt of tle City Civil Engineer, and which are hereby declared to be necessary in supplying gas to the owner of property abutting upon said street. AdodteJ this �Tt$, " day of ` Fitly 1920 ,192 'b A. E-MIOTT Advort ined Js1T 311tk,,-°sx>ed, 31ot9, H: F -ROSTISEX j 1-920 iu; irim: r Exp1rat. I*x of_ ° #se Yv owt 21s**.9 192- Board "of public Works.