07/27/1920 Board of Public Works Minutes

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k :c I _ Reso lu tion for Se rvice Connectionswith Mains Fe, 820 WHEREAS, the Board of Public. Works on the 3.01%... day of ... ..Jose 192 ... did alo t a resolution ordering i p and requiring the g q g permanent improvement of H" ,. Avenue 4 Street from Miami heir Street to.. ...:.. Street, by paving the roadway the same, and I 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, laterah, and connections which are, or will be necessary to acco rmcebte the abutOng' property and the owners thereof with gas, water, sewer, and other conveniences and necessaries: and also i said City vGiil Engineer g has prepared and filed in said office specifications showing the material to be 15sed and the maner of laying said Y i3 service } pipes mama, conduits, laterals and connections from the mains to the points in- side the curb lines. . THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Board of Public Worker of the City of South Bend, Indiana, that the report of the City Civil Engineer is adopted, and sa`d report ar.d the specifications prepared and fled by him are made a part of this resolution A fully and effectually as if copied herein at full length; it ther ordered that —all of such private connections with the sewer, gas, and water mains be made and is fur- in by bringing ` them inside the curb lines thereof. said street And be it further resolved that notice by pa6lication for two successive days in South, Bend 10-r i hnrn is 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 — 77 c t, - day of -- A_ uti1•` t 1920. 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 uFcn said 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, 119.16, and cf all cth(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 connection by the property owners, a notice shall be published for two weeks, once each week, in the South Bend Tr ibuns a newspaper of general circulaf n 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 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 a n»ware l by slid city to furnish artificial gas to the citizens thereof, and is engaged in said bminsss is sail city, is h-treV directed to mike and install all service connections with it's mains in said street in accordance with the provisions of Ordinance No. 1555 adopted- June 27 1910 and such other ordi- nances or laws applicable thereto; %hick ecnnecticns are &oAn rrcn the repot cf t}e City Civil Engineer, and which are hereby declared to be necessary in supplying gas to the owner of property abutting open. said street. Adodted this 27th• day of July ,192 0 l_#rrertised. luly 300,* 31ort., 1920 in South Bond 0*y _Tribuxa. Explratloj& of time August 21st. ,1920.