08/13/1918 Board of Public Works Minutes

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274 RESODUTION FOR SERVICE CONNECTIONS WITH MAINS No. 584. WHEREAS, the Board of Public Works do the 2nd.{ day of July 1918 did adopt a resolution ordering and -requiring the permanent improvement of Portage Avenue from alley north of Kinyon Street to the City Limits, by paving the roadway of the same, and WHEREAS, the City Civil Engineer has prepared and filed in the office of this Board a report shoving' the number' and location .of the service pipes, main$, donduits, laterals and connections which are, or will be necessary to accommodate the Abutting property and the owners thereof with gas, waer, sewer, and other conveniences and necessaries; and also said City Civil Engineer has prepared and. filed with said office spec if ieat ions showing the material to be used and the manner of laying -said service pipes, mains, ;conduits , lateral and onnections from the mains . to the points inside of the curb lines. THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Board of Public Works of the City of South Bend, Indiana, that the report of the City Civil Engineer is adopted, and said report and the specifications prepared and filed by him are made a part of this resolution as fully and effectually as if copied therein at full length; and it is Further ordered that all of such private connections with the sewer,- gas and water mains be made at said street by bringing them inside the curb lines thereof., And be it furtherresolved that notice by publications for two, successive days in the South Bend Tribune, a newsppper of general c irulat ion print" and published 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 3rd. day of September 1918 and that if `said conditions are not made on or before said time ardin accordance with the specifications and report on file in the office of the Board of Public Works, then said Board will cause will cause the same tube made a,Ld will assess* the cost thrreof against the property abutting upon said street, and shall do all other things pertai ning thereto according to the prvosisions and requirements of Ordinance No. 1842 adopted by the Common Couneul of the City of South Bend on July 24,1916, and all otherosdinancess and laws* relating thereto. And, be it further resolved and ordered that after the 20 day period has elapsed for the making of said connections by the property owners, a notice shall be published for two weeks, once each week, in the South Bend Tribune, a newspaper of general circulation published in said City, requdst ing bids from contractors for the making of such connections as have not been made by the property owners, and such notice shall fix >aL day not earlier than ten days after the first of such publ scat iong 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 & Elea. Company, which holds a franchise from, and is empowered by said City to furnish art if ical gas to the citizens thereof, and is engaged in said business in said City, is hereby directed to make and install all service connections with its mains in said street in accordance with the prvossisions of Ordinance No. 1555, adopted June 27,1910 and such other ordinances or laws applicable thereto; which connections are shown upon the report of the City Civil Engineer, and which are hereby declared to be necessary in supplying gas to the owners of property abutting upon said street. Adopted this 12th., day of August 1918. G. A. ELLIOTT H. F. ROSTISER JOHN F. DEHAVEN Board of Public Works. Bids to be advertised for said water taps August 23rd. ,1918 and Agust 30th.91918 in the South Bend Daily Tribune., to be received up to 10:00 A.M. September 3rd.,1918.