04/29/1919 Board of Public Works Minutes

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GI street, and shall do all other things pertaining thereto ,according to the pro - v is iens and;. requirements of Ordinance No, 1842 adopted by the. Common Council of the City of South, Bend , on July 24th . , 1916, and of all ord inancas and ,laws, rolat ing thereto. And, be it further, resolved and. ordered that after the 20 day period his elapsed for the making of said conneetioins by the property owners, a notice steal be published for two weeks, once each week ,'in the South Bend Daily Tribune, a news- paper of general circulation published in said City, rwquest ing bids from con- tractors 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 publications, whenbids shall be opened and a contract let, for the doing of said work. And be it.further ordered that the Northern Indiana Gas & Electric Co which holds a franchise from, and is empowered by said City to furnish artifical gas to the citizens thereof, and is engaged In said bus iness- in said City, is herey .directed to make and install_ all service connections with its mains in said strut in accordance with the provisions of Ordinance No. 1555 adopted June 27th., 1910, and such *ther ardinances 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 upen said street. Adopted this 29th.9 day of April 1919, G. A. ELLIOTT HARVEY F. ROSTISER JOHN F. DEHAVEN • Epa,rd of Public Works. Bids May 27th. ,1919. RESOLUTION FOR SERVICE .CONNEOTIONS WITH MAT- S. No. 665. WHEREAS, the Board of Public -Works on the 18th., day of February 1919 did adopt a resolution ordering and requiring permanent improvement of Keasey Street from Carroll Street to High Street, 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 showing the number and location of the service pipes, mains, conduits, laterals, and connections which are, or will be necessary to acc anmodate the abutting property and the owners thereof .with gas, water, sewer, and other conveniences and necessaries; and also said City Civil Engineer has prepared and file in said office specifications showing the material to be used and the manner of laying said service pipes, maids, conduits, laterals and connections from. the mains t o the pe into inside of the curb lines. THEREFORE, Be It resolved by the Board of Public Works of the Vity of South Bend-, Indiana, that the report of the City Civil_ Engineer is adopted, and said report and the spec if i cat ions prepared a d filed by him are nade a part of this resolution as fully and effectually as if copied herein at full length; and it is further ordered that all of such private connections with the sewer, gas Arid water mains be made in said street by bringing them inside the curb lines hhereof. And be it further resolved that notice by publication for two successive days in the South Bend Tribune, a newspaper of .general eiraulation printed and published. in the City of South Bend, - Ind &no., be given to the owners of the property abutting upon said street to be improved dire cting them to make such sewer and water connections on or before the 21st., day of _May 1919 and that if said connections are not made on or before said time and in accordance with the specifications and renebt on file in the ;office of the Board of Public Works, then said Board will cause the same to be made and will assess the cost thereof against the prop rty abutting upon said street, and shall do all other things pertaining thereto according to the prvovs is ions and requirements of Ordinance No. 1842 adopted by.the Common Council of the City of South'Bend on July 24,1916, and of all other ordinances and laws relating thereto.