04/20/1921 Board of Public Works Minutes

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,Wednesda--A•ril 20th. 1921. Continued. The following resolutions were adopted by the Board. ! Resolution for Service :Connections with Mains WHEREAS, the Board of Public Works on the ....23.rdw .. day of ... Feb.rLLBrY .1921 '192 ... j did a to t a resolution or lerin and requiring the p P 8 9 g permanent' improvement of ..Chestnut..Stre9t Street from WB�Shingt,�1 Ayenu@.S eet o.. Lake •:Sh@2�rf and11iChiglfl Street, by paving the roadway the same, and i 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, lateral;, and connections which are, or will be necessary to accommceate 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 Wcrkes of the .City of South Bend, Indiana, that the report of the City Civil Engineer. is adopted, and sa`d report 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- 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 " _ Tribune , 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 14th. day of - May 1921 o and that if said connections are not made on or before said time and in accordance with the specl- 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 epcn said street, and shall do all - other things pertaining thereto according to the provisions and requirmenls of Ordinance No. 1842 adopted by the Common Council cf. the City of South Fend on July 24, 1916, and cf all ether ordinances and law ' l` 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 Tribune , 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 owners, 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. f And be -it further ordered that the Northern Indiana Gas and Electric Company, w hich holds a fran- chise from, and is en»warel by said city, to furnish artificial gas to the citizens thereof, and is j . engaged in said business in ssil city, is- h3re-3y directed to make 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- t Dances or laws applicable thereto; which connections are . Ac-on rxcn the repot ' cf tle. City Civil Engineer, I r and which are hereby declared to be necessaryi1 i n su pp yn g gas to the owner of property abutting upon said street. Adodted this 20th. day of April 1921 ,192 Expiration of Times May 1411921 G _ A. ELLIOTT I Bids advertised May 12th., 1921 and .; May 19th 1921 JOHN F. DEHAVEN Bids received. May 24th.p 1921 Board of. Public Works. t