05/17/1921 Board of Public Works Minutes

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1921 Continued. I'Vesolution for Service Connections with Mairls No. 877 WHEREAS, the Board of Public Works on the .. 4t'h.'... day of ..... Ma.y 1`}2'1.; 192 did alopt a resolution ordering and requiring the permanent improvement of X&Jn. Street.... .....: ... Street from ........ TAd?:>` M . AV A.nA0St7@X to .. F4WAIL9. ASTonwo 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 accommcebte the abutting - property and the owners thereof with gas, water, sewer, and other conveniences and necessaries: and alto said City GiviI Engineer has prepared and filed in said office specifications showing the. material . 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 Werkes of the City of South Bend, Indiana, that the report of the City Civil Engineer is adapted, and sa'd rercrt ar.d the specificatiors '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 t%at all of such private connections with the sewer, gas, and water mains -be made in said street by bringing ahem 'inside the curb lines thereof.. And be it further resolved that notice by publication far two successive days in South Bend , a newspaper orgeneral 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 I oth day of ll I 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 r:pcn said street, and shall do all other things pertaining thereto according to the provisions and requirrr.ents cf Ordinance No. 1842 adopted by the Common Council cf the City of South Bend on Jely 24, 1916, and cf F11 cth(r ordinances and law relating thereto. And, be it further resolved ' and ordered that after the 20 day period 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 , 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 ov,ners, 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. And be it further ordered that the Northern Indiana Gas and Electric Ccrrpar,y, "hich holds a fran. chise from, and is en»wurel by said city to furnish artificial gas to the citizens thereof, and is engaged in said bmin53s is ssii city, is h:ra')y 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- nances or laws applicable thereto; %hick connections rre shcmn trcn the repcit cf tle City Civil Engineer, and which are hereby declared to be necessary in supplying gas to the owner of property abutting upon said street. Adodted this 17th - day of Y ,192�