09/14/1921 Board of Public Works Minutes

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4" - Wedmiday September 14th., 1921. Coutinu*d. Tke rollowing r*selation s were adopted by t► ie Boarg i Resolution for • ServiceConnections • it in WHEREAS, the B©ard.' of Public Works on 1 the 30it day of .. AU9, 40. 1921., 192 did alopt a resolution ordering sod requiring_ the permanent improvement of pit. Street - t €_ Street from $ p s: 40 ' +a..D...QX'S 2_tx%�r .ilAe. 9fz", ; 'airy AV*AU r t© s©u'tb ili ie of oni oger Ave ane: 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, nonduits, lateral>;" and connections which are, or will be necessary Co accorr:n cctate 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 matey 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 Workes of the City of South Bend, Indiana, that ' i the report _ of the City Civil Engineer is adopted, and sa:d :report ard'"the specific�ticr.s prepared and fled by • - him are made a part' of this resolution as fully and effectually as if copied herein at. full length; and it ."is fur- they 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. 1 And be it further resolved that notice by piblication for two successive days in South —Bend Trib_ to 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 1�1.'tb. day of- Oatoij� 1`21 192 and that if said connections are not made on or before said time and in accordance with the — speci- fications and report on file ' 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 t:p cn 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, 1916, and cf all other crdinances and law relating thereto. And, be it further resolvedand ordered that after the 20 day period has elapsed for the making`-cf,said connection by the property owners, a notice shall be pub ishad for two weeks, once each week, in the 1 South Bend a newspaper of general circulation publ'shd in said city, requesting Cbids from contractor, 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 shall be opened and a contract let for the doing of said work. And be it further ordered that the Northern Indiana Gas and Electric Company, which holds a fran- chise from, and is en»w!rai by slid city o furnish artificial gas to the citizens thereof, and is engaged in said business in siil city, is h.re'-)y directed to make and install all service connections with its mains in said t ` Street in accordance with the provisions of Ordinance No. 1555 adopted June 27 1910 and such other ordi- r mantes or laws applicable thereto; which connections tre shown tpcn the Stroh 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. j Adodted this 14t h = day of a!t, 1 21 a ,192 G. A. ELLIOTT .� ROUTISER— J0MAVEN