Approving a Contract Between Board of Public Works & Safety and The Layne-Northern Company Inc. for Drilling Constructing Two Well at the North Pumping Station

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lot & 2nd READING 1114 )/o COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE /34/� t? PUBLIC HEARING 3rd READING NOT APPROVED REFERRED PASSED /a /fZ /3 tY' ORDINANCE NO. .�Je SO _0Y 01 WBEREAS, the Board of Public Works acting as the Board of Water Works Trustees for the South Bend Water Works has deemed it necessary to construct two additional wells at the North Pumping Station for the furnish- ing of water for the South Bend Water Works, and WHEREAS, it has prepared and filed specifications and has advertised and received bids for the construction of said wells, and has entered into a contract with Layne Northern Company, Inc. for the drilling and construction of said wells, said Company being the lowest and best bidder, which contract calls for the drilling and construction of two thirty -eight inch wells at sites designated in Leeper Park near the present reservoir, for the sum of $6400.00 for each well, NOW, THEREFORE, be it ordained by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, Section 1. That the contract entered into between the Board of Public Works and Safety, acting as the Board of Water Works Trustees, and Layne- Northern Company, Inc., on the 13th day of November, 1939, which contract provides for the construction and drilling of two thirty -eight inch wells at the North Pumping Station in Leeper Park, in the City of South Bend, Indiana, by the Layne Northern Company for the sum of $6400.00 for each well, to be paid for by the South Bend Water Works in accordance with the provisions of said contract, a copy of which is attached to this ordinance, be and the same hereby is in all things confirmed, ratified and approved by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana. Section 2. Be it fu'pther ordained that this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its enactment and the approval by the Mayor.