04/09/1924 Board of Public Works Minutes

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235 Re solutifor Service Connections with 1343. WHEREAS, the Board of Public Works on the ............ , day of ... ... . Mains ...........1 192 ... did aiopt a resolution ordering and requiring the permanent improvement of Johnson. --- Street from....! V)kin9t0A:`Ve....... Streetto.. .Lincoln -way hest 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, e-induis, laterals, aad connections which are, or will be necessary to acee¢¢c4ette' the abutting property and the owners thereof with gas. water. serer, and other conveniences and necc253rer and alo 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. e3a+its. 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 Ergiaeer is adcpted, aid ia'd repert ar-d the specificaticrs 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- 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 p16lication for two successive days in South Bend Tribune & IJears Times. a newspaper of general circulation printed ar.d publshed 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 - 13th . , day of - May 1924. 192 —, and that if said connections are' not made on or before said tirne and in accordance with the speci- fications and report on file in the office of the Board of the Public Wcrks, then said Board will cause the same to be made and will asses the cost thereof against the property abutting upon said street, and shall do all other things pertaining thereto according to the provisions and requirmcnts of Ordinance No. 1842 adopted by the Common Council of the City of South Bend on J►;ly 24, 1916, and cf all other crdinames and law relating thereto. And, be it further resolved' and ordered that after the 20 day pened 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 & News Times. a newspaper of general circulation publ'shd in said city, req restir:g 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 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 Ccizpacy, which holdsa fran_ chise from, and is a n»were l by slid City tb furni;!i artificial gas to the citizens thereof, and is engaged in said 'business in siil city, is here'-)y directed to mike 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; which connections are :hewn trcn the rcpert cf de City Civil Engineer, and which are hereby ,declared to be necessary in supplying gas to the owner of property abutting open .aid street. Adodted this 9th. ° day of npril 1924. ,192 L. B. Slaughter. 11a rdy Albert F. H ner. Board of Public Works.