04/09/1924 Board of Public Works Minutes

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239 Resolutiso'nfor Service Conneclio n-,s with Mains 1347. WHEREAS, the Board of Public Works on the ............. day of ... .... . .. . . .. .. . ., 192 .. - did alopt a res:)lutioa orderiag aad requiring th_ permanent improvement of .. rishax �tmet... Street from ........ Chapin, Street.. .. Street to.. McPheraon .5t. ... ., . Street, by paving the roadway the same, and WHEREAS, the City Civil Exigieeer has prepared andfiled in the office of this Board a report showing the number and location of the service pipes, mains, emnduitt, l,te ,. and connections which are, or will be necessary to accorr¢cdate the abutting property and the owners thereof with gas, water, sewer; and other conveniences and nece.113riet: and aho said City Givil Engineer has prepared and fled in said office specifications showing the material to be used and the maner of laying said service pip!s maim% e.> a t% 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 Ergineer is aecptcd. and fa`d report and the specificat-ers prepared and f.l:d by him are made a part of this resclution 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 6 News Times. a newspaper of general circulation printed ar.d 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 en or before the 6th., day of June 1924.-- 192 —, and that if said connections are not made on or before said tine 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 szme to be made and will asses the cost thereof against the property abutting cpcn said street, and shall do all other things pertaining thereto according to the provisions and regrirmeris cf Ordinance No. 1842 adopted by the Common' Council of the City of South Lend on July 24, 1916, and cf al] otb, r crdinances and law relating thereto. And, be it further resolved • and ordered that after the 20 day reriod has elapsed for the making of said connection by the property owners, a notice shall be published for two weeks, cnce each week, in the South Bend Tribune & 11ews Times?, newspaper' of general circulation publ-shd in said city, requesting bids from contractors 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. And be it .further ordered that the Northern Indiana Gas and Ekaric Ccn•par-y, Hhich holds a Fran_ chise from, and is en».waref by said city to furnish adlicia) gas to the citizens thereof, and is engaged in said basiness in sxi3 city, is h�re'ay directed to mike and install all service connections with its mains in said Street in accordance with the provisions of Ordinance Ne. 1555 adopted June 27 1910 and such ether ordi- nances or laws applicable thereto; %hich ccnnections are ,Lcmn tr-cn the report of tle Cily Civil Engineer, and which are hereby declared to be necessary in supplying gas to the owner of property abutting upcn :aid street. Adodted this 9th • , day of X pri 1 1924. ,192 L. B. Slaughter L. P. Hardy Albert F. Honer.. Board of Public Works.