11/21/1928 Board of Public Works Minutes

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Wednesday, November list., 1928. of said tracks, or by the depression of said streets, or by a combined elevation of said tracks with a depression of such streets at such intersections; and also, by ;! .reason of the aforesaid elevation or depression, that the 'grade of certain other streets and alleys and of certain railroads and railways be changed; and that the ehan'ge in grade of said several streets, railroad and railways intersecting said railroad, and of certain streets and alleys intersecting said streets and other railway and railroad tracks and the amount in feet of the clearance of the superstructure over the above named streets shall be as follows: (I) The grade of Cherry street where the same intersects the north' rail of the old west bound main track and the south rail -rf the old east bound track of the New York Central Railroad Company shall be raided not more than one and one - tenth (I.I) feet above the top of the south rail of the old west bound main track, the elevation of said south rail being 62.23 when referred to south Bend datum and 147.44 when referred tb New York Central Railroad datum. The grade of said street at the northerly and southerly lines of the right of way of said railroad company shall be raised not more t_,at forty-four hundredths (.44) of a foot: above the top of the south rail of the old west bound main track. The grade of the a-proaches o f said Cherry street north from the northerly line of the right of way and south from the southerly line of the right-of- way shall descend five feet (51) to each one hundred feet (I001) until they intersect the m esent hrade of Cherry Street, except that vertical curves forty feet (401) in length shall be provided at the upper and lower ends of the approaches. (2) The grade of Division street where the sane intersects the northerly rail of the old west cound main track and the southerly rail of the olt east bound main track of the New York Central Railroad Company shall be raised not more than three and twenty five hundreds (3.251) feet above the top of the southerly rail of the old west bound main track, the elevation of said track being 62.3I when referred to aouth Bend Datum and 147.52 ;,then referred to New York Central Railroad datum. The parade of Division street wher- it intersects the northerly line of the right of wa of said r$ilroad and the drade of the north side of said street at a roint due north of the intersection of the south curb line with the northerly line of the right- !' of-way.shall be raised not more than two and sixty-one hundredths feet (2.6I') above the top of the south rail of the old west bound main track; and the grade of Division Street where it intersects the southerly line of the rightofway of said railroad companjr and the grade of the south side of said street due south of the intersection of the north curb line with the southerly line of the tight of way shall be raised not More than one and seventy-two hundredths feet (I.721) above the top of the southerly rail of the old west bound main track. The grades of the approaches of said Division street east and west from thepoints fixed above shall descend at the rate of five feet (51) to each one hundred feet (I00') until the-r intersect the present grade of Division street, except that vertical curves forty feet (401) in leng' h shall be brovided at the nipper and lower ends of the ap-roaches. The grade of Walnut Street, which intersects Division Street, shall • • • • U • 0