11/21/1928 Board of Public Works Minutes

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Wednesday, November 2Ist., 1928. (861) south of center line of said track'shall'be `depressed seven and seventy hundredths feet (7.701) below the top of the. south rail of the old west bound main main track at said intersection, the elevation of said rail being 63.58 when referred to South Bend datum and 148.79 when referred to New fork Celitral datum; the clearance shall be fifteen feet (I51) between the surface of the street as fixed above and the superstructure over said street; the grade of said street under the super structure shall be level. The grade of the approach of said street norti from a point one hundred and eighteen feet (1181) north of the center line of old west bound main track dhall be an ascending grade of two and one -daft feet (2.51) to each one hundred feet (JO01) until it intersect'.. the present grade of said street. The grade of the approach on the south from a point eighty-six feet (861) south of the center line of said old west bound track shall be an ascending grade two and one-half feet (2.51) to each one hundred feet (1001) until it intersects the present grade of the street, except that vertical curves sixty feet (60 t) in len#th1-..shal1 be provided at the upper and lower .ends of the approach grades. (5) The grade of Dunn Street, which intersects Chapin Street at a point immediately north of the tracks of said railr^ad shall be changed and the grade east from the east line of Chapin Street as fixed at No.4 above, shall be an ascending grade three feet (31) in each one mundred feet (I001) until it intersects the present grade of Dunn 6treet; except that vertical curves sixty feet (-60:) in length shall be provided at the upper and lower end of the grade as changed. (6) 6cott Street: At the intersection of Scott Street and the tracks of said railroad, the surface of said street from a point thirty feet (301) north of the center line of old west bound main track to a point one hundred thirty feet tI301) south of the center line of said main track, shall be depressed three feet (31) below the top of the south rail of the old west bound main track at said intersection, the elevation of said rail being 64.20 when referred to South Bend datum, and 149.41 when referred to New York Central datum. Clearance shall be twelve and one half feet (I21) below the surface of the street as fixed above and the superstructure over said !, street; the grade of said street under the superstructure shall be level; the grade of the approach of said street north from a point thirty feet (30') north of said old west bound main track shall be a descending grade of nine hundredths feet (.091) in t each one hundred feet (I001) until it intersects t -e present grade of street at the center line of Dunn Street. The grade on the approach south from a point one hundred and thirty feet (I301) south of the center line of the old west bound main track shall be an ascending grade of ninety-two hundredths feet (0.921) in each one hundred feet (I001) until i- intersects the present g ade of Scott Street, except that vertical curves sixty feet (601) in length shall be provided at the upper and lower ends of til the south approach grade. (7) The grade of the first alley north of Ford Street, which alley intersects Chapin Street and Scott Street, shall be changed and the grade of said alley east r . from the east line of 0hapin Street as established in No.4 above shall be an ascending grade of three feet (31) to each one hundred feet (I001) until it intersects the �j present grade of said alley; except that vertical curves forty feet (401) in l eng'gh I: shall, be provided, at the upper and lower ends of the grades. as changed; and the grade • 0 • is • •