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65 <br />. a ' <br />Resolution for Grade Sepsrabi�n`of the New York Central Railway Company <br />with oertain streets in,the he City ,of South Bend No. 3 adopted under date of January 22no. <br />1924 *s. hereby rescinded and Resobutien No..4 adflpted as !'olle:ws:- <br />RESOLUTION ON N0, 4 , + <br />A R�SOLYTION OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC �ORKS PROVIDING FOR GRADE SEPARATION. <br />WHEREAS, it is deeined necessary for the public good that the grades of <br />certain streets, of the City of South Bend, Indiana where the same intets of the tracks <br />of the railroad Companites herein after named, be changed and altered, and that the grades <br />of the tracks of said railroad companies be altered and changed; <br />NOW, ZNMFORE, be it resolved by the Board of Public Works of the City of <br />South Bend, Indiana: <br />That the grade ero sings of the tracks of the New York Central RailRoad <br />Company, a steam railroad, at the intersection of its tracks with CHAPIN STREET,,FCOTT <br />STREET, PRAIRIE AtVENVE, LAFAyette S tet, MAIN -STREET BRONSON STREET, MICHIGAN SRREETq <br />FELLOWS STREET, SAMPLE STTEET,RUSH STREET, OHIO STREET, MABIETTA STREET, HIGH STREET, all <br />y he <br />in the City of South Bend, Indiana, be altered by the ee�ai,i �n of ,said t aeks or by t <br />depression of said streets, or by a combined'elevation of said tracks with a dopression.of <br />such streets at such intersections; and also, by reason of the aforesaid elevation or de- <br />pression that the grade of certain other streets and -alloys anO of certain railroads and <br />railways be changed; and that the -change in grade of said several streets, railroads and <br />railways intersecting said railroad, and of certain streets and alleys intersecting said <br />streets and other railway and railroad tracks and the amount in feet of{the clearaace of the <br />superstructure ever the above named streets, shall be.as-follows:- <br />(1) The grade of Cherry Street, where the same intersects the tracks of <br />the New York Central Railroad Company, shall -be raised six -Tenths (0.6) of a foot above <br />the tap of the highest rail of said tracks as now maintained; and the tracks of said eospany <br />as snow maintained shall be made to' -conform to the grade of said street when changed as <br />provided herein. The grades -of said street on each side of said tracks shall be descending <br />grades at the rate of five (5) feet to each one hundred feet from the northerly and southerly~ <br />rails. <br />(2) The grade of Division Street, where the same intersects the tracks of <br />the New York Central`:Railroad Company, shall be raised two and seventy four hundreths <br />(2 74/100) feet above the top of the highest rail of said tracks as now maintained; and the <br />tracks of said company' across said streets shall be raised to confers tothe grade,.Of Said <br />street *Lhen changed as provided herein. The grades of said street from the easterly and <br />westerly rails of said tracks shall respectively be descending grades of five (5)'"feet t.0 <br />each one hundred (100) feet, until=they intersect the presant-street grades. The grade of <br />Walnut Street, which intersects Division � shall, on each side of said Division Street be <br />made to confmn to the grade of Division Street, as fixed above and shall. descend at the <br />rate of five feet to each one hundred (100) feet until said grades interpept the present <br />grades of Walnut Street. <br />(3) The grade of Arnold Street where the same intersects thel tracks <br />of the New York Central Railread-Company shall be raised, five and eight tenth(508) feet <br />above the'top'of the highest rail of said tracks as now mainained; and the grade of Arnold <br />Street where the same intersects the tracks of the Grand Trunk Western Railway Company shall <br />be raised six and one tenth (6.l) feet above the top of the highest rail of said tracks as <br />now maintained; and the grade of Arnold Street where the same intersects the tracks of the <br />New York Central Railroad Company formerly the Chicago„ Indiana and Southern Railroad <br />Company shall be raised not to exceed six (6) feet above the top of.'the highest rail of said <br />tracks as now maintained; end the grade of said street, where it intersects tAe switch' <br />track of the New York Central Railroad Company leading into the Oliver Chilled, Flow Works, <br />shall be raised not to exceed six (6) feet above the top of the.highest ra 1 of said swt�ch <br />track as now maintained, and the tracks of said companies across said strut at said points <br />when changed as provided herein. The grade of said street north From the northerly rail of <br />the tracks of the New York Central Railrpaid Compqny shall be a descending grade of five (5) <br />feet to each one hundred (100) feet urt.fi it intersects the present street grade; and the <br />grade of said street south shall be a descending grade from the southerlyrail of the last <br />above mentioned railroad, to a point midway beween said rail and the nor4herl7. rail Of <br />the Railroad of the Grand Tru nk Western Railway Company which point shall be two and eight <br />tenths (2,e) feet higher than the present high Tail of the New York Central'Railremd Company;: <br />and the Grade from said last, mentioned paint shall be an ascending grade the southerly rail <br />rail <br />of the railroad of the Grand.Trunk Western Railway Company, y <br />of th'e last above mentioned rai way company, the grade of said street shall be a straight <br />lime to. the northerly rail of the tracks of the New York Central Railroad company,formerly <br />hhe Chicago, Indiana & Southern Railroad Company I and the grade of said street from the last <br />above mentioned point shall be a straight line to the. northerly rail of the switch tfick <br />of the New York Central Rail.=W road Company leading to the Oliver Chilled Plew Works; and <br />