01/09/1925 Board of Public Works Minutes

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?, The grade of the approaches of said Cherry Street north from the northerly.line, of the :ri,� ht of way and south from the southerly line of the right of way shall descend five.(5� feet to each one hundred (100) feet'until they inter- seet.the present grade of Cherry Street, except that, vertical oufves,forty (40) feet in length shall be provided at the upper and lower ends of the approaches. (2) The grade of Division Street where the same intersects the northerly rail of the west bound mein track and the southerly rail of the east hound main track of the New York -Central Railroad Company shall be raised not more than three and twenty-five hundreths (3.25) feet above the top ._of the southerly rail of the west mound min track as -nova m intainedj, the present elevation of said tra4k.being 62.31 khen referred .to South Bend datum.and 147.52 when referred to -New York Central Railroad datum. The grade of Division Street inhere it intersects the northerly line of the right of way of said railroad and the grade of the north side of said street at a point due north of trhe -intersection of the south curb line wi--t,h t-ba northerly lane of the right'of way shall be raised not more than two and sixty-6ne hundredths (2.61) feet, above the top of the southrail of the west.bound main track as. 'now maintained; and they grade of'Division Street where it intersects the southerly line of the right s. way of said railroad company 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 right of waysdhall he raised not more than one and seventy two hundredths (1.72) feet above the top of the southerly rail of the west ,bound mein track as now maintained. The grades of the approaches of said Division Street, east and wes from the points fixed above shall descend at the rate of five (5) feet to -each one hundred (100) feet until they intersect, the present grade of Division Street,, except that vertical curves forty (40) feet in length shall he pr"iftd Pt the tipper and lower nds of the approaches. The .ggrade of Walnut Street,., which ' interseet�s Division Street, shall on. each side of said Division Street be tmade' to, conform to the grade of Division Street as fixed above, and shall descend at the rate of five (5) feet to each one hundred (100) feet until said grades intersect, the present grades of Walnut t Street, excep_t that vertical curvea forty (40) feet in length shall be_provided at the upper and lower ends of the grades .as changed.. (3). The grade of Arnold Street where the -same intersects the northerly rail of the west bound psain track and the southerly rail of the east, bound main track shall be raised not more than six (6) feet above � he top of the south rail of the west hound main tra,ok as now maintained, the present elevation of said trackbeing 62.72 when referred to South Bend datum, and 14793 when referred to New York _0'entral RailRoad datum. The grade of Arnold Street where it intersects the northerly and southerly lines of the right of way of said railroad shall he. raised not, more ' than five and thirty-four hundredths (5.34) feel. move the top of the south rail of the west bound min track as now maintained; and the grade of Arnold Street where the same intersects the tracks of the Grand Trunk Western RailwayCommpany shall be raised six and one tenth (6.1) feet above..the top of the highest rail of said tracks as now maintained; and the grade' of Arnold Street where the same intersects the tracks of the New.York CentralRailroad Company, formerly the Chicago, Indiana and Southern Railroad Company shall be raised not %o _exceed -six (6) feet above the top of the highest rail of said tracks as now maintained, and the -grade of said street, where it intersects the switch track of the New York Central RailRoad Compan leading into the Oliver Chilled Plow Works, shall,be raised not to exceed six T feet above the top 9f-the highest rail of said switch track as now maintained and the tracks of said companies across said street at said points shall be raised to conform to the grade of said street at said several points when changed as provided herein. The grade of said Street north from the northerly line of the right of way of the New York Central RailRoad Company as fixed herein shall be a descending grade of five (5) feet to each one hundred �(100) Peet until it intersects the present street greid� except that vertical curves forty (40) feet in length shall be provided at the tipper and the lower ends of the approach; the grade of said street south from the 'southerly line of the right, of way shall be a descending grade to a point midway between said southerly line of the right of way.and the northerly rail of the. Grand Trunk We Railway Company, which point,. shall be not tbore than four (4) feet higher than the top of the south. rail- of the west bond main track of the New York Central -Railroad Company as now maintained, and the grade from said last, Unadd point shall be an ascending grade to a point four (4) feet north of the northerly rail of the Grand Trunk Western Railway Company, and the grade of said street four (4) feet north of the northerly rail of the Grand Trunk Western Railway Company shall be raised to conform with the grade' of said norther- ly rail as fixed above. The grade of Arnold Street from the southerly rail of the Grand Trunk Western Railway Company shall be a straight line to the northerly rail of the tracks of the New York Central Railroad Company formerly the Chicago, Indiana and Southern Railroad Company, and the grade of said street from the best above mentioned point shall be a straight line to the northerly rail of the switch track