09/15/1925 Board of Public Works Minutes

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762, Tuesday Sept. 15th.. 1 f Th.e.grade of Division Street where the same intersects the northe34y rail of the west bound main track and the southerly rail of'the.east bound main track of the New York. Central Railroad Company shall be.raiced not more than three and twenty-five hundredths (3.25) feet above the top of the southerly rail of.the west bound main track as now maintained, the present elevation of,said track 'being 62.31 when referred to, South Bend datum and 147.52 when referred to I3ew York Cent, lI%Aaailroad datum. The grade of Division Street where it inter seats 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 the .ntersectipa of the south curb line with the northerly line of the right of *4 shall be raised not more than two and sixty-one hundredths 2.61 )."`feet above the top of the south rail of the west bound main traet xs now maintained; and the grade of Division Street where it.lntsrsects the southerly line of the right of way of said railroad oompany and the grade of the south side of said street due aguth of thi intersection of the north curb line with the southerly 11ne of the right of way shall be raised not more than one and -seventy-two hundredths ( 1.12 ) feet above the top of the southerly rail of the west bound main track as now maintained. The grades of the approaches of said Division Street east and west from the points fixed above shall descend at the rate of five (5) feet to each one hundred (100) feet until they intersect the reeent-grade:of Division Street, except that vertical curves forty _ 40) feet in length shall be provided at the upper and lower ends of the approaches. The grade of Walnut Street, which intersects Division Street, shall on oath side of said Division Street be made 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 Street, except that vertical curves forty (40) feet to length shall be provided at the upper and lower ends of the grades as changed. z; The grade of Arnold Street where the same intersects the northerly rail of the west bound main track and the southerl$ rail of the east'bound main track shall be raised not more than six feet above the top of the south rail of the west bound main track as now maintained, the present elevation of said track being 62.72 when referred to South Bend datum, and 147.93 when referred to New York. Central Railroad datum. The lrad.e:of Arnold Street where it intersects the northerly and southerly lines`of the right of way of said railroad shall be raised not more than five and thirty-four hundredths (5.34) feet above the top the south rail of the west bound main track as now maintained and the grade of Arnold Street where the same intersects the tracks of the Grand- -Trunk Western Railway Company 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 Central Railroad Company., formerly the Chicago, Indiana and Southern Railroad. Company shall be raised not to exceed six.(6) feet above the top of the highest rail of said tracks Us now maintained, and the grade of said street, where it intersects the switch track of the New York Central Railroad Company leading into the Oliver Chilled Plow works, shall be raised not to exceed. six (6) feet above the top of 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 f5) feet to each one hundred`.(100) feet until it intersects the pres.en-t street grade except that tactical,