05/16/1916 Board of Public Works Minutes

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137 RE:,OLUT TON FOR TRACK SEPARATION No. 1. Resolved by the Board of Public Works of the City of South Bend, Indiana: -- That it is deemed necessary that the grade crossings of the tracks of the New York Central Railroad Company, formerly the Lake Shore & Mi chigan Southern Railroad Company, a steam railroad, at the intersection of said tracks with Michigan Street, Bronson Street, Main Street, Lafayette Street, Prairie Avenue, Scott Street and Chapin Street, all in the City of South Bend, Indiana,, be altered by elevating the said tracks at said. inter- sections. And that the change in ;. rade of said several intersecting streets, and the amounts in feet oL' the clearance at each intersection between tie surface of each of such streets as proposed by such new grade, and the bottom of Vue superstructure work over the same, shall be as follovg'- 1. At the intersection of Michigan Street and the tracks of said Railroad the, surface of said street shall be . depressed five fleet below the top of .the Highest rail of tine tracks at the intersection as now raintained; clearance shall be sixteen (16) feet be- tween the surface of the street as fixed above, and the bottom of the superstructure work over said street; the grade of the approoch of s id street on the north shall 'be uniform trade from the south line of South Street to the north line of the superstructure over said street, and the grade of the approach on the south shall be ascendUng grade of two and one- half (2--1/2) feet to each one hundred (100) feet frcan the south line of the superstructure. 2. At the intersection of Bronson Street and the tracks of said Railroad which street intersects them at the same point that MicjUgan Street does, the depression and the clearance shall be the same a.sis provided in No. One above for Michigan Street: the grade of the approaches of said street shall be an ascending grade of three (3) feet to each one hundred (100) feet each'way east and west from the east and west line of the super-i structure over said street respectively. 3. At the intersection of Main Street and the tracks of said Railroad the surface of said street snail be depressed one and six -tenths (1.6) feet below the top oQ the highest rail of the tracks at said intersection as now maintained: clearance shall be twelve L nd one-half (12-1/2) feet between the surface of the street .a.s fixed above and the superstructure work over Faid street; the grade of the approach. of .aid strut on the north small be level from ti'� north line of the superstructure until it intersects the present street grade, and on the south the grade shall be an ascending grade of fomr-tenths (4/10) foot to each one hundred (100) feet from the south line of the superstructure. 4. At the intersection of Lafayette Street and the tracks of said rail- road, the surface of said street shall be depressed one and one -tenth (1-1/10) feet below the top of the highest rail of the tracks at said intersection as now maintained; clearance shall be twelve and one-half (12-1/2) Peet between the surface of the street as fixed above and the superstructure work over said street; the grade of the approach of said street north from the north line of the superstructure -shell be a straight line until it inter- sects the present grade at the south line of South Street, and the grade of the approach south from the south line of the superstructure shall be an ascending grade of one and twenty-five-hundreths (1.25) feet to each one hundred (100) feet. 5. At the intersection of Prairie Avenue and the tracks of said Railroad the surface of said street shall be depressedone and one-half (1-1/2) feet below the top of the hi highest rail of the tracks at said intersection as now maintained; clearance shall be twelve and one-half (12-1/2) feet between the surface of the street as fixed above and the super- structure work over said street; the grade of the approach of said street on the north shall be level from the north line of the superstructure until it intersects the present grade on Taylor Street, end the grade of the approach on the south shall be level from the south line of t ne superstructure until it intersects the present grade on Prairie Average. 6. At the intersection of Scott Street end the tracks of said Railroarl the surface of said street shall he depressed one and twenty-thr(-e one hundreths (1.23) feet below the top of the highest rail of the tracts of said. intersection as naw r:a.intained-- clearance s Vi€,.11. be twelve a -id one-half (12-1/2) feet between the surface of the 6treet as faxed above and the superstructure work over said street; t lie grade of t:ze approach of said street on the north shall be level from the north li: P of the. superstructure until it intersects the present grade on Scott Street, and the grade of the approach on the south from the soutn line of the superstructure shall be an ascending grade of one (1) foot to each one hundred (100) feet.