11/27/1916 Board of Public Works Special Meeting Minutes

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309 1. At the intersection of Michigan Street and the tracks of said railroad, the surface of said street shall be depressed six feet below the top of the highest rail of the tracks -at the intersection ,as now maintained; clearance shall be sixteen (16) feet between the surface of the street as fixed above and the bottom of :the superstructure work over said street; the grade of the'approach-of said street on the north shall be a; straight line ' from the north line of the superstructure until it inter- sects the present street grade at the south line of South Street; and the grade of the approach on the south shall be an ascending grade from the south line of;Bronsonc Street of two and one-half (21) feet to each one hundred .(100) feet. I 2 At the intersection of Bronson Street and the tracks of said railroad, (which street intersects them at the same point that Michigan Street does) the turface of said street'shall be depressed six (6) feet below the top of the highest rail of the tracks of said intersection as now maintained; the clearnnce shall -be twelve and one- half (1*) feet between the surface of the street as fixed above and the bottom of the superstructure work over said street; the grade of the approaches of said street shall be ascending grades of three (3) feet to e4ch one hundred (100) feet each way" east and west from the east and west line of the superstructure over said street. 3. At the intersection of Main Street and the tracks of said roll,road the surface of said street shall be depressed two and six -tenths (2.6) feet below the top of the gighest rail of the tracks of said intersection as now maintained; .clearance shall be twelve and one-half (14-) feet -between the surface of the street as fixed above the the superstructure work over said street; the grade of the approach of said street north -from the north line of the superstructure shall be a straight line until it intersects the present street grade at the south line of South Street, and on the south the grade shall be a straight line from the south line of -the -superstructure until it intersects the present street grade at the north line of Bronson Street. -- 4. At the intersection of Lafayette Street and the tracks of said Railroad the surface of said street shall be depressed two and one-tenth(2.1) feet below the top of the highest rail of the tracks of said intersection -as now maintained; clearance shall be twelve add one-half (1 1) feet between the surface of the street as fixed above and the superstructure over said street; the grade of the approach of said street north and from the north' 1 ine of the superseture shall be a straight line until it intersects the present street grade at the south line of South Street, and the grade of the approach south from the south line of the superstructure shall be a straight - 1 ine until it inter- secte.the present street grade at Bronson Street. 5. At the intersection of Prairie Avenue and the tracks of said railroad the surface of said street shall be depressed six (6) feet and nine (9) inches below the top of the highest rail of the track leading to the studebbker Plant where same r---in.tersects the center Line of said Pra it ie Avenue at the elevation now maintained-, 11 clearance shall be twelve and one- half (12-�) feet between the a' irface of the 6treet as f ixed-above and the superstructure of tracks leading to the team yard and Studebaker plant; the grade of the approach of said street. north frail the north line of the su'per- structure carrying tracks to the team yard and the Studebaker plant -shall be an ascending grade of three (3) feet to each one hundred (100) feet; the grade of the approach south from the south line of the superstructure shall be an ascending grade of three (3) feet to each one hundred (100) feet. 6. At the intersection of Scott Street and the tracks of said railroad the surface of said street shall be depressed three (3) feet below the top of the highest rail of thetracks at said intersection as now maintained; clearance shall be twelve and one-half (1*) feet between. the surface bf the street as fixed above and the super- structure over said street; the grade of the.approach.of said street north from the north line of the superstructure shall be a:stralght line until it intersects the present grade on.Scott Street at the south line of Dunn Street, and the grade of the approach from the south line of the superstructure shall be a straight line until it intersects the present grade of Scott Street at the north line of Ford Street. 7. At the intersection of Chapin Street and the tracks of said railroad the -surface of said street shall be depressed seven (7) feet two inches below:the top of the highest rail of the tracks at said intersection as now maintained;' clearance shall be fifteen feet two inches between the surface of the street as fixed above and the super- structure over said street; the grade of Said street under the superstructure, and for twenty-seven and one.*hlaf (24-) feet each side thereof shall be level; the grade of the approach of said street north shall be an ascending grade of two and one-half (*I feet to each one hundred (100) feet beginning at a point twenty-seven and one half (27-) feet horth of the north line of the superstructure until it intersects the present street grade; and on the south the grade shall be an ascending grade of two and one-half:(2*) feet to each one hundred (100) feet beginning 27� feet south of the south line of the superstructure until it intersects the present grade.