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

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31Y northerly rail of the tracks of the New York Central Railroad Company, formerly the Chicago, Indiana ,& Southern Railroad Company; and the Grade of said street .from the last" above mentioned -point shall be a straight line .to the northerly rail of the switch track of the New York Centratil Railroad Company ,leading. into the Oliver Chilled Plow Works; and the grade of said street from the, southerly rail of the last Move mentioned track shall be a descending grade of ..ive feet to each one hundred feet until it intersects' the present' street grade. The grade of Hancock Street. which intersects Arnold Street on the east side shal be raised so as to conform to the grade of Arhold Street; anal -then descend at the rate of five (5) feet to each one hundred (100) feet until it intersects the present street grade. And. the grade of - Huron Street which intersects Arnold Street on the west side shall be changed'so as to conform to the grade of. Arnold Street, and then descend at the rate -of -five (5.) feet to each one hundred; (.100)`, feet until it -intersects the present street grade.. 22. The grade of Division Street, where the same intersects the tracks of the New York Central Railroad Company, shall be raised two and, one-half (2J) feet above 'the top. of the 'highest rail of .said tracks as now maintained; and the tracks of said edmpany across said street .shall. be. raised to conform to the grade of said street when changed as provided herein. And the grade of said street from the easterly and westerly rails of said tracks. shall respectively be descending grades of give (5) feet to each one hundred (100) feet, until they intersect .the present street gredeso And the grade of Walnut Street, which intersects Division Street, shall, . on each side of said Division Street be made o -conform with Division Street, and shall descend at the rate of five (5) feet to each one hundred. .(100) feet, until said grades intersect the present street grade. 23 • The grade -Of Cherry Street, where the same intersects the tracks of the New York Central Railroad Company, shall beraised six-tenth(,6) of afoot above the top -of the highest rail of said tracks asnow maintained. And the tracks of said company as now --:maintained shall be made to conform to the grade of said street when changed as provided herein. And the grades of said street on each side of said tracks shall be descending grades at the` rate f five (5) feet to each -'one hundred feet from the northerly and southerly rails. 24. The Tracks of the Grand Trunk Western Railway Company, and of the New York Central Railaead Company shall be raised five and one-half (5 s) feet above the top of the. rails of the crossing frogs as now'maintained at said crossing; and the tracks of said railways shall be raised to conform to the grade of saidinter- section point when changed as provided herein, 25. The grade of Division Street shall be changed beglunA g at a point one hundred (100) feet east of the east line of Pine Street, and thence ascending six -tenths (. 6) of a foott in each one hundred (100) feet to the west line of Laurel'Street, at which point the raise in the grade of Laurel Street shall not exceed two `and nine-tenthsl2.9) feet above the- present grade of the tracks of the Grand Trunk Western Railway Company. 'And the grade of Division Street from the last above mentioned point shall 'be a descending grade of three (3) feet in each one hundred (100) feet, un'til it intersects the present street grade of Division Street vest of Laurel Street,and the grade of Laurel Street shall be changed so as to conform to the grade of Division Street, $nd on each side of said Division Street shall be descending grades of three feet in each one hundred (100) feet, until they intersect the present grade of Laurel Street. The grade of Pine Street, which intersects Division Street and the tracks of the Grand Trunk Western Railway Company shall be changed so as to conform to the grade of Division Street as herein established, and shall descend from eathh side thereof at the rate of five (5) feet in each one hundred (100) feet, until it intersects the present street grade. 26, The grade of Walnut Street, where the same intersects the tracks of th the Grand 'Trunk Western Mailway Company shall be raised eight -tenths (.e) of a foot above the top of the highest rail of said tracks as now maintained, and the tracks of said company across said street shall be raised to conform to the grade of said street when changed as provided.herein. And the grades of said Walnut Street north and south respectively from the northerly and southerly rails of said tracks shall be descending grades at the rate of five (5)feet in each one hundred (100) feet. 27. That the tracks of the different hailroads herein referred to shall be raised .so as to conform to the different street grades, as herein fixed.