Ratfying & Confirming Agreement between New York Central Railroad Company and Board of Public Works

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-3- including any necessary raise in the tracks of the New Jersey, Indiana and Illinois Railroad Company, and of the New York Central Railroad Company's connecting track to the Michigan Central Railroad. (b) Constructing a five track bridge to carry the rail- road over Western Avenue and Walnut Street. (e) Widening and reconstructing Western Avenue from Kosciusko Street to Maple Street and raising Western Avenue it its crossing of the New Jersey, Indiana and Illinois Railroad and of the New York Central Railroad company's connecting track to the Michigan Central Railroad and depressing said western Avenue to pass under the proposed railroad bridge with a *inimim vertical clearane of 14 feet, including paving,curbs, retaining walls, sidewalks, stair- ways, hand rails, sewers, drains, and all work incidental thereto. (d) Relocating and depressing Walnut Street and recon- structing same from the second alley south of Western Avenue to the second alley north of Western Avenue and all work incidental thereto. V. The State shall pay the entire contract cost of the railroad bridge, including the actual contract cost of steel work heretofore purchased, the contract cost of the temporary structures and falsework involved therein, the entire construction cost of reconstructing Western Avenue from Kosciusko Street to Maple Street and of reconstructing Walnut Street from the second alley south of Western Avenue to the second alley north of Western Avenue including street end alley connections, such cost to include cost of pavement, curbs, sidewalks, retaining walls, hand rails, stairways, drain- age, and of incidental itmes involved therein, including changes in sewers directly made necessary by such construction and the purhease cost of filling material and ballast required to raise the railroad, aueh material to be delivered on cars at some reasonable point on the lines of the Rgilroad Company. P1. The Railroad Company shall pay all the cost of trans - porting over lines operated by it, including demurrage and storage' and all the cost of placing filling material end ballast to #aise its tracks, all the cost of temporary and permanent changes in the tracks, switches, wires, signals, crossings and other appurtenances, buildings or porperty of the railroad company except as specifically set out in Article V hereof. Vll. The Uity shall, without cost to the other parties, arrange for all the right of way, easements and property rights required for the proposed reconstruction of Western Avenue and the relocation and reconstruction of 'Walnut Street provided for herein