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

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-4e- and except as herein otherwise provided shall also, without cost to the other parties rereto, arrange for any necessary changes in or adjustment of publicly or privately owned utilities or other property required for or made necessary by the proposed changes in said streets. V111. The pity agrees without cost to the State, to arrange for the reconstruction of Arnold Street, f or the vacation of Cherry Street, and for any reconstruction and /or vacation of any other streets* alleys or other public property made necessary by the change in grade of the railroad and /or the change in grade or location of Western Avenue and Walnut Street. The City also agrees, without Cost to the other parties hereto, to install or arrange for the installation, maintenance, and operation of proper and adequate automatfe traffic control lights to protect traffic on Western Avenue and Walnut Streets it their intersection, such lights to be so located, as not to eneroseh upon or reduce the traffic clearances of the streets br underpass. 1X. Each of the parties gereto shall pay all the cost of inspection, engineering, supervision, accounting, adminis traction. watching, paving, track work, changes in wires, signals and other appurtenances and of incidental items incurred by each respectively, except that the State shall pay to the Railroad Company the sum of seven thousand ($7,000.00) dollars as a partial reimbursement for the cost of inspection, engineering, track work and changes in wires and signals upon submission of itemized statements of such disburse- ments aggregating a sum equal to or greater than $9,000.00. X. The Railroad Company shall initiate, handle and in the first instance pay for the raising of its tracks, the construction of the railroad bridge, the excavation incidental theretoip the water - proofilag of said bridge and for the track work involved therein, including construction and removal of any necessary crossovers, and detour or construction track, temporary beidges and /or track supports, and all other work described in Article 1V (a) hereof. All work to be charged to the State hereunder shall be let by contract to a con- tractor or contractors who has adequate equipment, organization, and finances for the work and who has previously constructed railroad bridge, subway or track elevation work of equal or larger size involv- ing the maintenance of main line railroad traffic during such con - construction. The specifications for all such contracts shall include the standard special provisions relating to hours, wages, methods of work and other matters which hale been approved for national Recovery Highway Projects in Indiana. BAforee bids shall be invited on any such contracts, complete plans,' specifications, and forms of invita- tion, advertisement, proposal and contract therefor shall have been completed by the railroad company and approved by the City and the State and submitted by the State to the district engineer of the U. S. Bureau of Public Roads end by him formally recommended for approval. For each such contract the railroad company shall then give notice by at least one publication in two newspapers of general circulation throughout the State of Indiana, and in two newspapers