The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-09-25
CUT PLANS ARE READY;
 THE VARIOUS CHANGES
TO HOLD SPECIAL MEETING TONIGHT TO ACT ON
 COMMISSIONS REPORT.

Approved by Railroad Commissioners
 Has Been Changed in Important Par
 ticuIars-An Outline of New Plans.
 The statement for the board of alder men regarding the new plans for the railroad cut is now completed and a copy of it has been sent to each alder man by City Engineer Kelly.
 "The aldermen have been called to- gether to act on the agreement between the city commission and President Mel len tonight.
 In discussing the new plans City En- gineer Kelly said:
 The alignment as approved by the railroad commissioners has been chang ed by swinging the location to the East between Olive and Water streets, com mencing at the curve at Olive street and extending in a straight line be- tween Wooster and Fair streets and thence by a curve under the present Water street bridge, and so placing it that the top of the grade at the West abutment on Chapel street, for exam pie, will be 1SS feet from the east curb of State street instead of 113 feet as by the plan approved by the railroad commissioners. The approaches from State street at Court, Chapel, Wooster and Fair streets are in thls manner heightened and thus the rates of grade made easier. The curves also at Olive, Franklin and East streets have been eased some.
 The grades throughout are not only in most cases an improvement over those fixed by the plan approved by the railroad commissioners, but in many cases are an improvement on present grades, and particularly so in the case of Chapel and Wooster streets.
 A marked characteristic of the new steam railroad work is the bettering of the alignment of the tracks of the rail road through this particular quarter of the city. It will be seen that going east out of the city six tracks will take the place of the present ones, as far as the Northampton division cut. At that point provision will be made for turn ing two of these tracks off to the north. Continuing on the way toward Cedar Hill, four tracks will be laid instead of the two now in use. This four tracking will be carried on as rapidly as possi-
 ble to New London, and thence to Providence and Boston, thus creating
 one of the most important freight and passenger routes in the United States. When the work has been completed the traffic passing over it will assume colos- sal proportions. .:. Following Is an official statement re- garding the local street changes and grades, from the office of the city en- ginesr:
 ''The bridges at Fair, Wooster, Chapel and Court streets and Grand avenue remain at the same height by the pres
 ent plan as by the plan approved by the railroad commissioners as follows; Fair street bridge is raised 2.29 feet above present bridge. Wooster street is raised about 1S4 feet above present bridge. Chapel street bridge is raised about 2.22 feet above present bridge. Court street bridge is raised about 1.61 feet above present bridge. Grand ave-
 nue bridge is raised about .54 feet
 above present bridge.
 "Olive street bridge is lowered about | i 1-2 feet below height approved by the railroad commissioners and about 1 foot below present bridge. Osborn
 street bridge is lowered about 1 foot below height approved by the railroad
 commissioners and also below present 1 bridge.
 Bradley street bridge is substantial 1 1y the same height as the present
 bridge by both plans. Franklin street
 bridge Is lowered 1.31 feet below the
 height approved by the railroad com- missioners and about i foot bs1ow pres
 ent bridge Hamilton street bridge is l lowered IS foot below the height ap- proved by the railroad commissioners and raised about .09 foot above present
 bridge. Wallace street bridge is rais- | ed .43 above the height approved by l the railroad commissioners and about | 2.4 feet above present bridge. East
 street is raised 1.45 feet above the, height approved by the railroad com-
 missioners and about feet above the | present bridge.
 ''The alignment as approved by the railroad commissioners has been chang ed by swinging the location to the East
 between Olive and Water streets, com- | mencing at the curve at Olive street
 and extending in a straight line to a
 point between Wooster and Fair streets | and thence by a curve under the pres ent Water street bridge, and so placing l it that the top of the grade at the west | abutment on Chapel street, for exam ple, will be 1SS feet from the east curb , of State street instead of 113 feet as by the plan approved by the railroad com- | missioners. Chapel, Wooster and Fair l streets are in this manner heightened, and thus the rates of grade made easier. | The curves also at Olive, Franklin and l East street have been eased some. "The grades throughout are not only 1 in nose cases an improvement over those fixed by the plan approved by the railroad commissioners, but in many l cases are an improvement on present 1 grades and particularly so in the case of Chapel and Wooster streets" The city engineer has a list giving 8 1 comparative statement of percentages
 of grades and proposed grades in con nection with every street involved in the DrODosad new layout,