The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-10-16
COMPREHENSIVE PLANS
FOR BIG STRUCTURE
Await Now Only The Pleasure
Of Head Railway Officials
at Chicago

City Engineer Il. b. Hooker ana r..
L. Guy. chief engineer OF the Okla.
homa division of the santa Fe. today
completed the drawing of proflles and
plans for a viaduet across The Santa
Fe tracks, the Cottonwood river and
the Denver. Enid and Gulf right OF
way west Of the riyes. The plans viii
be sent to Chief Engineer Robinson
at Chicago with the recommendation
Of The local engineers that detailed
plans be drawn for aud an estimate
made Of he cost
The plans and prOfilcs as drawn
seem TO offer a feasible solution OF
the proposition on which the city amt
railroad have been SO far apart The
plan is TO build large yladuct al a
cost Of Si50.000, or more, principally
on the Santa Pc and Denver, Enid and
Gulf property The main portion 81
which will be l,i35 feet in length from
the east end of the Santa Fc right
ofway on Cleveland avenue extend
ing in northwest direction TO the IN
tcrsection Of the alley M Block 40
Guthrie Proper, the south half of
which block is owned by the santa
fe The proposed yiaducl AZ This cu
tcrsectioD. OF west terminal point,
will be six feet high and approaches
will be built from both Noble aud
Cleveland avenues. while the street
car track over The viaduct viii run
through the alley To SiNth street
where il viii probably turn north,
crossing Noble avenue at the center
of the west side business section.
then turning west on Warner avenue
Joining the present west side circuit
at Seventh street. The main roadway
of the proposed viaduct win be forty
feet wide aud will be % feet above
the high water mark III he flood dis.
trict, clearing the Santa Fe main line
tracks twenty-five feet.
From the intersection Of the via-
duct and Fourth street a 20foot road
way branch OF the yiaduct will be-
built TO Oklahoma avenue, making a
second span across the Cottonwood
river, and at the same time giving
business firms and people residing on
Oklahoma avenue west Of the sania
Fe tracks means OF getting TO the
business district Of the city and OBJ
yiate the dangerous crossing al Okla
homa avenue where passenger and
freight traffic Is the most congested
They Pay The Freight
The cost OF this expensive viaduct
is 10 be borne by The Santa Fe aud
the Street Car company The city Is
to utilize it's $4,000 bond issue voted
for the Noble avenue viaduct IN build.
ing substantial bridge across the
Cottonwood river al Noble avenue anu
eIevating the street between the San.
Ia Fe tracks and Fifth street, which
will complete the finest driveway IN
the state. The Santa Fe Is TO pave
Noble avenue with double course
brick from the creamery plant 70
Fourth street From Fifth TO Sec
ond street the avenue is to be paved
with asphalt The Santa f'e 1t Is stat
ed, will agree to keep y watchman
al the Noble avenue crossing
The Fifth street bTidge VIII also be
kept open, which with the proposed
viaduct will give the city four bridges
across the Cottonwood river within a
radius OF two blocks. this diverting
traffic between the East Side and
West Side so that no one of the thor
oughiares Will be congested. The city
Is 10 vacafe the Oklahoma avenue
crossing 10 relieve The Santa Fe Of
congested traffic conditions al that
noint and enable the railroad to carry
out rs original intention Of erecting
mammoth Union depot north Of the
present station, extending across OK
iahOma avenue, with tho general ot.
fices Of the company located iu the %
per story of the big structure. Train
sheds will also be constructed on the
west of the Union station. This az
rangement will draw the passenger
trains closer TO the north end Of the
present depot and give a building site
FOR The new freight depot on the large
tract Of ground just south Of the
Union station. The ground where the
freight depot is now situated will be
used for yardage PURPOSES
MAYOR Faruuhars0n viewed the pro
posed plans this morning aud was
well pleased with them He hes writ
ten to ~. H. sharpe. superintendent Of
the Eastern Santa re lines 10 bring
General Manager q Y EIawley 20 Guih
rie at once to make a definite prope
sition az TO what the road would do
CltY Engineer Hooker stated this
morning to The Leader that a vladuc'
on Oklahoma avenue was not feasible
and that II would siso be damagiug
to property on Oklahoma avenue,
whereas he thought the plan outlined