Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-08

! The viaduct over the Chicago *
! Northwestern and Minneapolis & St.
! Louis tracks on South Third avenue
| will be built by the Minneapolis & St.
/ Louis railway, according to decision
; reached at the conference Of railroad
attorneys and engineers. held IN this
| city Friday afternoon.
=. r. G. kenly, of Minneapolis, chief
engineer. and George w. Sewers. OF
| Oskaloosa. consulting counsel of the
/; Minneapolis & ST. Louis: ". II. Fin
/ ley, of Chicago, assistant chief engi-
neer, and J. c. Davis Des Moines,
Iowa attorney, Chicago & Northwest
ern; and John A. Reed, attorney, AMI
Charles Munson, manager, of the Iowa
Railway and Light Company, were in
conference most Of the afternoon. and
as result the different details OF the
construction were worked out.
| M. e. st. L. Has Biggest Portion.
Because the Minneapolis & ST. Louis
will have the biggest interest in the
structure, it was decided that that
company would 90 the actual work of
construction, Chief Engineer Kenny
having charge of the work The plans
for the structure, however. will be pre-
pared by the engineering department
of the Northwestern. In round num-
bers three fifths Of the viaduct will be
paid for by the Minneapolis & st.
Louis. and the remaining two ffths by
the Northwestern.
Work Will Cost About $4,000.
At rough estimate the viaduct will
cost the railroads about $4,000. What
the cost will be to the city in settling
for the damages to abutting property,
| has not yet been determined. The Iowa
Railway and Light Company. which
will use the viaduct for its street car
! track leading to the south part OF
town, will bear $500 Of the expense
of construction This cost is in addi-
ton to what it will cost the street car
| company to pave between its two sets
Of tracks over the viaduct.
viaduet 1889 Feet Long.
| The plans for the viaduct that the
railroad companies have approved and
| fled with the city, and which will Ia
| ter be approved by the city council. are
in many respects very similar to the
| plans made by City Engineer W. II.
Steiner. The plans, calls ftr steel
structure, supported on steel columns
that rest on concrete foundation. -.
The viaduct is to be 1859 feet long.
Its north end comes dowe to the pave
nent thirty three feet south of the
south line Of Nevada street, and the
south end joins the pavement seventy
eight feet north Of the Linn creek
bridge. The approach up both ends OF
the viaduct is a per cent grade. and
the plans show that the street pave
ment will be raised to grade from the
north end Of the viaduct to the south
line of Nevada street, and from the
south end Of the viaduct to the bridge
so as to establish per cent grade
| from the south line of Nevada street
to the end Of the viaduct. and from
the north end of the bridge to the via
| duct.
There is clear roadway along
Market street under the viaduct thir-
ty-three feet wide and thirteen feet
from the pavement to the bottom o.
the Orders. There is a clearance OF
twenty-five feet over the railroad
tracks under the viaduct.
The viaduct will have clear road
way twenty-four feet wide, and side
walk on each side four feet wide. The
sidewalks will be overhung and sup
ported by brackets, The viaduct is de.
II signed 10 Garry icou CAudA " AhSCi
urban traffic, technically described as
Class B loading.
From Nevada street to the North
Westerns property the sidewalks alons
Third avenue will be narrowed to five
feet. which will leave roadway fifteer
feet wide along the street on both sides
of the viaduct.
Two flights Of stairs are designed Il
rise from the south line of Marke'
street, from the corner Of the Sidewalk
up over the street roadway and to rh'
viaduct Two other flights Of stair!
lead down from the yiaduot 20 hctf
platforms at the union station. Thes'
are the only entrances and exits to AMI
from the viaduct for foot passengers
excepting UP the sidewalks from tn
ends Of the viaduct. There are no road
ways leading down from the viaduc
for teams excepting at the ends.
The Iowa Railway and Light Com