The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-07-07
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NOTICE.

E NOTICE.
the cid1ens and taxpayers Of the
City of Richmond, In the County Of
Wayne and State of Indiana. are here.
by notiAed that the Board OF Public
/ works OF said City, ut q. regular meet.
ing of said Board held on Thursday.
July End. 1914. entered an order ex.
pressing its willingness and desire to
enter into contract with the p. C. C.
4 st. L. Ry, Co., under and pursuant
to the laws of the State of Indiana.
Said Board has fixed Thursday, July
23rd. 1914, at nine o'clock a. m. at ita
Office In the city building in said city.
as the time and place that a public
hearing shall be had to finally consid.
er such contract, at which time ana
place any taxpayer of such city may
appear and file protest against any or
all of the provisions of said contract.
The exact form, as determined by
said board, in which such contract Is
TO be finally adopted being as follows.
to-wit:
Contract
This contract and agreement, this
day made and entered into by and be.
tween tie City of Richmond. Indiana.
by Its board of public works, herein.
after called the city, and the Pitts
burg. Cincinnati, Chicago and st,
Louis Railway company. a corporation
hereinafter called the Railway Com.
pany.
Wltnesseth:-That said City, sub.
Ject to the approval of the common
council thereof, does hereby give its
consent and permission to said Rail-
way company. and does hereby author.
lie said Railway company. to con.
struct, maintain, renew and operate a
single railway track, over and across
Neff street. in said city, at a point
about two hundred twenty (22O feet.
northwardly, from northwesterly line
OF TT. Wayne Avenue, said track to be
used for switching purposes only, in
transporting and delivering cars OF
SAID Railway company. on and over
said track, to and from the property
Immediately southwest of said Mem
street, on the express conditions that
said Railway company, shall there
after keep said street at the crossing
of said track and for a distance of
eighteen 1S) inches on the outside
OF the rails thereof in a good, first
class condition for traffic, and shall
build, construct and forever maintain
said track under the direction and
supervision of the Civil Engineer" OF
said City, and according to the follow.
ing specifications:
The excavation for sub-grade shall
be carried to depth of six CO. inches
below the bottom of the ties, and such
sub-grade shall then be thoroughly
tamped or rolled. The space under and
around the ties shall be filled with cor
crete made of one % part Portland
Cement to seven parts of good clean
nd th
spaded into position. The ties shall be
or good. sound, center to center Tho
rails shall weigh not less than sixty
900 pounds per lineal yard and be not
less than five t5) inches in depth The
space between the rails and for a dis
lance of eighteen 1S) inches on the
outside of each rail shall be paved by
said Railway company, without ex-
pense to the City, with first class "Vit.
rifed Paving Block" to correspond
with that to be used on the remainder
OF the street, lalu on a two (2D inch
sand cushion and six (6) inch concrete
foundation as above provided. On the
outside of the rail, the top of the
brick paving shall be not more than
one-half on inch below the top of
the rails, and the web of the rails shall
be filled with cement morter against
which to lay the brick. On the inside
of the rails flangeway shall be pro-
vided by laying standard ct" rails on
their sides, with the heads against
webs of the main rails. the paving
brick being placed against the bases
of the flange rails and flush with their
top edges. No wooden blocks or other
appliances shall be used in connecting
constructing or supporting said tracks
that will interfere with or constitute
a weakness in the laying or main
flamenco of the paving material The
tracks shall be so laid and maintained
that the tops of the rails shall be
flushed with the grade of the street.
1t is expressly agreed that said
Railway company shall pay and bear
all losses. damage and liability result
ing from the construction, use or
of said track, and the
said City shall be free from any loss,
damage or liability resulting from the
use or maintenance of
said track, and that said track shall
not be used for storage purposes, and
such track shall be operated in such a
as to be least inconvenient to
public travel over and along said
street. This contract shall be in ull
force and effect from and after its pub
llcation as required by law. and its
and approval by the Mayor
and common council. of said City.
In witness whereof. said city, by its
Board of Public Works, and said Rail-
way company. by its proper officer.
have hereunto affixed their hands, this
Ind day of July. 1914.
Attest BALTZ A. BESCHER.
City Clerk,