Fourth St ROWAugust 9, 1972
TO:
FROM:
SUBJECT:
N. D. Olson, City Manager
Dean Boyer, City Engineer
Fourth Street Improvements - Right-of-Way Ownership
Prescott Avenue to Crawford Avenue
In checking the land history in the Southwest Quarter (S.W.1/4)
of Section Thirteen (13), Township Fourteen (14) South, Range Three
(3) West of the Sixth Principal Meridian in Saline County, Kansas,
the following information was found:
The Original Townsite Plat which included an area bounded on the
east by Front Street, on the west by Ninth Street, on the north by
North Street and on the south by South Street was filed in 1862. None
of the land in the Original Townsite Plat was in the above mentioned
quarter, but the south boundary of the Original Townsite Plat, which
was South Street, is the north boundary of the above mentioned quarter.
The Patent Deed on this quarter is dated 1870 and there is no
evidence of any railroad obtaining any right-of-way grants at this time.
In 1882, the Salina and Southwestern Railroad purchased a 60-foot
right-of-way along the east line of the above mentioned quarter, which
we know as Fourth Street, from Prescott Avenue south to the south line
of the above mentioned quarter or Crawford Avenue. This purchase
indicated that no right-of-way in this quarter was granted to the
railroad.
In 1883, Beebe's Second Addition to the City of Salina was filed
for record. This is the area from Prescott Avenue north to Center
Street. The plat shows Fourth Street platted full width with no
railroad shown. Other plats in this area from Prescott Avenue north
to South Street are similar to Beebe's and we could find no evidence
of railroad right-of-way being granted or purchased in this area.
In summary, Larry Bengtson's explanation appears to be correct in
stating that; from Prescott Avenue to the north, the Salina and Southwestern
Railroad owned no right-of-way and occupied the street right-of-way with
the permission of the City. From Prescott Avenue to the south, the Salina
and Southwestern Railroad purchased right-of-way prior to the property
being incorporated into the City, so the City now occupies the railroad
right-of-way with the railroads permission.
Respectfully submitted,
Dean Boyer
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August 9, 1972
TO: N. D. Olson, City Manager
FROM: Dean Boyer, City Engineer
SUBJECT: Fourth Street Improvements
Project Cost Estimates
Right of way - The following reflects the probable cost of the East
20 feet of the 20 lots which face Fifth Street between Prescott and
Crawford. It does not reflect any cost for the two houses facing
Prescott on the West side of Fourth Street. The single lane of pave-
ment could be paved without buying right of way from these two lots.
Also, these two lots are in the N.D.P. project~ for the downtown area
and could be obtained at the time this project was initiated.
20 lots @ $1,500.00 =
$30,000. O0
Construction - The following reflects the probable cost of constructing
a single lane of pavement with open drainage on the West side of the
railroad tracks from Prescott to Crawford.
Single Lane Pavement
Grading and Drainage
Intersection Revisions
Contingencies
$12,000.00
4,000.00
4,000.00
2,000.00
Total Project Cost
$52 ,CIO0. O0
Cost to Property Owners @
$7.~80/foot
Cost to City
$ 7,866.00
44,134.00
Total Project Cost
$52,000. O0
Respectful ly,
Dean Boyer, City Engineer
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