Series: Subject Files

Scope and Contents

The Subject Files series contain materials related to specific types of projects and are arranged by subject, such as grading, plats, parks, paving, sanitary sewer, water main, and the like.

The highlight here is a volume under the subject “Grading” that contains the certification by City Surveyor of work completed, plus a record of street grades, profiles, etc., dating from the city’s beginning in 1856-1860; 1867. This volume is a good record of what the city surveyor’s office was expected to do. Another gem is an “index to plats in vault” which includes profiles of streets, sewer plans, water works plans, bridge plans and river survey, architectural plans and maps & plats of surveys, paving & more. There is no date on this volume, but it is very early (circa 1860s) and probably spanned a good chunk of time.

Grading

Certification by City Surveyor of work completed, plus record of street grades and profiles, 1856-1967

Cost estimates of street and sidewalk grading and macadamizing, 1879-1881

Street, sidewalk and some sewer grading, 1888-1890

Plats

Index to plats in vault, undated

Includes profiles of streets, sewer plans, water works plans, bridge plans and river survey; architectural plans and maps and plats of surveys, paving, and other assorted items

Field books of plats, undated

Sanitary sewer connections, 1888-1902

Storm sewer manholes and catch basin list, circa 1907

Water main hydrants and measurements by street, undated