Ordinances passed by the City of Chicago, requiring the railroads to elevate their trackage. Ordinances are listed chronologically at the Chicago Track Elevation page, which contains a more comprehensive background on track elevation in Chicago.
Ordinances are listed sequentially along the line, along with further commentary.
Fulton St. to 12th St.
January 18, 1897
Ordinance for elevation of Chicago Terminal & Transfer Railroad Altenheim Line from 12th St. (Roosevelt Rd.) to Washtenaw Ave., and elevation of paralleling Chicago & North Western Rockwell Line and Pittsburgh Cincinnati Chicago & St. Louis from Fulton St. to 12th St. (Roosevelt Rd.). Ordinance also for raising of Lake Street Elevated Railroad and Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railway bridges at Rockwell St. over these railroads. Deadline for completion December 31, 1898.