Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-10-03
,,-sx AN ORDINANCE
Establishing tile Grades Of the City of Nus.

COtfHe.
sEcroS l. Be it Ordained by the C;tu
Council Of the City Of Mu.catine, That tho
following elevations above the base level ct
the crossings Of the streets be and are hereby
established - the grades Of the streets A.
named
On Front street ut the eastern limit. Of
the city tho elevation shnll BE- 325 feet .bo,e
tho base level thence descend to Popl,r
street at 800 feet; thence t" Orange level;
thence TO Mulberry NJ SOB feet; thence to
Cedar at 305 feet; thence to Sycamore st
303 feet; thence to Iowa y venue \, 8 5 t.ct:
thence level tn Chestnut thence TO Linn ~
aO1 feet; ence 70 Spruce 1t 3I5 ter,:
thence level to br"n''way thence'.o Chvrry
at 5O9 feet; thence t" Elm u, 3n5 feet.
On Second street, 1t tho ~a-,ern b,undArv
OF tho city, the elevation shall be 354 feet:
thence to east side of P"rl.r a, 800 f,r,
thence to west side If Oak NJ 300 fee,
thence to Orange at 3't2 feet: theme, T.,
Mulberry At 3ll teet: thence TO Walnn,
at $40 feet; thence to the center of the
block between Wannr and Cedar a, 800 f..st
thence to Cedar >: $40 feet; themes To- Sv..
amore at 80 feet; thence to Iowa Av.nu.
1t 3l7 feet; thence To Clesrnu, y, 324. feet.
I thence to Pine At 333 feet; thence t.. Locust
at 40 feet; thence t" Cherry ut 4l5 feet
thence to Elm ut 1858 ixet.
On Third street, ut :he eastern boundary
OF the old city. the elevation shall lie $40
feet: thence ~ Cypress ut 3l5 feet : thence
to the level Of the Rail Road thence to tho
westerly corner Of lots two ~ and nine f91
in block between Oak aud Orange at 3O3
feet thence to Mulberry ut 1927 feel, thence
level to Walnut; thence 70 Cedar At s2O.S
feet; thence to Sycamore at 32l feet thence
to Iowa Avenue ut 327.4 feet thence TO
Spruce at 4O2 feet; thence to broadway a,
457 feet; thence to Cherry AZ 475 feet.
On Fonrth street, at the Rail Road. on .
line with the same thence to Spring at 3O3
feet; thence to Oak at 3O7 feet thence
to Orange at BIS feet; thence to Mulberry
| at 332 feet; thence to Cedar at 1921 feet:
thence to Sycamore at 1874 #; thence to Iowa
Avenue at 345 feet; thence to Chestnut 36O
feet; thence to Pine at 1884 feet; thence TO
Linn at 39s feet; thence to spruce at 4l3
feet; thence to broadway ut AGO feet
thence to Cherry at AS feet.
On Fifth street Mt the eastern limits Of
the old city boundary level with the Rail-
road; thence to Poplar at 3o4 feet; thence
to Oak at $50 feet !; thence to Mulberry at
33I feet; thence to Cedar ut 324.5 feet:
thence to Iowa Avenue at 1858 feet: thence
Linn at 3|5 feet, thence to Spruce at $50
feet; thence to Broadway at 44O feet.
On sixth street at Lombard at 3O5 feet:
thence to Cyprus at 30 feet; thence 20
Poplar at $50 feet; thence to Spring Mt aa7
feet; thence to Mulberry at 342 feet; thence
to edar at 1926 fest thence to Sycsmo,e
at 34S feet; thence to Iowa Avenue a, s6G
feet; thence to Linn at 3Ss feet: thcne. ~
Broadway at 400 feet.
On Seventh street at Hubbard $50 feet:
thence to Cyprus at 1856 feet: thence -
Spring at 1888 feet thence to Oak At as
feet; thence 240 feet at 3S5 feet: thence to
orange at 3!9 feet; thence to Mulberry at
54| feet; thence to Walnut at 1856 feet:
thence to Cedar at 1892 feet; thence 10
sycamore at 345 feet thence to Iowa Ave.
nue. at 362 feet; thence to Pine at 395 feet:
thence to broadway at 43O feet.
IN Eighth street at Eastern limits Of old
boundary $50 feet, thence to Poplar at 3a8
feet, thence to Spring At $50 feet, thence ~
point 2l0 feet westward from the center
OF Oak 1875 feet, thence to Orange a, 800
feet: thence to Mulberry at $50 feet, thence
to Cedar at 800 feet, thence TO ~ carnors At
337 feet, thence to Iowa Avenue At 364 feet.
thence to Pine at 30j feet, thence ~ Linn At
42o feet thence to Spruce at 425 feet, thence
to Broadway at $50 feet.
FEC e. he gra':es Of tho Alleys and
cross streets will confirm to the elevation.
AZ given in the preceding section, and will
be on one plane from street to street. except
a. provided in this section. On Lombard
street 400 feet from the centre Of lront Al
$50 feet.
On Iowa Avenue 1870 feet from the center
Of Fourth towards Fifth at 1888 feet.
Passed Sept. 10, 1857.
JNO. G. slime, Mayor.
D. P. J. nNsoN, Recorder.