Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-08-14
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Ordinance No. 1856.

Ordinance No. 1876.
An ordinance establishing a grade on a
part of Road No. %, in the First
Ward of the City of Cresco, in the
State of Iowa.
Section l. Be it ordained by the
city council of the city of Cresco, How
ard county, in the state of Iowa, that
for the purpose of establishing a grade
on part of Road No. %, in the First
Ward of the city of Cresco in the state
of Iowa, the following named point
shall be taken as base, or starting to
wit: A point one hundred and three
and twenty-nine hundredths (1O3. 29)
feet below the top Of the north end IF
the stone door sill at the westerly side
of the court house in the said city of
Cresco, the same base being twelve
hundred (l20W feet above sea level.
Section 2. That whenever any point
is given, by number, as a grade point
it shall mean such number of feet and
one-hundredth of foot above the
chase" established in and by section
one of this ordinance, and the grade of
said road No. %, as hereinafter estab-
lished, shall be on plane between
such special points, that is along the
sides and center line of said Road No.
22, except as to guttering and curbing
as hereinafter set forth.
Section 8. That said grade points
shall be as follows:
At the east line of Road No. %, 1000
feet south of the south line of South
street, "a. 40.
At the center line of Road No. %
1000 feet south of the south line South
street, $3.50.
At the west line of Road No. %,
1000 feet south of the south line Of
South street, 83.40.
At the east line of Road No. %
l700 feet south of the south line Of
South street, 1000.
At the center line of Road No. %
100 feet south of the south line OF
South street, 1910.
At the west line of Road No %, 17O(
| feet south of the south line of South
street, 1920.
At the east line of Road No. 90, 200(
feet south of the south line of South
street, $3.50.
AT the center line of Road No. o.
1000 feet south of the south line OF
South street, 7O.OO.
At the west line of Road No. %
i 1000 feet south of the south line OF
South street, 70.5
At the east line of Road No. %, 25O(
feet south of the south line of South
street, so.
1 At the center line of Road No. %
$500 feet south of the south line OF
South street, IS. so.
At the west line of Road No. %
$500 feet south of the south line Of
South street, &c. so.
At the east line of Road No. %, 285(
4 feet south of the south line of South
street, &c. SO.
At the center line of Road No. o.
$3.50 feet south of the south line Of
South street, 600.
At the west line of Road No. o.
1850 feet south of the south line OF
South street, 67.5O.
At the east line of Road No. o. 3l5C
feet south of the south line of South
street, 60. SO.
At the center line of Road No. %,
$3.50 feet south of the south line OF
South street, 61.O0.
At the west line of Road No. %, 315(
feet south of the south line of South
street, 61.5O.
At the east line of Road No. 90, 34OC
1 feet south of the south line of South
street, Sc. 80.
| At the center line of Road No. o.
3400 feet south of the south line OF
South street, $500.
At the west line of Road No. o.
3400 feet south of the south line Of
South street, 56.40.
| At the intersection of the east line
of Road No. % and the north line OF
Road No. Ia, 1880.
! At the intersection of the center line
of Road No. % and the north line OF
Road No. Ia, 1900.
At the intersection of the west line
of Road No. %, and the north line Of
Road No. Ia, $50.
Section a. That the grades hereir
above given, and hereby established
shall apply to and establish grade Of
the elevation given at that point, ant
all other points not herein especially
excepted shall be figured as the
average pro rata of the grade points
| given, except that nothing herein giver
shall be construed as fixing the grade
of the top of the curb or the bottom OF
the gutter.
Section 5. The map of the civil
engineer on file is by reference hereby
included ard made a part of this ordi
nance.
Section 6. All:ordinances or parts Of
ordinances conflicting herewith are
hereby repealed.
Section z. This ordinance shall take
effect and be in force from and after
its publication in the Howard Count,
Times and Twice-a-Week Plain Dealer
Passed and approved, August 10, 1908
Attest:
P. ]. McCULLow, E. L. DAVENPORT
LSeall City Clerk. Mayor