The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-22

nee OF the clerk or the council or the
city Of Keokuk, Iowa, by the city en-
gineer.
1t is hereby ordered that Fulton
street from the west line Of Twelfth
street to the east line of Fifteenth
street be improved by grading. ma.
cadamizing and gutterlng with ce-
ment. Same to be done in accordance
with the preliminary resolution there
for, and with the plans and speciti-
cations that have been prepared by
the city engineer of the city OF Keo
kuk, Iowa, and which are now on file
in the office of the clerk of the coun-
Gil of said city. the said improvement
requiring approximately the following
quantities, to-wit:
5000 Gu. yds. excavation.
$500 SO. yds. macadam pavement.
1000 lineal feet gutter.
The cost of making the said i'm
provement, except the cost Of grading
ing and the cost OF paving and curb
ing On intersections, which shall be
paid by the city Of Keokuk, Iowa,
shall be assessed against the lots and
parcels OF land fronting or abutting
on said Improvement, in proportion to
the benefits accruing from said i'm
provement to said abutting property,
not in excess OF % per cent of the
actual value of said abutting property
and in accordance with the laws and
ordinances governing such improve
ments
Payments for the above described
work shall b. made in assessment
certificates, which shall be accepted
by the contractor in full payment OF
all the work to be done under the con-
tract except that part to be paid by
the city of Keokuk, Iowa, such certifi-
cate to be issued after the compile
stion of the work and its acceptance
by the street committee and the city
engineer
before the 18th day Of November,
1909, and the sum of So per day shall
be paid to the city OF Kcokuk. Iowa,
by the contractor as .lGuidated dam
ages for each and every day used for
the completion of said work after the
above specified date.
The city engineer Is hereby ordered
to advertise Tor bids in the name of
the city for the making OF said i'm
provement, as he1 Elm ordered, in the
manner prescribed by law.
All bids shall be flee with the
/ Ill ~Jy af - ~ Lofr
Of the 30ti day CT July, 1909. Said
bids shall be sealed and shall be ac-
companied, in separate envelope, by
a certified check. payable to the city
! treasurer for $500. on any bank in
| the city Of Keokuk, Iowa, as a guar
antee that the bidder will enter into
a contract with the city in accordance
with the terms of his bid, if same
is accepted. Said bids shall be
opened by the street committee and
city engineer. compiled by them and
reported to the city council at the
next regular meeting, to be held or
che I'd day OF August, 1909, at which
meeting the said bids will be acted
upon, the city reserviung the right t.
reject any or all bids.
Adopted by the following vote:
Yeas Anns<le. Butler. Christy, d.
Yong, Hickey, Johnson, Kiefer, Lind
strand. Mccormick, Roberts, Swan
4 son, Tigue.-To Total 49,
Nays None.
CHARLES OFF.
/ Attest: Mayor.
| H. T. MOORE, Clerk of the Council
4 City of Keokuk, Iowa.
BY AID. MCCORMICK:
Resolved, Section l, That 1t is here
| by declared to be the intention of tn
city council of the city of KeokuH
Iowa, to order the construction of
6-foot permanent cement sidewalk Il
front of lots I, 8, 8 and west half O
lot 10, block 1863.
Section 2. That the city enginee
be and he is hereby instructed to pre-
pare a plat and estimate of the abov
described Improvement, showing tn
. location and general nature of tn
Improvement, the extent thereof. tn
kind of material to be used, and a
-
estimate of the cost thereof, and til
amount to be assessed upon each lo
or parcel of land per lineal foot from
ing on said Improvement, in propo
ton to the special benefits, and nc
exceeding 25 per cent of the actus
value of the property abutting there
; on and to file such plat in the offic
of the clerk of the council
Section 3. After the filing of tn
plat, the clerk shall thereupon pull
fish in three consecutive issues of
daily newspaper published in the cit
: a notice stating that it is the inter
ton of the council to order such in
:, provements, and that such plat is o
: file in his office. and generally the |,
. cation and general nature of the in
!. provement, the kind of material to b
:, used and an estimate of the COS
!, thereof; that all objections theret
shall be made in writing and file
with the clerk of the council on or b
. fore noon of the Both day of Jul
!. 1909, and will be acted upon by tn
city council at its meeting to be hel
: on the I'd day of August, 1909, unles
otherwise ordered.