The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-25
Northwestern Railway COMPANY. and

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oridge' a new steel structure of great
er strength, and 1t will be to the mn.
tuai benefit of both said railroad com.
pany and said city and the travelling
pubic for whose benefit said citv mar.
tlclpates in the ownership and main
tenance of said bridge, and lessen the
cost of maintenance and operation to
nave the proposed new bridge SO con-
structed as that the roadway for teams
and pedestrians shall be entirely san.
arate from that part of the bridy.
used by trains:
Now, therefore, in consideration ~
the mutual benefits to be derived her..
unoer by each of the parties hereto
the above mentioned original contract
ana contracts supplemental thereto
are hereby modified in so far as thew
connlct herewith and the parties
hereto do mutually covenant with
eacn other as follows:
Section 1.-The said railroad co,,-
pany Shall construct the metal Dor.
tion OF steel bridge upon the pres.
ent piers and abutments, with the
lrusses only sufficient distance anort
LOT single railroad track betwea..
said trusses, and a highway for oedes.
trlans and vehicles outside of said
lrusses on each side Of said bridge.
the metal portion of the structure on
the outside of the trusses to be Of
SUCH dimension that there will he n
roadway on the outside OF each trpss
nine 90 feet in the clear. thu said
metal work for said entire bridge TO
De constructed substantially accord
ing to the general plan shown in the
cross section on drawing numbered
24894 of the railroad company dated
May IL, 1909, a copy of which is at
tacned hereto marked exhibit A" and
made a part hereof, except that the
outside railing of the highway nor.
ton shall be five and one-half (5h)
feet instead of four and one-half
(4k) feet as shown in drawing num-
bered 24S94.
| Section 2. From and after the con-
struction Of said new bridge, the en-.
tire metal work thereof and that Dor
ton between the trusses, shall be
thereafter maintained by the railroad
company at its own expense.
Section 8. The said railroad com
pany shall also furnish the necessary
timber and planks and other mater
ial for the construction of the road
way for said highway on the orr.
side OF the trusses of said bridge and
the high, tight fence along the out
side of rail trusses, and shall prop
erly lay said timber and planks and
construct said high. tight fence and
shall also construct the highway ap.
proaches at each end of said bridge
and shall protect said approaches
from injury or damage by the Des
Moines river. All such work to be
done under the supervision and sub
ject to the approval of the city en-.
gineer Of said city of Keokuk. And
thereafter the said city of Keokuk
Shall maintain and keep in repair, at
its own expense, the above specified
A parts Of the public highway feature OF
i said bridge, except the high tight
4 fence along the outside OF said
trusses.
Section 4. When said new bridge
has been constructed and put into
operation, the railroad company shall
not thereafter he required to main
tain watchmen at the Iowa end oil
said bridge, nor to maintain telegraph
or telephone stations at each end Of
said bridge for use of watchmen In
controlling the movement of traffic
thereover, and said city of Keokuk
may then, if it SO desires, cease to
maintain watchmen at either end Of
the said bridge.
Section 5. When said new bridge
shall have been completed and put in
to operation the supplemental agree
m.ent o. April 18th, 1894 and July 2Sth
1900, in relation to detail of consrtuc
ton ana maintenance of roadway o
old bridge. shall be superseded by THU
supplemental contract, but the orig
inal agreement of October Both, 1871
shall except as changed by this sup
Elemental contract, remain in full
force and effect and determine TIL
rights of the parties in the new bridg
as provided by the supplemental agree
ments of August 5th, 1885, and Ma
9th, 1902.
Section 6. 1t is further agreed tina
the reconstruction of said bridge shal
be commenced by August list 1910
and shall be completed by August Is
1911, unless said time shall be e'
tended by the said city by resolution
Section Z This agreement and tn
said original agreement of Octobe
30th, 1875 shall be binding upon an
n inure to the benefit of the lessees SUI
d cessors and assigns of the partie
J hereto.
e In witness whereof. the said city
s Keokuk has caused it's name to
e hereto affixed by its mayor, atteste
d by the clerk of the council and til
o said railroad company has caused i
e name to he affixed by its duly autho
e ICED officer.
THE CITY OF KEoKUK, LEE CoUl