The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-09

in the city of Keokuk In accordance
with the terms of a certain proposed
ordinance, draft of which is now OH
file in the office of the city clerk of
the city of Keokuk, Iowa. as part of
said application and being in words
and figures as follows, to-wit:
Ordinance No.
An ordinance granting permission
to Joseph o. Proctor, Jr, his success
sors, lessees and assigns to operate
street railway and power company IN
the City of keokuk.
Be it ordained by the city council
of the City of Keokuk:
Sec. /. That the right, privilege
and franchise are hereby granted UNI
to Joseph o. Proctor. Jr., his success
sors, lessees and assigns, Hereinafter
called the grantee) to lay down, con-
struct. acquire, equip, maintain and
operate street railways, with single
or double tracks, of standard railway
gauge, four feet eight and one-half
inches wide, together with turnouts,
cross overs, side tracks and switches
on all the streets, alleys and public
places, except as hereinafter pro-
vided, within the present and any
future limits of the City OF Keokuk,
for the period of twenty-five years
from and after August /, 1911. for the
purpose of conveying and transporting
thereon by means of electric power,
or any other power except steam,
passenger, freight, baggage, express
and mail cars or any of them, to be
used in the carriage Of passengers.
property and United States mail,
whether such cars belong to the gran
tee or be delivered to the grantee by
or for any connecting carrier to be
transported within the limits of the
City of Keokuk. No tracks shall be
laid upon Grand Avenue Except
those now operated by the Keokuk
Electric Railway and Power company
or upon Belknap. Boulevard, Orleans
street, or any street hereinafter laid
out which the city council shall es-
pecially exempt at the time of laying
out, except for the purpose OF cross
ing the above streets and before any
track shall be laid in any public
park the plans for location and con-.
struction of the same shall be SUBJ
mitted to and approved by the city
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ed over any of the grantees tracks
laid upon improved streets only be.
tween the hours of ten p. m. and six
O'Clock a. M, provided, however, that
the grantee may operate cars contain
ing material for the construction and
operation OF the street railway sys-
TEN aforesaid at other hours, subject
to regulation by the city council, and
the city council may by ordinance
provide for the temporary operation
OF freight cars at other hours under
such conditions as it may prescribe.
To enable the grantee to deliver or
receive freight cars to or from any
factory. warehouse or. other industry
located adjoining the tracks of the
grantee, said grantee shall have the
right to construct, maintain and oper-
ate switch from the main track to
or into or alongside such factory,
warehouse or other industry. There
is further granted to said grantee the
right to erect and maintain poles in
the streets, alleys and public places
of the City of Keokuk, and to string
and maintain wires thereupon lot the
operating OF said electric street rail-
way.
Sec. 2. All the poles, apparatus and
appliances used by said grantee in
the construction and operation of its
street railway shall be located under
the direction of the city engineer or
other proper official of the City of
Keokuk. Said city reserves the right
at any time to direct such changes to
be made in the location of all cleo
trical apparatus. appliances, poles,
ETC., used or erected in the streets of
said city as shall be reasonably nee
essary and proper.
Sec. g. The tracks shall be laid so
as to conform to the established grade
on any street in which the road may
be built, where the city has brought
said street to grade. Where street
has not been brought to grade, said
grantee shall maintain and lay its
tracks on The surface grade, and shall
ballast same with macadam,
gravel, cinders or other suitable ma
-erial, provided that whenever the city
shall bring said street to the grade
by law, the guarantee shall
at its own expense, raise or lower the
tracks so as to conform to the estab-
ished grade; provided also, that if the
city shall at any time change any
temporary or permanent grade Of any
street along which said tracks shall |
be laid, it shall be the duty of the
grantee at its own expense, to make |
the tracks conform to such changed
grade.
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