The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-06

the City OF Keokuk, the motormen o,
parties in charge OF said street cars
or car shall bring the car to full
stop at least thirty feet before said
car or cars pass over the said tracks
and the parties in charge of said cars
must know that the way is clear e
fc-e starting said cars again, and
must see that there are no approach
ing engines, cars or trains near
enough to coma into collision with
the street cars, and any motorman OF
other party in charge Of any street
car or cars who fails to sto- the
same as above provided, or fails to
see that the way is clear shall be
deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and
upon conviction thereof shall be pun
ished accordingly.
Sec. 16. This ordinance shall be-
come null and void unless the gran.
tee, his successors or assigns, shall
acquire before January /, 1912, the
properties now operated by the Keo
kuk Electric Railway and , Power
company, and Keokuk Gas and Elec-
trio company.
Sec. II. The provisions hereof shall
be binding on and enure to the bene.
fit OF all successors, lessees and as.
signs of the original grantee named
herein and the term grantee as used
herein shall include ali such success
sors, lessees and assigns.
Sec. IS. This ordinance shall not
take effect until accepted by the gran
tee in writing filed with the city
clerk within ten days from pas
sage thereof, and upon It's APPROX
al by majority of the electors OF the
City of Keokuk voting thereon at a
general or special election, as pro-
yided in Sec. TIC of the Code, and
Chapter As. Sec. IL of the Acts OF ,ne
32nd General Assembly.
You are further notified that on the
10th day Of May. 1911, the city council
of the City of Keokuk, Iowa, ordered
that a special election be held in the
city of Keokuk on Monday, June IL,
1911, for the purpose of voting on
the question of granting the afore-
said franchises and the further cues
ton as to the establishment of a de-
partment of publicity, development
and general welfare, at which cleo
ton the following propositions will be
submitted:
LIST. Shall the City of Keokuk grant
to Joseph 0. Proctor, Jr., his success
sors, lessees and assigns, a franchise
to erect and maintain poles and
wires in the city of Keokuk for the
transmission and distribution of cleo
trio energy for light, heat, power and
other purposes?
End Shall the City of Keokuk grant
to Joseph O. Proctor, Jr., his success
sors, lessees and assigns, a franchise
to operate a Street Railway & Power
Company in the city of Keokuk?
3rd: Shall the City of. Keokuk es-
tablish department of publicity, de-
velopment and general welfare?
Proclamation is hereby made and
you are hereby notified that the said
election will be held and the said
propositions submitted thereat up-
on Monday June IL, 1911, commenc-
ing at the hour of o'clock a. m. and
ending at the hour of o'clock p. m,
the polling places for said election be-
ing as follows:
First Precinct, No. rs North Fourth
Street.
Second Precinct. No. II South
Fifth street.
Third Precinct, No. sos Main street.
Fourth Precinct, No 22S B street.
Fifth Precinct, No. 314 North Four
teenth street
Sixth Precinct, No IS South Twelfth
Street.
Attest:
]. F. ELDER, Mayor.
o. w. sANDBERG, City Clerk.