The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-17

AID yo1 are further notified tbs
on the e7th day OF April. 1911. appsica
Ton was made by Joseph o. Proctor
5r- for the grant OF q Franchise II
him his successors, lessees and as
signs, comforting the right to cperats
street railway and power oonpsns
IN the city OF keosEk IN accordance
with the terms OF certain proposed
ordinance, draft OF which is now or
Hle in the Office Of the city clerk o.
the Gig O. heokuk. Iowa as q part O:
said application and being in words
and figures as follows, to-Eit:
Ordinance Ne.
An ordinance granting permission
TO Joseph O. Proctor. IT, his success
sors. lessees and assigns 10 operate &
street railway and power company Il
the City OF Keokuk
Be 1t ordained By the city council
OF the City OF Ksokus:
Sec / That the right. privilege
Ead franchise are hereby granted un-
70 Joseph o. Proctor, IT.. his success
sors. lessses and assigns, hereinafter
called the grantsel TO lar down, con.
stsucE- acquire. equip. maintain and
operate street railways. with single
or double tracks. OF standard railway
gauge four feet eight and oneaali
inches vide. together with turnouts,
cross overs. side tracks and switches
O. al the streets. alieys and public
places, except as hereinafter pro-
Fided. within the present and any
future limits OF the City of KeosuE.
for the period Of TWENTY-FIVE years
nom and after August :, 1911. for the
purpose Of conveying and Transporting
thereon By means CT electric power,
o. anr other power except steam.
passenger. freight, baggage. express
and mail cars or any Of them. To be
used II the carriage of passengers.
property and United States mail.
whether such cars belong To the gran
tee or be delivered 70 the grantee By
OF 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 nov operated by the Keokuk
Electric RAILWAY and Power companyl
or upon Beiknap Boulevard. Orleans
street, or aaE street hereinafter laid
out which the city council shall es-
peciailv 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 sub
mitted 10 and approved by TIE city
council. Freight cars shall be operat-.
ed over any Of the grantees tracks
laid upon improved streets ONLY be
tween the hours OF ten D. N and SIX
O'clock g n, provided, however. that
the grantee may operate cars contain
ing material for the construction and
operation or the street RAILWAY sys-
TEN aforesaid 81 other hours. subject
to regulation by the city council and
the city council nay by ordinance
provide for the temporary operation
OF freight cars ar other hours under
such conditions as il mar prescribe.
To enable the grantee to deliver o.
receive freight cars 10 o. from any
.actory. warehouse or other industry
located adjoining the tracks OF the
grantee, said grantee shall have the
right 10 construct, maintain and oper-
ale switch from the main track 10
II into OF alongside such factory.
warehouse OF other iadustv. There
5 further granted to-said grantee the
right 10 erect and maintain poles in
he streets, sIIeys and public places
Of the City o. heokuk, and 20 string
ind maintain wires there1pon ao~ the
operating Of said electric street rail
way.
Sec. ,. AL ire poles. apparatus and
appliances used by said grantee IN
he construction and operation OF It's
street railway shall - located under
he direction % the city engineer or
fher proper Official q tie City Of
zeoEuE Said city reserves the right
i anF time 70 direct suca changes 10
= made il TIE iocst5oz C Eli cleo
-5cal appararus. appliances. poles.
-. gsed or erected IN the streets OF
aid city a. sdsu be reasonably nec-
sss-T AID p-oper.
Scr J. Tie tracks shall be Eafd 80
Z - conform 70 t1e estz5izsad grade
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