The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-02

tlOn Current lOr ueCSSSdIy pOilCc
signals and fire alarms. All such cleo
trio current shall be used only at such
times as may be necessary for pro-
perly lighting public ottices for the
performance of public duties, and
| operation of said signals and alarms.
Sec s. The provisions hereof shall
be binding upon and enure TO the
benefit Of all successors, lessees, and
assignees of the original grantee nam
ed herein and the term grantee as
used herein shall include all such
successors, lessees and assignees.
Sec 9. This ordinance shall become
null and void unless the grantee, his
successors or assigns, shall acquire
before January 1. 1912, the properties
now operated by the Keokuk Electric
Railway & Power company, and Keo-
kuk Gas and Electric company.
Sec. 10. This ordinance shall take
effect upon its acceptance in writing
by the grantee filed with the
city clerk within ten days from:
the passage thereof, and upon its APP
prevail by majority of the electors Of
the City of Keokuk voting thereon at
a general or special election as pro-
vided in Section 776 of the Code, and
Chapter As. Section IL, of the Acts
of the 32nd General Assembly.
Sec. IL. Until the power to fix
reasonable rates and charges is vest
ed by law in some other public body
/ the city council of the City of
| Keokuk shall have the power to re-
| quire the grantee herein, subject to
reasonable rules and regulations, to
| furnish any person applying therefor
along the lines of its wires with light
or power, to require the grantee here
in to supply the said City of Keokuk
with light or power for all necessary
public purposes; to regulate and fix
reasonable rents and rates for electric
] light or power, to regulate and fix
reasonable charges for electric light
or power meters, or other devices or
means necessary for determining the
consumption of electric light or power
And you are further notified that
on the 9th day of April, 1911, applica
ton was made by Joseph o. Proctor,
Jr., for the grant of franchise to
him, his successors, lesses and as
signs, comforting the right to operate
a street railway and power company
in the city of Keokuk in accordance
with the terms of certain proposed
ordinance, draft of which is now on
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 a
| street railway and power company In
the City of Keokuk.
Be it ordained by the city council
of the City of Keokuk:
! Sec. 1, That the right, privilege
and franchise are hereby granted I'M
! to Joseph o. Proctor, Jr., his success
| sors, lessees and assigns, Hereinafter
called the Srantee1 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-hal1
inches wide, together with turnouts
cross overs, side tracks and switches
on all the streets, alleys and public
places, except as hereinafter pro-
vlded, within the present and any
future limits of the City of Keokuk
Tor 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
ana mall 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 (excepi
those now operated by the Keokub
Electric Railway and Power company
or upon Belknap Boulevard. Orleans
street, or any street hereinafter laid
out which the city council shall es
! peeially 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 to and approved by the city
! council. Freight cars shall be operat
ed over any of the grantees tracks
! laid upon improved streets ONLY he
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
i 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 OF
I receive freight cars to or from any