The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-24

future limits of the City of Keokuk
J for the period of twenty-five years
from and after August l, 1911, for the
purpose of conveying and transporting
thereon by means of electric power
J or any other power except steam
passenger, freight. baggage, express
and mail cars or any of them, to be
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
i 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.
pecfally 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 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 ard
operation OF the street railway sys-
tenn aforesaid at other hours, subject
/ to regulation by the city council, and
the city council may by ordinance
1 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
| the streets, alleys and public places
I of the City of keokuk, and to string
/ and maintain wires thereupon Tor 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. s. 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 a street
has not been brought to grade, said
grantee shall maintain and lay it's
properly ballast same with macadam,
gravel, cinders or other suitable ma
terial, provided that whenever the city
shall bring said street to the grade
established by law, the grantee shall
at its own expense, raise or lower the
tracks so as to conform to the estab-
lished 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.
Sec. 4. 1t shall be the duty of the
said grantee to keep space of four
| "a feet on both sides of the center
of any track laid on a paved or mac
adamized street, in as good condition
as the balance of the roadway is main
! tanned by the city. Whenever any
street upon which the tracks of the
| grantee are laid is paved or improved
! by the city it shall be the duty of the
grantee to pay for the paving or i'm
/ brovements of space of four az
1 feet on each side of the center of
/ any track laid on such street.
When the tracks cross any cutters
| at the intersection of the street it
shall be the duty of the grantee to
bridge the gutter at the crossing and
keep the same in repair
The grantee shall repair. subject to
the approval of the city engineer any
and all damages done to the streets,
curbs, sidewalks, crossings and gut
tiers by the placing, laying, construct
ing, removal and repair of it's poles,
tracks and appliances and by the
operation of it's railway upon the
streets used by the grantee. On paw.
ed or macadamized streets there shall
be no depression between the rails
other than is necessary for the opera.
ton OF the car wheels. but the sur.
face between the rails shall conform
to the rails as much as may be pos
sible consistent with standard opera
ton
Sec. 5. In the constru lion of the
railway upon all bridges and viaducts