The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-13


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 for 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 railyaw 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 ne
cessary and proper.
Sec. 8. The tracks shall be laid &C
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 its
tracks on the surface grade, and shall
properly ballast same with macadam,
gravel. cinders or other suitable ma
terial. provided that whenever the city
shah 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
(4) feet on both sides OF the center
of any track laid on 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 1t shall be the duty of the
grantee to pay for the paving or i'm
provements of space of four az
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 streets 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 damage 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 its 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
sfble consistent with standard opera
ton
Sec. 5. In the construction of the
railway upon all bridges and viaducts
and on all paved streets the top sur
race Of the rails shall be on a level
with The pavement, macadem or other
surface of the street as the case may
be.
Sec. 6. II in the Judgment Of the
city council the grantee shall at any
time fail to repair, construct or main
tain as provided in sections four f4)
and 90 of this ordinance the
city council shall by resolution direct
the grantee to repair, construct or
maintain, as the case may be, within
thirty 500 days from the service of
said resolution upon the grantee,
provided the ground Is not frozen and
it is practical to make such repairs,
within said time. The resolution shall
specify what repairing, etc, shall be
done.
The city may on failure at any time
after thirty 900 days from the SER
vice of said resolution upon the gran
tee. provided the ground is not fro
zen, and it is practicable to make such
repairs. within said time, proceed,
without advertising for bids, to repair
as in said resolution specified and re-
turn the total cost thereof to the
city clerk.
Such costs shall not be questioned
except for fraud and oppression, and
may be levied by said council as spec
ial tax against the grantee and its
property and shall be a special lien
on all tracks. appurtenances, real
estate and property of said grantee.