The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-16
SPECIAL ORDINANCE NO. 4o7.


off. opening and locating a roadway
and sidewalk on Water street. extend
ing from the northerly line of Blon-
deau street to the southerly line
OF Morgan street and turning
thence easterly and extending to-
the government grounds adjacent TO
the Des Moines Rapids lock and dry
i dock in the Mississippi river.
/ WHEREAS, the Keokuk Water
Works company has forfeited to the
lefty of Keokuk and it has re-entered
a small triangular tract of land here.
Etofore conveyed and granted to the
IKeokuk Water Works Company and
which was not being used by said
iKeokuk Water Works Company for
buildings and machinery used in furn-
ishing water TO the City Of Keokuk
and its inhabitants, and
WHEREAS, the said City Of Keokuk
has heretofore ordered that Water
street be brought to the established
city grade, now therefore
4 BIT IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
KEoKUK AS FOLLOWS:
Al Section /. That there be located
Z built and constructed upon Water
street, extending from the north
q erly line of Blondeau street t.
the southerly line of Morgan
n street westerly of and parallel to thu
y relocated tracks Of the Chicago, Bur
!, Ilington and Quincy Railroad Company
roadway twenty 600 feet in widtl
and having adjacent to it and on tn
J. lwesterly side thereof a sidewalk fly
t5) feet in width.
Section g. That said roadway an
isaid sidewalk shall be constructed j
, accordance with plans and speciffcs
. tions to be drawn by the City Eng
o neer.
. Section 3. That the westerly line c
. lsaid sidewalk shall be along the prol
erty line of all lots in block six (6) !
- the original city of Keokuk and col
u tinue northerly in the same dTectio
n for a distance of thirty 500 feet int
Concert street, at which point sal
g. line shall turn northerly and shall e
- tend In that direction for one hundre
ten q10) feet, reaching point thu
is is thirty-two (32) feet easterly of ii
IS northeast corner of the souther
twenty COO feet in lot two 90
50 block seven ca of said original Gil
es of Keokuk, and from which point ga
D. lime shall extend in northeastern
direction to and intersect with Il
OF southerly line of Morgan street at
tn point thirty (30) feet westerly of Il
westerly rail of the relocated Chicag
ay Burlington and Quincy Railroad Col
IN pany track where said railroad tra'
as crosses the southerly line of Morg;
street extended.
H., Section A. That from the said poi
T. reached in the concluding part of t
preceding section the said rcadw
Ext twenty 900 feet in width shall extel
easterly across the railroad tracks
,ir- the Chicago, Burlington and Quin
ay. Railroad Company to the grounds
I'd longing to the United States govel
ida ment adjacent to the Des Moin
Rapids lock and dry dock in the Miss
,as sippi river.
OBJ Section 5. That said sidewalk a
lat said roadway shall be constructed
the established grade from Blonde
vas street to the northerly line Of
in southerly twenty 200 feet of lot t
The (z) in block seven 10 of the Origin
City of Keokuk and from thence
lisa, ward northerly said road and sidewi
to shall be constructed on an ascend
sin, grade SO as to conform to conditit
made necessary by the relocation
day the Chicago. Burlington and Quiz
Of Railroad Company track.
i of Section 6. That where said r.
ling crosses the track or tracks of the {
cago, Burlington and Quincy Railrt
itor company the said Chicago, Burling
leo. and Quincy Railroad Company shall
required TO maintain said crossing
lee. constructing proper appreciates so