The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-16
SPECIAL ORDINANCE NO. 500.

SPECIAL ORDINANCE NO. 500.
An ordinance yacating Taylor street,
Pope street, Samuel street and the al
leys in blocks Fourteen s14) and Eft.
teen ti5l, all in WoIcott's Bluff Addi-
ton TO the City of keokuk. and part
of the Absolute Hill Road or River
Road. and granting the same to the
Mississippi River Power Company,
and granting the right to relocate the
Chicago. Burlington and Quincy rail-
road Company right OF way across a
portion OF the same.
WHEREAS. the City of keokuk has
heretofore entered into a contract
with the Mississippi River Power
Company providing for the relocation
of the Anschutz Hill Road or River
Road and grading a portion thereof,
said relocated highway to be situated
Immediately westerly of and adjacent
to the relocated right of way for tbs
Chicago. Burlington and Quincy Rail-
road Company. and extending from a
point On the Anschuts Hill Road
northerly to the north corporate lin
its of the city OF Keokuk, the westerly
line OF said relocated highway to ex-
tend from point on the north cor
porate limits OF said city thirty-eight
1881 feet approximately east of
monument number seventy-nlne (79l
of the Mississippi River Power Com
pany, which monument is six hundred
eighty {6sal feet east OF the north
west corner of the northeast quarter
of section twenty-four (24) In town.
ship sixty-fve (65) north in range
Eve t5) west of the Fifth Principal
Meridian in Lee County. Iowa, and ex
tending from said point In south.
easterly direction to point on the
| northerly line OF the land now owned
by James G. Davis, said point being
four hundred sixty-one f46l) feet east
/; OF the east line OF Grand Avenue
measured along said Davis northerly
line; thence along said line easteriy
twenty 1893 feet to monumen,
number seventy-one CID of said Mis-
sissippi River Power Company
thence southerly along line foul
hundred ninety f4ao) feet distant
therefrom and parallel to the cas-
line of Grand Avenue through sait
Power Company's monuments numbel
seventy COS and sixty-nine (69) tt
| the Absolute Hill Road. and
WHEREAS, said relocated high
way extends through lands owned b.
the Mississippi River Power Com
pany and the same is TO be sixty-si,
feet in width where the said Powe
Company owns enough land to max
the said highway of that width, ant
Power Company to the City of Keo
kuk in consideration OF the vacation
of the streets and highways herein
. after described, and
!, WHEREAS, The Mississippi Rive
Power Company has acquired al
: rights of the property owners abuttini
upon the streets, alleys, roads ant
3 highways hereinafter described In ant
to the same. and
WHEREAS, the streets, roads an,
highways Hereinafter described ar
: isiot now and cannot be made desir
able and suitable for public street
! or highways and the interests OF th'
! said city require the vacation Of tn,
e streets, alleys and highways herein
after described, all OF the same beini
unnecessary for the purposes 70
: which they were originally acquired
> now therefore,
i BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY
: COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KEo
S KUK:
l. Section /. That the City of Keokul
Il hereby vacates Taylor Street, Pop
= Street, Samuel Street, and the alley
!. in blocks fourteen G4l and ffteel
(15), all in Wolcott's Bluff Additio
to the City OF Keokuk, and all tina
part OF Anschutz Hill Road or Rive
r. Road extending from the north col
poration limits of the city of Ket
kuk southerly to the west line OF tn
n relocated right of way OF the Chicag,
Burlington and Quincy railroad Con
pany. subject to the reservations l
section four fs) hereof.
} Section ,. That the City Of keoku
hereby grants and conveys unto th
u said Mississippi River Power Con