The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-19

pany, a corporation duly organized
and existing under and by virtue OF
the laws of the State of Maine, its
grantees, tNccessors and assigns, the
streets, alleys and highways situated
as described in Section one ID here.
Of. subject to the reservations in Sec
ton four (4) hereof
Section 8. That the City OF Keokuk
hereby gives, grants and authorizes
the Mississippi River Power Com.
pany, its grantees, contractees, sue.
cessors and assigns, the right to re.
locate the right of way of the Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy Railroad Com.
pany across the Anschutz Hill Road,
or River Road, Pope Street and Sam.
uel Street described in Section one
f1) hereof; said right of way SO 10.
Gated shall not exceed forty-seven
t4O feet in width, and shall be sub.
Ject to the reservations In Section
four (4 hereof.
Section 4 The City OF Keokuk
makes the following reservations:
First: Should public necessity. pub
lie benefit or welfare at any future
time require access to the new water
level resulting from the construction,
operation and maintenance OF the
dam, lock and dry dock across the
Des Moines Rapids in the Mississippi
river, then the said city by resolution
or otherwise may require that Samuel
street, Pope street and the Anschutz
Hill Road, either one or all, be open
ed to the public from the westerly
side of the relocated right of way for
said railroad, across said railroad
right of way and extending to said
new water level.
Second: That In the event either
one of said streets or said road or all
Of the same are so opened by said
City for public use, then the Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy Railroad Com
pany shall plank SO much thereof as
may be required by the City between
the rails of its said road and for
twelve t12) inches on the outside
thereof and shall maintain the same
suitable for public crossing, PROvID-
ED that the said City of Keohuk shall
at it's expense make the grade or fill
against the roadbed of the railroad.
Third: Said city may require the
said Railroad Company to maintain
culverts where necessary for convey
ing from the surface any water that
may gather on the westerly side of
said railroad track
Fourth: That the city reserves the
right to determine when the public
necessity or public benefit may re-
quire the opening of either OF said
streets or said road, and when the
same are 80 opened the city council
shall prescribe the details in regard
to the opening of the same.
Section 5. A blue print map showing
the location of the streets and high.
ways described in Section one "a
hereof, the relocated right of way for
the Chicago. Burlington and Quincy
railroad Company, the relocated pub
lie highway extending from Anschutz
Hill Road and the graded portion
thereof, the streets and road referred
to in Section four (4) hereof, and the
location of the various points referr.
ed to in this ordinance, is hereto at.
tached and made part hereof eek
hibit "A") for filing purposes only.
and the provision in regard to publ.
cation shall not be construed to re.
quire the publication of said map.
Section 6. The Mayor of the said
City of Keolluk. ]. F. Elder, is hereby
authorized on behalf OF said City to
execute a conveyance to the Mis-.
sissippi River Power Company of the
vacated streets referred to in Section
one "a hereof, said conveyance to
contain proper reference to the reser.
vations contained in Section four CA
hereof
Section {. That this ordinance shall
be published in The Daily Gate
City, and The Constitution.Dem
crat' both being newspapers Of gen.
eral circulation in the said City of
keokuk and the same shall take eft.
lect from and after its publication
ana ten days after its final passage.
Section $. All ordinances and parts
OF ordinances in conflict with the pro.
VISIONS hereof are hereby repealed
Passed 18th day of February A. D.,
1912. -
Roll call: Yeas Elder, Gray,
Schmidt.
Attest:
J. F. ELDER.
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