The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-20

west corner of the northeas. quarter
OF section twenty-four (24) In town
ship sixty-fve (65) north in range
five t5) west of the Fifth Principal
Meridian In Lee County. Iowa, and ex-
tending from said point in a 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 (46D feet east
of the east line of Grand Avenue
measured along said Davis northerly
line; thence along said line easterly
twenty-nine (29) feet to monument
number seventy-one I'D Of said Mis-
sissippi River Power Company;
thence southerly along line four
hundred ninety (490) feet distant
therefrom and parallel to the east
line of Grand Avenue through said
Power Company's monuments number
seventy (70) and sixty-nine (69) to
the Absolute Hill Road, and
WHEREAS, said relocated high.
the Mississippi River Power Com.
pany and the same Is to be sixty-six
feet in width where the said Power
Company owns enough land to make
the said highway of that width, and
the same is to be conveyed by said
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 River
Power Company has acquired all
rights of the property owners abutting
upon the streets, alleys, roads and
highways hereinafter described in and
to the same, and
WHEREAS, the streets, roads and
highways hereinafter described are
not now and cannot be made desir.
able and suitable for public streets
or highways and the interests Of the
said city require the vacation of the
streets. alleys and highways herein
after described, all of the same being
unnecessary for the purposes for
which they were originally acquired,
now therefore.
BE 1T ORDAINED BY THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KEO.
KUK:
Section 1. That the City OF Keoknk
hereby vacates Taylor Street, Pope
Street. Samuel Street. and the alleys
in blocks fourteen Ga and fifteen
(15), all In Wolcott's Bluff Addition
to the City of Keokuk, and all that
part Of Anschutz Hill Road or River
Road extending from the north cor
poration limits of the city Of Keo-
kuk southerly to the west line Of the
relocated right of way OF the Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy railroad Com
pany, subject to the reservations in
section four "a hereof
Section 2. That the City Of Keokuk
hereby grants and conveys unto the
said Mississippi River Power Com
pany, a corporation duly organized
and existing under and by virtue OF
the laws OF the State of Maine, its
grantees, successors and assigns, the
streets, alleys and highways situated
as described in Section one ID here
of, subject to the reservations In Sec
ton four a. hereof.
Section g. 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
"a hereof: said right of way so 10.
Gated shall not exceed forty-seven
(47) feet'in width, and shall be sub.
ject to the reservations in Section
four "a 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 80 much thereof as
may be required by the City between
the rails of its said road and for
twelve (12) inches on the outside
thereof and shall maintain the same
suitable for public crossing, PROvID-
ED that the said City of Keokuk shall