The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-19
SPECIAL ORDINANCE NO. $50.

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An ordinance vacating Taylor street
Pope street, Samuel street and the al
leys in blocks Fourteen (14) and Eff
teen t15), all in Wolcott's Bluff Addi
ton to the City of keokuk, and part
of the Anschutz 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 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 the
Chicago. Burlington and Quincy Rail-
road Company, and extending from a
point on the Anschutz 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 a point on the north cor
porate limits of said city thirty-eight
(SS) feet approximately cast OF
monument number seyenty-nine (79)
of the Mississippi River Power Com
pany, which monument is six hundred
eighty (6S0) feet east of the north
west corner of the northeast quarter
OF section twenty-four (24) in town
ship sixty-five (65) north in range
five (5) 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 c. Davis, said point being
four hundred sixty-one (461) 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 seyenty-one CID 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 Go) and sixty-nine (69) to
the Anschutz Hill Road, and
WHEREAS, said relocated high.
way extends through lands owned by
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 l. That the City of Keokuk
hereby vacates Taylor Street Pope
Street, Samuel Street, and the allevs
in blocks fourteen t14) and fifteen
(l5). 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 Cbica 90
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.