The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-21

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west corner of the northeast quarter
of section twenty-four CAD in town
ship sixty-five (65) north in range
! five (5) west of the Fifth Principal
Meridian in Lee County. Iowa, and ex- I
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 t461) feet east
OF the east line Of Grand Avenue
measured along said Davis northerly
line. thence along said line easterly
Itwenty-nine (2s) feet to monument
number seyenty-one CID OF said MIS-
Esissippi River Power Company;
i thence southerly along a line four
hundred ninety (490) feet distant
4 therefrom and parallel to the east
4 line OF Grand Avenue through said
j Power Company's monuments number
4 seventy (70) and sixty-nine (69) tol
the Absolute Hill Road, and
i 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
J said city require the vacation OF the
q streets, alleys and highways herein
: after described, all of the same being
j unnecessary for the purposes for
e which they were originally acquired,
l. now therefore,
!. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY
!. COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KEO-
:. KUK:
II Section /. That the City OF Keokuk
n hereby vacates Taylor Street, Pope
n Street, Samuel Street, and the alleys
n in blocks fourteen 14) and fifteen
n (15l, all In Wolcott's Bluff Addition
II to the City of Keokuk, and all that
d part of Anschutz Hill Road or River
g. Road extending from the north cor
it poration limits Of the city Of Keo
If kuk southerly to the west line Of the
e. relocated right Of way OF the Chicago
H. Burlington and Quincy railroad Com
-e pany, subject to the reservations IL
ID section four (4) hereof.
,r Section g. That the City Of Keokul
,e hereby grants and conveys unto thu
said Mississippi River Power Com
ID pany, corporation duly organized
" and existing under and by virtue 0
ID the laws of the State of Maine, it
at grantees, SUCCESSORS and assigns, tn
n streets, alleys and highways situate
ct as described in Section one % here
m Of subject to the reservations in SCI
ton four "a hereof
Section 8. That the City Of Keoku
n hereby gives, grants and authorize
the Mississippi River Power Con
pany. its grantees, contractees, SUI
cessors and assigns, the right to r.
IN locate the right of way of the Chicago
Burlington & Quincy Railroad Con
pany across the Anschutz Hill Roae
ne or River Road, Pope Street and San
a uel Street described in Section on
ne "a hereof; said right of way so Il
zee Gated shall not exceed forty-seve
ne (4T) feet in width, and shall be SUI
I'm iect to the reservations in Sectio
ne four a. hereof.
TAT Section 4. The City OF Keoku
IN makes the following reservations:
us First: Should public necessity, pu
uk, lie benefit or welfare at any futul
-, time require access to the new wat
aiu level resulting from the constructio
ru- operation and maintenance OF Il
all dam, lock and dry dock across Il
are Des Moines Rapids in the Mississip
lelr river, then the said city by resolutit
aey or otherwise may require that Samu
street, Pope street and the Anschu
set Hill Road, either one or all, be ope
iry' ed to the public from the wester
9, side of the relocated right OF way
ufl said railroad, across said railro
right of way and extending to SO
pre-. new water level.
ugh Second: That in the event eth
mes one of said streets or said road or
upy of the same are SO opened by s;
the City for public use, then the Chica
for Burlington and Quincy Railroad Co
to pany shall plank SO much thereof
har. may be required by the City betwe
the rails Of its said road and
twelve (12) inches on the outs