The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-23
kuk Water Works Company and being
q part OF Concert street and Water

kuk Water Works Company and beinl
q part OF Concert street and Wate,
] street.
WHEREAS, the Keokuk Watel
Works Company are not using FOL
buildings and machinery small tri
angular parcel OF ground situated ii
Concert street and Water street anl
being part OF that part Of said Con
cert street and Water street which
was vacated and conditionally grant
ed to the Keokuk Water Works com
pany by ordinance passed April 18th
1892, and
WHEREAS, because of the said non
use for buildings and machinery OF said
parcel of ground by the Keokuk Wat
er Works company, the same is by the
terms and provisions OF said ordin
ance forfeited to the City Of Keokuk
and
WHEREAS, 1t Is necessary, desir>
able and beneficial to the CITY of Keo
kuk to re-enter said parcel OF ground
for the reconstruction OF Water street
in connection with the building Of 4
street or roadway upon Water stree,
for the purpose of public use. nov
therefore
Be Il Ordained BY the City Council Of
the City Of keokuk as Follows:
Section. |. That SO much of Water
street and Concert street as was va
Gated and granted to the Keokuk Wat
er Works company by ordinance pass
ed April 18th, 1892, which is not used
for buildings and machinery to be
used In furnishing water to the City
of Keoknk and its inhabitants as is
described as follows:
That certain parcel of land being
formerly part OF Concert and Water
streets and located by commencing at
a point in Concert street on the west
erly line OF Water street thirty (30)
feet northeasterly from the corner Of
lot six (61 In block six (6) in the orig
inal City of Keokuk at the intersec-
ton of Water and Concert streets;
thence extending along Water street
one hundred six (1O6) feet to the
northerly line produced of the south
erly twenty COY feet OF lot two (2).
in block seven co in the original
City of Keokuk; thence along the
northerly line of said southerly TWEEN
ty (20) feet Of said lot two (2) a dis
tance Of eighteen (1S) feet; thence
in direct line to the point OF begin
ming distance Of one hundred ten
q10) feet, more or less,
be and the same Is hereby declared
forfeited to the City of Keokuk In &C.
cordance with the provisions OF saia
ordinance passed April 18th, 1892.
Section 2. That the said parcel OF
land described in section one IL
hereof be and the same is hereby de
clared to be part of Concert street
and Water street in the said City OF
Keokuk and is re-opened for public
use in accordance with the original
uses to which said streets might be
put and In accordance with the terms
of said ordinance passed April 18th,
1892.
parts of ordinances in conflict with
the provisions hereof are hereby re-
pealed.
Section 4. That this ordinance
shall be published In "The Daily Gate
City" and The CONSTITUTIONS Demo
crat" both being newspapers of gem
eral circulation in the said City OF
Keokuk, and the same shall tale eff
feet from and after its publication and
ten (1o) days after its final passage.
Passed and adopted this 14th day OF
August, A. D., 1912.
Roll CALL
Ayes, Elder, Hickey, Gray.
Total. three.
Nays, none.
Attest:
o. w. sANDBERG.
City Clerk.