Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-12-19
An Ordinance

An Ordinance
Granting to Chicago and Northwest
ern Railway Company privilege to lay
and for certain purposes operate a
track across Fifth street and across the
North and South alley in Block Six in
said City.
Whereas, w A. Smith and his assc ci-
ates have formed or are about to form
a corporation or stock company for the
purpose of erecting, equiping. maintain
ing and operating cold storage ware.
house and an artificial ice plant to be
located in or in connection with the
Building situated on the part OF Lots 10
and 20 in Block No. 5 in the City Of
Missouri Valley. Iowa. and whereas. in
order to properly operate said ice plant
and keep and maintain sid cold stor-
age warehouse. with proper facilities
for receiving and distributing the prop.
erty to be handled therein and by said
company it is necessary to have a side
track from the Chicago & Northwestern
Railway company constructed thereto.
which side track if constru .ted must
cross Fifth Street in said City at some
point between blocks Five and Six Of
the original town, and the alley rur-
ming north and south through block
Six. and
Whereas. said w. A. Smith and 9TH
ers have petitioned the city council
that right of way be granted to said
Chicago & Northwestern Railway Com
pany and permission granted to con-
struct in and across said street and to
keep ana maintain therein such side
track. spur or switch for the purposes
above referred to. and finding that such
request is re ,sonable, and that such pc
tition should be granted, therefore:
Be it ordained by the City Council
of the City of Missouri Valley. Iowa:
Section l. That the Chicago &
Northwestern Railway Company. its
successors and assigns be and is hereby
granted the privilege to construct,
maintain and operate side track, sid
ing or spur of railroad track in and
across. Fifth street, and across the al
ley running north and south through
Block Six in said City of Missouri Val
ley. at such place as it may find proper
to connect said ice plant and cold stor-
age warehouse erected or to be hereaf-
ter erected. constructed. kept and
maintained by said w. A. Smith, the
Missouri Valley Ice and Cold Storage
Company. their successors and assigns.
withits line Of tracks siding and rail-
way, operated by said Chicago & North
western Railway Company, and to use
the same for all purposes and at all
times for the purpose of transporting
TO and from said Ice Plant and Cold
Storage Warehouse all goods. wares,
articles and property of every descrip-
rription as may be required or as prop
erly pertains to or may be incidental to
said business.
Section 2. For and in consideration
Of the privilege above granted the said
Chicago & Northwestern Railway Com
pany shall keep and maintain the street
and the alley at the points where said
track crosses the same in safe and
passable condition at all times so far as
the p essence or operation Of said siding
would affect the usual, ordinary and
proper uses of said street and alley by
dthe public.
~ Section 3. This ordinance being
deemed of immediate Importance shall
take effect and be in force from and
after five days after its passage by the
Council and its publication in the Mis-
souri, Valley Times as provided by law
Adapted and approved this 10th day
of December, 1912.
Horace Warren,
Mayor.
w. F. Thornbury,
City Clerk
State If Iowa,
Harrison County. IS
l. Horace Warren Mayor of Missouri
Valley, Iowa. do certify that the above
foregoing ordinance was duly and legal
ly adopted by the City Council of the
City of Missouri Valley, Iowa, at a
meeting of said Council held pursuant
olaw. December 20, 1912.
Horace Warran,
e Mayor Missouri Valley. Iowa
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