The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-19
Attest.
SPECIAL ORDINANCE NO. 4o7.
n W. 0AINDDEh0,
City Clerk.

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An ordinance establishing, laying
on, opening and locating roadway
and sidewalk on Water street, extend
ing from the northerly line of Blon-
deau street to the southerly line
OF Morgan street and turning
thence easterly and extending to
the government grounds adjacent to
the Des Moines Rapids lock and dry
dock in the Mississippi river.
WHEREAS. the Keokuk Water
Works company has forfeited to the
City of Keokuk and it has re-entered
small triangular tract of land here.
tcfore conveyed and granted to the
Keokuk Water Works Company and
which was not being used by said
Keokuk Water Works Company for
buildings and machinery used in furn-
ishing water to the City OF Keokuk
and its inhabitants, and
WHEREAS. the said City of Keokuk
has heretofore ordered that Water
street be brought to the established
city grade. now therefore
/ BIT 1T ORDAINED BY THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
KEoKUK AS FOLLOWS
Section i. That there be located
built and constructed upon Water
street, extending from the north
erly line of Blondeau street to
the southerly line of Morgan
street westerly of and parallel to the
relocated tracks of the Chicago Bur.
lington and Quincy Railroad Company
roadway twenty (20) feet in width
and having adjacent to it and on the
westerly side thereof sidewalk five
1859 feet in width.
Section 2. That said roadway ard
said sidewalk shall be constructed in
accordance with plans and specifica
tions to be drawn by the City Engi
ineer.
Section 3. That the westerly line OF
said sidewalk shall be along the prop
ierty line of all lots in block six (6D in
the original city of Keokuk and con.
ttinue northerly in the same direction
| for distance of thirty 600 feet into
Concert street, at which point said
/ line shall turn northerly and shall ex
I tend in that direction for one hundred
ten (110) feet, reaching a point that
/ Is thirty-two 1922 feet easterly of the
northeast corner of the southerly
twenty COO feet in lot two f2) in
block seven 10 of said original City
sof Keokuk, and from which point said
line shall extend in northeasterly
direction to and intersect with the
southerly line Of Morgan street at a
point thirty 800 feet westerly of the
westerly rail Of the relocated Chicago
Burlington and Quincy Railroad Com
pany track where said railroad track
crosses the southerly line of Morgan
street extended.
/ Section 4. That from the said point
reached in the concluding part of the
! preceding section the said roadway
twenty COO feet in width shall extend
leasterly across the railroad tracks oil
the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Railroad Company to the grounds be
longing to the United States govern
ment adjacent to the Des Moines
Rapids lock and dry dock in the Missis
lsippi river.
Section 5. That said sidewalk and
said roadway shall be constructed al
THE established grade from BIondeau
street to the northerly line of the
southerly twenty (20) feet of lot two
+ ~ in block seven % of the original
City Of Keokuk and from thence on
ward northerly said road and sidewalk
shall be constructed on an ASCENDING
grade so as to conform to conditions
made necessary by the relocation OF
the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Railroad Company track.
i Section 6. That where said road
crosses the track or tracks of the Chi
cago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
company the said Chicago. Burlington
and Quincy RafIoad Company shall be
required TO maintain said crossing by
! constructing proper approaches 80 as
to make said roadbed on a level with
said railroad track and in a manner
satisfactory to the street commission
er Of the City of Keokuk or the officer
having in charge the public roads and
streets In said city.
4 Section 7. That the remainder Of
Water street which is not appropriat
i ed to reed and sidewalk purposes ir
this ordinance and has not been here
ltofore by ordinance appropriated tc
some other purposes, is hereby reserv
ed by the City Of Keokuk TO be used
/ BY said City Of Keokuk for such pur
poses as its city council may from
time to time determine is for the pub
| lie interest.
section 5. That all ordinances anc