The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-23

thence easterly and extending tc
the government grounds adjacent te
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
a small triangular tract of land here
tofore conveyed and granted to the
keokuk Water Works Company and
which was not being used by said
Keokuk Water Works Company fol-
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
B1 1T ORDAINED BY THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
KEOKUK AS FOLLOWS:
Section l. That there be located,
built and constructed upon Water
street, extending from the north
erly line Of Blondeau street to
It'll, southerly line OF Morgan
street westerly of and parallel to the
relocated tracks Of the Chicago, Bur
lington and Quincy Railroad Company,
ia roadway twenty f2O) feet in width
and having adjacent to it and on the
westerly side thereof sidewalk five
(5) feet in width.
Section 2. That said roadway and
said sidewalk shall be constructed In
accordance with plans and specifica-
tons to be drawn by the City Engi-
neer
Section 8. That the westerly line OF
said sidewalk shall be along the prop
erty line of all lots in block six CO. in
the original city of Keokuk and con-
tinue northerly in the same direction
for distance of thirty 900 feet into
Concert street, at which point said
line shall turn northerly and shall ex-
tent, in that direction for one hundred
ten t110) feet, reaching a point that
Is thirty-two (32) feet easterly of the
northeast corner of the southerly
twenty (20) feet in lot two (2) in
block seven CD of said original City
OF Keokuk, and from which point said
line shall extend in northeasterly
direction to and intersect with the
sortherly line of Morgan street at a
point thirty 600 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 (20) feet in width shall extend
easterly across the railroad tracks of
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-
sippi river.
Section 5. That said sidewalk and
said roadway shall be constructed at
the established grade from Blondeau
street to the northerly line OF the
southerly twenty (2O) feet of lot two
tl) in block seven n of the original
City. of Keckuk 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.
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 Railroad Company shall be
required to maintain said erossin. BY
constructing proper approaches SO as
to make said roadbed on level with
said railroad track. and in a manner
satisfactory to the street commissions
er of the. City of Keokuk or the oflicer
having in charge the public roads and
streets in said city.
Section Z. That the remainder of