The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-02
Special Ordinance No. asa

An ordinance amending special or
dinance No. %, passed by the city
council of the city of Keokuk on May
25, 1868, and being an ordinance
granting the right of location
and right of way and other rights.
powers and privileges to the Keokuk
and Hamilton Mississippi Bridge COM
pany, and the Hancock County Bridge
company. by striking from said or
dinance the provision relating to a
passage way under the embankment
forming the approach to said bridge
on the Iowa side thereof
Be it ordained by the city council
of the city of Keokuk, Iowa:
Section 1. That special ordinance
No. %, being an ordinance granting
the right of location and right of way
and other rights, powers and privil-
eyes to the Keokuk and Hamilton
Mississippi Bridge Company and Han
cock County Bridge Company, be, and
the same is hereby, amended by strik-
ing from the fourth paragraph of
section thereof, which reads as fol-
lows: Fourth: That said bridge
and the approaches to the same shall
be SO built and maintained as not I'M
necessarily to obstruct or impair the
public use Of the levee, or to inter-
fere with the drainage of the levee;
and the railway track approaching
said bridge along the leVee shall be
planked between the rails, and the
approaches to said bridge shall be
provided with crossings over the same
wherever such crossings shall be
practicable; and strong and sub
stantial passage way of not less than
twenty feet wide in the clear, and Of
sufficient height to allow the free
passage of wagons, drays and other
vehicles shall be constructed and
maintained under the embankment
forming the approach to said bridge
at point most convenient for the
public use OF the levee and the PAS
sage of teams between the portion OF
the levee above and the portion OF
the levee below said bridge the exact
location of such passage to be fixed By
the city engineer under the direction
of the city council. The walls of the
embankment and Of the curvature OF
the approaches to said bridge shall
be laid In good masonry, to be APPROX
ed by the mayor of the city and the
engineer of the said bridge compan-
les" the following language, and a
strong and substantial passage way OF
not less than twenty feet wide in the
clear, and of sufficient height to al
low the free passage of wagons, drays
and other vehicles. shall be construct
ed and maintained under the embank
ment forming the approach to SAT-
bridge at point most convenient 70
the public use OF the levee and tn
passage of teams between the portion
of the leyee above and the portion 0
the levee below said bridge, the exac
location of such passage to be f1xe
by the city engineer, under the dire
ton of the city council
Said paragraph Of section 3 S
amended shall then read as follows
Fourth: That said bridge and ii
approaches to the same shall be s
built and maintained as not unnece
sarily to obstruct or impair the publ
use of the levee, or to interfere vii
the drainage of the levee: and Il
railway track approaching said bridi
along the levee shall be planked b
tween the rails, and the approaches
said bridge shall be provided wi
crossings over the same, wherev
such crossings shall be PRACTICAL
The walls of the embankment and
the curvature of the approaches
said bridge shall be laid in go
masonry, to be approved by the may
of the city and the engineer OF t
said bridge companies"
Sec. 2. The said Bridge Compani
are hereby given the right to fill t
space formerly used and reserved
said passage way and are hereby 6
en- the same rights and priviles
with reference to said space as tn
are given for the remainder of t
space occupied by the said approa
and abutment.
Sec. 3. All ordinances and parts
ordinances in conflict with the pl