The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-31
ORDINANCE NO. 457.

An ordinance vacating portions OF
\ b street and Commercial street IN
Reds addition to the city Of Keokuk
and authorizing the conveyance OF the
said vacated portions OF said streets,
and also authorizing the conveyance
| Of portions OF lots one and two In
block six of Reds addition to the
4 city OF Keokuk; and also releasing
/ the condition contained in the deed
| OF city OF Keokuk to J. c. Hubinger
Bros. Company dated April 10, 1913.
That whereas, an extension OF Com
mercial street In Reds addition TO
the city of Keokuk, has now been
opened across lots one a.. two (2)
and three (3) in block six (6) Of said
Reid's addition. which sad0 extension
OF Commercial street intersects B
street, and
| Whereas. e street in said Reds
addition has been opened So as to
give access to the Mississippi river,
and
Whereas, there Il now no necessity
for keeping open any portion OF B
street which lies between the north
i
addition, and the intersection OF said
extension Of Commercial street with
q street; and theme Is also no neces-
sity for keeping open that portion OF
Commercial street which now Inter
sects B street, and
Whereas, the city of Keokuk has
been offered an adequate purchase
price for the portion Of said streets
which is not now required for the
public use. and
WheEeas, the said city Of Keokuk
also owns a portion OF lots one %
and two (2) in block six co. OF said
Reds addition to the sadd city OF
Keokuk. and has been offered an ade-
quate purchase price for same. there
fore
Be It ordained. by the city council
of the city OF Keokuk:
Section /. That all that portion OF
ID street in Reds addition to the city
Of Keokuk not heretofore vacated by
the city Of Keokuk, which lies be-
tween the north Mne Of Railroad street
and line extending from point on
the easterly line OF lot one ~ In
block six Co OF Reds addition to
the city Of Keokuk thirty-five $3.50
feet north Of the southeast corner OF
said lot one az to a point sixty-three
and half (6311) feet north Of the
north line OF Commercial street and
forty (40) feet west OF the west line
OF lot ave (5) in block I'VE (5) OF
Reds addition to the said city OF
Keokuk, be and the same Is hereby
vacated.
Section 2. That all that portion OF
Commercial street In Reds addition
to the city Of Keokuk described as
follows. to-wit:
Commencing at the southeast cor
ner OF lot one ~ in block six go OF,
Reds addition to the city of Keokuk.
thence westerly along the north lins
OF Commercial street sixty-five (65)
! feet; thence in southeasterly direc-
ton thirty-nine and seven tenths
(3s 7-10) feet to point twenty-one
and three tenths (21 800 feet north
/ Of the south line OF said Commercial
street; thence twenty-one and three
tenths (21 3-10) feet south to the
south line OF said Commercial street;
thence easterly along the south line
| OF said Commercial street one hun
dred (100) feet; thence northerly
forty f40) feet to the place Of begin
ming. be, and the same Is hereby
vacated.
Section s. That the following de
scribed real estate in Reid's addition
to the city OF Keokuk, to-wit:
The portion OF street described In
section one "a hereof. and the por.
ton OF commercial street described
in section two (2) hereof, and parcel
Of 1anc situated in lots one Cd and
two (2l of block six (6) Of Reds ad.
dition to the city OF Keokuk, de-
scribed as follows:
Commencing at the southeast cor
ner OF lot one a. in said block six
| 90: thence north thirty-five (35) feet
to the south line OF the extension of
Commercial street across said lot one
ID; thence in southwesterly direc-
ton seventy-three and six tenths
| (73 6-10) feet to a point on the north
line Of Commercial street fifteen (15)
1eet Wcst irOM Ine eoSI ING VI ~
| two (2) in block six (6); thence east
erly along the south line OF lots two
ca and one ~ in said block six
(6) to the place Of beginning. be, and
the same is hereby sold unto ]. c.
Hubinger Bros. Company for the sum
of three thousand ($3,00O) dollars,
and the mayor is hereby authorized
and directed to execute quit-claim
deed In the name and on behalf OF
the city Of Kcokuk conveying said
land unto said J. C. Hubinger Bros.
Company, said deed to be SO executed
and delivered upon the payment OF
the sum OF three thousand (@3,000)
dollars by said ]. G. Hubinger Bros.
Company, unto the city Of Keokuk.