Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-01-02
From the Daily Of Dec a7th.
rtnA AT LAST
The Great Water Power Of
Ottumwa Is q Success.

The Great Water Power Of {
Ottumwa Is q Success.
The Long Weary Months
OF Watching and Wait
ing Over. Il
A Mine of wealth Discovered
and Utilized, at Our Very
Doors. L
To-day at one o'clock small por-
ton of the gates were opened and the
waters of the Des Moines let in to
swell the head race. It was necessa-
ry to let in the water gradually, ow-
ing to the character Of the fresh made
embsnkments Of the head race.
At2 O'Clock and five minutes, the
head. being l6 inches, the wheel Of
Daggett & Harper commenced to
move, and ran at . good round, steady |
rate, amidIthe shouts of the assem-
bled multitude. This was the first
wheel to turn on q water-power,
which we predict 10 yet to be famous
as one Of the most noted in the coun-
try.
In few minutes, all things having
been made ready, s. L. Wiley CALI
cd on w. B. Bonnifeld, Esq, who
put his hand to the machinery,
opened the gates of the wheel
and at once everything obeysd the
summons and the ponderous pump
began it's noiseless, but powerful
movements.
1 Daggett& Harper commenced run
ming their mill about half past three
o'clock by water power, an accom-
plishment for which these gentlemen
have labored and spent lavishly Of
their means for now about three
years. Ofcourse they were delight
ed at the result and they are richly
entitled to rejoice at the glorious con-
summation. The machinery needs
adjustment and to be run . few
hours to put it in perfect order, and
we suppose the trial Of throwing wa
; ter in the city will. be made to-mor-
row, though we do not at this writ
ing know 40 the time has been fixed
; upon for this trial.
!, We have only time to say now be-
, fore our paper goes to press, that the
immense capacity Of this Water Pow.
er, few of our people know, but We
feel abundantly confident that It il
immensely beyond what has been gen.
orally talked about, and that in thai
: power lies, by far . broader prosper
ity for this community than most Of
our people can begin to realize.
. LATER-At . quarter past five al
accident happened to the bulk-head
q of the head race. The, loose dir
settled by the soaking Of tn,
e water and in spite Of every effort t
. stop it, the water. broke through
. This will delay the. trial Of the water
. works till Monday, II not later. =
rh. P>-sha> ee,a9eD. n.se,u>e.
II We were very much amused b,
Q two short paragraphs in the Dali!
a Courier of Thursday. One was |
+ sheer at Frank d. Moulton, becaus'
he pretends to know something abou
the manufacture Of cheese, while tn
e other was . commendation Of thu
President on account of bis selecting
Jim Wilson as one Of the agricultur
:, al experts to the Paris Exposition
o 1t il our humble opinion that tn
n Yankee, Moulton, knows more abou
;, cheese than Jim Wilson does abou
- farming. The trouble is ono 10 an hon
est democrat and the other blatant
Il interruptions republican, who know
II more about the inside working
of the Credit Mobelier steal than b,
does about agriculture; but In 0rdel
u to pay him for partisan work no hal
Q to be rewarded by an appointment K
n Q fat observation-disclosures Times.
g We think these Iowa Wilson's vii
! be the ruination of about half thu
democratic editors Of Iowa yet. No
long ago Rev. j. g. Wilson, Presby
, terrain minister, and for dozen or 81
of years the capable editor of the Fl
u Madison Plaindealer, was appointed
q Consul to Jerusalem, whereupol
u Tray Blanche and Sweetheart open
= ed out on President Hayes for ap
: pointing James F. Wilson, of Fair
It field, and, as they alleged, Of Credit
Mobifier notoriety, to the important
t Office of Consul to Jerusalem! Az il
! j. F. Wilson, who had refused tws
9 cabinet appointments, would banisi
n himself to the thieves and lice of I
Q fourth rate consulate for some fifteeI
hundred dollars year. Our jour
nalistic friends were just about recov
y ering from their jerusalem nightmar,
! about the Wilson's, when the Wash
i ington dispatches announced that thu
President was about to appoint Hon
!. James Wilson as the Iowa member
Of the Paris Exposition Commission
hence brother Ives attack Of the Viii
: son Credit Mobllier rabies.
=. A man engaged in the business o
running newspaper for the infor
nation Of the people, ought to know
that the recent law authorizing TIL
appointment of Commissioners to tn
\ Paris Exposition provided that tn
President should appoint only expert
| in the farming, scientific, mechanical
and other branches of labor. ii
y ought to have known that Hon. Jane
+ Wilson, of Tama county, was the mai
J. expressly indicated in the telegraph
e dispatches, as likely to be appointed
# He ought to know that this Wilson
g has been Speaker Of the lows Hous
e Of Representatives, and that he was
le member of the 43d and 44th Con
i crosses the last two) and that he use,
q to be nearly as conspicuous Gran
d, ger as brother. Ives. He ought
= moreover, to know that this Wilso,
IS is one of the leading and most sus
ly cessfal farmers in his section, an
to that in Congress he was one of th
it prominent and leading legislators o
Q, all matters touching Agricultural al
es fairs, introducing among other mea'
le ures, q bill to make the Commission
x err Of Agriculture Cabinet officer
u He ought to know that for these req
Ut ons, and on account Of his high pei
K sonal character, Mr.. Wilson was SUI