The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-19
ont in Two Strenuous and Effect
-. Weeks With the Men Who
Are Interested in the
keokuk Power.
; IS STILL PROGRESSING
!. and Talked With Men Other Than
Cooper and PoweIson Who Are
Interested in the Local
Enterprise.

Judge VIM. Logan, WAC has been in
/, Nv York City for the past two weeks
u o,usiness connected with the Keo-
N ID and Hamilton Water Power Co.,
y s;sting Hugh l.. Cooper and William
owe,son in their endeavors to bring
q matter to close as spe Oily as
nssible, arrived home Saturday night
|. tar putting in two strenuous and eff
Y ctiye weeks on an enterprise that
eokuk's heart is in. Judge Logan re-
brts that substantial progress has
bon and is being made and that he
mseIf was astonished over .he
mount of money spent anG work done.
d saws the Wall street Office . IT.
inner is almost entirely Keokuk and
AT Mr.. Cooper is confident he will
rentually build the power The
mount of preparatory work to such a
\. upendous undertaking Is enormous
nd few have any idea of requirements
9th legal and commercial before the
ork can be actually started. Cooper
as spent lots of money and done lots
\ hard work but no effort is being or
\ i'll be made to finance the proposition
ntil after election.
Judge Logan was in Ne York City
! lmost two weeks and he put in every
ay with the engineers AMI attorneys
ave one. Some features that were
nsettled were settled while he was
New York and that he has been OF
reat benefit to the enterprise is admit
ed by Mr.. Cooper in letters to local
)arties.
Keokuk people will be pleased to
! earn that Judge Logan has returned
\ good health and feel under addition
u obligations to him for his untiring
Ind effective interest in the enterprise
|hat means so much to this city and
be surrounding country.
When it came 10 the importation of
Information about the Mississippi Val
ley the city Of Keokuk and the con-
emplated enterprise Judge Logan was
yell fortified and he was assidrously
pumped" for everything he knew re-
ating to the matters mentioned
He hopes Keokuk will get the power,
Cooper is confident he will be able to
build it and Keokuk will be delighted
when the positive announcement is
made.
Banquet for Powelson.
What the former associates OF
William Powelson think of him is very
strikingly put forth in an article in
Sunday mornings Globe-Democrat OF
st. Louis, when farewell dinner
was given him at the Planters hotels
It will be remembered that Mr.. Powell
son was general manager of the I'm
lon Electric Light ard Power com
pany, but resigned to associate him
self with Hugh l.. Cooper, who is to
build the Keokuk water power. The
Globe-Democrat says
farewell dinner" was given Sat
urday night at the Planters hotel te
Wilfrid Van Nest Powelson, who re
signed May as president aud gen
eral manager of the Union Electric
Light and Power company, by the EN-
ployes of that company. Mr.. Powell
son came for the dinner from New
York City. where he is member o
the engineering firm of Cooper &
Powelson.
The postmaster was w. H. Missing
head of the commercial department o
me Union company. John Hunter
Chief engineer, presented to Mr.. Pow
eison a testimonial engrossed OF
Parchment and signed by all the EN-
pioyes. Herman Spoehrer. secretar.
OF the company, presented to him ;
gold watch, the gift of the seven de
partment heads. including beside
nose named: S. B. Way, chief cleo
'rlclan; w. R. Johnson, contracting
agent; Charles E. Michel. automobile
department, and E. Shufro, PURCHASING
agent. Mr.. Powelson made a talk il
~ 'AiS Ia CSSliLdtiOll SpSNShCs
me decorations at the banquet wer
al electrical, installed on plans draw
ny Chief Electrician Way The co
amns in the room were twined spira
y with wires carrying red. white an
eiue incandescent lamps. and runnin
uoWn the center of the E-shaped table
'nere was complete line of tele
sraph poles, with crossarms, carr.
lug wires equipped with red, white an
blue.
me menu card carried fine hal
Vohe OF the main plant of the con
pahy' which was built by Mr. Powe
son The menu was in trade par
concrete" stood for cheese
cylinder OIL for coffee" spar
piugs for olives and smoke stacks
70, cigars.