The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-17
Commodore NJ. Meies Will Call a
Meeting of Local Launch Own
crs This Week to Pre-
pare Budget.
CLUB is ENTHUSIASTIC
"keokuk viii be Well Represented
at the Burlington Regatta
This Summer" Said M.
Mcigs Today.

Commodore M. Meigs of the Keo.
kuk Motor Boat Club stated this morn
Ing that a meeting Of the boat club
would be held some time this week,
although no date has yet been decid-
ed on. The meeting will be held
either at Major Meigs' residence or
at the keokuk Club, which place the
members of the club were invited
several times to hold meetings.
1T is a little early yet for motor
boating said Mr.. Meigs this morn.
ing, "but with warm weather the club
viii take On more active appear
ance tlan just now" In speaking of
the Burlington river regatta which is
to be held on July 9Th and 9Th this
summer in that city, Major Meigs
stated that Keokuk would be well rep
resented and one of the purposes for
holding the meeting of the local
launch club this week would be to de-
eide on how largely the Keokuk Mo-
tor club would be represented.
To say the least Burlington is pre-
pairing to show her visitors big
time on those dates and the affair will
no doubt be the largest of it's kind
ever attempted by that city. Boats,
racers and cruisers and every de.
scription of motor boat will be rep
resented in the regatta which will be
hell.
IT the meeting this week of the
local boat club, the members will take
into consideration the matter of at
tending the Peoria boat races on
August 18th and 18th. Captain A. c..
Decker has announced his intention
of attending the races to be held at
the Illinois city on those dates and
number of other launch owners will
follow suit if nothing definite is de-
cided upon by the club as whole.
keokuk Motor Boat Club.
The Keokuk Motor Boat club was
but newly organized last year, M.
Meigs being commodore and A. G..
Decker vice commodore The club
though not large has an enrolment
of members who are all enthusiastic
motor boat men and ever ready to
participate in any large event like
the Burlington and Peoria races and
regattas.
A number Of fine launches are OWL
ed by the club and although there
are no Minnie C HIS in the club the
time is not far distant when Keokull
will have boat club equal to any
along the river. A club house will be
taken into consideration by the mem
bers and with the usual push of Keo-
kuk business men it will probably be
built
Captain I. P. Lusll. general Eassen.
ger agent of the Dimond 10 lines ar
rived in the city today and will re-
main for several days looking over the
Loaf situation for the coming season.
While on his trip up the river he will
visit all agents of the line between
this city and st. Paul giving directions
and arranging business matters in
general for the boat season which will
open soon.
"Rosse" to Hamburg.
Captain Gus Seifert and his crew
will probably be the first to pass
through the locks with their boat this
season. Work is now being done on
the steamer and she will leave in 4
day or two for Quincy where govern
ment work is to be done and from
there the boat will move to Hamburg,
ILL.,, and in that district where she
will remain for the first part of the
season at least. 1t is not likely that
the boat will report at Rock Island
and will remain in this district during
the entire season.
The Golfer dam at the second locks
which was put in while the lock gates
We're being repaired was being re-
moved today and everything is now in
readiness for the first boat
Steam was in the boilers at the
first lock this morning and it will not
be long before the familiar lock
whistle will be heard.
Finishing Boats.
Work at the second lock still con.
tinues to be brisk and the feet Of
barkes large and small, are being
finished rapidly. The suction dredge
Aetna is being finished rapidly and
will be ready by the 18th of April at
the latest and will be pressed into
service Immediately. Workmen 0'e
at present engaged in putting in her
large boilers after which the fire will
be built and the boat will be finished.
Work on the launch, the Fox" con-
tinues and will be ready for the wa
ter in probably three or four weeks.
The two launches used by NJ. Meigs
have not yet been placed in the wa
ter but will be as soon as navigation
is opened and all oats have conn
menced running.