The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-04-13
KEOKUk GIVEN
PROMINENT PLACE
4 Fine Pamphlet Has Been Issued
by the Diamond 10 Line
and is Being Dis
trihuted.
THE WATER POWER DAM
This City is Given tho First and
the Most Prominent Place
In This Interesting
Booklet.
THE WATER POWER DAM

page illustrated booklet recently is
sued by the Diamond JIG Line Packet
company. The books, which are in.
deed interesting, are being distributed
by General Passenger Agent, Isaac P.
Lusk of st. Louis, to the different
agents along the 10 line between st.
Louis and St. Paul.
The book is especially attractive on
account Of the many half tones used
IN Its makeup and, among the illus
trations of tle book, Keokuk fig
ures prominently with several pages
devoted to this city alone, the first
city in the book - be mentioned 9th
er cities which have been kindly Civ
en- space by Mr.. Lusk in his attrac-
tive little book are Clinton, Dubuque,
Lacrosse. Winona, Wabasha and Red
Wing. Other cities along the river
route between the two saints are
mentioned more briefly.
Regarding the water power project,
Keokuks salvation, the book contains
the following information of interest
to river men:
the lake region, with the center of low
Mississippi valley.
Just after leaving Keokuk our steam
er enters the lower dock of the gov
eminent canal. This canal has three
locks, is about eight miles long and
cost about four and one-half million
dollars.
1t was built to avoid the rapids in
the river at this point, and before the
canal was built, in low or even ordi.
nary stages Of water, steamers could
not go above Keokuk, and cargo had
to be transferred by lighters or small
boats over the rapids. and then reload
ed On another steamer running from
the head of the rapids, or Montrose
Iowa, to ST. Paul. 1t usually requires
about two hours to make the trip
through the canal and the three locks
This is very interesting as well as in
structive The steamer is lifted about
Is feet from the lower lock to the
guard lock.
The new power development pro
poses to exchange the three locks and
the long canal we now have for sin
gle colossal lock with lift of 81
| feet, lifting a boat directly from thu
level of the water below the dam al
Keokuk into pool whose backwatel
will run up the river for thirty miles
| The lock will be connected with the
dam by a short canal about 1000 fee
| long, bordered on one side by tht
shore and on the other by the immense
| power house, in which forty-seven 9
| foot turbines will generate 10000
| horsepower The sheet of water
above the dam will be like Lake Pepin
only not so wide, and will make fin'
place for water craft of all kinds
The dam itself will start at the up
per end Of the power-house, 1000 fee
| from the lock, and cross the river il
horseshoe curve to Hamilton. Thi
4 dam will be built of concrete, secure
4 ly anchored into the rocky bed Of thu
river. If this scheme is carried
/ through, it will make one of the mos
valuable water developments in thu
world, and will greatly help navigation
instead of impeding 1t.
Regarding the city in general thu
book entitled Along the Mississippi
has the following to say of the Gate
City:
Keokuk is not booming, but stead
! lily growing; existing conditions arr
healthy; she has no millionaires ant
no failures. Keokuk offers strong in
ducements to factories seeking 10
cation in desirable factory sites
ideal freight service, low transporta
ton rates, absence of labor trouble
and small cost Of living.
| AS place to live, Keoknk is IDEAL
Beautiful improved streets shaded 70,
massive trees, electric and gas light
ing plants, pure city water, perfec
sewage systems, electric city and inter
urban car lines. and by virtue OF 10
ctaion (three hundred feet above tn
,.iyer) a most agreeable and healthfu