The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-28
Government VIII Build New Equip
rner,t-Eneineers Start for
Hannibal to Make
Survey.
ALONG THE RIVER
launches are on Their Way to Peoria
From Up River Towns #.
Madison Wants Next
Regatta.

Major Meigs has received word to
prepare for big activities at the dry
docks as he will be required to build
new river material to the, sum of
s15S,O00 The work will start as
soon as the plans can be made and
the contracts let for lumber and all
supplies. The new boats to be built
are three dredges, four quarter boats,
three coal flats, two steamers and for
ty pontoons.
The two steamers are to be built
along the same lines of TIE Grace and
to cost approximately $4,000 each.
The plans will probably call for steel
bulls as it is found that the steel hulls
give a great deal better satisfaction
than the old wooden hulls.
This new work will give employment
to between sixty and seventy men and
will make the dry docks a place Of
great activity as soon as the work
starts. Major Meigs could not state
definitely when the work would be
started but it Will be in a couple Of
months time.
The steamer Grace has placed two
buoys, one at the bar above Warsaw
and one on Shoots bar, near Canton,
to indicate the best water for steam
boats. Ed. Schell, in charge Of the
party of surveyors that has been work
ing near Canton will go from there
to La Grange and as soon as the work
is finished they will be transferred to
work near Warsaw.
Pilot Hugh Mckenzie of the steam.
err Keokuk has written Major Meigs
that he finds five and one-half feet OF
water in the channel between Keckuk
and Quincy. He also reported two
large and dangerous snags, one just
below the outside draw Of the Quin
cyssbridge, and the other about one
hundred yards above the foot of the
shore protection on the island above
the Quincy bridge. Major Meigs stat
ed that these snags will be removed
early next week by tie government
snag boat.
Word was received today by Agen
Steele of the Diamond 10 line steam
ers that the st. Paul would be unable
to leave st. outs on June 80, al
per schedule. If the stage of the waite
will permit. the big boat will be start
ed on July 9, leaving ST. Louis a
10 a. m.
Another huge steel ferry boat vii
pass Keokuk this season. The Dubuqu
Poiler and Boat company is b,.ildin
for the Frisco railroad large stee
car ferry to be used at Baton Rouge
la. The ferry will be 305 feet Ions
ninety-foot BEAM and eight-foot hold
The machinery will consist Of tw
high-pressure boilers. The same con
pany is building hydraulic dredge fc
the Burlington route.
Ottumwa Courier: In boat OF the
own construction four Ottumwa youn
men enjoyed three of the happies
days of their life recently in cruls
down the Des Moines river The part
was composed of Oscar Nelson, Harr
Slaughter, Alfred Geery and Harr
Mitchell. They floated until the
reached the mouth of the river, whel
the Des MONIES Is swallowed up
the father of waters" After lettin
their boat go OH its lonely cruise dow
The river the cruisers walked up
Keokuk from where they went by ra
to Burlington. They spent day
Burlington. at the Y. NJ. G. A. room
guests of w. H. Debenham and Merto
Clevett.
Great interest is being shown In t