The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-11
No Change in Relation hip Of the Engineer With
Respect 70 the Building Of the Dam for the
Keokuk and Hamilton Power Co.
THE ST. LOUIS ARTICLE MISLEADING
Boston Firm Interested in the Enterprise But Not
In Any Way Changing Mr.. CO0per's Status
Cooper Will Live in keOkuk.

In reference to the article appearing
IN this mornings st. louis Republic,
which takes the liberty OF elimins ting
Mr.. Hugh L. Cooper from the Keokuk
water power enterprise, The Gate City
wishes to state:
That Hugh I. Cooper will build the
dam across the Mississippi river at
keokuk for the keckuk and Hamilton
Water Power Co., or it's successors.
That he will make keokuk his home
during the construction of the dam
That the status of Cooper and Pow
clson with the company remains I'M
changed
That Mr.. cooper's relationship in
the enterprise is just the same now as
1t would have been had the Toronto
syndicate, or any other decided to
build the dam.
That Mr.. Cooper has not been sold
out, or kicked out.
There is no surprise in tie article
appearing in tie Republic. FeoKk has
known for four years and d h'.i that
Mr.. Cooper has been trying to organ
Ire company which would furnish
the necessary capital to build the
dam That he has succeeded is admit
ted by those who are in touch with
the operations of the engineer. So far
as Cooper and Powelson's r relations
with the enterprise are concerned that
matter has been settled for several
months. Mr.. Cooper has been trying
for four and one-half years to accom-
plish just what has been accomplished
and it is a source of qualification to
Keokuk that such a delightful conclu-
sion can be announced.
The local officials of the water pow
er company did not wish to go into
detail about how or where the money
for the dam is coming from. If they
put in their time explaining cry ru-
NOR and newspaper article that might
appear during the next three years
they would never get the dam built
Suifice to say the money for the build
Ing Of the dam has been assembled
and Mr.. Cooper will build it, and that
is all Keokuk is interested in.
Statement in st. Louis Paper.
The following is tie article appear
ing in this mornings ST, Louis Repub.
lie:
Stone & Webster of Boston have ac-
quired all franchises, rights and privi-
leges for the construction of the great
dam across the Mississippi River at
Heokuk, Ia, to furnish electric power
TO the United Railways, the Union
Electric Light and Power Company
and the Laclede Gas Light Company.
Information that Stone & Webster
have succeeded Cooper & Powelson
the hydraulic engineers of New Yorl
City, who promoted the enterprise, has
been received by officers of the United
Railways and the Union Electric, bu
interests connected with the Laceledt
Gas have been told that The Boston
company has not undertaken to built
and finance the dam.
The Bostonians, who are identifie,
with forty railway and lighting PIT
jects in the South the West and TIL
North, are said to have advances
s2,000,000 for preliminary operations
Work is now in progress on the dan
and Stone & Webster are general
credited with supporting the Keoku
and Hamilton Water Power Compan.
While the construction proceeds Ston
Webster will elaborate the financis
scheme.
Water power will be furnished t
the st. Louis public utility companie
through the Mississippi Valley Distr
huting Company. a subsidiary of tn
North American Company, which col
trolls the United Railways and til
Union Electric. The distributing con
pany has a ninety-nine-yea contrae
With the Keokuk and Hamilton Waite