The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-10

Dill and will be used in the erection
OF the buildings in Hamilton The
stakes ordered will be made immedi-
ately in the mill of the Hamilton Lum-
Der company which will turn them out
with all possible dispatch for the en-
gineers and surveyors
Few Curious Ones.
There were few sightseers across
the river today where the work on the
dam has been commenced. Only those
who were seeking employment, and
very few others, visited the place.
Largest In World.
After thinking the matter over for
two days, Kcokuk has come to the
conclusion that her water power prop
osition is even greater and more won
derful than she realized on Saturday
noon when it was definitely announced
that work on the erection OF the dam
would begin at once.
Just think OF it: the largest dam in
the western hemisphere is to be built
at Keokuk, the second largest one in
the world
There is dam across the river
4 Nile in Egypt which is larger than
4 the Keokuk dam will be, but it is in
a foreign land and was built by the
British government for the purpose of
controlling the river and for irrigation
purposes.
Keokuk will have the largest water
power dam in the world.
i. Keokuk will have the second larg-
est water power plant in the wori.,
the combined Niagara plants exceed
ing it in capacity. The Niagara Falls
power plants are built on different
plans, so the Keokuk power plant
bears unique distinction and can
truthfully be said to be one of the in.
dustrial wonders of the world
Active work began this morning on
building warehouses, blacksmith
shops, etc. on the Illinois side where
the eastern end of the dam will start
and as soon as these are completed,
work will begin on the dam itself
which is to be completed in thirty
months time. AS soon as spring opens
i and it is possible to work in the
; water, hundreds of men will be EN-
ployed and the work will be pushed
, during the summer Perhaps the dan
/ will be completed before thirty
t months, but that period of time has
been estimated as the maximum.
!. 1t will take some time for the PEG
: Pile of this vicinity to realize what al
: enormous thing the dam really is
!. Through the energy of Mr.. Cooper
4 one of the worlds greatest engineer
ing projects is to be built in the rive
? here, an undertaking which compares
4 with some Of the greatest proposition
v in the world and one of the creates
:. electrical items in modern times
Keokuk will have the distinction o
having the largest dam in America.
From the mouth of the Mississippi
!. to its source. there is nothing whic
a can compare to this dam. There ar
). few small water power project
along the river, but nothing of nea
:. this size or capacity. 1t will be tn
, one big feature Of the mightiest rive
8 in America, bigger and more marve
q Gus than the Fades jetties at Ney
I Orleans, the government arsenal a
! Rock Island, the levees of the sout
J. or the locks at St Paul.
Z Get Ready to Move.
}. Now that the work on the dam ha
started at least three big removal
D. must start within short time TIL
d Mills Ellsworth factory and the ele'
a trio light plant on the canal, must re
n move from that location for thei
d property will be flooded with twent
@ or more feet of water after the dal
e has been built. The X line railroa
It from Keokuk north, must also pull u
l. its tracks and relay them higher u
D. along the bluff.
Il The railroad is all prepared for II