The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-08
Business Club of Hamilton Gave an
Informal Reception at City Hall
for Mr.. Cooper and Mr..
Allen.
POINTS FROM ENGINEER
Told Citizens Best Municipal cond'
tons Should be Had in Order
to Get Fullest Measure
Of Benefits.

Last evening at Hamilton the Busl-
ness Club of that city had an informal
reception at the city hall for Mr..
H. L. Cooper and Mr.. ]. P. Allen
The meeting was a special one and
was called to consider some of the
needs of the city, that are being en-
phasized daily, and which in the near
future must be supplied.
The presence of Mr.. Cooper and his
willingness to assist in the discussion,
brought to the front the lack of sew
er facilities and water supply. In
response to an invitation to advise up
on the matter Mr.. Cooper said that this
was the first tax gatherer's" meet
ing he had ever attended, where there
was present such unbounded enthu
siasm. Addressing himself directly
to the question Of sewers and water
service, Mr.. Cooper spoke in no I'M
certain way He said that if the
communities adjacent to the dam
were to receive the fullest benefit
that might come to them in the flu
ture, the communities must have the
best municipal conditions to offer it's
new corners. High in the lists of
those required municipal conditions,
are healthful conditions, and an adj
equate water service. Sewer ia
cilities were prime necessaries in any
plan that looked toward increased
population of community.
In developing plans for a proposed
system of water mains and drains, Mr..
Cooper advised, to make haste slow
ly.' The city would be wise if it
secured high-class engineering ability
to prepare the plans and design the
system.
He thought the city should own its
water system. The municipality own.
ed water services that had failed to
render efficient service to the taxpay
er, had fallen into delinquency. be-
cause wisdom, care and business sa
gacity had not marked the preparation
of the original plans
He leaned to the belief that water
taken from the pool above the dam
would be better for general purposes
than to depend on a system of wells
On completion of the dam power
for the supply could be furnished
much cheaper than could the city by
its own plant.
Having thus spoken on the matter
of water service, Mr.. Cooper intima
ted that he would be glad to answer
any questions in his power to answer
! If any one present desired, and in re
Spouse to the inquiries that followed
it was learned that the hope of the
power people is to have the dam
built by July, 1913. That the power
company has set aside a large sum
of money for the purpose of bringing
er company will not designate where
the factories should locate. The Sc
lection of sites will rest between the
manufacturers and the communities
/ seeking the factories
| 1t is to the interest of the power
company to dispose of its power to
consumers close at hand, rather than
to market its power at a distance.
He assumed to be no prophet and
would not undertake to predict the
future of the communities adjacent
to the dam, but would say the big.
gest aid toward securing industries
was a sympathetic attitude on the
part of communities toward the in
dustries sought for,
One of the best assurances that
the power company would prefer To-
cal consumption to foreign consump,
ton of its power lay in the cost OF
transmission, and its loss Of energy
to it, which would be considerable.
At the conclusion of Mr. Cooper's
talk he kindly consented to enter in
to a conference with the city council
in relation to action on the matter OF
water supply At the conclusion OF
the conference Mr. Cooper and Mr..
Allen returned to Keokuk.
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