The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-02

In It's entirety the keOkuk and Ham.
fton Water Power dam will cost
twenty-three million dollars.
This statement was made today and
is accredited to a water power man
closely allied with every detail SO far
worked out by the company.
It means that not before this large
expenditure of capital is made will
the Mississippi river dam with its
main spill way, big power house, re-
construction of the government lock
gates, the building OF new dry dock
for Uncle Sam to build his big river
crafts, hundreds of thousands of dol
lars in money has been paid out for
land, cables have been strung for
transmission of power to st. Louis
and many other phases of work car
ried out will the big project reach it's
contamination.
Figure Boosted Ten Millions.
This announcement was made only
after the company learned that much
more money will be needed than was
formerly supposed. Numerous outlets
for funds have arisen since the work
first started and in order to complete
the dam nearly ten millions more
than was first anticipated will be ex-
pended. 1t has been learned recent
ly that the cost of transmission to St.
Louis will be unusually expensive, but
as contracts have been let already, the
company is figuring in this cost in es-
timating the capital to be used.
Careful study of the situation which
will have to be met when work of re.
building the government lock gates
and rebuilding the dry docks is COM
menced, have failed to disclose the
detsils which will be pursued in car.
rying out the work. The company
realizes the enormous expenditure
which will be necessitated in this
work. and it is understood that it has
been the cause for a considerable
boost in the estimate Of cost.
Transmission Expensive.
A corps of engineers are expected
to arrive in Keokuk within the next
week or ten days for the purpose of
starting an extensive survey from
Keokuk to ST Louis. The purpose of
the survey will be to determine the
exact route which the cables will fol-
low when laid this great distance. The
survey party will be composed of en-
tirely different engineers than
those who have been at
work here for some time past.
The company will be exceedingly care
full in this survey work, as in other
survey work being carried on, for the
cost of stringing these cables is ex-
pensive and the shortest and best
route is absolutely essential. This
survey work will consume consider
able time. as we'll as quite a large
force of men.
Mr.. Cooper will make his home in
Keokuk principally during the dam
construction and after his arrival will
give much time to personal supervis-
ion of the work
1t was announced from the water
power Offices today that Engineer
Hugh L. Cooper will arrive from New
York City in about ten days The OBJ
iect of his visit will be to visit the
dam and personally investigate the
work that has been going on during
his absence. He has been kept in
close touch with the progress made
from day to day.
The Hamilton city council has au
thorized the opeing of new road
which will be in vogue during the
construction of the water power dam
As soon as It has been completed the
river road for considerable distance
will be closed to traffic. The new
road will extend from about 1900
feet above the estern terminus of the
dam and down the section line into
Hamilton, then curving back through
one of the several streets that can be