The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-13
kEIGHBORHOOI)
IS AROUSED
Water power Talk is the onsy Con-
serystion Which is Going or
IN Any Of the Nearby
Places.
CARTHAGE INTERESTED
Interurbsn Lire Expected By Ssusoo
and Carthage PeopI. Is Ore
Of the First Of ire
Benefits.

rGate City Special CoTespoEdence-l
CARTHAGE. Ill. Jan. 1.-THE
ware Of activity sttenoant upon tas
official announcement 81 the hlznc~
ing 81 the Dies Moines Rapsds watsr
power project, vas electrical IL rapid
~ and far reaching in effect Like
a fash from the antennas Of q wire
less apparatus the pglsatfons OF the
announcement were scattered In al
elections, hut II took the keen in
stinct Of the Tliinofssn 10 first grasp
and Thoroughly comprehend the in
portance Of It's meaning So instan-
tareous aud fcrcible has the effect
proyen that ever since The Gate City
IN It's special edition Saturday an
nounced to the world that the nam
moth s15.0eo.99 dam would positive
1y be built, every form 81 topic e1-
cept that Of the watsr power is con-
non-place and depressingiy nninter-
egtfng in Hancock county.
Carthage. Nauvoo, Hamilton, War
saw, as well az all Of the smaller
towns and communities have bowed
TO the all absorbing tcpic and the
people refuse 10 listen TO angtning
other than some phase Of progress
that hinges on water power.
While Keokuk and Hamilton, recog-
nized as the joint center Of activity,
have reioiced TO the sore-throat stage,
the exultation In the towns Tor miles
around the piyoted point is just a
keen. though, Of course more neiih
crate and calm.
Ask a Carthage citizen for inside in
formation on the price Of hogs and
his answer will be unconsciously form
ed something after this fashion: AZ
! wag saying, when We get our in
terurban, all p won't stop us." The
condition applies to isolated, but proud
and classic Sauyoo. While Keokuk ant
Hamilton will throw out their line
10 capture factories the outlayins
towns In Illinois will court the fir
tationg Of the interurban magnate
and In the end al wishes, desires
hopes and dreams viii have been real
tied.
Let Keokuk and Hamilton hay
their factories and palatial residences
nut give uH tire ban, = II the pie
that goes UP daily from Carthag
way
All minds in western Illinois ar
now centered ON tho development c
electric interurban carriers, and COZ
centration along this line Is sure
bring results within q short period {
time The interboro, now assured, wi
bring salvation to constant and pc
severing Nauyoo, 1t will strengthe
the formidable pillars of Carthag
and furnish carrier and power facil
ties to all western Illinois, centerin
at the common point-the Keoiu
and Hamilton water power dam.
The impression here is, and it
well founded, that the Mckinley sly
dictate, the interests OF which now e
tend west as far as Monmouth, wi
be advanced still farther westward
meet the inviting extension of int
ests which will find many outlets fro
the center Of activity designated
the dam. These are the bei-efs, whic
amount almost to realities that ext
today in Carthage and surroundir
territory.
Western Illinois is rich in land, hil
bred stock and farm products; Il
country is level and thickly populate
and now, with the start on Il
power dam, conditions are SUI
that interurban promoters cannot i
sist coming into the field. Alreat
the attention of Hancock county HI