The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-13
.KEOkUK Settled
BACK AFTER SHOCK
People Thought They Had Been Rude
y Awaked BY News Friday
Morning Ematins From
st. Louis.
CONTINUE WORK ON DAM
u Is Expected That New Road VIII
be Opened Wednesday-HamiI.
ton Secures a Big
Concern.

The more skeptical of Keokuks pub.
nc Delleyed they had been rudely
a"asened from the enjoyment of
several weeks past, when news was
received Friday morning that En-.
glneer Hugh L. Cooper had sold out,
Dur they We're soon again rejoicing
When 1t was clearly explained in the
evening Gate City that the big New
York engineer had simply disposed
OF his interest to the well known
financial men of the east. but would
himself continue to supervise the
work, moving to Keokuk in. the very.
near future. The status Of the water
power Is In much better shape at the
present time than ever before and
the great moneyed men back of the
enterprise will push it to compile
ton as rapidly as Mr.. Cooper can
work out the remaining details.
Gentlemen from the water power
offices visited the work on the ILL:
no1s shore Saturday afternoon and
noted a continuance of the progress
OF the past week. 1t is expected that
the newly constructed road will be
open Wednesday. Excavation for the
big warehouse are being made and
work on the mammoth structure will
be pushed as rapidly as possible. The
new street opened last week from tb !,
river road to Seventh street IS bei,T ,
graded and put in shape for traft ;.
AS this Is the first road opened to
the river it has, through the granting
by the council of the Gown of Ham
ilton. a petition present to that bod !,
been named Cooper street, in horror
of the engineer.
The water power has served to
bring to Hamilton quite big con-
Germ, the first to be influenced from
other. cities. Of it the Hami' ION
Press says:
The Press is pleased to amour &c to
its readers this week with certainty,
that a $4,000 Clay Manufacturing
plant, which will employ at least for
ty men at the beginning will be locat-
ed In Hamilton, and that work On the
enterprise will be started in ten days,
Some time ago Mr.. A. w. C'Harra
Of Carthage, sent clay experts to this
city to test the clay on his land In
the east part of the city, and they re-
ported it to be of first class quality for
brick and tile purposes. etc. At this
time report was current that brick
and tile works was to be located here,
but Mr.. O'Harra, with his customary
businesslike way, has gone ahead with
the arrangements without. any bluff
and buster, and in an Interview this
morning he gave the editor of the
Press the following facts:
Mr.. Payne, the Carthage architect,
and Mr.. Plum, who has been manager
of the brick and tile works at Burn
side, are now in the east buying up
to-date machinery for Clay Manufac-
turing plant to be located on. Mr..
O'Harra's land, in the east part of the
city. The brick and till works at
Burnside, which is owned by Mr..
O'Harra and capitalized at $4,000
will be discontinued and all of the
available machinery moved here The
plant to be located in Hsiniiton will
be capitalized at $75,000.0O, and will
manufacture brick, tile, cement block,
and, in fact, everything Of that nature.
Mr., O'Harra will also own most of
the stock in the new company, and
Mr.. w H. Plum, who has had charge
of the Burnside plant, will have
charge of the work here The plant
will be modern in every respect and
| will employ forty men at the start.
Mr.. O'HaTa is asking nothing Of the
city of Hamilton in the way of a
bonus or stock buying the only fav-
ors he asks be lg minor ones, such as
putting the road in shape to his plant,
( extending electric lights, etc. Mr..
| O'Harra will address a meeting of the
Business Club tonight, (Friday) at 8
o'clock and will explain in detail
what he desires. A full attendance OF
the members is requested by the of
ficers.