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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-08

river by means of teamboat or other
vessels, or by RATS or barges:
Provided, That il any litigation
arises from the location construction,
operation, or maintenance of the said
works, or from the obstruction Of any
part OF the Mississippi river by the
said works or any portion thereof.
cases may be tried in the proper
courts as now provided for that pur-
poses in the states of Illinois and Iowa
and the courts of the United States:
And Provided Further, That the said
company shall construct such suitable
fisnways as may be required from time
to time by the United States fish com
mission.
Sec 3. That, except as provided
for below in this section, the Keokuk
& Hamilton Water Power company
shall bear the entire cost OF locating
/ constructing, maintaining and oper.
ating the structures and appurten.
ances provided for in this act: Pro.
Eided, That the United States shall
bear the cost OF the supervision Of the
work by an engineer officer of the ar.
my as provided for In section one OF
this act, and also the cost Of main.
tanning and operating the lock and
! dry dock, with its appurtenances, at
ter their completion and due accept
ance by the secretary of the war or
behalf Of the United States: And Pro
yided Further, That the Keokuk
Hamilton Water Power company
shall furnish to the United States with
out compensation; forever, sufficien
and adequate power for operating tn,
said lock and dry dock, lighting thei
surrounding grounds, and for light
ing and heating their appurtenan
buildings.
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COOPER TAKES CHARGE.
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September 10, 1905, is the date
when Mr.. Cooper was given the op-
ton. He was visited at Niagara
Falls and Buffalo, where he had just
completed one of the water power
plants there, and the committee which
met him gave him an option upon the
franchise secured from the govern
ment, If he wanted it after making an
examination.
He promised to come and make
thorough investigation at a cost OF
over $4,000 to be borne by himself,
and IL he found that the proposition
was feasible and profitable, he agreed
| to accept the franchise and build the
power.
From that time on Mr. Cooper paid
several visits to Keokuk and soon
after securing the option opened up
Offices here, in charge OF number OF
engineers who made complete new
survey Of the river. He has there
fore been at work on the project FOR
4 about four years In the meantime
state legislation has been enacted pro
viding for the taking OF land TO nr
overfiowed and for all other features
in the case and the railroad has made
its survey and laid its plans for the
changing of its tracks. Mr.. Cooper
las. year associated with himself II
the work. NJ. V. Powellson of st
Louis. who has since taking an active
part in the work.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-08
SECURING A FRANCHISE.

The first thing this company tried
to do was 70 secure francnise 10
build dam in the river and they
were successful in this, for franch Sc
was secured from congress on April
s. 1901, for the building of wing dam
in the river at this point.
Possessing franchise, the next
step was to get some one to accept
It as a gift and agree to build the
plant. The project was now safe from
schemers and promoters and the com
pany got out circulars which described
briefly the advantages to be derived
by the building of the dam, and sent
these to engineers and capitalists. III
the effort to interest capital in the
enterprise, 1t was decided that re,
port from an expert would have grea'
weight and Lyman E. Cooley Of chi
cago who built the big drainage canal
and who was a man OF high standing
in the engineering world, was sought
To make a survey, draw up plans anc
estimates, and see whether or not tbs
plan was feasible and profitable. MI
Cooley was secured at a cost Of 81,
500 to do this work. On May 6, 1901
the city council of Keokuk approprl
ated $1,000 -oward this work, and OF
May II the city council of Hamilton
appropriated $500 toward the fund
fThese appropriations werc 'ater re
turned to the cities ar the time the
4,,r Cd NT
Cooper, as will be noted later on.)
Mr.. Cooley came to Keokuk. HI
went to work and together with
number of assistants, spent severa
DAYS upon the river. He made sound
fngs of the rapids from end to en-
and from shore to shore. The rive
records were examined and survey
were made of the shores and Bluffs
He spent several weeks at he tas
and finished his work in midsummer
his report being made to Keokuk O
August rs,
This was the first time that tn
project had been looked into properl
and there was much rejoicing owe
the fact that the noted engineer ha
found that dam could be built her
which would prove a profit on the il
vestment Accompanying his repol
were plans for the dam, and thes
became the property of the compan
With the report and plans of such a
eminent engineer it was thought tn;
there would be but little delay in s
curing some one to accept the fra
chise. but it was four years befol
that man could be secured, for NJ
Cooper did not receive the option u
on the franchise until September
1905.
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structed maintained and operated,
and the said lock with its appurten-
ances, shall be so designed, located.
constructed and equipped, as to per-
nit, at all times during the season OF
navigation, and at any stage OF water,
the safe and convenient navigation OF
steamboats, and other vessels, or of
RATS and barges, through the portion
Of the Mississippi river now occupied
| by the Des Moines rapids, as we'll as
! though the entire Length of the pool
formed by the said dam; And Pro
vided Further, That detailed plans for
| the construction and operation of said
dam. lock and appurtenant works,
shall be submitted to and approved by
| the secretary of war before the COM
mencement OF any portion OF the said
works, and the said works shall be
some engineer officer of the army
4 designated for that purpose, and that
i after the approval of the said plans,
no deviation therefrom shall be made
without the prior approval of the sec
rotary of war of any such deviation;
And Provided Further, That compen-
sation shall be made by the said Keo-
kuk & Hamilton Water Power COM
: Epany to all persons, firms, or corpora
tions whose lands or other property
may be taken, oyerfowed, or othes-
wise damaged by the construction,
: ~, NJ Of the
said works. in accordance with the
: laws of the state where such lands
:, or other property may be situated:
. And Provided Further, That when the
said dam lock and appurtenant works
shall have been completed to the sat
isfaction of the secretary of the war,
. the United States shall assume owner
. ship and control of the said lock and
!. its appurtenances, and thereafter
! shall operate and maintain, forever
at the expense of the United States
the said lock and appurtenances, the
right, however, being reserved to the
said Keokuk & Hamilton Water Pow
e er company to own, control, use. ant
l. sell the power developed at the powe1
a. stations, subject to the restrictions
enumerated in section two
Sec. 2. That the withdrawal 0
a. water from the Mississippi river ant
10 the discharge of water into the sait
n river for the purpose of operating tn
p said power stations and appurtenanc
IS works, shall be under the direction
and control of the secretary of wal
and shall at no time be such as to n
i'd pede Or interfere with the safe an
ID convenient navigation of the sal
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COMMITTEE OF THREE.

Over three years ago, the members
OF the Keokuk and Hamilton Water
Power Company turned over TO COM
mittee composed OF William Logan,
John n. Irwin, A. z. tombstone and G.
P. Dadant, by power OF attorney, all
of their rights and privileges In the
company. a committee being more en-
ergetic and useful than a full list OF
the members and since that time this
committee has done virtually all OF the
work in connection with the project.
Mr.. Irwin passed away shortly after
the committee had returned from
washington and the three surviving
members of the committee carried on
the work from that time on, the power
Of attorney providing for such a case.
This committee effected the reor-
ganization First came the resignation
| of the former directors OF the COM
pany, which were accepted and then
/ the committee turned over the old
! company to the new company and
received s20,c00 in cash for the trans
fe- to Mr.. Cooper OF the water power
/ franchise. Mr.. Cooper held an option
on the franchise for three years and
the money turned over was part Of
the expense paid out by the old com
pany during the progress o" the work
since the late G. p. Birge organized
the company in December, 1899.
/ The committee assigned to the new
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States of America in congress assem-
bled.
Section /. That the assent Of con.
gress is hereby given to the Keokuk
& Hamilton Water Power company, a
corporation created and organized IN.
der the laws of the state of Illinois.
its successors and assigns, to erect,
construct, operate and maintain a
dam, with its crest at an elevation OF
from thirty to thirty-fve feet above
standal low water, across the Mi-sis-
sippi river at or near the foot Of the
Des Moines rapids, from Keokuk,
Iowa, 10 Hamilton, Illinois, and to
construct, operate and maintain power
stations on or in connection with
the said dam, with suitable aecessor-
( les for the development of water pow
er and the generation, use and trans
mission therefrom of electric energy
and power to be derived from the Des
MONIES rapids on the Mississippi
river; Provided, That, in lieu of the
three locks and the dry dock, with
their appurtenances now owned and
operated by the United States, at the
4 Des Moines rapids canal, the said
Keokuk and Hamilton Water Power
company shall build, coincidently witt
the construction of the said dam ant
appurtenances, at locations approved
by the secretary Of war, lock witt
I It's appurtenances; the said lock shall
be of such kind and size and sh 4
have such appurtenances and equip
1 ment as shall conveniently and safe
1 ly accommodate the present and pro
spective commerce of the Mississippi
river; And, Provided Further, Tha
the said dam and appurtenant work
shall be SO designed, located, con
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company all Of the stock in the cor
poration and agreed to pay all pres
emit obligations which included about
s4,50o advance by the city of Keokuk
and nearly one thousand dollars by
Hamilton This money was given out
right to the old company for expenses
several years ago, but the old COM
pany would not accept 7 but with the
understanding that ii possible, it would
be returned to the cities at some fu-
ture date.
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PROJECT ENDORSED.
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At each OF the conventions of the
river Improvement associations, the
Keokuk water power project was
brought up and endorsed. The plans
were changed for a dam straight
across the river, and this brought
doubts into the minds Of some of the
river men. The war department was
appealed to and hearing was held
in Keokuk on May 6, 1903, by the
United States board o engineers to
hear opinions as to the dam being
an aid or a menace to navigation.
The board heard the opinions, but
they were all one-sided and the war
department later officially declared
that the water power dam would prove
a grea. aid to navigation at this point.
on April q, 1904. the late Congress
man B. F. Marsh of Warsaw intro
duced a bill in congress which was
passed, giving the water power com
pany the right to construct a dam
across the river. On December s OF
that year the project was recommend
I ed by Col. A. Mckenzie. chief of en-
gineers Of the war department.
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come mere and investigate the sub
ject. He had two plans in mind, one
for a 10000 horsepower plant and one
for a 10000 horsepower plant, agree
ing to investigate the first for s1,50o,
or the two for $500, making de-
tailed report over his signature. At
ter discussion, the matter passed the
council by a unanimous vote, and a
committee composed of the mayors
of Keokuk and Hamilton, Messrs.
Blrge wallace and Jaeger were APP
pointed to accept the donation and ex-
mend it. Preyiol to that time, Mr..
Cooley had been here and looked over
the ground, then making the offer to
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-08
THE WATER POWER BILL.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESEN-
TATIyES.
APRIL. 81, 1904
Mr.. Marsh introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the COM
mittee on interstate and foreign COM
merce and ordered to be printed.
A BILL
Granting to the Keokuk and Ham
ilton Water Power company rights to
construct and maintain for the i'm.
provement and navigation and develop.
ment of water power, dam across
the Mississippi river.
Be it enacted by the senate and
house of representatives of the United
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THE $4,000 PAYMENT.
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The $4,000 received by the COM
mittee was distributed in this man
ner: The city of Keokuk and the city
of Hamilton were reimbursed in full
for every cent donated in the past
All debts of the old company were
paid and the balance was divided
among the old, members OF the conf
pany. each OF whom put up $100 when
the company was formed in 1889.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-08
NOT EorecastInc.

"Is it true. Mrs. Thrycewed, tha
you got your final decree Of divorce
this morning." asked the woman re-
porter, briskly. rFinal?" naively IN
quired the gracious lady; now. |
would not say that-you know. my
dear, I may marry again. illustrate
ed Sunday Magazine.
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POWER OF ATTORNEY.
= 800 : 100000

The power Of attorney given April
/ 1905, is reproduced herewith IN or
der to show the names of the members
of the old company and how they
agreed to let the work be carried on
by a committee.
We. the undersigned stockholders in
the Keokuk and Hamilton Water Pow
err company, and each OF US, do here
by appoint John N Irwin, William -
gan. G. P. Dadant and A. e. tombstone
as our proxy and representatives in
| the matter of the handling, voting and
disposing of our stock in the Keokuk
and Hamilton Water Power company
| and we and each Of rs individually
for himself, do hereby grant, author
1 lie and empower the said John n. Ir-
/ win, William Logan. c. P. Dadant and
A. E. tombstone, jointly, to have, hold,
use vote and transfer by ale or 9TH
erwise. our stock in the said Keokuk
and Hamilton Water Power company,
it hereby being the intention OF each
signer of this proxy or power OF at
torney, to fully authorize and empoW-
er the said John N Irwin, William Lo-
gan, C. P. Dadant and A. E. tombstone.
or the survivor or survivors OF them
to have full power and control of the
stock represented by US and each OF
us In said company, and full power
and authority Il hereby granted said
persons ABOVE named, their survivor
or survivors. to jointly take action in
with and for US as stockholders oil
such company, as to them jointly may
seem best, hereby ratifying any and
all acts done by said persons above
: named. their survivor or survivors
the same as II we had made such ne
gotiations, transfer or both, ourselves
Dated this first day of April, 1905.
JOHN N. IRWIN,
A. E. TOMBSTONE,
VIM. LOGAN,
VII. BALLINGER,
B. p. TABER.
: r. r. WALLACE,
c.. r. DADANT,
s. r. PARKER,
I r. S. GORDON,
JOHN / SPENCE,
]. n. COLE,
2 G. H. ALBERS,
i D. A. COLLIER,
WELLS NJ. IRWIN
DAVID j. AYRES,
T. w. DAVIS,
= J. B. WE'LL,
}. III. w. HUISKAMP,
q ]. F. DAUGHERTY.
L. A. HAMILL,
c. r. JOY,
u W. B. COLLINS,
= JAMES CAMERON,
= r. F. BALDWIN,
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i 81. Cole. Of Keokt1k.

]. H Cole, OF Keokuk.
Wells NJ. Irwin. of Keokuk.
F. J. Weber. OF keokuk.
D. ]. Ayres, of Keokuk.
Geo. D. Rand, of Keokuk.
j. B. We'll, of Keokuk.
H. W. Huiskamp, of Keokuk-
j. f. Daugherty, of Keokuk.
L. A. Hamill, of Keokuk.
C. r. Joy, of Keoknk.
w. B. Collins, OF keokuk.
James Cameron, of Keokuk.
t. F. Baldwin, OF Keokuk.
R. S. Gordon, of Hamilton.
John I. Spence, of Hamilton.
The stock held by George D.
Edmund Jaeger, c. P. Birge,
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cooLEY5 WORK.
N%~NnA NNN%ANNNNNNe

The city council at its meeting held
May 3, 1901, voted to give $1,000 to-
ward the survey to be made by Mr..
Cooley. Mr.. Cooley was to find out
exactly what there was in the water
power proposition, and agreed to
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-08
IMPORTANT YEAR OF 1905.
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The year of 1905 was the most TN
portant one in the history Of the pro
ject, for it was during that year that
the water power bill passed both
branches Of the house and was signed
by the president 1t was during that
year that Mr. Cooper took charge.
1t was decided that a delegation
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-08

The 100000 received from Mr.
Cooper was divided as follows BY tha
old company:
City Il Keokuk ........... $4,000
City of Hamilton .......- 900
A. E. tombstone. president -. 1000
VIM. Logan, vice president -. 1000
G. P. Dadant, vice president. 900
r. R. Wallace, sec.-treas. 1000
Mrs. John N. Irwin .......... 500
Mrs. G. Birge ..-...........-.. 500
Wells M. Irwin, director ..... 200
D. j. Ayres, director ..... 200
S. R. Parker, director $4,000. 200
To pay up stock .............. 1850
twenty-five stockholders at
1910 eachs ............... 1850
Total ............... $4,000
*These twenty-five stockholders
were as follows: John N. Irwin, A.
E.. tombstone, VIM. Logan. VIM. Bal
linger B. P. Taber, J. H. Cole, D. A.
Collier, Wells M. Irwin, D. J. Ayres,
Frank W. Davis, J. b. Well, H. W.
Huiskamp, J. F. Daugherty, L. A.
Hamill. C. r. Joy, w. B. Collins,
James Cameron, w. j. Roberts and T.
| F. Baldwin, Of Keokuk, R. r. Wallace.
G. P. Dadant, S. r. Parker, R. s. Cor
don and John l. Spence OF Hamilton,
and C. H. Albers of St. Louis.
| This about completes the history Of
| the Keokuk Water Power project to
date. yet the story is far from being
a full one. Ten years effort on one
enterpris, cannot be reviewed in the
space given to this history, but the
1 story tells of the most important
events during the project
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Clark and F. J. Weber was taken up
by F. w. Davis, w. j. Roberts G. H.
Albers D. A. Collier and John N. r.
win, who held the stock until the
franchise was turned over to Mr..
Cooper last october.
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DIVISION or MONEY.
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The $4,000 received from Mr.
Cooper was divided as follows by the
old company.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-09-24
IF They ONLY
Gan CONE BACK

There is much being said, and more
being thought about the return of
the old U. C. T. quartette into the
limelight.
Can they come back?" was the
question put forth by two members OF
the u. c. T. last night in discussing
the temperance of the one time ia
nous band of singers. 1t was finally
agreed that they might come back
but whether they would have
the old time ring and melody in their
music is to be doubted.
Charles Nord, Lew Hart, Frank
Ashelman and II. j. Lewis are the
former Champs who will attempt
to show their II. G. T. brothers week
from this evening that they are still
there. These worthy gentlemen will
give a big jubilee concert next Satur-
day night at the big initiation to be
held by the Fargo council No. So at
the Al. o. u. w. hall. Some years back
this ouartette formed a crew of singers
that was worthy of any organization
and they will again endeavor to dem
onstrate their ability to please and
displease.
The big meeting next Saturday will
be one of the biggest that has been
held for long time among the local
travellers and the committee in charge
hopes to have 1000 commercial trav-
elers to be on hand for the event. At
ter a big bunch of new one ride the
TT. C. r. goat the ladies will appear
and the evening will be turned over to
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-09-24

who are still on the roster of active
membership are Alcimus Almas, Daniel
T. Burns, Peyton G. Crenshaw, Ele L.
Eugen, Frank G. Gardner. William G..
Hunt william +. Leech, William A.
Marvin, Hugh McGingley Seth g..
Wright and Fred Whiting. The char
ter members who are on the roll of
the deceased on the Fargo council are
A. Fl. Cole, Charles e. Marsh and w.
w. Rea.
Thomas C. Akin, A. B. Cornell, ]. s.
Brosnahan, H. F. Jash and Thomas b.
Whitaker are the only ones of the
charter members who have ever with
drawn. Those who have been trans
ferred to other councils during the
seventeen years are: w. G. Adams, #.
II. Elvedge, Rollin S. Gleason, Henry
J. johnson, Thomas Kleinogle, w. 5.
Marsh, d. p. owen, S. ]. Seal and w.
C. Tubbt.
The firse officers Of the council were:
Sr c.. Thomas Kleinogle; Jr. c., Seth
c. Wright; p. c., Peyton Crensl1aw;
secretary, w. S. Marsh; treasurer, w.
C. Tubbs; conductor, w. F. French;
page. Charles Al. Marsh; sentinel.
Thomas b. Whitaker; surgeon, q. M.
Darrow. The first trustees were: Fred
e. whiting, William A. Marvin, Will
liam e. Hunt and Frank G. Gardner.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-09-24

ANNIVERSARY
FARGO COUNCIL NO. IS, U. C. r.,
WAS FOUNDED SEVENTEEN
YEARS AGO ToDAY-HAvE HAD
MOST PROSPEROUS PERIOD OF
GROWTH.

Today marks the 18th anniversary of
Fargo Council No. Sc, of the United
Commercial Travellers of America.
Sept. "a, 1894, with charter list of
100, the local organization was institu
ed with great pomp and ceremony, the
institution taking place in the Odd
Fellows hall. But twenty-eight of the
listed charter members were able to be
present on the occasion.
The Fargo council of the United
Commercial Travellers has been one of
the strongest pushers for greater and
better Fargo during its life of seven
teen years. Many members have come
and gone during that time, but there
are still eleven men who formed the
original twenty eight, that are menu
bers Of the local council.
During the seventeen years that the
local council has been an organization
they have continually met in the same
hall until this September when they
held meeting in the new A. O. u. w.
building They were the first organiza-
tion to hold a meeting in the new build
ing. At the first meeting held in 1894
beautiful silk banner was purchased,
and the council enjoys the distinction
of having the banner in its possession
today and of having 1t carried in every
parade upder the supervision of the
local council.
The charter members of the council
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