The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-05
TRIP OVER The
PROPOSED ROUTE
p.,,nd Returned From Chicago
,,t Night With pittsbura and
Chicago Pro-
motors.
RESULT IS OPTIONAL
yi.It to illinois Towns Between keo-
kuk, Carthage and NIota by
Those Inter
ssted.

Il b. Pound, interurban promoter,
raturned this morning from Chicago
.bere he has been for the past three
weeks, endeavoring to interest con,
struction companies and money in
targets In the building OF the Keokuk-
carthage and Quincy-Nauvoo-Ni ota
electric lines.
Accompanying Mr.. Pound We're j..
" Busch Of Chicago and H. l.. Ker-
her Of Pittsburg, Pa, business men
and promoters Of those two cities.
At . o'clock this morning, the party
left by automobile for Powellton,
Nauyoo. Niota, Carthage and Sciota,
taking in practically all of the pro-
posed route of the two separate lines
which have been talked of.
4 meeting of the temporarily or
ranjzed company of interurban pro
moters formed in keokuk month
ago or more; was to have been held
Two or three weeks past but the SEES
sion has not been called by the presi-
ont in whose hands the matter was
left,
Messrs Kerker and Busch, the two
gentlemen accompanying Mr.. Pound
So far as is known. represent no cor
porations but only private interests.
Carthage Wants interurban.
Carthage is as anxious for the
building of an interurban line to tina.
city as any of the other towns along
,he proposed routes. The Leader says
Of the matter:
with but very little effort on the
part of Carthage, they would be abba
10 secure the interurban, which
would tap the country adjacent to
Carthage and would mean a big boost
to the retail merchants OF the city" A
| prominent and influential resident of
| this city. who is in position to
know whereof he speaks, made the
. foregoing statement one day last
week in speaking OF the prospects OF
an snterurban line this summer.
The gentleman in question has
| studied conditions relative to the road
. to Nauvoo and Carthage and it is his
opinion that II cooperation of the
Carthage business men could be EN-
listed, and concerted action taken
Carthage would be successful in Sc
curing this road which would be one
Of the most profitable lines in the
country.
AT the present time 1t is impossible
for people to go to Nauvoo or Nauvos
people to come - this city withou
spending several hours on the road
But when the interurban line doe:
come it will be built and constructed
ny a company like Stone & Webster
The Rock Island Southern, or the Nc
kinley people, and not by Keiran o
any other promoter.
The road has been graded and
sas, amount of work already done an
ms looks good to men who hay
been over the ground for they vii
have to do all this work.
II some company could be induce
70 enter this city it would afford Cal
mage a trading territory now out Q
reach unless an entire day is consum
Cd In coming and going. And it woul
benefit the retail merchants NOR
tnan any other section now accessible
by the steam roads.
ihis line would place Carthage |
louch with all towns northwest an
" having proper service the peopl
n that section could spend half
Jay or more In Carthage on shoI
ping tour.
Some of our people are skeptic,
ABOUT the interurban being OF an
,,eaefit to Carthage, but we believe
,'he would be great help and woul
lation.
misunderstanding the fact that
s'eat deal of publicity has been give
.ae work relative to efforts to secu,
Wy me, the fart narrative tbat ~