The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-13
CITY NEWS.

There will be fuil moon toniSnt
M w. A. dance tonight. Agnes
orchestra. ALI rights reserved.
Mrs. Frank Jones Is reported get
ting along very nicely at Rochester,
MINI.
DIR. E. B. Newcomb conducted ser
vices this morning for the late Enoch |
Hugill. at the family residence. zoos
Bank street, at 1890 o'clock.
Money saved in buying harness at
AT st. Louis the crane system OF
freight from steamboats, Will
be used for the first time. This new
system of electric crane handling Will
do away with the large number of ne
gro roustabouts who have been used
in years past.
The latter part of this week or
some time next week, work of excavat-
ing for the cellar and foundation OF
the Decker garage and mandatory
will commence at Third and Blondeau
streets. Material is being hauled
daily to the place where construc-
ton Is to be made and before many
months. the entire plant will have
been built and ready for removal of
the concern now located near the
river front and Blondeau.
Temporarily, Night Yardmaster G.
NJ. Hart of the c., B. & q. yards here
will be general yardmaster until the
return to the city of Harry L. Roberts
I'll No d1rff M
yardmaster in Keokuk. Thos. F. Gal
lagher who intended returning as
yardmaster after fifteen days yaca-
ton on account of impaired health,
resigned the latter part of the week.
and it is stated he has accepted a
position with Keokuk and Hamilton
Water Power Co, as yardmaster and
have charge of the rolling stock of the
power people. Mr.. Roberts will move
his household goods and family here
shortly.
Great gullies and crossings OF
mud everywhere did not prove too
much of an impcd:ment Sunday for
the several hundred persons and In
terested sight-seers who visited both
/ shores Of the river to see the progress
made in the past couple Of weeks or
the water power works. Sew
eral gangs we're working yes
, terday afternoon and the To-
/ comotive on the Iowa shore was busy
| during the day making trips back and
forth across the bridge to the false
/ structure along the dixie or dump
/ as 1t is often termed. Even Sunday
! has become busy day in certain
i classes of the work Of building the
| dam and a good idea of the manner
in which the project is being rushed
through to completion can be obtain
ed by visitors each week.
A well known travelling man who
makes" Keokuk in his business row
ings sent the following pie-countel
news note to a friend here-a DIR,
good merchant by tho way. The clip
I ping is taken from a New York papel
by the man with the grip. At the bot
tom of brief note sent the Keokui
merchant, Mr.. Travelling Man says
land she must be from Memphis.
The clipped piece reads: "A woman
from somewhere west of keokuk wa
delighted with Eaince pie she hat
for dinner at hotel night before las
and asked the waiter if she could no
buy a whole ona The waiter conferr
ed with the head waiter and the lat
ter conferred with the chef and IN
formed the visitor it was possible
She ordered one to be sent to he
room YESTERDAY The bill accompanies
it. 1t was for Sips. That's five time
as much as ever paid for a pie i
nv life commented the woman la
er, "but / ate the whole pie, and tn
; enioyment was worth what it cost.
Bookings are being made at thi
early date by local societies fo
steamer excursion dates next summe
The "W. W. and the new y. s.
formerly the Sidney of the damon
10 line company, will have all the
| can do this season as soon as the e.
cursion business opens up. The COZ
ing summer months of the year al
/ expected to be the busiest in tt
] history of pleasure boating both
Il and out of this city, as Keokuk
H the center of new attraction no
H with the building of the famous po'
II er dam. The Sidney" which is to
II re-christened the 81. s. will be ia
II en- south to Paducah, KY. just as 500
II as the river opens up enough to pc
II init her passage down stream. At T.
II port the boat will be thoroughly ove
H hauled and remodeled into the popul
j type of excursion boat The pack
dubuque" will be run in the she
: line commercial -rade. it is expecte
between St Louis and Davenpo
! The Quincy and st. Paul will ent
the through traffic between the tw
cities, st. Paul and Minneapolis, a
the southern terminal, st. Lou
Schedules that will be both popul
and beneficial to shippers and t