The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-02
Construction Of Line From keokuk to
St. Louis VIII Soon be Under
Way, According to
Bouscaren.
FIRST STRETCH is MILES
First Tower on illinois Side Will be
Placed on the Old Aiberts
Property South OF
the Dam.

AHS olOne ana WEBSTER engineer
ing corporation has completed plans
and details for the transmission line
from Keokuk to ST. Louis and will be-
gin construction work next week If
possible, according to statement
made today by l.. H. G. Bouscaren,
who Is in charge of the work The
line will transmit power 1877 miles
and will be erected at cost of near
ly two million dollars.
The first work will be done on the
Hamilton side of the river, the trans
mission line crossing the Mississippi
from the power house at Keokuk to a
tower on the old Alberts place just
below the dam. 1t will then follow the
Mississippi river to point opposite
st. Louis, cross the river and then
cross the Missouri into the metropo-
lis.
Before actual construction of the
towers begin, the company will con-
struct telephone system for fifteen
miles south from Hamilton. Only
work on the first fifteen miles of the
transmission line will be done this
fall
The towers which will support the
six cables that will carry the electric
current will, be eighty feet in height
and will be erected on concrete foot
I ings sixteen feet square.
While the force which will begin
work in, a short time will be a small
one, not less than. two hundred men
will be employed when the construc-
ton is carried on along extensive
lines.
The Right of Way.
The right of way is 100 feet wide
the greater. part of the way, but in
places the width is $50 feet. Among
the incidental projects which may
be realized are new double track
electric railway along the route in
fSt Louis county, and an interurbar
railway from Keokuk, Iowa, to Quin
cy, Ill.
The cables will be carried across
the Mississippi river at Alton to the
Missouri shore, and across the Mis-
souri, river from north to south al
Mullanphy's Island, about six miles
below st. Charles. Thence the line
4 will run to Florissant The route from
Florissant probably will parallel the
list. Louis city limits for several miles
4 Steel towers $50 feet high will sup
port the heavy cables across the Mis-
sissippi and Missouri The clearance
between the water and cables will
correspond with federal regulations fol
navigation
The Mississippi River Distributin,
company will be the intermediary be
tween the producers and purveyors IL
St Louis.
The power company will sell thu
current to the distributing compan.
for SIS a kiiowat a year, and thu
4 distributing company will sell to tn,
i United Railways and Union Electric
Light and Power company for $25
The difference of 81 a kilowatt is in
tended to cover transmission and 81
Louis expenses.
The power, distributing railway AM
lighting companies. which are partie
j to the several contracts, are CONTROL
ed by the North American company
The transforming station, wher
the current will be stepped down
from 100000 to 5000 horse power
probably will be near Suburban Gal
den.
Most of the cables and wires il
st. 10 lis will be laid under ground
There will be about 100 lines of sui
way. The right of way of the Hold
amont street car line probably wi
be used largely for the undergroun
lines.
Water power never has been fur
nished to a great center the size c
/ st. Louis. The dam will be one {
the largest in the world, and tn
transmission line will be about IA
miles long.