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Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-10-06
Secret Societies.

Secret societies are so ancient that
their origin is lost In the mists Of the
past. They existed In Egypt, Persia,
India, at the earliest times with
which history or,legend gives us any
insight. 1t ~ to be natural for
men to organize such societies for both
good and evil purposes. Nearly all the
ancient religions were Of a two faced
character, popular and secret, or, as
they are called, "esoteric" and Tex
oteric," the first for the few, the In
itiated. the second for the rank and
fle. The philosophers would teach ons
thing to the masses of the people and
another to the select few who made up
the elmer circle" Cicero tells us that
the wise men of Rome and Greece be-
lieved quite differently from the com
mon run of Greeks and Romans.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-10-06

How blessings brighten iii 1bev aakss
essas aizlattyQnng
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-10-06
MATAWAN

J. G. Ponderford has rented the
adjoining farm In connection with
the one he now owns, proposing to
run an extensive chicken farm. He
has bought 500 single comb White
Leghorns, added to what he now
has, making a total of about ten
thousand chickens.
Miss Naomi Bedle entertained a
straw load of young people from
South Amboy Wednesday evening.
The out of town gusts we're: Misses
Leila Lisk, Sarah Sprague, Mae
Brown, Mary Hardy and Florence
Parisen, Albert Haines, William
Lambertson, Lawrence Atkinson and
James Moran. Those from Matwan
were: Misses Bess Fury, Mildred
mons and Meta Thompson, Ray Dew
lin. August Kat2er, Frank Dominick
and Harold Close.
The Pennsylvania Clary Works is
Installing electric lights throughout
the building: also an electro engine.
The iron foundry is Installing a
new one hundred and fifty horse
power boiler, weighing ten tons.
Mrs. D.. J. Fairy is visiting
friends In Newark.
Glenwood Council, r. -, will be
visited next Tuesday by some of the
grand council officers.
The Daughters of the Covenant"
OF the First Baptist church are pre-
pairing to give Aunt Hannah's
Quilting Party" on November 8.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-10-06

KEANsBuRG

The Ladies' Aid Society, of the NJ,
e. church. are planning to hold q
Harvest Home In the church parlors
Thursday night, October 10. Fruits
and vegetables of all descriptions
with be on sale during te evening.
An entertainment will be given for
the benefit of the church by the
younger class. An urgent invitation
Is extended to all.
Mrs. Frederick George has rented
the grocery store formerly run by
Mrs. Thomas Ahearn In Palmer ave
nue., and WIFI conduct a grocery and
vegetable mrre-ct this comnfg winter.
Mrs. Henry Alderman and chill
dren LEFT today for PIainfieid, where
they will visit relatives or several
DAYS,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-10-06
BY FALL
OFF ice WAGON
Edward Holmes Dragged BY
Team at MataWan.
spesssts to "a. rrva

Matawan, Oct. 6.-Edward
Holmes fell from the ice wagon on
Thursday while in front Of William
g. Bodies residence in Broad street.
His feet caught in the lines and
the horses started, dragging him
about ten feet before he was able
to extricate himself. He Was cut
quite badly about the head. The
accident was caused by the seat slip
ping.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-10-06
HONOR PUPILS
AT kEANSBURG
Perfect Attendance During
the Past Month.
s,.ssai to "a. BvssIsa Nsws.

Keansburg Oct. 6:-Following is
he list OF scholars with perfect at
|tendanee In the Keansburg schools
the month OF September:
Room Edna Olcot, Catherine
.lacon, Margueret Bacon, Abbie
foulks, Agnus Seeley, Isabella See
ey. Olive Thorne, Ella Havens,
ey, Olive horne, Ella Ravens, Frank
frank Frazel. and Keneth Thorne.
Room 2-Everett Dyer, Marie
Kegley. Henrietta Olcott, Adeline
S.nith, Mamie Wallace. Althea Car
an and Marjorie Graves.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-10-06
kEYPORT
HOUSE BURNED
AT kEANSBURG
Bungalow of Hebert Walsh
is Total Loss.
Special % the BvENrNo NEWS.

Keansburg, Oct. GA mysterious
fire a discovered In the bungalow
OF Herbert Walsh, in Palmer ave
U about 2 o'clock yesterday
morning. The building and it's en-
tire contents was burned to the
ground before assistance could reach
the scene. Mr.. Walsh closed the place
= Few days ago and went to his
home In New York for the winter.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-10-06

Read the classified advertisements
for news of interest to all.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-10-06
When Marketinu,

A bushel of potatoes should weigh
sixty pounds without the basket, as
provided by law.
The eyes of a fresh fish r bright,
not glazed. The flesh ts firm, the glls
red and the odor natural, but not of
fensive.
There Is no blue or green hnge
about the veins OF good poultry. This
Is a mark Of decay the careful buyer
should not fail to observe.
Yellow feet and bills are the mark
OF a young goose.
Read the classified advertisements
tor unwq Op uforouf - ,f1
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-10-06
NARROW ESCAPE FOR
PORT MONMOUTH WOMAN


Port Monmouth, Oct. GA large
touring car swung around the corner
OF Broad and Front streets at Red
Bank Thursday afternoon, striking
Mrs. Henry Walling, ( this -Sace.
She was knocked down and her
clothing badly torn. She received
several scratches and was badly
frightened. Mrs. Walling was for
merly Miss Sadie Boyd, Of Totem
Vile.
Let h NEWS telr xnur ~~nxr
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-10-06
Hia Ahan

How do you propose to -.--,a. ~
daughter. young man
But. sir, | was emily proposing IL
marry her."-Exchange
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-10-06

Try our exchange cofumn No
answer, no pay. Two cents for every
reply received.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-20

money is all in sight and there is no
known obstacle in the way of pushing
the dam to completion rapidly.
Fat Dividends in Prospect.
But even at the enormous cost OF
the, work, which is estimated at from
s16000,000 to s20,000,0O0, there IS
promise of large profit in it, once
built, the maintenance cost of the dam
and power house will be small. II
100000 horsepower finally is sold at
an average of $40 per year, the gross
revenue will be something like S4,.
100000 II is estimated that this VIII
pay all expenses and upkeep and leave
a fat dividend every year
Keokuk is truly awake at last to its
opportunities, after years of dream
ing about greatness, and it enjoys
what most dreamers do not enjoy
q realization that its dreams are COM
ing true.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-20

ing Is almost ready for use. In fact
the illinois plant is almost ready In all
It's detail and little locomotives are
pushing and pulling little dump cars
mat carry cement 10 the main dam.
which by the way will be almost 4
mile in length
on the iowa side the plant is being
rapidly assembled and side tracks are
pelng lad along the bluff to accommo-
cate the hundreds Of cars OF material
lnat VIII be required to build the dam
INC force has already built bridge
across the canal and is now putting in
swinging bridge SO that river traffic
VIII not be impeded. The Golfer dam
crew Is reaching out into the river and
making preparations for the big power
mousse dry docks and lock on the Iowa
SIDE. The construction of this dam
across the Mississippi will be big aid
10 navigation as it will do away with
inc present three lock system and one
VIII be used, thereby saving almost
Two hours for steamboats, in going
through the locks while the govern
ment maintenance viii be reduced
about $4,000.
Largest OF Kind in World
fnis dam will be the largest single
electrical producer in the world. it's
maximum capacity being 200 900 horse
power. Its cost will approximate
S20,000,000 and its benefits to the Mis-
sissippi valley of inestimable value.
1t will create an industrial section
Within the next ten years that will be
marvellous and the Transformation
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-20

is being carried toward the river on
the Illinois side and laid down in the
dam trench proper One of the illus
trstions herewith shows number OF
concrete piers already partly con-
structed and there is one thousand
feet of cement already placed. the
power people have construction plants
ON both sides of the river. The force
on the Illinois side at present is en-
gagged in laying cement ON the main
dam and erecting a mammoth stone
crusher plant. one OF these crushers
having capacity for devouring a car
load OF stone at time
Mixing Plants Established
A battery of four cement mixing
plants have been erected and one OF
these is already operating and the
three remaining ones will be in opera
ton within very few weeks. The
power station on the Illinois side for
air COMPRESSOR use and electric light
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-20

Nina hundred men, supplied with
modern mechanical equipment, and
backed by efficient engineering skill,
are now at work in the Mississippi
river ar Keokuk building concrete
dam across the river from Keokuk to
Hamilton, Ill. The present force of
workmen will be augmented, and by
tine first of June 1000 men will be
working on an engineering feat which
q few years ago men said was an i'm
possible task. In fact it was not
more than a dozen years ago when
learned journalist complimented the
ideas OF the people who predicted such
an accomplishment as the ideas OF
fool. In these days of mechanical ac-
complishments and scientific discoy-
cries the impossible is being discount
ed almost daily.
Cooper the Man at the Helm
1t is not easily comprehended-thi
stupendous task of Harvesting the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-20

vertical steel shaft, ON the lower
part OF which will be two turbines or
water wheels; on the upper part will
be the revolving parts OF the genera
tors. The weight OF all these moving
lpalts viii be carried on q suitable
thrust bearing located in a chamber
Just below the generator Each unit
will have its own speed governor and
auxiliary apparatus.
To keep floating ice and logs from
entering the power house an ice fen
der will be built upstream from the
upper end OF the power house and
curving in to a junction with the
shore. This Will be $500 feet long.
built of concrete masonry. To the eye
II viii appear as a solid wall fencing
eff the power house from the river.
There will, however. be large arched
openings below the water level.
through which the water will find its
way to the power house.
! There will be required in the con-
struction approximately 100000 cubic
Yards of masonry. 100000 barrels of
cement and I.Ge0 tons OF STEEL
The operating head will vary from
80 to p feet. There will be developed
and for sale 100000 electrical horse
power
The first long distance transmission
line will be run TO St Louis. As the
power market develops transmission
lines will be run in other directions
radisting from keokuk and Hamilton.
1t Is expected that the initial install
lation OF 10000 horse power will be
completed in two and one-half years.
Hor- n Nox E;popocd
Very little has been said about the
financial end of this big undertaking
but Stone G. Webster OF Boston
Mass. are directly responsible for that
important end OF the deal. having been
able after hard work and through the
rntiling efforts of Mr. Cooper to as
semble syndicate that put up the
money to not only start, but complete
the work. Considerable of the money
IS from Canadian and English capital
lists. Nir Cooper's difficulty in getting
the enterprise financed vas the large
amount of capital required Had ii
been a six or seven million dollar pro-
JET The task would have been accom-
plished years ago. but when it takes
twenty million or more the assign
ment was one that required time
patience and determination that few
men possess.
Sells Power to st. Louis.
Tie signing of contract for co.
600 horse power to be delivered to the
United Railways Co. OF st. Louis was
really the turning point in the history
Of the undertaking. as this contract
wiil furnish All income OF approx
mately a million dollars year. The
transmission line from Keokuk to st.
Louis will cost between $1,000 ,00o and
s3,00o,000. Power will be served to
Quincy and Hannibal on the way. and
other transmission lines will be
erected as the demand develops. Al
ready large manufacturing enterprises
are asking for rates and contracts.
The city of Keokuk and the little
town of Hamilton across the river are
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-20

Will come from the cheap manufacture
ing power. Already numerous enter
prises are figuring on locating here
and many factory site options have
been taken. One of the more preten-
tious projects has to do with the
Transforming OF baxuite clay into
aluminium. This clay is found in
Arkansas near the Mississippi river
and can be transported to Keokuk by
water at little cost. Other raw mater
ials may be brought here at the same
advantage.
New Canal and Dry Dock Necessary.
When the dam is completed the fine
canal and dry dock built by the gov
eminent will be submerged. This
canal. constructed forty years ago at
cost of $S000.000 and maintained at
cost of $4,000 annually. will be
completely drowned under the waters
and made useless. But the construc-
ton company must replace this old
canal with new one; that Is a condi-
ton Of its franchise. 1t must build
single lock canal in place of the
present three lock canal, and make IL
big enough to allow boats or RATS.
either one, to acend or decend; it must
also replace the present dry dock with
a new one, and furnish electricity for
ever to both canal and dry dock
All this will cost enormous sums of
money. The company is prepared to
spend $20,000,000 all told.
Because it takes so much, it has
taken so long to organize and finance
the project. AS long ago as 1S4S a
Mississippi River Improvement assoc
citation was organized with n capital
stock of $1,O00,0OO to harness up this
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-20

mighty Mississippi with its swift run
ming current at the foot of the rapids.
For more than fifty years it has been
the dream of the people OF Keokuk
that some day an engineer with sufici-
ent skill could be found who was equal
TO the task and that individual was dis
covered in September, 1905. in Hugh I.
Cooper, so Wall street, New York CITY
1t is pertinent to remark at this point
that his location had nothing 10 do
with financing the water power but
much TO do with not financing ii from
"Croesus" street. Mr. Cooper's ac-
complishments are erected in cement
monuments in Brazil. plant in
Mexico, at McCall's Ferry, in Niagara.
and at other places that might be men
toned. He took up the Mississippi
river project little more than five
years ago and the larger portion OF
his time has been consumed in both
physical and financial preparation for
the big work now in actual operation
He is the chief engineer and is ably
assisted by the best engineering help
ers possible to secure It is the in
tention OF Mr. Cooper to break all con-
struction records on the Keokuk dam
and by the first of July, 1913. 100000
OF the maximum 200 00G electric horse
power Will be ready for commercial
purposes
Twelve Locomotives Used
a, ~ oIaer TO accomplish this result
or., iioss modern and massive machin-
il is a ling put in place and much of
locor a.tineady in operation. Twelve
70 are now in use and cement
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-20

feeling the effects OF the enterprise
and thousands and thousands of visit
ors will be here during the summer to
inspect the work.
The right to construct the dam
across the river was secured by bill
passed by congress several years ago.
in which Judge William Logan, A. E.
tombstone. John n. Irwin and other
keokuk gentlemen took an active part.
The building OF the dam is practical
conservation and will make the Mis-
sissippi valley the industrial Pittsburg
of the west.
Tie power that ST. Louis will get
will be transmitted 200 miles. When
it gets there, it will be sold at some
thing like a rate of s25 per horse
power per year. That is price with
large profit in it for the dam company,
and yet a price that is cheap to the
consumer, who now pays something
like 800 per horse power per year for
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-20
At Keoluk the power will be still

At Keoluk the power will be still
cheaper, because of uhe saving in
and other expenses.
There it will be sold for something
IKE SIS per horsepower per year.
That means that where electric lights
of 16 candle power now cost perhaps
two-thirds or three-quarters of a cent
per hour each, they will cost about
ene-eighteenth of a cent per hour with
the water generated electricity. Where
now an electric heater large enough
for an ordinary room is prohibitive
because of the electricity's cost, with
the new power it can be used for little
more than Sl.50 per month. Where
now Keokuk folks do their cooking ON
coal and gas stoves, they
will be able to use electrical cooking
devices at less than the cost of coal or
gas.
Keokuk VIII Profit Greatly.
But at lSeokuk the greatest boon
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-20

downstream face will be an ogee
curve, the upper portion q parbola
over wtlien the water will spill the
lover portion an arc OF circle,
which will throw the water horizon
tally away from the toe or the dam.
On top Of the spillway will be
placed 1l9 steel food gates. SO feet
vide End j feet high, supported by
concrete piers. These piers will be
six feet thick, and will be built in
tegral with the dam. The piers also
support an 3rched bridge, from which
the gates will be operated By electric
hoists. BY manipulating these gates
the water above the dam will be
maintained al a nearly constant level
at all seasons.
The dam will be built entirely of
massive concrete, without reinforce
ment of any kind. il will be locked
firmly into the rock bed OF the river
and Will be practically monolith.
The power house will be 400 feet
long and i23 feet wide. The sub
structure viii be built OF massive con-
crete. in which will be nodded the
water passages and water wheel
chambers. On top of this will be
built the suDerstructure, house Of
concrete, brick and steel The super
structure viii contain the electric
generators. transformers and switch
boards. The height OF the power house
from foundation to roof viii be 1873
feet
Thirty Generators.
There VIII be thirty power general
ing units. Each unit will consist OF
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-20

within that time Will stump even the
oldest inhapitant.'
Description of the Plant
A brief description of this great
hydro-electric enterprise is of decided
interest. and is as follows
This company will develop the power
OF the Des Moines rapids OF the Mis-
sissippi river at Keosuk, Ia, and
Hamilton, H.
The developing works will consist
OF dam built across the river at the
foot OF the rapids, and a power house
Immediately below the dam and par
allel with the stream, on the Keokuk
side
The dam. including abutments, will
be 400 feet long, or seven-eishths
of mile. The spill-way section
VIII be 427S feet in length. The
height will be 90 feet above the river
bed and it's base ~ feet wide. The
upstream face will be vertical The
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-20
water power at keokuk. But this
company never did anything. 1t never

water power at keokuk. But this
company never did anything. 1t never
even got franchise from the govern
ment, because the project was so big
that it had never given assurance OF
financial or engineering ability to
carry it through successfully. Some
thing like ten years ago the scheme
was revived. and in February. 1906, a
franchise was secured from congress
after much maneuyering, authorizing
the building of the dam and the de.
velopment of the power of the Des
Moines rapids. Under the terms OF
this franchise 1t was necessary to
begin work in five years and to COM
plete it within ten. The five-year
period expired year ago. Mr.. Cooper
and his associates barely made their
financial arrangements in time to
save their fanchise, the raising of the
millions necessary being such ain
enormous task Now, however. the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-20
Good Credentials

Lady rat bird fancier's) -And you
guarantee that this parrot can talk
Fancier--Talk! Why, madam, !
brought him from a women's club be-
GAUGE all the members are jealous OF
him Columbia Jester.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-20
Conc TO Waste

II don't like the way they reported
my speech" complained the new con-
gresham.
why they sprinkled in plenty OF
laughter and applause
Yes; but how about all them ges-
lures. Washington Herald.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-20
Harvesting the Father Of Waters

The Work Of Constructing
Dam Across the Mississippi
River at Keoluk, IN Order
that the Power Gong to Waste
Over the Des MONIES Rapids
May Be Utilized. at Last I'm
der Way. After Many Years
Of Waiting and Dreaming.
To Be the Greatest Dam in the World Save
One, Engineers Estimating that 1t Will
Ultimately Develop 100000 Horsepower,
Force that Would Turn Every Wheel in
Iowa-Cost of the Project to Be Between
$16,OOO,OOO and $2O,OOO,OOO, and 1t Is
Expected that All Will Be in Readiness
to Turn on the Power in 1913
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-20

power. The saving to
st. Louis from the use of the 10000
alone viii be nearly 3d.
900 900 ner YPar
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-20
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Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-11-08
CIRCUIT COURT
APPROVES PLAN
Dissolution of the American
Tobacco Company With
Notifications
PROPOSITION IS NOT PERFECT
Judges Have No Power to Order
Cigar Stores of Com.
pany Sold.

CIV Special Leased Wire to New Mexican)
New York, Nov. 8.-The United
States circuit court handed down de.
cision here today approving the plan
OF dissolution Of the American Tobac-
co Company with notifications. The
court in its decision says that provi.
sion should be made in carrying out
the plan for keeping intact the books
and records of the American Tobacco
Company and it's present constitu-
ents, so that they shall be available
and subject to legislation to the same
extent as at present, in suits for ac-
counting and other existing litigation.
Judge Coke, in hrs opinion says
Il approve the proposed plan not
because l think it is perfect but be.
cause it is the best plan oblainable.'
Judge LaCombe says in his opinion
that the twenty-nine individual de-
PENDANTS in this suit shall not in.
crease their control over any of the
corporations now in the combination
for the three years. He also says the
court has no power to grant the re-
quest that the United Cigar Stores
Company stock be sold and distribut.
ed.