The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-24
Arouses the Enthusiasm of Large Meeting
Held at Hamilton to Discuss Liberal Offer
Of Water-Power Company
REPRESENTATIVE GATHERING CONSIDERS
Many Of the Best Citizens Of the County Unani.
mously Agree That They r1ave Great
Opportunity Before Them

Accepted the proposition of the
water-power company to help build d
model road along the Illinois shore OF
| the lake above the dam from Hamil-
ton to Montrose and urged the proper
officers of Hancock county to carry 1t
into effect without delay.
Appointed committee, at the re
quest of Chief Engineer Cooper, to
verify the engineering data and cost
sheets of the company. This con-
mittee to consist of four supervisors,
including the chairman of the board
| and chairman of its bridge commit
tee, one member from Hamilton, one
from Nauvoo, and one each from Mon
/ tebello, Sonora and Nauvoo townships,
| This committee to be named later
by Chairman Fry, after consultation
with the communities to be represent
/ ed on 1t, and is to report in two
weeks at a meeting to be held at the
same place as the one on Friday after
nool
Found itself unanimous and grew
enthusiastic as the advantages to the
whole county of the new, road unfold
ed themselves under discussion.
That is condensed summary of a
meeting held at the city hall in Ham
ilton Friday afternoon which was COM
posed of as representative body of
the best citizenship of Hancock coun-
I ty as could. he imagined
Best People Of Hancock County.
/ Hon. D. S. Fry, chail man of the
board of supervisors presided and
Earl Wood was secretary. Mayor
| Dougherty called the meeting to or
der Speeches were made by w. H.
Thornber, of Powelton, supervisor OF
Sonora township; Captain Barber,
game warden of the state; S. G. swan
son, supervisor from the extreme
southeast corner of the county and
member of the board OF supervisors;
E. j. Baxter, of Nauvoo; Clarence II.
Hambleton, of the famous l4rm; G.
P. Dadant, Paul, c. NJ. Brant, Eomer
d. Brown, all well-known names ali
over the. county; George w. Dogroot,
of Nauvoo; William NJ. Powers, Fred
Tweston, H. NJ. Elder, president of
the Oldest Hamilton bank, City Clerk
A. L. Macarthur, Mayor Douaherty,
Alderman j. H. Berry, H. B. Kinkaid,
Warren H. Orr, large real estate own
er, Supervisor A. w. Hosford, c.. P.
| Lindsay, John McGregor, and other
men too numerous to mention. The
proposition was explained by R. O.
Marsh, company engineer, himself OF
Hancock county and the son of ex-
Congressman Marsh, and Chief Engi
neer Cooper illuminated it with come
l excellent advice to the people OF
| Hancock county.
The attitude of the large and earn
est meeting may be gathered from the
4 following extracts from things said
on the floor:
Counter Currents of Good viii.
| Chief Engineer Cooper: If you ap
point a committee, and hope you
will, l want to suggest and advise
that you have the whole matter look
ed at from your own standpoint, and
If it isn't worth money to you, don'i
do it-unless it is a general asset and
a benefit to all
I'm New York and Pennsylvania
they have come to an appreciation OF
the value Of hard roads, and each oil
these states is spending sGo,0o0,000 OF
its state highways. This beginning
here will be an incentive for more
and will undoubtedly result in other
good roads in other parts of the
county
1t ought to be apparent to you
that this isn't anything from which
the power company can make any
money; this act on our part is an act
OF good will, and if you do your part
that will be an act of your good will
Make UP your committee of live
men who viii get right into things
and ali through them
Engineer Marsh: "If the townships
and municipalities should have to Dor
row the money needed from then
and leave the bonds for the next gen
Grafton to pay, the interest on ths
debt would be only 800 per year TO,
each of them"
Harris Arguments Hit Hard.
George Fl, Hart: The interest OF
the cost of this real road is squand
cred on the poor roads now ever,
year. I'd like to take any opponent.
: of this proposition over the presen
roads today that would convert an,
+ sensible man.
y don't see how any man within
twenty miles of this river road ca,
oppose 1t. This isn't Hamilton an,
sNauyoo road, but Hancock count,