The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-24
CONSULTATION OF
TWO ENGINEERS
Messrs. Morse Of Santa Fe and Coop
err Of Mississippi River Power
Company Together on
Monday.
REGARDING SANTA FE
The Problem Of How to Best Arrest
any Damage From Seepage in
the Roundhouse Was
Discussed.
REGARDING SANTA FE

Santa Fe, was in conference in Fort
Madison on Monday with Hugh l..
Cooper, chief engineer of the Missis-
sippi River Power company. OF the
meeting between these two engineers
the Fort Madison Democrat says:
c.. A. Morse, chief engineer of the
great A., t. & S. F. railway system,
arrived in Fort Madison from Topeka
early Monday morning in his private
car and left early this morning for
Chicago. where he will remain the
rest of the week on business connect
ed with his Office.
Mr.. Morse's object in coming to
Fort Madison was to meet Hugh L..
Cooper, chief engineer and promoter
of the great work of Harvesting the
Mississippi river by the building of
the record-breaking Keokul- Hamil-
ton power dam by the Mississippi
River Power company. Some time
ago Mr.. Morse was notified by Mr..
Cooper that the profile maps of the
Iowa side of the river from Keokuk
| to above Fort Madison would be COM
pleted by May IL and ready for in
| spection any time after that date.
| Mr.. Cooper also suggested that Mr..
Morse make with him personal visit
| of inspection of the line of the pro-
| posed work between the two cities
and the work now being done on the
| dam. On his part, Mr.. Morse wanted
Mr. Cooper to personally visit the
Santa Fe shop 10 INT and yards at
set for the meeting.
4 Monday morning Mr.. Cooper ar
rived in Fort Madison at S:25 and a
short time thereafter the two gentle
men and their secretaries embarked
on the Power Co. launch, Sun
day to await their convenience. A
landing was made at Shopton, where
Mr.. Cooper was shown the big shop
| plant, roundhouse, ETC., and where
the water levels of the profile were
compared with the actual buildings
4 yards and tracks.
AS several times before stated in
the Democrat, the highest proposed
level of the water of the river after
the dam sh,.li have been completed
both units or installations-will not
4 rise to the base lines of the perma
nent shops and buildings at Shopton
! Ali tales to the contrary are pipe
4 dreams. 1t is expected, however, that
i the constant high stage of water viii
I produce more or less seepage into the
! pits of the roundhouse and shops
y and that water will be backed up into
the sewers to more or less detriment
to the yards and plant unless con
4 trolled
i The problem OF how to best arrest
4 any damage from the sources men
4 toned was discussed Monday by the
two engineers-als the matter Of
4 drainage of surface water from rain
falls. Ore plan suggested by Mr.
/ Cooper is the building of dyke OF
/ piling at the rivers edge and east
and west of Shopton, made water
tight from well above the surface OF
the ground down through the water
bearing sand to solid bottom, and to
establish a pumping station to care
for unavoidable seepage and surface
water
Whether or not this plan will be
! adopted is among the things I'M
known. 1t and other plans will be
carefully gone over and worked out
and the best one selected after fur
Their consultation. It will probably
,eouire two or three months time to
work out the various propositions,
which work will. of course, be done
nv the NJ. R P. Co. engineers. Con
siderable needed data from the Santa
Fe standpoint was furnished Mr
Cooper by Mr.. Morse, and other
needed figures, maps, etc, OF the
railway are to be given him to assist
In working out the plans.
Having finished their Inspection OF
the Santa Fe plant the party re-em
harked on the Sunshine" and pro
ceeded to Keolluk, where Mr.. Morse
/ was shown over the work now in pro
press and was, the guest of Mr.. Coop
81 tho rest of the day He re