The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-27
offcIaIdom Of tho state Comes 10
See the Building Of the Greatest
Water Power on Her
Bordcra
ALL MOVE ON HAMILTON
Population Of the State House Taken
all over Greatest CONSTRUCTION
Plant il Observation
Special Train.

Debarktng from special train Of
the Wabash railroad at Hamilton at
noon today, practically all the state
officers Of Illinois climbed aboard a
special train Of observation cars Of
the Mississippi River Power company
and we're taken all over the works on
the fifteen miles OF track which Is a
part of the equipment for building the
big dam, power house. lock and the
rest of it.
Their earnest desire to see the
building of the greatest water power
ir the world on the western border of
the state is the prime cause Of the
visit of the party Of about $50 states
men to Hamilton and the water power
works today. The trip was arranged
BY ex-senator o. F. Berry, chairman
Of the railroad and warehouse com
mission, who invited everybody with a
title to accompany the commission on
It's first day Of inspection this week,
the trip being over the Wabash lines
from Springfield to Hamilton.
Handsomely Entertained.
The party was handsomely enter
tanned besides being given special
view of the building OF the greatest
water power. Hamilton rendered the
party luncheon at once upon arrival
and dinner this evening Just before
their departure, the viands being
served in the fine Ringland grove on
the bluff overlooking the entire works
and miles Of territory. The pat
ronesses were the club women OF Ham
ilton, and the walters were bonnie
school girls.
Immediately after luncheon the OBJ
servation special started again and
took the party all over the Hamilton
division of the works so that they
saw the great dam from every view
point. Chief Engineer Cooper did the
honors to the party in the works.
While out at the end of the dam
structure stretching across the river
from Hamilton, most OF the Illinois
state government was in Iowa from
me time they crossed the state line In
the middle Of the old navigable chan
mel OF the river.
Over Miles Of Works.
Inc party did not need to leave the
observation cars of the water power
Train as 1t was run over the fifteen
miles OF tracks in the works and he
connecting line over the bridge.
After seeing the dam itself, they
were brought over to the Keokuk side
o. the river and taken all over the I'm
mense works inside the big Golfer dam
~ the bottom of the river on the Iowa
side '-
They saw every feature of the work
IN progress, part Of the time running
o. Top OF the cofferdam wall, and part
q the time being down in the bottom
o. the tail race excavation. twenty.
nYe feet below the bottom Of the Mis-
sissippi. -, = \
Most Of the party return to Spring
nelo on Wabash special, but the
rsiircad and warehouse commission
goes to East st. Louis to continue it's
INSPECTION, ms OF the Wabash railroad in.
Illinois.
Whole County Appreciates.
The whole county appreciates the
x'sit OF so many prominent citizens OF
,he state, and every effort was made
this. = =
me county officers. those In the
court house and the board OF super
'isors which is a large one in Han
g, county, we're invited by the Ham
nton people to be fellow guests with
'ne state officers and largely respond
&c to the invitation.
A Hamilton committee went to Car
image In automobiles this morning to