Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-04-06
PLAN BEING PROMOTED 70 ERECT
IMMENsE-PowER DAM At
DAVENPORT.
BOOSTER CLUB INTERESTS
COMPANY WITH GREAT CAPITAL
PrsIiminariss Being Worked Out
Thrs.Fourths a. Much Power Pos
sibIs Of Development as Obtained at
'ksokuk, With Less Damage to Up
River Property.

Davenport, April 6:-There is a
strong probability that the Greater
Davenport committee will have some
thing of interest to announce within
the next few days concerning the long
cherished dream Of Davenporters-the
construction of a water power dam
across the Mississippi river. For some
! time the committee has been quietly
making inquiries in Chicago and the
east in order to determine the best
! possible method of procedure. The
result is that at luncheon yesterday a
special committee, composed Of E. s.
Johnson, A. F. Dawson. George T. Ba-
| ker and Secretary Clum, met with the
representatives Of eastern capitalists
and went over with them the general
| scheme Of constructing dam across
the river.
The development of water power
| from the Mississippi was one of the
| first matters that was brought to the
attention of Secretary Clum when he
reported here for duty fourteen months
ago and since that time the committee
has been working quietly without any
1 blare of truEtpets or beating Of drums.
The parties who are in Davenport have
ample facilities and experience to carry
this work 70 a successful conclusion
and they are not seeking any financial
support from Davenport, Rock Island
or Moline, altho The construction Of the
dam will be Of equal benefit to each
of the three cities.
Backed BY Much Capital.
| THE gentlemen with whom we are
in touch have invested s10.0O0.00O in
the water power development. and it
is now In operation. are spending 49,,
600, 900 on another one and have plans
under way for three more similar de-
velopments," explained Secretary Clum
THE general plan contemplates the
Ultimate DEVELOPMENT Of over 100000
horse power, the maintenance of con-
slant water levels and deep water for
wharfage in all three cities. the OBJ
iteration of the rapids and increased
low water channel for over fifty miles
Of river, together with other valua BILE
improvements.
| The existence Of a water power pos
sibility at the Tri- Cities has long been
recognized; but thus far, so far as
known, no satisfactory plan has been
evolved for it's development on a large
scale owing probably to the difficulty
OF working out a plan that would avoid
excessive damages to valuable proper
ties and interests in the cities of Dav.
export. Rock Island and Moline, which
are grouped about the lower end Of the
rapids. The development company's
engineers have succeeded, after much
work and careful study, in preparing
satisfactory plan that provides effec-
lively for the development of this
power
THE amount Of flow at the Tri-
Cities is three-fourths of that at Keo-
kuk on the basis Of their drainage
areas. respectively 10000 square miles
and 100000 square miles
The total amount of power that can
be generated at the i-Cities is,
therefore. approximately three -fourths
CT that at Keokuk, or 10000 horse
power, on the basis of the 100000
! horse power proposed for Keokuk."