The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-11-21
A COMPLIMENT
TO LOCAL men
Secretary of America civic Assocla.
tlon Recommends John Nolsn
Without Knowing He Had
Heen Secured.
CAMPAIGN TO BEGIN
Raising the PubIic's Part Of the e..
pense VIII be Begun In Ernest
by the Many Lieu
tenants.

nam Balllnger, chairman of the com
mittee In charge of the city planning
fund, the lieutenants will begin an
active canvass so that the money
necessary may be secured as soon as
possible.
Each one OF the three hundred and
nrty-two block of the city will be
canvassed. The total amount allotted
to the citizens to be collected through
the efforts Of the lieutenants is about
$4,000 or but little more than ten
cents for each inhabitant and there
should be no difficulty In raising the
money
A general plan Of asking that the
amounts donated range between TWEEN
ty-nve cents and eight dollars has
been adopted. OF course, any public
spirited citizen who desires to give
more than eight dollars will not be
disappointed and the minimum
amount is placed as low as twenty
five cents In order to give the chill
dren chance to contribute to work
that means more for them in the fu-
ture than it does for the present gen
Grafton
A Wise Choice.
An unusual incident is related by
Messrs. Joy, Wills and Dewitt during
their recent visit to Washington to
assist in the rate case hearings. The
| gentlemen called upon Richard d.
/ Watrous, secretary of the Civic Assoc
citation of America, and of which the
| Keokuk Industrial Association is a
member
They told Mr.. Watrous, who is an
eminent authority upon all civic mat
tiers, of the work that had been begun
here through the appointment of com,
tmittees and Mr.. Watrous compliment
ed the men upon the work and Their
said: Now, the first thing you want
to do to carry out the work you have
begun is to secure man to plan the
future growth of your city for you
1t is not my business TO recommend
any man to you but | have In mind
just now the very man you need fol
the difficult task that confronts you
Z. He is an eminent authority upon all
matters of city building and mar
who would attack your problems in
Just the right manner You could moi
search the country over and find 9
man better fitted to do the work thar
= John Nolen, of Cambridge, Mass.
and should you secure him to do the
work you will never have cause to re
greet it, am sure.
The local men then informed Mr.
Watrous that they had already secur
ed Mr. Nolen and that he would begin
the work very soon. When Mr.. Bal
Finger heard OF the incident he was
much elated to be able to tell the
people that the man who would do the
city planning work has been recon-
mended by man Of such reputation
as Mr.. Watrous. The Endorsement Of
Mr.. Watrous, coming in the manner
1t did. is a very high compliment te
the men who have secured Mr.. Nolen
The River Front.
One of the problems which Mr.
Nolen's contract calls for In his study
and advice but not thought of general
lily by the public is that of water front
improvements. With the completion
OF the dam life on the river is expect
ed to take on a new lease and the de-
cision of the Upper Mississippi River
Association to secure the introduc
ton of bills in the legislature giving
cities authority to condemn water
fronts and build public warehouses
and wharfs may mean eventually ar
entirely different looking river front
from the one now displayed to the
public eye in this city. The expert
advice of Mr.. Nolen could be no bet
ter applied than on this question.
Also with some action expected h
|be submitted on new city hall II
the near future comes again the prob
! lem of an advantageous building ane
location. which Mr.. Nolen would. nc
doubt, be called into conference FOL
his decision.