The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-27
rig OLD AND THE nEw YEAs

TIE OLD AND TIE sEW YEAR.
The Old year RAPIDLY drawing 10 Z
caoss will go TITO kfs.orr as By far tte
beet IN the life Of ttlis community ta
dats. This statement Is made DELHI
srataiy. rssh full krorle6se OF ioral
conditions during tie boom dsyE q.
1885 and z. Everything then was On
4 2 fictitious ard uasabrtantlzl basis,
s;ad AZ Eooa as the panic OF the latter
rear occE-rsd Eeokazs prosperity
crsssnbssd Ike houss Of cards. Pres
CIT prosperity IL on ysTy diHeren.
pssiE. Like the great dam across the
bsassisatpDi riTer here, IT IL founded
Upon solid rcck and is anchored deep
into the Foundation OF things. There
u nothing fictitious or ephemeral
either in fts character or sts promise
Tor The future
Complete figures are not at hand but
lsf is known 70 a certainty that Reo-
sl1s1's trade during the past year, both
1nolesafe and retail, Vas the largest
in It's history. @ot OILY were more
zooda handled, bat they were sold III
letter advantage and vlrn more saaig-
factcry results. Construction work on
tho aara and p<yws- hoise, The building
q ooulsvsrds On both aides Of the
ssyer, the elevation Of ffps c., B. IL q.
tracka. tbs rehabilitation OF the cleo
trio light and street car systems. tho
erection Of the nev sub-stafton power.
aouge, and the Installation OF new rail.
Wy Tardg hare involved The expendi-
ture IN this community and vicinity
of many millions o, dollars, much OF
which has promptly found IT'S .ay into
local chaansIg OF trade The effect
has been a Qufcleaing that has been
felt In ali lines o. business and has re-
suited IN large measure OF prosper
itv that has been shared by eTery
citizen. In addition to the large sums
THIS spent Tor improvements OF a pub
lie character. hundreds of thousands
.of dollars hare gene into new homes
and the petter1ns.s OF old ones. Keo-
kssk today is Ear different In apDear-
anca from what II vas even Z year
ago. Improvement O. business and
residence property has ker pace With
the Development of public enterprise,
and KsoEux ts every day taking on
more and uaore the appearance and
character Of a metropolis.
The nsw rear goon to begin win
witness the expenditure % more mil
lions Of dollars locally, thus making
certain the continuance 81 tire pregent
prosperity. Completion CT the dan,
and power houee il scheduled for next
spring. BY that time Development Of
1.-THE industrial tract Of nearly 500
acres, adjoining the city on the west.
will be well under ray. This will in
Yolye tho construction 81 railway
tracks. the erection 81 factory build
finge, homes for the empIoyeg and
their many necegsagy concomttants.
4 The new s30e. 900 hotel building, for
which excavation q now under way.
VIII be yell along toward completion
gat the same tine. BY spring. aigo.
ttbe Masona VIII either build or buy
and add another creditable structure TO
the orc now being erected by the Y.
1 ~. 81 A. a new school house costing
about s50,ov3 is iikewige among the
poasibiiifica Of the near future. Tnege,
with the other improvements certain
10 follow In their wake. assure that
the coming gear locally wiIi be one
tof great commercial and Industrial
activity and prosperity III altustion
lis fiji CT announcement and should
spur Ill our citjzcna 70 Still greater
efforts for the advancement Of the
host interests af The community. Keo.
hak's c0ncition ard prospects we're
ue9er 80 g>sod as now, nor we're Ia
fci!ig ri, Uel1sdiTected efforts ever so
certain ~ adeQgafe reward. There's
ia tide IN the affairs ~ citles. as veil
~ Of men. that, taken AZ the tide, leads
or II fortune. KeokUk's affairs are al
high tide uov aud II behooveg ne ali
- tbrow jrfo taem al the energy, en-
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