Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-07-09
FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS SEND.
ING COMMISSIONERS TO IOWA
TO STUDY BIG PROJECT.
OF EUROPE SHOW
INTEREST IN kEokUk LOCKS
Scrutinized by Worlds Greatest Elk.
perts-DetaiIs Sought by Visitors
Who Are Amazed at Magnitude Of
River Project.

Keokuk, July 9.-That foreign gov
ernments recognize the magnitude Of
the greatest water power dam being
built in the Mississippi river here is in
dicated by the large number Of very
eminent European engineers coming
almost daily to study it as commissions
from their governments.
Most other governments have a de-
partnent of public works which has
the same Importance as our own agri
cultural department in the scheme Of
government. The engineers who are
at or near the top of that department
in Germany, Russia, France and other
countries are really the salt of the
engineering earth and the blue blooded
aristocracy of engineering science.
They are beginning to come to keokuk
at the rate of two or three a week.
Germany, especially, is sending differ
ent men to study different aspects of
the work here. one man being a spe-
cialist in navigation problems, another
specialist in water powers. another a
specialist in locks, and SO forth
Visitors Seek Details.
En- masse, they make a crowd of in
terrogation points. They go into the
mos: minute details-dstails Of the
Of bronze and iron in juxtaposition, the
cohesive coefficient Of cement and
si!:sc ard Of two r,1sted iron c!a::5s On
each other. With one glance over a
half mile of dam as wide as a city lot
and as high as four story building
they see three or four questions pre-
senting themselves-and they want to
know why this is done thus, and why
the other thing is different from their
own practice. When it is all explained,
they nod appreciatively and in some
language not English exclaim the equi-
valent Of Good work
Each one on arrival is shown all over
the miles of works by some member of
Chief Engineer Cooper's staff, who
must pass an examination on every
minute detail of the colossal work here
In the Mississippi, before he gets
around with the eminent yisitor-and
moreover must make 100 per cent, not
only on the descriptive matter. but on
the reasons for every detail being the
way it is. All the modern languages
are spoken by one or another member
OF the staff of Chief Engineer Cooper
but these noted foreign engineers gen
orally speak English and understand
it perfectly.
Will Visit Panama Canal,
Ihese foreign engineers of high ranl
all appreciate the achievement O.
Hugh L. Cooper here in the Missis
slppl. as much as they do the Panama
canal where most of them are coins
next. They will make reports to thei,
| governments on their arrival home
| The novel features and the solving O.
almost impossible problems. as in tn,
giant turbines here and the lock gates
they are quick to seize and appreciate
They generally carry home drawing
Of such special features.
The other day when DR.. Max Schink
Ell. in charge Of the great kiel canal an,
about to build a lock that will max
these here and at Panama look lik
finger bowls. was here not a sinel
steamboat could be found all day TIL
German engineer asked five differen
times why such a colossal lock as tina
here was built for so little river traffic
Many Noted Foreign Visitors.
Il Among the most prominent foreig
iengineers here lately are the following
| Dr. Max Schinkel. engineer in charg
OF the great Kaiser Wilhelm ship cana
of the canal at Essen Ruhr, German,
&. Frentzen, chief engineer in charg
OF the canal at Essen Ruhr. German,
l. Bougougron. OF Marseilles. chic
engineer Of roads and bridges Of tn
government of France.
| Karl Fuchs. Of Munich in charge {
hydrotechnics for the German govern
, ment.
, DR.. Richard Borchers, Prussian gov
eminent engineer. Duisburg.
Charles Posa, a noted engineer {
Budapest. Hungary.
George Fischer. commissioner Of pull
lie works of the German governmen
Bresau.
Paul Kra,z naval constructor, Cruz
en-. Germany.
Octavio NJ. F'igueroa, of Buen,
: Ayres. now in London for some years.
Dietrich Hildebrand royal Germa
chief engineer Of the department
public works, Hanover.
Gustav Richter, president of Il
- German royal commission on publ
o buildings. Potsdam.
: Russian ministry Of communication
st. Petersburg.
Ferdinand F,rier. chief engineer
German government department
public works.
Emile de Hoerschelmann, pri
councillor of Russian ministry of COY
munications. ST. Petersburg.
Waltrab Freiher Won Wangenheil
Wake. an eminent German engineer.
=, Wilhelm Germelmann, chief state e
- gineer OF the ministry of public wor
of the German empire, Berlin.
Franz Guedefeid, commission OF "
% terways. royal Prussian department
, public works, consul-general at N
York.
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