The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-06

hands of It's owners who have held
! it for some time-some Of 1t for a
couple of generations. These people
seem welcome to all the great bene
fit which the location of the indus
trial city there at the mouth OF the
Des Moines is to them.
! Missouri Gets Much.
While of course the most OF the
benefit comes to Keokuk Of having
such great Industrial force located
] in Keokuk the neighbors also gain
much.
Every foot of land In Clark county,
Missouri, is betterd by the location
of the new city SO close to the Mis-
souri, state line. AS a matter of fact.
the new manufacturing center is near
er the Alexandria postoffice than the
Keokuk postoffice, far down town
| from there. And Alexandria people
were very quick to appreciate the
value of this gigantic movement toI
themselves-they are now dreaming
| of a recurrence of the olden times
when Churchville was larger and
more important than Keokuk was.
/ OF course nobody taxes that sert
Eously but adjoining Missouri is sure
tc sustain great impetus from the
new manufacturing city on the lower
edge of Keokuk
An Extension Of the Present.
Another feature of the location OF
special interest to Keokuk is that the
new development really is but an ex-
tension of the present industrial part
Of Keokukfor West Keokuk has al
/ ways been the special part Of town
devoted to industrialism. Strangers
may be told that West Keokuk is the
busy, active fourth ward of the city
of Keokuk and a part Of the city with
a geographical designation the origin
of which is lost in antiquity.
i All this great work and large plans
are not the result of mere meditation.
The new manufacturing section,
city within city, is the result OF a
! close study OF the twentieth century
4 tendencies of manufacturing.
Economies on factory cost involve
many things, from spur tracks to the
direction of the superintendent of
flee from the packing room.
Working Out Modern Methods.
For instance, the city of Gary was
built in plain. But Gary is not a
!, good parallel with the new Keokuk
industrialism, for Gary was built for
one manufacturer Better parallels
may be found elsewhere.
Take Pittsburgh for one instance.
. The Aluminium Company of America,
the principal maker Of aluminium
. metal and aluminium products, went
out Of Pittsburg about twenty miles
and made New Kensington. Their
plant covers large area. Recently
they plated and began to build an
extension which adds 10000 popula
81 ton to New Kensington at ono move
I ment. The special point Is, that a.
New Kensington are other compan
e les. and in a number of suburbs O.
{ PITTSBURGH there are scores of manu-
!, facturers located in towns which
!. were built from the ground up ant
e now are much larger than Keokul
ever was. Around Chicago are othe
similar instances.
The Keokuk new manufacturing
addition is planned after study o
this new movement-the planning o
! manufacturing centers from the va
} cant farm land to the water taps Il
the kitchen sinks and the route 0
the mail carrier to the offices.
Silent, Strenuous Workers.
Not much fuss and feathers is il
evidence about this biggest and mos
! important project since work bega
.. on the Keokuk dam.
The other day, when 1t was decide
to go ahead with it and the option
expiring were exercised and deed
taken for the land, the announcemer
from the offices of the MISSISSIPPI
River Power company was merely a
outline Of the plans In few hundre
! words, with no more of thrill
A them than in the announcement thu
the first turbine wheel had arrived
But an immense amount Of siren
! GUS work has been done and ten tims
as much remains to be done by Il
y r