The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-09
CITY NEWS.

uiSputSu WISH III Tie vacant stone /
foundation at the Santa Fe yards for
many years. The workmen are at
temputing to curb the flow of water
from the spring so they may complete !
the operations of converting the old |
foundation into large reservoir. The
reservoir will be part of the new wat
er system now being installed at the |
shops. The foundation was erected
over twenty years ago and was origin
ally constructed to be used as the
base for a storehouse building At
ter work OF building the stone work
was completed 1t was found that a 4
spring existed under the site OF the
proposed structure. This caused the
abandonment of the site and the pro-
posed building was built at spot one
hundred feet west, where 1t now
stands 1t is still used as store
house, but only as an annex to the
more modern recently constructed
building.
"A large number OF members we're
present for the regular August meet
ing Of the Fort Madison Commercial
club at their rooms Wednesday night
and listened enthusiastically to dis
cussion of the proposed Montrose-
Fort Madison boulevard along the lake
shore. Several farmers from the vi
entity of the new road we're present
and stated their views to the club. j.
IA },,%c nF 10
road as surveyed by men from the
power company and spoke in favor of
/ the road. 1t was estimated by Mr..
Pollard that the road would cost be-
| tween $4,000 and 100000, the road
consisting of eight feet of dirt road
and eight feet of macadam. Several
thought the best plan for the road is
to get subscriptions rather than ask
4 the county and farmers along the road
to pay for it. The road committee was
instructed to circulate petition and
see what can be done for the propos-
ed thoroughfare.
/ The Republic says that st. Louis
steamboat lines have been asked to
S0uQ ICpl W a blO0tlAG VI
i United States engineers and steam
boat men to be held at Keokuk, Ia,
Wednesday. August IA, to hear argu-
, ments on the early closing of the Des
Moines Rapids Canal The engineers
want to close September Is, in order
to facilitate work on the lock and dam
, of the Mississippi River Power Com
: pany and to provide for the recon
: struction of the lower lock on the
government canal They say it will
!, enable the power company to com
| plete its work at an earlier date, which
will be benefit to navigation, and
!. that if the canal Is closed for time
: this fall it will prevent longer inter
e ruption of traffic next year. Tit
! steamboat men who are operatin'
= boats there have protested agains
the early closing, and the question
will be discussed at the meeting.
After period of quiet following
!, the many conventions in Burlington
the city Is again awake and shows
!. large crowd of visitors a good TIM
next week, when the county supervis
ors, county auditors, county treasur
e-s and stewards of county farm
= meet in the city in annual conven
Il lions. These are to be joint meetings
q as far as the city of meeting is cor
g cerned only, as each body will hol
h it's separate sessions after the frs
i. dav. which will be joint meeting, n
n doubt. The Commercial Exchange ha
e chartered the steamer w. w. and vii
e bring the delegates to these conven
n tons to Keokuk as their guests to Sc
the big power dam. This trip will b
= taken on Friday, August 16, the las
< day of the conventions. The ladies 9
d the Burlington Christian church wi
d serve the meals on the boat, and
k is sure to be treat to all who max
II the trip.
r Quincy Herald, Aug. 8: Alice Chi
p ders, a dame from Keokuk wa
s charged with drunkenness and peac
e disturbance by Officer Tom Rya1
D Alice was down from the dam cit
Q Yesterday in the company of her dea
u husband. While here she became II
u toxicated and did not want to go bacl
9 She rather insisted on remaining !
y Quincy and emphasized her insistenc
L with laguage that warped the roof
the c., b. & @. station and cause
:, Gerry vandenBoom, across in the o
flee of the Leisy agency, to shudde
in mortal horror. She would not 6
back to Keokuk, and that's all Their
was to it. Then Officer Ryan cam
along and told her she didn't have
:, leave Quincy with her system full
: booze and blasphemy and vulgs
:, thoughts bnrsting into utterance. Il
= stead of leaving dear old Quincy fc
Z dear old Keokuk, she could, he tol
:. her, remain here, and called for tn
patrol wagon. In court this mornln
= Alice testified that she was not drum
. and did not use bad language and a
y. peared to be ready to testify that ST
was never in Quincy in all her III
Her assertions were unsupported I
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