The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-21
Meeting Of Representatives. From Six
iowa, Illinois and Missouri Towns
Was Adjourned Hero
Today.
IN HANNIBAL
Meeting Resulted In Steps Being TAX.
en- for Betterment Of Roads,
River Traffic and Sewage
Handling.

The Industrial men In session IN THIS
city since yesterday morning, COM
pleted their Keokuk work this morn
ing and upon its completion took an
adjournment. The business session
will be resumed June 18th, when a
meeting has been called for Hannibal.
On that date, the presidents Of the
various commercial and Industrial
organizations in the six cities repre-
scented at the Keokuk n.eeting, togeth-
or with Industrial agents, secretaries
and chairmen Of committees to be
named later, will seek to advance work
started in this city yesterday and to-
| day.
| While the session this morning was
devoted to the best plans OF advertis-
l ing, some interesting discussions
were held concerning the exploitation
Of the interests of the half dozen
cities who are seeking to promote the
interests Of each city individually
| through closer affiliation with the
other cities.
| At yesterday afternoons session al
the Riverview club, number of i'm
s. portant matters came up for consid
Grafton. One of these, and one which
will mean whole lot for all cities :
the desirability and feasibility o
good roads leading to the cities OF
both sides of the river. Provide out o
town people with good facilities TO
!. reaching city and they will do thu
rest, is the belief of the industrial
representatives, and acting along thi
belief, efforts will be made to bette
the conditions of the roads. Anothe
important feature to be discussed an
e efforts will probably be made late
g to secure them, was the desirabilit
a of terminals of modern machinery TO
e the handling of river traffic. The e
It ficiency of modern machinery has bee
y realized in other places for some tim
l. and at these points river traffic hs
If increased and the towns in questio
Q have been greatly benefited thereby
Sewer and Garbage Question.
Another important move On whic
all the cities were agreed, was that
, the sewage and garbage question
= Each of the six cities agreed, ind
. vidually and collectively, to take til
D necessary steps for the disposal I
. the city's sewage and garbage an
plants for this disposal may be il
stalled later. They all agreed that tt
sewage and garbage should be kel
d out of the river.
IS Additional steps are to be taken {
s. the Hannibal meeting. The presiden
a. of each commercial or industrial a
4 sociations will attend, with the seer
e taries or Industrial agents, and in a.
e dition, there will be the chairmen
q three committees, to be named latel
ID These committees will be COMMITTEES
1t named to have charge of the work r
le ferred to above, sewage disposal, goc
roads movement and river traffic
is The mon who assembled here wi
'e very likely attend the Hannibal NEE
lie ing. This list includes E. G.. Goul
" president and e. E. Egan, secretar
10 of the Burlington Commercial E
l change; w. J. A. Meyer presiden
lie and Sidney B. Roy secretary of Il
e. Hannibal Commercial club; H.. I
le Hershey commissioner of Fort Mac
ID son First Association; F.. w. Voc
st of the Hamilton Commercial club a.
Harvey Riggs president and R.
f. Wilson Industrial agent Of the Quint
Is Chamber Of Commerce. Keokuk WI
be represented very probably,
President Joy, Manager De Witt ar
~. A. Trawick of the Industrial Ass