The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-19
J. a. Trawlck and Hugh /. Cooper
Discuss This Proposition With
Chamber Of Commerce
Saturday.
WILL ASSIST QUINCY
When Times Comes keokuk Com.
pany VIII Lend Assistance to
Illinois City In Getting
Factories.

QUINCY, Ill. Feb. t9.--For the pur-
pose of enlightening the Chamber of
Commerce on the objects and posi-
bilities of the Mississippi River Pow
er Company, Hugh J.. Cooper and ].
A. Trawick, of Keolkuk, officials of
the company, made an expedition to
Quincy Saturday and met with the
mittee and the board of directors.
The sessions were held behind closed
doors and while H. G. Riggs, presi
dent of the Chamber, does not feel in
a position to disclose the nature of in
formation received in full, he was
very we'll pleased and satisfied with
the hurried visit of the Power com.
pany men and believes that the Cham
Der of Commerce is now in a better
position to go ahead with all classes
of work that has been pending hear
ing from the men who visited here
Saturday.
Power Commute Enlightened.
Messrs. Cooper and Trawick arriv-
ed in the city at PAS o'clock and
were met by delegation from the
Chamber and escorted to headquarters
of the organization At 3 O'Clock the
Keokuk men met with the power COM
mittee which is composed of ]. ".
Wall, E. HOLSTER, George Gardner
and Mr.. Cawkins In the absence of
Mr.. Wall, Ed HOLSTER acted as chair
man. Mr.. Cooper and Mr. Trawick at
once proceeded to make the scope of
the power proposition clear to the
members of the committee and went
over the situation in detail They dis
cussed the prices that would be
charged for power and assured the
committee that they could insure an
| industrial concern the best and most
reasonable accommodations from the
power viewpoint.
! Industrial Situation. e
Shortly after o'clock with II. g.
Riggs presiding. the meeting of the
executive committee was called to or
/ der The session was lengthy one,
nearly two hours being given to a
! general discussion of the industrial
situation in Quincy. Plans to get new
! Industries here We're gone over and
initial steps to get the concerns here
were taken. The idea of employing
an industrial agent was also discussed
and while definite action in that re-
4 gard has not yet been taken. the
! proposition is being entertained by
the committee. The matter of pro-
curing better and more factory sites
was also brought into the converse,
tion of the melting. Both Mr. Cooper
and Mr.. TraUick assured the committee
that the company was willing and
eaeer to do anything reasonable that
would be benefit to Quincy, and
that they wanted to help all they
could with the Industrial situation
Directors informed.
4 The meeting of the executive com.
mittee adjourned shortly before G
O'Clock and Mr. Cooper and Mr. Ira
WIN /" cl . icnSu W LIE pdlloi MliSi 2
they were introduced to G.. c. Com
stock and R. W. Gardner, of Chicago
officials of the Otis Elevator com.
pany. Supper was announced in the
i banquet room at $3.50 O'Clock and dur
ing the supper hour Mr.. Comstock ad
dressed the directors for few min
lutes on the views OF the Otis Eleva
tor Company in connection with the
power proposition, after which he
and Mr. Gardner retired The next
two or three hours were devoted to go
ling over the matters discussed with
the executive committee and explain
ing in detail the plans and expecta
lions of the industrial situation Mr.
Cooper and Mr.. Trawick both asserted
that the power proposition Is wholly
a wholesale business and not a retail
interest. therefore no local concerns
4 will be affected.
They further said that when the
time comes the company will be
ready to assist Quincy financially il
necessary in getting new industries
here and that they wanted the Cham
Der of Commerce to call for helI
whenever help is needed.
She is for Paul's Platform.
To the Editor of The Gate City
In reading over Mr. Paul's platform