The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-07
Inspired by keokuk's Progressive
Enterprise, up-Rlver City Is Urs-
Ing Another Power Dam
Across River.
HAVE MONEY
Eastern Capitalists, Says Davenport
Paper, Are Interested In the
Project and Arc Going
Over the Plans.

Mississippi river with another power
dam similar to the one now under
construction at Keokuk is a probable
ity for Davenport, says the Times, of
that city, in lengthy article in the
Friday issue. The paper referred to
says the Greater Davenport commit |
tee will have something of interest to
announce within the next few days, |
when it is anticipated that definite in
formation will be at hand relative to
the proposed Harvesting of the river
at that point.
Eastern capitalists, says the Times,
have interested themselves in the
project, and they profess to believe
| that the proposed damming Of the
river is as feasible at Davenport, as
at Keokuk, and taking all conditions
into consideration, they figure that
three-fourths the power to be develop
ed here, can be developed there. In
discussing the project for the tri-
cities-D Davenport, Rock Island and
Moline-the Times says:
Going Over Plans.
For some time the committee has
been quietly making inquiries in Chi.
cago, and the east in order to deter
mine the best possible method of pro-
I cedure. The result is that at a
luncheon today special committee,
composed OF Messrs. e. S. Johnson,
4 A. F. Dawson. Geo. T. Baker and Sec
rotary Clum, met with the representa-
} tives of eastern capitalists and went
over with them the general scheme of
: constructing dam across the river.
The development of water. power
from the Mississippi was one al the
first matters that was brought to the
J attention of Secretary Clum when he
reported here for duty fourteen
months ago, and since that time the
! committee has been working quietly
! without any blare of trumpets or
t beating of drums. The parties who
: are in Davenport today have ample
) facilities and experience to carry this
I work to successful conclusion, and
they are not seeking any financial sup
: port from Davenport, Rock Island or
. Moline, although the construction of
: the dam will be of equal benefit to
: each OF the three cities.
: (
q Says Conditions Are Similar.
THE natural conditions in the river
l. near the tri-cities are very similar to
! those at Keokuk, on the Mississippi
:. river. about 100 miles below Daven-
0 port where an important and very ex-
y tensive hydroelectric plant is now
J. being constructed.
r The total fall at each place is
: about the same, and occurs in the
a form of rapids over limestone forma
e ton. The river surface fall in twelve
l. miles of rapids at Keokuk is % feet
o at low water and 16 feet at time OF
0 flood as against Fl feet and II feet
+ respectively, in IA. miles of rapids al
the tri-cities. The river stages al
d each place vary about twenty feet be
r tween extreme high and low water
j. and this is taken advantage of in the
J. design to increase the amount of fa1
= available for power The fall to BIZ
I. utilized at Keokuk is thus made te
e average Is feet at high water and 3!
feet at low water
1.-THE amount of flow at the tri
cities is threefourths of that at Kee
kuk on the basis OF their drainag.
, areas, respectively 10000 square mile
and 100000 square miles.
e THE total amount of power tina
can be generated at the tri-cities is
therefore, approximately three-fourth
of that at Keokuk, or 10000 hors
j power on the basis of the 10000
= horse power proposed for Keokuk."
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