The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-28
Statesmen From illinois Greatly En-
joyed Their Visit to the Water
Power Works From Be-
ginning to End.
WE'RE MUCH IMPRESSED
Ex-Governor Richard Yates EloauentIy
Expresses the Appreciation Of all
for the Great Work and
Its Maker.

What's the matter with Hamilton2
It's all ri.iight.''
What's the matter with Cooper?
He's a-a-a-all Right
Rah! Rah! Rah. Whoope-e-e-e-e!
Those were the last words OF the
state officers of Illinois before board
ing their train to return home after
spending yesterday afternoon as the
guests of the city OF Hamilton and
the Water Power company.
Less exuberantly and privately.
members of the party of hundred
averred that they never had quite SO
good time and many of them are
very experienced in taking trips to
interesting places. They left soon
after 4 o'clock after a very busy
afternoon.
Just before their observation special
train started for it's tour over the
Water Power company tracks in the
big Golfer dam in the Keokuk side of
the river, the entire party lifted its
collective hat to the Hamilton club
women and school girls who had serv-
ed them that very fine luncheon and
gave them three cheers.
Cooper Formally Welcomes Them.
At the demi tasse stage of the
luncheon, Mayor Neal Dougherty, Of
Hamilton, presided.
! In his address of welcome, Chief
Engineer Cooper tcld how the 10000
horse power from the big dam here
was sold to st. LOUIS to demonstrate
that this water power could be sold
in the home of cheap coal, when some
financiers objected to investing in
1 this project On the ground that there
was doubtful market for this power
in. the middle of the Mississippi valley
the demonstration Of the dominant
i cheapness of this water power was
complete, and the capital came into it
/ With 100000 horse power for SALE
ard 10000 horse power sold to st
Louis, there is 100000 horse power tt
be sold nearer the site of the dam
lsaid Mr.. Cooper, who then explained
how every horse power supports five
people, by constant experience, ant
that this figures 100000 people. He
continued:
While CT course am not trying tx
demonstrate that SO many people viii
he added to the population, do sin
cerely believe that this water power
will bring al least 100000 within its
sphere OF influence within a very few
8 years
The Eloquent Yates Appreciates.
4 The response by Ex-Governor Rich
ard Yates was genuinely eloquent il
its powerful appreciation of the mag
nitude Of the engineering and econ
omic achievement being accomplished
here in the Mississippi. He sale
. that when he sat down and compared
himself with Chief Engineer Cooper
he was reminded of the thin film 81
oil in the thrust bearing as, compared
with the half million pounds of turbine
unit there. Seeing such achievements
q as this engineer gives one a new
4 window through which to look out up
on the world, he said in one part Of
his speech, but the most interesting
thing here is Hugh L. Cooper
/ Governor Yates was also very com
plimentary to Chairman o. F. Berry
to whose thoughtfulness the visit was
due. He said the state of Illinois
never had better railroad commits
listeners than Berry and Willoughby
land you want to remember that tina,
comes from me- he ended-at which
everybody there, knowing Illinois pol
titics, laughed and applauded, for that
was indeed praise from Sir Rupert.
s Governor Deneen was detained al
home by reauisition hearing, much te
hie regret