The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-30
of the company first to develop tn.
power zone.

power; in few weeks Burlington viii
| be getting it, and before long other Of
the large cities in the zone will be
beneflciaries. The cheapness is remark
able and while no figures were allow.
/ ed for quotation it was stated that the
electric current could be furnished
Galesburg for fraction of what tss
people now pay.
II is moreover remarkable how
widespread Is the interest in the
Keokuk dam and power house. It is
not altogether an American enter
prise. True there IS some Canadian
and eastern capital In it. England,
France, Germany and Belgium have
really more financial interest In It,
for residents Of those countries con.
tributed with Canada sixty.hve per-
cent Of the capital.
Engineers from all parts OF the
world have come to examine the dam
and power house and have expressed
unbcunded admiration for the engin.
eering skill shown. Very large flnan.
ciers, captains Of industry, have Wis.
tied the plant. Stories OF the project
have been written and printed In ev-
cry language. That structure like
the Keokuk dam and power house, ca
pable of Transforming the energy Of
the river into electricity, has been
successfully completed mas added to
the fame Of the United States. It Ia
no uncommon thing to have skilled
journalists from different countries
walk into the office Of the information
bureau at the same time. Recently
there came In abou. the same time
representative OF the great French
journal La Nature and professor OF
the University OF Toxic, Japan, who
was delegated to furnish an article
for a prominent Japanese magazine.
The verdict of all the great engin-
GERS is that the construction OF the
dam and power house is the greatest
engineering feat ever attempted. They
put 1t ahead OF the Panama canal, be.
cause the problems to be met and ov-
ercone we're SO much more abstruse
and difficult.
G. Walter Barr is the manager OF
this bureau Of information and an
ADLER man for the place could not have
been selected. Associated long with
the project. he has acquired wonder
full mastery of all the details. HIS
correspondence has been exceedingly
heavy. Inquiries are pouring In from
every quarter. Practically every hour
of the day he Is asked for information.
The day called a Record Herald rep.
resentative came In soliciting material
for an article for q Sundays issue.
The largest periodicals In the country
are printing articles and comments.
These moreover are not the padded
productions Of the press agent a Ia
Barnum but grow out Of the real
greatness Of the enterprise, which
represents an outlay Of $4,000, 900 to
s27 900 900.
Moreover the company Is not fight
ing but is rather encouraging other
dam projects farther up the river and
outside its immediate zone. Such a
project is being advocated for Daven.
port and the company is encouraging
it. A similar enterprise is in contem.
plation at st. Paul. AS Mr.. Barr puts
| 1t, his corporation is toward the other
development enterprises using the
golden rule attitude. The increasing
population OF this great section Is go
T ing to make field for the mainten-
ance of these vast projects.
On this trip from Burlington to Dav.
export by steamboat we are getting
the benefit of the increased depth OF
the water due to the dam. For sixty
Ave miles above the dam. 1t has made
depth Of feet possible. At Bur.
lington the water is FIVE feet higher.
Considerable Of the stretch was in OK.
IRENE dry weather heretofore almost
impossible but now the boat proceeds
; In safety. The traffic problem for
this sixty-five miles is solved even IN
times OF low water on the rest OF the
river. The lake thus made Is one hun.
! dred square miles in extent and ia
really magnificent stretch Of water.
! would like to speak In some detail
OF the attitude Of the company, where
the waters have overlooked land and
have done damage to property. Three
million dollars worth of land was
flooded, and out of S1S claimants the
company effected an amicable settle.
ment with all but six.
So kindly Is the feeling at Keokuk
that one man said: ''If the cor nanv
would ask us to move that court
house two blocks, believe the people
would vote It."
Wherever It has done damage 70
railroad and other corporation or pr,.
yate property, 1t has tried to do the
handsome thing, and we could cite
Numerous instances OF this. The treat.
ment of the G. B., & @. in rebuilding
its tracks is one Of them. Then II has
in mind scheme for road making
and identifying that is greatly to ,ts
credit.
FRIED r. JEIlLIFF.