The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-13
MISSOURI SOLONS
| SEE WATER P0NER|
State Water Power Conservation Com
/ mission Inspects Project
in the Mississippi
i Here.
EFFECT ON MISSOURI
Members Of the Party Declare That
It viii Have Great
Effect on Nils
sourl.
EFFECT ON MISSOURI

The Missouri state water power con- /
Iservation commission spent all day /
yesterday examining the largest wat
|er power on earth from every angle.
from watching the titanic turbines go |
round In the Keokuk power house to
catching the gigantic channel catfish |
below the Hamilton end Of the dam.
They made thorough study of the
great works here in the Mississippi
and expressed the greatest apprecia
ton of them All forenoon was spent
in going over the lock, power house
land dam. The previous evening the
party we're guests of the Keokuk In
dustrial Association on the editors
excursion on the Black Hawk up
through Lake Cooper, going through
the lock both ways.
This worlds greatest water power
| is few miles outside the jurisdiction
| of the Missouri commission, but it is
! of such great benefit to their state,
directly at Saint Louis and indirectly
to the whole state. that the members
Of the commission have very con-
fcrete interest in the Keokuk water
power and its success.
| Sister state Solons.
/ The Missouri state water power con-
servation commission is composed of
state senators, and the party was COM
posed of the following members:
| Kirk Hawkins, chairman, OF Spring
field; s. e. Bronson, OF Ozark. secre-
itary; Lee WEIGH. of Mountain View:
T. ]. Feaster, of Climax Springs; R.
D. Rodgers, OF Mexico.
/ They were accompanied by Senator
Frank B. Warner, of Saint Louis
4 district covered with factories, James
IF. Kiser, engineer OF water power
being built in the White river, and
4 John C. Hall, of Saint Louis. Senators
Hawkins. WEIGH and Bronson brought
their wives along.
4 Does keokuk Appreciate 1t?
1--WE were deeply impressed with the
immensely of the water power work
here at your door," said Mr.. Bronson,
land i wonder II the people here
fully appreciate the marvellous work
Mr.. Cooper has done here. While the
lproject is in the state of Iowa we feel
that Missouri has part In 1t in that
much OF the power will go to st. Louis
and other cities, that the sand to go
Into the concrete came from Missouri
waters and that many Missourians had
part in the building of it. Keokuk
should have the credit for the project
and should profit most in proportion
, from 1t but we feel it is more than a
local exposition.
1--WE, also, are deeply interested in
lit because Of the fact that we are
coming to the use Of water power
! within the state of Missouri, which is
) said to have more undeveloped water
) power sites than any other state in
!. the union. Counting the power from
: iKeokuk there is said to be possibil-
) titles OF million horse power in the
j state
, "The project here can not help but
!. have great influence upon the develop
! Iment of st. Louis and other Missouri
i cities which will be served with the
: power. There is in the Keokuk pro-
4 liect three times as much power to be
d produced as is being used in manu-,
E featuring in the entire state of Iowa
V and more than is being used in Mis-
e souri,.
9 Because OF the subject of our In
I vestigation and because we feel almost
E a proprietary interest in the Keokuk
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