The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-09
BOAT COMPANIES
| ARE HEAVY LOSERS
Heads Of Steamer Llnes state Be
cause Lock is Not Opened They
Must Cancel
Dates.
HILL HERE TEN DAYS
Big Pleasure Boat and w. w. Remaln
4 In Porty Unable to Move
North-other Boat
4 Movements.
HILL HERE TEN DAYS

IT,
sands Of dollars because Of their In
ability to get past Keokuk and the
new government lock, officers Of the
Wisherd boat line as well as those of
the Streckfus Co., today expressed a
hope that the lock would soon be
open for passage Of steamers.
Captain Waddington, master Of the
steamer G.. w. Hill which has been
lying at Keokuk for ten days stated
that number Of engagements north
OF Keokuk had to be cancelled be-
cause the lock had not been opened.
Even If we could get through today,
we would have to go far north some
where to pick up the schedule. The
towns with which we had contracted,
would have to be passed up 30 that
the later engagements could be filed.
The boat company will be loser sew
eral thousand dollars by our having
to lie here" the captain of the Hill
remarked in conversation with a
Gate City reporter. The steamboat
man realizes, however, that there Is
no help for the situation and the
transportation and pleasure boat
lines must lose without murmuring.
For several days past, the Hill has
been running night and day excur-
sions out of Keokuk in the hope Ct
picking up enough money to defray
expenses while lying in port here.
Several excursions contracted for
with the Hill, by larger cities above
Keokuk, have been called off.
The steamer w. w. of the Streck-
fus line is in the same boat" as the
Hill, having to lie here at Keokuk un
4 til 1t can get through the lock. Cap
| tain Joe Streckfus Of the Streckfus
! line was here yesterday with one O
the officers of the company lookint
/ after business matters and trying t.
learn when the lock would be open t.
admit boats. As yet, nothing has
been given out by the government OF
water power officials that would give
the steamboat men any satisfactory
information.
1 Sunday Business and New Dates.
! The G. w. Hill took small party
of excursionists to Quincy yesterday
morning at half past nine.
4 The Dubuque was up from st. Louis
j Sunday morning at 2:15 with about
i twenty passengers and the largest
cargo of freight that has yet beer
carried out of the Missouri port and
Intervening points. The steamer wen1
south at 6 o'clock this morning.
On the first Sunday that the lock
is open, the Dubuque will inaugurate
a series of Sunday afternoon excur
/ sions to Burlington making stops al
Nauvoo and FIT Madison. The Dubu
que will leave Keokuk at 2:30 an6
4 return here at 10:30 In the evening
The Sunday excursions will be KEEP
up until October.
i The packet Keokuk was in from
j Quincy during the afternoon with 25(
excursionists. The Black Hawk tie6
up at Hamilton with number Of
sightseers. ,
i Next Thursday evening, the steam
err Quincy will arrive in Keokuk al
$50 o'clock from st. Paul, If running
on schedule. The boat left on Sat
urday for the extreme northern port
Agent Werner of the Streckfus Co.
said today that eight had already en-
gagged passage on the boat for the
, second trip to st. Paul.
: Several excursions to be given from
Keokuk in the next week or two ar,
the following: st. Mary's church or
Sidney to Burlington, Thursday, June
~; moonlight excursion on Sidney
Thursday evening, next, Saturday
June IA, Ladies Auxiliary, A. o. H
excursion to Ft. Madison; Thursday
June 10, joint excursion of M. P. and
Bank street Christian churches e
Burlington on w. w. On Thursday
June 10, the Eastern Star lodge O
Hamilton will give an excursion t
Burlington on the Sidney.