Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-01-21
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visions affecting three Of his con
stituents.
The three who are to benefit are
Florence Lambert Of Clinton, VINO Is
to get $4,000 for injuries received sew.
eral years ago at the Frankfort arsenal
in Philadelphia. SEVERN Hartman OF
Davenport is to receive $1,000 for the
loss of his left arm while in discharge
If his duties at the Rock Island arsenal
! several years ago, and D. M. Rowland
of Marengo is to get $500 for the death
of his son, Blaine Rowland, sailor IN
the navy. Young Rowland was killed
in the Philippines several years ago.
These claims were included In the
bill which went to the senate and was
agreed upon by the house after the
senate had paired number OF the
high amounts. The Rowland claim was
cut from $1,000 to $500 but the others
were left as originally passed.
The house committee on interstate
and foreign commerce devoted the en-
tire day Of Friday to hearing the
claims of rival bridge concerns OF
Keokuk in reference to their bills to
permit the bridging of the Mississippi
there.
without question the most worthy
bill before the committee is that OF the
Inter City Bridge Co., of which G.. r.
JOY. president Of the Keokuk Indus
trial association, is president. Mr.. Joy
appeared, asking permission for his
concern to use the great Keokuk dam
as q bridge, spanning eight nun
dred feet in addition to the dam. He
was supported by w. H. Orr and r. R.
Wallace of Hamilton, ILL.,, the former
president of the Hancock County
boosters association and the latter
representing the Hamilton Business
Mems league.
The other bill considered by the
committee was that of Representative
Mckinney of Illinois granting bridge
rights to the Hamilton, Warsaw and
Keokuk Bridge Co. This was support
ed by R. Marsh son of ex-Congress-
man Marsh Of Illinois 1t is proposed to
build this bridge mile below the
city of Keokuk. The proponents OF this
bill urge that it would weaken the dam
and hinder navigation to allow the use
of the dam for bridge purposes. q
The Keokuk and Hamilton Bridge
Co., a Carnegie concern, was repre-
scented by Theo Gilman Of New York,
secretary and treasurer, and John E.
Cole, the local superintendent.
The latter made the astounding
statement that all bridge tolls are con-
trolled and regulated by the Western
Trunk Line association. When he
heard this Chairman Adamson declar-
ed he would bring his statement to the
attention of the attorney general i'm
mediately. Such a control would neces-
sarily mean an arbitrary raise of tolls
and consequently of freight rates west
of the Mississippi whenever the trunk
lines desired it.
The bridge owned by his concern Is
an ante-dated wooden structure and
for the good of the cities which should
grow wonderfully with the develop
ment of the great water power plant
there, there should be fine bridge.
The use of the dam for both power
and bridge purposes would give the
CITY of Keokuk as we'll as Hamilton all
It desires in the shortest time possible
and enable them to keep pace with
the development of their natural re-
sources.
Mr.. Orr is a young newspaper man,
editor of the Hamilton Press. He form
erly went to the University of Mis-
souri, where he was fraternity broth
er of Bennett Clark, son of the speaker.
| Consequently a large part of his time
in Washington was taken up with the
Clarks, whose guest he was over Sun
day.