The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-05-24

party was not TO De longer mere, anu
begged them to command keokuk in
any way possible during their short
stay. Mayor Moorhead said he was
glad the floating convention had come
! to Keokuk, and was only sorry it
could not have stayed longer.
Mayor kiel's Talk.
At the conclusion of his talk, Toast
master Logan introduced THE Great
Mayor Of Great City" There was
a burst of applause at this and the
Missourians gave cheer for Mayor
| Henry. W. Kiel. Before the echoes OF
this had died away, some one started
cheer for Keokuk which was taken
up by all of the visitors. who declared
that there was nothing the mater
with Keokuk, that she was all right
Mayor Kiel said that he did not
realize before just how dependent St
Louis was on Keokuk until he arrived
here and saw the big hydro-elec-ric
plant.
envy idea,'' said the mayor, swas OF
little waterfall and wooden Wheel"
He admitted that he was agreeably
| surprised and that the magnitude OF
the work was far beyond his expecta-
lions. Il was Supplied a. what was
shown me today" he said. He dwelt
for some minutes on the extent of the
power plant. and the relationships OF
the city of St. Louis to the city which
is furnishing it with power.
| Mayor Kiel does not like to climb
stairs he admitted, but as the elevator
could not carry all the crowd. and as
he was confronted by red signs which
said Danger, 1900 volts" at every
turn of the steps, he jus. kept on
| going.
II climbed one flight of steps and
| there was a sign that read Danger,
and so l rested and started on an
other fight. Here at the .urn ]
found another sign which read Dan
ger, $4,000 volts and / went on up
another and then another. and then
/ when / supposed had finished, the
4 guide said that we were going on the
roof. So 1 kept on. determined to
see T.. all if it killed me. don't
know what those little signs meant,
either, but they were red and meant
danger SO l was going to keep away"
| The Fulton street steps will also
linger in Mayor Kiels memory, SO he
told the crowd.
Root for Home Team.
you've got dandy ball .eam." he
told the local people. "And the man
that won't root for his home team had
better go abroad. there is no place
for him at home
| Following the mayors talk came
the one by Major Meigs, which was
proceeded by the vftriolic attack on
! Rainey by the POSTMASTER.
| Major Montgomery Meigs spoke OF
the governments Fart Of the work.
He spoke of the regulating Of the
| flow of water. and the problems which
confronted the government in this
and other lines. He explained a num-
Der of technical points and his talk
was to the point and well prepared,
as all of his utterances are.
The major backed his statements up
with figures. and prepared his hear
ers to answer questions which arise
after their seeing the big government
part of the structure.
Major Meigs said that the power
company had faithfully performed all
Of the things asked by the govern
anticipated the demands in some in
stances. and had made changes that
were not asked for. but which were of
benefit. He said the war department
had found they were dealing WITH
gentlemen.
Public Utilities Patriotic.
A. c. Enstein. president Of the
Union Electrical association. spoke on
The public utilities people and what
| they really did for communities. Mr..
Einstein said that big corporations
and public utility corporations were
often accused OF being unfaithful to a
community, or of not being patriotic.
He wanted 20 disabuse the minds OF
these people. he said "The public
utility people are just as much citi-
zens and show just as much patriot
! ism as anyone" he said "They put
just as much into the community as
other people who are given more
credit
| Mr. Einstein took occasion 20 speak
| of the wonderfulness of the power
plant here, and told of the immense
amount of energy which is generated,
technical features to certain extent.