The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-05-22
Missouri People Headed by
Mayor Henry w. Kiel,
Reach Keokuk This
Morning.
POWER COMPANY GUESTS
Elaborate Program of Enter
tainment, Including Dinner
at Hotel Iowa Tonight,
is Planned.

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Railway and Water Works association
i which is holding its eighth annual
convention on board the steamer
/ Quincy, reached its objective point
1 this morning at II o'clock, when the
Quincy turned her nose into the Keo-
kuk wharf. Stopping long enough to
| pick up J. A. Trawick, manager of the
Mississippi River Power company,
Mayor S. w. Moorhead, and Council
men F. T.. F. Schmidt and ]. A. NJ.
Collins, Industrial Manager, o. B.
Towne, together with officials of the
power company, the boat entered the
government lock. Here the dele
gates who were interested were
shown how the lock works There
are approximately ESQ on board.
In the absence of Governor Elliott
w. Major, who was called to Bowling
Green at the last moment, by the i'll
ness Of his father, Mayor Henry w.
Kiel performed the honors for the
party. Mayor Kiel, and the five mem
bers Of the Missouri public utilities
commission were the official mem
bers OF the party. Mayor Kiel is &C
lcompanied by his wife and two daugh-
tiers, Miss Edna Kiel and Mrs Gran
vile Hogan.
Mayor Kiel suggested that he I'M
derstood the trip was to be for fun.
and that he was having fun all the
time. That there had been some dis
cussions on public utilities, he adj
mitted. but he was rather indefinite
along this line. aside from the fact
they happened.
The boat was delayed In starting
from st. Louis yesterday, members Of
the party said, in the hopes that Gov
ernor Major would be with them, but
at the last moment word was received
that his father was i'll and that he
had gone to his bedside.
The Quincy reached Keokuk ahead
OF schedule, due to the fact that no
notification had been received by the
boat officials of the plan to slow up
at Quincy. The boat apassed Quincy
early this morning without putting in
to the bay. This gave the crowd
more time in Keokuk.
Visit to Power House..
Out OF the lock the Quincy steamed
into the forebay making short trip
on Lake Cooper. and then returned
to the sea wall where landing was
made. All-'of the ESQ delegates were
given a chance to step on terra firma,
and they were Immediately organized
into sightseeing party. The first
object of their visit was the power
house and the dam. Conducted by
DR.. G. Walter Barr and the official
guides, the party was shown every
thing Of interest in the big hydro
electric plant here.
From the power plant the delegates
were conducted to Fulton street over
the. steps at the observatory station
at the top Of the hill. At Fourth and
Fulton string OF autos was waiting
and special train Of street care, like
wise. The street cars all bore the
sign, Baseball Today" and the ma
jority OF the men in the party at
tended the Burlington-Keokuk clash
this afternoon. Those who did not
care to see the game, and the women
In the party were given sightseeing
auto ride through the city and up
the Lake Shore drive. The day was
Ideal for the drive and the visitors
we're shown the beauty spots of the
city. These included among other
things the homes on Grand avenue,
the bronze statue of Chief Keokuk in
Rand Park and the new country club.
Guests at Dinner.
Tonight at six o'clock the Missouri
people will be the guests at dinner OF
the Mississippi River Power COM
pany. The dinner will be served at
the Elks club and at the Hotel Iowa
dining room. The guests from the
FJlks club are to go to the Hotel Iowa
to take part in the post prandial pro-
gram which includes brief speeches
and a cabaret performance put on by
the FIVE performers which the utiil-
ties party has on board.
The Industrial association gave to
each member of the party medallion
~ handsome design showing the dam
and power house.
The address of welcome to the visi-
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