The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-05-18
PUBLIC UTILITIES
CRuWD IS COMING.
Delegates and Guests Leave St.
Louis on Steamer Quincy Thurs
day. Getting Here
Friday.
WILL BE ENTERTAINED
Local People Plan Power House Trip
and Understanding
Party on
Boat.
WILL BE ENTERTAINED

| Cooperation between the state and
public service corporations for the bet
lterment OF public utilities throughout
Missouri will be the purpose OF the
lannual convention OF the Missouri
Electric, Gas, Street Railway and
!Waterworks association. which will be
held on the Mississippi river for three
days, beginning next Thursday.
Members of the Missouri public
Iutili.ies commission, Governor Major.
Mayor Kiel and the five commits
sioners OF the board Of public Inn
provements of St. Louis will attend
the convention, which will be held
on the steamer Quincy going and re-
turning from the Keokuk dam.
Through the efforts of the associa-
ton, system Of uniform classification
! of accounts was established in all OF
the public service corporations be-
longing to the association. This
classification was Of great help to the
commission in its work.
The delegates and their guests will
meet In ST. Louis Wednesday even
ing. At 10 a. m. Thursday they Will
board the Quincy The convention
will open at 200 o'clock. Governor
Major and Mayor Kiel will speak.
| Among the subjects to be consider
ed by the association will be: High
Pressure Gas Distribution" s. H.
Wallace, Webster Groves; Visits to
Member Companies and Others" John
C. Hall. st. Louis: Meters VI. Fiat
Rates on Waterworks," C. H. Jaccard,
Webb City; "A Trip Through The
Small Power Plant F. M. Walker.
Poplar BLUM; Electrical Advertising.
F. T. Hopkins. st. Louis; Employees
Welfare Work. Herman Spoehrer, st.
Louis.
Thursday evening there will be
cabaret dinner, which will be followed
by dancing. The delegates will arrive
lat Keokuk at noon, Friday. The Keo-
lkuk dam and the electrical plant will
be inspected. Keokuk will entertain the
delegates at dinner at the Eaks club
and the Iowa hotel. The delegates
will entertain the citizens Of Keokuk
with q dance on board the steamer
Quincy, Friday night until midnight,
when the homeward voyage Will be-
gin. The boat will arrive in st. Louis
Saturday at p. m.
| Among those who have made reser-
vations are Governor and Mrs. Elliott
W. Major, Jefferson City: Mayor and
Mrs. Henry W. Keil. Messrs. and
Mesdames A. c. Einstein, F. D. Bear
slice, Fred Adam. F. N. Boyer, o. B.
Barrows, C. r. Croninger, J. P. Casey,
R. H. Frazier, J. C. Hall, A. ]. He'll
mich. H. H. Humphrey, e. r. Kinsey,
H. W.. Kehl, Hiram Phillips. E. ]
Pillsburg, A. ]. Russell, Herman
Spoehrer, C. NJ. Talbert. Hugo Wur-
dack, h w. Wiswell, E. e. Wall,
Messrs. c. F. Darlington. VIM. Brad
L ford, c.. R. Baldwin, c. c. Butler, B. II.
Matte. l. T. Block, Bruce Cameron,
Dwight F. Davis, G.. M. Ellis, G. B.
Evans, VIM. Gallaher. T. NJ. Gibbs, F.
iP. Hopkins, James Hardy, ]. A. Hook.
A. 1. Jacobs. Fred Johnson, Thomas
Moloney, W. C. Morehead, H. J. Pet
tengill, F. D. Phillips, Fred Robinson,
Geo. .Rosenthal, Jr., Ed. Smith, F. NJ.
Weber, G. B. Walker. M. J. Lester. w.
P. Wheeler, all Of st. Louis; Mr.. and
MIS-.
City, Mo-; F. j. Anderson, A. J. Fisch-
er, Sam Hobson, Frank E. Johnson,
IL. G. Mackenhaupt. Mr.. and Mrs. e.
]. Pietzcker, E. j. Seeley, l. c. Spake,
Cooper wilkins, Mr.. and Mn. e. e.
witherbee, ali of Chicago; r. L.
Baldwin. Mr.. and Mrs. J. D. Bowles. ].
U. Chester, S. R. Morrow, NJ. McShane, |
all OF Jefferson City; Mr.. and Mrs. P.
y. Kealy c. F. Niswander. Mr.. and
Mrs. J. NJ. Scott, e. T. Bowers, M.
Cole, all Of Kansas City: Mr.. and
Mrs. w. J. Achelpohl. Peoria. ILL.,; s.
E. Bronson, Ozark; C.. c. Barnard, !
Marshall Mr. and Mrs. v. L. Ebert. !.
s.. Joseph; MIR. and Mrs. H. A. Cal |
lagher, Independence: Edwin Gruhl, |
New York City; Charles Guckel,
Springfield: r. J. Irvine, Trenton; c.
n. Jaccard. Webb City; H. c. Lewis.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. D.
Kelsey, Percy Markham. Brookheld;
William J. McCarroll, Fulton; Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Ruffner, Mr.. and
Mrs. s. Fl. Wallace. Mr. and Mrs. H.
r. Ward, of Webster Groves; r. G.
Rhinehart. Kennel; Mr.. and Mrs. c.
H. Rohland, Mexico: Mr.. and Mrs. H.
P. Rikard, Hamilton; J. C. Reighard.
Moberly: Mr.. and Mrs. Tibbe, Wash
ington: c. vansodoli, Edlon; Mr.. and
Mrs. C. Woodfill, Aurora; w. p Wal
lace, Toledo, o.