The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-28

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velopment beforehand. 1t has taken
counsel from the mistakes of other
cities and is planning its development
so that In future time. regardless OF
tho size of the city, there will be no
unnecessary changes and no unneces'
sary expense.
Washington, D.. c., considered one
Of the most beautiful cities In the
world, is a city which has developed
from a plan carefully layed out from
the beginning. The only mistakes
made in the development Of the city
OF Washington, as our capitol city,
were made by those officials who dis
regarded the original plans drafted by
lie Enfant, the French landscape
architect.
A P~resident Made This Mistake.
It is peculiar that one of the on
cials to make a mistake In the growth
OF Washington was one Of the presl'
dents of the United States. When
Andrew Jackson located the treasury
building of the United States govern
ment, he did not have the plan before
him at all. 1t is reported that he
went out with a committee from con-
gress and the United States senate.
and, walking over the capital grounds
looking for a site for the treasury
building, picked out a place which ne
thought was large enough, and stick
ing his walking stick into the grcuno
said, I'VE will locate the treasury
! building here" AS a consequence the
treasury building has been out OF
place, 1t is not in keeping with the
general plan for the city of Washing
ton. it obstructs the view and Is a
lar upon the artistic sense OF every
person visiting the city, and, in add
! ton lessons facilities for hand11ng the
affairs Of the city OF Washington.
The Right Man Did the Work.
The Industrial Association in Its
effort to secure the proper plans Tor
the development Of Keokuk was ex'
ceptionally successful. The right mar
was secured to do the work n the
completed plans were accepted by the
people Of Keokuk at a mass meeting
and we're adopted by the city omc1als
in due course OF time.
This has been a serious attempt on
the part OF the association and, I'M
less physical conditions change and
the business Of the city develops
along lines which it is impossible for
any individual to foresee, the plan
FOR the city OF Keokuk as GRATED by
John Nolen under the auspices OF the
! Keokuk Industrial Association will be
carried out in detail
Freiaht Rates Problem.
With these preliminary steps taken
the next work Of the Industrial Asso-
citation was to look after those par
t:,ular facilities which are required
bv industries locating here Tor nana-
ling their output to the greatest ad'
vantage.
Freight rates were enjoyed by
neighboring cities which practically
made fair competition by local indus
tries an impossibility. 1t is said, by
many familiar with the case. that the
shining and rate conditions In the
citv of Keokuk constituted one OF the
most fragrant cases of discrimination
that had been put up to the inter-
state commerce commission. AS a re-
sult Of the effort on the part OF the
Industrial association to remedy this
condition, joined by the upper Missis-
sippi river crossings In Iowa, a
freight rate situation now prevails
which makes it possible for industries
in Keokuk to compete favorabiy with
every other city in this vicinity. In
ctdentally, it has been made possible
for us to ship u freight in the future
with some degree of justice to the
local people. It is estimated. by con-
servative authorities, that this one
victory will net the shippers OF keo-
kuk a saving Of approximately $780,
600 the first year.
As a result of this n more advan-
taee. one more substantial asset has
been added to Keokuk as a business
and manufacturing city and 1t has
one more claim to metropolitan
growth and development,
Concrete Industrial Results.
SO much for the preliminary efforts
made BY the Industrial Association in
order to take care Of the future
growth of the city, as will as to make
future growth possible. These have
been necessary steps and II they had
NOT been accomplished, it would be
impossible to continue the work Of
the association for the development
of the city with any assurance of
success.
In a concrete form along industrial
lines the association has accomplish
ed the following things: