The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-10

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! which will probably. be financed by 9
bond issue. Work viii be begun on
/! this Improvement within the year.
i At Burlington. Iowa. city Of "a
600, there are no terminal or freight
j handling facilities and no definite
plans under way. But as this city is
the home OF the president OF the UP
per, Mississippi River Improvement
association. Mr.. Thos. Wilkinson.
] am, convinced . start will be made in
1.-THE right direction before very long.
!, At Fort Madison and Keokuk, Iowa,
/; there are no freight terminals but
keokuk recently had the harbor line
established. surveys made and a plan
prepared for freight terminal Of the
type approved by the Upper Missis-
! sippi- River Improvement association.
AT Quincy. H.. city Of $4,000. q
joint waterfront terminal committee
was recently created at the suggestion
i OF the Chamber OF Commerce. and
authorized to prepare plans for sea
wall construction, q freight terminal
and q munich al belt line.
! At Hannibal. Mo-, city OF $4,000,
there are no existing freight terminal
! facilities but public sentiment In favor
OF such an Improvement on limited
scale. IL growing rapidly and will
probably crystalize into definite plan
within the year.
At Alton. ILL.,, . city of 1900. there
/ is no freight terminal at present but
the city authorities are working out
docking system and local shippers are
much interested.
Facilities at Davenport.
The city of Davenport, with popu-
lation OF $4,000. lying opposite Moline
and Rock Island, ILL.,, and about mid
way between Minneapolis and st.
Louis, l have left until the last in or
der to discuss the terminal operations
there somewhat In. detail. In 1910.
that city. which is under special chart
er, secured the enactment of law by
The state legislature. authorizing the
creation OF levee commission and the
issuance OF terminal bonds. Before
plans were drawn or work was begun,
the senior member of the commission.
MI W. d. Peterson, made q trip
through Europe inspecting the term
inal basins, warehouses, docks and
handling facilities on the inland water
ways of Germany and France. Work
on the Davenport terminal has been In
progress since 1911 Up to the present
date nearly one mile of sea wall has
been built and more than twenty acres
ye land reclaimed This work has
cost $4,000. It is estimated the en-
tire improvement wifi cost about $780,
900, which will include the building
OF three miles Of sea wall and the
reclamation Of 141 acres of land. This
reclaimed land will be worth, con.
servatively estimated. not less than
$4,000. 900.
The first section of the Industrial
terminal has been completed. This
contains thirteen units Of 10000 square
feet each. which will be leased for
twenty year periods at rentals ranging
from $3.50 to $3.50 per year. These
units are suitable, either singly or in
groups OF two or more. for warehouse
or factory purposes.
The second section Of the Industrial
terminal, consisting of twelve units OF
approximately 10000 square feet each.
is now under construction. The sea
wall has already been built to the
twelve foot stage and the MI begun.
This section will be completed by the
fall Of 1915. On this section will be
located the municipal warehouse.
Work on the third Industrial sec
ton Of twenty-four units will not be-
begun until after the first and second
sections have been entirely completed.
front and rear tracks laid, the munic-
ipal warehouse built and the locomo-
tive cranes. moving platforms. etc.
installed. The entire terminal will be
under the direct control of the levee
commission which will operate the
warehouse, the handling apparatus and
the levee railroad, a switching propo-
sition connecting with the four trunk
lines serving the city OF Davenport.
In building the terminal in this way
It has been the idea OF the 1evee COM !
mission to make each section self
supporting. The rentals per unit Of
1000 square feet have been based on !
the cost OF construction Of the units
and the charges that will be made for
switching ana freight handling will be
based upon the actual cost OF these
operations. plus . reasonable charge
for interest and depreciation. Under
the commissions plan 1t will be pos
sible to retire the construction bonds
covering given section within twen-
ty years Of their issuance. and this
without asking the Davenport tax.
payer to contribute one cent toward
the improvement. At the same time
the completion OF each section adds
extremely valuable acreage to the list
Of city property.
The Ievee commission has fixed
January, 1915 as the time when form
al applications may be made for lease