The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-21
Delegates Who Are to stop Here Next
Week VIII Travel In All
Possible Comfort
and Convenience.
TRAIN ARRIVES TUESDAY
About Eight Hours viii be Spent
Here-SpeciaI Train 10 Replica
Of Twentieth
Century.

The special train which Is carrying
the delegates from New York and
eastern points, to the National Elec.
trio Light association convention in
San Francisco, and which will stop In
Keokuk for eight hours next Tuesday,
will be parked on the switch near the
government dry dock and sea wall,
within easy access OF the plant OF the
Mississippi River Power company.
which the visitors will wish to inspect.
Further Information concerning the
train has been received here. The
train win be moved over the Burltng-
ton from Chicago to Kansas City. 1t
will leave Chicago Tuesday morning
and arrive here Tuesday afternoon at
$40 O'Clock. leaving at 10 O'Clock. The
power company officials have made
preparations to take care of the visi-
tors. There will be $50 persons in
the party.
In the special booklet covering the
trip which has been issued by the
Electric Light association and which
describes TIE trip in detail, and the
places to be visited. Keokuk Is given
:he following notice:
Boost for Keokuk.
"Keokuk. one of the former great
frontier trading posts, now a thriving
city OF twenty-five thousand people.
Here has been completed the first dam
across the Mississippi river-the lar
gest hydro-electric power plant on
earth. with capcity Of five hundred
thousand horse power This great dam
and power plant, extending entirely
across the river, Is over mile in
length and the water backing up be-
hind this dam has formed an immense
lake, reaching thirty-five miles to the
north, to Burlington. with a width OF
from one to five miles This mani
moth feat of Industrial engineering
cost twenty-five million dollars. and
the cheap electrical power resulting.
together with water transportation ad-
vantaEss is giving to this section of
lhz4 country a magic commercial de-
veIep-ent-
What Trip Is Costing.
The expense OF such trip as is
contemplated by the delegates may be
OF interest The cost of the entire
trip for one person in lower berth, or
two persons in compartment. or three
paTsons in drawing room from New
York, Boston or Buffalo, and interme-
Cldte POINTS Will Ne SjJo.ou Each. liz
same accommodations from Cleveland.
Toledo, Detroit and adjacent territory
will be $3.50 each. These include
rail and sleeping car accommodation.
and meals in diner.
The special, 1t is claimed. win be
counterpart OF the Twentieth Century
limited. The entire train Is electric
lighted, and there Will be electric
lights in all the berths The combi-
iation buffet and smoking car is to be
named the Gentlemen's Red Special
club car, and the observation car will
be named the Ladies' Red Special club
car
Itinerary Of Trip.
The itinerary OF the trip includes
New York, Boston, Worcester, Spring
field, Pfttsfield. Albany, Utica. SYRIA
cuse, Rochester, Cleveland. Buffalo,
Chicago. Burlington, Keokuk. Kansas
City, Albuquerque. the Grand Canyon
of Arizona, Riverside, San Diego, the
exposition at San Diego, Los Angeles,
Pasa dena, Ell Portal, and auto stage
trips from here, and San Francisco,
where the convention will be held.