The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-19
First Social Event of the Season to
be Given by Motorboat Club, viii
Be Held on June
CLUB HOUSE DISCUSSED
Site Most Favored Is at Foot of Rand
Park Steps-HoId Meet
ing in TWO
Weeks.

| year that will be held by the Motor
boat club will be large picnic along
! the river some place near here on
June 90. The date was determined at
the meeting held at the rooms of the
Industrial association last evening. A
committee of three to be appointed by
Commodore G. Collingwood Tucker
will report on the arrangements at
another meeting to be held two weeks
from today, June 2.
No formal action was taken at the
meeting in reference to the construc-
ton of a motorboat club house. The
matter was discussed at some length
and the problems to be met were e1,-
planned by Commodore Tucker. Those
present seemed to be strongly in ia
vor of building club house, but the
matter was left to future meeting.
The club picnic to be held June %
will be one of several large social
events that will be held by the club
this year. Practically all motorboat
men in the city will be asked to at
tend the picnic as will many others
who do not own motorboats.
Committee to Report. asz
The selection of site for the picnic
was left to the committee Of three to
be appointed ny Commodore Tucker.
This committee also will decide upon
a means of transportation for those GO
ing to the picnic and will take care of
the other arrangements necessary.
This committee will report in two
weeks when second club meeting
will be held
In the discussion of the club house
cfo "a
that there were two club house sites
near the end of the Ice fender be.
steps The other is at the foot Of the
grand stand was located at the time
gatta.
This latter place was most favored
by those present at last nights meet
ing. The location near the end u
the ice fender was objected to On &C
count of its inaccessibility, there be-
ing no streets or wagon road to this
place and it being too far from either
the Sixth or Ninth street steps. The
greatest advantage offered by this To-
cation is the harbor for the boats.
Would Build Harbor.
The site below the park steps was
objected to only because Of the lack
of harbor for boats. It was the belief
OF those present, however, that har-
Dor could easily be made by dredging
out a slip or by placing a boom at
this point. 1t was thought this mat
ter could be taken care of with 5ut
very little cost. The location here
was also considered very favorable on
account Of the fact that road could
be built to the club house, because It
was just at the foot Of the steps and
near the car line, and because It would
not be necessary to cross the railroad
tracks to get to the club house, ex-
cept from the water.
The cost of building club house
was estimated by Commodore Tucker
at $1,000 or more. A she'll of a build
ing with a porch could be built for
$1,000, he said. The problem OF how
the money could be raised was, In the
opinion of those present, the greatest
one to be met.
The meeting was attended by very
good crowd, considering the condition
of the weather. An effort will be
made to secure much larger number
at the next meeting to be held June 2.