The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-22
.K[0KUK CHOSEN OVER OTHER ]
CITIES FOR new FACTORY.

The plan is to lay this new coat
ing, to the depth of three inches
over a concrete base six inches deep.
II In the proposed experimental road.
the road is dug out, three inches of
sand is put IN first and then rolled.
and then the concrete and this new
substance put on. the company will
bond such a road for fifty years, it
is said.
The new covering for highways is
such that it VIII take patches without
tearing up whole blocks of concrete
as is now necessary. 1t has stood
all Of the tests which can be given,
1t by machinery, such as crushing
and the like, end It is to be subjected
on this proposed experimental road
to all tests OF loads and the like.
The company does not fear any test,
rather welcomes any Of any sort.
Samples Of the stuff have been cast
here, and show the difference be-
tween concrete and this new process.
There is sort of simmer to the
new process, as II there were
particles of silver in the substance.
The hardness of the substance is an
other remarkable feature.
Stronger Than Any Other.
The new substance which will be
manufactured in the Keokuk factory
is from fifty to sixty per cent strong
er than any other road material
which is now being used. it was
stated. The company plans to control
all of the states west Of the Missis-
sippi river and will repair the roads
for a certain period Of years and
bond them for certain other
period. The organization of the
company will depend on whether the
company and the manufac-
turing company will be combined or
whether they will be kept separate.
When the sample road is laid, an
OF this fact will be made
and engineers from all over the
country will come to see it. They
will spend from week to a month
here, in making tests of the road
and in watching the effects of these
tests. In Italy there is coating Of
dirt all over the Appian way. The
American engineers considers this
1t may be possible that
the dirt coating is necessary or is
best. All such problems will be
considered for solution when the test
road is laid.
Through Power Company.
Mr.. Kellie said he became inter-
ested in Keokuk through the Missis-
sippi River Power company. He in
vestigated the claims of eleven other
cities, and visited each one. II
have come to Keokuk to locate" he
said this morning. 81 have moved my
family here and this will be where
we will erect our plant"
Mr.. Kellie was connected with the
National Stone, Cost Company OF To-
ledo, Ohio, before coming to Keokuk.
He was publisher Of an architectural
journal about twelve years ago when
the demand for better building ma
terial than wood was made. He
made sayeral trips to Italy then to
try to find q Substitute and did so
in volcanic matter.
When this new proposition came
up and Mr.. Kellie became interested
in the road coating. he left his at
fairs in Toledo in capable hands and
began HIS Investigations here. He
has moved his family here and is
now located at 725 North Eighth
street. ~
The new company has opened Of
fees in4 the Masonic building, in
suite 1OSxSO Only part Of the Offices
are nowgoccupied. but as soon as the
IS in full operation, the en-
tire suite will be used.