. The street railway review . his ride about the city, he saw but one house for rent. This delightful position also permits the city to boastof being one of the most healthful places in the a business way Keokuk has long enjoyed the reputa-tion of being the leading wholesale market in the state ofIowa. To the splendid retail trade the city wiU soon addbv constructing a high bridge over the Mississippi, thusopening the trade of some of the best farming country ofIllinois to Keokuk merchants. Many manufacturingestablishments have recently located here, among thembeing the starch facto
. The street railway review . his ride about the city, he saw but one house for rent. This delightful position also permits the city to boastof being one of the most healthful places in the a business way Keokuk has long enjoyed the reputa-tion of being the leading wholesale market in the state ofIowa. To the splendid retail trade the city wiU soon addbv constructing a high bridge over the Mississippi, thusopening the trade of some of the best farming country ofIllinois to Keokuk merchants. Many manufacturingestablishments have recently located here, among thembeing the starch factory of the J. C. Hubinger Bros. Co.,with a capital stock of $1,000,000; the Du Pont Powder 214 Works with a capital slock of $1,000,000, and the Huis-kamp Shoe Co. with a capital of $500,000. Besides thecanal costing $7,000,000 the government has recently builtdry docks and a court house costing $100,000. It isonly a question of time in which to interest capital in theundeveloped resources that will make this city one of the V. r< K I STKEET RAILWAY AND IOU L greatest manufacturing centers of the West. The bestcivil engineers have estimated the fall of the river in frontof the city and say that at a cost of $200,000 the greatestand best water power in the country may be in connection with late inventions in electricity, bymeans of which power may be trans-mitted, gives flattering hopes for thefuture and great things may be ex-pected. The cars are marvels of comfortand attractiveness and of splendidworkmanship, having been built atihe shops of the St. Louis Car Com-pany. They are 16 feet in length,and are each equipped with two 15horse power motors. The electricsvstem is that of the Edison Company,and the engines are two HamiltonCorliss of 125 horse power each. Thelines are working nicely, and the man-agement of the company are the de-served recipients of many congratula-tions in which the Street is happy to join and wish theenter
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