PLAjTTSMOTJTII SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL
MONDAY. MAY 19, 1930.
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Platie River
Bridge Made Toll
Free hi 2 Years
Splendid Concrete Structure Built at
Cost of $120,000 Paid for It
self in Short Time.
Many of the men interested in the
Missouri river bridge being dedicated
today are not new at the bridge
game, having financed and erected
the steel and concrete Platte river
bridge north of this city, erected in
1925 and opened to traffic in the
fall of that year.
This imposing structure, built at
a cost of $120,000 was erected un
der provisions of a state bridge lav
that would permit the state and ad
,.x KINO OF TRAILS BRIDGE
Over the Platte River en Highway that Paid for Itself la Tolls
Collected and is Ndw a Free Drldge
1 eleplione
Company Serve,
the Public Well
Made Many Improvements in the
Past Year in Territory That
Is Served by Company.
The Lincoln Telephone & Tele
graph Co., have in the past year
made a great many improvements to
their plant in this section and the
lines over the territory that is served
by this company.
The company has rebuilt. all rural
lines, replaced with new poles and
wire, also' placing five new" lines in
service in this territory. This gives
the patrons on the rural lines the
very best of service that can be found
anywhere in the country districts of
any company.
The force of workmen of the com
pany have also placed four miles of
aerial cable that have been strung
and all open wires removed and plac
ed through the cable.
The company in this section have
placed additional toll circuits be
tween Plattsmouth and Nebraska
City, Plattsmouth and Murray, Oma
ha and Auburn, Omaha and Falls
City and between Omaha and Lin
coln, running through Plattsmouth.
Six additional toll circuits were
strung and placed in service, giving
the toll users the very quickest of
toll service.
The building of the toll line lead
between Plattsmouth, Nebraska City
and Auburn is now in full progress.
The building occupied by the local
exchange also underwent big im
provements in the placing of new
floors, counters, the installation of
new office furniture and fixtures and
the placing of individual lockers for
t!ie operators, as well as repainting
and varnishing of ali of the wood
work added to the Improvements of
the building and for the comfort of
the employes,
All these improvements have run
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Mciuber Eoaid of Directors.
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joining counties taking over owner
ship of the bridge at any time, with
the state paying half of the purchase
price and the counties collecting toll
for their half of the cost.
All toll3 collected were applied on
the purchase price and interest on
the investment and when the state
took it over it was already partially
paid for. Little more than two years
of toll collection not only provided
sufficient money to pay for the bridge
but a reserve fund to provide for re
placement of its gravel surfaced
roadway with one of rock-asphalt
pavement.
The securing of a toll-free bridge
over the river enabled the govern
ment to expend money on road im
provement right up to the bridge
and an all weather road to Omaha
was provided within a short time.
Now, this route is being paved and
the coming few months will see its
completion and the elimination of
grade crossings.
into thousands cf dollars that . the
company has spent to see that their
subscribers and employes are given
the very best of service and comfort.
The Lincoln Telephone & Tele
graph Co., is a Nebraska company,
serving its people in every way pos
sible and is always abreast of the
times in rendering dependable ser
vice to its subscribers at all times,
and at the lowest possible cost.
The local exchange is under the
management of C. II. Jensen and who
with his very efflcent force of oper
ators and workmen are striving con
stantly to serve to the fullest extent
the residents of the territory in
which they operate and from the
marmger down it is "service with a
smile" from the employes of the Lin
coln Telephone Company.
.THE AMERICAN RHINE
The bluffs along the shores of the
Missouri river from Plaitsmouih
south fo rmany miles lie r.3 the na
tural American Rhineland, the place
where nature has planned for na
tural vineyards, the sun and mois
ture of the valley making the kille
ideal for the purpose cf grape cul
ture. For several years Attorney A.
I,. Tild of this city has urged that
more grapes be planted along the
hilla and bluffs where there is not
so much land suited to the corn cul
tivation but which in vineyards
would give an abundant return to
the owner in the great harvest of
the luciou3 purple grapes that are
in such demand each year from all
parts of the country.
' BARBERS WILL CELEBRATE
The union barber slicp3 of the city
w":l take part !:i the festivities of
the formal opening cf the Missouri
river bridge and will r.ecordingly
have their places r.f business closed
fi--rt 1 r. m. until 4 p. in. AH pa
trols are- uried to take note of the
hours of closing.
PLEAS AST RIDGE CLU3
Tae Pleas rat Ridge Community
club will meet in regular session next
Friday evening at the usual place.
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Plattfmoiith Bridge Co.
- Plattsmouth, Nebr. . . .
Happy Hundred
Suppers Adver-
tise Plattsmouth
An Unbroken Line of Monthly G-et-Tcgether
Meetings in Winter
Season Past Eight Years
Winter has its snows, summer has
its flowers, the radio has its Amos
and Andy but Plattsmouth has her
Happy Hundred.
The Happy Hundred is a social
get-torrether of one hundred good fel
lows from all the professions, busi
nesn pursuits, arts and sciences of our
little city. This title just fits the
crowd and the occasion. It has been
the outstanding social event of the
Chamber of Commerce for the past
eight years and has continued thru
t:?e winter months with unbroken
regularity.
It has been called Happy Hundred
because that is the number, with
very slight variation, which gathers
around the table at f5:30 on a given
Tucrday right during the winter
m.viths and they are all happy be
came t'mt is the purpose of the
gathering.
Sirrr'ng. speaking and lots of pap
' -hat":-ter'ze the meetings which be
f;'n promptly at. C:30 and close as
r.rrropMy at 5?: 30. The supper hours
hpvr been favored by the presence
of the :n"st d istinguishod sneakers in
tli o stTte of Nebraska governors,
svators, leading business men, jour
n!its. university professors, cap
tains of industry, leaders cf the bar
p.nd !-.er.ch, and occasionally, though
with fear and trembling, a politician
lias bei' risked by the committee as
a luadllncr.
Happy Hundred ha3 her Searl
Pa vis, who has with the exception of
two or three occasions when absent
frori the city, presided at this happy
board throughout the entire eight
years that Happy Hundred function
ing For one man to continue to
hold the attention and interest of his
fellow citizens in such a difficult
r-le as toastmaster is most unusual,
but Searl himself is unusual, being
a born master at the art of handling
a dinner program and one who be
lieves in wasting no time in useless
speeches of introduction, yet imbued
with a mild and pleasing type of
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SEARL S. DAVIS
Happy Hundred Toastmaster and
Today's I.Iaster of Ceremonies
witticism that always "strikes lire"
with the responsive diners. With pep
and precision he presents the people
of prominence and promptly pushes
them on to performance and therein
lies the secret of Searl's great popu
larity and his being named year af
ter year to officiate in this difficult
role.
I::", favorite musical selection i?
"TIkj Old Gray Mare."
I.! addition to this important duty,
Mr. Davis vas selected by the com
mittee arranging today's " dedicatory
oycrricc-s to act as roaster of cere
n cnit j at the program of the after
noon, when Governor Weaver and
other notables will cpcalc.
G;' ionise the riRttmouih fellows
aM c-njoy Happy Hundred, but the
usefulnos:-? of the institution and
'u-h it really Is has been enlarged
by the attandr.nco of many invited
'i:'f- f'"i nurvcunding communities
who have favorad us with their
pr-.n-.-ir.-e r.ml hay.; admitted rereivir.g
.-.T-t.n-agemcnt and inrpiratio'i for
r:.rv several .community tusks at
home.
"I i.;- ' ti:-:.i r.-e held alternating
i - the parlours cf the I'rssby terian
and 7:cthodiot churchen and th;
A-j'erieun lA-jrion ?onrjurity build
''v;. con-.niit:o having In charge
th-: pr-rrrar: .-.-! arrangements for
ti-.e y;v:L c, nl years consisted of
TZ. II. 'V'.-isoolt. chairman; II. W
Knorr and Ij. o. Minor. Thor,e to
gether with ring-na'-ter Davis have
:-?dr it PfS'-,ib!e for the Chamber of
Crei-Kcrcn to function in thia rocial
'o;..--iirsc and offer to the men of
?km-r;c-utU p-r.i vi:initv, evenings
of crjcyniet. Irrtcrcit and edn-ation
v.I.j. h could hnvo been provided in
ro oilier way and hs.-? brct-tht before
then men of lyceum and Chautauqua
caliber in their spbres of activity.
The list ot these speakers, altogeth
er too long to publish here, contains
t PROCLAMATION t
. , Friday, May 16th, has
c been designated as the date
J for the formal opening of
J the new Missouri river traf-
-l- fie bridge near this city.
J The completion cf this span
J is the realization of some
four years of effort on the
part cf the peoples of Cass
and Mills counties to secure
a modern and adequate
means of communication.
Therefore, as mayor of the
City of Plattsmouth, I re
quest that all citizens who
can, Join in. this gala occa
sion thnt should mean so
much to the residents of
thio se-r-tion of Nebraska and
western Towa.
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J- It in urged tliat all of the
business houses in the city
'I' display the welcome banners
on the street and that where
possible the residences din
Play the Hag, and that the
bufincrj houses of the city
wherever pr.fiblc. take part
In the r.ciaf-'on by closing
- from the hour of 1 p. m. to
4 p. m.
J Let us r.infce this.n vr f
J nrtr.ble occasion in the hi1".-l-
tory of Plattsmouth ?.r. 1 i'vn
l county.
JOHN P. SATTLF.lt,
Mayor.
t": rp.mrs of more than 35 prominent
rh cf the middle west.
Happy Hundred has never been in
iny v.-ay r.-.od as a means of cxplo!t
!; a,-y man, men or measures. The
rvly thirg that is has exploited ar.d
nrcrjnte,'. is a fine fellowship whioh
he:; broadened the vision, strengtlien
,(i friendships and heightened the
' ultnro cf nil who have come under
it2 influence.
SCHOOLBOY PATROL
REDUCES ACCIDENTS
Washington By telling their
school mates when it is safe to cross
iusy thoroughfares near schools,
2030 member? of the schoolboy pa
trcl organized here under the aus
pices of the American Automobile
Association have been instrumental
i:i bving'ng about a reduction of 2:5
per cent in the fatal accident? to
children of school age in Washing
ton. The safety division of the District
cf C( Iir..i!.:-i divi'ion of the A. A. A.
reports there are r.ow 15S ratrols in
'hp city, wita an average of one
patrolman to every 10 children. In
192C whm tkJ patrc Is y.-ere Erst or
SJiuized, it. .-i said.- there wore. 15
fatal ac?id r.ts to children of school
4-gc. I:i 10r)' Hi a number was 10. n
reduction of .S3 per cent, uciording
to the report.
On drab djy: the boys on patrol
ivcpr brillinitv v!l..w ponchos and
z fu r:ii-he-1 by the A. A. A. that
I: y may be o::s:Iy : p'jt. -1 by mote r
'r"s. On otl'.o1." 'J-?yj thry are id'.ti
by whiL: "Sam Brown" belts.
Th t:--l;o their r s.s before and
after school r.nd at the noontime
recess.
LirM and fewer
District Offices Here Serving South
Eastern ITcTiraska ?S5.0C0
Sub-Station Completed.
Numbered among the important
ar.;-"ts in t';p business field here is
the Tov.'a-NV-br:if-kn Light and Power
TTr.piny, i corporation that serves a
vat territory throughout southeast
ore. Nebraska and southwestern Iowa.
T ;s cr.rfpny irnintain'i its district
oiTi'-o's here frr the territory com
prising the southeastern Nebraska
dir.' v't. v.-ril as makes this a oon-
vcrinir point for high tension lines
from OmV-ha. the Red Oak, Shenan
doah ar.d Clarinda (Iowa) power
T.ti'if,:is finr from Lineoln. To take
ci re of t 'if - hi-h nowercd electrical
'r-rent a m. ?sr.fon sub station
11 if? re-cntly ben built alonw High-v,-pv
7 5;i hn f-mith portion of the
-51". So fffieiivitly does this equip-r"-t
occrae tlit current can be
'iV'-n frc.-i arv -f the p wer plants
-f 'ur c.-nnany en rhort notlne, fo
ro 1;K;ro ji,.,.-, ntcmontarily In
rt?Gn Cf y?wire v.-i 1 1 result at
any t'me.
T- -id':;M"i to its district offices
rr-i Ito r,;il --rt'it ion. the company M-r",-raf'7,
-;r. ?r'ifrtnl gas plant in
P?attfiT"f 5--!pn5'iafT "several hi.in-dr.-d
h-r.fp" vitii ' eookir.g fbcilities;
in. ari'lrlni ff3 p!a.".t that sitppHeF
the -fd1.-- r -.r ra- poop'' r.nd rsvcral
rf thr f i ' -v nearby towns as we'l,
'i i-I maii-ta'ns r.;i oiv?ratir!g steam
plant a -5 : tand-l-y unit that can be
rS.firr, jn operation to r:rnp!y cleo
Ity .'t tbin vicinity should all the
"'! fjreui's centering here
b--- T-'it out -,f e.--.".mi Tslon.
T'"? crmrr:ry is making extensive
-iifim for the bringing of natural gas
.in (MS territory and hopes to get
r. v-n: llrc.H installed and ready to
fvpr-iy nrtural" gm to raor:t. of the
t.owc it. cerves with electricity not
Ir-ter than tho end of the present
--. Loraliy, it has completely re
built its downtown distribution lines,
crm' frii g all ji J-ght tirnt'tg and
n- '..'." it, ice- -.c .. the telephone
cTTTy'a Tb'ct en r Irgl2 poles of
towering height and making tbo
a!jcry5 i!Vr. from unsightly
!v!n ami dllanidated crossarms.
At the present time they are get-ti'-.sr
ready' to rebuild the distribution
line that runs Eouthward to Nebraska
City and beyond.
LONG STORY OF
BRIDGE PLANNING
(Continued from I'ag; 1)
named was the Minsouii Itlver
Rridge f-rtmi.iit t f.p, wiili Henry A.
Schneider, provident of the bridge
company, as chairman.
About this tin! the-re was hold in
Omaha a m'tlMg of h.m f tlio
men who had b i-ii insti uiii'-ntal in
building th J-;inr of Trail h'-idge
over the riattf ilvi-r, fix I'ldin;; Mr.
Schneider. At tlil ifi ting tti re
was nrganiz.-d tin- I'lattni.outlt Pih'.-r;,
Company, with III'' folio v Uiii t.mii I j
as oiTicc rs: I
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prcMldtnt. '
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'- : of t !p l-'lr-.t. i' br.vsk.j dls-
bill ''; f":!. t !: : :i: 1 : '-nu;; r . "s in
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j;'rr- r r,-'7tp ai.d f!gned by tlie
!l"r;-r!rb -t ii Mr.r.-h, H 2S.
Aft:-; ' I-, J !'.'. probl: rn cf fir.nnc
i ;.'? :'i im?)')rta?ic-'. . Tlio in-
.... ... s ..-'.d a bridge her-:-
; r - y 1 l.c- mrdo to ,'xy for itself in a
; compni atlvcly few years, but making
I eastern investors see the matter in
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CART. E. VOCr.L
Engineer Who Supervised Con
struction of New Dridge
that light was not so easy a matter,
i: i-.v t. bof..io ikey would consent to
accept bonds on the structure they
t. men into this territory to con
duet a survey of conditions amd the
demand for a bridge here from the
in. dings cf whom they computed pos
rif le earnings and finally gave their
O. K. to the project.
In the matter of financing, the
Plattsmouth bridge stands out alone
r.rieng the several being built up
and down the river, namely, no orga
nized stock selling campaign was
conducted nor was the community
a"ked to subscribe a single penny to
insure erection of the bridge. A very
small amount of preferred stock was
sold in this vicinity, but in every
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Fanners Creamery Here
Amoiiff Mewer Indnsiries
that are Making
Opened a Year an;1 n. Half Ao, It Has Steadily
Forced to the Front Casco Butter is
Sold Expensively in the East
OWNED 100 BY CASS COUNTY FARMERS
C.t;i:nt in December, IC2S, Sponsored by Chamber of
Commerce Initial Pound of Better Purchased
for $500 and Presented to Governor
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CAS2 COT N'T Y FARMERS
A year and a hrlf ago there was
T.-.ihe-.c-d in Plattsmouth a r.imilar
grc-'ip of p"'-r!? to 1! at .rathe"ed here
teday for the bridge opening, the only,
mriko'l difrc -.civ e bei'.g that the
cr.,-.Y.'l was nL nearly so large.
They were here to attend another
dedication program, also sponsored
byJLe .Plattsmouth Chamber of Com
merce t lie dedication of the new
C'r-i Ci.-tr.ity Farmer's Co-Operative
'rer.r.icry. Like today's celebration
it v. a:: a Tf"!er.;n ar.d dignified cere
mony befitting the occasion. One of
?:e ;'e:i.urea of this event was the
-.j-chasa and drl'very of the first
pi -i-r.d rf the r.cw Casco butter, for
whs h the rum of $500 was paid by
t''" civic body. Eater the butter was
taken to Lfnccl.i by Chamber of
fcromcrce officials and presented to
Covernor Weaver, v.hile moving pic
ture cameras photographed tlio -pre-3
or tat ion scene. ' -
""-c that day many thousands 'of
rrunds of Casco butter have rbne
through the large churns at the
crta:re!y. The then unknown Casco
brand Ii-.s become immensely popu
lar in the east, where it has been
marketed in inerer.sing quantities
luring the past year. In addition it
is sold in large quantities in, Omaha
and here in our own county.
The creamery company in order to
accommodate its growing produce
iEtar.ee v-'"3 bought voluntarily and
without solicitation.
Th next step was the drawing of
detailed plans, only rough sketches
and general estimates of cost having
bran used up to this time. In this,
wcrk. the engineering department of
the Omaha Ktecl Works was given
free reign, instructed to design the
r.icit practical and substantial bridge
it would bo possible to build, suitable wns I''tr' '"
'e ercsFlr.g conditions here. Their!1-? VrAcn Construc-Plaa-s
called for the cantilever tvpe!?- '-.rapany. sub-ccntrae-tc rs en tha
af const met ion, also singularly dif-jP5-1' ovk. a::d the bridge completed
He rent from other bridges being built I arm-rxTaatcIy a year later, being a
ar.d down the river, and in this loJ!-f-" structure during completion
their calculations were borne out bylrf roadway on the Nebraska side
the engineering- firm of Modjeski &
Chase, international bridge experts,
of New York City.
So perfectly did the plans conform
to War Department regulations that
only a formal hearing before Army ;
engineers in Kansas City in Septem-
her. 102S, was required to secure the ;
further necessary permission to go
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CO-OPERATIVE CREAMERY
l-".'.'' -- v.'as f
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ed to erect an addi
rt th.e rear of their
building on, lower
Phey ak-;o tur'ed. to
2 (: ci eamt .1 cottage
'net .o and t!ie sa.-es of this product
arc er.irstnr.tiy increasing.
Resides the ;e items, here at home
th-y are of.'ei ing through local dealer.-
r.illk. cream, wlii.i- in.g cream and
bv.tt milk. Just now they contem
nlate the addition Of coco-malt to
their lino.
Ti'o ; tvn rr.ery Is under th? per
sonal management rf Phil Hoffman,
an e::pci t butter maker from the
state ('airy department of the Uni
versity of Nebraska. As a result of
his "a refill managcrient the cream
ery :;as r.: t only built up a splendid
paMaasg? during the comparatively
short time- it has been in operation,
but ha been.alrJo to-show r prpfit on
the year and a half's 'opevations for
both the stockholders end patrons.
The officers of tho Creamery as
sociation are: ' -
President W. F. Nolte. Myr.ard.
Vice- President II. F. Noltirg.
riattsmcr.th.
P?eretary II. L. Gayer, Platts
mouth. Treasurer E. II. Spangler, My
r.ard. Iiireetria A. A. Wcte-nknmp. My
nard; John Hobscheidt, Murray.
ahead with cor.atrueticn work.
It wc? then, with all seeming bar
rier j remcved and finaiicing problems
''I"t... that the inaorpc raters breath
ed a sigh ef relief and contracted frr
a ir.al i on.-tructlcn of the bridge, the
d . tailed r:-!y of whi h is found in
another r.rti le in this paper.
StJftire to Fay here. a-"tusl v.-ork
x J 1 1 I 1" 1- . -4lAr
ar l ntt Actually thrown open to toll
unl!1 Feorur.ry 1st of - this
"ear- . .'
Verily. ,!t , Is a lor.i: story from tho
time of that mass meetiiig In Eagle
ra to dedicatory certnioal-s ioday
marking the formal opening of this
connecting link between two great
states.
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