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direct motor route from Omaha to
Kansas City, Mo., is now available.
The distance, between the two
points, is approximately two hundred
and twenty miles. The trip may easily
be made in a days' running, in fact last
summer, a motor car was . driven between
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' THE SUBSTANTIAL NEW POLLOCK-DUFF DRIDGK
Omaha and Kansas City in eleven hours
and fifteen minutes, but now the route
has been considerably shortened and the
same car would undoubtedly make this
trip in something like nine hours.
It is through the enterprise of T. Her
bert Pollock of Plattsmouth and Ralph
A. Duff of Nebraska City that this main
highway between -two great cities has
been so greatly improved and short
ened so that -now a route is avail
able over perfect roads, leading one
through some of the most interesting and
beautiful as well as historic scenery in
Nebraska. Over much of the trip one
has" the Missouri river in view, with nat
ural woods and great bluffs on either
side.
The bridge at Plattsmouth, which is
really the key to any trip south, was
erected by T. Herbert Pollock and Ralph
A. Duff out of their own funds and is a
noteworthy example of loyal public en
terprise. Eighteen hundred feet in length
and most substantially constructed
of steel girders and reinforcements,
it is so strong that it will carry an
electric interurban car and will re
main in service for years to come.
This new bridge offers motor
ists an interesting Sunday drive to
Plattsmouth and Nebraska City,
places hitherto inaccessible for a
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pleasure trip because of the
out of the way route neces
sary and the rough' hilly
country that had to betra-
versed. Plattsmouth is brought within j
twenty miles of Omaha while Nebraska V
City is but fifty miles away.
Starting from Twenty-fourth and Farnam streets ' f i
in Omaha one travels directly south on Twenty-:
fourth street, through South Omaha and Albright)
turning then to the east and going over the newly
constructed boulevard system and through the in
teresting old town of Bcllcvue. From Bellevuc
the route lays due south over a level country
into La Platte, At this point one turns toward ,
the south and west and soon finds himself at the
bridge. From La Platte to the bridge, at the pres- :; I
ent time, the road that will eventually be used is
not open. It lies within sight of the temporary
road, and several crews of workmen may be seen
busy in its construction.
At the south end of the bridge is a beautiful five
room bungalow, constructed for the use of the
bridge, caretaker and where, at a later date, numer
ous Omaha parties will probably take chicken din
ner while on interesting trips to towns south of here. .
A short drive after crossing the river lands one
in Plattsmouth, and one who has never been there
will be surprised at the size and interest of the
pretty little town now only twenty miles to the
south. It has good hotels to stop at and at which
to dine, and immediately surrounding it are some
delightful places for suburban homes for Omahans,
Two of Plattsmouth's leading citizens, Mr. Falter
and Mr. To lock, have interested themselves in
bringing tl is section to the attention of Omahans
as a suburban home proposition. Situated on the
main lines of the Missouri Pacific and Burlington
routes it has a dozen or so express trains daily and
by road is only nineteen miles away, thus enabling
persons to spend ' the day with their business irt
Omaha and in a few minutes reach Plattsmouth by
by rail, or better still, enjoy a refreshing motor ride
to their homes. Plattsmouth will some day, in the
near future, become a suburban home for Omaha
business men, and then its property values will
ntfse, reaping a good harvest for those who were
forcsighted and bought before the raise. This same
thing has happened in metropolitan cities through
out the country, and Omaha will not always remain
an exception. Hundreds of business men of Chi
cago and other large cities live fifty and' sixty miles
from their business, going to and fro daily.
Leaving Plattsmouth one drives south into
Nebraska City. Motorists are not generally familiar
with the size and importance of Nebraska City. In
this pretty place is to be found some of Nebraska's
oldest homes and most distinguished families. The
famous Morton monument, one of the most beau
tiful in the country, is in the city. Men who have
since become powers in the financial world spent
their boyhood days in this old town. Several motor
partie3 have planned to drive to Plattsmouth today
and, no doubt, the present mild weather will make
this route as popular and well known with motor
ists as the rest of the familiar drives out of Omaha.
Kansas City is reached, a distance of about two
hundred and twenty miles, via Auburn, Falls City
and Atchison over excellent roads all the way,
with the hilly country practically eliminated. .
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