THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE:' 3TULT 14, 1912.
Over the Good Roads ; of Douglas County
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anmmtr ttort, which ii located two
, miles outh of Council Bluff. All the
wty from trio beginning of the pv
, went of th Dodgt street rotd would
tne motontt una titner pavement or
well drained and easy traveling high
wayi. This, of oourse, la only om
drive that the motorist might 'nake. He
". could hegln his trip at the same point on
j the west of Omaha .and take a course
that would be severs) miles linger and
' still offer the finest kind ut country
1 It might be that he were beginning
" hJs tour soon after 8 o'clock arid wished
J) to make a long trip before "turning In
; for the night" The moon, being; around
" at the hour of early rising, might .be one
of the feature encouraging the auto
downer 'to think of the longer trip. There
fs no place In the middle west where th
! motorist find more advantages' for en?
I joying the moonlight nights thin right
j-tlr In Douglas county , Our motorist,
Influenced by the' sentlmehtsJ-moon, has
i chugged out to th western extremity of
'(the Pcdge street' road paving, let a
iassuma M I now out about twenty
four mile. He start her on hit even
k ing's trip and motor back to Omaha.
4. Beaching th city again, he directs bis
car to riorence boulevard and then mo
tors over one of th best' peved streets
i-' ln Omaha until he gets to Florence,
-"Omaha's uburbop th hrth:''At F16r
f ence he drive on north over the Calhoun
road, a paved hlghwiy. to the Washington
county line;' which p six miles' distant
irom iorenc. rrom tne nortnern eor
ijder of Douglas county the Calhoun road
i Is well graded and affords 4' good course
t for a trip Into Blair, the county seat of
""Washington county,' which Is twenty-flv
: - mile from Omaha. ;, v, . ; -
The Calhwa road In Iougla county I
. a beautiful hlghway.over wuJch to travel.
; (Many beautiful iiom have .Txa erected
j ; along Its course by Omahani.C T. f., Rlrv;
' kendall has a Country house in the neigh
: ' borhood of Pries lake. Oeorge F. West,
Robert F. Paeon and several other
Omaha cltlsen have erected homes along
thi line..1, ' Just tvr the Washington
r bounty lln along thjs rQlre the sum-
mtr resldstCff f MrSS. l. NMh. Hugo
of prominence in Omaha and the west
. . ine moiorui. on nis pleasure trip,
might take other roads In Douglas county,
i jfmdlnf all of them. wtyM. payed., nd
;red ,for. Th MHIWry.' road; .gnothef
,,or th thoroughfare of which Omaha
and Douglas county are proud, was laid
out by the government in 18B7, and it
as a part of the Overland trail. It was
planned aridVlald out over high ground
. In order th'ith3mmlrnti and frelghu
- ers could have a good view of the sur-
rounding country, tdr 'af that "Ume they
needed to be protected against sudden
attacks by Indians, and were at an ad
vantage when they wer on' high-road
and could command a wide perspective of
, th surrounding country.--Croadway? the
Council Bluffs road, w originally-.
- part of the old Military read.
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; Military roaa run northwest "from
Benson, and Is paved for a stretch -i.f
i 'nearly six miles from this town. ,-The
! "Itvington road branches off MlliUry rad
bout two miles and a half from Ben
; .son at a point where Military road turn
smd runs almost directly west The Ir
vington road rune north and west from
.his Juncture and for one and a half
r miles Is laid with macadam. It Is known
1 vs. the "bench road" to Blair. At Benson
0 jcranch of th Military road also shoots
; off, going straight west for a distance
, of mile and three-quarters. Vv, .
' Center Street road is another- of the
i famous Douglas county highways. It is
continuation of Lincoln avenue" from
, the west side of Hanscom' park. ' The
"pavement on this street extends to the
.;;tpn of Millard, ' Sprlngfleld,'',lulsvlHe
, and Lincoln. Starting tronf th 1 city
I limit and crossing two miles of flirt road
Dodge, a run of twenty miles can be
: ; ; made, out and back. Center street rosd
; ' ; M the first of the county highways In
! t j Douglas t be pavd.':
'l TJie Q street rosd 'is paved straiht
i jweet from South ' bmaha." through the
fMt'own of Ralston, and past Seymour lake
i t where the new Seymour Country club nas
j;rcted a fine club house at a cost of
p several thousand dollars. Motorists use
; this route in making trips to Millard,
' j Sarpy Milts, Paptllion. Louisville and Lln
' j coin. It is one of the finest drives in
: !, Nebraska, and. next to the Dodge street
;;road, the Calhoun and Center street high
:;. it is probably .the k finest in the
j , sute. The Q street road is paved for
if three and a half miles from South
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;) Forest Lawn cemetery, at th northern
I I edge of Omaha, 1 reached by a paved
:v road known as ; the Briggs highway,
which turns off the Calhoun' turnpike
.' Just this side of Florence. It is less than
!;a mile long and Is paved all the way, of
! course. ' . '
" Omaha motorists declare that one" of
th most pleasant drive is that. trip
r which take on north from .Beoson on
! : th Irvington road to, the Brandels farm,
' thence around th loop, to ,th;norto of
.! , Florence. The scenic attractions along
; this Hne are alluring .'tot the 'man. who
v loves nature and her wonders. Another
route which is a favorite is. that which
goes by the way of toon Bluff and the
Irvington road and along' the bluffs east
of the Elkhorn river. '.This gives a wide
view of the Platte river vtUey to the
west and the hill country lo. the east,,,
..Peugla county has approximately '0O
,muee of roais. Forty-four of these miles
r pved-tw and a half miles wlh
Colorado sandstone, two miles with brick,
t and a half miles with concrete and
thlrt -seven ille?ith macadam. These
faved roads have cost the county fiOt,.
33i.CS. Of this amount 1150.000 was votud
Jor , paving bonds and the balance. J254,
8.05, was obtained from th Inherltanpa
tax. During the last two years this
county ha expended 136,000 In repairing
Paved roads. Th annual exnendltura of
Douglas county on the Improvement of
iU roads, is estlnmated at 166,000. That
spent On'MU bridges and culverts totals
4J.000. These sums do not include that
money , which Is spent out of the in
heritance tax fund on the permanent
roads? r v i s ,
lfK, Pou' county there are twelve
load. .overseers working under the county
highway! commission and the chairman
of the road and bridge committee. These
twelve overseers have charge of the re
pairs of the roads In their respective
dletf lots, yTho highway commission keeps
ftu close, touch with the various oeri
seers and. consults with them In regard
to Improvements that are to be . made.
Th commission superintend the letting i
or an contracts for grading, paving.
bridge building that Is carried oln thei
county., ?
The commission lets contracts , vlth
farmers In the various district 'to drag
certain roads. The farmers are allowed
W cents per mile for each milei which
they drag. In some districts the farmers
dp BOt.accept the offers of the commis
sion foe fhls kind of work, but In most
FX. Wfl. divisions are found farmer' who
are-wllilng to accept tese offers, hot onl
tnattthey may earn the. money, ut that
they also , improve the condition of. the
road nr mke them fit for travel and
neavy4 hauling. , ;;. v ." v
-Th twelve overseer spend about tS.OOO
Ch, year, on the 800 miles of road for
operating, the side machines, which are
need to turn the pike roads. About
12,o60;1spent for deep grading on these
hlghwaya. The overseer now employ a
small blade machine In each district so
that, after the roads have been rounded
but by the large grading machines, the
overseers can keep these highways In
excellent ehape by giving thera careful
attention with the small machine and the
drag.
The ' Douglas cohnty road overseers
have learned that frequent dragging is a
great help to good roads, for, because of
the fact that travel doe not keep in the
same track, the highways are worn down
In various parts. When the roads are
not dragged often th rain make mud
hole1 in great numbers. But when the
road are, kept well dragged the water
drain fast and holes ar not numerous.
The county authorities declare that the
operation of dragging is one of the best
means of getting good roads. They con
sider'' the money spent in the purchase of
drags as the best road Investment they
have made. The farmer all over Doug
las county praise the dragged roads.
They make frquent calls at the office
of the county commission board in quest
Of drags, but the Douglas county road
officials have learned that the farmers
will net drag their roads, and that the
best method ot getting it done Is not to
give the farmer the drags, but to em
ploy men, who, under the direction of
the various overseers, will do the work,
nf 'do'ft, thoroughly, frff vTf '
In the movement for good road In
Douglas county the authorities are taking
out the small bridges and replacing them
with reinforced concrete culverts and
arches, which are made on the ground
by the county Itself at a much smaller
cost than woujd be case If the contract
for this work were let to firms engaged
In this business. The crew engaged In
this culvert work ha been laying more
than 1,409 feet of culverts each season.
These men have been employed In build
ing wines on old brick culverts. In re
pairing brick culverts, building retaining
alls, putting In abuttments st the end
of old steel bridges, doing away with
wooden approaches, etc. The county Is
getting away Worn wooden construction
as fast '. . tt : cah. ; The ' latest bridges
are steel upertructure, with steel piles
encased Jn concrete abutments and with
concrete 'floor.';;;1 :; ; '
County'' Engineer George ,P. McBrlde
and his deputyLouis E. Adams, declare
that . there Is to be no let-up In the im
provement of 4he road In this county.
The farmers have becomo aroused to the
needs of keeping the roads repaired and
are lending their assistance in every way.
The good roads movement which is now
sweeping this country Is also aiding the
Douglas county officials In their -continued
campaign for . better roads.. It is
predicted that the. next, few years will
see Douglas, county the "owner of many
more miles, of paved roads, making this
county one of the best In the world for
good highways, The present movement
Is receiving support from all classes. The
recent trips of the Omaha; Good Roads
Boosters have enoouraged many people
to take an Interest in the cause who
heretofore were apathetic in, this regard.
This movement also has enlisted the aid
of motorists,, who are' actually taking it
upon themselves to see, that certain
strips of highway are improved. The
general good road movement in this
state is , proving of immense benefit to
the commissioners and other men who
have been carrying on the improvement
work for years, and, It Is believed that
another, year, will, see practically the en
tire 'horse and autonjobile-owrilng popu
lation of Douglas county united in mak
ing boulevards and paved highways that
will give Douglas county as fine a series
of roads as any county in America could
wish to possess.!,
Utt Locomobile Six "48" Developing 12 HA 1
THE- Locomobile Company, having long since attained
) a material lead in fundamentals, has been able to
devote unlimited attention to new details and new
features, v As a result, the 1913 models offer more luxury)
and more comfort than can be found clsewhefe ' :
For 1913 the Locomobile will be built in three sizes: the long stroke!
Six "48," developing 82 horsepower; the Little Six, developing over
60 horsepower, and the "30" four cylinder, developing 41 horsepower.
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The Six "48" will be equipped with touring, torpedo, roaditer,. ' ,
limousine, and landaulet bodies - fS.OOO to $6,100 . '.
The Little Six will Include all the above with the addition of berline, . $4,300 to $$50 ,; ,
The "30" fourcylinder will be in touring, torpedo and roadster models $3,600 ,
In addition to new body design! which
express unique ideas, as well as the latest
;, featureJ of American and European practice,
these cars include every feature contributive
to the comfort and convenience of the pas
sengers or the driver.! '.'
The long, sweeping straight line bodies
are united to the bonnet by a well-shaped
. curved dash. The body surfaces are un-
marred and unbroken by hinges or handles.
Long wheel base, perfect spring suspension,
absolute balance and tefl-inch upholstery "
assure the maximum of comfort.
Ventilated glass fronts, integral with the curved
dash, dynamo supplying all lights, air compressor
for, inflating the tires, Ditto Starter for starting the
motor, all arc contributory factor for convenience.
The equipment includes o,ukk detachable,
demountable rims. '..'.:.'
Demonstrated by appointment :t ;
Deright Automobile Co., 1818 Farnam St.
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his resources. We are selling
thousands of Fords to men
who could own many more
expensive cars, but who pre
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lightness, its get-about-ability
and its economy.
More than 75.000 new Fords into service
this season proof that they must be right.
""Three " passenger v. Jloadster 590 five
passenger touring car $690 delivery car
$700 f. o. b. Detroit; with all equipment.
Catalogue from Ford Motor Company,
' 191 Harney St., . Omaha,' or direct from
Detroit factory. $ Phone Douglas 4600. '
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x the autoimobile. Loaded with 3 tons of merchandise, it started from
Philadelphia destined for a point north of San Francisco a trip clear
across the continent. The route leads over country roads, untrammeled
by delivery, trucks, it is safe to say, nearly 100 of the entire distance.
The manufacturer, Chas. W. Young & Co., ordering this truck on its
racking .trip did so only after mature deliberation in considering the
whole field of auto trucks. Their decision concluded that the Alco was
the strongest, most economical to run, absolutely reliable and possessed
greatest endurance and speed. . 5
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in the service of Armour & Co. and Storz Brewing Co.
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