THE OMAHA' SUNDAY BEEt JULY 14, 1912.
Omaha Commercial Club Active in Good Roads Work
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BY WARD C. GIFFORD.
"It Is far better to be able to get to
market when the market Is right than
it Is to wait until the roads are right."
The preaching of the gospel of good
'.roads is an easy task compared to the
actual puilding,f iubstantlal hjhways.
Good roads the kind that the farmer
,may travel at any time are valuable
' commercial assets. The above slogan,
fit is far better to be able to get to
' market when the market Is right than
'it la to wait until the roads are right,"
adopted by the Commercial club of
' Omaha states succinctly "why they are
valuable to the farmer and to the busi
ness man who is the ultimate consumer
iof the farm produces.
So widespread , has become the good
jroads movement in the United States
that not only automobile clube but com
mercial and civic organizations as well
have taken up the task of making batter
Interurban highways. The up-to-date
politician in running for office has
adopted the good roads pledge as one of
the most imDortant , clanks nf hia nlat-
'form.
Definition of Good Roads.
What are good roads? Literally speak
ing the expression might mean a well
kept highway to accommodate vehicle
Itravel. The literal., acceptance of . the
expression Is not the practical one, how
lever. Today when a thoroughfare Is
'spoken of as a good road, it means that
jit is a highway that has been graded,
.turnplked and the proper drainage pro
vided for. It means also that this same
.turnpike Is properly marked showing the
'directions and distances to nearby towns.
The city, county and state organiza
tions have for several years past come to
ja knowledge of the fact that money put
Into good roads Is a dividend paying in
vestment - Even the more remote by
ways now know the King drag and road
grader. In some states, more advanced
than others, soli specialists have takeu
up the work of building roads on a
scientific basis. They have determined
upon the proper sort of soil to be used
for .a foundation for a road, and also
the proper sort of surfacing to make a
good road, but it is only recently that
the work of "signing" the roads so gen
erally has been taken up. Good roads
are time savers and as the trite old ad
age has It. "Time is Money." One of
the things then that is absolutely neces
sary before a road can become a good
road la that the same shall be unmis
takably marked.
The making of good roads appeals as
much to the farmer as it does to the city
man and the one must work hand in hand
with the other In order that the results
desired may be accomplished. The one
can do nothing without the aid of the
other, but the result of honest efforts
on the part of both will directly benefit
each.
Omaha Club Pioneer.
The Commercial club of Omaha,
through Its good roads committee, is a
pioneer In the work of road building.
Whenever called upon the club has fur
nished speakers to good roads meetings.
In every way it has used its influence
and its members have been active not
only to bring about the improvement of
Nebraska roads, but to build through this
state substantial recognized cross-continental
highways. Already this year the
work car of the Commercial club, which
Is a big six-cylinder Chalmers, has mad
three overland trips which have been mis
sionary tours for good roads. The meet
ings might be compared to revivals, hav
ing been neld at every town enroute, and
talks have been made from the tonneau
of the car to the farmers, telling them
how to keep their roads in good condition
and asking them to aid In the work of
marking the thoroughfares that they may
become recognized as a fart of estab
lished transcontinental highways.
One trip of the Commercial club car
was to Sioux City and return. Direct
results of the efforts of the good roads
enthusiasts were evident on the return
trip from Iowa. Seven gangs of road
workers were counted by the Omaha
party arid the presence of the majority
of these was In direct response to the
appeals of the Commercial club on the
down trip that the roads be kept in
good shape. , '
The second trip of the Commercial club
good roads car was made to Kansas
City. Unfortunately, it cannot be denied
that many Kansas roads are better than
Nebraska roads. This fact was brought
home to the Nebraska farmer and citizen
on the Knsas City trip and their state
pride appealed to in an effort to bring
about some Improvement. It has been
reported to the club since that time that
this road, has been marked , a greater
part of the way between Omaha and the
Nebraska-Kansas line; that drags have
straightened out many of the kinks;
that the high spots have been reduced
and the holes have been filled, showing
that the work of the club Is having Its
effect.
.," ' ' Trip or Ompna Booster.
The latest trip of .the good toads boost
ers was to Cheyenne, and the burden
resting on the shoulders of the men who
took that motor car Journey was to es-
tabUsha link in Jhe great trans-United
States Tthoraughfare. On this Journey the
club sent the mayor of the city and the
president of the Commercial club. Wyo
ming Joined hands with Nebraska and
the president of the State Highways as
sociation of that stata rod in the Omaha
car. As the result of the co-operation
between these two states the road from
Omaha, to Cheyenne Is being marked and
improved. Word recently received from
Ei L. Emery, president of the Wyoming
State Highways association, states that
the road has been graded, dragged and
marked from Pine Bluffs, Wyo., to the
summit of Sherman hill. Reports from
different points along the route in Ne
braska from Omaha to Pine Bluffs show
that the work of improving these roads
and marking the same also has been vig
orously pushed at the behest of the club,
That the automobile has been a direct
benefit to the farmer is now unques.
tioned, although a few years ago it was
not uncommon to hear vile epithets ap
plied to the motor par by the agricultur
ist. Realizing, however, that the auto
mobile has brought good roads and that
a good road is a blessing, the farmer of
today extends the open hand of welcome
to the motorist and does all in his power
literally to make his path easy. If he
merely goes speeding on his way he gets
a cheery recognition from the members
of the farmer's family, who wave god-,
speed from. the doorstep.
The old world has been ridiculed as a
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OMAHA: 2025 Farnam Street SIOUX CITY: Opposite Posts ffice
place out of date. The country Is called
antiquated and their people nonprogres
sive. This all may be true In a certain
sense, but the old world is as far ahead
of America in some lines as America is
progressive in others. It Is true that
many of the hotels that are considered
up-to-the-minute in Europe are without
running water in the rooms. It is also
true that it Is impossible for a man to
obtain a ready-made suit in England. It
is a well known fact that Scotland has
many crudities among Its customs that
have not ben ironed out, and It Is a faot
that ln India wheat Is threshed on the
Sands near the sea by driving hundreds
they may tread out the grains with their
bare feet. . . '
Any motorist abroad, however, will tell
you that the roads of England, Scotland
and the continent are so tar ahead of the
.roads of America that they appear as
boulevards; In comparison. Their roads
sre also . plainly marked showing the
towns and the distances. The danger of
grade crossings' is practically! eliminated
by national laws, but wherever there, is
a dangerous turn or whore the roads
cross, in an obscure place concealed by
hedges or the high brick walls so com
mon to the English country estate red
danger signals fcre posted. ;
..The speed laws of Europe are not dras
tic nor out of reason but they are' sane,
considering the great amount of traffic
over those roads, A part of the work
taken up by the Omaha Commercial club
Is not only to have all roads well marked
and well kept, but also to have danger
signals posted. These should be placed'
100. yards in advance of every dangerous
railroad crossing, highway crossing, or
Jbad turn in the road which may be hid
den by trees or high banks. .
. What Try la Dolo. :
A cause that Is so worthy as to demand
the attention of busy business men
bankers, big wholesalers and others
whose every moment is valuable Is cer
taily worth consideration from theelti
senry of the country, Th cry of good
roads Is making popular the old trail
used in days when the prairie schooner
Journeyed across the "Great American
desert." . That same cry la re-establishing
old lines of travel marked out by ox
teams and along which the early day
traveler found his way by following the
trail of skeletons left by both man and
beast. Instead of the slow going ani
mal train of yester year, the old trails
are becoming acquainted, not with the
tread of the cloven-hoofed oxen,' hOf the
Iron shod horse and mule,, but with the
tread of the pneumatic tire. ; ; "
Those who have been active In the
work of making good roads and estab
lishing highways through .Omaha and
throughout the state, as well as '.Wyo
ming. Kansas and Missouri Are the fol
lowing: '" ; -"
James C. Dahlman, mayor it ftmaha
and member of the Commercial club.
George E. Ha vers tick, president of the
Commercial club. -
J. A. Sunderland, chnlrman Of the good
roads committee of the Commercial club.
H. E. Fredrlekson, chairman of the
country roads committee of the Com
merial club. - s ,
b A. 8tarlea, member ot. the . good
roads commltto of the Commercial club.
. J. Ed George, member of the .Commer
cial club and Omaha Motor club -
J. M. Guild, commissioner ot thS.Corti
mercial club. . ,. ,
C. C. Rosewater, member of the ex
ecutive committee of the s Commercial
club.
J. A. DeBord, member of Ihs Commer
Jal club.. "
Harry Lawrle, member " of .the Com
mercial club and Omaha Motor club." -
The burden of making new roads and
maintaining them should not rest entirely
Upon the shoulders of the farmer' Sdr be
left to private enterprises. There seems
no good reason why convict labor should
not be used tor such purposes, j The whole
nation might profit W the success ot
Colorado along tnat nm;. - It givea ths
convict open sir work, and It Is the open
air he most requires.; The worn ort the
roads In the Sunshine stats by the pris
oners has done more to advertise it to
motorists as a good roads state than
any other one thing. It Is, of course,
true that Wyoming and Colorado can
build roads at a cost of 200 per-mHe,
whereas it costs Nebraska $2,000 a mils
to put a road in shaje. In consequence
thereof the work ot making Nebraska a
good roads stats will be more expensive
and perhaps somewhat slower. The re
sult must be attained nevertheless. '
Ths press of the world has proclaimed
Uts popularity of the good roads move
ment to the entire universe and with it
tn many Instances has gone the name of
Omaha on account of the activity of its
Commercial club.. There Is no reason
why Nebmika should not become a
greater booster for good roads thin" It
already Is beause here we have the feal
Nebraska energy and the true western
spirit which already has brought the state
to the notice of the nation ln many way.
AbBott Car Makes
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Remarkable Run
An Interesting automobile run ,.w,as
mads last , week between Detroit j(8,rtd
low Falls. Ia.,,. by Clare McDowell,
manager of E the.. Abbott,, Motor Soles
oompany, , at the. . latter , place, with.,, a
thirty, roadster.. The entire distance of ,7CT
miles '-was'. covered with ease the fourth
day after leaving Detroit with no thought
of creating a record. . Frightful road. con
ditions were met in many place but .the
car. pushed, through without difficulty
and without a single mechanical adjust
ments and. reached , its destination witu
ths same air., thai was. pumped in ( the
tires at .Detroit;., ;,f .; . . v.'".
.Persistent Advertising Is the Road
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