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TTV OUGLAS COUNTY should lead the entire state in Paved Roads. As,-.'
a fact, many Nebraska counties are ahead of Douglas in road build- . ..
ing. The last three weeks have demonstrated as nothing else could
the absolute need of Paved Roads in this county. ; For nearly a ,
month Douglas roads have been bottomless and impassable. Ten
years ago cities were made by interurban trolley lines.. But the
city of today and of tomorrow, will be made by paved roads and motor trucks.
The day of the interurban is passing. The day of the paved road and the gaso
line motor truck is here.
Douglas County must take advantage of her opportunity and must Pave,
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' s On Tuesday, June 24, Douglas County passes upon the question whether or
not to vote bonds for paving more than 100 miles of its country roads.
v The plan, as outlined by the Allied Committee and accepted by the Board of
County t Commissioners, contemplates the paving Of such roads that no farmer in
this county will be more than three mile's from a pavedroad, and by far the l
majority of farmers will be less than two miles from a paved. road. . v ' , .
Many months were required to .work , out, the problem. Expert : engineers
and road builders were employed to lay put a . system of roads which would ...
touch every part of the county. And they succeeded.
The accepted scheme of roads is so logical and so fair that practically, every
- business and professional man of Omaha and the other, towns, tin Douglas
' County, as well as hundreds of leading farmers in all country precincts, are sup
porting it. j
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The Omaha Chamber of Commerce, the Omaha Automobile Club, the Omaha
Grain Exchange, the Omaha Real Estate Board, the Omaha Rotary Club,, the
South Omaha live Stock Exchange, the 'Associated Retailers, the Automobile
' Dealers Association, and. the country .precincts, through j Frank Whitmore of
Valley, have joined their forces in an Allied Committee," and every member of
: those organizations is . supporting the movement to give Douglas.County as good
a system of paved roads as is possible. - , V' ' " A
Having gotten into the paved roads game, these organizations propose to
1 see it through. They do not intend deserting the plan as soon as the bonds are
voted. j . - r
Instead, these; organizations are going to heavy expense to see that Douglas
County gets one hundreds cents worth of value for every one dollar spent for
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.Without one cent's expense to the county, " they have arranged to have a
" complete check on every cent that is spent, every brick that is laid, every sack
of cement that is used, and every yard of sand and stone that go into the base
of the roads.
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, Their special engineers will assist the Board of County Commissioners in
.preparing specifications for the work. These special engineers will inspect the
bids submitted by the contractors. When the contractors begin their work,
M these engineers will be right" with them. They will spend their entire time "on
the job." At the first sign of inferior workmanship, poor materials, ,or:"shad
ing" of the specifications, the responsible contractor will get into trouble and his
' "contract will be abrogated- . . .
The organizations back of this move1
ment pledge themselves to the people
of Douglas County that there will be no
graft or waste in this business. i
Douglas County people can rest assured they are going to get full value for
every cent they spend on these roads. j."
But that is .not all. They are going to get far more than what their money
would buy in the! way of paved roads. ' . ' ' v '
To every three dollars voted by the: county, the Federal government adds
one dollar from the. national treasury. And another dollar is secured from auto
mobile owners through licenses.
So that Douglas County is really buying $100 worth of roads for only $60.
, It's a bargain in Paved Roads. An d Douglas County should buy while the
buying is good.
This is Douglas' opportunity. ,
A million dollars ,of Douglas County money is dumped into mud roads every
year. This huge sum is the toll in loss of time to, farmers: and (truck' drivers; of
the excess up-keep of automobiles and trucks ; of the extra cost of hauling live
stock to the South Omaha market; of the excess gasoline used in : traveling of
the inability to . take advantage of r market i prices at 'the proper; time,; and oi a
! dozen other things of -the kind,1 r.-zr-,. : ' J -;. ' :.; Y:' ; x r : r ,;
This million dollars is paid by both
the farmer; and the city man.
If Douglas County would, take the money these mud roads cost it every
year and spend it on road paving, in a few years every road in the county would
be paved. And this terrific drain would be; a thing of the'past. T
The Executive Committee 6f the Allied Organizations makes a plea: to
every man in Douglas County, and to every woman in Douglas County, to sup- y
port the bond issue which will be voted upon June 24. The committee urges
that you do not . take it for granted that these bonds will carry without your
help and without your assistance. Your vote is necessary and your help is nec
essary. The need is great. Do not neglect it. Remember the date, June 24.
Make a ring around that date on your calendar to remind yourself to go to , the
polls that day. ; x
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This movement is backed by the Omaha Chamber of , Commerce, Omaha J
Automobile CJ ub, Omaha Grain Exchange, South Omaha J live Stock Ex
change, Associated Retailers, Automobile Dealers' Association, Omaha Rotary
Club, the Omaha Real Estate Board, and the Country Precincts organization.
If it was not all right: these, public-spirited . organization would not be "boost
ing" for it. ; ' . ' . , "
REMEMBER THE DATE JUNE 24TH
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