Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-06-11
TO BOOST FOR GOOD ROADS
Large Meeting of Those Interested at
Louisville Monday.
MANY TO GO FROM THIS CITY
Effort f. BEING Made 60 Interest
Each County in the scheme OF
Having Good Roads I'm
Both Directions.

49, Looking toward a cross country auto
road, running north and south and east
and west. meeting Of all the owners OF
automobiles in Cass county will be held
" Monday afternoon at Louisville Neb. A
lt~ large party of Omaha dealers and owners
will attend the meeting. among whom will
be all the officers Of the Nebraska state
fes Auto association and also the officers Of
the Omaha Motor club.
Not only will Omaha men be in atten-
dance at the meeting, but officers Of all
motor clubs over the state will come. The
u visiting autolsts will meet in Omaha and
make the trip to Louisville in automobiles.
q. AT the meeting the Cas- county men will
80 form County Auto club, which will be
known as the Cass County Auto associ-
alton.
90 " No extra tax win be levied on the tax
payers in order TO keep a road In good
~ condition for the use Of automobiles. An
increase OF q on tho lte tax, which n
levied on the auto ers. would be the
solution Of the ex Sc problem. The
"a = meeting at Louisville been called by
the State Auto association and possibly no
q .other county in the state will ever have all
the officers OF the association present at
any one meeting
1t is expected that at least $50 auto own
ers Of Cass county will be present The
organization, which will be founded at
the meeting will be a county one.
4. e.. Each county in the state is taking
.s.up this work and meetings in nearly
- All the counties will be held in the
A., near future. In some counties meetings
~ :, . have already been held. II is the inten.
-. tion of the state association to have the
: -, adjoining counties take up the work where
- one county leaves off
In this manner a road will be built across
. =, the state in both directions, which would
e ct all times be in perfect motoring condl-
=. a, ton. About twenty-five counties have al
=. ready taken up this work. ID. E. Watkins
g., secretary of the state association, said that
- In ell the counties he has visited, just
one has failed to take up this work for good
!, roads and do their share toward extending
: :. across the state. The credit Of enrolling
- he interest OF all autoists In the state goes
= :. % the state association, which believes
that in no other way could the auto own
=. .ers and dealers be brought together for
-, the purpose Of promoting a good roads
- project.
q The idea is both new and original. IN
80 the manner suggested, an extremely good
road could be built and maintained Al
the present time there are about 1,7OC
- autos In the state Of Nebraska. The plan
to assess each owner g. for every auto
owned by him would bring into the treas
try about $500 for the first year With
~ the increase OF machines in the state this
-, Figure would be enlarged upon every year.
The money would be used for the purpose
w of keeping the roads in the best possible
u condition. and 1t is believed that the rev.
- enue from the extra tax to auto owners
- =, would be sufficient for the carrying out
e. of the idea.
~. The moving spirit behind this good roads
- project Is Mr.. Watkins, who has visited
-. about thirty counties In the state and in
- teryiewed q majority Of the auto owners
~ In each. In every instance he has met
/ y With nothing but success and has been
~ promised the hearty cooperation of every
county but two. and these two viii come
around, 1t is believed, when the work is
Nv begin throughout the state.
.<N IL such plan is put into action Ne
ASfs braska would have without a doubt the
y best roads Of any state in the union Any
- town In any county could be reached from
~ any specified location In any one OF the
y numerous counties. A direct road going
both north and south and east and west
~ would be the result OF the furthering OF the
movement and the larger cities bordering
on the Nebraska state line could be
reached IN comparatively short time.