Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-06-04
HIGHWAY WILL SAVE MONEY
State Road Measure of Economy for
Farmers.
BUSY WITH THE DRAGs NOW
Country People Realizing Value of
Better ThOroughfareS and TAX
ing Steps for Improvement
To Issue Maps.


The cause Of good roads in the west is
to be greatly benefited by the Omaha
Denver highway, which will be opened
within a few months. The road is Of par
dcular interest to automobilists and driv-
ing enthusiasts from the cities, but so
many farmers have motor cars that their
interest would be great II the better roads
did not help them in other ways
1T Is easy for a farmer to see," said
j. K. George of Omaha who, with H. E.
F'redrickson and s A. Searle went to Lin
ooln last week and surveyed the eastern
fifty miles Of the highway, that IL he can
pull more hay or grain on a good road
with team that has difficulty with a
small load on bad road 1t is very much
70 his own interest to help with the road
All over the state, Just for that reason, the
, farmers are out dragging the roads which
nave been designated as the official high
way, and they are quite willing to give
time and expense to the cause"
The idea for a road from Omaha to Dem
yer, which might some day be a part of
the national across the continent highway.
materialized at a meeting held at Hold
rege May Is S. A. Searle of Omaha was
elected one OF the vice presidents of the
association, and he and Mr. George, with
Mr.. Fredrickson. driving a Chalmers 81"
risked the mud and damage during the wet
days to pick out the best route between
Omaha and Lincoln.
The Omaha half OF the road was to be
from here to Culbertson. All along the
route the local commercial clubs and auto
mobile clubs have helped in line work, and
now the path is almost settled.
Map the Route.
The whole 500 miles will be 80 we'll
ma FNad nd lNal l. ~,
being printed that no one could possibly
lose his way.
Between here and Lincoln the Omaha
club will put up sign boards at every turn,
giving the direction and distance 10 i'm
portant points. The descriptions of the
BROADWAY are explicit and are given in dis
tances of small fractions of a mile Every
| important sign or mark along the roadway
Is listed and named in the booklet These
: will be on sale and will insure a stranger
! from anywhere a safe passage to Denver
as long. as the roads are passable at all
and will find him the best routes. The
condition OF the roads is. of course con-
tinually improving as the official designa-
tion Of certain roads leads to more interest
in them.
II ere Is already constructed in the state
of Colorado good road from Denver to
point by this Omaha Denver highway and
be part of II.
Begins Down Town.
T.. From Omaha this Interstate highway
will commence at Sixteenth and Farnam
streets, goes west on Farnam street to
Twenty-eighth street. thence south and
west to Hanscom Park. thence west on
Center street to Willard on a paved road
thence south to Springfield across the
Platte river at Louisville. and thence west
TO Greenwood and southwest through
Waverly, Havelock. University Place
passing the state agricultural farm to Lin
coin, from which point II is located through
Milford, Dorchester and Friend, following
the Burlington railroad to Hastings, Hold.
rege, Oxford, McCook and Cubertson, and
from thence to Palisade and Imperial tc
Holyoke, Colorado and Denver.
The earnestness and activity displayed
by the parties interested" said s. A.
Searle, especially at the Omaha end Oh
this great highway is indicated from tho
fact that regardless of the mud and al
most impossible condition of the roads
Mr.. Fredrickson took the Omaha party
from Omaha to Lincoln. and returned witt
speed and safety by the use OF mud chain,
on his cars, regardless Of the expense in.
CURED by such a ride under present condi
lions. Great credit is due such men a,
Mr.. Fredrickson and Mr.. George, who, re
gardless OF time and expense and the
neglect OF their private interests, they
thus lend their aid to the construction of ,
public highway that will prove Of inestima
Bile benefit to the cities Of Omaha and Den
yer and intervening points. as well as tn,
people along this route for all time I,
come, and in case the public or the Auto
mobile club and Commercial clubs ar
called upon, to render this project neces
ssry assistance, it should be freel,
granted"