The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-05-31
Good Roads Special Fremont to
North Platte.


The Good Roads Special organized
by the World Herald and assisted by
various Commercial organizations for
the purpose of promoting the cross.
continent road up the Platte River
Valley will leave Fremont June 9Th at
s a. m. by automobile. The Special
will be in charge of Dan v. Stephens,
of Fremont. and will be accompanied
for the entire trip by several promi.
nent citizens of that town. Among
them Ross L. Hammond, r. B. Schnei.
der. T. l.. Mathews. Paul Colson, Bur-
nell Colson, DIR. Overgaard and Geo.
Iosey.
The idea of this organization is to
promote good roads sentiment all over
the State in general, but particularly
along the Platte River Valley in order
that trans-cOntinental tourists may
take this route in preference to all
others. To bring about the co-opera-
ton of local authorities along the
route from Omaha to North Platte, ex-
elusive of Douglas county. a prize of
100000 is to be given the township
having the best road across it and a
prize of $4,000 in cash will be paid
to the county having the best road
along this line. The time set for the
judges to pass over the road will be
sometime in September. This will be
a trip made for the purpose of dedi-
eating the road and will consist of a
great number of automobiles and sew
eral hundred people. 1t will be one
of the biggest events of the year in
Nebraska.
The Good Roads Special which
starts out Monday morning. June 5th.
from Fremont will have as its mission
a preliminary survey of the route with
consultations with local Committees
and Good Road Meetings along the
line wherever it is practical to ar
range for them. The plan is to make
the trip going to North Platte in
three days stopping the first night at
Central City. the second night in Kear-
ney and the third night in North
Platte. which will be the end of the
run. 1t is expected that local Com
mercial Clubs and Automobile Clubs
and Boards of Supervisors of each
county thorugh which the Good Roads
Special passes will SOin in the boost
ing of this most cOmmendable enter
prise by meeting the Good Roads Spe-
cial at the county line and escorting
it across the county, stopping wher-
ever necessary to examine the espe- |
cially difficult pieces of road and con- |
the best way of repairing |
them. 1t is contemplated that the |
Clubs and other organi-
cations will arrange for night meet
ngs in the towns where the Good |
Roads Special spends the night when
Mr.. Stephens and others will discuss
he subject of Good Roads and How
o Make Them"
The return trip will be made in two
lays and one rousing meeting can be
leld at night somewhere along the
way.
The prizes offered are sufficient in
any township and any
Ounty along the route to make a
trenuous effort to win them. There
S not a single county that has not
ne or more townships that will be
fair position to win this $4,000
rize. Local organizations should
make it a special point to encourage
load Supervisors to become interest
in this subject. The prizes offered {
7Ould be sufficient to compensate for
II the money spent on the road to
ay nothing of the immense advantage I
would be to them to have the good I
Dads. u
Space fOrbids publishing the entire
inerary. but the time Of arrival at
ne various places of interest to peo-
lie in this vicinity are as follows.
June 5th.
chuyler a. m.
entOn ..................11 40 a. m.
................ 200 p. m.
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