Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-19
STATE ROADS WILL
BE WELL MARKED
Omaha Automobile Clubs Plea for
Better Marked Highways"
Meets with Response.
REPORTS FROM MANY CITIES

tomobile club has received definite word
from Commercial clubs, auto clubs and
. good roads associations throughout the
state, in response to the local clubs plea
for Better Marked Nebraska Highways"
Following is a list Of work either done in
the past or contemplated for this spring
and summer:
The Lincoln Highway from Columbus
to North Platte will have an important
contender for overland tourist traffic in
the Central Nebraska highway, which is
a high line road from Columbus TO North
Platte. II is about sxty-five miles
shorter than via the official Lincoln
Highway The towns along this route
are keen TO the advantage OF haying tour
lists come over their route and will mark
and drag their highway 1t is reported.
Black Hills Route.
DR.. Billings. chairman OF the local good
roads committee. Ord, Neb., writes:
The Black Hills route from Loup City
TO Burwell, Duff and Long Pine. and then
via the Blue Pole line to the Black Hills
and Deadwood., will be gone over. This
route is one of the best north and south
highways in the state and a good con-
meeting feeder to the Yellowstone Trail
for the national park. Only fifteen miles
of this route remain to be improved. Last
spring this road to Long Pine was in
good condition. Ord will mark a route
from Ord through Greeley, Cedar Rapids,
Albion and on TO Sioux City.
Superior: Most of the roads within
thirty miles of Superior are marked,
either red or white on the poles.
Norfolk: Norfolk will mark all roads
within forty miles of this town and send
you a detail road map for club use.
New C1arksOn Road.
Clarkson: "Clarkson will start as soon
as possible this spring on new road to
run three miles east OF Howells, then
nineteen miles in a straight stretch south
TO Schuyler, making an important feeder
for the Lincoln Highway. Roads between
Leigh. Clarkson and Howells were
graded and will be kept dragged.
Crawford: The Black Hills loon run
ming from Sidney on the Lincoln High
way. on the south. to Deadwood, s. D.,
A.on the north. is well marked (red and
white) the entire distance. From Craw-
ford 10 Alliance, distance of sixty miles.
the Crawford Chamber of Commerce has
ing mileage both ways. Crawford Is on
the Washington National Highway, rum
ing from Seattle, Wash, to Washington
ID. c.. which is in progress of develop
ment. The route Is marked (black and
Yellow between Crawford. Harrison and
Chadron, and the road is good"
Friend: I'VE have the best stretch of
the a-Lincoln-Denver highway In
Saline county. Repainting will be done
whore necessary"
Juniata "Juniata has marked roads
cast to Hastings and west to Minden.
VIII do anything necessary"
HOspitabIe Alliance.
y Alliance: I'VE are sending you road
sign index in colors showing system of
road markings on the routes to Soott's
Bluff, Hay Springs, Crawford. Angora,
Sidney, Broadwater. Bridgeport and
Oshkosh. Alliance has the best marked
roads in western Nebraska. We will take
pleasure in helping motorists coming this
way"
Chester: Meridian route is we'll marked
in this vicinity. Work of a necessary
character in repainting and new markings
B. will be done"
Cairo: You are to be highly COM
monded on your excellent plan in stirring
up the good roads clubs. AS there is no
auto club or good roads organization
here, l will personally take the response
biity Of seng to II that the highways
half way to Wood River. Grand Island
and Ravenna are properly marked. did
great deal of touring last season in the
cast and heard Nebraska and Missouri
rla5s condemned more than those Of any
other state. You are doing good work
in starting the ball a-rolling. &c. C.
Raven, cashier, Farmers State bank,
Cairo Neb.
Lincoln Club Active.
Lincoln: Lincoln has had an automo-
bile and three men out marking roads at
intervals all through the winter. The
Lincoln Commercial club and the Auto
mobile club will combine efforts and will
not rest till every road within forty
miles of the city is marked. An i'm
portant connecting feeder will be marked
TO Fremont via Wahoo, Fremont to mark
their end Of this route. other important
routes to be marked are Lincoln TO Beat
rice and Lincoln to Valparaiso. ."-B. A.
George.
Kearney: "Kesrney has the following
marked trails: Alfalfa trail, from Kear-
ney to Galloway deter A on white
band); Sunflower trail, south TO Kansas
yellow stripe). This spring we will
marx Minden-Kearney short cut via Fort
keAaey and intersecting the OLD at
Aihden; keaney 10 Pleasanton; Kearney
10 kavenna, connecting stretch between
Miller and Elm Creek and Sumner and
overton. An important route marking
will be the direct road 10 Holdreee."
Exeter Exeter VIII repaint and do
some new marking"
Madison: Madison will do it's share of
ROAD marking as soon as spring opens"
Carroll Qowa): A gravel highway l.5
miles long will be built this spring be
tween Carroll and Spirit Lake and
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