The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-04-30
AwOsG THE GLOBES.
s..is om Pixies Daring tse Si@ieT.

ssi. 0n Pixies Daring are SiaatgT.
IFrom the Denver News
A few days sgo Sergeant +. w. Bou.eIle,
OF The United STATE signal service, passed
| through Ibis city enrouie TO Washington
where is to receive promotion. Ihls gentle.
man has been stitioned at Colorado Springs,
| in connection with Pixies Peak observatory
.irce last July, when that station was FORM
/. Daring this time he has had many in.
,ere-ting experiences, both upon the SUNNI,
| OF the mountain and in the construction oil
the line from Colorado Springs up the side
OF the peak. During his brief soiourn here
he detailed to Ncss reporter some points
which NAV be of interest to the public.
the telegraph line which reaches from
Colorado Springs TO the eummit OF fike'f
Peak is twenty miles in length. 1t passes
| along irai! made during the past year,
which is f.r more easy OF ascent than any oil
the old rC:;e'. il is now possible to ride
an animal rom the base OF the mountain 10
| the signal station on the top OF the peak.
Mr.. Bou.elle has been engaged most Of the
| time keeping the line in repair, and, In the
discharge Of his duties, has made hhy-two
ascents of the mountain. He has passed
one hundred and forty two times over the
government trail, more frequently than any
other man. and is familiar with every foot Of
he route. The telegraph.wires are stretched
on polss aad along the dead pine trees. The
lines get out Of repair freque nifty by reason OF
| trees iaIir. and breaking the wire. The
extreme cold at the summit has also at times
~ contracted the wire as to break it.
Life on the SUNNI. of Pixies Peak during
he winter season is rather precarious. With
toe thermometer over thirty degrees below
| zero a; times, the wind blowing 60 strongly
| .ha, exposure TO it ia dangerous, the sncw
driving in binding clouds, the experience
| o; the o6-ervers stationed at that great height
vas a varied one, and still fraught with g
tedious monotony. The s:gnal station Is 9
substantial stone edifice, and lie occupied by
| three officers, who manage the affairs of the
| observatory at that end of the line.
Daring the winter Mr.. Boutelle, in going
| up the trail, wandered from the route, and
was lost for four days. He managed &c
make his way to the lake, a few miles from
the sammi,, and there remained in an old
| log house, with no food and only shee:-
iron stove, that happened to be there, in
l which to make FIRE. With his Ratchet he
endeavorsd to cut trail through the snow fol
his mule, but it was impossible, the wind FL.
ling up the opening. and the extreme cold
nearly freezing him to death. AT the end Of
the four days the weather moderated, and
he got through to Jones Ranch, eight miles
from the summit. where he was cared for
The snow in places no the trail is from five
to tsirty feet in depth, many ravines being
driited full.
All the provisions are packed to the
summit from Colorado Springs, the wood
icing obtained from the edge Of sheumbel
line below the Observatory. Wood has cost
the government as high n SO per cord, laid
down at the house. In months Of December
and January it cost IL cents per pound tc
pack provisions from the Springs.
The cffl,ers stationed At the summit are +
c. Seyboth lin charged, L. A. Lemain, and
D. E. OLeay. At Colorado Springs an
Henry Fen,on lin charge, and H. W. lib
BETA