The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-23

|N~ho seriously believes that
even one visible sec
ne 4rand Canyon of the Colo
|vsS ||v epotist or a lunatic. To
Shribe it one would have to
sssfbal picture Of such stu
s ynitude, Of such weird and
~ Ills and delicate tints, as
r.he descriptive powers OF an
Bron the extreme south end
bs fblime, which reaches out
E9 heninsula, some three miles
y sIoutl, end of the Kaibab
!, looks ont southerly over
Fltsalve miles to the opposite
he opposite " shore'' are
M., ,dowy outlines of buildings
ssfhe very brink of the ter
|. 1 the earth. Perchance he
Isl a small cloud of smoke
u ,comotive that runs to and
Is Williams, on the Santa Fe
EAe Grand Canyon. BY the
= lasses the details of Bright
land other buildings are dis
} F'ble-
l. e]y one looks downward
u J, 6yss that descends almost
|1 rom his feet to the river,
E,of fully a mile beneath him.
Esorrent appears to be a brook
One might easily leap, From
MA opposite side of the gorge
ES.e above terrace, Like giant
e steps of granite. marble,
h sandstone, each a thousand
rand so variegated with
= forms and delicate tlnts as
The most skillful artist. A
,entible haze adds indescrib-
mess to the gigantic scene.
|sed the spectator again looks
| I into the heart of the earth,
s grandeur of the abyss in
!. is Ike the brink of eter-
d (Which a step would plunge
IMAM who, perchance, could
F. b q mirror without an ad;
Ernce at his Apollo-like form,
bchrink and continues to shrink
acomes an animated atom in
Fcca of the mightiest demon
Fs natures forces to be seen
earth. From Bright Angel
Fr,e south brink of the gorge,
! .hich drops down almost a
]et for every mile of length,
!, to the river.
/ nWooley's Trail.
+ ears ago, President f. D.
e, 1,Kanab conceived the idea
trail from the north brink
point nearly opposite the
\ Jel trail, and to install an
i by means of which tour
Lither side could cross the
H the rim at the south end
TFp plateau the trail zig-zags
|uy down the north side of
:, bome TWO miles to the head
p'ngel creek-a large stream
K, caps from It's marble prison
pa | plateau. The trail then
=, ,tonrse of the stream which,
indon. leaps and tumbles
!, yad lodges, alternately roar
h., muring in its mad descent
i5 within n zig-Zag channel
hng to the point where its
+ er is lost in the murky
|r!1ie Colorado.
z. ss..!Wooley is an enthusiastic
y his section. and especially
shing of n "cog'' or tram
sthe north side of the can
Ezhe river and up the south
tsbright Angel hotel. Mr..
ksirs that Bright Angel creek
|znessed and sufficient power
o move ears from brink TO
Ezthat within o few years the
! would pay handsome divl-
|hs Investment.
on's Greatest Need.
lion of this locality during
|. easy ingress and egrcss in
Ee pc of remoteDess from civil
a., to the visitor, is akin
,f-,ness. But when, like the
Fr Snow is piled high on the
hL ieen Kanab and Marysvale,
p 3rm king howls with glee
p IT that the mercury is shiv-
7 zen zero and fifteen below,
med stranger registers a
; ever again will he visit
r. until he can como in and
~nl. But railroads are built
/. lot for the convenience Of
| But it is believed that from
n condensed summary of the
M Kane county and the
railroad into this section
|. pod dividend on the invest
| stigations being recently
\, 1nts of the San Pedro, Los
salt Lake railroad of the
nsthis region, and more espe-
~ timber on the Kaibab
|ca IS confidently expected that
Me would soon be built from
o " George. TO the plateau,
Eius Yonld bring the line within
sstof Kanab. But the recent
Eaut The San Pedro in the
dsy iey wash has no doubt post
ysdecade the building of the
ek. branch line, and the only
.uHl people here is on tho ey-
Es. Che Denver & Rio Grando