Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-08-15
MOST WONDERFUL
SCENIC ROAD
IN WORLD IS
BUILDING
New Path for Tourists at
Grand Canyon Is About Six
Miles Long and Has No
Equal in Universe.
STONE REST HOUSE
is BUILT BY HARVEYS
Especial correspondence 10 en-, ncrsidD

constructed along ,hc Grand ''u'ou
r,t -iN and ou,-nnll miles unw what
d.. known a. sunset Point tu Do .pu-
lu,yUuu with tn, 40 roynr hotel ANA
other point. uf interest along tu, um
lpt tbr canyon ut a cost "' 'i"''"'
When completed 10 VIII stand a~ the
most wonderful scenic highway n the
world
~ present ou, can tu,E. along the
lrIm OF tn. CANNON going west for nui
two aud o. utu miles with tH. addI-
Uuual Sis mf.,- of new road tUn drive"
IWU Doe 3D. Ht'I, l.a than fuu miles
At tt, u,.t ,nd of tu, nighaut u
msgir,,ut -iau, -trucUr, VIII ue
erected 49, rest hous,, % 3rg"
collection uI uuri"s. paintings uud
photugrauue o. tn, canyon win DO"
layuuaulp
Tn, Harvey drive system NIl have
complete charge ul the truusporta-
tion Of passengers over this road.
Tup- viii boz made by carriages twice
e. dIt The first trp viii De- made
lby leaving about O'Clock tn the
moruius and returning about noon.
lTh, second trip win be- made after
luncheon and return hy sunset
Sic, 1900 plans as well l- some
laoual survo, ing have been going on
, iu connection With IN. road How
ever. not until a short time ago was
e.. " Marsh, assistant engineer. called
upon hN the engineering department
pf the santa Fc 90 begin the actual
work of the laying out ana building
! of the road. MI Marsh. Who has had
charge of tho working out of this road
and q trail from the beginning of its
inception. LEFT Los Angeles with a
party of surveyors two months ago
To- las ont the highway The contract
was lct to the l.. j. smith Coustru,-
tioU company. soon afterWard they
moved a. large nuttit tu Grand cam
4 Won aud work began in carost. The
- trail o. Dee built iu connection with
} tho road will uudoubtodly be- called
!. Buena Maria TRAN, named from "a
spring which Mr. Mnrsn discovered
while slry,, .up b.
Beginning go sunset Point two and
} o. hIlf mites from tn, Oh Tuyar hotel
, 30 follows alunE the rim of tny D1u-
j.. yon almost th. rutlr, way lu some
0. places BE- b. not more than % feet from
% .b, edge. Nhu. Iu utH,r- 10 range,
b. from W tu 300 feet. az one place
F.. about h1lf way along the road % d,-
q tours baok into th, woods iu order
g. tp avoid % deep gorge. This - 'IsU
au agreeable change to the sight
s',r some of the points 10 viii pass
Through ar. NniaN, Point Pima
Point ono uf Major ppVclrs traugu.
lttuu points. placed there by himself
" when he made h. famous survey .
/, the Grand canyon iu 1880.
There arc numerous other point
,r passed throurh which &C one tim,
4, I.,s-, ,s,d the name. col explorer au1
Indians
Ia Tn. road s being built along th,
80 most modern and scientific plans 30
~ order go assure On, best possible re-
n suits Nu actual urNr, OF tho iu1,
li was made. ana al parts. both strafgh
~ and curved. are laid oIt with the ni,
b OF the transit n Ia ~ feet wide
covered with right inches of maca
10 dam, slipping gradually to either sid,
THE Wacadtm i~ uf very high grade
OF white rock hoatrd near IN, runl
~ REGULAR Intervals Hrhstone- viii
. Wallis lp1dug rrow tHtm 90 the point
II. ON tho riui ar, Co Hy made. thus aI
go lowing tno passenger tp alieht am,
r"-rutor tho plrr.ug. at will TN
rr portion which BIAS already been com
a uIctcd appears r srrU white streak
lu contrast to tine green forest Hu,
oNor-' haugiug colnrs uf the canyon
A force of roo mon Including m
engineers th. men employed iu th
% stoU, crushing plant and the labnr,r,
'' g" teams and outfits tr, cmpIuye,
D." Mr Marsh Says "Nu expense i- b,Iu
'' spared Iu securing 40. most mod.r
U machinery to murcc the compI,tio
ui tho road in time .o bundle tho lm
~ m,usy ul and winter business AT an
I'D Toyar Upon completion IL Ni
= afford GO the tourists "a drive whiy
. can loo mo- way be- ruuJlcd I'm IN
- world l1r scenery and pleasure
e kcsslcr The famous andscape en-
: einerr ana authority pu such suI
= l'cls. prouumcos 10 tEr most W1r
e dcrful piece of sgruju highway eng
\. nocring on earth.
z Tho trail which has also been sui
- vcycd by MIR. Marsh Co. the CoIorad
,e river, viii he the most beautiful ira
Z on tho entire Colorado. II begins .
z the west end OF the road and mult,
70 iis first drop Of a few thousand f.,
y INTO the canyon through Hermit bal
2 IN Branching of, % follows hume
- ous other small creeks and draws
yte the river u has an approNimaI
3 lougth Of nine miles from the rim
= tho river with Wow at the Cauy,
" tor over So miles both mp ANA dow
y \ magnificent hotel will Doc hui
z down ON the plateau iu tho Cau,u
~ 5000 feet below tho rim aud abol
=. six miles from the end OF the roa
= Large stables win bo erected who
~ thc trail stock VIII be- kept la la
s.e Ing ont this TRAIL Mr. Marsh took pa
y icular advantage Of the uumcrot
z stretches Of level ground and ran b
e,e tran over them. 10 those who ha'
,Ae ever done any riding over ROM
y trails this viii be- q great induccme
= toward making tho trip
20 The Rest house. which o. 10