Arizona republican., 1911-08-21
HIGHWAY
 AT GRAND CANYON
Finest Scenic Read m the World Un
 de- Constructicn.

4 new macadamized highway is being constructed along the Grand Canyon of Arizona. for six and one half miles from what is known as Sunset Point. to a connection with The El Tovar hotel. and other points of interest along the rim. says the Albuquerque Evening Herald The road is being built at a cost of $50 oo0. and when completed. will stand as the most wonderful scenic highway in the world.
 At present enc can travel along the rim of the Canyon going west f,r but two and a nalf miles: with the aldi- tional six miles of new road the drive will be a little less ;han ten miles At the west end of the highway a magnificent stone structure Wiu be erected as a rest house" large collection of curios, paintings and photographs of the Canyon will be available.
 The Harvey drive system will have complete charge of the transporta- tion of passengers over this road Trips will be made by carriages twice a day. The first trip will be male by leaving about o'clock in the morning and returning about noon. The second trip will be made after luncheon and return bv sunset.
 Snce 1900. plans as well as some actual surveying have been going on in connection with the road. How ever. not until a short time ago was F. w Marsh. assistant engineer. call ed upon by the engineering depart ment of the Santa Fe to begin the ac- tual work of the laying out and build ing of the road. Mir Marsh. y.F1 has had charge of the working put of this road and trail. from the oeginnin@ of its inception, left Los Angeles with a party of surveyors two months ago to lay out the highway. TEe Contrao. was let to the l.. J. Smith Construc- tion company. Soon afterward they moved a large outfit to Grand Can yOn and work began in earnest. The trail to be built in connection with the road will undoubtedly be called Buena Maria trail. named from a spring which MT. Marsh discovered while surveying it.
 Beginning at Sunset Point. two and a half miles from the Fl Tovar hotel it follows along the rim of the Can yon almost the entire way In some places it is not more than 15 feet from the edge. while in others it ranges from 15 to 300 feet: at one place about half way along the road it detours back into the woods in or der to avoid a deep gorge. This is also an agreeable change to the siCht-scer Some of the points it will pass through are Mojavc Point. Pima Point. one of Major PowelTs triangulation points. placed there by himself when he made his famous survey to the Grand Canyon in 1S7o
 There are numerous other points passed through which at one time possessed the names of explorers and Indians
 The road is being built along the most modern and scientific plans in order to assure the best possible TO- suits. An actual survey of the road was made and all parts both straight and curved. are laid out with the aid of the transit It is 12 feet wide
 
 dam, sloping gradually to either side The macadam is of a very high grade of white TO k. located near the road At regular intervals curbstones with walks leading from them to thr points on the rim are to be made. thus allowing the passengers to alight and re-cnter the carriage at will The portion which has already been com pleted appears a great white streak. in contrast to the green forest and colOrs of the canyon
 \ force of 100 men. including the engineers. the men employed in the store crushing plant and the laborers 90 teams and outfits are employed. Mir. Marsh says No expense is being spared in securing the most modern machinery to insure the completion of the road in time tO handle the i'm mense fall and winter business at the Fl Tovar. Upon completion it will afford to the tourists drive which can in no way be cqualcd in the world for scenery and pleasure"
 Kossler, the, famous landscape en- gineer and authority on such sub jects, pronounces it the most won derful piece of scenic highway eng neering on earth
 The trail. which has also been sur veyed by Mir Marsh to the Colorado river. will be the most beautiful trail on the entire Colorado. It begins at the west end of the road and makes it's first drop of a few thousand feet into the Canyon through Hermit bas- in Branching off. it follows numer- Ous other small creeks and draws tO