The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-08-04

\ AL, the trouble Is that there isn't q
I level spot on the mountain side that
Is big enough for real diamond, but
we can play sort OF three-year-oid'
cat game.
There are all sorts of small game
CT eatures In the woods. birds that
some OF us haven't seen or heard for
years, and II you are fond of brook
trout fishing and haven't seen q deep
pool under a cascade for third of
! lifetime and suddenly come into a
paradise like this you can appreciate
how 1t puts heart into fellow. There
ere bears up here on the high crags,
they say. and probably deer"
shall you go dear hunting when
the law Is OF next fall?" he was
asked
He laughed. but another prisoner
said. IF they will bring up rife and
let us well promise to supply the
camp with venison when the season
comes around" There we're doubtful
laughs from the others.
That they are trusting us and we
are appreciating II Is shown by the
term men," resumed the Star OF Hope
/ IL
years yet to serve. two have FIVE years
ispiece, several between two and three
years, and one man has only eight
weeks to go now before he Is free.
Three have four months TO serve.
The man who Is doing the plumb
ing here was formerly New York
Central engineer, for IL years. He Is
an all around machinist and, of
course, understands plumbing. He Is
doing a good job, too. by the way. The
sanitary arrangements here are per.
fleet, with sewer and sewage dispos-
| al plant. This former engineer will
have charge OF the travelling derrick
when the work actually gets started
on the road"
This prisoner. who has served near
/ ly 20 years, Is a splendid physical
man. in sturdy health. with none of
the hangdog look about him that pris-
oners and especially long term men
are supposed TO have, and he looks at
YOU straight In the face from a pair
or clear, fearless and honest looking
eyes. Sing Sing is rather proud OF
! him, to judge by the way he was
! spoken of. and points to him to show
that modern prisons do not always
break man physically after years in
confinement.
These prisoners are a fine bunch
OF workmen," said Engineer Shaw.
They look just like any crew OF
healthy. hearty men. and except for
their uniforms no one could pick them
out from the civilians. And as work.
ers they are as good as any bunch OF
green men that ever saw. They take
hold with will and are quick and
active
while this piece NJ road isNexpen-
| sive because OF It's location in the
! Glove between the mountains here, the
I engineering difficulties are not bad
+ II Is difficult OF access and sand costs
US s2.T5 yard the cheapest way wa
Gun ret n. The stone we are hand.
ling IL shale and sandstone. Probably
the most difficult work will nc further
/ up the gorge where there Is q mile OF
landslide on the mountair"ide end
whore retaining walls must be huilt.
"The road Is 20 hc 25 feet wide.
I built solidlv III stone hut the surface
has mot vet been decided on II VIII
ibe either oil Mater hound or tar
hound Int u will be vea~ aftor navt
before the surface is finished For
tho four miles " VIII sveraee nearly
an nor cent grade al. tho wav.
! fhoTgh narts ill he considerable
more than that"
Tho camp which II constructed OF