The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1921-07-08

surrounding country. For the North
Tim IN 800 feet higher than the South rim,
Presumably you viii be able To use this suspen-
sion bridge this season. The national park service
u working on the bridge and has been for
some time. But you ean easily guess that building
this bridge IL some considerable job--especally
" you have ever travelled Bright Angel trail, down
which oil the materials aud tools have to be
packed Anyway. heres n sample Of the kind OF
dosnss that may happen any minute that
famous trail,
Homer J Arm IL one Of the packers engaged In
getting stun down Bright Angel trail. The other
day he wns taking down n string OF animals Sew.
erai Ut them were loaded with INT for busting
Al one of the sudden turns Of the pack animals
Slipped The rest rot excited Pretty soon one
animal went on the trail All eleven In the string
@er. tied together. Before long two more were
dragged on the trail. About this time Arm sue.
cee,ied In getting Into the middle of the mixup
He cut the other eight animals loose and they
staid the trail,
or cours. all three Of the animals that fell OF
killed One fell 1000 feet-~wlthout injuring
his paek. One fell 10 feet-~wlthout exploding
the ian pounds of TINT In his pack. And that's
what getting the bridge stun down Bright Angel
trail Is like,
A inok at the man gives the lay Of the land
nrlgh, Angel trail begins III Tovar ON the
South rim and winds down to the Colorado nj
the bottom Of Granite gorge Hermit trail beglns
farther 10 The West aud also goes down to the
running east aud west. connects Hermit aud
Bright Angel trails.
At Tile foot Of Bright Angel tran there is nm
aerial enhietrum, which Is used ferry across
sentufesome visitors. The eroSs marks the site
Of the suspension bridge. The new trnl will run
north along Bright Angel creek. The visitor will
ascent 10 the North rim at bright Anget point
II - IL miles the Grand canyon here
The ti"seent Iram III fogar Ia the river il about
s,sn feet TIE North river Is about d,0u0 leet
above tie nsAer Of ghe Grand cauyon
The yleN frum the North rim Is radically differ.
mi The temples lie in It's foreground one looks
down upoa thcm at close range. The Granite
gorge H. mites ia the background and the opposite
rim presents an apparently straight walt The OH
server IL tweye ifteen hundred feet higher
than the south rim and II The desert
uiau fa many uiiies south. with rar horizon
of distant mountains. MANY who have both
pfrf,r the south rim view which has the temples
ln broad perspective aud confines the eye TO tile
sieffaelt ~ tlss canyon. Others prefer the north
rim hreati~e of lis elos.ness the temples and rs
GRASP al distant horizons, In the FUTURE thousands
al graSeers viii uot hv content until they the
canyon From ho5h rims.
Building the suspension bridge. once the MA,
tefaa ss the spot. viii nol he difficult. The
wofSt of the leh Is getting the stun the site
an muesbaek The material for fhc bridge viii
rstsssst principally OF stsi wre seven etghths aud
thfve-eis hth> Of Inch respectively la diameter
fop, le.gth aud toes and blasting powder Tbs
uaIt~r 81 gettiug TIE loug cables down Is going IL
require toe tafnvSsng II a least four mules tan
dean sud siFnxsng Of the load between thcm. tn,
main cables N.ll weigh between TO and ~
pounds np,ece a rsh'e will be gathered Into scy
erni coils with about twenty to thirty feet al
slack betyeeu enth coil. These euiied cables vii
then b.. pul on mulss coil 10 each.
Al al bridge sli. anchor Of steel rails anS
conrrrl. Atlt ne constructed in the solid rock
The upper cables Nill thru ~ carried across to th
north sisie aud sreur,s In Ike fashion. Prom en-
Ia end these upI.rr cables viii measure about ~
.rrt Eighty fe,i below them the flour af III
hrsas. vii b. anehor~i tn tire walls of the gergs
Frn,n ii.. overhead cables sid. cables will com
dawn and run through the heavy timhcrs. III
nnsfoat parking ~ili ~ riNeted 10 these rafter
stps log mesh WIRING Will he strung along ethe
s'te trs, bridge a. protest tourists. The brdg
~ ~ built forty fest Shove the ordinary helsh