Marble Hill press., 1921-06-16


rim i l..." f,t LI Ishrf than The south f
Presumably yUg uGl b, able 60 use tt.s .''n'
sioa bridge tA!s season. The national par s.-.rr
D. s'rt.u uH the bridge nov and has .f. 90
snr. '.m, Eui yuu cuu easily guess that as
this bridge j. sHuc considerable l"b-s'ss. ..y
n yuU have c,,r travelled Hrishi Angr. TIA. IVA
Which au The materials aud tools taN, '. Hc
pacAoi Aayvay. here's sample % th' . ~
do.a.' That may hagi,a any minute 0. Cat
famous Trail
Homer Arm l. one u tho packers e. ssi IN
getting stIr duNu Hrgh; ANGEL Trail ..s other
day ." vas taking down s'riu. - amin .ls. sew
cul u them acre headed wi,a INT flr blasting.
A. Hr' % the sudden turns 90, x fhr pack animals
sigv,l Tho rsst got excited Pretty snuu nue
aH!ala. v,D' % fhc trail Al! eleven .a tie siT.ag
vyrr rsI together Before luag tHu more were
drassvt . the trail AhOu' this rng, Arm sue
cy,,!,I 10 s,ttiug into thc middle q thc mIXup
Hr cut the other eight animals loose and they
sta.a uu the trail
~ course oil thr,, ~ The animals that fell -
were Killed. uue fr,. Loo f,vi-v.tl#ut iniurire
his lask one f'll 80 fe~t-vl'Aug, exploding
the - pounds u INT lu hls pack And that's
What setting the br.Isc stui down Bright Angel
uu.l Is uks.
\ l.ak O., tie uap gives The Day u the land
Eri.hi Angel trail begins near g. THyar on the
south rim und winds down 90 'hy Colorado O.;
the bottom ~ Granite gorge Hermit trall begins
farther 90 the west and also s-, Town TO the
riyer Part of the way down. t0, Touto trull
running east and west connects Hermit alI
Bright Nngvl trails.
At the foot Of Breh, Ang9 snail there is aa
ncrial cuhlctrum which IS used .H ferry Across
yenture-nuc visitors The cr,~s marks the site
II the suspension bridge. The rev tran will run
north along Bright Angel crek. Tie visitor vii.
ascend to the North rim az Rrgat Angel point
It IL Id miles across the Grand canyon here.
The descent from FL Tovar 60 the river is about
45oo feet. The North river Is about 600 feet
above the hoor Of the Grand canyon
The view from the North rim &. rlaNrally differ
rut The temples lie In It's foreground one looks
down upon them at close range The Granite
gorge Is miles tn the hack ground and the opposite
rim presents an apparently stratsht vail The Oh.
server is twelve or aftcen hundred feet higher
than the south rim and sees OVER lt the desert
l,laiu for many miles SOUTH with FAR horizon
of distant mountains. Many VIII have seen both
prefer the south rim view which tas the temples
IN troad perspective and confines the eye 10 the
spectacle ot the canyon. Others prefer the north
rim because Of It's cioseness to the temples and It's
grasp of distant horizons In the future thousands
Of travellers viii not be content uH, they see the
/ canyon from both rims.
/ Building the suspension bridge once the ma
/ ,eslal Is on the spot, Will not be- difficult The
worst Of the Job is getting the stun TO the site
/ on mule-hack. The material for The bridge VIII
consist principally of steel wire, svvvneighhs and
three-eighths Of an inch respectively in diameter
heavy wooden umbers, strips o. flooring OF nine
/ foot length and tools and blaStns powder, The
matter Of getting the long cables down Is going to
require the harnesSing OF at least four mules tan
dem and stringing of the load between them. The
main cables will weigh between Ioo and so
mounds apiece A cable will be gathered into sew.
eral coils with about twenty to thirty feet OF
slack between each coll! These coiled cables will
then be put on mules, a cal to each.
AT the bridge site an anchor ot steel rails and
concrete win he constructed in the solid rock,
The upper cables will then he carried across to the
north side and secured In like fashion From end
TO end these upper cables Will measure about 500
/ feet Eighty feet below them the floor OF the
bridge win he anchored to the walls OF the gorge.
From the overhead cables side cables will come
down and run through the heavy umhers, The
nine foot panktng will be riveted 10 these rafters
and hog mesh wiring viii be strung along either
side Of the bridge to protect tourists The bridge
will be built forty feet above the ordinary height