Advocate_1930-08-09

I . ~- PAGE FOUR THE ADVOCATE New Long Distance Telephone Route Across Mojave Desert Made Picturesque by Nature and by Redinen ~OT_OI.J,.1..IWIN._GALLOWAV • N.YJ By JOHN B, 0'.BRIEN B UILDING a telephone line acrosii the famous Mojave Desert sounds Uke quite a task- -and Indeed It Is. This feat, however, has now been accomplished, and the greatest bar– rier that exists In this country to transcontinental communication has been conquered to form a. vital link 1n what Is to be a. new, or fourth, telephone trunk line across the coi,. Unent. The most Interesting part of this clrcult wlll be that section of the llne running from Albuquerque, New Mexico, to Kingman, Arizona, and thence across the Mojave Des– ert to Whitewater Junction, Call• forniL From Albuquerque to King. Dian It Is a matter of some 450 miles, and from Kingman to White– water Junction, another 160 miles, and it is one of the most remark· able regions In the world, a land of alkali deserts and snow-capped mountains, of canyons and cliffs, of natural wonders and Indian history, of lee and heat, untll 1lnally the line reaches the (ll'ange groves and fra– grant gardens of California, facing the tranqull and blue Pacific. A Picturesque Route strucllon in a blinding sti:irin last fall. After the line leaves the rall– road it skirts the lava country and runs to the north of the Ice Caves, then it follows the old Acoma-Zuni highway westward. This ls, be· yond doubt, the oldest Indian trail in New Mexico. After passing the famous Inscription Rock, the line crosses the Continental Divide and goes gently down through the Zuni Indian Reservation and past the pueblos of Zuni. It then follows west across the Arizona state line into the Apache Reservation, where some miles to the north, ls the land of the Navajos, who today speciallze in rug-making and basket-weaving. Approximately forty miles west is the famous "Painted Desert," while a few miles further on the line passes directly to the north of the Petrified Forest and the little Colo– rado River, where it enters the town o~ Holbrook, at which point a telephone repeater station will be located in order to amplify; or re• store, the voice currents and send them on their way. and on and on until the desert is spanned and the Pacific ls reached. A Gigantic Task It is necessary only to mention the type of country through which this line has been constructed to understand the difficulties encoun– tered. It was a big problem which has been solved with efficiency, and full credit belongs alike to the en– gineering, right-of-way, construc– tion and garage departments that all cooperated in helping to solve it. This required a considerable length of time, for the preliminary surveys were made through the division toll engineer's office in Los Angeles back in 1928, and the first pole line survey stake was driven at White– :water Junction on January 25, 1929. In the construction of this line, camp sites often were located sixty miles away, not only from a rall– road, but from any lines of com– munication, and twenty-five to forty mile hauls for water and supplies were common. Wherever the llnes were most accessible to the Santa Fe Railroad, the construdlon forces worked from a specially equipped rallroad hotel comprising eight standard coaches and tank cars, and providing living quarters for 100 men. But out on the desert, far away from clvlllzatlon and rall· road tracks, on some mountainside, the temporary camps erected some– times presented the appearance of a modern village which had sprung up overnight from nowhere. Spanning the Colorado the highest, the Colorado River long span has a number of features that have never before been ap– plled to telephone plant. For ex• ample, there are two consecutive spans Instead of one long span, and steel towers are used instead of steel or wood poles to support the load. There are no side guys used to steady the towers against wind stresses, but the fixtures for tele• phone wires are suspended from the anchor cable at one end, and the tension between the cables on the long span side of the towers and on the anchor side has been balanced. Rollers that allow for a four toot lengthening or shortening of the cable, due to the extreme heat and cold of the desert In summer and winter, have been placed on top of the towers. The first span ls 1,411 feet In length and the other 593 feet long, over the main channel of the Colo– rado River and a wash which Is filled with water during the high– water period. This compares fa– vorably with the Brooklyn Bridge span of 1,595 feet and the river crossing over the Gila River In Arizona of 2,373 feet. Eleven fix– tures of seven crossarms each hang in the main span, while five fixtures are suspended from the short span over the wash on the Nevada side of the river. • W«> ~""""·"" ~ Up-to-the-Minute Modes SA Prepared Especially for This Newspaper @EXCELLA BLACK AND WHIT~ For town nothing looks cooler, smarter or better groomed than black and white, and it is enjoying particu– lar favor this year. This frock of black flat crepe adopts a fresh-look• ing ruffled collar of white batiste, ac– cented by tabs, youthful in feeling and very flattering. The skirt, which is mounted in a curving line on the bodice in front, makes clever use of encrustation to achieve front and back pane! effects and to give an interesting line to the hips. The sleeves reach half-way to the elbows, and the skirt flares rather widely toward the bot– tom. A belt is slipved under the skirt ~xtension. Excella Pattern No. 3217. Sizes 14 to 42, 25 cents. Please Pay Your Subscription +-----·---------- Sense and Nonsense (Continued from Page 1) political expediency, shamefully aban– don the ideals that secured the political preferment so far received. The same influence that persuaded the office– holder to butcher his political off– springs, never came near him when he was making his hard up-hill fight for election. On the contrary, they were doing all they could to bring about his defeat. Instead of clinging fast to the principles that have borne him safely to his goal, the poor, fear-strck– en dumb bell throws away his life preserver. SATURDAY, AUGUST 9, 1930 INJURED MAN GIVEN FARM (Continued from Page 1) couldn't help but think they have good grounds for their opinion. They come the size of the average orange and as sweet and juicy as imaginable. Incidentally, I am thankful to an– nounce that I am in possession of a clear Abstract of Title to this 4-acre ranch. The same came to hand recent– ly. Thanks be to the firm for which I worked when I was hurt, (The Ad– vance Auto Body Works.) When the owners heard that I had moved on a ranch they came out to see me. Learning of the gigantic task I had undertaken-with an invalid bed and a house full of children as the only assets, they pitied me, yet they admired my spunk, according to their own confession. $6,000.00, at $50 down and $50 per month with 7 per cent in– terest on an income of a little better than $50 per month, they thot was a man's sized pob without a large fami– ly to support. After some thought one of them reminded me that after 5 years, payment on interest and prin– cipal I would still owe more than That is why you don't hear a "peep" out of certain members of the legisla– ture of City Council when vicious leg– islation asks about progressive meas– ures that come up. When their con– stituents ask about progressive meas– ures advoc11ted by the fear-stricekn salons prior to the election, they are handed stock excuses that, "The time . .. "Th $5,000.00 was not yet ripe, or e way was At the close of their visit tthey being paved," etc. what vowed they were going to see There is no use talking: If a man will stand for what is right, he will forge ahead more rapidly than the fear-stricken one, who sacrifices his convictions on the "altar of political they could do to get the place cheaper for me if such was possible. A few days afterwards an appraiser came out from San Bernardino. All this transpired in March. About a week ago I received the title to the place. The cash price t.Paid being $5,lQO.OO expediency." The thought oftimes expressed, that unless one overcomes fear, that fear will overcome him, holds good in the modern political arena. Weak sisters eventually land in the "Political Junk Do I thank God? Well I say I thank Him fo, putting the love into the hearts of the owners ··of the Advance Auto Body 'Works of L. A. (Italian Ameri· can People) to give us this place. Pile." The moment the official backed up on the principles that backed him, was the moment he put the skids under himself to end his public career. W,ishing you the best of success to continue publishing one of the best gotten up Negro papers in America. I am as ever yours sincerely, T. J. Cotton ... a-•-•-•-•-• •'- THE EAST INDIA HAIR GROWER Will Promote a Full Growth of Hair. Will also Restore the Strength, Vitality and the Beauty of the Hair. If your Hair is Dry and Wiry, Try- East India Hair Grower If you are bothered ..; '1 Falling Dandruff, Itching Scalp, or any Hair Trouble, we want you to try a jar of EAST INDIA HAIR GROWER. The remedy contains medical properties that go to the roots of the Hair, stimulates the skin, helping nature do its work. Leaves the hair soft and silky. 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Proceeding about thirty miles west and slightly south, it turns north again around the south– ern shoulder of Mesa Gigante, then parallels the Santa Fe Railroad past the pueblos of the Laguna Indians, and thence through a. deep valley where huge rock formations as large as the Rock of Gibraltar rise precipitously out of the sandy sur• face, pa.st the Enchanted Mesa, where once dwelt the Acomese, and a few miles beyond, the long ridge known as the Acoma, the most Im~ pregnable Indian fortress in the Southwest. Later, ·the line crosses the Can– yon Dlablo, called by the pioneers the "Canyon of the Devils." A few miles away is Flagstaff, where is located the famous Lowell Observa– tory.- Passlng the San Francisco Mountains, the highest in Arizona, and always topped with snow, through the Coconino National For– est, and past the Cottonwood Cliffs, some very wild country ls encoun– tered. In the construction of the line at this point a mountain lion dragged a horse away, while wolves and predatory animals of all kinds were found in large number. From this point the line proceeds to King– man, which has assumed great im– portance recently because of the Boulder Dam project on the Colo– rado River. One of the most interesting en– gineering feats accompllsbed was the spanning of the Colorado River. This was at a point In southern Ne– vada, and the nearest railroad re– ceiving point was Needles, Callfor• nla, forty mlles away. Roads had to be built to the river, and It was a very dlf!lcult job, requiring much blasting. The catenary towers erected for this span are beautiful structures, rising In the wilderness out of rocky bases some thirty-odd feet above high-water level to eighty-eight feet above the base. From them swing the cables sup. porting the long catenary span across the Colorado Rlver-1,411 feet from tower to tower. 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