Show WHEELING ABOVE CLOUDS to pikes peak without straining a muscle THE OLD AND ALSO THE NEW WA WAY IV of ascending tho the most moat famous and Iii historic peak in the rocky mann bains A wonderful erfal piece of engi scones amid tho summer snow badics three bluda above tho the sea CorT BiCHT MORT tho cogwheel cog wheel railway has been finished to tho the halfway half way house honse on pikes peak and the company expects to have tho the line completed to tho the summit by the latter part of september think of climbing through the clouds and summer snow banks by up up up 1414 feet the sister peaks twenty three of 0 w which ilch are higher than pikes many of which can be seen from the summit stand bland out like sentinels while the foot foo hills in the distance appear like the great waves and billows of ocean lit in the brilliant sunlight tho the panorama ol of the rocky mountain ran range g Is spread out before one and yoi yet t the h storm cloud with its playful light lightning nIn 9 and peals of thunder may bo be rolling a mile below no wonder the ambitious tourist is anxious to climb this famous mountain the most historic in the great range centuries before it was known to amer va alt jo Q IA 1 t Z e 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 7 0 1 ia I 1 I 1 4 I 1 1 I 1 1 av v A Is L ka I 1 X A I 1 aill ry taz I 1 ia I 1 A ai 1 1 1 1 7 41 4 M 14 N all I 1 W J 1 1 I 1 11 f amp zi P 1 0 11 tl I 1 aag it I 1 1 beans the great whito white mountain was the point from which the indians of the plains plain sand and tho early spanish explorers took their bearings major zebulon pike who discovered this peak november 15 1806 and for whom it was named attempted to climb to the summit ue he and some of his men reached the top of cheyenne mountain where is now the honored resting place of helen hunt jackson major alko says he siw saw the grand peak as he supposed some fifteen or sixteen milos miles distant ile iio did not dare to attempt to go f urther further for his men were nearly perishing tn in a terrible snowstorm snow storm and tor for forty eight hours had been without food thus t happened that thai major piko pike n never ever cl climbed abed the peak that now bears his name this explorer estimated from his measurements that the mountain Avis feet high WON now mailton the saratoga of tho the west is nestled amid the mountains and at the biso base of this historic peak every tourist wants to climb this mountain for many years tho the trip was made on tool foot or on horses trained to the trails tor foi this special purpose hy by leaving man itou early barly in tho the morning the ascent and return could be made la in a A V 1 1 PP 1 1 I 1 I 1 1 STATION SUMMIT OF PS PIKES d day ay tho the eastern belles not only enjoy a burro ride on the sly in some of the quiet nooks around Mani manilov tov but like to climb to tho the summit ot of tho the peak as well on tho the faithful trail ponies and girls hero Is a pointer tor for you see that your stockings are well darned tor for the wind blows terribly hard on tho the pikes peak trail sometimes and has no respect tor for a ladys skirts some very precise maidens tie a little lead in their dresses dr they usually go in parties and are caught by a camera on oil tile tho q summit where still stands tho the abandoned united states signal station building sometimes tho the ladles ladies look like mas que tor for they of often ton put masks on their laces faces to save their complexion but this is a progressive age last year a L carriage road was constructed to the summit and now the latest scheme is s that ot of building a railroad to the top of the mountain A survey was made tn in 1884 tor for a r railroad I 1 up pikes peak the report being favorable a company was organized ind and atter after grading gradin ff a zigzag zig zag road tor for eight miles rel les the scheme was abandoned the tikes alikes peak ife haniton railway company was organized in september 1888 with a capital stock 0 of it required one years work to make and perfect the tha survey and some ot of the en 10 41 A 1 a i 2 r K I 1 V 1 I 1 V 17 IT 4 r bow I 1 taw i 45 1 aff J I 1 I 1 it I 1 I 1 I 1 fa I 1 0 I 1 A I 1 9 I 1 I 1 t I 1 I 1 I 1 TM tim PEAK fincers nearly perished la in the snow storms storing sd ad difficult and danger dangerous oas was tho task the work of grading was begun last september tho the roadbed 1 la fifteen feet feat wide and the una line will be couro 0 aind miles to the summit tho the rise from this tha base basa ot of the tha mountain Is feet and the average ascent Is 1320 foot to the milo tho the maximum curvature is sixteen degrees giving a radius radios of 0 foot and the grading will cost about for forty t Y pound steel rails are arc used two cog rails ot of coca steel are ara placed in the tha center ol of tho the track it Is claimed that one cog rail would be sufficient fici ent but two are used to guard against accident and insure safety the averille averil ga ge rato rate of speed will be ba about tour four miles per hour with a maximum of el eight 0 h although the train could ba made laid 1 to 0 run seventeen miles per hour on n a level track pikes peak tho the engine stands at a slant aslant of eight percent per cent tho the track la Is really a part ot of the engine there being driving cog wheels which with the cog rails on each side of 0 the iho arft are the wheels sustaining the weight and acting as goldea thoro there aro are cog drivers for use and an extra ono that can bo be utilized it if needed tho the engine which has a weight of thirty two tons pushes tho the cars up op the mount mountains alriq every means possible has been bee n used to insure safety and it is claimed that tho the engine can bo be stopped instantly when going at the rato rate of 0 three miles an I 1 I 1 I 1 01 f IV I 1 14 q ra THE COG WEL hour and in twenty inches when going at tho the rate ot of eight miles achour an hour the cars aro are not coupled and each ono one has individual cogwheel cog wheel brakes tho the engineers claim that this lino line is safer than ono one operated on level ground cross sections ions of masonry are ara sunk sonic about every three hundred feet to which tho the track Is tied there arc solid iron bridges but no trestle work the road starting from near tho the iron spring goes to tho the headwaters of ruxton creek so ao named for or george ri ruxton an englishman who visited these springs in 1847 and wrote an extensive account of them the shelter and Minne minnehaha hahm falls are in this canyon from this creek the road curves southwest to windy point from which is afforded a magnificent view of several colorado towns and a vast expanse of mountain and plain then than above umber timber line climbs the cogwheel route giving splendid views of lake morain and the tha seven lakes at times over grades of 2 as 1 per cent the road winds its way through rugged and precipitous granite to lo the top of the great white mountain WILI C fessel DENVIt Ill col sept 26 1890 |