Show THE OLD TRAILS vAn An eastern paper notes that in the west the old tl ails are being located and marked beginning with the old Santa Fe trail from St. St J Jo Joe oc and Leavenworth Leavenworth Leavenworth Leav- Leav west There Ther is is more or less attached attached attached at at- to these old trails an and perhaps always will be But there is another curious thing about them Engineers have found that as a rule those old trails are arc their best guides in laying out the the tracks of a railroad By some instinct the trapper I aid hunter followed the best grades and found the easiest curves and their chief course has been a guide and help to railroad engineers ever since Ind Indeed Indeed In In- d deed cd one distinguished engineer Said aid that when laying out the line of the tho Union Pacific as they ar approached the difficult ground on the eastern slope of the Rocky Rpcky mountains they were baffled iii ill their advance and spent many days running north and south to find the thc best passes through the mountains until an old trapper said to them one day clay You seem to be bothered in your you work lork Yes Yes we are ale he lie said We V c want vant to lo get this l read iad a through the easiest pass in the mountains and it looks like an endless task to find that particular particular par par- pass that is better than the others The Theold Theold old trapper with a smile said You had better bettor follow our trails and he declared that as long as they did dil follow those trails they were on the best route And when then they changed it to overcome distance they found increased difficulties all the time i And speaking of that we suspect we-suspect suspect that when the aeroplane is perfected it will be a great help to engineers in ill locating roads through mountains It would rould save an immense amount of climbing at least because when an c Aeroplane is under control more observations can be taken in a day with it than can b be t taken ken in a ft month by the ordinary means which have been in use since Zenophon made his retreat at with 1 Ins s Greeks all that long m march roh of 1155 leagues 2300 years cars ago |