Show Chas E. E Street Tells I Of A Months Month's th's Outing Editor Fd p Park Record Vacationing for a month In an auto I am fined filled with the memory of ot many manyi i things at first sight which may be bo known to many ninny others but some of the I Impressions j linger and I am prone to talk of ot them I I The Golden Gate I In a a. vision of ot the future Inspired by bya i a few weeks w ks around San Francisco Bay Day I see the making of ot a great empire by the sea a meeting place of or the traders of ot the world where a great ocean and a great land come together for tor the exchange ex- ex exchange change of ot all nIl the products of or man and nature I Through the Golden Gate under an anI I arch of ot steel that bridges the coast 1 uniting the north and south soon to be be Into the broad and peaceful expanse of ot otone one of ot the greatest land locked harbors 1 In the world where room may be found for tor all the American navy and a world I i ot of shipping at the same time where an an- another anI another other highway bridge the longest In the I world Is anchored 1 In ln Its center to an Island and uniting more closely two great cities hero here are the rho tb elements of ot o f vast empire Favored orett by a n climate without frost bathed by the tides that clean but do donot d o od not threaten a vast bast shore of ot bay and an d sound and sea sen truly Its future means one ono great habitation one Immense me me- metropolis metropolis of ot the west San Francisco the th e financial al center and the tho Oakland side the manufacturing the warehousing and the homes with Its Us unlimited room room- roomI I iness mess Soon the high hill range back of ot o f Oakland will wUl bo be pierced with a two way or double tunnel near Its base uniting g Alameda and Contra Costa counties I making a great highway from east to toI I west to the shore line of ot this sea of ot o t j commerce This tunnel Is to shorten the tho distance to the vast hinterland tram from the ha east and connecting I ll more closely Sacramento the capitol city I Here Hero at nt the portal the central gate gate- gateway way of ot this wonder westland of ot gold and field and shipping is a future that can only be suggested Hero Here shall gather I the argosies of ot trade and shipping of ot all nil the world especially the western world from the far limits of ot a boundless ocean Here is a climate soft and mild energizing energizIng izing vivifying and healthful Here Is le manifest the spirit of ot American enter enter- enterprise prise the pope hope tope and confidence and courage of ot a a. great nation and Its far tar i flung nung western banner Here the tho hills arc are crowned with highways the waters are laced lace with and carry carry- carryIng carr carrying Ing craft while ways air ways find tind a home It is s rich In the wealth of ot the sea blessed with fertile fields of ot fruit and flower and tree while the vintage of ot Its Ita hills hUll are aro wine and gold There has been a calamity there re remains re- re remaIns remains I mains a 0 suspicion and n a latent fear tear Inthe In Jn the minds of ot many people about the I I thing called A fear that earthquake Is j I Ismall I small email or absent from the minds of ot those who e live here Let us meet It frankly and look it In the face tace and we find It not the monster of ot a 0 nightmare The Th e cause is not volcanic not the spewing of ot hot lava the showering of ot deadly ashes that have erupted to curse man man- kind and ruin some of ot the fairest habl- habl habitations I of ot man It is none of ot these things at all but there is a fault line one ono of ot natures nature's natural movements of occasional subsidence a slipping really trivial a n hair splitting measurement as world reconstruction goes and nature is quick to cover tho the slight scar in a n sea sen- season son TIle Tho misfortune was that this fault tault lino line passed where cities were disturbed The Tho movement causes a shock and some of ot mans man's feeble constructions were wrecked the falling tailIng debris Is a catas catas- However these phenomena have como come to be bo understood to bo be divested largely of ot Its mystery and fear tear the ac ac- ac actual danger can be bo greatly avoided or provided to be bo minimized In Its results Compare this with elemental disturbances disturb disturb- disturbances ances in the tho land and sea aea where cy cy- cy cyclones clones tornadoes tidal and ana Hint dust ft waves cold waves U ft storms rage or protracted drouth scorches the earth and drinks the tho waters of ot the earth and the western up region has but a n small email share shar or pt the many things that afflict mankind J d bR visited these regions several times before belore but never when such stu stu- stupendous stupendous when construction was In progress pro grUB inspiration filled the tho air and breathed a prophecy of ot tho the great future destined for tor this large W coast I land north youth south and center jl Tho scars have ha been healed at Long Loni LongBeach I Beach Deach and Los Angeles of ot try rp nato O been bt learned t- t 1 and tnt 1 spirit lra of ot goes on San Diego and an its splendid exhibition has a great appeal The splendor of ot its lu setting beside a e fine tIno harder harbor now tided filled with the great I battlo battle ships s of ot our navy The It WAt th riches L. L of ot L. L the golden fruitage and greenery of the land tempered tem tem- tempered with a soft climate But above e and beyond all this there is the certainty of ot the coming of ot a n wonderful power of ot stimulation of ot tremendous energy of ot vitalizing inspiration for tor great accomplishment accomplishment I have bave In mind the tho water and ancL the power of ot the tho huge buge Boulder Doulder Dam soon to send nd to all this great south south- southwestern southwestern western region a blessing where once there was only threat of ot desolation d The Time Miracle of Boulder Dam I From the points of 0 view permitted I 1 I with my family gazed at the wonderful structure of or Boulder Doulder Dam from the th t. t er cr tide side de and top in an effort to t Compre Compre- hend The great o a the bare sun burned rocks the theo groat St at cables and machinery are all hU stupendous yet as one ono gag guc upon It H there Is 18 a n lack cf ot realisation reali Th The eye cye tally falls to measure V sat It look lock tit t I In vain you are given dimension huge figures Immense weight Mist Mid bulk these cannot properly be conceived con lv In a way description seems seem nu to 10 make nu ko It bigger than the assembled features appear t J to the eye Then an Object dangles a on the end of ot a thread In mid air with the vast wall of ot the dam as ns a II background It might be a cat a n mall dog or a II rag but it Is to In fact a a. man Thus Thu a n familiar object ct must be I realized in the tho effort to measure the Immense Only two points palate of view are permitted p now both rather distant Time will I con come when a B stream of ot autos auto will be crossing the roadway over the great dam top from one state elate to the other alg zagging up the rocky cliffs elma cf ot the Arizona aide alde and plowing through the great cuU cuts of the Nevada side aide Then lie Its I majesty and might and the rugged set let setting letting ting ling In n the black gorge with the rising rang bare and brown and brutal will strike the mind with force torce The great depth of ot the lower aIde side of the dam damand damand and the power POWel units unite there that now no w look like mere sheds aheda yet rise many stories high will all appeal to the im Im- imagination im- im imagination for tor vastness and sublimity While the lake upstream u tream which for a awhile wills while will wUl be more than three hundred feet below be the top of ot the dam will slowly lowly rise rIM and In the stretch of ot vast vas t blue water aten a lake now eighty miles mUe long longwill longI will be one ODe hundred and thirty five I miles long We returned In oui out auto toward Boulder fie u to tn road mart I vu U a u u ui down to the lake formed by the backed backed- up river here bere a station and a number cf ct roomy motor boats boata serve to carry carr y seen over the tho water to the up up- upstream upstream upstream stream side aIde of ot the dam damIt It was warm In fact tact It bad had been hot ho t with a B vengeance the sun was wu settling down the arch of ot the sky still tm blistering hot as aa we boarded the canvas covered d host boot There was waa room for twenty bu but dt t I our party of ot four tour were alone with th the e I l I skipper who guided the prow as 8 our ou r neat boat sped aped swiftly over the smooth smoot h I l blue waters cleaving them sharply as' as as I the cooling spray spread behind the th while we e glided over the element elemen elem nt t now so 60 tame and clear that once bad ha te been the swift sword that cleft eleCt the th e I mountains and dashed Its yellow flood fl and maddened by opposition or o swift as a II lance of ot steel the weapon of ot o othe the tho tiger river third In size in America Americ a I but first In fury and untamed speed spee d along the deep and somber channel it 1 t had carved through the tho rocky bowels o othe of ot f the earth Across tho the lake around hills that will wil l sink sixty feet teet below their tops and an higher ones that will wUl be very small Is Islands Js- Js islands lands down the th level way as once the th e river ran steeply we sped for tor some miles mil milto to approach what seemed a solid circled circle wall of ot mountain cliffs cUtts then as If It with wit h magic some mighty power swung open a a agate gate of ot mountain wall our boat entered d the great gorge of ot beetling b cliffs between betwee n which rose a vast smooth gray wall of ot concrete arched against the flood ofa a titans titan's back that braced the tho rocky ram rem ramparts ramparts parts as ns if to keep k p them forever tore apart apar t two states thrust front from each other yet p et ets firmly held with an everlasting grip 1 tit fit ett i t symbol of ot a nations nation's unity One may be pardoned for tor panegyrics panegyric s as floating Idly on that blue still water wate r deep in the shadow of ot evening three thre e hundred feet teet above the tho once restless bed be I where for tor untold ages the waters had had bad never slept destined to rise three hun him bundred dred feet or moro more still higher Four towering penstock Intakes of ot a n thirty feet f t Inside diameter more than thano thou than I o six hundred feet teet high two on eIther cither side of ot the dam face tace divided between two states a vertical line lino on the dam marked where tho the states Joined down its I center Hero lIero we wo heard a lecture on tho the history of or this mighty but simple appearing structure the tho heroic struggle of ot an army that heel had conquered of ot the death of ot many of ot the victory the evi evI- evidence evIdence dence of ot which was the towering thing set et against the sullen walls two thousand thou thou- thousand thousand sand feet fe t. t high It seemed roofed with a n narrow strip of ot deep blue sky How Impressive to reflect as ns we floated float float- floated ed there of ot what had been b n and what was to be bo when the great waters would rise riso to cool these centuries unnumbered sun burned walls walks How the Giant In chains would work work Its terrible power for tor mans man's will to create still greater winders In ln time How the unity of ot hand of ot puny man had In It the power of ot creation the harnessing of ot the tho elements and the directing of ot the force that once destroyed or cursed him Then we were aroused from these re- re reflections I as the boat sped back across the shimmering harmless flood lood Here In inthe I the tho midst of or this desolation was to be bethe I Ithe the the great giver of ot life lite These waters would teem with fish I In their cool I 1 depths The surface would be the home of ot wild fowl suddenly fowl suddenly from a rocky shelf shelt a great crane lifted Its clumsy I a n o wings and crossed to the tho other shore shore harbinger of ot the coming day Boats Bents and sports and shore homes in time tune will abound Climatic changes will come comeI land I and some of ot the desert will In ln time be beI I conquered Winds and clouds and rains will work new conditions I As I look Into the long future which j I I cannot hope to see In life lite I feel fecI that i man shall remake the tho world to his bIB liking lik lag ing and that In to the midst of It ho hoshall hoshall hoshall shall learn to live Sincerely I CHARLES E. E STREET September 9 9 1935 I Salt Lake City Utah I |