Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 October 1889 — A NOVEL ROAD. [ARTICLE]

A NOVEL ROAD.

Switzerland Proposes a Hanging Highway Over the Moontainji, The cantonal authorities of the districts around Mount Pllatus have under consideration a proposal for the construction of a novel kind of road which has been submitted to them by M. Leonardo Torres of Santander through the central government at Berne. Thia road would connect the so-called Oberhaupt, or highest point of Pilatns, with the Klimenshorn. The object would be to make the ascent of the mountain easier on the northern side and to shorten the ascent for tourists coming from Hergiswyl. The difference in level between the twopointsis setdown at 194 meters: the di.-tance between them at 465 meters. The road apparatus (for such it must b.: called) would consist of six wire cables, quite independent of one anotb.er, on which six light pulley wheels will move, and from these wheels a small omnibus capable of carrying eight persons will hang. The omnibus will be drawn by a rope attached to a steam engine to be placed on the Oberhaupt, near the Bellevue hotel.