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of the long distance from camp, until next year. In the country 

 traversed perhaps the most difficult of construction is between 

 Lockwood Creek and Redwood Creek, where considerable solid 

 and loose rock could not be avoided. After crossing Redwood 

 Creek, however, the ground was good, so that the line was 

 switched back for two complete turns to get down to the river, 

 and on to the Horseshoe Bend ridge. The route selected under 

 the provisions of the statute will clearly make the finest scenic 

 road in the whole State. The purpose of the road was to open 

 up the great King's River Canon, and by the line now partly 

 surveyed there will be no greater pleasure road." 



