Show TELEGRAPHING TINDER DIFFICULT One of the most elevated telegraph lines in the world is that reported from India On the Gilgit line two passes have to be crossed one 11600 feet high and the other 13oOO The snow often lies at a depth of from ten to eighteen feet and the poles used are thirty feet long Yet this necessary neces-sary length is a danger as It means more leverage in a gale end If struts and braces are put up they afford chance for the snow to accumulate and bring greater pressure to bear Strong deodar poles are used and the telegraph line consists con-sists of a solid homogeneous steel wire of the greatest strength made One break was however caused by the heavy snow made wet by moisture from a lake not far away but in the other pass the snow is dry and slips from the wire easily The poles are planted close together to-gether Offices of observation are close by in each of which two Europeans arc stationed leading a life in comparison with which that spent at submarine cable statlpiis Is riotous and crowded For many months the passes are cut off from mankind by the snow blockade but the empire must be maintained and commerce com-merce go on So the exiles with their snowshoes rations and instruments hold the telegraph fort Atlanta Journal |