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Show Transmitting Parking by KUwtvlclty. Littlo is known in the United States of what is termed telpherage, or tlie conveyance con-veyance of packages by electricity along iiuea uf overhead wires. In South Amer-ra Amer-ra a lino has been constructed 180 miles long, which will place liuenoii Ayres and Monto Video in communication. Across the Lu riat;i thero is a swing for the vires of ninetcsn miles, and the. in-Itiaitart in-Itiaitart for the journey is afforded bj two towers 270 feet in height. It is intended in-tended to dispatch letter boxes between the two cities at intervn.li of two hours. This expedient of niaiiitainingeommnni-cation niaiiitainingeommnni-cation has great possibilities for vast districts dis-tricts in Africa, within which railways ar vet very problematical for tht cup-U..M. cup-U..M. . |