| Show A NETWORK OF WIRES interesting Interest loff facts fact for persons persona rond fond of dealing in statistics there are about miles of telegraph gra t p la and telephone wires in in new york city of this number the western union telegraph company operates and con controls more than miles miles of which are already placed in conduits underground the same company operates over miles all told its wires it if stretched in in one continuous line would go around the Z clolie lobe lie nearly arly eighteen eig lileen times and th they L y would reach front from the earth to the moon and almost back again the miles of wire in this city would make over 2220 parallel lines from the battery to harlem river and over double that number froni the E east ast to the north river at it the greatest width of manhattan island this aliis length of wire weighs comparatively little the wires of the western union company vary in weight from to pounds per mile taking the smallest sized wire as a basis fco for calculation one ton of metal would make thirteen and one third miles of wire while 2000 tons would be sufficient to stretch around the world with pl plenty c nty to s spare p re T the he cost of tho the wires is about six cents per pound they are very durable when stretched through an open country bastin lasting from twenty five to thirty years atmospheric A amos chan changes chanes 7 es affect them but little repairs ar are e chiefly made in towns where chemical substances are arc used for manufacturing purposes the smoke from the factory factory chimu chimneys cys beins very destructive to tho the metal |
