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Show Triumph of American Engineer, In constructing the power transmission transmis-sion lino from the Cauvery falls to the Kolar gold mines, In Mysore, India, the American engineers employed to do the work had to deal with some uncommon un-common problems. Tho line, ninety, two miles long, Iscuiricd oh lofty poles through the jungle. Hero the depredations depre-dations of whlto ants and wild elehants had to be prevented. Tho ants attacked the poles and the elephants pulled nt the wires. Iron sockets seven feet high were found to bo cifectlve against the ants, and after careful measurements of tho hiirhest reach of the elephants trunks the wires were strung nt a safe elevation, Ex. |