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Show Triumph of American Engineer. In constmctlriK the power transmission transmis-sion lino from tlio Canvery falls to llio Kolnr cold mines, In Mysore, India, the American engineers employed to do tlio work had to deal with sonio uncommon un-common problems. Tho lino ninety1 two miles long. Is carried oir lofty poles through tho juiiglo. Hero tho depreciations of vvhltu unts and wild slcphant.s had to lie prevented. The nuts attacked tho poles nnd tho ole-phants ole-phants pulled at tho wires. Iron sockets sock-ets seven feet high were found to be effective against tho nits, and after careful measurements of tho highest reach of tho elephants' trunks tha who o wero strung at a safe elevation. |