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Show ICICLES ON TELEGRAPH WIRES DO MUCH DAMAGE , f , . . .. .. Ono can hardly fully realize tho extont of damage that con bo wrought by tho united efforts of drops of water, especially when accompanied by a freezing tomperaturo. Tolograph wlros are often coated to n considerable thlcknoss with lco, and break undor tho load, but a thing occurred during a Into rainstorm which llnomen of tho difforent tolograph compares say they nover experienced before. On the Po-orla Po-orla lino of tho Chicago, Burlington & Qulncy, near Maquon, tho lco formations forma-tions on tho wlrof wero truly remarkable. remark-able. An klelo easily forms at tho end of a water spout, but whuu u tole- graph wlro coats ltsolf with a half-Inch half-Inch dlamctor of Ice, and thon deliberately delib-erately allows about 2,000 leldos, varying vary-ing from three to four Inches In longth to form between tho short stretches which exist between tho poles, tha phenomenon Is a raro one. Figuring approximately the weight supported by ono of theso light wlros for tho samo distance, one finds that the short longth hold In suspense cor 200 pounds of rnln drops. Thoy snnpped j In scores of places, and hundreds of r' dollars havo been expended for repairing repair-ing tho brokon ones. Tho lutcr-uptloo to business ls also sorlous. l'Wai'l'iMjF''T'fr1jlF-w ali |