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Show Triumph of American Ennlneer. In constructing th. power transmission transmis-sion Hue from (he Cnmery falls to the Kolar gold mine., In Mysore, India, the American engineers employed to do tho work had to deal with some uncommon un-common problems. The lino, ninety, two miles long. Is carried on lofty polos 'through the Jungle. Here th. dopr.datlons of white ants and wild lephanta had to be prevented. Th. anta attacked th. poles and th. elephants ele-phants pulled at the wires. Iron sockets sock-ets aoven feet high wero found to b. .ffoctlv. against th. ants, and after careful measurement, of the highest reach of the elephant.' trunk, th. wire s were strung at a anre elevation. |