OCR Text |
Show GLA8S TELEGRAPH POLES. J In Grossalmerode, a town near Caesel, Germany, a factory has recently re-cently been established for the manufacture manu-facture of glass telegraph and telephone tele-phone poles. The glass mass of which the poles are made Is strengthened by interlacing and intertwining with strong wire threads. One of the principal prin-cipal advantages of the poles, It is said, would be their use In tropical countries where wooden poles are soon destroyed by the ravages of Insects, In-sects, and where cllmatlcal Influences aro ruinous to wood. |