Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1880-05-14
BISMARCK, D. T., FRIDAY MAY Il, 1880. 81
THE SIGNAL SERVICE
"A GLANCE AT ITS MAGNITUDE
3flt@ 9aldANDg LtSEF ILLNESS.
The Standing Rock and Fort Yates
Gable Successfully Laid Under
the Supervision Of Liout.
ta .# Geo. S. Grimes.
3 A BENEFICIAL INSTITUTION.

II .Fa. 10 +.
Lieut.. Geo. S. Crimes, acting signal Of
ficer, returned from Standing Rock Tues
day morning. The cable between thai
point and Fort Yates was successfully
laid. Cables will be laid III place of the
spans of wire over the river at many points
during the summer, being much more
durable, easy to repair and less liable to
accident The United States military tel
egraph line is one of the most important
and beneficial lines in the country and be-
fore the end of the summer complete cir
cult of two thousand miles in extent will
be finished. 1t is important in that it gives
direct communication from all the front
mentheadquarters and Washington, there
by facilitating the movement Of troops,
accclcrating the government business and
in campaigns against the Indians keep
ing post commanders in constant COM
munication with forces in the field. The
line is beneficial in another respect as tt
serves the ranchmLn, '- s@
HUNTERS AND FRONTIER SETTLERS
as means of communication with
the outside world at rates that come with
in their reach. The line runs from this
city to Lincoln, Yates, Bennett, Sully,
Rapid City, Meade, Ellis, Bozelnan, HeIc-
ma, Benton, Fort Shaw, Missoula Assina-
boine, and Deer Lodge; and again from
Bismarck to Stevenson, Buford. Keogh
and Custer, and a line from Keogh to
Deadwood with intermediate stations all
along the route and repair stations at
reasonable distances apart. Thus it will
be seen every point at which there is a
post or settlement Of any size in western
Dakota or the entire eXpanse of Montana
through the medium OF this line is
brought into instant intercourse with all
points Of the country, contrasting greatly
with the old time method ofmail delivery
when a frontiersman or officer at some Of
the northwestern posts were fortunate if
they heard from 1.-THE states''- once in six
months, Being bnilt, owned and officercd
bv the government no profits are expected
to be made from the business done. Rates
are charged sutficicntstO keep the line in
eynanse S ~ of oriuinal constrnct1on en-
n1nvaos ctc hciH~ naid iva distinct an.
pprnnriat;on p made for the pnrnose. This
branch o' m of TT the service beIonys to the s;"-
na1 corns of the or,v,,ndpr thc command
nf Rrir GENERA, Albert lMeyer1 known tIr
world over as "Old Probs.'52a adt .--iz
Al. TIE lr'''E'''hNA'tIG "''.' NAit'I ei p. ,r ~
is division OF the weather Gather bureau
and serves that department III trans,
mlttlnS the daily weather reports from all
points where signal stations are estab-
llshed to Washington, III addition to Its
service as means or army communlca-i
tion and its commercial business. Every
operator on the government lines is pre-.
pared for the corps at Fort Whlpple, Va.,1
the school OF instruction, by a. most thor
ough course III meteorology,l electricity,
magnetism, physical! geography and sig.
mailing IN all It's varied branches from the.
flag system, used to such great advantage
in the late war, Inc International code
used by all countries, to inc more sc1en-
tiiic methods accomplished by the use OF
such Instruments as the heliosraph, that
throws sunf1ashes long and short, cores
ponding t" the got and dash OF the tele-,