The Red Cloud chief., 1889-02-01
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A scheme is being pushed by a syn
aicaie Of Eastern capitalists tina, /. CAL
cuiated TO force the telegraph comps.
neies into bankruptcy. Mor., i. to be
aid on the shelf. the relay. KEY AMI
sOundcr are TO be obsolete. and N.
great army Of telegraph operators /. 20
DC cast adrih and compelled 10 seek
new occupations. Telegraph poles and
the millions Of miles OF wire strung
upon them will sOon disappear forever
What IS going to cause this revolution,
Barbcd wire fencing. It's a facl The
syndicate referred 10 contemplate, en-
tirely super>eding the pre>.n; telegraph
system with an electrical hart-,d wire
:cnce that is 10 form q network all
over the United States. When every
section Of land in this countr has
been fenced In then the company will
extend its new system 10 other coun-
tries. and keep on extending until the
entire world is one grea; web Of cleo
trical barbei.wire fence.
The scheme will require some cx-
PLANTATION, and. as the syndicate III
tends introducing il by fencing in tho
tracks Of the Baltimore Il Ohio rail-
road. an outline Of what il proposes to
accomplish ON that line will give an in
sight into the general plan. BEGINNING
nt South Chicago. barbed-w ire fencing
will be erected the .ntir. length OF the
line. l.19i miles. In general appear
ance IL will be similar Ia I'll. ordinary
wire fence. the most noticeable differ
ence being the substitution of steel
posts for cedar. Five wires will b.
strung. The top wire i insulated and
charged with electricity. and as il
passes through nm underground con-
dui, AT crossings and through cities "A
continuous circuit l. formed from
Chicago To Baltimore. Al each station
along the line the electrical wire is
tapped and connected with telephones.
designed and constructed especially
Tor long distance telephoning. la this
way telephone communications may be
had between any and all stations. and
the company guarantees tina; com
m%unicatiOn between Baltimore and
Chicago will bc rs easy ~ II the two
cities were only . mile apart. Com
m~unicatlOn can also be had u, any de-
sired point. Every locomotive en-
RSVxanr xUtll -, fL -s -
''phone' that can be- operated withou;
either battery or bells. In the even;
OF an accident or the engineer desiring |
instruction. he simply hangs his in
strument on the top wire Of the fence.
grounds it by running q wire into the
and thus forms a circuit. II, !
can then talk with the operator Mt the
next station.
But this is only small part OF tho
for. branching away from the
railroads. the company intends rum
ming its electrical fence across every
quarter-section Of land that is under
cultivation. II will construct the
for about the same COS, ~ an or
wire fence. and as the life 81
steel is eight times greater than cedar
The patent post is more desirable.
Then IL will furnish telephones a, such
nominal rental that no inhabitant Of
he civilized globe can afford tn De-.
without one. Every farm can b. di-
'idcd by n well built and durable cleo
fence and farm life will be- made
e~ndurable by having telephone
communication with not only the en-
ire neighborhoOd. but with all Of IN.
owns and village. from New York 20
san Francisco. II will he seen that i,
= a big scheme. just fancy an old
nO-sback out in Kansas calling up his
leighbors and asking If they have seen
my thing Of his stray brindlc COW. and
few minutes later tapping Washing
on 10 find out whether or 40; Congress.
; likely 10 take up the Tariff bill dur
NJ the afternoon session. Bat that Is
he sort OF thing the Electrical Barb.d-
Fence Company conternpla,es.-
'hicago Tribune.