Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1895-05-23
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arrangements are being made 70
put In telephone line from Mexico TO
santa Fe, No
The New England Telephone q
Telegraph Co. is constructing new
line between Westfeld, Mass., and the
Lee exchange. The new line will con-
meet with the Hill towns, and hereafter
the latter will be given a long distance
service.
The problem Of getting the wires
rsnder ground in cities of any size is
diflcult, the main bed Of the roadwavs
being usually preempted by mass of
pipes FOR water, gas, sewage, etc. In
some parts OF Europe the conductors
have been placed under sidewalks, and
In one or two places a compromise has
been adopted of running them fat
against the walls Of houses, above the
srst floor. An ingenious plan has late
ly been introduced in this country OF
employing a combination curb and con-
duff. The trench follows the curb
line, and the conduit simply takes tho
place Of the old curbing. Drainage is
easily provided for. There are many
Incidental advantages, IL would seem.
the. arrangement being cheap to con-
struct and maintain, leaving the road
bed Quite undisturbsd and affording an
easy access with the adjacent houses
or stores.
"A hint for ambitious communities
desirous of anpexing suburbs reluctant
to come in may be found in the propo-
siticn seriously made, and actually
adopted, though aftsrward rescinded,
by the city council of Harrisburg. Pa.
The resolution was TO the effect that
the arc lights sAovld be shaded on the
sida esvssa erRtRia ssbrabs voting
arEkh ~ esnsoh&sSson snd thus escap-
ing the borden of city taNation. In
the state of New York, not long ago,
the authorities Of a village refused to
pay for more than half the light of an
aDc. lamp, on the ground that the other
half 81 the light fell upon territory be-
yond their baliviek. They ordered
the pole moved so that none of the
beams should be wasted across the
Hne, bat a public spirited citizen
across the bordqr agreed TO pay for
half Of the light II the pole was allow
ed 70 stay in its position. This curious
agreement was lived Up to for several
years.
DIR. p. J. Gibbons, of Syracuse, N.
Y, who recently applied to Gov.
Flower for permission to use his ap-
paratus for resuscitating a murderer
executed by electricity in Auburn
prison Out which was refused), has in
vented an apparatus what has hereto
fore been produced by physical exer.
tion and manipulation. DIR. Gibbons
apparatus consists of a pair of hand
Bellows, whose handles are connected
together At the mouth of each bel
lows Is fastened a flexible tube. and
these two tubes are connected by a
Y junction, terminating in a single
tube. The end OF the tube is inserted in
the mouth of the patient, or, II this be
closed. in an opening made in the
throat The patients nose is closed
and when the handle of the bellows
is raised the air rusLes from the
patients lungs into one apartment OF
the bellows simultaneously the other
apartment is filled with fresh air
through a tube on the reverse side.
This ar is forced into The lungs by the
compression of the handles. DR.. Glib
boHs says large percentage of deaths
fyom electricity are not instantaneous,
and could be averted by using his in
vention