Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-12-24
FARMERS TELEPHONE LINE
Valuable Information for the Farmers bu a
Herald Correspondent.

Last summer some Of the people
between Burton and Beetown built
: and equipped telephone line between
these towns. Il proved such a sue
cess that the system is being extended
in every direction and will eventually
reach all over the country. 1t costs
about five dollars a mile for wire in
sulators, brackets, freight and incl
dental expenses. SO each subscriber
! pays five dollars, each line averaging
one subscriber to the mile: then each
subscriber furnishes thirty white
oak poles about Is feet long. inches
in diameter al the top / feet of the
butt being peeled. The cost is about
Is cents each delivered, and are set
176 feet apart. feet in the ground.
When each shareholder has his mile
OF poles set the entire company turns
out and puts up the wire. The line
IS then turned into the general COM
Pany and each shareholder has free
use OF not only his own line but ey-
cry line belongiug 10 the general COM
pany. He can sell his share at any
time to amy one and the buyer can
take any line Of the system. There
are now lines from Burton to Bee
town, Burton to Cassville. Cassyille
70 Beetown, Cassville to Turkey Riv-
er. Beetown to North Andoyer. North
Andoyer to Glen Haven, Glen Haven
to MARROW Kids. Bloomington to Bee
town. and others are being construct
ed. The people are delighted with
the system and wonder how they ever
lived without phone in the house.
Long distance telephones cost from
eight dollars up and will last forever.
There are several kinds but the gene
raj principal is pretty much the same;
about the only Improvement is the |
transmitters which consist OF a dia-
phragm which vibrates easily; to this
Is connected on wire frames battery;
back OF the diaphragm is cell full of |
little particles Of graduated polished |
carbon; back Of this is another plate,
generally OF polished caroon, which is
connected to the other pole OF the
battery; the front and back plates are
insulated from each other SO that the
electricity must travel through the
graduated carbon the vibrations of
the diaphragm are communicated to
the little particles OF carbon, creating
little waves il. the current Of electric
ity. One Of the battery wires on its
way to the transmitter runs through
the primary wire OF an induction coil.
This coil is composed Of a bundle of
fine wires with the primary coil Of IN
sulated copper wire wound around ii.
The current from the battery runs
through this coil, then through the
transmitter back 10 the battery; this
current makes magnet of the soft
wire core. Outside of the primary
wire is wound another coil of insulat-
ed copper wire, one end Of which ex- ;
tends through the receiver to the
main line; the other end goes to the
other wire Of the main line The Vi /
brations of thecurrent in the primary {
wire makes variations in the magnet {
&c strength OF the bundle OF iron :
wires. This creates vibrating cur i
rent IN the outside or secondary coil, i
which travels TO the other phones.
The receivers are composed Of per- /
hard steel magnet. around ,
me end Of which IS wound a coil Of
Insulated copper wire. Near the end Z
II the magnet ], thin disc Of soft I
ROM the vibrations in The current /
}asSing through the coil make the
magnet weaker aud stronger Is
therefore attrack and releases the
.oft lfon disc; this creates waves uI
he ai4 that strike file ear aud repro
luce the sounds Exactly as they were
siTen the tran emitter at the other iu- ,
tmmeut
lae ringing apparatus IS composed \
q SCI 81 hard steel permanent mag
lefs between which revo've. aa
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