The San Francisco call., 1897-03-07
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said would, provided it was broken
wire that caused the trouble. Lundale
and set our watches at the same time
and started out to hunt up the break. 1t
was sure enough break, and it happened
about three miles from Rock Dell.
81 looked at my watch after | got to the
broken wire and found that had forty
minutes TO get ready to be the connection.
I made loop on each end of the broken
ends OF the wire so l could get good
hold and there would be no mistake about
the connection being all right. 1 had not
gone alone to this place, as there were
four men with me-Yorkel Jorgenseon,
Martin Hanson, Cyrus Rierson and An
drew Olson. After a while it got 10 be the
time when had agreed with Lundalo to
try the experiment. l took hold of the
loops and Martin Hanson held the watch.
Then Lundale called up Hayfield, the
call Tor which is two rings. l could feel
in my body what station was called. If
somebody had hit me on the head twice
when Lundale called Hayfeld it would
not have been any palmer 10 me.
"Hayfield did not answer at first, and
LunGale called it up three times. The
last time was too much for me and 1 fell
to the ground, losing hold oil one wire. 1
was not hurt any, only just knocked
down, and grabbed hold of the wire that
had dropped. After a couple of minutes
Lundale called up Oslo. l could feel the
five short rings for that place just like five
thrills going through me. After a little
while Lundale called up Dodge Center by
three rings. 1t was pretty hard for me,
but l stood it, for l had made up my mind
that l would not give in just as long as |
could hold myself together, but when
Lundaie gave Austin call he rang me
down as fat as a pancake. never did
know what the Austin call was, but I
think it takes pretty good long ring to
get the town.
"Even this did MOI hurt me, SO got up
after minute or two and took hold of the
ends of the wire and made the connection
for the answer from Austin. 1 managed
TO hold ont until the time Lundale and I
had agreed that l was to hold the wire
was UP. Then fixed the wire, and We all
went back to Rock Dell. When got back
to Dell Lundale told me that while l was
holding the wires he got an answer from
Oslo, which was seven miles away. He
had also had talk with Dodge Center,
which is twenty miles from the Dell. He
had quite talk with Austin, forty miles
away, but he did not hear from Hay field,
which. I believe. was because the operator
at that place was not there when the cali
came. There is no reason why he should
not have answered if he had heard the
ring.
81 cannot say that my experience as
means of connection of tele phone wires
hurt NE any to amount to anything. OF
course the elec trcity ierked my muscles
terribly. 1 Iseemed 10 suffer the most in
my arms, particularly IN that arm that
was holding the broken wire that ran to-
ward the Dell. All the while the talking
was going on I felt hard shocks in my
chest, but l can hardly explain how it
really felt. just the same, If anybody is
thinking of trying the same thing who has
not very strong nerves, they had better
take my advice and give the idea up.
You see, il does not make any differ
ence how strohg man is; if he has not
got good nerves electricity does not agree
with him. I've had lots of little shocks
in fixing telephone wires, but they never
have 10 ade me lame or anything of that
kind before. 1t seems to me that there
must have been highly powerful current
OF electricity passing along that wire when
l acted as the connection. I remember at
fair once taxing hold of the handles of
one of those machines that they give you
electric shocks With, and that made me