Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-10-03

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session 81 1870 These lines connect
tho headquarters 81 most % tho
th|rif fesr ftftsie Is District 4 with
the prineinai tnnnrr nialiona. and IN
thc rass og tho hfacr fofcets with
ont or two peaks from which q
arde.evc view u maintained durins
tho fire season Of the greater part
of the forest 40 other single agency
81 ~ helpful in announcing ana sumo
monlnB help for q firc. and the ax-
ceileut fiFo record OF the season Just
closed. dae partly to scasonahl rains
and other favorable conditions, was
due partly. also. a. better preparation
81 which tbs telephone took first
place,
The lines are usually OF the
grounded circuit style. ]. g.. a single
wire ~ used and AZ every station a
wire leads 20 tho ground. by which
the electricity H. returned. This style
Is cheaper constructed than the me-
tniiic circuit. and = proving Eatisfac-
tory for national forest gae a. night
and when the ranger and his family
are absent from a station. tho phone
Il disconnected BY a switch FOR safety
and % relieve the line.
spcpial Ktaturca on Different Forests.
on account Of the different condi-
tions which are encountered In their
construction, different types OF telo-
phone lines are found necessary. and
expcdients are sometimes rcsoTtcd 20
which are interesting as we'll as help
ful. For instance, on the Ashley for
eat IN northeast Utah. a cable was
laid two feet under ground for hul
mile from tho supervisors office 70
protect the line from Interference ~
tho transmission lines OF the Vcrnai
Milling and Light company. The
lines proceed directly north also. un-
ing a slightly longer route In order
20 70 around the power house az the
mouth ~ the gorge OF the Ashley
river. Dividing, ono line proceeds
60 L0notrec. wye. and the other 10
Lake Fork. on the south side OF the
Ufntah range.
Tho lines are built OF No. wire.
i2-inCh. painted oak brackets. glass
lnsulatots. 2g-f0ot l0degpole Pine
SoieH wired 10 cedar posts set four
feet Ia the ground 20 poles 40 tho
mile. and over the higher mountains
35 poles. The poles and posts were
cut from the forest. and cost 81 per
pole with its stub delivered along the
line. Snowfall Is heavy In tho high
Iintah mountains. so that unusually
good lines are required, and although
these lines cost about $40 per mile.
the supervisor believes tho line should
last for about thirty years.
Sc,rct Of a Good Tree line"
Across the Aquarius plateau. on
the Powell forest Ia southern Utah,
telephone line was strung for 30
miles on trees at cost OF only S25
per mile. This is unusually low. The
wire was attached 20 porcelain
knobs, spiked 10 large trees IN such
manner that u slips through in
case tree falls on the line, or. II
attached securely. smaller wire
more easily broken was used. and
thus a break OF tho line Is avoided.
Another secret OF nOn-brcakagc is
the large amount OF slack left be-
tween trees. without knowing the
motive one would declare 1t shift
less Job. Yet this slack in slipping
through TO a point where strain was
applied proved most helpful. with
IL feet Of snow and the wire under
this and under fallen trees part Of
tho way. connection was maintained
all winter.
This line Is in the northern breaks
Of tho Grand Canyon and Il was me-
cossary 10 cross canyons so wide Il
was necessary TO cut the wire and
let Il down from either side and then
by dotour reach the bottom splice
and pull the wire up from the far
Their side For miles 4 was attached
10 proclpiious cliffs By means OF gas
pipes inserted In drilled holes or Mt
taohed 90 scruhby piHyon OF cedar
trees. The wire was payed out from
the back OF burro, the only anif1ai
that could safely scale the cliffs
When brackets and insuiators fail
Cd to arrive for tho completion or tho
limo on the northern ana almost UNI
inhabited slope OF the mountains.
crew OF nine men would nave been
idle until these were received. and the
fan SHOWS which close an mountain
work for nine months were even then
due. The surveyor rolayed three
teams 81 horses. drove 90 miles and
back in "a hours ana got tho mater
ials there In time 20 complete the
Aahiey-I.onctrce line before snowfall
The Lake Fork line completed la
june. had been built 40 the uinta
river which with the spring floods
was regarded impossible. But the
rangers pressed tho teams into the
swollen current while the supervisor
rode powerful horse which swan
the stream below each load To re-
ASSURE the frightened teams and be
ready for emergency. Men teams
and materials were thus crossed with
out loss
Advantage ~ the "zlr zagr Llnc.
Trees are used az poles where prnc-
ticable on the Teton national forest,
which Joins the Yellowstone National
park on the south, with "split-trce'
insulators which are wired 10 tho tree,
tho telephone wire being permitted
90 slip through a hole IN the center.
( By reason Of slipping through the I'M
suintors. the wire may, by collecting
slack al certain points, become loose
enough 10 rest aeainst the tree. which
tends % ground tho circuit To pre-
vent this. trees are selected FOR poles
/ IN such positions as viii form n air-
zar course and the wire which ID nt-
fached 20 the side of tho tree next 20
direct line constantly pulls away
from the tree and therefore never
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