Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1929-11-15
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A Master Speech-Highway
THB busiest long distance speech
1 highway In America, according to
the records, Is that one which speeds
up talking by wire between New York
city and Philadelphia distance of
about LOO miles.
So great has been the demand for
telephone service between these two
great aggregations Of humanity that
calls are made at the rate of about
eight per minute or about 10000
every "a hours-some 200 telephone
circuits being kept busy day and night
Four underground cables, each en-
closing hundreds of wires. in addition
to two wire-and-pole lines. are re-
quired to carry these messages and
fifth cable probably will be placed In
service by the time this appears In
print.
The underground cables used In
this service are ingenious contrtv.
ances. They are considered storm
proof, insulated against dampn, 50
and encased In sheath OF lead. Al
though less than three inches In diam
eter, sufficient number Of wires can
be packed into one OF them to permit
250 telephone conversations and 5OO
telegraph messages TO be transmitted
at the same time-by virtue of spe-
cial apparatus which makes possible
the sending OF many messages over
comparatively few wires
The amazing demand and conse-
quent rapid increase in facilities for
overcoming the handicap OF distance
Is here illustrated to the nth degree.
The first telephone service between
these points was Installed In 1880.
Doubling Thomases regarded the serv-
Ice as an experiment which might
develop into a convenience, but never
would develop into a necessary service
to the public.
"The Greatest Bridge in the
World"
a MASTODONIC bridges, officially
"A known as the Hudson River
bridge, but referred to as 1.-THE Great
est Bridge in the World" which will
cut the air high above the waters OF
this famous and lordly stream between
the Palisades of New Jersey and Riv.
erside drive, New York, Is under con-
struction.
In an attempt to cope with the prob
able traffic demands of future genera
lions, man has dared to build bridge
of such gigantic proportions as to stag
ger the imagination. The bridge prop
er will jump the river in single span
$500 feet long, while Its length, ex'
elusive of the ornate plazas which are
planned FOR either end will he 1870
feet. its two piers, resting on bed
rock, will each be 21O by Is feet at
base and tower 635 feet above the wa.
ter and its floor, which will he 25a
feet above the water, will have an
ultimate width of 1888 feet. The weight
of the suspended construction will ap'
proximate 10000 tons, supported by
cables containing 26,474 wires each
and three feet thick.
The design adopted admits OF ex-
banding the capacity as necessity de.
mands. Originally, it's one, deck will
carry four lanes Of vehicular traffic
and two sidewalks. Later, two "a
foot roadways can be added. Finally,
second deck can be swung under the
first one, providing for from two to
eight tracks for rapid transit service,
bringing the maximum capacity OF the
structure up to something like 3O,OO0..
300 vehicles annually. All told, this
Is one Of the most difficult construc-
ton feats yet attempted By man..
The Moffat Tunnel
n FTER years of tedious boring
n through six miles Of solid rock