The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-03-01

only one side Of the underpass is be-
Ing bridged, one-way traffic, alter
nately from the east and west, Is
necessary as autos cannot pass in the
underpass.
Road Bed Is Limited
Chunks Of ice, in piles two feet
high, border the highway on both
sides for two miles east Of the UNDER
pass, limiting the road bed to a width
Of about IL feet, MI. Hanson said. As
autos, travelling in opposite directions.
have "just enough" room to pass each
other, Mr.. Hanson said that speeding
on the road will not be tolerated when
traffic Is opened.
The Missouri river here continued
to rise slowly. the stage at Z a. m.
today being .11.4 feet, according to
federal weather observers here. This
stage Is IL feet higher than the stage
at which the ice went out last spring.
The ice continued to hold today.
Radio Giving Service
Western North Dakota news was
being broadcast today over radiocast-
Ing station KFYR, Bismarck. for the
benefit Of newspapers in the eastern
part Of the state. This is the first
time in North Dakota that radio has
been used as a conveyor of news to
newspapers.
In order to reach Bismarck, news
from the east was being routed
through Denver to Casper, Wyo., Bill
ings and Glendive. From here 1t was
relayed out to Minot, jamestown,
Devils Lake and Mandan. Fargo had
a wire from the east, but its westward
communication was interrupted, due
to broken lines through Buffalo and
Jamestown. Fargo, however, had q
wire to Grand Forks.
Another circuit over which the
news was being routed ci%rcuitously
was from Chicago through Cheyenne
and Salt Lake to San Francisco, from
there to Seattle, thence back to
Helena, Montana and from there to
Bismarck over m line and to Regina
and Winnipeg e another.
George Beaudoin. in charge of the
A. T. and T. service in the Bismarck
office, was on the Job the greater
part of last night working out the re-
laying combinations by which it was
possible for The Tribune's telegraph
printers to get service over these
roundabout circuits.
Linemen Rewriting Lines
Meanwhile, Is men under George
Knauer were working in three gangs
east of Valley City toward Fargo to
reopen the IS miles of a line badly
crippled by shorted wires, broken
cross-arms and shattered glass insul-
ators. This damage was due to ice
forming from a half to an inch and a
quarters thick, the result of sleet
storms.
The ice formed a coating on the
wires, and even icicles. AS the wind
arose last night, the weighted wires
began swaying and breaking or tear
ing down croSS-arms. Even poles
were torn down under the weight of
the Swaying masses of ice loading
down the wires.
The linemen had a tough time.
They had, to break their own roads.
Teams were not available on the
farms. and snow drifts battled the
trucks. Much of their work had to
be done afoot in the deep SHOWS. The
men worked all Friday afternoon In
breaking roads and them put in the
night restringing wires, in order to
get the service in shape for the morn
ing movement of news.
Much trouble also was encountered
in the Washburn telephone sector and
around Wilton. There the difficulty
also was caused by sleet. Crews sue
ceeded in cleaning up the Wilton end
of the damage.