Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 January 1918 — SOOT TIES UP TELEGRAPH [ARTICLE]

SOOT TIES UP TELEGRAPH

Difficulty That Has Long Been Puzzle to Electricians at Last Is Bolved. Marshfield, Ore.—Trouble that has beset a new line of the Western Union Telegraph company between Eugene, Ore., and Marshfield since it was constructed and which had been a puzzle to is believed to have been solved. It has been found that where the wires run through a 4,300foot railroad tunnel the insulators, have been made conductive by spot from locomotives; Now employees of the telegraph company go over the line within the tunnel and wipe away the soot collections at regular intervals and telegraphic communication is. uninterrupted.