Journal of electricity, power, and gas . hedesert and alkali flats and some idea can be formedof the magnitude of the undertaking when it is con-sidered that all the material was hauled with and that it was necessary to carry enoughwater and feed for an average trip of five days. The poles used which were sawed red cedar 4 top and 8 in. sq. butt, 25 ft. long and spaced 30to the mile were milled in the mountains above Car-son City. They were distributed along the line ata cost of $ per ton mile for cartage. Where the line ran through the alkali flats thebutt was treated by h
Journal of electricity, power, and gas . hedesert and alkali flats and some idea can be formedof the magnitude of the undertaking when it is con-sidered that all the material was hauled with and that it was necessary to carry enoughwater and feed for an average trip of five days. The poles used which were sawed red cedar 4 top and 8 in. sq. butt, 25 ft. long and spaced 30to the mile were milled in the mountains above Car-son City. They were distributed along the line ata cost of $ per ton mile for cartage. Where the line ran through the alkali flats thebutt was treated by having a hole bored at the groundline and filled with crude oil after which the holewas plugged. Just what the oil was and where itwas shipped from I have no way of telling and of allthe poles that have been examined by the authornone have been found that were actually treated inthis way. The first illustration is of the butts of some twentyodd poles. They were dug up from an abandonedsection of the line and hauled in to be used on farm-. Butts of Red Cedar Poles After Fifty Years Service. ers extensions to the present telephone system. Itwill be noticed on examination that the rot which hasoccurred is almost evenly distributed over the entiresection that was in the ground and does not follow theaccepted rule of the rot taking place at or near theground surface. By whittling it was found that thedecay did not penetrate to any depth and that thecenter of these sawn poles was as solid as fresh cutlumber. The section of the line that the poles weretaken from took in the extreme conditions; through asand bank that was never wet to a depth of over12 in. and an alkali flat that was under water 6 monthsof the year. When this line was first put in service all troublewas taken care of by a lineman using a ladder, so June 6, 1914.] JOURNAL OP ELECTRICITY, POWER AND GAS 493 there are no hook marks on the poles but they arepitted in places to a depth of % m- on the windwardside, from drifti
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