. Bell telephone magazine . But to reach the wireSy in many places^ the weary miles still must be covered afoot 250 Bell Telephone Magazine WINTER. The Winter snow piles deep walks more than two or three timeslast winter, and on a few occasionswhisked off light snow with a broom. In the same period of the ElwoodPass difficulty, a telephone crew wasout for several days when servicefailed on Cumbres Pass, between An-tonito, Colo., and Chama, N. of 25 miles of line, five mileswere completely buried and out ofsight under the snow. Overtaken by a severe blizzardthrough which they could not pr
. Bell telephone magazine . But to reach the wireSy in many places^ the weary miles still must be covered afoot 250 Bell Telephone Magazine WINTER. The Winter snow piles deep walks more than two or three timeslast winter, and on a few occasionswhisked off light snow with a broom. In the same period of the ElwoodPass difficulty, a telephone crew wasout for several days when servicefailed on Cumbres Pass, between An-tonito, Colo., and Chama, N. of 25 miles of line, five mileswere completely buried and out ofsight under the snow. Overtaken by a severe blizzardthrough which they could not proceed,this crew was compelled to spend thenight in the Sno-Cat, where they madegood use of the emergency rationsand sleeping bags carried for justsuch a purpose. Telephone people atAlamosa became alarmed at failureof the crew to report in by telephone,and sent out an airplane the next day which located them and determinedthat they were not in need of help. During the time this line was outof service a radio channel was utilizedto connect the facilities of the inde-pendent company at Chama to thegeneral telephone network at SanteFe. The radio
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