. Bell telephone magazine . ctor strucks at a supplydump. Right:Stringing wire pro-ceeds despite thedepth of snow Nonetheless, by October 28 we hadstaked the whole line and completedfield engineering—a happy momentfor us all 1 Whats more, we had also beenable to provide Western Electric with I preliminary estimates of the materialwe would require the following a little right-of-way clearing re-mained for completion in 195 i. Life Along the Route Every 20 or 30 miles along thehighway there are small frontier-style inns where the Bell System menstayed. Generally, there would be amain


. Bell telephone magazine . ctor strucks at a supplydump. Right:Stringing wire pro-ceeds despite thedepth of snow Nonetheless, by October 28 we hadstaked the whole line and completedfield engineering—a happy momentfor us all 1 Whats more, we had also beenable to provide Western Electric with I preliminary estimates of the materialwe would require the following a little right-of-way clearing re-mained for completion in 195 i. Life Along the Route Every 20 or 30 miles along thehighway there are small frontier-style inns where the Bell System menstayed. Generally, there would be amain building (only two of them havebaths) and two or three cabins whereaccommodations were adequate, al-though primitive. Once the noveltyof the scenery wore off, life waspretty monotonous. However, for anumber of weeks each year, gnats andmosquitoes did their best to keepthings mighty active. The high spot in the week waswhen we received laimdry and mailfrom a courier service set up to de- 220 Bell Telephone Magazine WINTER.


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