| 单词 | telegraph line |
| 例句 | There is, however, a telegraph line at Point Lookout, a former Union prisoner- of-war camp at the mouth of the Potomac River. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Now, safe in the knowledge that he has done everything that he can, Baker waits for that telegraph line to sing. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z He also has his hired agents out searching, but his efforts to send and receive messages are hampered by the lack of telegraph lines through the Maryland and northern Virginia countryside. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Then, telegraph lines hummed with brief accounts of the tragedy, and these details were passed from city to city. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z He and his team cut roads, built bridges and telegraph stations, installed telegraph poles, and strung thousands of miles of telegraph lines. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z Stanton’s operators could wire news and orders all over the country—and soon telegraph lines across the nation were announcing the news: The president has been assassinated and the secretary of state attacked. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Hundreds of telephone and telegraph lines were installed to disseminate news reports. The Lindberghs, From Triumph to Tragedy, an Exhibition at Morven 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z The service lasted nearly 19 months, until a telegraph line ended the need for quick letter deliveries to the West. Take a virtual ride on the Pony Express with video-game ‘Doodle’ 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z But by 1944, as the invasion of Normandy approached, the Resistance was large and effective: telephone and telegraph lines cut, trains derailed, power stations blown up, German officers assassinated. One of the Men Who ‘Set Europe Ablaze’ 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z A week later, the telegraph lines clattered with news of Lincoln’s assassination at Ford’s Theatre in Washington and the chilling way it was put into words by Stanton: “The president continues insensible and is sinking.” Huntington Library sets out to decode thousands of Civil War telegrams hidden for a century: 'It's mind-boggling' 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z The field rises to a ridge; a telegraph line runs across this, then falls down the far side, away from view. Extract: C by Tom McCarthy 2010-08-06T08:53:00Z A century later, large areas were cleared for roads and telegraph lines. Perspective | Amid the smoke of a burning Amazon rises the specter of the artist Roberto Burle Marx 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z The storm cut all telegraph lines between Boston and New York and capsized a schooner, killing 11 crew members. Hurricane Lee is charting a new course in weather and could signal more monster storms 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z Because there was no telegraph line connecting Vesuvius with civilization, let alone remote-sensing technology, studying the volcano involved plenty of fieldwork, sometimes exposing Palmieri to high risks. A Defiant Volcanologist Survived 5 Eruptions while Living on Mount Vesuvius 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z When Samuel Morse inaugurated the first telegraph line, the message he famously tapped out implicitly asked a question: "What hath God wrought." From "holy hype" to AI sentience, tech has a history of inflating its potential 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z Colonizers also typically erected an infrastructure in the lands they controlled, building roads and railroads and establishing secure water systems and telegraph lines. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z The government wants to increase the rail network' share of freight transport to 40-45% from the current 27%, said Siemens, whose first contact in India - a London to Calcutta telegraph line - dates back to 1867. Siemens signs 3 bln eur train deal in India 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z New telegraph lines were lost, disrupting communications with the East, and 1 in 8 homes in the state was destroyed. Opinion | Flooding in California has been worse before — and likely will be again 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z The action would be transmitted south via four telegraph lines installed especially for the event. Perspective | In 1922, a D.C. ballpark was home to a bizarre World Series facsimile 2022-10-15T04:00:00Z In 1843, Congress agreed to help fund the new technology by allocating $30,000 for a telegraph line to connect Washington, DC, and Baltimore along the route of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z The tax revenue also went to purchase rails, locomotives, and wire from Britain for railroads and telegraph lines in India. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Railroads and telegraph lines drew the country together and increased the potential for federal centralization. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z Now collector’s items, they were used between 1920 and 1950 on telephone and telegraph lines to prevent wires from touching poles. On Salt Spring Island in the Southern Gulf Islands, take a charming self-guided studio tour 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z The Carrington Event, as it is now known, wreaked havoc on telegraph lines. A huge solar flare just struck Earth — and there may be bigger ones to come, experts say 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z Domestically, Western Union, which controlled 80 percent of the country’s telegraph lines, operated nearly 200,000 miles of telegraph routes from coast to coast. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Efforts were made to build railroad and telegraph lines and to open iron and coal mines. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z All domestic and international telephone and telegraph lines were cut. Perspective | A penetrating look behind the Iron Curtain Congress paid for the first telegraph line, running from Washington to Baltimore, but declined to purchase the invention itself, so telegraphy remained a private enterprise. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z After telegraph lines reached California, the Pony Express service ended in 1861. myWorld: Building Our Country 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z To aid the economic growth, railroads, dams, and telephone and telegraph lines were built in African colonies. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The Wire Act prohibits the use of phone or telegraph lines to convey sports bets or betting information across state lines, regardless of whether wagering is legal. Don't bet on it. Wagering on the Super Bowl is illegal in California 2022-01-30T05:00:00Z These first responders responded with the help of call boxes: cast-iron boxes that allowed communication via telegraph line and, later, phone lines. Perspective | Call box of duty: Cops remember the call boxes that kept them connected 2021-01-30T05:00:00Z In the first half of the 20th century, Brazil built roads, telegraph lines, ports and airstrips to integrate the rainforest into the rest of the country, paving the way for “Order and Progress.” Opinion | Captain Chain Saw’s Delusion 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z When Kenya’s British colonizers built a railway from the coast, the Nandi were suspicious: they sabotaged its tracks, threatened encampments and raided wires from an accompanying telegraph line — provoking the wrath of the Empire. Eliud Kipchoge Emerges as the Philosopher-King of Running 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z Along with the railroads, a modern road network, telephone and telegraph lines, dams, bridges, and irrigation canals enabled India to modernize. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The time stamp on the dispatch shows that military telegraph lines were functioning on the night Lincoln was assassinated. Lock of Abraham Lincoln’s hair sells for more than $81,000 2020-09-13T04:00:00Z The time stamp on the dispatch shows that military telegraph lines were, in fact, functioning on the night Lincoln was assassinated. Lock of Lincoln’s hair and bloodied telegram up for auction 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z On this date in 1925, two days of rain storms flooded Tucson, washed out the Nogales road and brought down telephone and telegraph lines throughout southern Arizona. Arizona history June 28-July 4 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z The City of London sat at the centre of a web of banks, telegraph lines and the deepest insurance market in the world. How robust is the world's financial plumbing? 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z Compasses spun uselessly and phantom electricity surged through the telegraph lines stunning operators unconscious and setting fire to equipment and offices. The greatest threat to life on Earth may come from space 2019-08-31T04:00:00Z By 1848, more than two thousand miles of telegraph lines had been laid across the United States. Why Weather Forecasting Keeps Getting Better 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z During that storm, the sun ejected billions of tons of charged particles, causing aurorae as far south as the Caribbean and generating currents in telegraph lines powerful enough to shock operators. Scientists tackle a burning question: When will our quiet sun turn violent? 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z The blinking lights spell out in Morse code the work’s title, “What Hath God Wrought,” the first words sent over the nation's initial stretch of telegraph line in 1844. Mark Bradford's new sculpture is visible from I-5. (Hint: It blinks) 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z Some of the items in the museum were collected when marshal Rondon was driving telegraph lines and roads through the Amazon basin in the early 20th century. Brazil's national museum: what could be lost in the fire? 2018-09-03T04:00:00Z “Everybody attributed that to the witches saying they didn’t want the telegraph line on the top of the hill,” Heindel said. Haunted rock legends live on in technology, religion 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z During the war, the partisans attacked railways, bridges and telegraph lines to thwart the German war effort. Joseph Harmatz, Holocaust ‘avenger’ who plotted reprisal against Nazi POWs, dies at 91 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z Its cause of death was attributed to the completion of the transcontinental telegraph line, but despite its premature demise, its spirit remains. Wyoming residents keep the Pony Express alive 2016-06-15T04:00:00Z The first trans-Atlantic telegraph line was completed in the mid-1800s and was used to transmit the exchange rate between the dollar and the British pound. New 'cable' trading: tech could boost landlocked FX cities 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z As a youth, he fixed radios for nearby stores and converted barbed-wire fences into a telegraph line, through which he communicated with a friend. The Juggling Unicyclist Who Pedaled Us Into the Digital Age 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z Facebook Twitter Pinterest Arkansas became a relatively unreachable place for politicians, as railroads and telegraph lines bypassed the rocky, rural highlands. The new south: once Clinton country, Arkansas makes a ‘swift' lurch to the right 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z He also installed the railway telegraph lines between Edinburgh and Glasgow. Emmy for Scottish TV pioneer Alexander Bain - BBC News 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z Was Jetta hearing revelry left over from the prior night’s celebration of plans to build a new bridge over the Kansas River and the arrival of the railroad and telegraph lines? Quantrill’s raid: Around 180 killed in Lawrence in 1863 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z At the turn of the 20th century, projects such as the construction of telegraph lines and highways began pushing into the Brazilian Amazon, often cutting through territories inhabited by isolated tribes. How Europeans brought sickness to the New World 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z Government officials used the fronts early in the 20th century to transform traditional tribespeople into a settled workforce capable of building telegraph lines and roads in the Amazon's harsh conditions. Sidebar: How to court an isolated tribe 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z It is born of isolation that began a century ago, when railroads and telegraph lines bypassed the rocky Arkansas highlands. The new south: once Clinton country, Arkansas makes a ‘swift' lurch to the right 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z But telegraph lines were wildly unreliable too, subject to storms and constant cutting by the combatants. AP WAS THERE: 150 years ago, Lee surrenders to Grant 2015-04-04T04:00:00Z Britain abandoned the island the following year, and laid a new telegraph line along the northern shore of the Gulf. The hardship posting to end all hardship postings 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z Conceived in the pre-digital era, Otlet’s scheme relied on a crazy quilt of analog technologies like microfilm, telegraph lines, radio transmitters and typewritten index cards. The lost promise of the Internet: Meet the man who almost invented cyberspace 2014-06-29T04:00:00Z Telegram services opened in India in 1854, four years after the first electric telegraph line between Calcutta city and the suburb of Diamond Harbour. In pictures: India's dying telegram service 2013-06-17T02:34:39Z And it would likely be much worse than the 1859 Carrington Event, a solar superstorm that wreaked havoc on telegraph lines and caused the aurora borealis to be visible as far south as Texas. Sun-Grazing Comets As The Trigger For Electromagnetic Armageddon 2012-11-30T12:49:34Z Camels were first introduced to Australia during the 19th century and used as transport for exploration and to assist construction of rail and telegraph lines. Australia Feral Camel Cull Tops 100,000 Animals 2012-09-14T18:45:08.167Z The telegraph line opened in March 1865, but there were misgivings from the outset. The hardship posting to end all hardship postings 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z Next year J. G. Macdonald visited the Plains of Promise, and Frederick Walker marked the telegraph line from Rockingham Bay to the Norman River. Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information 2012-04-22T02:00:09.320Z The telegraph lines east, west, north and south from Harrisburg were cut, so that no message as to his movements could be sent off in any direction. Baltimore and The Nineteenth of April, 1861 A Study of the War 2012-04-04T02:01:00.923Z The carrying of the first telegraph line through the dense forest was another step forward. Blazing The Way True Stories, Songs and Sketches of Puget Sound 2012-04-03T02:00:30.677Z He crept back towards the embankment, following the wire to the place where it left the telegraph line; and then he saw that another wire had been connected, and ran across the gardens. Swift and Sure 2012-03-16T02:00:24.627Z Jay Gould, who controlled the telegraph lines, was accused by the Democrats of holding back returns. Under Four Administrations From Cleveland to Taft 2012-03-16T02:00:21.923Z In 1878 N. Buchanan, on an excursion to the overland telegraph line from the Queensland border, discovered Buchanan's Creek. Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information 2012-04-22T02:00:09.320Z The telegraph line is included herein under the term "railroad," and is to be constructed in the same manner and with similar materials as in the line east of the one-hundredth meridian. Monopolies and the People 2012-03-12T03:00:23.687Z Within the next half hour two blockades, four stalled freights and two telegraph lines down were reported. Ralph, the Train Dispatcher The Mystery of the Pay Car 2012-02-29T03:00:25.457Z As a matter of fact, we are indebted for half the railroads of the United States to the extortion of the other half, and the same may truthfully be said of telegraph lines. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:52.627Z It developed later that the soldier killed was laying a telegraph line, which procedure, not being understood by the Moros, was regarded by them as a device for their destruction. Under Four Administrations From Cleveland to Taft 2012-03-16T02:00:21.923Z Ezra Cornell, afterward one of the most successful constructors of telegraph lines, was employed to take charge of the work under Morse. Inventors 2012-02-08T03:00:16.647Z These Pacific companies are required, by their charters, to construct telegraph lines along the route of their roads, and to transmit messages for the government at such rates as they charge other parties. Monopolies and the People 2012-03-12T03:00:23.687Z Wolves and Telegraph Lines.—It is believed in Norway that wolves are frightened away by telegraph lines. The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young 2012-02-03T03:00:20.453Z If from the failure of telegraph line or other cause a signalman be unable to communicate with the next block station in advance, he must stop every train approaching in that direction. Railroad Accidents Their Cause and Prevention 2012-02-02T03:04:35.040Z The last service rendered by Walker, the explorer, was in connection with the selection of the route of the telegraph line from Cardwell to the Gulf of Carpentaria. Early Days in North Queensland 2012-01-24T03:00:29.987Z The first telegraph line was installed in 1869 by English engineers. Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod 2012-01-08T03:00:16.523Z Extending these monopolies still further, Vanderbilt and his co-conspirators are about to take control of all the telegraph lines in the country, and dictate to the whole people the price to be paid for dispatches. Monopolies and the People 2012-03-12T03:00:23.687Z It is stated as a remarkable fact that since the first telegraph line was established, twenty years ago, wolves have never appeared in its neighbourhood. The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young 2012-02-03T03:00:20.453Z Length of telegraph lines, 10,733 miles; number miles of wire, 26,160. Alden's Handy Atlas of the World 2012-01-02T03:00:16.440Z During the night the King and ministry, who were communicated with by cable—for all telegraph lines were cut—suspended the constitutional guarantees, leaving the city and province in an actual state of war. The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe 2011-12-24T03:07:55.507Z The well-known firm of Siemens and Halske was established in 1847 in Berlin, and to them the Russian government entrusted the construction of the telegraph lines in that country. The Romance of Industry and Invention 2011-12-19T03:00:43.870Z The national telegraph lines have a total length of about 5,300 kilometers, 3,290 miles, and the telephone lines of 500 kilometers, 310 miles. Guatemala, the country of the future 2011-12-12T03:00:29.630Z He then garrisoned and fortified the post and connected it with the telegraph line. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z Telegraphic cable connects Porto Rico with other West Indies; telegraph lines connect the principal towns; there are no railroads. Alden's Handy Atlas of the World 2012-01-02T03:00:16.440Z There was not a cable or a telegraph line in Europe or Asia that could be operated, not a stationary or locomotive engine that would work without breaking down or blowing up. The World Masters 2011-11-18T03:00:31.543Z The Socialist Labor Party, organized in 1892, advocates government ownership of land, railways, telegraph lines, and other means of production and transportation. Government in the United States National, State and Local 2011-11-16T03:00:28.590Z We were kept in touch with the outside world by a telegraph line, which, however, was constantly being broken by trees blown down by storms or uprooted by elephants. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z Game and fish abound; a telegraph line runs through their territory with a station at Bayombong. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z Military information was often obtained by signalmen on both sides who copied each others flag messages and tapped telegraph lines. The Civil War Centennial Handbook 2011-10-15T02:00:27.210Z One night there came a heavy storm, and down went the telegraph line. From School to Battle-field A Story of the War Days 2011-10-10T02:00:19.987Z The Chief Signal Officer is charged with the supervision of military signal duties, the construction, repair, and operation of military telegraph lines and cables. Government in the United States National, State and Local 2011-11-16T03:00:28.590Z He knew the distance from the track to the telegraph line and knew that by going just so many yards north and then going directly east or west he would reach a pole. The Cassowary What Chanced in the Cleft Mountains 2011-09-24T02:00:16.927Z He had refrained from wiring to Philadelphia, but when he reached a telegraph line some ten days after the cloud burst, he sent a long message east, breaking to his brother the awful tidings. The Chalice Of Courage A Romance of Colorado 2011-09-22T02:00:25.630Z Directly under my perch, but rather too far to jump, were some telegraph lines which might possibly have provided a means of escape. Caught by the Turks 2011-09-09T02:01:01.073Z The first telegraph line reaching out over the plains, was a very primitive one. Colorado?The Bright Romance of American History 2011-08-25T02:00:28.183Z As the subs crossed the path along which the telegraph line had been laid, Denbigh severed the copper wire in two places, making the cuts quite fifty feet from each other. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z From this you will probably guess that my experience was gained some time ago, for man does not use iron wires nowadays in fitting up telegraph lines. Autobiography of an Electron Wherein the Scientific Ideas of the Present Time Are Explained in an Interesting and Novel Fashion 2011-06-19T02:00:25.633Z Then I began to think—electric fire in man's body, in the clouds, in coal and wood, on the telegraph line, in flint, in cold steel—in everything. The Universe a Vast Electric Organism 2011-06-09T02:00:22.450Z Sentries used to watch me carefully, whenever I looked at these telegraph lines. Caught by the Turks 2011-09-09T02:01:01.073Z Telegraphic communication with London was suspended, in consequence of the blowing down of several miles of the telegraph line. Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 2011-05-25T02:00:19.650Z There were no telegraph lines in Oregon or California in those days. Dr. John McLoughlin, the Father of Oregon 2011-05-20T02:00:38.647Z The town, awakened from its slumbers, was utterly paralysed, the more so when it was discovered that the railway to London was already interrupted, and the telegraph lines all cut. The Invasion 2011-05-20T02:00:29.260Z A year later, the New York and Erie telegraph line was constructed through the southern part of New York State. Lives of Poor Boys Who Became Famous 2011-04-26T02:00:23.677Z We were on an aerodrome by the River Tigris, below Baghdad, about to start out to cut the telegraph lines behind the Turkish position. Caught by the Turks 2011-09-09T02:01:01.073Z The telegraph lines belong to the Government entirely, and are managed in conjunction with the general postal system. A Fantasy of Far Japan Summer Dream Dialogues 2011-04-09T02:00:13.677Z In Russia in 1904-5 the transportation lines and post and telegraph lines were tied up while the workingmen demonstrated for their political liberty. Socialism and Democracy in Europe 2011-03-15T02:00:12.887Z They are all more or less practicable for carts, and are flanked by a good telegraph line as long as they lie in Italian territory. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z New hospital stations were established, a network of telegraph lines was erected, and great herds of cattle for feeding the armies were penned behind the German lines. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z While I was destroying the telegraph line, my pilot was to replenish the tanks of his machine. Caught by the Turks 2011-09-09T02:01:01.073Z The first experimental telegraph line was only erected in the year in which Queen Victoria came to the throne. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History 2011-02-12T03:00:32.473Z By 1873, brokers were leasing private telegraph lines to provide customers—and, presumably, themselves—with faster information and trading. New Twist Is Added to an Age-Old Saga 2011-02-10T00:14:45Z Does the telegraph line follow this road as far as X? Manual for Noncommissioned Officers and Privates of Cavalry of the Army of the United States 1917 to be also used by Engineer Companies (Mounted) for Cavalry Instruction and Training 2011-02-03T03:00:09.473Z In all essentials, those three enemies of the boys were using a telegraph code antedating by centuries the system in use to-day on our telegraph lines. The Boy Scouts On The Range 2011-01-27T03:00:45.810Z At last—near a mound, which we afterwards heard was Nimrod's tomb—we saw that the telegraph line took a turn to northward, leaving the road by a mile or more. Caught by the Turks 2011-09-09T02:01:01.073Z As we gazed down the trail these looked like sentinels guarding the way, but we soon learned they were the poles of the first telegraph line built across Nebraska. Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences 2011-01-05T03:00:58.503Z Only two people besides himself knew that he was bound for the railroad and a telegraph line. The Rider of Golden Bar 2011-01-04T03:01:06.347Z He had had much experience in telegraphs, and was then engaged in constructing a telegraph line in Nova Scotia. The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph 2010-12-29T03:00:29.577Z In 1870 a man named Charles Todd built a repeater station here, to join two massive segments of Australia’s first overland telegraph line. Correspondent's diary: Tracking the intervention 2010-06-11T13:41:00Z American states in the late 19th century treated telegraph lines as common carriers, obliging them to carry dispatches from any person and from any other line at consistent rates. Economics focus: From ships to bits 2010-05-13T10:51:00Z When the Union Pacific railroad was built through here—on the north side of the river—in 1866, the telegraph line followed and the old line on the south side of the Platte was abandoned. Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences 2011-01-05T03:00:58.503Z The flood trapped residents in their homes, toppled telegraph lines, and inundated Métro tunnels and train tracks. 2010-01-29T22:26:00Z The telegraph line of this company is designed to be strictly an 'Inter-Continental Telegraph.' The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph 2010-12-29T03:00:29.577Z A telegraph line was laid to Shirehampton, and the committee of the Commercial Rooms subscribed £30 a year towards its maintenance. The Bristol Royal Mail Post, Telegraph, and Telephone The telegraph lines of Argentina are subject to the national telegraph law of 1875, the international telegraph conventions, and special conventions with Brazil and Uruguay. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" The longest telegraph line is that running northwards across the continent from Adelaide. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis There are about 2800 miles of railways opened; there is also a considerable network of telegraph lines. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide Seldom have all these obstacles been combined in a more formidable manner to obstruct any public work, than against the attempt to build a telegraph line across the island of Newfoundland. The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph 2010-12-29T03:00:29.577Z All loyal inhabitants were required actively to assist in repairing railroads, telegraph lines, etc. The History of Cuba, vol. 4 Some want to have us wait until the civil service has been already improved, but the purchase of the telegraph lines would inevitably carry with it the improvement of the civil service. The Arena Volume 18, No. 93, August, 1897 The large cities are connected with one another by telegraph lines and are in communication with the outside world through Argentina, Chile and Peru. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" It is also a station on the African trans-continental telegraph line. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" Meanwhile he was one day's hard riding from either the fort or the telegraph line, with the settlers between, and no news could reach him for twenty-four hours. The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop There was also much destruction of railroads, bridges, telegraph lines and what not, to deprive the Spanish of means of transport and communication. The History of Cuba, vol. 4 Mr. Tom Faulkner, his engineer, surveyed, then let contracts for temporary snow road, log buildings at the falls, and a telegraph line which would secure our business from being known at Polly's post-office. A Man in the Open My first suspicion was aroused that if spies were about, they would probably prepare for tapping the telegraph lines, and, as you know, I soon discovered evidence of it. Spies of the Kaiser Plotting the Downfall of England As soon as the ordinance of secession had passed the Virginia Legislature, there were a thousand Paul Reveres in the saddle, carrying the news to every point not reached by telegraph lines. From Bull Run to Appomattox "Isn't it a foolish thing not to have a telegraph line connecting the fort and the agency?" cried Jennie. The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop You'll not have any trouble at all to get money for a telegraph line. Harper's Round Table, August 6, 1895 “I guess I will get that telegraph line after all, Bill,” he remarked happily. The Orphan After crossing the Tallahatchie, he rode south to the Macon and Corinth Railroad, where the rails were torn up, telegraph lines cut, and bridges and other property destroyed. The Greater Republic A History of the United States The Eastern Telegraph Company, by concessions, have telegraph lines across Egypt from Alexandria via Cairo to Suez, and from Port Said to Suez, connecting their cables to Europe and the East. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" During the last year the Signal Service extended its telegraph lines across the Staked Plain to San Diego, California. The Galaxy, May, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—May, 1877.—No. 5. He had just unfolded to his two particular chums his plan of connecting all their houses with a telegraph line, and the boys agreed that a telegraph line was precisely the thing they needed. Harper's Round Table, August 6, 1895 “I always said you ought to have a telegraph line out here,” Bill replied. The Orphan It may be said that since then the earth has been girdled by telegraph lines, numbers of which pass under the ocean, uniting all nations and the uttermost extremities of the world. The Greater Republic A History of the United States "They are now, at last, constructing a telegraph line through your valley--it has been deemed a military necessity, and that will enable us to hear from each other with dispatch." Waldfried A Novel "For your good news I promise you this: when my telegraph line is laid, you shall have the honor of selecting the first message to be sent over it." The Story of Our Country Every Child Can Read Give me a private telegraph line when you want to do a job up slick," said the older man, handing out a cut-glass pitcher, "specially when there's a newspaper to tell you the office calls. Harper's Round Table, August 6, 1895 A telegraph line was run through an' that made Virginia City ten times worse. The Boy With the U.S. Miners "Didn't you ever consider that you could cut every cable, telephone line, power line, and telegraph line from the States to Alaska?" the man from Alaskan Affairs said, just for the sake of saying something. Chain of Command Morse, assisted by a Congressional grant of thirty thousand dollars, constructed a successful telegraph line from Baltimore to Washington. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 5 July 1906 The telegraph line was not then finished quite to Baltimore. The Story of Our Country Every Child Can Read Two trains arrived from Alexandria, bringing supplies, and the news that the telegraph line had been broken and several cars burned, between this place and Fairfax Station, by guerillas. Diary of Battery A, First Regiment Rhode Island Light Artillery Over the telegraph line from Cape Norman to St. Anthony came a piteous message from a young fisherman. Grenfell: Knight-Errant of the North All the telepathic mice had cut every cable, telephone line, power line and telegraph line, had also cut the wires on every plane, tank, vehicle, train and ship. Chain of Command Their more thickly settled territory was abundantly supplied with telegraph lines and railways, and their numerous populous cities boasted many strong newspapers. Stone's River The Turning-Point of the Civil War It empowers the secretary of state by letters patent to grant a charter to any number of persons not less than five for any objects other than railway or telegraph lines, banking or insurance. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" At all events Kentucky is on the telegraph lines. The Portal of Dreams He asks for the construction, for military purposes, of a telegraph line of communication with the District of Davao. The Story of General Pershing The next day the Confederate authorities opened communication over their own telegraph lines between Wilson and Sherman, and the former received orders from the latter to desist from hostilities pending an armistice. Was General Thomas Slow at Nashville? The Canadian Pacific Railway and the telegraph lines to the west were already in the hands of the Terrorists, and a million men were under arms waiting his commands. The Angel of the Revolution A Tale of the Coming Terror An odd despatch was that which went by the single wire of the military telegraph line to Fort Fetterman late that night. Laramie; or, The Queen of Bedlam. The municipal ownership of lighting plants, street railways and the like, and the ownership of railroads, telegraph lines, and some mines by the state are insistently demanded and may possibly be secured. Essentials of Economic Theory As Applied to Modern Problems of Industry and Public Policy The proceeds of these fortunes frequently were put into factories, canals, turnpikes and later into railroads, telegraph lines and express companies. History of the Great American Fortunes, Vol. I Conditions in Settlement and Colonial Times “I have always supposed,” he said quietly, “that a telegraph line runs beside the railroad into West Virginia, and I have not heard that the wires were down during your absence.” The Fate of Felix Brand They had the telegraph lines of the State in their hands. The Shepherd of the North Guarding and patrolling bridges, culverts, telegraph lines, and water supplies. The Boy Scouts on Belgian Battlefields Previous to 1867 there were but two telegraph lines connecting Halifax with Canada. The Fathers of Confederation A Chronicle of the Birth of the Dominion Mr. Todd had himself been with the expedition to establish the great European telegraph line that runs right through Southern, Central, and Northern Australia to Port Darwin. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' Culverts and bridges, telegraph lines and posts, disappeared like the smoke of their burning. Three Years in the Federal Cavalry The two men who had escaped down the line of the chain had gotten quickly to a telegraph line and had made their report. The Shepherd of the North For years she has been alive to the importance of uniting the people of the different provinces by means of more railways, more telegraph lines, and better postal service. Where Half The World Is Waking Up The Old and the New in Japan, China, the Philippines, and India, Reported With Especial Reference to American Conditions Such impressions as were made upon the form would in this case be transmitted to the thinker—not along an astral telegraph line, as before, but by sympathetic vibration. Clairvoyance The longest length of real telegraph line through which I have attempted to converse has been about 250 miles. Little Masterpieces of Science: Invention and Discovery Here we destroyed the telegraph lines, tore up the track, and burned the dépôt. Three Years in the Federal Cavalry Well, you're not going to get rich cutting the new telegraph line. Partners of the Out-Trail Across 3500 miles of its barren wastes an undaunted telegraph line now "hums the songs of the glad parts of the earth." Where Half The World Is Waking Up The Old and the New in Japan, China, the Philippines, and India, Reported With Especial Reference to American Conditions More than a thousand congratulatory messages were flashed along the telegraph lines. Pius IX. And His Time When a telephone is placed in circuit with a telegraph line the telephone is found seemingly to emit sounds on its own account. Little Masterpieces of Science: Invention and Discovery The telegraph lines, which had so often been burdened with news of disaster, now sang with joyful intelligence from all departments of our vast armies. Three Years in the Federal Cavalry There's another thing: I have a share in the Bluebird and want a stake on the telegraph line. Partners of the Out-Trail They have constructed extensive works of internal improvement; and waterways, and railroads, and telegraph lines, all invite to the development of their vast natural wealth. Latin America and the United States Addresses by Elihu Root Public ways are mainly for the use of travellers, but they may be used for other public purposes, gas, water-pipes, sewers, street railways, telephone and telegraph lines, etc. The Road and the Roadside The wires W W are connected to the telegraph line and to the commutator, a device which, when the operator moves the handle H to right and left, keeps reversing the direction of the current. How it Works Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use The road and the telegraph lines and posts were utterly demolished. Three Years in the Federal Cavalry He had set off when an Indian reached the telegraph line and stated that a white man with a number of packers was camped in the valley. Partners of the Out-Trail The telegraph line was laid by compass, not by the stars and the peaks; it evaded nothing; it saved distance, not labor. The Trail of the Goldseekers A Record of Travel in Prose and Verse These consisted of cloth, agricultural implements, firearms and a small locomotive with cars and a mile of circular track for the miniature train, together with a telegraph line to go around it. Birdseye Views of Far Lands This cell is used for telegraph lines and for other closed-circuit work. How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus Containing Complete Directions for Making All Kinds of Simple Apparatus for the Study of Elementary Electricity Their telegraph line is clear through, both ways from headquarters now. Ralph on the Engine The Young Fireman of the Limited Mail The two who had gone were strangers, but two of the rest had been with him in the North and the others had worked upon the telegraph line. Partners of the Out-Trail The Boer occupation of Stormberg on the 25th was followed immediately by the destruction of the railway and telegraph line to the westward. History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government And after private money had built the telegraph line to the Pacific, both Congress and the West took up the subject of a continental railway. The New Nation Where apparatus is to be used frequently, such as for telephone and telegraph lines, it pays to make your switches, etc., carefully. How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus Containing Complete Directions for Making All Kinds of Simple Apparatus for the Study of Elementary Electricity Little squads of men were busily employed here and there grading a roadbed, and the telegraph line was strung over the entire territory. Ralph on the Engine The Young Fireman of the Limited Mail You hold the contract for the new telegraph line. Partners of the Out-Trail Some damage was done by the enemy to the railway and telegraph lines, but this was quickly made good. History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government Only a few telegraph lines were in operation. Through Finland in Carts A dry cell, Leclanché, or other open-circuit cell would not be at all suitable for a telegraph line, as it would soon polarize. How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus Containing Complete Directions for Making All Kinds of Simple Apparatus for the Study of Elementary Electricity The cable and telegraph line from Otranto, in Italy, to Constantinople, has an important station here. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Although Bernard had asked her to tell him about Canada, she imagined he wanted to hear about Jim, but after a few moments she began to relate the story of their cutting the telegraph line. Partners of the Out-Trail A flotilla was launched on the upper stream and its main affluents, while roads and telegraph lines spread all over the country. Belgium From the Roman Invasion to the Present Day The railways are extremely profitable, and the large sums spent in the creation of post-offices, telephone and telegraph lines, port facilities, etc., have proved wise investments. East of Suez Ceylon, India, China and Japan Gravity Batteries of two more cells are needed when used on telegraph lines. How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus Containing Complete Directions for Making All Kinds of Simple Apparatus for the Study of Elementary Electricity Morse constructed Morse's telegraph his first telegraph line over the forty miles between Baltimore and Washington. A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) "It's some time since we broke camp on the telegraph line," Carrie remarked. Partners of the Out-Trail Used only by the army on telegraph lines, on short cables, and on field lines, and on all commercial lines in the United States. Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition Nowadays, you see, an army builds its telegraph lines as it goes along. The Boy Scout Automobilists or, Jack Danby in the Woods And there was no railroad, nor telegraph line, nor daily papers, to keep them nervous and excited or cause them to worry. The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865 We have a telegraph line—that he found necessary for his business, but that can be used by any of us. Dorothy on a Ranch Railroads and telegraph lines were torn up and destroyed. Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror The Boer telegraph lines were cut and their kraals burnt. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899 One is reminded of the government train of mules from Fort Egbert that used to supply the remote posts of the “strategic” telegraph line before strategy yielded to economy and the useless line was abandoned. The Ascent of Denali (Mount McKinley) A Narrative of the First Complete Ascent of the Highest Peak in North America At Franklin we were on a telegraph line, and only about twenty miles from department headquarters, so the intelligence of those events was not long in reaching us. The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865 The wildest and loneliest part of the continent is traversed by a telegraph line, which brings the European cable-messages from Port Darwin, on the north coast, to Adelaide, in the south. Peeps At Many Lands: Australia Two hundred yards distant the intact end of the telegraph line drooped into the drainage ditch. The Young Railroaders Tales of Adventure and Ingenuity General French's orders were simple and explicit, namely, to clear the neighbourhood of Elandslaagte of the enemy and to cover the construction of the railway and telegraph lines. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899 You will know, before you get this, that the American telegraph line has parted again, at which most men are sorry, but very few surprised. The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 2, 1857-1870 Along the route which he then took, the people of South Australia resolved to construct a telegraph line. History of Australia and New Zealand From 1606 to 1890 And how, since the telegraph lines were closed to the German agent, could this person have been put upon the scent? The Secret Witness Scarcely a mile distant Jack uttered an exclamation, and, running forward, caught up the severed end of the telegraph line. The Young Railroaders Tales of Adventure and Ingenuity The telegraph line south of the town was interrupted on the 22nd, and for a brief period the garrison was cut off from the rest of the world. The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War With a Description of the Operations in the Aden Hinterland Correct time is now being transmitted to the A. E. F. over its own system of telegraph lines. The Stars and Stripes The American Soldiers' Newspaper of World War I, 1918-1919 With his son, two men, and two Afghans to act as drivers of his seventeen camels, he started from Alice Springs, a station on the telegraph line close to the tropic of Capricorn. History of Australia and New Zealand From 1606 to 1890 The telegraph lines are in the hands of the Archduke's enemies. The Secret Witness Then, hastening outside to the rear of the barn, he proceeded to connect one of them to the same strand of the fence wire to which the telegraph line was secured a mile distant. The Young Railroaders Tales of Adventure and Ingenuity When off Orford, on the Suffolk coast, papa told us that we were crossing the submarine telegraph line which runs from thence to the Hague. A Yacht Voyage Round England Shortly after our arrival at Standerton our telegraph line was cut on several nights following, and attempts were made to damage the military line by placing dynamite cartridges with detonators attached upon it. The War in South Africa Its Cause and Conduct He was interested also in the redemption of lands held by direct taxes and sought to promote a measure for the construction of telegraph lines in the State. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922 A détour here, I think—there is a telegraph line along the hill yonder.... The Secret Witness And in consequence the telegraph lines between Berlin and Paris and Paris and London and London and Brussels were kept fairly busy with passionate statements of claims couched in the stilted terminology of diplomacy. Bones Being Further Adventures in Mr. Commissioner Sanders' Country Toward the end of the lecture the lecturer rang up the Capetown Telephone Exchange, and asked if any of the longer post office telegraph lines were clear. Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896 It was in 1853 that the project of carrying a telegraph line across the Atlantic ocean suggested itself to him during a conversation with his brother, who was interested in building a line across Newfoundland. American Men of Mind “When the foreman tried to find out his reason for expressing contempt in that way, he pointed to the telegraph line and said:— “‘That piece of fence never stop cattle.’ The Land of the Kangaroo Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through the Great Island Continent One was under Colonel Mahon, and repaired the telegraph line in the neighbourhood of Modder River; it was intended to patrol as far as Klip Drift, but the rain made the veldt impassable for waggons. The Relief of Mafeking How it Was Accomplished by Mahon's Flying Column; with an Account of Some Earlier Episodes in the Boer War of 1899-1900 More especially would I urge the impropriety of utilizing government telegraph lines for the purpose of securing information regarding your gambling transactions. Bones Being Further Adventures in Mr. Commissioner Sanders' Country The physiological explanation is the very close alliance of the great sympathetic nerves, which make up a little telegraph line more perfect and complete than any yet constructed by man. The Woman Beautiful or, The Art of Beauty Culture In 1860 he went to Washington with a scheme for a transcontinental telegraph line, and secured from Congress a subsidy of $40,000 for ten years. History of the United States, Volume 3 Had it not been for the ‘Ship of the Desert,’ it is possible that we might not have been able to build the telegraph line across Australia. The Land of the Kangaroo Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through the Great Island Continent What's the use of sending an expedition to repair telegraph lines? The Relief of Mafeking How it Was Accomplished by Mahon's Flying Column; with an Account of Some Earlier Episodes in the Boer War of 1899-1900 "I suppose there is a telegraph line to headquarters?" asked Bones that night before they parted. Bones Being Further Adventures in Mr. Commissioner Sanders' Country Great distances and the want of railway and telegraph lines made this last a heavy burden. Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War There were no telegraph lines at that time. Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi The government owns and operates most of the railways, telegraph lines, and telephone system. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania But on October 9, 1876, the Walworth Manufacturing Company gave them permission to try out their device on the Company's private telegraph line that ran from Boston to Cambridge. Ted and the Telephone It may be doubted if any other army in the world ever constructed and maintained a permanent telegraph line under such arduous conditions. Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled A Narrative of Winter Travel in Interior Alaska To meet the requirements, we put in a telegraph line, having learned, as well as we are able, how they are made and operated. Electricity for Boys Our only line of communication with our headquarters was the single local telegraph line, which was constantly being cut by the enemy. The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 Already men were at work repairing the telegraph line, and an hour later a bridge gang, with a train of timber-laden flats, was on its way to the Minkskill bridge. Cab and Caboose The Story of a Railroad Boy It was discontinued in 1860, as by that time a telegraph line had been constructed across the continent. The Western United States A Geographical Reader He watched the mounting shadows, and listened to the weird gamut of the wind among the telegraph lines, until the outer voices made his own dull room seem homely. Young Mr. Barter's Repentance From "Schwartz" by David Christie Murray But, even then, the Censorship and the monopoly of the telegraph line for military messages prevented them from despatching anything. Bulgaria There were several charges against him, the most serious of which was for aiding and advising guerillas to secretly shoot down Union soldiers, cut telegraph lines, and wreck trains. Slavery and Four Years of War, Vol. 1-2 A Political History of Slavery in the United States Together With a Narrative of the Campaigns and Battles of the Civil War In Which the Author Took Part: 1861-1865 Through a part of that section an old telegraph line still remains, but it does not connect in a direction to meet our requirements. The Brighton Boys in the Radio Service A telegraph line was planned, but it could not be completed for some time, and even then it was probable that the Indians would destroy the poles and wires. The Western United States A Geographical Reader A railway station, Buckton—was there, and a telegraph line, and two companies of Pennsylvania infantry, and two locomotives with steam up. The Long Roll Some of the correspondents—one in particular—overcame a secretive military system and a harsh Censorship by the use of a skilled imagination and of a friendly telegraph line outside the area of Censorship. Bulgaria It was a faulty measure, making excessive grants of public lands to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from Lake Superior to Puget Sound. Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. "Do you remember," he asked, "seeing that wire of the old telegraph line just about a hundred yards below where we ran the truck into the wall?" The Brighton Boys in the Radio Service A telegraph line is not expensive to erect and maintain, and it gets no monopoly from taking advantage of the most favorable route through difficult country as a railway does. Monopolies and the People How could that be done without a telegraph line?p. The Wonder Island Boys: Treasures of the Island We often find rows of birds lying dead below our telegraph lines, but these have been killed by flying against them, the wires being scarcely visible among trees.” The Battery and the Boiler Adventures in Laying of Submarine Electric Cables The first telegraph line through the State of Ohio was from Cleveland via Mansfield to Columbus and Cincinnati, and was established in 1848. Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. But their large incomes and disposition to oppress their constituents has produced many demands for government ownership, especially of coal companies and railroads, and though for less reason of telephone and telegraph lines. Society Its Origin and Development It is evident that the plan just outlined for railways would be especially well adapted, with but slight changes, for the control of the telegraph lines of the country. Monopolies and the People Through four hundred miles of almost unbroken forest they had to build a road as well as a telegraph line across Newfoundland. Pushing to the Front We have a telegraph line to India:—of course, we get general intelligence, of interest to all people, respecting our great eastern, empire? She and I, Volume 2 A Love Story. A Life History. On which, without pause, up the telegraph line, Swept smoothly the next news from Gaeta—Shot. O May I Join the Choir Invisible! and Other Favorite Poems After that day the fate of the most unfortunate of all Polar expeditions was involved in an obscurity much denser than that which surrounded Gordon in Khartum after the telegraph line was cut. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People The opening up of railroads and telegraph lines in the middle and latter part of the century made a great demand for wood. Checking the Waste A Study in Conservation For at least 1500 miles this telegraph line runs through one of the most desolate and inaccessible regions in the world. Up To Date Business Home Study Circle Library Series (Volume II.) So far has this gone now that in a new country, for instance, America, the railway, telegraph lines, etc., are made first, and the towns are then strung upon them, like beads upon a cord. German Culture Past and Present The telegraph line had been cut, and the wire was lying in the street. The Citizen-Soldier or, Memoirs of a Volunteer As long as the telegraph line was still available to Cairo, Gordon kept the authorities informed of the state of affairs and pointed out what should be done to ensure success. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People Neither will the telegraph lines help; there's no station nearer than this town. David Lannarck, Midget An Adventure Story It was duplicated and sent by each of the rival telegraph lines to New York. Reminiscences of Sixty Years in Public Affairs, Vol. 2 Three days of blizzard and three of repairs before the flimsy telegraph line could be used again. Under Fire Dr. Wood next instances the significant telegraph lines, running to all points of the compass, of which he counted twelve on one side of a street, and four on the other. History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume II. On March 10 the telegraph line was cut and then followed six months of silence, during which the world learned little or nothing of the brave soldier in the heart of Africa. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People At the time mentioned, railroads scarcely had an existence south of the Ohio and west of the Alleghanies; and save the single wire from Washington to Baltimore, no telegraph line had been constructed. Something of Men I Have Known With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective They repeatedly raided their less warlike neighbours and committed wholesale thefts from the railway and telegraph lines. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" At the foot of Fifty-fourth street the numerous telegraph lines which connect New York with the States south of it, cross the Hudson. Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City All sorts of messages were sent over the new telegraph line. Stories of Great Inventors Fulton, Whitney, Morse, Cooper, Edison No railroad or telegraph lines cross the river until near Lisbon and there was no way for me to get word to my friends. The Story of Paul Boyton Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World Under an appropriation by Congress, a telegraph line had been recently constructed from Washington to Baltimore. Something of Men I Have Known With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective It was pitch dark before they found the road between Centreville and Fairfax, along which a telegraph line had been strung to connect the main cavalry camp with General Stoughton's headquarters. Rebel Raider They build the roads, put up the telegraph lines and telephone service, construct bridges and make the travel possible. Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights But, little by little, the telegraph lines were built over the country. Stories of Great Inventors Fulton, Whitney, Morse, Cooper, Edison I must, however, note that these distances as estimated by Mr. Jensen, the constructor of the telegraph line, do not agree with the distances in Mr. Baber's itinerary. An Australian in China Being the Narrative of a Quiet Journey Across China to Burma So, too, under similar conditions, a private telephone or telegraph line running to the house of a friend would be excluded from the principal means of communication. The Red Conspiracy He knew what despatches would be coming from the far South when the telegraph line began the busy clicking of the morning. A Daughter of the Sioux A Tale of the Indian frontier After having been stationed there for about eight months I was sent for by the commanding officer and told to take charge of a party and build a telegraph line over to the railroad. Danger Signals Remarkable, Exciting and Unique Examples of the Bravery, Daring and Stoicism in the Midst of Danger of Train Dispatchers and Railroad Engineers They sent for him, and found him at the top of a house putting up a telegraph line. Stories of Great Inventors Fulton, Whitney, Morse, Cooper, Edison Old people also who had never stirred one step from their farms were fined hundreds of pounds when the railway or telegraph lines in their neighbourhood were wrecked. Three Years' War All the funny little wrinkles in her dear old face, which were generally only telegraph lines for smiles to run over, were sobered by some weighty consideration. Choice Readings for the Home Circle There was nothing that was really reliable and worthy of being seriously thought of but a telegraph line. What Might Have Been Expected All the censorship that existed was over the telegraph lines militarily occupied. Danger Signals Remarkable, Exciting and Unique Examples of the Bravery, Daring and Stoicism in the Midst of Danger of Train Dispatchers and Railroad Engineers This was to build the trial telegraph line. Stories of Great Inventors Fulton, Whitney, Morse, Cooper, Edison All telegraph lines in the United States should be owned and controlled by the government. Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Debate Index Second Edition Morse now asked Congress to let him have thirty thousand dollars to construct a telegraph line from Washington to Baltimore. The Beginner's American History If this telegraph line only extended across the creek, not more than half a mile of wire, at the utmost, would be required. What Might Have Been Expected It was not long after this that the railroad company constructed its own telegraph line. Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie All persons who shall be proven to, have destroyed, after the publication of this order, railroad tracks, bridges or telegraph lines, shall suffer the extreme penalty of the law. The Abolition Of Slavery The Right Of The Government Under The War Power This prophetic figure was doubtless suggested by the first telegraph line, which Samuel F.B. The Vision of Sir Launfal And Other Poems by James Russell Lowell; Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Julian W. Abernethy, PH.D. Is there a telegraph line under the sea? The Beginner's American History The next thing was to put up the wire itself, and this was done in rather a bungling manner, if this wire were compared with that of ordinary telegraph lines. What Might Have Been Expected William II has been negotiating with him in the matter of the telegraph line and the railway. The Schemes of the Kaiser In 1849 he constructed the telegraph line between Harvard Observatory and Boston, by which uniform time was first given to the railroads leading from Boston. The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1 I remember hearing persons say that now, since telegraph lines had become so common, they supposed carrier-pigeons would no longer be held in esteem, and that the breed would be suffered to die out. Round-about Rambles in Lands of Fact and Fancy They have built towns and cities and railroads and telegraph lines. The Beginner's American History Now it could show the world, or as much of the world as chose to take notice, the advantages of having a telegraph line across a creek in time of freshets. What Might Have Been Expected But a German electrician, Siemens, discovered in 1847 that gutta percha was valuable for insulating telegraph lines and it found extensive employment in submarine cables as well as for golf balls, and the like. Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries The apparatus, in principle, is a species of electrical alarm, in circuit with an ordinary house telegraph line. Scientific American Supplement, No. 611, September 17, 1887 Especially, he applied that opinion to the taking over, by Government, of the English telegraph lines. The Romance of a Pro-Consul Being The Personal Life And Memoirs Of The Right Hon. Sir George Grey, K.C.B. Two or three years ago the Newfoundland Government extended a telegraph line to St. Anthony. The Story of Grenfell of the Labrador A Boy's Life of Wilfred T. Grenfell "You surely don't think we're going to give up this telegraph line just as it begins to work, and after all the money that's been spent on it, and the trouble we've had?" What Might Have Been Expected Indeed, in quite the early days of the Bell telephone, an operator in the States used a condenser in the telegraph line to enable him to talk through the wire. Scientific American Supplement, No. 443, June 28, 1884 The coil of wire on the bobbin is of course connected by its two ends into the circuit of a telegraph line. A Catechism of Familiar Things; Their History, and the Events Which Led to Their Discovery. With a Short Explanation of Some of the Principal Natural Phenomena. For the Use of Schools and Families. Enlarged and Revised Edition. He is out on the extension; or more correctly speaking, somewhere beyond the present end of the construction telegraph line. Empire Builders In all ordinary telegraph lines, advantage is taken of this fact to utilize the earth as a conductor and to dispense with one wire. General Science I have been thinking about the extension of your telegraph line," said the manager of the mica mine, "and have talked it over with our people. What Might Have Been Expected Accordingly M. Van Rysselberghe has devised a further modification in which a separate branch taken from the telegraph line is made available for the telephone service. Scientific American Supplement, No. 443, June 28, 1884 Tell about the overland telegraph line in Utah and the first telegram. A Young Folks' History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints "As a reward for your good tidings I promise you that when my telegraph line is completed, you shall have the honor of choosing the first message to be sent over it." Historic Tales, Vol. 1 (of 15) The Romance of Reality At given distances, or at points of strategic importance, strong bodies of men are posted to keep the Boers from raiding, or from interfering with the railway or telegraph lines. Campaign Pictures of the War in South Africa (1899-1900) Letters from the Front "Why, that would give us a regular, first-class telegraph line!" he exclaimed. What Might Have Been Expected The cabinet contains material for two telegraph sounders and keys which will enable the user to establish a short telegraph line with a single cell of battery. Scientific American Supplement, No. 794, March 21, 1891 Why, they had even let the trains stop running, and the telegraph lines were all down! The Lookout Man Before the 24th of May the telegraph line to Baltimore was completed, the tests successfully made, and all was ready for the public exhibition of its marvellous powers, which had been fixed for that day. Historic Tales, Vol. 1 (of 15) The Romance of Reality At the same time and for the same causes, a telephone line became one of two wires, so that it becomes again the counterpart of the earliest telegraph line of Professor Morse. Cyclopedia of Telephony & Telegraphy Vol. 1 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. The mica-mine management appeared to be thoroughly in earnest about this extension of the telegraph line. What Might Have Been Expected For in this very year, under the administration of President Tyler, $30,000 had been appropriated by Congress for the building of a telegraph line from Baltimore to Washington. Children of the Market Place Along the whole line from Belmont northwards and to some distance southwards the telegraph lines had been cut by the Boers. With Methuen's Column on an Ambulance Train Military protection for the emigrant, a telegraph line, and an overland mail were among the ostensible objects. Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics Upon its being discovered that a single wire, using the earth as a return, would serve as a satisfactory telegraph line, such practice became universal. Cyclopedia of Telephony & Telegraphy Vol. 1 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. No man, or, at least, very few men, could afford to construct a railroad or telegraph line. What Might Have Been Expected The telegraph line is most substantially put up and well wired, and is very creditable at this spot; large poles of bush timber, often rather crooked, and iron ones here and there. A Source Book of Australian History He asked the Postmaster-General whether he was sure, quite sure, that the British side of our telegraph lines was always cut, so that the enemy could not tap our messages. With Steyn and De Wet Work on the telegraph line was immediately begun, and carried on actively. Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made At the urging of one of his associates, Professor Morse consented to place his earliest telegraph lines on poles in the air. Cyclopedia of Telephony & Telegraphy Vol. 1 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. I'm not right sure that a Civil Engineer does plan out telegraph lines; but it don't make any difference what we call the officer. What Might Have Been Expected Laying a Military Field Telegraph Line,—Recent field trials in laying telegraph line in England.—3 illustrations. Scientific American Supplement, No. 810, July 11, 1891 Standing in the open veld under the telegraph line was a Cape cart, under the cart a telegraph instrument. With Steyn and De Wet In 1842, he laid the first submarine telegraph line ever put down, across the harbor of New York, and for this achievement received the gold medal of the American Institute. Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made The earliest telephone lines were merely telegraph Page 16 lines equipped with telephone instruments, and the earliest telegraph lines were planned by Professor Morse to be insulated wires laid in the earth. Cyclopedia of Telephony & Telegraphy Vol. 1 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. "There isn't a girl in the village who knows anything about telegraph lines, except you." What Might Have Been Expected This is, it is said, the greatest length of telegraph line ever laid within so short a time. Scientific American Supplement, No. 810, July 11, 1891 President," I said eagerly, before he could speak, "there's a telegraph line near here. With Steyn and De Wet At the present day, not only the United States, but the whole world, is covered with telegraph lines. Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made Arrange co-operation with the Dominion Fisheries Protection Service and Dominion Government telegraph line; also with the Provincial Government, which would naturally be glad to have red-handed offenders consigned to it for punishment. Draft of a Plan for Beginning Animal Sanctuaries in Labrador Almost before he asked her how she was, he put the question to her: "What telegraph line's that?" What Might Have Been Expected For laying such telegraph lines to accompany calvary, a light cable is made use of. Scientific American Supplement, No. 810, July 11, 1891 After breakfast I walked down to the telegraph line connecting Heilbron and Frankfort, which ran past this point. With Steyn and De Wet There was no road across the island of Newfoundland, and the Company had not only to build their telegraph line, but to construct a road by the side of it through an almost unbroken wilderness. Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made A telegraph line runs from one end of the valley to the other. The Way of a Man He was in a highly civilized country, there were railways and telegraph lines not far off, and he was lurking like an ancient outlaw among the bogs! Carmen's Messenger The telegraph lines were reserved for the Government. France in the Nineteenth Century Testing the telegraph line, I found that whereas there were no British signals audible, our own signals from Frankfort could be heard very plainly. With Steyn and De Wet In the Weather Bureau: The assistant chief of the Bureau, the three professors of meteorology of highest grade, executive officer, superintendent of telegraph lines, and one property clerk. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 8, part 2: Grover Cleveland It relates to the electromagnet of a Morse receiver of the pattern habitually used on the French telegraph lines. Scientific American Supplement, No. 787, January 31, 1891 The telegraph line was also built, and kept right up to the end of the track, three or four miles being the furthest they were at any time behind. Scientific American Supplement, No. 484, April 11, 1885 In the year 1845 he had advanced so far that a telegraph line was built between New York City and Philadelphia. The Story of Manhattan Lindley and Heilbron were each in telegraphic communication with all the other towns still in our possession, and consequently also with each other; but no telegraph line ran between the two. With Steyn and De Wet A few years ago some Americans at Shanghae thought it a good speculation to construct a telegraph line between that city and the mouth of the river. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life For much of the way we see the splendidly equipped Indo-European Telegraph Company's line, the finest telegraph line in the world. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama In '62 President Lincoln signed an act or bill to allow the Union and Central Pacific companies to build a railroad and a telegraph line from the Missouri River to the Pacific. Stories of California There were not the facilities in those days as now for the spreading of news, there being but few telegraph lines in the State. History of Kershaw's Brigade Like a flash the thought came to me of the telegraph line I had seen. With Steyn and De Wet A pleasing feature of the route was the well-built telegraph line, in working order to St. Petersburg. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life At Kasvin our eyes were refreshed with the sight of the excellently-equipped Indo-European telegraph line, which comes in there from Tabriz and the North, and passes on to Tehran and India. Persia Revisited East and west the news was flashed over the long telegraph line, that the overland railroad had been finished and that two oceans were joined by iron rails. Stories of California AN Anglo-Indian journal, quoted by the Daily News, suggests that the Ameer of Afghanistan "might construct a telegraph line throughout his country." Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, December 20, 1890 Beware its slumbering inmates when the British come along to-morrow, for are not they responsible for the telegraph line which runs across the farm, and which we have cut in half a dozen places! With Steyn and De Wet Billy," he said, "I want you to send two good men to Fort Ellsworth with dispatches, where they can be forwarded to Fort Riley, the end of the telegraph line. An Autobiography of Buffalo Bill (Colonel W. F. Cody) The policy of exclusion was to cease, immigration was to be encouraged, and a telegraph line built through the Territories to the Pacific coast. Through the Mackenzie Basin A Narrative of the Athabasca and Peace River Treaty Expedition of 1899 Such impressions as were made upon the form would in this case be transmitted to the thinker—not along an astral telegraph line, but by a sympathetic vibration. Clairvoyance and Occult Powers On and after the 26th day of February instant the President, by virtue of the act of Congress, takes military possession of all the telegraph lines in the United States. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 6, part 1: Abraham Lincoln The land telegraph lines are owned by the Government, and the cables all belong to an English company, which receives a large subsidy. The Story of the Philippines and Our New Possessions, Including the Ladrones, Hawaii, Cuba and Porto Rico The Eldorado of the Orient See here, my young friend," said I, "this is a public telegraph line. An Autobiography of Buffalo Bill (Colonel W. F. Cody) It was the relay which made it possible to extend telegraph lines to a considerable distance. Masters of Space Morse, Thompson, Bell, Marconi, Carty Unless we could find a better route than the one over which we had been, I feared that the Siberian telegraph line would be a failure. Tent Life in Siberia Anson Stager is made military superintendent of all telegraph lines and offices in the United States. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 6, part 1: Abraham Lincoln Shall the nation or the state own and manage the railroads, the telegraph lines, and the canals? Government and Administration of the United States We had been camped close to the river, where the trail that follows the telegraph line crosses it by a rough bridge. Through the Brazilian Wilderness The Government, realizing the military and administrative value of a telegraph line to California, subsidized the work. Masters of Space Morse, Thompson, Bell, Marconi, Carty In it I assured her that she need not feel any further anxiety about my safety, because the Russian-American telegraph line had been abandoned. Tent Life in Siberia This possession and control of the telegraph lines is not intended to interfere in any respect with the ordinary affairs of the companies or with private business. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 6, part 1: Abraham Lincoln He was telling me of the construction of the telegraph line to the Pacific Coast. Scientific American Supplement, No. 531, March 6, 1886 The Telegraph.%—Think, again, what would be our condition if every telegraph line in the world were suddenly pulled down. A School History of the United States With the opportunity to own and control the nation's telegraph lines before it the Government declined the offer. Masters of Space Morse, Thompson, Bell, Marconi, Carty Building a telegraph line under such circumstances was out of the question. Tent Life in Siberia We were two miles out on the Wire Road, the one the telegraph line came in on, Honey. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 1 The telegraph line to the Pacific had a value beyond that which could be expressed in money. Scientific American Supplement, No. 531, March 6, 1886 But perseverance conquers all things; and with thirty thousand dollars, granted by Congress, the first telegraph line in the world was built in 1844 from Baltimore to Washington. A School History of the United States The story spread among the tribes, and so the telegraph line became almost sacred to the Indians. Masters of Space Morse, Thompson, Bell, Marconi, Carty "No," I said, "we're up here trying to build a telegraph line." Tent Life in Siberia We have been watching the mails and the telephone and telegraph lines for months, yet all the while Mexico has been sending messages across, telling the U-boats everything they needed to know. The Apartment Next Door It would be interesting to try this telephone on a city line, and to a great distance on those telegraph lines that are provided with the Van Rysselberghe system. Scientific American Supplement, No. 531, March 6, 1886 The telephone is not much used, but the telegraph lines, which belong to the government, more than pay expenses. Modern India For some time the telegraph line between Washington and Baltimore remained on exhibition as a curiosity, no charge being made for demonstrating it. Masters of Space Morse, Thompson, Bell, Marconi, Carty It has a good telegraph line and a railroad only partially completed. History of Negro Soldiers in the Spanish-American War, and Other Items of Interest At the age of thirty he turned his attention to electricity, and invented a relay which adapted itself to the varying insulation of the telegraph line. Heroes of the Telegraph He then put up a little telegraph line from the station to the village, a distance of about a mile, and opened an office in a drug store; but the business was naturally very small. Edison, His Life and Inventions The government telegraph lines are run in connection with the mails and in the smaller towns the postmasters are telegraph operators also. Modern India The first practical telephone line was a copy of the best telegraph line of the day. Masters of Space Morse, Thompson, Bell, Marconi, Carty They borrowed the telegraph line between Boston and the Cambridge Observatory, and attached a telephone to each end. The History of the Telephone The most important aerial line erected by the firm was the Indo-European telegraph line, through Prussia, Russia, and Persia, to India. Heroes of the Telegraph Edison's phonoplex normally doubled the capacity of telegraph lines, whether employed on way business or through traffic, but in actual practice made it possible to obtain more than double service. Edison, His Life and Inventions There are no telegraph lines, no telephones: the mail-packet is the only trustworthy medium of communication with the outer world, bringing friends, news, letters. Chita: a Memory of Last Island They were too poor to set up an experimental line of their own, and so telegraph lines were borrowed for short periods wherever possible, demonstrations were given and tests made. Masters of Space Morse, Thompson, Bell, Marconi, Carty Morse had lived for several years at the Vail homestead in Morristown; and it was here that he erected his first telegraph line, a three-mile circle around the Iron Works, in 1838. The History of the Telephone In 1870 the electric telegraph lines of the United Kingdom, worked by different companies, were transferred to the Post Office, and placed under Government control. Heroes of the Telegraph The necessity for this invention arose out of the problem of increasing the capacity of telegraph lines employed in "through" and "way" service, such as upon railroads. Edison, His Life and Inventions A locomotive thundering past with a long train has no resemblance to a telegraph line, nor that, in turn, to a great printing press. Stories from Everybody's Magazine He secured the use of a telegraph line and connected the hall with the laboratory in Boston. Masters of Space Morse, Thompson, Bell, Marconi, Carty As a boy, he played around the first telegraph line, and learned to put messages on the wire. The History of the Telephone In 1864 authority was granted to an American company to make explorations for a proposed Russo-American company's telegraph line overland from the Amur river in Siberia to Bering Strait, and through Alaska to British Columbia. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 The building and equipment of private telegraph lines was also entered upon. Edison, His Life and Inventions It was often said that there never would be a telegraph line, but their answer was always "yes." Explorations in Australia, Illustrated, While experimenting with a telephone along a telegraph line a curious phenomenon was noticed. Masters of Space Morse, Thompson, Bell, Marconi, Carty Bobolink had himself begun to feel rather sleepy, and more to arouse his dormant faculties than anything else, he sent a message along the wooden telegraph line. The Banner Boy Scouts Afloat or, the Secret of Cedar Island The route for a telegraph line to connect Timbuktu with Algeria was surveyed in 1905. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 The middle route of the three, that by way of the Gallinas Pass, is followed by the telegraph line and used by the post. Santo Domingo A Country with a Future I felt we were altogether on our own resources for water, and I concluded to push on towards the telegraph line as quickly as possible. Explorations in Australia, Illustrated, Within ten years after the first line had been put into operation the more thickly settled portions of the United States were served by scores of telegraph lines owned by a dozen different companies. Masters of Space Morse, Thompson, Bell, Marconi, Carty That's why he made the separation from our own world so complete, and our men are out cutting down the telegraph lines, so the Johnnies in Jackson can't communicate with their own government either. The Rock of Chickamauga A Story of the Western Crisis This would indicate location of the first telegraph line within Arizona, as the first in the south, a military line from Fort Yuma to Maricopa Wells, Phoenix, Prescott and Tucson, was not built till 1873. Mormon Settlement in Arizona A Record of Peaceful Conquest of the Desert We subsequently added the charm of isolation in learning that the nearest telegraph line was fifteen miles distant, while the railroad passed some fifty miles away. The Forest We reported that there was good country along the coast, and I am glad to say that in the course of a year a telegraph line will be run across the route we travelled. Explorations in Australia, Illustrated, Professors Gauss and Weber, who were operating the telegraph line at Göttingen, adapted this new discovery to their needs. Masters of Space Morse, Thompson, Bell, Marconi, Carty In the face of all these difficulties, Mr. Wade proceeded with the work of extending and operating telegraph lines. Cleveland Past and Present Its Representative Men The telegraph line was in the hands of the enemy, but a locomotive—It was worth a trial, anyway. The Short Line War A brief sketch of the difficulties attending the making of the first practical telegraph line will be interesting as showing how much and how little men knew of practical electricity in 1843. Steam, Steel and Electricity When, however, I reached the settled portions of South Australia, I was very anxious to get right through to the telegraph line, just to show our neighbours that we could get across. Explorations in Australia, Illustrated, Together with William Fothergill Cooke, another Englishman, he developed a telegraph line that, while it did not attain commercial success, was the first working telegraph placed at the service of the public. Masters of Space Morse, Thompson, Bell, Marconi, Carty His nervous system, which transmitted the orders of his mind to his body, seemed asleep—or broken like the telegraph lines they had torn down along the route of the raid. Tom of the Raiders The telegraph line was cut by a Prussian party near Dieulouard, for a length of two kilometers, and it was feared the road was damaged. Battle Studies Ezra Cornell, afterwards the founder of Cornell University, had been engaged in the manufacture and sale of a patent plow, and undertook to make a pipe-laying machine for this new telegraph line. Steam, Steel and Electricity His route will be guided by circumstances, but it is not improbable that he may aim for the Central Australian telegraph line, and I am already anxiously expecting tidings of him. Explorations in Australia, Illustrated, We talked of the railway that had been finished last year, and of the first telegraph line. Pan "Tell them to tear up the tracks and break the telegraph line, Tom," he ordered. Tom of the Raiders "Surely there are telegraph lines and cables," spoke Belle. The Motor Girls on Waters Blue Or the Strange Cruise of the Tartar In one of the original telegraph lines the wires were bound in hemp and laid in pipes on the surface of the ground. Steam, Steel and Electricity I intend following his return track and make in to the telegraph line, down the Alberga, and on to the Peake. Explorations in Australia, Illustrated, After a hard struggle, reached the telegraph line with one man; sending back relief to the others. The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888 Five minutes later they came to the break in the telegraph lines, and Fuller knew that his message to Chattanooga had not gone through. Tom of the Raiders I took the Quill Lake trail and came to the telegraph line, about four miles from Big Stone Lake. The Treaties of Canada with the Indians of Manitoba and the North-West Territories Including the Negotiations on Which They Were Based, and Other Information Relating Thereto Cornell dexterously managed to break the pipe-laying machine, so as to furnish a plausible excuse to the newspapers and such public as there may be said to have been before there was any telegraph line. Steam, Steel and Electricity They have seen the telegraph line, as can be seen by signs they make, but they cannot speak English. 25th. Explorations in Australia, Illustrated, The overland telegraph line, and the small explorations made on either side of it, led greatly to our knowledge of the interior. The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888 "I suppose they have a telegraph line between Wartrace and headquarters." Tom of the Raiders Christmas on a new telegraph line with a party of lining gangmen in New Zealand. Children of the Bush Axel further told how he had taken over the inspection of the telegraph line, but rather wished he had left it alone. Growth of the Soil We shall have no difficulty in procuring water now all the way to the telegraph line, which is not more than forty miles from here. Explorations in Australia, Illustrated, Buchanan's Creek was a most important discovery of this trip, affording a highway and stock route to the great pastoral district lying between the Queensland border and the overland telegraph line. The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888 As the course of Forrest's party from Fort Mueller to the telegraph line was more or less the same as that pursued by Gosse, it is unnecessary to follow the journal to its end. The Explorers of Australia and their Life-work The length of her telegraph lines, in relation to the population of the country is greater than in any other country. Norwegian Life And last, not least, the telegraph line was all but finished now; in a little while they would be left in peace. Growth of the Soil The telegraph line is most substantially put up, and well wired, and is very creditable at this spot; large poles of bush timber, often rather crooked, and iron ones here and there. Explorations in Australia, Illustrated, Led an expedition to cross from the overland telegraph line to Perth. The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888 It is enough to state that on Sunday, the 27th of September, the telegraph line was reached at a point some distance to the north of the Peake station. The Explorers of Australia and their Life-work It will help us the better to understand the complicated functions of the nervous system, if we compare it to a telegraph line. A Practical Physiology He follows the telegraph line all the way to the spot, then pulls off his jacket and falls to work. Growth of the Soil Thirdly, To decide whether or not you will go eastward to the South Australian telegraph line. Explorations in Australia, Illustrated, On May 1st, they left the telegraph line, and, turning to the westward, soon found themselves in excessively dry country. The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888 The creek eventually ran out into dry flats, so Buchanan struck westward to the telegraph line, which he reached after some hardship, a little to the south of Tennant's Creek. The Explorers of Australia and their Life-work Shortly after this the Indo-European telegraph lines stopped working, and all news from Tabriz ceased. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 21 The Recent Days (1910-1914) Once more there came visitors to Sellanraa; an engineer, with a foreman and a couple of workmen, marking out telegraph lines again over the hills. Growth of the Soil I then gave out publicly to the party that we were now in safety, and in all human probability in five or six weeks would reach the telegraph line. Explorations in Australia, Illustrated, Led an expedition from De Grey River to the telegraph line, striking Daly Waters. The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888 Stuart led the way across the centre of the continent, but even after the telegraph line was constructed on his route, very little was known of the country to the east and the west. The Explorers of Australia and their Life-work I could tell every boat by its whistle, and there was no more scoops 'till the telegraph line was completed in the summer of 1860. Reminiscences of Pioneer Days in St. Paul "Well, and so I say, how am I to feed them when I've to run away all times in the busy season, to work on the telegraph line?" Growth of the Soil We travelled down the telegraph line for about twenty-one miles, and camped on a branch of the Neales River, with a little grass. Explorations in Australia, Illustrated, In Western Australia, Alexander Forrest led an expedition from the De Grey River to the telegraph line, which they reached after a great struggle. The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888 They started for the telegraph line, but on the way the two men who had been misbehaving requested to be left behind. The Explorers of Australia and their Life-work They afterward quarrelled over their respective claims to credit, but in 1838-1841 telegraph lines secured by their patents were set up on the Great Western and two other English railways. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 17 "See here, my young friend," said I, "this is a public telegraph line, and I want my telegram sent, or there'll be trouble." The Life of Hon. William F. Cody Known as Buffalo Bill the Famous Hunter, Scout and Guide The telegraph line divides Australia into two portions, nearly equal in dimensions, but very different in character. Explorations in Australia, Illustrated, After a hard struggle, he reached the telegraph line. The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888 He left the telegraph line and struck westward, soon finding himself in very dry country, where he lost one horse on a dry stage. The Explorers of Australia and their Life-work Thus, nearly every dollar of capital contributed toward the establishment of telegraph lines in this country came from the offerings of people in very moderate circumstances. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 17 He had not heard that I was on my way, but after meeting me sent a dispatch to Foster as soon as he reached the telegraph line. Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 2 November 1863-June 1865 On the 20th March, 1874, Mr. Ross, with his son and another European, three Arabs, fourteen horses, and sixteen camels, started from the telegraph line, near the Peake station in South Australia. Explorations in Australia, Illustrated, The party left the Queensland border and crossed to the overland telegraph line, traversing mostly open downs country the whole of the way. The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888 Walker was afterwards engaged by the Queensland Government to mark out a course for a telegraph line between Rockingham Bay and the mouth of the Norman River in Carpentaria. The Explorers of Australia and their Life-work Accordingly the principal telegraph lines in Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, and some of the neighboring States were brought into fraternal relations and formed the nucleus of the Western Union Telegraph Company. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 17 After the invention of magnetic telegraphy it was found that whenever a great Aurora occurred the telegraph lines were interrupted in their operation, and the ocean cables ceased to work. Curiosities of the Sky Such, in brief, have been the results of the efforts made to cross Australia between the telegraph line and the west coast, and ascertain the probability of establishing a practicable route. Explorations in Australia, Illustrated, May be said to have concluded the list of expeditions between the overland telegraph line and the Queensland border. The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888 In 1879, Alexander Forrest led an expedition from the De Grey River to the now customary goal, the overland telegraph line of South Australia. The Explorers of Australia and their Life-work A telegraph line was erected between Washington and Baltimore. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 17 By him industry and trade were made freer, the sea-fisheries and agriculture fostered, roads built, the postal service was improved, the flrst telegraph line and the first railroad were instituted. Poems and Songs I saw in a newspaper an official notice permitting the first telegraph line to be built. Round the World Left Alice Springs, on the overland telegraph line, with the intention of reaching Perth, having a mixed equipment of camels and horses. The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888 From the Victoria, Forrest had a hard struggle to reach the telegraph line. The Explorers of Australia and their Life-work Roads and bridges, wharves and storehouses, telegraph lines, steamer routes, express and stage systems, banks and post-offices, courts, churches, marts and halls, all come as if at magic call. The Little Lady of Lagunitas A Franco-Californian Romance A telegraph line stretches straight up north through that 2,000 miles of wilderness and desert from Adelaide to Port Darwin on the edge of the upper ocean. Following the Equator, Part 2 The telegraphic importance of the Flats consisted in the fact that it was the starting point of three telegraph lines to remote trading posts up North. Further Chronicles of Avonlea Warburton and Giles now occupied attention, and their great hope, the country between the overland telegraph line and the western settlements. The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888 "How far do you reckon it from London to Teheran by your telegraph line." Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume 1 From San Francisco to Teheran Dotted at every quarter of a mile along the grade were little forts connected by telephone and telegraph lines. Rainbow's End |
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