Land Telegraph Lines
Land Telegraph Lines
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No. 11.
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SIEMENS BROTHERS,
Telegraph Engineers,
Manufacturers of Submarine and Subterranean Cables, Mate-
rials for Overground Lines, Iron Telegraph Poles, Insula-
tors, Instruments, Batteries, Electric Mink Exploders, and
Telegraph Apparatus of all kinds.
Contractors for Laying Submarine Cables, for the Erection ok
Land Lines, and for the Establishment of Telegraphic
Communication Generally.
ESTABLISHED IN 1847.
OFFICES :
3, GREAT GEORGE STREET, WESTMINSTER, LONDON,
S.W.
WORKS :
CHARLTON PIER, NEAR WOOLWICH, AND AT BERLIN,
ST. PETERSBURG, AND TIFLIS.
LONDON:
PRINTED BY J. B. NICHOLS AND SONS,
25, Parliament Street.
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B.—Insulators.
greater flexibility ami the smaller weight of cables of this construction, General Remarks.
compared with those covered with iron wires, they ofler the advantage
that a greater length of cable can be packed on wire drums for over-
land transport than is possible with a corresponding weight of a
Estimates are prepared to meet o! toe
heavier iron-sheathed cable. These properties of flexibility and
lightness make copper-sheathed cables especially convenient for land particulars as to the length “"/to be estabMied. It is
transport, and invaluable as snow cables for crossing summits of wires required, and num er ^ mstcnota that
snowy mountains, as in use on the Transandino Line from Buenos desirable in order to ensme ^ ^ erected 6h(mld be given as
Ayres to Valparaiso, for military telegraphs and underground frontier information concerning the 1 of t]lc ground
lines, fire alarum lines, and police telegraphs in large towns, electrical completely as possible : as, or ‘ or rocky ; the features
signals in mines, exploding purposes, &c. should he stated, whether soft or , P whethcr leTel or
It is sometimes preferred to lay the insulated wires for underground 0f the locality through ^^."aLe forests; if rivers arc
lines in cast-iron pipes, either of the ordinary form or split in halves mountainous, if covered wit ru cun.ent, and nature of bottom,
with test boxes placed at certain distances to facilitate repairs of the to he crossed, their width, streng ^ b(¡ o{ fte
wires. and if navigable or not, as cab ^ current, to a rocky
The prices of insulated wires, cables, pipes, test boxes, &c. are given heaviest and strongest kind if «r ^ ^ ^. ond ¡f town, are
on application, but it is desirable that particulars respecting the nature bottom, or to danger from anch ! ^ line u be laid nnder-
and locality of the place where the wires or cables are required should to be passed it should be spec e n ^ on ^c roofs of the
be given as fully as possible, in order that a correct estimation may be ground, or if poles are rcqmr countries concerning
formed of the dangers to which the cables, &c. may be exposed when houses, &, If the matenais ^ „ it is ais„
laid down, and therefore of the construction of cable most suitable to which it is difficult to obtain ^ to the means of trans-
resist such dangers. desirable that information should P ^ camcbi mules, &c. In
port of the snid materials, whet J u „¡red, it is also
D.—Tools for the Erection of Land Lines. order that a correct idea may c formed of ^ ^ ^ for the
Tool-chests containing screw-drivers, pliers, saws, hammers, solder- useful to know the conveyance of public messages, or
working of a railway toe, for the convey
ing stoves, and all the necessary implements for fastening the insula-
tors to the poles, for straightening, stretching, and securing the wire, for private use only. Bieiaens Brothers for the complete
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are supplied at prices from £20 and upwards, according to the size Contracts are entered h lincs, including the supply
and contents of the chest.
Plate IV. shows some of the tools of special construction. Fig. 13
represents the levers for twisting the joints (shown in same figure).
Fig. 14 represents the winch with chain and devil-claws for straighten-
ing and stretching the wire. Figs. 15 and 16 are pulleys and chains
with devil-claws also used in stretching the wire. " ÄÄprra: ää
Spades, shovels, pickaxes, long ladders, &c., are also supplied if
required.
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the medium of a third party. Snrh ,};»>/>* 19
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receive immediate
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and are obliged to stretch at a distance of every fifteenth or sixteenth
pole. This has no greater inconvenience in the first instance than that
of rendering the operation of stretching with a brittle wire more
tedious ; but for the repairs afterwards, with inexperienced surveil-
lants such as the chaoushea, the difficulty will be materially increased,
and the task become more or less impossible.
“ The Instruments were furnished by Messrs. Siemens, and are in
every respect of the most excellent quality, suited also for submarine
communication; but the delicacy of the relay and the nature of the
connections render an European staff absolutely necessary.
on
PROGRESS ami PROSPECT? nfn TT\?r- ' ' ^ie “ The distances between the stations being very great, dial instru-
ments should have been furnished for intermediate postes de surveillance
if an European staff was to be organised; if, however, only the Turkish
chaoushes are to be surveillants, none would be required, as they could
poreclain cup-insulator with t ' th k
“ iron an(! not make use of these instruments.”
at every tenth post, by’far preffrable^t'^T“1 ,nSa¡aU"'S “°teh’
out Russia and Siberia is fir sf , ° one a(,0pted through- Extract from the “ CAPE ARGUS ” of January ID, 1864
in any Tdegraph IT**” ““ el
- 1 have seen “ I3y far the most important event of the month, regarded wnd a
being eminently suited to a ron, h^”1 “SUlat“S: ,nalities ! besides view to its ultimate effect upon the development of the resources of
securely suspended * C°"ntr5’' 05 ^ wire the Colony and its political institutions, Las been the public opening
of the Electric Telegraph between Cape Town and Graham’s Town.
h The formal opening took place on Friday, the 8th inst., when by
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be suitable for a Railway line of T 1 lnSU
^ WOuId no
» doubt, invitation from Mr. Wollaston, the General Superintendent of the
qualif ies For the rude transport Company, His Excellency the Governor, Lady Wodehouse, and suite,
to
the members of the Executive, the Judges, the Heads of Departments,
and numbers of them have been broken in tb.f ° fragile, and a numerous company of ladies and gentlemen, assembled in the
eipa. failing is that i„ 8n undnlating co^; t ^ itS P™-
tbe open groove at the head of the insulator ™ Cannot le ^'pt in large hall of the Commercial Exchange, which had been temporarily
been hound down with wire, the insulators being of ,n ¡T'jT ^ 1,33 connected with the Telegraph. The instrument was placed upon a
without thumb-screws to r^n; m ° im erfect
P pattern, table in the centre of the room, around which the company gathered
slantly lifted out of” 7 ^ ^ are eon- to listen to the explanation, and witness the illustrations of its action,
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furnished for this set and Î y J> 8trainmS “sulators were not given by Mr. Wollaston.
“ The system of telegraphy employed is Morse’s, improved by the
contractors, Messrs. Siemens. Congratulatory messages on the
completion of the line were exchanged between His Excellency the
Governor and the Municipalities of Mossel Bay, Port Elizabeth, and
Graham's Town, and other persons. On the following Monday the
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line was opened for the use of the public an«! bnc • ,
employed. The „meant of business far ’exceeds '"H7 ing instrument at the distance of GOO miles with only fifteen cells is
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scale of charges adopted is very moderate. ' ° ' The
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a very strong proof of a well-insulated wire, notwithstanding the
“ The line is most substantially constructed nnrl advantage of a dry, warm atmosphere. To deflect a delicately-sus-
Cape Town and Graham’s Town -ir. t ■ ’ mess
^es between pended needle is another matter. With respect to the quality of the
supporting poles beyond the immediate neighbourhood of Cape Town
s! di,ta
”“of I know nothing; those I have seen are very good. It is a pity that
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mony to the character of the line^'T'T ° ’ 'S' testi- iron poles were not available; they are far cheaper than wood in tho
tLe editor of to
ttis paper, Sir Thomas savs“ " long run. Upon the whole, in my humble opinion, the Colony has
made a good bargain.’ ”
urge,« „„ 1 Mr
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Wlr6 8,1011,(1 be
6, instead of number 8, because its t • ^ number
I am, Gentlemen,
Yours faithfully,
Charles T. Stanquist.
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LONDON, S. fV.
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