telephone-lines

Updated: May 28, 2025

In order to talk with it, it must be connected with the telephone-lines, and they must be in working order. Charley's quick mind instantly saw that falling limbs or trees, heavy snows or ice-storms in winter, or a pair of nippers in the hands of a miscreant, could put the forest telephone out of commission for hours at a time.

Lewis E. (Lewis Edwin) Theiss - The Young Wireless Operator—As a Fire Patrol: The Story of a Young Wireless Amateur Who Made Good as a Fire Patrol

Marlin handed the instrument to Charley and let him examine it. The battery was contained in a small box, and the mouthpiece and the receiver were in one piece, which was held alternately to the ear and the mouth. Then there were considerable lengths of wire to be attached to the telephone-lines. If a ranger could not climb a pole and attach his wires to the telephone-lines, Mr.

Lewis E. (Lewis Edwin) Theiss - The Young Wireless Operator—As a Fire Patrol: The Story of a Young Wireless Amateur Who Made Good as a Fire Patrol