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N or folk-Hatter cm {Ya.-N. C.) section. — Extensive reconstruction of 

 certain portions of this telegraph line was undertaken with the co- 

 operation of the Coast Guard and the Chesapeake & Potomac Tele- 

 phone Co., the operatintj conditions being: materially improved 

 thereby. Cost of these repairs approximated $1,000. 



The great value of this line to the Government and to private in- 

 terests is indicated by the following data : 



Total number of messages handled by Weather Bureau office, ex- 

 clusive of all Government and radio business handled by the Navy 

 Department : 



Telegraph receipts at Weather Bureau offices : 



This line. 



Other lines. 



Cape Henry, Va. 

 Hattcras, N. C 

 Manteo, N. C. . . 



Total 



$1,398.28 



96.99 



235.37 



1,730.64 



$370.86 

 1S9.39 

 407.07 



967.32 



At the Cape Henry office 16,990 vessels and 17 wrecks were re- 

 ported by telephone and telegraph. 



It is proposed to extend reconstruction work to other sections of 

 the line, where badly needed, during this fiscal year. 



Alpena-Tkunder Bay-Middle Island {Mich.) section {tele- 

 phone). — Some damage was done to these two lines, respectively 15 

 and 12-^ miles in length, by ice storms during the winter and spring. 

 An expenditure of about $1,000 for shortening old poles (set in 

 1893) is necessary in the near future. Extensive use is made of both 

 lines by the Coast Guard Service, Lighthouse Service, and the Naval 

 Communication Service, and they are of inestimable benefit to ma- 

 rine interests as well as to the Weather Bureau. 



Whitefish Point-Vermilion Point {Mich.) section {telephone) — 

 North and South Manitou Islands-Sleeping Bear Point {Mich.) sec- 

 tion {telephone) — Beaver Island^Charlevoix {Mich.) section {tele- 

 phone). — ^These three worked satisfactorily throughout the year. 



Point Reye»-Fairfax {Calif.) section {telephone). — Satisfactory 

 transmission conditions attended the operation of this line of 37 

 miles excepting for a total period of 400 hours when it was inter- 

 rupted by storms. The line is maintained by close cooperation with 

 the Coast Guard which service makes large use of the facilities af- 

 forded thereby. 



Galvanized iron wire is strung for about 13 miles on poles of 

 the Western Union Telegraph Co. It is contemplated replacing this 

 iron wire with copper wire and to change to poles of the Pacific 

 Telephone & Telegraph Co. 



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