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This line connects Avith the Western Union Telegraph Co. at Norfolk. 

 The United States Coast Guard Service telephone wires are attached 

 to the Weather Bureau poles. During the year this line was almost 

 completely rebuilt. The work of rebuilding was done by employees 

 of the Coast Guard Service. Communication was interrupted for a 

 total of 26 days during the year. The line is in first-class condition 

 at the present time. 



Total number of messages handled, 30,232. 

 Telograpli receipts, $2,195.34. 

 Cost of repairs, ordinary, $98.23. 



MOUNT WEATHEIt-BLUEMONT (VA.) SECTION. 



(Telephone and telegraph.) Length, 5.9 miles. This line is not 

 now in use. 



No expense; no receipts. 



KEY WEST-SAND KEY SECTION. 



(Telephone.) Cable; no land lines. Length, 8| miles. Used for 

 vessel reporting and display of storm warnings at Sand Key. This 

 cable was laid in 1903 and is in poor condition. A new cable should 

 be provided; probable cost, $25,000. Interruptions during the year: 

 July, 1916, and December, 1916. 



Cost of repairs, $443.17. No receipts. 



GLEN HAVEN-NORTH AND SOUTH MANITOU SECTION. 



(Telephone.) Connects with the Citizens Telephone Exchange 

 at Glen Haven, Mich., and works in connection with the Coast Guard 

 Service. It is used for the display of storm warnings and for com- 

 mercial business. 



Interruptions, November 9, 1916, to January 5, 1917. 

 Cost of repairs, $650. 

 Receipts, $96.98. 



ALPENA-MIDDLE ISLAND-THUNDER BAY ISLAND SECTION. 



(Telephone.) This line is 22 miles in land lines and 5^ miles in 

 cable. It worked well during the year. It affords communication 

 between the above-named places for the display of storm warnings, 

 and connects with Coast Guard stations at these places. It was inter- 

 rupted for four days and seven hours during the year. 



Cost of repairs, $122.70. 

 Receipts, none. 



GRAND MARAIS-WHITEFISH POINT SECTION. 



(Telephone.) This line is 10 miles in length and connects with 

 the Coast Guard telephone at Vermillion Station No. 9. It is used 

 to obtain meteorological reports from Whitefish Point and for the 

 display of storm warnings. No interruptions during the year. No 

 expenses. No receipts. 



