56 ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



BEAVER ISLAND SECTION. 



(Telephone.) From Charlevoix to St. James, Beaver Island, 

 Mich., 33^ miles cable, 1! miles land; connects with the Michigan 

 State Telephone Co.'s exchange at Charlevoix ; is used for the trans- 

 mission of storm ^Yarnings displayed at and for obtaining meteoro- 

 logical reports from St. James, and for commercial business. This 

 cable was fouled b}^ a steamer on April 22, 1917, and repairs were 

 completed June 25, 1917, at an approximate cost of $1,500; 2^ miles 

 of cable having been carried away by the steamer. 



Cost of repairs, $1,500. 

 Receipts, $495.80. 



TATOOSH-PORT ANGELES SECTION. 



(Telegraph.) Length, 95 miles. This line runs through a wooded 

 country where lumbering operations are carried on very extensively. 

 As fast as the land is cleared and roads built, the line is moved to the 

 public roads. Several miles have been moved during the past year, 

 and it is expected that considerable work of this kind will be done 

 during the coming 3^ear, costing approximately $750 for rebuilding 

 jind removing the line. It was interrupted for a total of 15 days and 

 20 hours during the past year. 



Besides the use of the line for transmitting observational reports 

 from and the display of storm warnings at Tatoosh Island and of 

 commercial business between the stations and the interior, many 

 commercial messages are handled to and from ships at sea through 

 the United States naval wireless station at Tatoosh, which has direct 

 communication with the line. Tatoosh also reports all vessels that 

 pass in or out of the Straits of Juan de Fuca. 



Cost of repairs, $718.50. 

 Receipts, $1,564. 



NORTH HEAD SECTION- 



(Telegraph.) Length from North Head to Fort Canby, Wash., 

 2| miles land lines; from Fort Canby to Fort Stevens, 6 miles cable. 

 By a working agreement with the Western LTnion Telegraph Co., 

 direct communication is afforded with the Weather Bureau office at 

 Portland, Oreg. The line also connects with the United States naval 

 radio wireless station at North Head, which station is the relay point 

 for Alaskan reports. In addition to giving the radio service a direct 

 outlet for their business, this line is used to obtain important mete- 

 orological reports from and transmission of storm warnings to North 

 Head. The cable was fouled on June 9, 1916, and repaired at a cost 

 of approximately $2,300. Communication was restored on May 

 19, 1917. 



Total cost of repairs, .$2,348.74. 

 Iteceipts, none. 



SAN FRANCISCO-POINT REYES SECTION. 



(Telephone.) Length, 70 miles, 20 of which are leased from the 

 Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. Fifty miles are owned by the 

 Weather Bureau, 22 miles of which are attached to the Western Union 

 T(;legraph Co.'s poles. No charge is made for these attachments. 

 The line is used for the transmission of observational reports and 



