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METHO'DS OF COMMUNICATION FOR FOREST PROTECTION 



When the work of stringing wire on a pole line is stopped for a short time, or at 

 the end of the day, the last tie put on will be a figure 8 tie. The line wire will then be 

 continued over the bracket of the next pole without being tied, and brought down and 

 anchored to the butt of the next farther pole by means of a Buffalo grip and either 

 stretcher-blocks or a snub. 



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 wraps 



TIG w/re to be of 

 The same s/ze 



fie wire 



Fig-. 22 Method of making regular tie for iron wire 

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Fig. 23 Method of making " figure 8 " tie for iron wire 



The figure 8 tie is made by first bending the tie wire into a horseshoe shape just 

 large enough to fit the insulator, putting it over the line wire (first position, Fig. 23), 

 which has been placed in the groove of the insulator, and then bringing the two ends 



