SPIDERS OBSTRUCTING THE TELEGRAPH.
One of the chief hindrances to telegraphing in Japan is the grounding of the current by spider lines. The trees bordering the highways swarm with spiders, which spin their webs everywhere between the earth, wires, posts, insulators, and trees. When the spider webs are covered with heavy dews they .become good conductors, and run the messages to earth. The only way to remove the difficulty is by employing men to sweep the wires with bushes of bamboo ; but as the spiders are more numerous and persistent than the brush users the difficulty remains always a serious one.
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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume IX, Issue 1013, 17 December 1881, Page 3
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101SPIDERS OBSTRUCTING THE TELEGRAPH. Poverty Bay Standard, Volume IX, Issue 1013, 17 December 1881, Page 3
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