CEDAR COUNTY, NEBRASKA - STRING PHONE LINE OVER THE MISSOURI ==================================================================== NEGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the NEGenWeb Archives by Carol Tramp Permission granted by: Rob Dump, Editor, Cedar County News ====================================================================== CEDAR COUNTY NEWS MARCH 8, 1923 STRING PHONE LINE OVER THE MISSOURI WORK OF CONNECTING SOUTH DAKOTA AND NEBRASKA SYSTEMS IS STARTED Work of stringing the big telphone cable across the Missouri river by means of the piers on the Meridan Highway bridge was started last Thursday by a force of men working from the Yankton side. The cable will connect telephone systems in Nebraska an South Dakota. It is planned to use the bridge piers for poles and to work from the ice in the river, if the ice holds out. The ice is still quite strong between the piers, altho it was very slushy elsewhere in the river the latter part of last week, but colder weather starting last Saturday seemed to be in favor of completing the work. The work of stringing the cable is no child's play. The distance across the river at the bridge is 1,680 feet. With quite a distance between the piers. When stringing of the cable is completed, the connection will be made with some line in Cedar county. This improvement has been desired for some time as a phone call to Yankton now must go around by way of Sioux City. The pontoon bridge across the river was taken out last Thursday, the last boat being hauled up on dry land that noon. Two crews of men were used, working from both ends, and the bridge was taken out in record time, only a day and a half being required for the job. The job had some elements of danger before it was completed as the ice became quite slushy, and it was wet work. Horses were used to haul the boats to shore and everything went fine except when a boat would stick.