The receiving room is absolutely
sound proof, the walls and floors being
padded with asbestos. There are four
distinct and complete controlling sets
installed in the receiving room, en
abling any one of the four operators or
all four simultaneously to send and re
ceive messages.
The aerials or antennae weigh six
teen tons and have a sag between tow
ers of 100 feet. They are twice as large
as those strung from the Eiffel tower
in Paris. Tbe helix is fourteen feet in
diameter and eleven feet in height, or
uine feet higher than the helix used in
ordinary naval and commercial sta
tions.
WOMAN IS A MAIL CARRIER.
She Braves Winter and Bad Roads In
Maryland.
Baltimore. Braving snow, sleet,
drifts, biting winds in the winter and
blistering and scorching heat in the
summer. Miss Julia M. Shafer of Knox
ville, Md.. for twelve years has served
the United States as rural mail car
rier.
She is now covering the same route
her father traveled fourteen years ago.
when the route first was established.
.Miss Shafer in those days was a sub
stitute for her father now the father
is substituting for her.
In the twelve years that Miss Shafer
lias carried mail it is estimated that
she has traveled 93,660 miles. She
makes twenty-five miles six days of
the week. With the exception of the
regular flfteen day annual vacation.
Miss Shafer has been off duty only
thirty days in twelve years.
LINER SAVES TW0~AT SEA.
3arge Crew Drifting In lee Covered
CraftGet $40 Purse.
