New York-Chicago telephone cable

On August 11 at Swanton, Ohio, 19 miles west of Toledo, the last of 9500 splices was made in the New York-Chicago telephone cable, the world´s longest telephone cable. The over-all length of the cable is 861 miles, 717 miles being supported overhead by 36,000 poles and 144 miles being underground. It is nearly twice as long as the next longest cable of 450 miles from Boston to Washington. The new cable will, it is expected, be open for service in about a month.