The magnetos generated power to send electricity over the telegraph wire. Eckert combined these two jobs by connecting the telegraph wire to the post office. Morse keys can be manufactured quickly, and investors found to fund the telegraph wire network. Thirty-eight fire alarm boxes and forty miles of telegraph wire made up the alarm system. They also made telegraph wire for the post office. Entangled by the telegraph wire, Confederate soldiers were shot by Union soldiers atop the wall. From the cable station, messages were sent to Nelson via telegraph wire. The telegraph wire into Winchester was cut by Confederate raiders. The railroad tracks, spikes, telegraph wire, locomotives, railroad cars, supplies etc. A Western Union telegraph wire was set up direct from Columbia, Missouri. From 1980 to 1985, Comics & Comix also published the industry trade journal "Telegraph Wire". The first telegraph wire to span between Little Rock and Memphis had recently been completed.