A wire laying apparatus comprising a first carrier member, a second carrier member having one end connected to the first carrier member, a communication wire disposed within the second carrier member, and a compressor connected to and supplying a fluid under pressure to a second end of the second carrier member through which the fluid supplied by the compressors serves to move the communication wire from the second carrier member to the first carrier member. The wire laying apparatus may be restructured to serve as a wire collecting apparatus.