, 1881-07-20

"r, II c":e ot ,1!sa1rcemoct. BY tho Supreme
"SES; 1. ,rle wir"s g sonnceiiax Tho branch Of.
ilcc* with The ,1'uIt t'css Of tho different
I,Mi.tc., md tho .rlr,a Of tho telcphouo culnp.
thn const,nt u tho owurrs thercoi. .jthorwise
they thali l,e iaid underground, In the n,annur
! prevln.isly provided for.
| ''Tfl9 ttse Of
| rSnEtltt1Ot1yn TE1.E1nArit LINES
| II no untried experiment.. It WIS nttcnlel
Wit, certain ti0itcts nnu failures when lirst
itsc' fiI 135a ntti l.sI ntl iotig inns ruIlnect-
NY London Wilt! Ltycrnool aul Manchester
btt lhcaB nnrG Htnce f,Gen DverrOlnu, n,ltt fur
the Inst fifteen years It Inns been In sileccssfll
| operation in nll tho great cities In Eilr,pc,
a!lt also In inatiy Instances bctweGn distant
"Tlle "details Of the mctlods Of fnylnE anl
operating sMcl! lines nra fully described III
Clilley's and other standard works Dti prnet!.
cey e'sggfHy go sst4aa y H. E,xnaa .1ne 81 5 t II Hs er
publications tlovotet to, te1efrap!, lntercsts.
No Telegraph polo Il 10 b. sccn ~ fA,l'tton,
Paris, nlid other great cities, and tharo arc
| t0-tl0y moro tIlni
IN successful 1peration tn Europe, MS Will NJ
| pcnr frUn tho following statement. complied
irnln authentic !nforlnnt,on: In l.n,ItlUil, tU
milSs gf wire; T., ether % c!!Ies \! EgEnnd lsD;
iSs1 is1 ,ls 0ifF tfyt%o sl!ss y oer rrsfS; ss a Fl
other cIttes in HOLLAND, l.ll In ,r,ssels ~;
r. Antwerp. =; n Amsterdam, n; III yarl-
In nn,l !lnt!e, 400; betwecn Ltvrrpoul and
Manchester, ij; tOtal, 1,)1D.
"'rlIusa underground ltIics curry from ono
tn l5o Wires encl,, anu Average about thirty
%a5e on .s,;g, are therefore, considerably over
wlnE uSnEts 0nouND IN EUROPE
IN operation ut the present time. M doubt,
therefore,, exists rs to tlle perfsct feasibility
u tl!e sysloi'i: II Is true That tue EXPENSE ~
Wires oi, poles, but 1t II II question whether
the streets eiall be any longer dlstgured oil
account III this expense. q
cessful iii European cities c0llsists III cnrry-
| Ing. a number of separate wIFes, insulated
wit Ettr ers'n IN gm pSs a aot
en e2 EaGy ae Gst%yee NV w !YiyRf YyrRf I'D ID Ns%sr NSSr
0ii what Is known NJ the Brooks patent.
| ,fl,ls consisls Of a cable composed Of u nti!n-
esr Si sa sa % f1it"n eoysFy yo wTss@ @ @ Trrs|g @
poratline oil. Whether liits method will
prove more satisfactory thar the method now
80 extensively used III Europe remains 10 bo
- o"Snce 1876 MI underground ling carrying
125 wires laas been In operation, in New York
between the nn'n office OF the Western
Union ,Te@leGropl. lex Co!ngA,,y a!Ml their hrael
!
A silhIlar linz Inns been IN operation III tho
Gaplto! grounds III this city sNce. lsl;7.
There lg nothing tt' prevent fts extension tO
might en,i,nbly bo reimbursed to tie differ
vent companies BY renftttng this taxes on their
stock Tor certain ntttil''er nf years. There
would be no objection to allowing. the poles
to remain ulDng the two lines nf railroads I'll.
tering tha city, so long Us these roatls rcnain
| as Mt present.
| THE MAIN UNDERGROUND LINES
should CONNECT the. ratlroaa ,leDots with the
,nnll offices, tlle signHi Oitiss. GOycrn'heMt
buildings, mid Ge0rgat0wlt. This total length
about teIl miles, with forty wires 9il each
lire. The branch lines Us we'll rs tho tele-.
phone and 1ire-afarln wires should tenve tho
houses II the owners will give their consent,
otherwise they should .nlst l,e. put ,tslder-
ground. All llnes shnultt .be 1Rtl under the
Tie payebnents wo,tl,i tiis;iii l'ave 70 BE- cut
only nt tho crossings. nf streets. Tic QltGs.
tlon OF Insulation. 4f laying Il, boxes, pipes,
tubes, or simply III the botto,n Of. che trench,
should be- left entirely to tic companies, with
tho single provls0 that tale trenches sllnulh
have covered boxes or 1intlllolrs ut Intervals
wirescoujd bs drawn cit and replaced WITH.
out tho neee8slLy OF tearing up tho street for.
that purpose. ~, o., :, -,.-,, >. ~-
-. -. "T1rE COST OF .cllAyp1Sa -,
tho existing wires from the potes to Under
ground pipes estinlnte US follows, per mile
feet SOL e5le Y@rs, au: ai y eeass aS't per- yai @
S07,75; $50 feet OF four iMct, iron lipe, ut ii
certs, 81, 70: laying, sny, $50 feet, Mt 10
cents por foot, S'4s8; repairs of pasc,ncnts, &l
repairs, OF pavcnie!lts, 5oo sl.tare yauls ot
peiss, II s., s3o; total ioir pipsss aiid ia6er,