The daily gazette., 1881-01-25

TKLEeRAPa POLES. - The great
storm Of Friday night and Saturday
destroyed so many Of the telegraph
wires in the city of New York and
surrounding country that the city
was left without means of communi-
cation either within the limits by tele-
phone or with the adjacent towns
The time lost in repairing the wires
and poles, added to the cost and the
necessity Of keeping a large force of
trained men on hand at all times TO
meet such an emergency that may oc-
cur At any time, has caused the tele-
graph companies 70 consider the ne-
csssity for Introducing some cthe.
mode than poles and cosvsyng wIrHn
over house sops- Is u, therefore. vrs-
posed 20 run ths v1ss4 z,s3sr las
ground. What s called lAs rr-es
stone system ls proposed
It Is the iryentson 0f az Esxiiss-z.z-
and Ia patented here under .se lane
Of "A conductor for underground tele-
graph HDes,' and is simple plan to
make the curbstones Of the sidewalks
and the cutters Of the streets available
for the reception Of the wires. 1t can
be bull. in sections of any length, each
taking the form OF single step of an
ordinary stairway, and the whole OF .
block Of sections looking like and occu-
pying the space Of the curbing now In
general use. The whsle Is made of
east-iron, very heavy aud strong, so as
not to be Injured by trucks backing
against 1t or heavy articles falling
upon it,
The fremen have raised complaint
against the wIres as now run over the
housetops. They say they encounter
them In their operations especially at
night when they are compelled TO pass
with hose over houses to get at the fire.
In the darkness the wires cause DELAY
and are very dangerous. 1t is also said
By the owners Of houses that the drag
ging and shifting OF the wires by the
wind tends to the Injury of The roof and
housetops, aud the men whose duty 1t is
TO repair the wires and keep them In
order are often both careless aud neglt-
gent; doing Injury to roofs and not re-
pairing the damage when informed
thereof. All these objections are now
mentioned IL the system OF telegraph
aud telephone wires, so that 1t is pro ba-
BILE the time for the continuance OF the
unsigbtly poles iu our cities is glowips
shert-
Why anybody should be expected to
suffer 40 Inconvenience and loss and
injury 70 property to oblige monopoly
that is making the people pay three
prices for what shey get In order that ii
may declare twenty per cant. dividends
and share so per cent. annually by in
ereasing the value Of It's stock bas
nsyer been explained to the satisfaction
of the curioas. This moAopoly doe.
nothing for the great privilege 1t re-
celvss in running its lines through
cities. Why should 1t not be made to
contribute TO The community whose
property il uses as the street railways
are made 70 dos Would there be anv
wrong in requiring such q wealthy
money grasping, and grinding monopoly
TO pay for running It's wires over,
through or past the property Of citizens ?
It ls not the convenience that the stre.t
ear is. The latter 10 the greatest con-
veniancs ever offered the business pub.
Iie-it 10 the poor mans coach, and an
elegant one, too. Il assists him to and
from his daily toll and often its owners.
a. In the case Of our own road, lose
heavily for years, and the original sub
scribers are never paid. Il is taxed un-
mercifully, and made TO keep open the
streets beside. A work that it does for