The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-07-13
LOCAL MATTERS.
Telephone or TeIegraphs.


At the recent meeting OF the Board OF
Aldermen the Committee on Streets asked
the approval OF the following terms offered
by the Southern Bell Telephone Company
for running their wires In connection with
the fire-alarm and pollce-telegraph OF the
city:
/. To erect substantial poles along such
streets as may be necessary for said tele-
phone company to serve subscribers, and
furnish and set apart on such poles as
many pins and insulators upon the top
cross-arms as may be necessary to accom-
modate the municipal tire-alarm wires.
9. That the said telephone company
maintain the fire-alarm whenever thus
placed upon poles utilized jointly for both
systems, keeping them in good repair, and
in cases Of simultaneous Interruptions to
telephone and tire-alarm wires to give first
and prompt attention to the latter.
3. Whenever the necessity for providing
for larger number OF wires than the ex-
isting iire-alaIm win accommodate, re-
quircs the substitution of new and larger
poles, the old fire-alarm poles shall become
the property OF the Bell Telephone Com
pany.
4. Whenever practicable the present "
existing fire-alaIm poles to be utilized for
telephone wires also, the present two-wirc
arms to be replaced by four, six, or ten
arms, as may be necessary or advisable.
8. Fire-alarm wires and poles on routes
upon which no telephone wires are strung
are not to he included in this arrangement,
but are TO he utilized for telephone lines,
and thus brought under the terms OF this
agreement whenever the telephone conf
pany so desires.
G. The telephone company TO have the
privilege OF erecting special lines OF poles
on such streets as may be necessary for
them to conveniently reach their sub
scriberS stations, the same poles to be
utilized for fire-alarm wires, in accordance
with the terms oi agreement, wheuewer
the city desires to extend its system OF fire.
alarm wires.
7. Thewire for the fire-alarm system to he
owned:and furnished by the city, expense
OF labor, construction or reconstruction OF
Joint telephone and fire-alarm poles to be
borne by the telephone company, and all
new poles planted to remain the property
of theltelephone company.
s. This agreement TO continue for term
of tenyears, unless terminated upon twelve
months notice from either party.
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company the poles and lnsulators OF the
fire-alarm wires to revert to the city.
10. II Terminated by the city, the iole-
phone company will be allowed to remove
their telephone wires and crOss-arms and
insulators from joint poles, and the poles
and ipsulators OF the fire-alarm wires TO be
purchased by the city at valuation TO be
fixed by board e9f appraisers consisting
OF one appointed by each Of the contract
ing parties and q third to he selected by
themselves.
IL. The arrangement and attention t0the
fire-alarm wires under this agreement TO
be such as shall haze at all times the mp
proval Of the committee on police-ala-m
and fire telegraph and its superintendent.
u. The location and use OF poles on
streets not occupied by fire-alarm and police
telegraph may be such as shall have the
approval OF the Committee on Streets,
and the use OF any of the streets by said
poles shall be Liable to revocation by the
Council ut any time after notice OF twelve
months to discontinue the use OF same.
A COUNTER PROPOSITION.
The Southern Telegraph Company,
through Mr.. &. A. Jackson, superintend-
cnt, submitted the following offer
"That it will contract to reconstruct and
maintain in conjunction with the Superln-
tenden of Police Alarm and Fire Tele-
graph Ghe line OF fre-aarm telegraph
the property OF the city Of Richmond-re-
moving the poles when necessary and
keeping the same in good order for term
OF ten years, or such other term as may be
agreed sIpon; and will further agree to
pay to the city $3.50 per annum for the
privilege OF placing and maintaining its
wires on said poles, all its wires and fix
lures to be placed not less than two feet be-
low the cross-arms or other fixtures sup
porting the fire-alarm telegraph wires.
"ThiS proposition is based upon the
present extent Of the city ire-alarm tele-
graph, and any additions or extensions
will be paid for at same rate"
This proposition was offered as a substi-
tute in the Board Of Aldermen and de-
feated. II will be presented in the next
meeting of the Common Council