The morning times., 1896-10-29
RULES FOR WIRE STR|NG|NG.
Potomac Company Is Granted
Overhead Permits. =
PROTEST AGAINST A POLE
Affairs From the District Building.
SchooIhouse Contract Awarded
Ground Offered for the Extension
of sixteenth Street-Trial Board
Findings Approved.

Tie Commissioners have approved the
following regulations for the overhead wire
system of tue Potomac Electric Power
and Light Company west Of RCck Greek;
Poles stall be 1T least forty-Iive feet
high.
NO span shall be greater than 12o feet.
Poles are TO he set nine inches from the
outside face'of the curb.
All poles are 10 he stamped or branded
with the initials OF the company and the
number OF tie pole between five and seven
feet from the ground.
Cross arms shall he of uniform length,
strengthened by braces; all wires attached
by porcelain. glass or rubber insulalors.
All wires must he stretched tight and
fastened with the same kind of wire.
All wires shall he continuously insulated
with durable and waterproof material, and
this insulation il to he carried to all
portions of the circuit, including joints,
and is to be kept in constant repair.
No wire shall he Stretched within four
inches OF any pole, building, or o.her OBJ
jecI without Icing attached thereto and
Insulated thcrefrom.
No line of SEQ vol 5 or over shall hang
within twenty feet of the surface of the
ground at the lowest point.
Every line, pole, fixture, etc, must be
Kept III order and repair in conformity
with these regulations. but no additional
ltits VI NIltS van tpb'l
of repairs, nor stall the route or lOca.
tinn he changed without permit.
Tie company shall, upon compile ion of
the overhead line, file with the engineer
department plats showing location OF Poles
and number and charac;c cr Of wires strung
thereon.
PROTEST AGAINST A POLE.
President a. A Thomas of the United
States Electric Lighting Company has hcen
informed by Secretary Tindall for the
Com mmissoners that IL protest has been
filed against the maintenance Of pole In
the alley in square 7S9. between Third
and b streets and Pcnnsylvania avenue
southeast. under permit dated MAY %,
1894.
Dr. Tindall states further that Attorney
for the District THOMAS is OF the opinion
that the pole was erected without authority
OF law. in spite of tie fact that a permit
was issued.
The company is required to show cause in
five days why the pole should not BE- re-
moved.
The Commissioners have declined the offer
of Mr james ElversUn To dedicate land for
the extension of Sixteenth street, because
they have no authority To accept on the
conditions proposed by Mr.. Eivcrson.
Mr.. ElyerSon asked that extension i'm
provements be IN ade b grading and paving
derstond that similar offers to dedicate
the ground for Sixteenth street from Co
lumOia road to the boundary have been
made upon similar conditions.
The Commissioners have no appropria-
tinn with whiCi Ia make the proposed i'm
proyemcnts and do not feel at liberty
To accept the offers.
TO RESTRING A WIRE.
The Commissioners yesterday asked Of
Col John NJ. Wilson, superintendent. oI
pubic buildings and grounds. permission
To replace the wire of the patrol system
across Farragut Square. The wire was
broken by the storm. The letter states
that it is urgently needed.
The Commissioners have accepted the
proposal OF w. F. Beers " Co 10 constr cf
frame school house near the Conduit
road. The cost is to be $5,045
In accepting the offer tIe Commissioners
omit 1--WE items from the CONTRACTOR s esti-
mate. These are back floor in base
ment. Sluo; porch projection, $50, baius-
trade on roof, $40; bell tower, S13S,
change OF balustrade of stair, S25.
Major Moore, as superintendent uf police.
is To make regulations 10 govern the use
Of explosives by Rein W. Barby. il re
moving rock from "A trench he Is digging, In
lots 6s and 60. between Thirty-iirst and
Thirty-second streets
Nellie Carter, au S12O Il year, and Lewis
j. Gardner, at $50 year, have been ap-
pointed cooks at the Washington Asylum
in place of Rose Brown and Joseph A
Gill.
MINOR DISTRICT NOTES.
James Frazier, Of the fire department.
has been promoted To be fireman in place
of Mcclure, who died Monday. and R. I
Williams has been appointed a private in
the department 10 take Williams place
The changes are To take effect from Oc
tobcr &c.
The Commissioners have declined to
give William Frederick Of ! 222 g street
northwest, permit for sign at his place.
because the sign would project more than
three and one-half feet from the building
line.
Charges against policemen have been dis
missed as follows:
W. II. West, tried September I6, for
conduct unbeConing an officer.
Thomas Lynch, tried September 23, for
conduct unbecoming an officer.
{. ii. Steinbraker. tried September ., for
unbecoming conduct and neglect of duty.