Evening journal., 1896-03-31
COST OF CONDUITS.
Supt. Aydon Submits Esti-
mates for Placing Wires.
THE CAPTAINS ON BIOY0LEs

Ihe question TO bo Dectdcd at the Next
Meeting Of tho Police Commission.
other Business Transacted by That
BODY ut Its Session Last Night.
At the meeting Of the Board of Police
Commissioners last evening, the follow
ing Communication was received:
WmNNeToN. Del, March 30, 1896
ITO the Honorable, the Board OF Police
Commissioners OF the City Of vii.
mingt0n.
"GENTLEMKN Replying to your com
munioation received by favor OF Chief Of
Police Dolan, under date of March 90.
requesting more positive figures as to
the cost Of the conduits, what would be
the total cost OF installing IL complete. say.
from Front TO Tenth on Market street,
etc. l have to say IS follows:
1T Is difficult to state with any degree
of exsctness what conduit on Market
street from Front to Tenth would cost
Much would depend upon the character o I
the excavations, which, however can
doubtless be accurately determined by
the Street and Saver Department, under
whose auspices the entire work OF laying
the conduits would have to be Conducted ;
also upon the character and sizs OF the
conduits, upon which point the executive
officers Of the Street aud Sewer Depart
ment would have to consult with the
officials of the various companies desir-
Gus OF using the conduits. in order to es
tAblish practical and safe basis OF esti
mate as TO cost
1T must be borne in mind, as an
important fact bearing upon the coat of
this improvement, that the city should,
in the FIRST place, lay the conduit at its
own cost. This conduit may be made to
comprise any number Of ducts for the
accommodation Of the wires Of the
various companies desiring to use the
condults. The provision Of one or more
ducts for the accommodation OF the slty
wires would add practically nothing to
the cost OF the entire undertaking, so
that the public service thereby rendered
would bs almost without cost. The
charge to the private interests using
the condults would, OF course, be so
regulated as to provide a reasonable
interest on the cost of construction, and
thus remunerate the municipality for
its outlay and, ct the same tine afford
ample accommodation for outside inter
ests without the imposition Of exorbitsnt
charges for rental.
The distance from the south side Of
Front street to the south side OF Tenth
street Is, according TO measurement Of
the city engineer, 044 rs feet. Il would
be necessary only for the police aud fre
alarm cable to use conduit from the
City Hall to Teath street, and the dis
tance from the south side of Sixth street
to the south side Of Tenth street Is
,495 feet Add 30 feet from the south
side of Sixth street TO q point In front Of
the City Hail. where the connection
would have to be made and the length
Of conduit from the City Hall to Tenth
street would be 1 52j feet,
ITO lay q 90 conductor cable in the
duct q conduit for this distance, made
up with No. IA, B & s. g wire, each
insulated to the standerd diameter for
such work, and with standard thickness of
lead and saturated fbrous covering over
the same, would cost, approximately, 55
cents per foot, laid and connected up to
terminals. This would make total cost
Of $533.75 for laying such a cable from
the City Hall to Tenth and Market
streets aside ron the Incidental cost Oh
connecting the cable witheur police and
fire alsrm system
"in my former Communication to your
Hon0AauAo PVdy bAfo AAAca u lbho 1olN
OF laying conduits which Is, as / have
above stated, matter for the Street and
Sever Department. The point OF
particular interest to your honorable
body, is the cost Of laying such = cable as
the. poles and Ere department would
It quire, and this information l have
here with submitted.
"Respeetfully submitted, +"
~. w. AYDoN, =
Superintendent Polics and Fire Alarm
Telegraph"
officer Mclaughlin was suspended for
one day because Of absence without per-
mission.
The board adopted new manuel which
the officers will carry In their vest pock-
cts for the purpose Of recording all
arrests made.
A resolution commencing the officers,
who 30 heroically saved the family OF
Dennis Connor from death by Ere, was
adopted.
la formally, the matter Of purchasing
two bicycles TO be used by the cap
tsins in cases Of emergency, was dis
cussed
1t was decided to examine the police
i on April o.