The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-12-30
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new ORDINANCES.
Pc II Ordalned by the Conrt of Common

lie It Ordained by the Court Of Common
Z, CoHncl! OF the City of New Haven:
section III. All telegraph, telephone and
electric light poles set On the streets of the
Ilty shall be Of sufficient size to be set ut
iieaHt hHe feet In the ground and leave the
hight above t6e g@It h i rect on MI
pores snail be reserved for the use of the
lily tlre and Police Alarm systems, and
sIall be SIX Inches from the top of the pole
an poieS shall be stencllled with the name
OF initials of the company owning the same
e@ch pole being numbered, and a record
htpL py the owners of the poles showing
the numbers and locations of the poles. The
jumpers and names or initials shall be stem
ellleu on the pole in white and in figures Of
one and one-half inches in heightn. All
pores snail be painted dark green COLOR
ana no signs, advertising or printed matter
other than the numbers of said poles and
the name or initials of the company owning
bne same shall be printed or attached in
any way whatever to any of the poles set
Oh tle streets of the City.
an croSs-armS must be securely bolted to
poles and braced with cross-arm braces.
See, l12. All telegraph, telephone, and
across the streets of the City shall be at a
distance of not less than twenty-five feet
from the crown of the street and shall run
as nearly as practicable at right angles into
the buildings where used.
The distance of all wires from the City
fre alarm wires shall be at least two feet,
Sec. 173. In all cases where electric light
or electric power wires shall be run on the
same poles as telephone or telegraph wires,
the perpendicular distance between the
cross-arms bearing the electric light or
power wires and the arms bearing such
other wires shall not be ;eSs than twenty
inches from center to center, except in case
OF junction poles at street corners and other
PAGES where reverse arms are used, in
which case the arms shall not be less than
| Twelve inches from center to center.
Electric lighting wires shall not be run
over house tops except where necessary to
buildings using the, same, and all electric
lighting wires shall be properly insulated
and joints and bare places securely tapped,
and If run through wood parts of buildings
snail pass through tube Of either hard
rubber or glass of thickness of not less
than one-quarter of an inch.
All persons using the electric light shall
| conform to the full requirements Of the
National Board of Underwriters.
Sec, ia. All wires attached to cross-arms
on poles shall be fastened to the side of the
lnSulator nearest the poles.
Electric light and trolley feed wires shall
IN all cases be attached at horizontal dis
| the center of the poles on which they are
supported.
All span and guard wires of electric rail
way companies shall have circuit breakers
cut into them not less than six feet nor
more than ten feet from the curb line.
Sec. 175. In all cases where electric light
or electric power wires shall be run other
| tnan III a straight line, curved guard irons
shall be used on the ends Of the crossarms,
| so attached as to fully prevent the wires on
the cross-arms from falling In case of their
becoming detached from the cross-arms.
Be it Ordained by the Court of Common
Council of the City Of New Haven
Sec. 2S0. All vehicles which are let for
| hire for the conveyance of passengers
which shall require the employment of q
driver who is not the hirer of the team, and
| all vehicles used or employed for the trans
portation of articles from place to place in
said City for hire, shall be subject to these
| Ordinances, and to the Ordinances concern
ing Licenses and Permits; except that this
Ordinance entitled public C0nveyances
shall not apply to any cars run upon rails
in the streets of the City under Charter
rights
See. 2s1. The Superintendent of Police
shall detail sergeant of police as In
spector Of Public Conveyances." Said SUI
| perintendent of Police shall, upon due ap
plication, and upon the recommendation OF
said Inspector endorsed upon said applica
! ton, issue license, as provided in the
! Ordinance concerning Licenses and Per
mits, to the owner of any suitable vehicle
| No vehicle shall be licensed which is not
is applied. Each license shall designate the
use for which the vehicle is licensed.
Sec. 2S2,, Every licensed vehicle for the
carriage of passengers shall have its mum
Der painted upon it on the pole or shafts In
a manner approved by the said Inspector
No person shall drive such vehicle until 9
number corresponding with the number OF
the license has been painted upon it. Every
such vehicle which shall solicit passengers
in the public thoroughfares or shall be
waiting on the public stand, shall also have
| lamps on each side, which lamps shall be
/ kept trimmed and burning while at sale
stand during the night season and during
employment. All licensed passenger vehl
cles which shall solicit passengers In the
the public stands, shall also have the mum
Der Of the carriage license in figures in tho
| Arabic characters Of not less than two
| inches in size, cut in stencil or painted il
| ward the sidewalk, so that the number cal
be plainly seen therefrom. The number or
said lamps shall also correspond with tn,
number of the license and the number
| painted on the pole or shafts.
Sec. 2s3. Every licensed passenger vehi
| Gle shall at all times have conspicuousl,
posted on the inside of the vehicle, at leas
| two feet above the seat, In manner ap
proved by the Inspector and so as to be cas-
| lily seen and read by the passengers, a cart
containing the name of the owner, number
| of the license. and copy of section 297 o.
| this Ordinance.
Sec. 2s4. Every licensed vehicle, excep
those for the conveyance Of passengers
shall have the name of the owner, and tn,
number thereof, distinctly and legibly paint
| ed in a light color on a dark ground on tho
exterior Of each side Of the vehicle, in char
acters not less than four inches in size, Il
a manner approved by said Inspector.
sec. 80. Salu superintendent shall, II
like manner, upon the recommendation o
said Inspector endorsed upon the appIlca
ton, license drivers, on being eatisfed TIA
each licensee is capable. discreet, temporal t,
and honest. Said licensee shall be nun
bered, and shall specify the Kind of vehicl,
which the licensee Is authorized to drive.
Sec 2S6 Every licensed driver shall n
all times while employed or seeking or wait
ing for employment, or in any manner Il
charge of a passenger vehicle wear upol
his left breast, exposed to view, Il meta
badge two inches In diameter, on which
| shall be stamped or cut the number of hi
license in figures at least one and one-hal
Inches in length. No driver shall use tn,
badge of another driver. Every driver shall
give to anyone requiring 1t, his name an,
| residence, and the name and residence o
the owner of the vehicle, and shall SHOW
his badge.
Sec. 2S7 Said Superintendent NAV. OF
due application, transfer the license for an,
vehicle to another owner of the same, an,
the license of one driver to another drive
on application Of the person who paid TO
| the license.
Sec. 2SS. The following places in sal,
City are designated as the stands wherea
said public carriages for the conveyance D
passengers may at all times stand waitin!
for employment, except on the Sabbath, viz
| /. College street, both sides, between
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