The times., 1899-10-10
WIRES MUST BE REMOVED.
Inspector Eddy's Recommendation
Approved by the Commissioners.

Inspector Eddy's Recommendation
Approved by the Commissioners.
An order was issued by the Commis
sioners yesterday directing the Potomac
Electric Power Company to remove all the
wires belonging to it from the Chain
Bridge. This is the second order of the
same kind that has been issued by the
Commissioners since July 1, the first one
being ignored by the company. Inspector
Eddy, of the Electrical Department, was
detailed to make report on the matter
last week and yesterday submitted the fol-
lowing statement:
Il have the honor to submit the follow
ing report in connection with the Com
missioners' order, dated July T. 1890, re-
questing the Potomac Electric Power Com
pany to remove entirely their wires on
Chain Bridge;
After repeatedly urging the company to
comply with the above mentioned order of
the Commissioners, the general superin-
tendent of the company informed me on
the 4th inst. that the company had decided
not to remove their wires from the bridge
and had so informed the Commissioners. /
visited the ground yesterday and found
the following conditions to exist at the
bridge: Four of the six wires which ran
from the last pole on. Canal Road to the
bridge at the time the company were re-
quested to remove the sameihave been re-
moved. The two wires, remaining are dead
and are tied to pins on cross arms on the
pole and on the bridge. e.
THE four wires on the second, third, and
fourth spans, and the one wire on the first
span of the bridge, counting from the Dis
trict end, have not been removed. AT the
pole nearest the bridge where the wires
Falls Railway, find the following state of
affairs TO exist: The wires are slack twist
ed, kinked, and secured TO the ss-arms
in almost any fashion, ande are devoid of
insulation at many points near the pole.
One of the cross-arns has become entirely
detached from the pole, and is only kept
from falling by the tension of four small
wires which it originally supported. An
unsightly guy pole has been erected on the
opposite side of the road from where the
main line pole stands, and l was informed
by the bridge tender that this guy pole was
rotted nearly In two at a point below the
surface of the ground at the time it was set.
A guy wire has also been run from the
main line pole in question over the house
occupied by the bridge tender and secured
to a tree. The bridge tender objects to this
wire being over his house. l was informed
Dy Tie DIluSS ltuutI IIdl dDuul IWO LuOhtLo
ago he had complained about the condi-
ton of the wires running to the bridge to
the Secretary of War. who in turn had re-
quested the Commissioners TO have the
matter attended to.
In view of the unsafe and unsightly
condition of the poles and wires in the
vicinity of Chain Bridge, | would respect
fully recommend that the Potomac Elec-
trio Power Company be requested TO i'm
mediately remove all their wires now on
the bridge and put their line in safe and
slightly condition. 1t has been my observa-
tion that the methods employed In general
by the Potomac Electric Power Company
in their overhead construction are of an
unskillful, slovenly. and not infrequently
unsafe character. and / respectfully rec
ommend that the company be requested to
be more particular with their work in the
future
The recommendations of Mr. Eddy were
approved by the Commissioners yester-
day and the second order was made out.