El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-21
And Silver City Will Soon Be
An Accomplished Fact.
eLECTRlCLIGHT COMPANY
Must Put Its Wires High Enough To
Get Them Out OF the Shade Trees
and Olher Wires. Sidewalk
Question Up Again.


was taken In regard to the neglect Of
the city electric light companies to
erect poles high enough to prevent
damage to the trees and other proper
ty. The Intern ationsl Electric Light
and Power company was ordered by the
council to erect within ninety days, at
such places as the city electrician may
see ft, poles forty feet high.
The subject of the bad streets in
the city seemed to have struck the
councilmen for the fret time, and
there Was an almost unanimous
opinion that the streets and sidews alike
of Ell Paso should be repaired.
After the reading OF the minutes Of
several of the past meetings Or. An
derson, the acting city pnysicisn, re-
ported that there was Q case OF small
pox under suspicion in this city, and
that the disease had appeared at Capt.
tan. He also reported thst there were
three cases of typhoid fever In the
southern part of the city, caused by the
lakes of stagnant water which have
been standing in some of the streets In
that section since the last previous
rain.
The city electrician read the follow
ing recommendation In regard to the
electric light poles:
Ell Psso, Sept. 20, 1900.
To the Honorable Mayor sno City Coun-
Gil of the City of Ell Paso. Texss:
Gentlemen: L have TO report rs TO-
lows: That whereas, numerous com
plants have come to me in regard to
she burning OF trees, breaking of elec-
trio light wires, and sanger TO me ana
property generally, ourtog the rain
storm Of Tuesday night, Septs 1o,
1900, said complaints being caused by
the electric light wires of the Interna-
tional Electric Light and Power Co,
of this city, respectfullysbeg to refer
your honorable body to "a report on
She outside line and pole construction
OF the International Electric Light and
Power Co., the FL Paso Gas and Elec-
trio Ligh. Co., and the South western
Telephone and Telegraph Co, which
report was prepared by your IRE and
water committee aud read before your
honorable body some two months ago.
Ssid report stated that the principal
defect In the pole and line construction
of the international Electric Light and
Power Co, was that the poles OF said
com pany were entirely to short, and
as q result the wires of toe said COM
pany were not carried high enough up
20 be out of the way OF the wtras OF the
Ell Paso Gas and Electric Light Co. The
primary wires of the two above named
companies, both Of which carry cur
rents of high voltage, pass so near each
otter that there is continual danger
of grounds, CROSSES snd short cir
cults between them during wind, rain
or thunder storms and consequently
we're q continual menace TO life and
property. Numerous places we're
cited at which the primary wires Of
the said InternatiOnal Electric Light
Co., carrying currents of 24OO volts
potential, passed through and came
into contact with the trees along the
streets and alleys OF this city, and
locations given at which accidents
we're liable to occur from defective in
sulation and bad construction given.
have carefully inspected the cleo
tricsl construction aud wiring at she
locations given in said report aud hod
the conditions to be exactly as therein
stated.
In consid GRAFTON of the fact that NO
action seems to have been taken by the
said International Electric Light &
Power company, rs 20 she remedying OF
the said defects in their line and pole
construction. would respectfully rec
ommeud that your honorable body, In
accordance with section II Of an ordi-
nance regulating telegraph and tele.
phone, electric light and power compa-
nies in the city of FL Psso, direct that
the said company furnish and put In
poles of the proper length and that sll
high potential primary circuits be run
at such a height and In such . manner
as, 90 far a. is possible, to secure pro-
tectiou 70 life and property, and that
said work be done under the supervis-
lon and direction of the city electrician
and according 70 the specifications fur
nished by him for said work.
would further respectfully recon-
mend sufficient time (ssy 80 or so days)
be given said company to procure the
necessary poles, and TO make such
other preparations as are needed.
Respectfully submitted,
S. G. PETTICOLAS,
City Elecsriciau.
Mr.. Pet.icolss stated .nst the poles
used by the electric light CO mpany
are thirty-flve feet in length, which
IL 100 shor. to elevate the wires
above the trees. Mr.. Brunnar thought
that sixty days was too short q time,
and he moved that the time be extend
ed to ninety days. The electric lighs
company's y'srepresentstive offered obisc-
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