The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-27
ANOTHER POLE
FELL WITH CRASH
MAYOR WILL INVESTIGATE.
CITY MAY MAKE REGULATIONS
FOR INSPECTION OF POLES.

FOR INSPECTION OF POLES.
Manager Nash, of savannah Electric
Company, Says There Is Thor
OuGh Inspection Now-WiIl Inves-
tigate Accidents with View to
Fixing Blanche One Was Killed
by Yesterdays Pole, Though One
Man Had Narrow Escape.
With a crash that was heard a block
away another pole of the Savannah
Electric Company fell yesterday after
noon at AbercOrn and Gordon streets.
No one was killed this time, but an
employee of the company had mar
row escape.
Mayor Herman Myers announced
yesterday that the falling of the pole
Saturday afternoon, which killed Miss
Mamie Bell, would be investigated by
the city, with a view to finding out if
the city should not in some way reg
ulate the matter.
Manager L. r. Nash, of the savan-
nah Electric Company, also announced
that he will have an investigation
with view to fixing the blame for the
accident. There are men whose duty
it is to see that all poles are in good
condition, Mr.. Nash says, and they
will be held responsible. No one has
been discharged yet, however.
The falling of the pole at st. Jul
ian and Bull streets Saturday after
noon, which killed Miss Bell, was dis
cussed on every hand yesterday. When
the second pole fell in the afternoon
the talk increased.
1t was an electric light pole which
fell this time while the light was
being fixed. The additional weight
which was put on the rotten
pole by reason of the lowering Of the
light, caused it to snap off. The man
who was fixing the light had a narrow
escape. The pole was by the Massie !
Mayor VIII Investigate.
Il don't care to talk about the mat
ter until l investigate it," said Mayor |
Myers, when asked about the falling /
of the pole by Christ Church. L will |
take the matter up Monday.
I'VE are going to investigate to see
if the city should not make some reg
ulations.
Il had supposed the poles were in
spected. don't know anything about
it, except from the paper. From
the account in the paper, it
looked like negligence. We will in
vestigate and see what should be
done"
The Mayor explained that the inves-
tigation of this particular case will
merely be to see if any regulations
are needed.
1t is not a matter for the Mayor and
Aldermen as to whether or not there
was negligence in this particular case,
the Mayor thinks The idea is to de-
wise some plan to prevent a repetition
of such a tragedy
Manager Lacks Details.
President George ]. Baldwin of the
Savannah Electric Company was ask
ed for some statement in regard to the
breaking of the pole.
He said he didn't know anything
about it, and suggested that Manager
Nash was the proper person to get the
information from.
Il have made no investigation yet
of the accident" said Mr.. Nash.
"and cannot say anything
about 1t. l was out of the city when
1t happened and have not seen the
pole, or heard any of the details.
The poles are inspected regularly.
however.
There are four men whose duty 1t
is to look after the condition of the
poles. The four men can get around
often enough, and the inspection is
just as thorough as it could be made"
Promises to Investigate.
Mr.. Nash says there is an inspection
gang for the electric light, as well as
for the trolley poles. There will be
an, investigation of both accidents, Mr..
Nash says.
The men who look after the poles
will be called upon to explain. They
will be held responsible, he says. 1t
would be a hard matter to fix the
blame on one of the inspectors, how
ever as the city is not divided into
districts.
With the city investigation and the
street car company investigation it
seems likely that steps may be taken
which will make a similar accident i'm
possible in the future.
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