Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1907-09-11
SOME OBJECTION.
RANGER IN HIGH POWER LINE
TO BANGOR.
uv.RrNG BEFORE CITY GOVERNMENT
ON APPLICATION OF ELLSWORTH
POWER SUPPLY CO.

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..... :, 49,. r,,.wo-th
ing on 'ns ~
Power supply 20. ior Per"ission " ioea'e
and construct its transmission line OF
.,as and wires along the public way
r,,.wo.th ~ n.pvor sro,, .
ie"u'"s
point on the o'u n.Aso !.
it crosses D. % ' ~
Junction OF Ing -. - -.
present nign~sy s - C,,'..
the Royai lyies p'-oo - 49, - ~.
ana along VIZ - - ...s-s - ~
erly line OF hun 10 :, a., $50 ,.s o.1
Bangor fu.o ~
near inc Ds 80 P -
Present., mayer uey' n sn ''s..''
Curtis, Mon.sn-n -" -
erai properly ~ 1919 - p
route ~efe pie.s"s. 49, ~ ~, -
the power co"pny nv y W.. W. ..s
iand IeIePnone 49, NV sue
fostsA Ae"sP
along the PEopu lo1so'
henry m 1850 -.
TONER'S prove. nos''o ~ -. n"s "
puoiicaelon A"1 1872. 49, ~ me-
esteo PARTIES. ..e "e,e
fsmihar win 'n0 p1lp - '.o p.'o"'
ana ~ was un"y - ~ .o oe'."s
Inc Eis"ol'A 1p~y "''"'u
to run 'r.nsn''s'o. .1's 'i' ~, sne o"er
house ~ sn0 ~ .S '"
BANGOR inc ~e'
warn Aoi"s p " VIZ ~ 90.
gor roao, 'neneo .o'o"ns se"erany 'he
route OF tue o'u n@nsol to@u' wv "~c~
rom IL un',i ne. .ne i'Au'n ponu ''.e"'n
crossins' "ne'e ~ = p'op''eu " sANe W
tine n'gn~sy'
Mr.. HAL sAio cAnaiuis 'nA' 'ne inc was
dangerous one snis u.user snou'u W
ihinini.eu - ..i = posslo'e " NA'onso'e
RESTRICTIONS. Inc "e woulu eAlfs very
heaVy 'o,ooo so,'' kies'ei
voltage, - tfsnspireo iater IN the meet
ing' than 10 Carried on tine TRANSMISSION
line rom N.Ae FANS INTO .ne CITY y.
bunaio, winch ~ from NS'oo 70 1''ooV
voits.
DIVISION superintendent Merriii, OF tine
fostai leiegfspn Co.' WAS asked oy tne
aldermen what enect the power line
would nave on telephone ana telegraph
wires on the same road. Tue telephone
company mas ABOUT thirty wires ana the
telegraph company SIX wires along the
route. mr.. Merriii SAID the Telegraph
wires would not DC a. oadiy anecteo as the
telephone wires, which require more
sensitive current. ne saio II "ouio oe
impossible TO operate the wires on the
same sac OF the ROAD Is the power hhe'
because tine ar about the power wire
would De charged with electricity. Ihere
was always danger, 700, OF the wires break
ing during sleet storms, ana cross with
telephone or Telegraph wires might nave
serious consequences dangerous 70 users
OF telephone lines, OF 10 ouioihgs through
nre. some protection was anoroed oy
nets under the power wires where they
crossed above other wires, out ne knew OF
no way to absolutely safeguard the puciic
IN case OF preakage OF the power wire.
Inc danger from hre, ne sara, wouia DC
Just as great IN ror'iana as IN ELLSWORTH
wherever the crossed wires ran they "ouio
carry the dangerous current.
OF the New England leiePhohe q Ieie-
graph 90, was caiieo upon. ne saio ne
was present more 70 OBTAIN in'olmatioh
than TO give u, ana not as an o]ectof 70
the proposed hne; IN iact, tne telephone
ana telegraph companies as ne unoer-
STOOD the iaw' were not quaiiheo 70 oo-
]ect.
lie knew that low tension wires could
not oe operated on the same sioe OF the
highway as the power wire. Inc teie-
phone lines would PICK up enough IN tue
leakage rom the power wire 10 democrat
ize the service. Inc company was ire
qaentiy troubled by power wires' some
times at some distant point, ana II was
often hard to locate the cause.
Mr.. Adams said ne simply expected the
municipal officers, II they granted the
petition, to look FIRST after the interests OF
the people and their property, and then to