The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-23
Will Remove Poles From Main
Street by Time Specified
In the Ordinance.
ONE COMPANY OBSTINATE.
fLIGHT, HEAT & POWER COM.
| PANY HAS MADE NO MOVE
TOWARD REMOVAL OF ITS
WIRES-SUITs SURE TO RESULT

The Terre Haute. Indianapolis &
Eastern traction company after view
ing askance for several months the
last decided to accept its terms. This
information has been impaired TO the
board of public works by Alexander
Gordon, local superintendent OF the
traction company. Mr.. Gordon states
that iron trolley poles have been
ordered and as soon as they arrive
the ancient wood poles will be absn-
doned. 1t is quite probable the city
will enter into an agreement with the
traction company whereby the iron
trolley poles located on street corners
shall be of extra length TO permit
street lights being suspended from
| them.
The Central Union company has
about completed its conduit system
on Main street from Twenty-first to
| Sixteenth street and from the latter
point to Second street the wires of the
company will be placed in ducts of
the Home company. When this ar
rangement is perfected the company
will be ready to remove all it's Main
street poles. This can be easily ac-
complished by September /, which is
the date set for the enforcement of
the ordinance.
The Home Telephone company has
had its wires of Main street for
some time and the c ty is trans.
ferring its wires to poles in the first
alley north of Main street. The West
ern Union Telegraph company, 1T is
understood has made arrangements
for placing it's wires in the conduits
of the Home and the Central Union
Telegraph company is not affected by
the ordinance.
l., n. & p. Co. Stubborn.
So far the only company affected
by the ordinance that has made no
arrangement to comply with it, is the
Richmond Light. Heat and Power
company. 1t is understood that this
company will refuse to comply with
1t on the ground that the company has
been Disseminated against. The city
refuses to permit this company to
place its Main street wires overhead
elsewhere although the city is placing
its Main street municipal plant pow
er wires overhead in the first alley
north of Main street, and the COM
pany can not place its high tension
wires in conduits occupied by low ten
sion telephone wires, so as to COM
ply with the ordinance, the company
, would be obliged to accept IL in its
strictest sense-placing its Main street
wires underground. It would be alb
solutely impossible for the company
to build the required conduit and
transfer the wires to 1t by Septem-
Der l.
"Will the Light. Heat & Power CON-
. pany make any effort to comply with
Manager Frank Lane was asked to-
, day.
Il can not say" he answered in a
tone which implied that it would not.
1t now appears TO be a question OF
which of two suits will first be filed
that OF the Light. Heat & Power com.
? pany against the city to declare the
ordinance invalid. or that of the City
against the Light, Heat & Power com.
pany to enforce the ordinance.
The city contends that 1t is not re
quired to place it's Main street wires
underground because city can not
, legislate against itself. The city also
. contends that the ordinance is perfect
ly valid. pointing to the fact that this
declaration was made by the legal de
. partment of the Central Union tele
:, phone company, which boasts of q
great array Of legal talent.