The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-21

Lar wires snail not be placed on the
same cross arm with electric ligh. or
power wires.
(e) All ground wires must have a
double insulation from the ground to
the top of the pole. and must be boxed
or piped from the ground for dis
lance of seven feet.
~ All trolley wires must be cap
able of being disconnected at the
power plant, or of being divided into
sections, so that, in case of fire, on
the railway route. the current may be
cut off from that particular section
and not interfere with the work of the
firemen. And the same shall also
apply to feeders.
(g) transformers must not be at
tached to the outside walls of any
buildings, unless separated therefrom
by substantial supports.
CHI Where transformers are con
nected to high voltage circuits, either
transformers or secondary wires shall
be grounded.
ID Where guy wires are used and
they come anywhere near high ten
sion wire, such as electric light wires.
street railway wires, etc, circuit
breakers must be used on these guy
wires, one close up to the pole and
the other out of reach of any one on
the ground, or on pole or stub to
where the guy wire is fastened All
guy wires must be covered with a
| substantial wooden box at least eight
feet in height perpendicular from the
curb or street line, and such boxing
must be maintained in a substantial
and neat manner.
ID The practice of any electric
conn any. telegraph or telephone ooh.
pany, or any one else. stringing wires,
splitting a lead of another company IS
strictly forbidden. Where other poles
split high tension line, there NUS,
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the wires spaced sixteen inches from
lie center of the pole each way,
Ok All brake functions of corner
poles must be double armed, when nee
essary. Whenever moving poles that
have fire alarm on them the company
moving the same shall take the best
of care of the fire alarm wires and put
the same in first class shape without
any charge to the city.
Cd All telephone drops must be
run with triple braided weather PROOF
wires. where they cross high tension
wires.
(m) No wire Of any other kind that
has an electric current passing on it.
nor any ground wire, shall be allowed
to be attached to gas pipes either in
side or outside of buildings.
(n) Where wires are attached to
buildings they must be so fastened as
to secure mechanical and electrical
strength, to guard against wires pull
ing off from the buildings. The prac-
tice Of fastening brackets on to brick
walls is not permitted without first
plugging the brick wall with large
spike through the bracket to take hold.
so that they will have a mechanical
strength.
Section s.
The City Electrician shall have
power, and it is his duty, to inspect
all overhead, underground and inte-
terror wires and apparatus conducting
electric currents for any of the pur.
poses set forth in these sections, and
when said conductors are found TO be
unsafe to life and property he shall
notify the person, firm, corporation.
company or association, owning or
operating the same, to place the same
in safe condition as early as posi-
BILE and within forty-eight hours, and
it shall be his duty to do SO.
Section 8.
In case any person or persons, cor
poration or association desires to place
along or across any Of the streets, al
leys or public places of the CITY of
Hattiesburg, wires, tubes or cables and
shall with the application and plat
file in the office of the City Clerk, the
written consent of any telephone, or
telegraph company doing business in
the City of Hattiesburg, to the plac-
ing of such wires, tubes or cables upon
the poles of the said telegraph, or
telephone company situated in the
streets, alleys or public places named
in such application, then the Mayor
and Board of Aldermen are hereby
to grant a permit for such
occupancy Of the poles OF such tele-
graph or telephone company, with the
restrictions. regulations and qualifica-
lions as NAV be prescribed by the