The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-07-16
Official Orders Of
The Corporation
Commission


\ bilAFsN A. ED Az Aiti@ ~ LAM AND
4 ELECTRIC RAILROADS. AND RAIL X
4 WAYS. no ALL TELEPiioNE AND
4 TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. AND 10
4 ALL WHOM ~ MAY CONCERN,
All Railroads. ana pisnegr wplcgrapn
and Telephone Company represented.
! Pursuant 70 publication c proposed
'order No, 20 in the Guthrie Iaily Leader
Of general circulation. pubIshe. IN he
lc.ty OF Guthrie. County Of Logan and
State OF oklahoma, -four consecutive
weeks: ana after confegcnce ard agree
lmen, thereon on July A. 1910 between
the Railroad Companies and the Pioneer
Telegraph and Telephone Company and
all representatives Of parties Interested
for or against the order proposed By the
Commission, the Commission finds ths,
the terms OF wire crossings agreed n,on
lbetween the Interested parties is rena-
enable and Just to oil parties concerned
and win affAd the safety TO railroad ems
ployes and the public In general that wac
intended and contemplated by the pros
posed Order, ana order issues in pursu.
anee Of anid agreement TIN,
i It is therefore ordered that ~ steam
and electric railroads. aud railwayi al
telephone. IT. graph electric light and
electric powe, companies aud all Other
persons affected by this order, shall, on
or before the 18th day Of August put IN
force the said agreement which Is as
follows:
'All persons, firms, or corporations,
owning or operating telegraph or tele-
phone lines. electric line and electric
oowen plants, or any other business re
auiring the use Of wires which cross the
tracks OF steam or electric railroads.
shall construct such wires In accordance
with the following rules.
Section l. All poles nex1,to or on either
side OF such railroad tracks which sus-
,ain wires crossing such railroad tracks,
shall be OF sound timber cedar OF bet-
: tel. with not less than six inch tops. and
; placed in the ground to 4 depth OF not
less than five feet, OF sufficient height
|, lso that The wires shall no, be less than
twenty-five feet above the top OF the
lrails. after allowing for sag well tamped,
, braced and guyed except an poles already
| constructed which are not braced or guy
| ed may remain without braces or guys
: until rese, or renewed, except where line
: is not ON tangent In which ease ths
same shall be properly guyed and biaeed
within the time required In section fivs
, of this order n
L
Section An new construction or re
4 'construction OF poles next 10 and on elih.
+ 'er eide Of such railroad track which sus
). tain wires crossing such railroad tracks
!. shall have double cross arm OF somt
standard make, TO be affixed to III,
! crossing poles wittBone-half inch through
bolts. All cross arms 10 be braced will
,, t4iron braces. and locust, hedge or stee
, pens TO be used. All crossings as a
! D. esent installed where cross arms ar
J not used as provided In sec ion one shal
be protected By double brackets OF stan
! dard make attached to the pole will
forty and sixty penny nails. and shall b.
further protected by guard wire OF no
less than the size as used on he lIne
to be securely attached to the pole abov
land below the bracket Such protection
10 be made within the time required b
section five Of this order.
Section 3. All snch poles shall be 10
Tratcd not more than fif'y-two feet m
rot Iess than ten feet from the neares
real OF any track, and shall cross III
ltraex at right angles when practicable
Provided that the owner OF such tele
graph or telephone or other wires ma,
for the purpose OF proper clearance, b
compelled 10 construct their wires no
higher than twenty-eisht feet above IN
top OF the rails Of the track. and further
lha, In case the wires Of the railwa
company are higher than tweniy-seve
feet above the top OF the rails OF IN
ltrack such telegraph or telephone wire
may be strung under the wires o. sal
| lraIlyay company at height Of not les
I iknn twenty-five feet. allowing for "a.
Provided electric light wires carryin
iiwenty hundred volts OF less. alter
mating current or five hundred and fit
Volts or less drec. current. sha
lHpt Hf Itdtfu lpNfi ihhsi tH'Ht1
live feet OF the 'op Of the rail-
and electric wires carrying higher vol
lage than above specified shall not
placed nearer than thirty feet from N
top Of the rail. ana shall have clearan,
Of eight feet over any telegraph or tel'
phone wires. ana All such electric llgi
and power wires conveying q voltage |
over five hundred yolls shall be thor
ughly Insulated and protected BY bask'
guards properly grounded ut each pole.
Section 4. In all cases where any tel
graph, or telephone ihie mas BEEN col
structed oaross ans railroad track upf
public highway, the ,ailroad eompan
In case II may de3ire to change It's III
Of wire already constructed or constru
NEW lines. shall clear aueh telegraph
telephone wires not less than two fes
Section G. In aiI caseD where any Il
egraph or telephone company shall d
= sire TO place its wires under the trac
Of any railroad company, II shah
llessi fifteen days before 80 doing ser
written notice upon sthe agent Of 4
!. railroad company al the station nears
N the place where such crcssing II to !
= made. The wires. cables. and condnI
y used In said crossing shall be placed Y
der the tracks n such manner as j
= 10 be- ex?osed on the surface or neal