The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-06-24


lsry objections which may be urged
4 hy ans be SON interested against lE 4
blowing proposed order rule. resi-
inlatiOn anu requirement.
] All persona firms and corporations
/ owning or operating telephone ort
telegraph lines. o elect.ic light or
gowcr plants, or any other character
of business requiring the nsc Of wires
which cross the tracks of steam or
+ electric railroads, shail construct
sach wires in accordance with the
following rules:
All poles next to and on either side
of such railroad tracks which sus-
tain wires crossing such railroad
tracks shall he Of sound timber, ced-
sar or better. with not less than six
Inch tops. and placed in the ground
n 10 n depth OF not less than five to)
feet. Of sufficient height so that the
: Aires shall not be less than twenty
five t25l feet above the top az the
II fails after allowing for sag. welt
tamBcd, traced and guyed II nee
sssarv. the cross arms hall be hrac'
! "a with iron braces, and locust
dae or steel pins shall be used All
! such poles shall be located NOT more
(, tran fifty-lwo t52l feet and not less
: lthan len tt0l feet from the track, ana
Y shan cross the track at right angles,
!, when practicable. Provided, that the
! owners of snch Telegraph. telephone
: " otter wi.cs shall In no ease ne
! tcmnelled 10 string their wires high.
! nr fban twenty ai9ht feet above the
: oh Of the rails of the track, and
4 fArther. that in casa the wires oi
!, Ithe railroad company are higher thah
= III entg-seven feet above the top on
Ene rails Of the track, such teIe'
Haanh or telophone wires may %
. strung under the wires OF such rait
d read COMPANY at height OF not iosa
" ltfan Twenty-Five feet
q ln All cases where any telegraph OF
! telephone line has bcen constructed
a across any railroad track upon a pub
NJ lie highway, the railroad company IN
case II NAV desire To change lts lines
Of wiro already constructed or con
a struct new lines shah clear such tele
graph or telephone wires by not less
e than two t2)feet
rs IN an cases where any telegraph o.
y telephone company shall desire y
l5 place its wires under the tracks O
" any railroad company, u shall al
y least live days before SO doing, serve
y written notice upon the agent 0
" the railroad company AT the station
y nearest to the place where sucf
" crossing is to be made, The wires
~ cables and conduits used in such
~ crossings shall be placed at least
y three (3) feet below the bottom Of th'
9s rails OF the track, Excavations 10
AZ such underground crossings shall u
A no case be left open for a longer per
,n iod than twelve (12) hours
The foregoing rules shall not ar9l,
TO feed or trolley wires Of an electri
he railway, but such wires shall be pac
m ed al least twenty-five feet above tn
tops Of the rails OF any railway cross
ing thereby They ahall be carrie'
by on or supported from sound soda
he trolley poles with not less than seN
en- inch tops, or suitable iron trolle
poles of sufficient height and strengt
'ly Tho above and foregoing rnle5 am
Nv regulations shall be In full force al
rs. ter hearing and publication OF orhe
ns to all new construction, and a
companies are required to change OIL
in' constructions at crossings so az I
comply with the foregoing rules VIII
er' In ninety days from the date Of tn
promulgation Of the order.
80 CORPORATION COMMISSION
~ j. II LOVE,
Chairman
mo A p WATSO.
Commissioner
oe Attest: T.. G, PATTON,
Secretary
Guthrie. Oklahoma June Z, 1910