The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-03-01

City Comptroller and ex-offieio city
CLERK,
TO THE HONORABLE MAYOR or
THE CITY OF SEATTLE. JOHN
~ MILLER. AND THE HONOR
AnI.E BoDY, CITY coUNciL OF
THE cry OF SEATTLE, couN.
TY or KING AND STATE OF
WASHINGTON
The undersigned. qualified voters
Of the city % Seattle. aud represent
ms more than ten per cent Of the
total number Of votes cast for the
office OF Mayor AZ the last preceding
election. asks the enactment as an
ordinance 81 the following measure
AN ORDINANCE regulating the
Installation. maintenance. une ana
operation ~ electrical wires. appli-
Ancra and apparatus In. along. over
across or about buildings, streets. Al .
ieya and public places In The CITY OF
seattle and providing a penalty Tot
the violation thereof
uE IT ORDAINED ~ THE CITY
OF SEATTLE As FOLLOWS
SECTION J. The word person.
wherever used in this ordinance.
shall be held aud construed 20 mean
and include natural persons ~ either
sex all associations, 60 .psrtncr1htpa.
firms aud corporations The aiuEu-
| lar shall be held 20 include the
plural the plural shall be held 20
| Include the singular. and the nascu-
line prnn0nu shall he held 20 Include
the feminine. The words Supeftn o
tsndsnt 81 Public UTILITIES" wheFev
er used in this Ordinances. shalt BE-
held and deemed 60 mean and include
the superintendent Of Public Ntili-
sira % the city or Seattle. and any
and all Of bis deratirs. and any and
ali other persons authorized - BIN
20 90 and perform anr act IN fur
theTanes Of this ordinance. ana All
anf every other person Or officer
now authorized ~ any ordinance.
or hereafter 10 be authorized ~ any
ordinance Of the CITY Of Seattle, %
40 and perform any act or thing
herein referred %,
section z. SPACING or WIRES
Il shall be unia wfui for any person
FIRST Hun. place. erect, maintain.
use OF operate IN. upon. along. over.
publlc place in the City 81 Seattle,
any wtre or chbie used 20 conduct
or carry anY current % electricity
Of nix hundred fseei volts Or lees
on any pole. Or on any cross arm.
taehrd 20 any such pole. within the
distance Of thirteen tiff Inches from
tho center line Of said pole. pro-
sidcd. that the foregoing provision
shall not apply To wires or cables IN
eases where the same are run IN
foreground and placed vertically on
poles. Or 10 s-bFidie" or Jumper
wires on any pole which are at
t4ched 20 or connected with sign
al wire on the same pole. or 10 any
Aerial cable a. between such cable
and any pole on which IL orig mates
or terminates. or 20 any wire or
cable where the same IL attached 20
The top Of the pole, az between II
and the said pole.
Second Run. place. erect. main
fnAg a. 4
over. across or about any street. al.
ley or public place In the City Of
seattle In the vicinity Of any pole
tand not attached therefor, within
this distance 81 thirteen I5l inches
from the center line % said pole. any
sire or cable used 20 conduct or
carry any current % electricity Of
six hundred teoeJ volts or less. Or
10 run. place. erect. maintain. use
or operate any pole 90 which In at
thched any wire or cable used Go
IcoBduct or carry any current Of cleo
tricity Of six hundred 5000 volts or
less within the distance Of thirteen
ual inches measured from the cen
ter line OF any such polet from any
wire or cable used TO conduct or car
/ ~ any current OF electricity. pro-
vldsd. that an between any wire or
cable and any pole mentioned In this
subdivision or this section the wire
or cable or pole last In point Of time
run. placed. erected or maintained
shall be held to be In violation OF
this subdivision.
| Third. Run. place. erect. main
tain. use or operate In. upon. along.
II ley or public place In the city of
seattle. above ground, within the
distance Of three t31 feet from any
wire or cable conducting or carrying
any current OF IesH than six hundred
600) volts Of electricity. any wire or
al tfah fnntfFfrta a. FnrFIgm n
time any current OF more than six
hundred 5000 volts ~ electricity. or
to run, place. erect. maintain. use or
operate within distance OF three
| 90 feet from any wire or cable that
conducts or carries at any time a
current Of more than six hundred
| tgOOD volts OF electricity, any wire
or cable conducting or carrying any
current OF less than six hundred
/ (6O0) volts OF electricity; provided.
that the foregoing provisions OF this
subdivision shall not be held 20 APP
lply 10 any wire or cable conducting
or carrying secondary" current at
ltached 10 or connected with any
transformer" within the distance OF
three ca feet measured along the
/ line OF said wire or cuble1 from the
point where such wire or cable 10
attached TO or connected With such
transformer or TO electric wires or
lombles within buildings or structures
or TO wires or cables In eases where
the same are run from the ground
and placed vertically ON poles. or 60
any lead" wire or cable between
the point whore the same Is made to
leave any pole for the purpose OF
entering any building or structure.
and provided. further, that as be-
Tween any two wires or cables or any
/ wire and any cable. the one last In
point Of time run. placed. erected or
! maintained shall be held 20 be In
violation OF the provisions hereof.
Fourth: Run. place. erect. main
tain, use or operate in. upon, along
over across or about any street, al
ley or public place In the City OF Sc
attic any guy" wire or guy" cable
attached TO any pole or appliance 10
which is attached any wire or cable
used 20 conduct or carry any cur
said guy" wire or guy cable 70
be efficiently insulated at all times
lat the distance Of not Less than eight
/ (s) feet nor more than ten GOb feet
| fmcasured along the line of said wire
| or cabie) from each end thereof
Each guy TO anchor rods shall have
at least one insulator.
Fifth. Run, place, erect, maintain
use or operate In, upon, along. over
/ across or about any street. alley OF
public place In the city Of Seattle
vertically on any pole, any wire OF
electricity. without causing such
| wire or cable To be at all times
wholly incased In a casing OF wooden
material OF not less than one and
one-haIf Th) inches In thickness
sixth: Run. place, erect, maintain
use or operate. In, upon, along, over
or about any street alley or public
place in the CITY OF Seattle, on any
Ipole or on any cross-arm or Other