The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-09-08
Manager Bailey of Telephone
Company Will Have Meet
ing of Representatives Of
Every Company.
CONFERENCE TO BE
HELD ON SATURDAY.
City Law Department Has 4
Good Laugh on Way City
Was "Stung" on the Joint
Pole" Agreement.

Managers of the different wire com.
panies of the city will be called into
conference on Saturday afternoon at
1:30 o'clock in the office Of Manager
William N. Bailey. of the Home Tele-
phone company building on North
Ninth street. At this meeting the
discussion will pertain to some meth.
cd by which the danger from the az
listing overhead wiring in the city can
be eliminated.
Stirred by the publicity given the
dangerous conditions both to the en-
'ployes OF the companies and the resi-
dents OF the city. following the fatal
accident to Ora Rau. . city lineman.
last Tuesday. who was buried today,
the companies are going to get to-
gether and determine on some plan to
eliminate the causes for the existing
condition of affairs. 1t may be by
an agreement entered into by the vari-
GUS companies. supplemented by an ct.
fectiye city ordinance.
Examining Agreement.
The city law department ID making
an examination of the agreements be-
tween the city and the different wire
companies regarding the joint use OF
poles. Although the agreement be-
tween the city and the Light. Heat
and Power company on the face Of Il
seems to be binding for twenty-five
years, dating fEom March q. 1904.
there Is an agitation by soma Of the
officials to have this annniea II p0eetp
BILE. and if NOT, have It amended. That
the city gave away valuable rights 4nd
opened up territory, which in 1904 the
city had exclusive business in furnish
ing light and power, is q self evident
truth. The joint pole agreement, az =
business proposition, is now laughed
at by those who are familiar with
the agreement. It is regarded very
good proposition for the Light, Heat
and Power company. and q very poor
business proposition for the municipal
plant
Manager Bailey of the Home Tele.
brought to the attention Of the board
OF works the danger OF the overhead
wiring in the city. called the managers
of the different wire companies into
conference. It was first proposed that
the meeting be held on Friday after.
noon, but owing to the funeral of Mr..
Rau it was postponed. It 10 improba-
BILE that an agreement will be reached
at the first meeting. Each company
representative will be given opportu-
nifty to suggest methods by which the
faults OF the system may be corrected.
Eventually they expect to come to
some agreement. Superintendent MIN
rod johnson of the municipal plant,
Manager Wharton Of the Light. Heat
and Power company and A A. Burr,
/ manager of the Western Union Teie-
graph company have promised to at.
tend the meeting. A representative Of
the street railway company will likely
attend, and inform the company on
cials at Indianapolis OF the proposed
action. Manager Hutton of the Bell
Telephone company will attend IL pos
sible
Mr.. Bailey suggests that q chart Of
each pole and wire lead be made and
that the city engineer furnish each
company with ? copy Of this chart.
Each pole should be numbered. A des-
cription OF condition OF each pole and
what companies have lines strung on
| them should be information secured on
an investigation trip.