The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-08-09
LIGHT ON UNDER
GROUND WIRING
Council Receives Estimates for PIac
.na Five Blocks Of Electric Wires
un4eAofound. T.

un1eHground.
FIRST AUTHENTIC INFORMATION
The Matter 8sseuId Be Referred to
commerulaI tclub As Council
Forws4ry Deferred to Club.
The cry council is in receipt Of .
letter from one John A. Bruce, an en-
gjneer Tf the Consolidated Engineer.
Ing company of Omaha, Neb., On the
subject of burying the wires Of the
electsic light and telephone companies
in Danison. He figures out ttrat 1T
world necessitate placing nnder-
ground FIVE blocks OF wiring, THAT is,
On Main street from Chestnut Ito
Franklin, on Broadway from dyer to
Sweet street, and adds that if there
are any wires on fremont street sbe-
tween Main and Sweet street, these
prior to any paving being done son that
st,se+, assuming that no alterations in
ais+.,ce wo,,,5 ha made Accordine
tn s,;a fp,ras the cost of having - six.
ho,e dnct which wn,7,d no as largo a
duct as would be required for yeass to
.co,o IN Den;son ,un,,1a no 25c ner
l;nao, foot ,,;d .vtra+ womb then on.
tai, an exrand;t,,re ,of apuroximatelv
$500.
Maa holes no,,ta a.,st ahu,1t S1i1e To
,s12O each Tho wirine .ne,assa,v for
The .electric arcs w,auld cost ;abeu ut
.s27s The seeomds,w ,cirouits for slpt.
araleaonnectious wo6ls cost s4oO. This
latter a mount ix ,esri,satafl. Then ,he
saws sallowins aps,rUniroately $3.50 tfor
strinSipg the wires r,lr,Oueh the t}uct
wo,,ld ,1nake a total expense of ,,
change from the overhead ito she n,,-
aiersrexnd. systen cf $1,000 or ,possibly
less.
He save, speaking uf The ,talahhona
wires, ,thx, as long a. there are only
a Very few wires and pSles. ,as ME ,Yei
members, that are n the way in the
streats; mentioned, he does not ;ttauk
the expense ,of placing these under
ground lxsp41 ,he justified al the pres
ent TING. This could be done in the
future and the conduits piaeek in the
alley. NE says if there is Anything
in regard to this ,tnatter that the coun-
Gil wishes 50 talk over, he will he glad
to come over at any time and SO into
matters more thoroughly.
He speaks OF improvements in the
water system and that he understands
we are going ahead with the sewer
extension and trusts that he will be
remembered for engineering services
whenever this work comes up.
This is the first authentic informa-
rtion which has been conveyed to the
csty council np TO this time, nSthwlth-
standing the meeting held at the Com.
me.cial club room on the date the bids
Wers to be let. when - local eX-
perts were addressing the members
OF the city council at one time. The
advocates OF the underground wire
petitioned the council not 10 90 ahead
With the paving until the streets Where
paving was to be done were placed in
proper condition by having the wires
put underground. Inasmuch as the
council had designated more than
twenty blocks for paving, on the basis
of the engineers estimate, the cost
Of placing the electric light wires un-
derground would exceed oyer $4,000,
and If the council should not follow
the suggestions of the petition pre-
sented on that occasion and should
limit the underground wires to five
blocks, of course the expense would
only be $4,000, which is not very
large sum of money and in order to
make the Improvement the money