The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-01-28
SAFETY FIRST RULE
FOR OVERHEAD WIRES
POWER, TELEPHONE, RAILROAD
AND UNION MEN SETTLE
TROUBLES.

Arbitration won notable victory
Friday when the public utilities com
by unanimous vote, issued an
order establishing uniform rules for all
overhead line construction by power,
light, telephone, telegraph and railway
companies This order takes effect
March l, 1915, and the rules apply to
all parts of the state alike.
Workmen Secure Victory.
The rules are featured by the safe
ty first phase, which is a victory for
the electrical workers, who entered the
hearing on the rules only last Mon
day. While the companies assert that
It will add to their cost of maintenance
the following suggestions of the cleo
trical workers were adopted. First, t.
provide more room among the wires
The electrical worker must do hiS
work with the wires hot that is Whllt
they are carrying electricity. There Is
little danger in handling the secondary
wires, which carry electricity into TN
houses but usually there are hlghel
voltage wires above them on the eros
arms, 1t was the desire of the work
ers to have the greatest possible ols
lance between the cross arms on TN
no,es Two feet is now the distanc
used. Three feet will be used under
the new rules.
Keep Wires Apart.
A rule was adopted providing foi
wider spacing of telephone lines OF
the same poles with high voltage lines
Transformers and switches on lines
spreading in three or four directions
are considered dangerous Under thf
rules adopted, switches and transform
ers shall not be placed on this class D
poles.
7, has also been found to be danger
ous to have ground wires among III
above class of power lines. From nov
on. these ground wires must be on otli
or poles or amply protected
Started in July.
This brings to an end controNers
that started in July last when IN
q nublic utilities commission issued a
ordor m all utility corporations to ap
near before them and show cause WI
Uniform rules should not be establish
ed This brought the power and llsll
the telephone and telegraph ana raj
wav companies into the case ana 'roO
Bile started at once
After several attempts to get U
:. gether the hearing was set 1or ~
co,nher. At that time rules were SUI
! nitted by all interested None cou
e aree and a further postponcment w;
!, made In the meantime, at come
u erce in New York city, set WI
:, agreed upon by all concerned
Is Workmen Come in
', But lust at this point, when ever
u thing seemed to be settled aholil
lie ,,inous cloud appeared The Brothe
~ hood of Electrical Workers a"oKe
~ tho vital importance of what was !
ing on and petitioned the comm'ssl -,
" for a continuance for 60 days ~
81 aid not meet with the approval OF
D commissioners, but without oehyi
% Tho netition a further conference "
~ suggested. :. lac,
10 This conference followed II laS'
for two days. All the utility ih'ere
's y, participated and the outcome was p
~ feet agreement on a set OF rules
When these rules were many =
sorted to the commissioners the an
Oh nartook of the nature Of a love re,
On The commissioners were thanked IT
= all sides for the patience exerc'Seo
rnrayelng the snarl and tor ''o '
~ alteration extended to al pai''e''
~ Called Best in Country
lat Mon familiar with conditions in