Pueblo chieftain., 1922-02-05
THE SERVICE Man FINDS THAT MOST EVERYBODY
DOES some STRANGE THINGS WITH ELECTRICITY

tho continual blowing out of fuses in
a certain house. Each time the SER
vice man was called. he Investigated
the entire house but could find nothing
wrong with the wiring. The house
was just like most houses. everything
there. including a baby in cradle.
The fuses continued to burn out. Tho
mystery was finally, solved. A long
extension. which, In the daytime had
no globe in 1t. ran over and down to
the cradle. The baby had found
halrpin, and not having any. hair to
use it In. had pushed il into the socket
causing n short circuit.
Still yet another myxtery was cleared
up by tho service men. A short time
after Christmas arc lights began to 20
vice man was kept busy putting in new
lights. Gradually the number Of lights
broken decreased. and now the service
men know Just how long an air gun
Will last The boys would take their
Christmas presents out every night and
practice their craftsmanship upon the
arc lights. Judging from the number
shot out every night. there must be a
good many OF these air guns in good
condition yet In Pueblo.
\ thing that punxsled tho service
men for long tiho was the continual
burning out OF fuses in nn apartment
house in tho Grove. One side of the
house was sublct to family which
was not supposed to use the electric
lights. Three and sometimes four
fuses. were blown out u night at the
house. The service men worked for
more than week without finding the
cause. One OF tho men happened to
hear. ono night. the family on the
liEhtless side talking rather loud Peep
thru tho keyhole. he saw n man. n
OF the sockets. which would. of course.
blow out n fuse. He liked to see the
service men come.
Another man IN tho Grove had an
electric meter that no once could get
in to read. He was always out. Re
pcated attempts to get in failed, and
finally a small check meter WAS placed
Just outside his house. The meter hand
spun around and around. showing tho
electricity was being used at an enor-
nous rate. a fuse burned out In the
meter and in order to mako quick
repair the service man again connect
cd the house directly with the main
wire. y man came TO read the meter
and naturally there was no reading
Another service man WAS called to To-
cate tho trouble. Knowing that some
thing was wrong, he tc!cphoncd the
manager. who got several detectives
and broke into tho house. Then they
made shocking d!scoverey--rals!ns
are not ihe only thing required 10 maze
boot!c.. whisky. electric currents ha.c
to be used Tho man was bootleg
ger who had found that electric heat
would give the most voltage IN his dis
TILED juice ard transform IL into hlrh-
power drink: so he stepped il, mp with
a couple Of electric stoves. Rcsuit-a
broken fusc and call for the service
man.
one OF the members Of our chic ca; |
ing race. who also seemed 20 trace his
anccstrs- to the Ana nias branch. called
the scr,lca men. Hu had absolutely iiu
ideS OF what had caused his! tEodbiu 1
as ha plainly spoke with his hands and
tongue. hat tho fusn was burned out \
Tho service man looked over tho house i
and found Il splice IN al extension
cord Ne unwrapt tho tape that bound
It. and found tina: the one who had |
spiceG *. knew Is little about cleo
tricity as he did about the truth The
man had scrarad the insulation off the
ends OF both wires that he was work.
ins with and had tied them together +
in an cuiang'omsnt tighter than ma 4
knot. causing short circuit. I
uf course traEcdy enters the lives
Of service mon, once in a while. one
man in locating trouble found that n
horse mad straNcd against II charged
wire. The farmer tried go pull him off j
and was killed. neishbor attempted
to save the famcF and was himself
And peculiar thing about the Ar
tansas Valley Railway. Light and
Power company here. is that instead of
striving TO make tho work of tho scrv-
,cc mon lighter by refusing to heed the !
numerous unnecessary calls of the I
troubled patrons. 1t is continually striN-
ing to give better service and that
means that the service men must keep
on the Job in strenuous manner. !
When some one applies for service from
The company tho company sends let
tor TO him, saying that the service
ioes not start with installing the mo
.cr and end with the settlement OF