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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1908
Page
4
An 1908 city ordinance regulates construction and maintenance of poles wires and fixtures for telegraph telephone signaling and electric service. It sets spacing insulation branding pole age standards crossing rules and required city approvals and inspections with penalties for violations and a March 8 1908 passage date.
An 1908 ordinance requires all telegraph, telephone and electric wires within specified San Antonio city limits to be placed underground by May 1 1908 and completed by December 1 1909 under city engineer supervision. Wires must be removed, streets restored, and costs charged to owners failing to comply. penalties apply. The measure, approved April 6 1908, is signed by Mayor Bryan Callaghan.
A 1908 city ordinance requires trolley wires to be supported by iron or steel poles, five to eight inches in diameter and twenty to twenty five feet high, embedded five feet, replacing wooden poles within a defined city area. Violators face fines up to 100 dollars and daily penalties. city may remove wooden poles at owner cost and substitute steel poles at owner expense.
Notice to contractors for the Colborn bridge project in Texas. Bids will be received at the office of the bridge engineer of the Gulf, Mobile and Southern Railway Company in Horsley Texas. Plans and specifications are on file for examination. The right is reserved to reject any or all bids. A surety bond of twenty thousand dollars will be required. HF Anderson superintendent.
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