. Engineering and Contracting. all gin-pole with block and on oak brackets with glass insulators. Thebrackets are each nailed to the poles with two6 in. galvanized iron cut nails. The poles are of jiqui, arabo, tengue andjucaro prieto, all of which are durable hard-woods found in the country. A total of 131jiuqui poles were shipped from Ciego de Avila,60 miles west of Camaguey, by rail and deliv-ered by sub-contract for $3 f. o. b. poles were hauled from the cars anddistributed along the line by mule teams, cost-ing $6 per day with driver. The cost of $0,569shown below was the a
. Engineering and Contracting. all gin-pole with block and on oak brackets with glass insulators. Thebrackets are each nailed to the poles with two6 in. galvanized iron cut nails. The poles are of jiqui, arabo, tengue andjucaro prieto, all of which are durable hard-woods found in the country. A total of 131jiuqui poles were shipped from Ciego de Avila,60 miles west of Camaguey, by rail and deliv-ered by sub-contract for $3 f. o. b. poles were hauled from the cars anddistributed along the line by mule teams, cost-ing $6 per day with driver. The cost of $0,569shown below was the actual cost per pole. Atotal of 333 poles were purchased from farm-ers living in the vinicity and were deliveredalong the line for $3 per pole. They werehauled on ox carts an average distance ofabout 10 miles. The poles were spaced 46 ms. (161 ft.) apartexcept where road crossings required a 60 m.(197-ft.) span, or where angles in the linemade it necessary to shorten the span. Guysof % in. steel cables were used to guy poles at. View Showing IVIethod of Erecting Poles, Camaguey, Cube, Telephone Line. tackle. The following description of the workis taken from the report made in the depart-ment at the time: The telephone line extends from a temporarystation adjacent to the site where will be builtthe pump house for the Camaguey water-worksto the office of the department of public worksin Camaguey, a distance of about 25 kilometersor 15 miles. The portion of the line here con-sidered comprises the main line, extendingfrom the pump house site to station 1,040 ofthe pipe line, at which point the pipe line leavesthe right of way and enters the road in theoutskirts of the city, being a length of It also includes two 4 wire branch lines,having an aggregate length of km., vvhichare considered, as required by the specifica-tions, as equivalent to km. of 2 wire 4 wires on the branch lines are supportedon hardwood cross arms, thus permitting theuse of but one
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