. The Street railway journal . upplied without rods and are installed as shown in Fig. 1. Apiece of galvanized-iron cable or wire, 7 ft. or 8 ft. long, isattached to the eye of a rodless anchor and is then passedthrough the hollow pipe of the installing wrench, shown in theillustration. The anchor is then keyed to the wrench and thewire drawn tight, after which a clamp is set flush with thecross-bar of the wrench, as illustrated in Fig. 1. The anchoris then screwed into the ground, care being taken to insertthem so that the connecting cable will be at exactly the anglesin which the guy wire is
. The Street railway journal . upplied without rods and are installed as shown in Fig. 1. Apiece of galvanized-iron cable or wire, 7 ft. or 8 ft. long, isattached to the eye of a rodless anchor and is then passedthrough the hollow pipe of the installing wrench, shown in theillustration. The anchor is then keyed to the wrench and thewire drawn tight, after which a clamp is set flush with thecross-bar of the wrench, as illustrated in Fig. 1. The anchoris then screwed into the ground, care being taken to insertthem so that the connecting cable will be at exactly the anglesin which the guy wire is to run. When as deep as the condi-tions of the ground permit, the wrench is disconnected andwithdrawn, and the guy wire is attached. The rodless anchors are only made in 5-in. and 6-in. sizes are made with a permanent rod, and are installedas shown in Fig. 2. The rod is slipped through the hollowwrench, after which a metal or wooden wedge is driven firmlyinto the eye, as shown in the engraving. The wedge prevents.
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