N.E.L.A. Bulletin Volume 3, No. 8 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 Excerpt: ...of each particular job. Our methods of arriving at standards, we believe, have been quite conservative. In general, we have followed the standards of the N. E. L. A. and of the Bell Telephone System with respect to pole setting, cross-arm framing and guying. Mechanically, a distribution pole line is quite like a telephone pole line, and since the telephone company has a very competent and conservative engineering department and has been in the business for a great many years, we have not hesitated to use methods adopted as standard by them. Of all the many patent guy anchors on the market, and their name is legion and their salesmen are numerous and persistent, there is only one, the Beirce, that has oeen taken seriously by us, and we would not even give a trial order for them until after the telephone company had adopted them after having made numerous tests. This anchor is good only in certain kinds of soil and is being used sparingly. We still tie to the old log anchor or "dead man" whenever there is any doubt. Then there are many kinds of guy clamps, insulator pins, brackets, and special devices which we consistently turn down and as a result called unprogressive by the salesmen. Occasionally a good new device is brought out and we have adopted a few of them. But we would rather miss several good ones than accept one bad one. But. of course, only a part of our standards, and those mostly mechanical, have been obtained from the N. E. L. A. and the telephone company. It has been necessary for us to work out our own salvation in many respects according to our own ideas and experience. We have found the ideas of the various district foremen very helpful in many respects. We have comparatively little trouble in working out those things which can be...