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and economic advantages. The specifications will facilitate good en- 

 gineering and help to clarify questions bearing on the joint use of 

 poles. No attempt has been made to evaluate the economic savings, 

 but, in the long run, bringing substantially all production and utili- 

 zation together upon the basis of rational uniform sizes and specifica- 

 tions may be expected to produce economies and benefits in which all 

 concerned should share. 



