POLE-LINE CONSTRUCTION 



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be set at least 2 ft. in the ground 3 ft. would be better if too much difficulty is not 

 encountered in digging. The distance between the brace and the pole, as measured on 

 the ground, should be not less than one-half of the height of the pole above ground. 

 The bottom end of the brace should rest on a flat stone or piece of log or plank. After 

 boring a -in. hole through both the brace and the pole just above the point where the 

 bottom edge of the brace touches the latter, the brace should be bolted tightly to the 

 pole with a f-in. galvanized-iron bolt, using galvanized-iron washer, 21-in. square 

 and tc-in. thick under both the head of the bolt and under the nut. 



Do no? cuf or notch ~ff>e //ne po/e- 

 Sroce po/e shou/d ' 6e ~f/tfe< 

 fo //ne po/e 



Washer- 



Fig 1 . 14 Method of bracing 



2 GUYS 



(a) Anchor Guys. Anchor guys (Fig. 15) should be made of two pieces of line 

 wire (No. 9 B.W.G.) twisted together, and, if possible, of sufficient length to reach from 

 the bottom of the lowest 'bracket to a point on the ground at a distance from the 

 bottom of the pole equal to the height of the bracket above the ground 1 , but under no 



