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give the railway company owning, operating, or using the said railway at least seventy- 

 two hours' prior notice thereof in writing, and the said railway company shall be 

 entitled to appoint an inspector, under whose supervision such work shall be done, and 

 whose wages, at a rate not to exceed three dollars per day, shall be paid by the appli- 

 cant. When the applicant is a municipality and the work is on a highway under its 

 jurisdiction, the wages of the inspector shall be paid by the railway company. 



4^ (a) It shall not, however, be necessary for the applicant to give prior notice 

 in writing to the railway company as above provided 1 in regard to necessary work to 

 be done in connection with the repair or maintenance of the lines or wires when such 

 work becomes necessary through an unforeseen emergency. 



5 Where the wires or cables are to be erected at the railway and carried above, 

 below, or parallel with existing wires, either within the span or spans to be constructed 

 at the railway or within the spans next thereto on either side, such additional pre- 

 cautions shall be taken by the applicant as the Engineer of the Board shall consider 

 necessary. 



6 Nothing in these conditions shall prejudice or detract from the right of the 

 company owning, operating, or using the railway to adopt at any time the use of 

 electric or other motive power, and to place and' maintain along, over, upon, or under 

 its right of way, such poles, lines, wires, cables, pipes, conduits, and other fixtures and 

 appliances as may be necessary or proper for such purposes. Liability for the cost of 

 any removal, change in location or construction of the poles, lines, wires, ca'bles or 

 other fixtures or appliances erected by the applicant along, ovsr or under the tracks 

 of the said railway company, rendered necessary by any of the matters referred to in 

 this paragraph, shall be fixed by the Board on the application of any party interested. 



7 Any disputes, arising between the applicant and the said railway company as 

 to the manner in which the said 1 wires or cables are to be erected, placed or main- 

 tained, used or repaired, shall be referred to the Engineer of the Board, whose decision 

 shall be final. 



8 The wires or cables of the applicant shall be erected, placed and maintained 

 in accordance with the drawings approved by the Board and the specifications following. 

 If the drawing and 1 specifications differ the latter shall govern unless a specific state- 

 ment to the contrary appears in the Order of the Board. 



9 In every case in which the line of a railway -company is to be constructed 

 along or under the wires or cables of a telegraph or telephone company, the construc- 

 tion of the telegraph or telephone line or lines of the company shall be made to con- 

 form to the foregoing specifications, and any changes necessary to make it so conform 

 shall be made by the telegraph or telephone company at the cost and expense of the 

 railway corrpany. 



OVERHEAD LINES 



Specifications 



A Labelling of poles. Poles, towers, or other wire-supporting structures on each 

 side of and adjacent to railway crossings, to be equipped with durable labels showing 

 (a) the name of the company or individual owning or maintaining them, and (ft) 

 the maximum voltage between conductors; the characters upon the labels to be easily 

 distinguished from the ground. 



B Separate lines. Two or more separate lines for the transmission of electrical 

 energy shall not be erected or maintained in the same vertical plane. The word 

 " lines," as here used, to mean the combination of conductors and! the latter's support- 

 ing poles, or towers and fittings. 



Location of poles, etc. Pole% towers, or other wire-sup'wrting structures to 

 be located generally a distance from the rail not less than equal to the length of the 

 poles or structures used. Poles, towers, or other wire-supportin? structures must 



