94 Telephone Systems of the Continent of Europe 



weigh a 

 eluding 



I. 



FIG. 27 



little over four tons. They cost about r$d. per lb., in- 

 erection. There is one at Termonde which measures 

 in feet over all, of which 96*5 feet 

 are above ground : it carries fifty 

 wires and cost about i6o/. Ex- 

 '6 pensive as such structures appear 



"* -- J T. as regards first cost, they arc, when 



350. j kept properly painted, practically 



-Dimensions in millimeters everlasting. 



Wires are usually led into sub- 

 scribers' premises by open spurs dropped when possible at the 



FIG. 28. Dimensions in millimeter' 



backs, out of sight from the street. Fig. 27 shows a handy insu- 

 lator spike for this purpose. The insulator, which is fixed with 



