312 TelepJione Systems of the Continent of Europe 



OUTSIDE WORK 



The wire generally employed is 1*25 mm. phosphor bronze, 

 although there is also some 1*5 mm. bronze and 2 mm. 

 galvanised iron. With the exception of a few short lengths of 

 aerial cable, used where way-leaves were difficult to obtain, the 

 whole of the system is open wire. No commencement has been 

 made with underground work. The Lisbon roofs are not well 

 adapted for the erection of standards, and the fixtures are mostly 

 of the wall-bracket kind illustrated in the French, Italian, and 

 Austrian sections. These fixtures and their wires are erected and 

 attended to by the aid of telescopic fire-escape ladders. In 

 Oporto single iron standards on the roofs and ground poles are 

 also employed ; these carry from twenty-five to a hundred wires, 

 but their constructive details are not in any wise noteworthy. 



PAYMENT OF WORKMEN 



Foremen receive 6s. 8^., wiremen 35-. 6^., and labourers 25. 

 per day ; the hours of duty being from 7 A.M. till 6 P.M. 



PAYMENT OF OPERATORS 



Girls commence as probationers, and give their services gratis 

 until competent. Thereafter they receive 30^., rising to 2/., and 

 finally to 2.1. los. per month. Lady superintendents receive 3/. 

 The hours of daily duty are eight. The service between 6 P.M. 

 and 8 A.M. is performed by men. 



