Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 224, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 September 1915 — Cable Again Pierced By Stake By Alley Workmen. [ARTICLE]

Cable Again Pierced By Stake By Alley Workmen.

Two hundred pairs of telephone wires were put out of condition again Saturday when water seeped through the cable which had been pierced by a stake driven by workmen in the alley in the rear of the telephone office. Floyd A. Gruver, superintendent of construction for the telephone company, and a force of men worked diligently Saturday night, Sunday and Sunday night in repairing the damage, which required the cutting out of some ten feet of cable, the readjustment -of the wires and the sealing of the cable. Several weeks ago a stake was driven through the cable by workmen in the alley apd a section of the new curbing was left out while the repairs were made to the cable. Friday the curbing was installed and again the workmen drove a stake through the tile and pierced the cable sleeve, permitting water to seep through and put the telephones out of commission. The repair work cost upward of S3O. Telephones in the east and north part of town, the country to the north and west and the telephones at Parr, Fair Oaks and Roselawn were out of use for about two days.