CO129-545-7 Telegraphy and Telephony- amendments to legislation 1-11-1933 - 24-3-1934 — Page 47

A.D. 1925.1

TELEPHONE.

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(b) Cause any line or cable to be protected, insulated or enclosed in order that the same may not affect, endanger or interfere with any other telegraph line or cable or any line or cable for the carriage of electrical current :

(c) Where any such work as aforesaid shall necessi- tate the opening or breaking up of any street make good the surface thereof.

overhead

28. The Director may, by notice in writing to the Com- Overhead pany, require that all or any overhead lines shall be lines to be placed in cables and that all or any overhead lines or cable places in shall be placed underground, and upon receipt of notice in cables and that behalf the Company shall, at its own cost and charges, lines and within a reasonable period not exceeding two years from cables to be the date of such notice, carry out the works required by placed such notice.

underground on notice.

Provided that the Company shall only be required to place its lines underground in those parts of its system in which twenty or more wires can in the opinion of the Director be conveniently grouped together, and the opinion of the Director in this respect shall be conclusive and binding on the Company.

29. The Company shall at its own cost and charges, Wires in within two years from the commencement of this Ordinance Victoria to or such later limit of time as may be specified and approved be placed of by the Governor in Council and notified in writing to underground. the Company, place underground such as may be practic- able of its wires or cables passing over, across or along

any street in the City of Victoria.

30. The Company shall, on and from the 1st day of Improved July, 1925, take over, maintain and operate the public and efficient telephone service in the Colony, and shall within such service to be period of time as the Governor in Council may decide provided and to be reasonable, install an improved system of telephone in repair.

works kept service to be approved of by the Governor in Council, with modern appliances, including all reasonable modern inventions. The Company shall also, at all times during the continuance of the Director a good efficient and con- tinuous service of public telephonic communication. Company shall likewise provide buildings for its plant and offices, and shall keep in a good and sufficient state of

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