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times as may be required of them, so as to avoid the possibility
of any delay in starting to repair the line in case of interruption.
335. Linemen will be held responsible for the proper order Responsibility.
and maintenance of the batteries at offices within their sections.
336. On receipt of an order from the Superintendent, the
District Inspector, or, in the absence of the District Inspector
the Officer in Charge, not a moment must be lost in starting Expedition.
the lineman to find out the cause of any interruption or fault
on the line, and to repair the same.
337. In the event of an office at which a lineman is Control.
stationed being cut off from communication, so that the lineman
cannot communicate with the Superintendent or the District
Inspector, he will then act under the instructions of the Officer
in Charge of the nearest office with which he can communicate.
In any case, the lineman will be held responsible for effecting
the repairs as speedily as possible.
338. When a lineman arrives at any fault or obstruction Repairs.
he must repair the same temporarily, but in a manner sufficiently secure to establish communication without fear of the
temporary repairs so effected giving way. He must then proceed onwards until he meets the lineman from the opposite
direction, or until he arrives at the next office. On his way
back to his own office he will complete the temporary repairs.
339. In cases where both or all wires are down in one Restoration of
place the lineman will, where sufficient material is not in hand communication
for the repair of all the wires, put one wire through, if necessary at the expense of the other wire or wires, so as to restore
immediate communication. The wire to be given this preference will be the No. 1 wire. As soon as No. 1 is put
through as above directed, the repair of the other wires in that
place must follow immediately, unless it is known to the lineman
that the wires on other parts of his section are down, in which
case he will proceed to the place at which the damage exists,
and there put the No. 1 wire into working-order.
340. In all cases where the lineman is out searching for a Search of line
fault he is to proceed along the line until he arrives at such for fault.
fault, or meets the lineman from the next office. In the event
of his finding nothing wrong with the line, and not meeting the
lineman from the next office, he is to proceed along the line,
making a faithful examination of it, until he reaches the next
office, where he will report his arrival and the result of his
examination to the Inspector of his district.
341. When the linemen meet on any section of the line Co operation
and one has discovered the fault for which they were sent out, of linemen.
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