There was a pile of old power poles in an empty lot off Voght street, now removed by an apparent salvage contractor.The pile had old cedar poles some with a pieces of galvanized channel iron still attached from a stabilizing project more then two decades ago. some not, also in the pile were some recent pine poles that had been preserved with copper and arsenic solution and replaced in the last few years.

A source with in Hydro says that some pine poles are rotting and there is a swing back to cedar ones.  He also said that concrete poles like  the ones on the Valley View hyway leaving Kamloops going to Vernon are a problem because of  electrifying and disintegration because of it.  The source says that the power must be off to work on the poles because of the electrifying of the poles.

Editors note: the chemistry of some ground makes copper pipes carode  and some does not.

Today in history: May 2,1946

The “Battle of Alcatraz”  kills two guards and 3 inmates.