Show line cabin destroyed by fire power company offers reward for arrest of culprits saturday september 25 the transmission lino line patrol crew of the telluride power company discovered that the line patrol cabin in fish creek had burned to the ground leaving only a pile of ashes and debris from clues found on the ground the fire was of 0 recent occurrence occur ence and could not be attributed tri buted to lightning and the cabin showed recent occupancy because the burned looks locks from the door had been broken open the burned area was confined to the limits of the cabin yard which showed that the fire had not started in brush adjacent to the cabin site because of the importance of telluride cabins such as this one along the transmission lines as shelter and refuge for the line crews during the winter months especially when the crews are arc out for days at a time or during a storm the power company is gravely concerned they have posted a reward for information in leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons who caused the fire work is being rushed on the building of a new cinder block c cabin abin which must be completed before the fall storms one official of the company p pointed hinted out how dependent the men were upon these cabins and how they must be maintained at all times to protect the lives of the cre crewmen WM en |