What might these “extra” wires on the weather head have been or be for ?
Auxiliary structure, second meter, etc.
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It’s an apartment on a zero lot line with no accessory structure or 2nd meter cluster,
or any indication there ever was one.
This is right in the front of the building. It’s a hilltop location in a dense urban neighborhood, it’s nothing hidden.
Free electric grow room? 
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Morning, Bryce. Hope to find you well.
Thank for the thread. Got my mind thinking.
How old is the building may I ask? My take on it, the home is old/er by looking at the exterior rainwater downspout. ><1940’s?
Off the top of my head I would not consider what the residential overhead low voltage cables that continue past Splices were for.
There overhead cables extend beyond the splice and terminate >< 12" inches away.
I see no exposed conductors or damaged frayed sheathing.
What I do not like, how the PoCo overhead cables are secured to the mast.
1: The metallic weatherhead exhibits signs of metal corrosion.
2: No approved overhead cable mast bracket ket.
I see a shielded sheathed or jacketed cable,that appears non metallic, secured or affixed to what I consider, was the previous porcelain electrical overhead cable wall bracket. Form there the sheathed or jacketed cable is lassoed around the neck of the metallic conduit, just behind the corroded weather head. Lacking therein; an approved overhead cable mast bracket ket.
1: Note if the splice application continuity are maintained.
2: Were proper splice termination kits used.
PoCo-NEC governs low voltage wiring installation to prevent hazards.
That’s my wag.
Awaiting George Wells or Robert M. for technical referencing.
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Is there another building or structure right next to the drop? Around here there are certain urban areas where two buildings or homes are so close together that the feed both with a single drop. Could be remnants of something like that?
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There could have been another meter for practically anything; an accessory building, exterior lighting, parking lot lighting.
This seems more like a quiz than an inquiry. Is there something you’re not sharing?
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Like a photo of the building from across the street. 
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They might have been stealing electricity. They wrapped part of the messenger cable, which is also the neutral grounded conductor, to support the triplex on the conduit because the insulator is pulled away from the building. The integrity of the neutral has been compromised and it isn’t mechanically secure. That needs to be fixed. The insulator needs to be reattached.
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Several possibilities, but for us, it is “Improper splices at weatherhead or service entrance should be removed by licensed electrician.”
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Some remnant of past repair when the porcelain insulator pull out of the house or new entrance weather head was installed. Looks like the work of “Bubba” who did not want to call Power Company and instead just made do with lots of tape.
Not in this area.
The splice in our area is reserved for the POCO only.
Thus “Call POCO to report failed or improper splice at weatherhead”.
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