[AT] Re: NAA Grader Blade - Instant gratification

[Mark Greer]

I guess I was thinking divided highway and run the pipeline down the middle.
It is wasted land and ought to be used for stuff like this.
Mark

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "George Willer" <gwill at toast.net>
To: "'Antique tractor email discussion group'"
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Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 11:04 AM
Subject: RE: [AT] Re: NAA Grader Blade - Instant gratification


> Mark,
>
> That doesn't work in most cases in rural areas.  The rural property owners
> own to the center of the roadway and the county or whoever only has an
> easement FOR PUBLIC ROAD PURPOSES.  Exceptions have been legally made for
> electric and telephone on the presumption that the property in question is
> being served.  A private pipeline, on the other hand, actually requires a
> separate easement from each property owner... unless they are also serving
> each property.  In most cases, the public doesn't actually own the
> right-of-way and can't grant the necessary easement.
>
> BTDT
>
> George Willer
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com [mailto:at-
> > bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Mark Greer
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 9:46 AM
> > To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> > Subject: Re: [AT] Re: NAA Grader Blade - Instant gratification
> >
> > If someone was thinking they'd run that pipeline along the highway
access
> > and kill two birds with one stone (or at least only pi$$ of half as many
> > landowners).
> > Mark
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Francis Robinson" <robinson at svs.net>
> > To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-
> > tractor.com>
> > Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2006 12:27 AM
> > Subject: RE: [AT] Re: NAA Grader Blade - Instant gratification
> >
> >
> > >
> > > We have been watching that one pretty close... That is "supposed" to
go
> > > about 4 miles north west of the farm. I hope it stays up there.
> > > They are also in the early stages of running a huge cross-country
> > natural
> > > gas pipeline through just about the same distance south of the farm.
> > They
> > > are building a local bypass right now (my road has been closed about a
> > week)
> > > that will pass within a half mile of the north west corner of the
farm.
> > 1500
> > > houses are being constructed on both sides of that bypass and the
Garst
> > > Seeds research farm I used to manage about a mile across the field
from
> > me
> > > is being dug up all over and will have 2 lakes and a herd of new
houses.
> > > That is in addition to the 1500 new houses we already knew about. The
> > new
> > > Honda plant going up about 15 - 16 miles southeast of us has
> > construction
> > > crews working 24-7 ripping up 1200 acres of farm land. I now
understand
> > that
> > > a second plant is going up there next to it for another company that
is
> > a
> > > vendor for Honda. I spend a lot of time looking over my shoulder for
> > fear
> > of
> > > getting a house dropped on me, Wizard of OZ style, while I work. A
> > railroad
> > > clips the corner of the farm that is on "the list" for an upgrade to a
> > 150
> > > MPH line. God only knows where that will end up since they also are
> > talking
> > > bypassing the city with it. Next to it is an old traction line right
of
> > way,
> > > which we acquired back some years ago, but it has a power company
right
> > of
> > > way on it that is still used. We have an old AT&T long line right of
way
> > > across the farm and a few years ago they put a fiber optic line in
next
> > to
> > > it. Some years  ago they were set to run a huge feeder power line
across
> > the
> > > south end of the farm but they found a bunch of bad concrete in the
> > nuclear
> > > plant they were building down on the Ohio and quit that one (for now).
> > > Another company wants to drill for natural gas on the farm but I'm
> > balking
> > > over the wording that would also give them the right to drill for oil,
> > dig
> > > for coal, copper, diamonds, chocolate chip cookies or anything else...
> > They
> > > are also allowed to come in and buy rights then just resell them to
> > anybody.
> > > No thanks.
> > > Remember back when you could just farm???
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > "farmer"
> > >
> > > The brave may not live forever but the easily frightened may never
live
> > at
> > > all.
> > >
> > > Francis Robinson
> > > Central Indiana, USA
> > > robinson at svs.net
> >
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