A24—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 25,1984
ELVERSON Contractors from
Montgomery, Lancaster and
Chester Counties met recently in
Elverson to swap experiences,
hear plans for contractor cer
tification, and to visit with
exhibitors of related conservation
materials. The pilot program,
sponsored by the Land Im
provement Contractors
Association (L.1.C.A.), attracted
more than 60 participants.
Willis Stauffer, Denver, former
President of Penna. L.I.C.A. and a
Director of the National L.I.C.A.
was a prime planner of this first
program. Stauffer anticipates that
other L.I.C.A. chapters will use
this workshop as a model.
Bernie Morrissey, Ephrata,
L.I.C.A. Insurance representative,
was moderator for the day’s
events. He also arranged many of
the details of the program. Lunch
was furnished by State Equipment,
Lancaster, Giles and Ransome,
Philadelphia, Cleveland Brothers,
Harrisburg and Case Equipment,
Mechanicsburg.
Programs of Land Improvement Contractors Association
are explained by Bernie Morrisey, Ephrata, left, to Harry
Schlimme, Elverson; while Willis Stauffer, Denver, looks on.
coaxial cable to, from the left, Thane Messick, Middletown;
Craig Myers, Honeybrook; and Tom Baker, Coatesville.
Land contractors hold session
Chuck Storm of AT&T and
Charles Fabo, Division Engineer
with Texas Eastern Pipe Line,
credited contractors with good
safety records because of their use
of the “One Call Service”. This is a
service for any contractor who
plans an earth moving job. The
“One Call” by the contractor will
alert utilities to digging activities
that would damage service. If a
pipe line or a telephone line is near
the digging area, a representative
will be sent to stake out the line.
Storm indicated that a break in
the main AT&T cross-country
cable would represent lost
revenues of more than $lO,OOO per
minute. Repair costs would add to
the total bill. Charles Fabo told the
group that a break in the Big Inch
or little Inch Line would mean
destruction and instant death to
anyone within 300 feet of the break.
Other exhibitors included
Dormac Co., York, geotextile
fabrics and Certain-Teed Company
with plastic drainage tubing.
“Contractors would save tune
and thereby lower costs to their
customers by becoming “cer
tified”, explained Elbert Wells,
District Conservationist, Chester
County SCS. Those contractors
willing to meet the standards and
specifications established by the
Conservation Service,
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This is the sixth and final meeting
in Extension’s winter series.
Speakers will be Robert
Latimer, Rutgers’ Farm
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The contractor’s work would be
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Horse meeting on Thursday
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STOCKING DISTRIBUTORS FOR
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