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New Method Will Aid Ml] A Pipe-Laying

SWAINTON - When contractors begin laying a pipeline for the county Municipal Utilities Authority's ( MUA ) wastewater treatment plant across Townsend's Inlet next month, they will be using a new method that will save MUA users almost $600,000 while causing a minimal amount of disruption to the environment. Called directionally controlled drilling, the method was first developed in the mid-West and used extensively in the oil transmission process, particularly when oil pipelines had to be laid under the Mississippi River. According to a video presentation on the process shown to the MUA commissioners at their regular Wednesday meeting, it has been used in 75 river crossings without one failure. The operation will be performed by Reading and Bates Construction of Houston, Tex., the firm that developed and patented the technique. According to John J. Purciello. vice president of R.J. Longo Constriction Co.. the MUA general contractor for tha job. one piece of equipment is all that is needed fbr the job. which uses a sfijsor unit in the drilling process that feeds the coordinates back to a computer. The com-

puter plots the location and i direction during drilling. / The first hole drilled is a > five-inch pilot hole, he said. ) After the pilot hole is drillt ed from one side of the inlet > to a predetermined point on 1 the other side, a reamer t unit is used to drill a larger > hole. The pipe, which will be f pulled through the hole ; once it is completed, is welded together as one - complete unit, x-rayed and I pressure tested prior to its t journey under the inlet. MUA Chief Engineer ' Charles M. Norkis said the • pipe will be buried from 30 i to 50 feet, instead of the usual 10 feet. This means, i he said, that it is protected from erosion, maintenance dredging and actual damage from anchors. When Longo was granted a contract change order to use this method, there was an immediate reduction in the cost of th" project of $272,387.95. "However, there has been considerable silting in the inlet since the original design and Longo could have legitimately charged for the removal of this additional silt, which would have cost another $240,000." Norkis said. "And there is an additional savings in the cost of an easement we would have had to have." Norkis said staging for ; the operation will begin Feb. 15, with the actual bore expected to begin around March 1. .

New Veep At Marine WILDWOOD - Joseph ; O. Hutchinson has been appointed vice president, mortgages, at Marine National Bank here. He will be responsible for origination and evaluation of commerI cial and residential mortgages. Hutchinson was formerly regional vice president \ with the American Title Insurance Co., New York. He has also been vice presi- \ dent of Guarantee Bank : and president of the Bank • of Central Florida. He plans to relocate to : Cape May County. JOSEPH HUTCHINSON

Doris Ward PARTNERS — Left to right, Charles Sansome. Pete Barnes and Skip Holizapfel in front of Wildwood s newest restaurant. Seasons. Tne trio and their wives paid $!.] million for the building at 222 E. Schellenger Ave., which formerly housed Neil's Oyster House.

Avalon Chamber Cites Chief

By JOE ZELN'IK AVALON — Chamber of Commerce members last week presented a plaque of appreciation to Police Chief Joseph Foley who recently retired after 29 years service. Members also gave a hearty round of applause to the chief, which took considerable effort since they had just finished a humongous Italian buffet at Tridi Jo's restaurant in Stone Harbor And the buffet had included a "wine tasting" courtesy of Gallagher's Liquor Store in Avalon. Also highlighted was a slide presentation by former chamber president Dan Keene with narration by current president Miriam Kauterman. It showed new 'and renewed Dune Drive businesses with a few shots

of Venice slipped in to make sure everyone was awake. r Prior to the dinner meeting, members were treated to hors d'oeuvres at the home of Walt and Marie Fellbenbaum. This meeting was unique in that it was the annual venture to Stone Harbor because of the paucity of open restaurants in Avalon in January. The locale was probably the reason Avalon's new police chief, Louis Taylor, at one point credited the Stone Harbor Police Department with some of the Avalon department's achievements. He quickly corrected himself. Also curious was the absence of any mention of the borough's upcoming mayoral recall election Jan. 28. not even a reminder to vote. That could be because chamber members reportedly are as divided as the rest of the town.

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