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Capra's Utilities, Inc. JUL 2 3 1999 <br /> Specializing in Sewer, Water, and Excavating <br /> 4120 Isle Avenue N. Lake Elmo, MN 55042 <br /> (612) 779 -9443 FAX 770 -4957 <br /> JULY 19, 1999 <br /> CITY OF CENTERVILLE <br /> 1880 MAIN ST <br /> CENTERVILLE, MN 5038 <br /> ON JULY 15th, 1999 WE DUG UP AND INSTALLED NEW SEWER AND WATER LINES AT <br /> 1763 MEADOW LANE. THE SEWER AND WATER LINES WERE RAN FROM THE <br /> BASEMENT TO THE PROPERTY LINE STUBS. <br /> WHEN WE DUG UP THE STUBS AT THE PROPERTY LINE. WE WERE SEVEN FEET <br /> DEEP AND FOUND A WOODEN STAKE IN FRONT OF THE SEWER STUB. WE HAND <br /> DUG BY THIS STAKE AND FOUND A 4 INCH P V C RISER AND CAP. WE CUT OFF <br /> THE CAP AND LAMPED DOWN THE RISER PIPE WITH A LIGHT. WE COULD SEE <br /> DIRT IN THE PIPE AT THE 45 DEGREE ELBOW. THIS ELBOW WAS ABOUT 4 FEET <br /> BELOW THE CAP. WE TIED ON TO THE CURB STOP WITH A SHORT PIECE OF <br /> COPPER AND FLUSHED OUT THE ELBOW. AFTER FLUSHING THIS OUT WE <br /> LOOKED DOWN THE 4 FOOT RISER PIPE AND COULD SEE THAT THE RISER HAD <br /> MOVED OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE 45 DEGREE ELBOW. WHEN WE NOTICED THE <br /> RISER HAD SEPARATED FROM THE ELBOW THIS AREA WAS NOT YET EXCAVATED BY <br /> US, WE HAND DUG INTO THE BANK AND LOOKED DOWN THE PIPE. <br /> THIS DAMAGE HAD TO HAVE BEEN DONE AT THE TIME OF BACKFILLING THE <br /> PROJECT. DAN SCHLUENDER FROM BONESTROO WAS THERE AND SAW THAT THE <br /> DAMAGE WAS DONE PRIOR TO OUR EXCAVATING. THE PUBLIC WORKS <br /> INSPECTOR HAD SEEN THIS AS WELL AND SAID IT WAS NOT OUR FAULT. WE <br /> ENCOUNTERED THIS SAME PROBLEM AT 6970 MEADOW CIRCLE. <br /> WE WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER. <br /> THANK YOU, <br /> ERNEST L CAPRA JR <br /> Licensed- Bonded - Insured <br />