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To: A.J. Mullen who wrote (4079)	1/23/2002 12:05:35 AM
From: Jon Koplik	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12245

Pa. Utility Photographing (Utility) Poles January 22, 2002 Pa. Utility Photographing Poles By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Filed at 7:15 p.m. ET PITTSBURGH (AP) -- A utility that lost track of the companies that have strung lines from its 300,000 utility poles has begun a three-year project to photograph each pole and try to sort out who is using them. After a half century of leasing the poles to telephone companies and others who needed somewhere to hang their lines, Duquesne Light Co. is unsure whose lines are whose. It also believes squatters may have strung lines illegally on the company's poles, spread over 800 square miles in the Pittsburgh area. ``There are so many companies that attach to our utility poles,'' said Duquesne spokesman John Laudenslager. Utility employee Daniel Baker has taken pictures of about 20,000 poles so far. While seven hours a day taking pictures of utility poles might seem laborious, he says he was happy to get the job. ``I had done three years of construction,'' he said, ``and this is a lot easier.'' ^------ On the Net: Duquesne Light Co.: dqe.com Copyright 2002 The Associated Press