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“Why didn’t you take the land next door? It’s for sale,” Kilby protested.
“Because of a difference in the soil,” Long said.
“It’s the same damn soil,” Kilby argued. Long said no, and continued to describe how the drainfield would be constructed.
“Do you know why I don’t plow that land?” Kilby asked. “Because it washes so bad.” Long said the Soil maps indicate the land would be usuable for a septic field. Long said the land would be leased.
“You’d damn well better buy mine, and at one hell of a price,” Kilby said.
LONG continued, again. He explained that the state and federal governments would pick up as much as 95% of the costs. The remaining five per cent would be amortized by the users over a period of years.
Presumably, the users would
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