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must be interpreted most strongly against the draftsman: in this case, the utility.
Since 1928, the transmission line across the Camerons’ 82 acres has remained essentially the same, Konick continuedd. Voltage was upped from the original 22 KVa to 34.5 KVs but poles and conductors were not altered. In the current improvement project, PotEd has increased the number of poles on the Camerons’ property and significantly changed their appearance by increasing the heighth as much as 40 feet and adding conductors and insulators, Konick said.
In the past, there’s been no trimming by the utility along the power line, he told the court. But along the new 138 KV transmission wires, PotEd crews are cutting brush and branches 50 feet away, effectively increasing the utility’s territorial claim, Konick added.
In drawing Susan Cameron’s deed for the 82 acres, lawyer James W. Fletcher, co-counsel for PotEd in Thursday’s proceedings, included a specification that the utility had the right to use THE transmission line across the property, Konick told the court. But according to utility representatives’ statements, the 138 KV line will supplement, not replace, the old 34.5 KV line which will also be left standing, the attorney pointed out.
Showing the court a series of 16 inch by 20 inch color photographs of her property and the new powerline’s path, Susan Cameron described the upgraded transmission line as “the worst think that can happen to a landowner...a heck of a mess.” Under cross examination by Fletcher, she acknowledged that the photographs of the line do not accurately epict the lines
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