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A traffic accident, a death and a forced retirement left Benjamin Arthur Drill as sole land agent at Texas Lighting Company in early 1984.

A massive reconstruction program of TLC’s transmission system necessitated an infusion of five trainee agents, but Ben’s problems were not all work related.

The ensuing struggle to assemble an effective right of way acquisition team provides an amusing tale of land acquisition just prior to the metamorphosis of flesh and blood utility companies to chrome and glass.

It is, of course, fictitious but obviously written by someone who's “been there – done that.” It is a rollicking fantasy, but practitioners of the right of way profession can easily identify with the situations experienced by these intrepid land agents.

 

Published:  August 2001      ISBN:  978-1-57168-955-9