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Page 4 - Memo, John Latham/Jim McDougal
July 1, 1986
Additionally, the density of the foliage prohibited a view of the
ocean from the interior lots lying immediately behind the ocean
front lots, thereby diminishing the value of those lots because of
this lack of view of the water.
Initially, unsuccessful attempts were made to employ timber
cutters with chain saws to selectively clear the ocean front lots.
This process proved too slow and too costly. When it was
determined that lot preparation could not keep pace with sales
using this method and further determined that this process
distracted from the beauty of the lots because it left them
covered with stumps, another solution was sought.
Mr. Randolph, who was thoroughly familiar with the use of
mechanical methods employed by the company to prepare lots for
sale and who had had extensive experience working in various
subdivisions owned by the company, was asked to come to Campobello
to devise a method of overcoming this landscaping and marketing
problem. Upon his arrival he immediately leased the proper bull
dozer for such work and trained bull dozer operators living on the
island as to the proper method of selectively clearing the lots and
removal of the rsulting debris from the lots. Direct correlation
by the increasing sales and his arrival is easily demonstrative.
For example, every lot he caused to be prepared in his first week
of work was sold that weekend. His additional duties involved
building driveways which permitted access from the main
thoroughfare through the lot to the water's edge.
The company owns a large tract of land abutting the highway
immediately at the entrance to the island. Our predecessor in
title had cut the timber from this tract some years ago. When
this sort of clear cutting occurs on that island, a large bushy
plant, which is quite unattractive, grows to a great height and
has an especially virulent root system which inhibits its removal
effectively even by a bull dozer. Mr. Randolph purchased a new 70
horsepower tractor then attached a device known as a "tree eater"
to be used in the eradication of this plant. This method was
effectively employed and the entrance to the island again
beautified so as to make the ocean visible, thus greatly
enhancing the value of our entire property. Mr. Randolph left the
tractor he purchased at Campobello where it is in use until this
time. Personnel he trained in the proper method of beautification
of our property are continuing the process this year with very
beneficial effects.
JM/ss
Att
4
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