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Rt 4, Box 516 Iiillaborough, N.C. 27278 N - � General Manager, Southeastern surveys January 24, 1978 3024 Pickett Ros Re : TRESPASS , Barbour Property , Durham, North Carolina #2 of series. Dear Sir: My letter a January 23rd , #1 of series, refers. My understanding of matter is thi . As I recall, on Monday January 16th, .1978, an un- marked white panel trucks with boat on top, parked in my drive and a man cane to my door, stated that he was doing work for Army Engineers and asked permission to park in my drive while he made a survey on the creek (behind my house and on my property ). This approach did not get our meet - ing off to a ver3 good start . Possibly your PRO can improve on it . When questioned , your employee , apparently head man of a 4 man crew, stated he was MI a Addison of Southeastern Surveys , surveying creeks for the Army Engines s; that the river had already been surveyed ; that the raver survey creu did not trespass on my land but had made their survey from roads and bridges; sad that the unmarked uhi.te truck belonged to Southeastern Surveys. I then pave Mr. Addison permission to be on my private property with these words ., Go ahead - make yourselves at home. " when fir. Addison and his crew returned from creek area , I asked if he ha:i finished. -11r. Addison replied that he had not and would have to come back again; that he was to get readings left by another crew and could not locate heir darker. I informed 14r. Addison that no earlier crew had received or asked my permission to be on my private property , talked about righ s of free men in a free country ,, and told him about the Eno River Association and its efforts over a period of years to get me condemned off Fy land for a park (and that strangely enough, four of the E.R.A. Board of Directors owned river valley land khich Sias not yet included in the p rk and that our attorneys had recent written assurances from Raleigh that 85 of December 1977 none of these Pour .rssociation Directors has any orsl or written agreement with the State to put his own land into the par,•) Informed Mr. Addison that he would hive to have my prior permission o enter my .land again. After Mr. Ad: icon left 1 phoned Southeastern Surveys F-nd asked for person in charge of fir. Addison's survey crew. Spoke with a �,r. James Hudson, who stated, in effect , that he was in charge of the survey crew; that if Mr. Addis 'a could not find markings of earlier crew then probably the other crew had not been on my land; that (also in response to sty query ) SE Surveys was not a poor struggling company on the verge of bankruptcy , but to the contrary was a strong company in a prominent position; that their contract with Army Engineers was not lucrative enough to provide for locating the property owners (via Tax Maps at Courthouse - my suggest - ion. ) and getting permission to enter private property; also that this item of expense was not included in their estimate for bidding on the contract ; that he had notified the orange County Flanning Officer shat they would be doing in our county; and that be, Mr. Hudson (this was at my specific request ) would write me a setter asking my permission in writin,g to enter m private property , and that this letter would state the reason it was necessary to come back again - that is, verify that one of his crews had in fact trespassed on my private property, Encl : (2 ) to S. G. Barbour letter dtd Feb. 3rd , 1978 to Chairman and Board , 01 ange County Commissioners.