| It is a real epidemic and a danger to people | | | | license number, vehicle license, and take pictures |
| including children, dogs and cats, automobiles, | | | | of the load of scrap you are selling. Thieves are |
| motorcycles, and trucks. It is happening in cities, | | | | sometimes experts, removing the registered |
| towns, and boroughs. It is robbing us of tax | | | | seals on manhole covers and cutting them up so |
| dollars we do not have to spend. Philadelphia has | | | | they are not recognizable. |
| spent $300,000 at last count. Manholes can be | | | | Police tie the crime spree in scrap metal to the |
| thirty feet deep or more. If someone falls into an | | | | weak economy and the high price of all scrap |
| open manhole they could easily be maimed or | | | | metals. Heavy melt steel, the medium grade used |
| even killed. Two young people were injured in | | | | for manhole covers is $519 a metric ton. Thieves |
| recent months when they accidentally fell into an | | | | can get $5 to $40 depending on size and weight |
| uncovered manhole. If you hit an open manhole | | | | of the manhole covers. It has hit all parts of our |
| with a car, motorcycle, or truck you can end up | | | | country except New York City. Long Beach |
| with a sizable repair bill and a flat tire. | | | | California is trying to design vinyl or plastic |
| In Philadelphia alone more than 2,500 covers and | | | | manhole covers. It is happening in Europe too. |
| grates have disappeared in the past year. The | | | | Some cities have welded the manhole covers in |
| average in the past was about 100 a year. | | | | place, but this creates another problem. Manholes |
| Thieves have stripped some neighborhood roads | | | | are there so workmen can get in to repair water |
| so bad you have to be a defensive driver to | | | | lines, electrical systems, sewers lines, etc. This is |
| avoid the open manholes. Philadelphia Water | | | | the reason for manholes. There are new manhole |
| Department now has an employee acting as an | | | | covers that lock in place when they are installed, |
| under cover police officer watching the junk | | | | this seems to be the best answer for now. This |
| yards to see who is selling the manhole covers | | | | takes time and they are expensive. Where you |
| for scrap metal. They call the police in when they | | | | have locking manholes you still need Odor |
| see someone selling metal manhole covers they | | | | Eliminator Inserts with Inflow protectors and |
| have stolen. | | | | SWEETFILTER lV are manufactured to fit with |
| State houses are working to pass tighter laws to | | | | lockable manhole covers. The largest city in the |
| prevent this from happening with new regulations | | | | Midwest is our first sale to be installed. |
| for junkyards. Most junkyards record your diver's | | | | |