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"Laborers' wages have increased, along with benefits, to the point where it has become very expensive for American foundry-men to run their businesses," said Lane Urbas, vice president and treasurer of Roman Stone Construction Co., a Bay Shore, N.Y.-based firm that manufactures pre-cast concrete products, including manhole "vaults" (the silos upon which manhole covers sit), at its Long Island factory.
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"Con Ed knew that we had a day-to-day supply of manhole covers on hand, so they asked us if we could provide them with some covers to get them out of the jam that they were in," Roman Stone's Urbas said.