Subterranean utility distribution system

Claim 1

AN UNDERGROUND INSTALLATION FOR DISTRIBUTION OF UTILITIES SERVICES WITHIN A PARCEL OF LAND HAVING A LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING LENGTH OF ROADWAY LOCATED THEREIN AND BEING DIVIDED INTO A PLURALITY OF LOTS ALONG SAID ROADWAY EACH OF WHICH IS DEFINED AT LEAST IN PART BY A PROPERTY LINE TRANSVERSELY ORIENTED WITH RESPECT TO SAID ROADWAY, SAID INSTALLATION COMPRISING: (A) A PLURALITY OF MAIN CONDUITS DEFINING UTILITY SERVICES AND BEING DISPOSED IN SAID LAND BELOW ITS SURFACES AND EXTENDING ALONG A SIDE OF SAID ROADWAY LATERALLY EXTERIOR THERETO; AND (B) A PLURALITY OF GROUPS OF BRANCH CONDUITS DISPOSED IN SAID LAND BELOW THE SURFACE THEREOF AND EXTENDING LATERALLY FROM SAID MAIN CONDUITS IN TRAVERSING RELATION WITH SAID LENGTH OF ROADWAY, EACH GROUP OF BRANCH CONDUITS BEING SPACED FROM THE NEXT GROUP THEREOF LENGTHWISE OF SAID MAIN CONDUITS AND BEING LOCATED AND ORIENTED TO EXTEND FROM THE VICINITY OF SUCH PROPERTY LINE ON ONE SIDE OF SAID LENGTH OF ROADWAY TO THE VICINITY OF A PROPERTY LINE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF SAID ROADWAY TO ENABLE A PLURALITY OF ADJACENT LOTS TO BE SERVED BY A SINGLE TRAVERSAL OF SAID ROADWAY AND BY THE GROUP OF BRANCH CONDUITS MAKING THE SAME, THE BRANCH CONDUITS CONSTITUTING EACH GROUP THEREOF BEING RESPECTIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID MAIN CONDUITS TO PROVIDE SUCH UTILITY SERVICES AT THE OTHER SIDE OF SAID LENGTH OF ROADWAY; THE LAND DEFINING SAID LENGTH OF ROADWAY BEING ESSENTIALLY DEVOID OF UTILITY CONDUITS BELOW THE SURFACE THEREOF, OTHER THAN FOR SAID BRANCH CONDUITS.