The Allen American (Allen, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 96, Ed. 1 Monday, June 23, 1980 Page: 1 of 14
fourteen pages : ill. ; page 23 x 15 in. Scanned from physical pages.View a full description of this newspaper.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
...page 5
The T
American
Monday, June 23, 1980
Allen, Texas
Vol. 10, No. 96
Printing firm gets $5.5 million loan
I
Rainstorm
A
• •• :• :• * 333:
hits Allen
3
•t
22
R
ENI
9
i
% a
84
Storm damage
IT'S HOT
Unseasonably dry weather, a
mechanical
breakdown,
Hen
P&Z applicants
to be screened
Soaring temperatures
boosting electric bills
Javier wins first
in national event
undetected water leaks north of
the city and an attempt to save
In other action, the council:
✓ Approved zoning recom-
mended by the planning and zon-
want to announce now so that
present employees (who would
not be transferred) would not find
out about the move.”
After listening to the presenta-
tion from Price, the council voted
unanimously to approve the
resolution for the bond.
First City Bank will purchase
the bond. The company expects
to close on the loan June 26.
The company is expected to
move to Allen in 1981.
The council did not openly
discuss the name of the company,
and neither did the man making
the presentation, later identified
as Rayford Price of the legal firm
of Hutchison, Price, Boyle and
Brooks.
In answer to questions from the
council Price told them “it’s
public information.”
The information was made
available to The Allen American
at city hall Friday morning.
Letters from the legal firm to
the council included in the packet
said that the bond money will be
used to construct the building for,
pany.
Information in the letter also
reveals that the company expects
to employ 250 people with a $3.6
million annual payroll.
Letters state that $385,000 will
be used for land and $4.1 million
for building, architects fees,
equipment, engineer’s and other
fees.
The is being set up between the
company and the Allen Industrial
Development Corporation.
The company guarantees pay-
ment of the loan. Price assured
A subcommittee of the Allen Ci-
ty Council will screen the 17 ap-
plicants who are seeking appoint-
ment to the planning and zoning
commission.
“We are very pleased with the
response,” said Mayor M.B. Pier-
son at the council meeting Thurs-
day.
Pierson noted with so many
people seeking the 4 positions ex-
piring in July it was impossible
for the council to make a decision
in Thursday’s meeting.
The subcommitee will hold brief
interviews with each of the can-
didates.
Seeking re-appointement are
commission members Bill Day
and Jim Pendleton.
Also seeking the positions are
Soaring temperatures this summer, combined with a May 27
rate adjustment are being reflected in higher monthly electric
bills, according to Boyd Williams, Texas Power & Light Com-
pany manager in McKinney.
In the 30-day period ending June 15, 1980, the average
temperature was 81.6 degrees. Over that same period in 1979,
the average temperature was only 75.2 degrees.
The average high temperature in those 30 days in 1980 was
92.8 degrees compared to 85.4 last year.
For the week ending June 14 of this year TP&L customers
consumed 19 percent more electricity than in the same week a
year ago.
TP&L officials believe that if the weather remains around
the 100-degree mark, within a few days the system peak de-
mand for electricity could pass last year’s mark.
“The increase in consumption of electricity by our customers
is caused by an increase in use of their air conditioners to com-
bat the higher temperatures,” Williams said. “This naturally
will increase the use of electricity and mean higher bills.”
Williams said that some of the things people can do to
minimize the increase in their bills would be to keep their ther-
mostats set at 78 degrees or higher and to see that air condi-
tioning units are operating at peak efficiency.
,s
1
by Jack Stein
Staff Writer of The American
a --
Monday-Wednesday
254
2 Striding Eagles
qualify for nationals
...page 10
demnity clause is in the agree-
ment.”
The resolution states that the
company “may be provided with
facilities to promote and develop
new and expanded manufacturing
enterprises to promote and en-
courage employement and the
public welfare.”
George Clark, of the Moran-
Hoffman realty firm representing
the company said in previous
hearings that the company plann-
ed to make a public announce-
ment in August, “and did not
Lovejoy board okays
office renovation
...page 14
FC
by Sherry Johnson
Assistant Editor
A printing and publishing com-
e pany from the Chicago area is the
“ “mystery industry” which is
building a 140,000 square foot
warehouse/office on 31 acres of a
121 tract at Bethany Road and
Highway 5.
Information about the com-
pany was contained in sealed
packets delivered to the Allen Ci-
ty Council Thursday night when
approval was requested for a
A resolution of a $5.5 million tax-
O free bond.
Thunderstorms which swept
through the Allen area early Fri-
day morning brought some much-
needed moisture to the nearly par-
ched earth. But it also caused
thousands of dollars of damage
and left hundreds of homes
without electrical power.
The electrical outage also left
Allen without a means of pump-
ing water from storage tanks at
FM 1378 and FM 2170 into the ci-
ty.
The thunderstorms dumped
1.52 inches of rain in the area, ac-
more than $20,000 in electrical
service charges combined to
cause serious problems with
Allen’s water supply early last
week.
The water shortage was so
severe that late Tuesday evening
88888888§
“expanding the printing and the council that “the taxpayers
publishing business” of the com- will have no liability and an in-
!
: 3
gcg
■ ■
3
■ • .c0j
§ “
..2i
/U-ez
-t.d
"odie
" .7, 7
s
a Lag?
/.e......
Texas Power & Light Co., crews
could arrive to begin repairs.
Boyd Williams, district
manager for TP&L, told The
American at 9 a.m. Friday that
electric power had been restored
to the Hillside homes, and a short
time later Allen Director of Public
Works Jimmy Eaton said the
water pumps had also received
power and were operating.
During the time electricity was
off, most of the water was ap-
parently drained from the
overhead storage tank but this
was quickly refilled once power
was restored.
The only other damage reported
in the area occured east of
Hillside where a construction out-
building was blown over on its
side.
Limbs were also reported
knocked from several trees in the
area. No injuries were reported.
Until the rains fell Friday,
Allen and surrounding area had
received only 0.12 inches of
moisture since May 28. The last
significent rainfall occured May
14-15 when 2 inches fell, accor-
ding to climatic observer Dr.
Harold Laughlin.
Friday’s rainfall brought the
total for 1980 to 11.79 inches
compared with a normal average
rainfall of 19.88 inches through
June.
the northeast section of Allen was
without any water, making life
uncomfortable for a few citizens.
It also posed a dangerous pro-
blem in that there was inadequate
water supply in case of major fire.
However, city utility officials
and the North Texas Municipal
Water District (NTMWD) acted
quickly to correct the problems
and water service was restored
within 1% hours.
City Manager Jon McCarty
said the problem began when
NTMWD began juggling its
water supply through the north
line which furnishes water to
Allen, 4 other cities and several
rural water districts. The problem
worsened when a mechanical
breakdown at the Allen service
point eventually dropped water
pressure to dangerously low
levels in the city.
The shortage was most severe
in the Fountain Park area of Allen
where water stopped flowing
from faucets in some homes and
only a minimal amount was left in
water mains.
McCarty said automatic equip-
ment on the city’s 2 million gallon
storage tank at FM 1378 and FM
2170 normally keeps a minimum
of 5 feet of water inside the tank.
Wayne Armand, Claude Alex-
ander, Mae Pherigo, Gerald
Eberts, Bob Montgomery, Linda
Somer, Paul R. Randolph, Tom
Inkman and Jim Wolfe.
Also, Carol Heifner, Betty Mat-
thews, Chuck Williams, Paul
Parker, David Kerr and Sarah
Chumbley.
Mayor Pierson said that the
council will be appointing more
boards (such as the parks board)
in the near future and appealed to
the people who are not chosen for
the planning commission to “not
lose interest, there will be
numerous opportunities to
serve.”
The council will appoint the
new members in their July 3
meeting.
ri
8388888
ing commission for property an-
nexed in December, 1979.
✓Set public hearing date of Ju-
ly 3 on a side lot variance request
from Goodman Homes on 2 lots
in High Meadow # 2.
✓ Answered questions from
property owners about the west
side sewer project. No action was
taken since the Allen Manage-
ment Company had informed city
manager Jon McCarty that they
were not ready to recommend
which bid should be accepted.
✓Spent 3 hours discussing first
reading of ordinances for elec-
See COUNCIL on page 8
a.
*/ —
S a0 aan
g—mc - • -a.
. .....• "
— "■
liwjsmpe.
indery Inc.
an 49284
TSI
odd
- eangp"n
. —pn I
P,La
dhid,
, J U
Hoag & Sons 33
Springport, li
He explained that this equip-
ment will turn off pumps transfer-
ing water into the city when the
level drops to 5 feet, and won’t
allow them to restart until the
level reaches approximately 8
feet.
This equipment malfunctioned
and got a false reading, thus stop-
ping the water flow into the city.
At the same time, NTMWD of-
ficials had been keeping the water
level at 7% feet. They thought the
automatic pumps operated at the
7-foot level according to Carl
Rhein, executive director of the
water district.
Rhein said the water district
could have averted the problem
by around-the-clock usage of an
800 horsepower booster pump
located at Lucas, but chose not to
run this machine because of an
electrical surcharge assessed dur-
ing peak hours.
He explained that under
guidelines of the Public Utility
Commission, the electrical sur-
charge is assessed on the booster
pump at Lucas when it is used
between 10 a.m. and 10 p.m.
weekdays.
By running the Lucas pump on-
ly between 10 p.m. and 10 a.m.,
See PROBLEM on page 2
ecg,
wb
Tsod
h
s . < ■ * ■■■ L o as ■
, — .k
mog, 2- ..
gEeo-.T
""e- - absorbed into the dry ground.
abTnesiaottismloutagp.ocxaaad
gugKadzndlndnosspvegpo
- . and 3 alar.trical transformers near
Staff Photo by Jack Stein the Hillside water tower.
With a broken utility pole resting across a fence behind him, this Texas This terminated electrical
Power and Light Co., employee works on splices for 3 new transformers, power to most homes in the older
The company had to install the units after transformers were ruined Fri- section of Hillside Village, water
day morning when the pole near the Hillside water tower was knocked pumps at the storage tanks and
down by thunderstorms. Electrical power was out in part of Hillside virtually the entire rural area
Village and the area east of Allen for several hours while repairs were be- served by the line east of Hillside,
ing completed. Two electric service lines were
also knocked from poles and land-
B A A__ _ A A A Ay ed atop nearby homes but caused
vVQtGr probiGms sot^Gd -asmaeu
KH 'bbrelic-
— 11 v-ug
•se 2• t, J
-cte,Ew,
700 “ I
' ■ t ",9
h w
Pa.
efa.;
gga
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Camper, Buddy. The Allen American (Allen, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 96, Ed. 1 Monday, June 23, 1980, newspaper, June 23, 1980; Allen, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1424899/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Allen Public Library.