The Hopkins County Echo (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 93, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, April 12, 1968 Page: 4 of 14
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Excessive water is the mortal
enemy of streets, as well as of
country roads
Without adequate drainage and
an impervious surface, too much
water will damage everything
from an unimproved dirt lane to
what appears to be a first class
paving job
Sulphur Springs has no storm
sewers except in the downtown
area Streets must carry away
the excess water Keeping pav
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Fiva-Faat Tiloo
One was completed last year
under the new street being built
linking Church and North Davis
in front of the Central Fire
Station
Two concrete tile structures
five feet in diameter will be
placed under Fuller Street a
short distance east of Town
Branch This will provide an
outlet for a huge flow of water
DAAINAG1 BOTTLENICK - A Sulphur Springs police patrol
car is seen slowly fording the flooded area on Texas Street, near
the Bell Street intersection, during the heavy rains Wednesday
Water runoff from the high ground in the vicinity of Sulphur
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Police reported that autos
driven by Mrs. Frank Bell, 702
Houston, and by Charles Hawkins,
303 Calvert, were stopped on the
square at a traffic signal leading
to Church Street when the Bell
auto was struck from behind by
a car driven by Johnny Burns,
Route One, Dike.
The Bell auto was shoved Into
the Hawkins vehicle.
Officers estimated damage at
$200 to the Bell auto, at $25 to
the Hawkins auto and at $75 to
the car driven by Burns, a De-
partment of Public Safety auto.
A damage report filed on an
accident occurring Wednesday
shows $2,100 in property damage
in that mishap.
Involved were cars driven by
Tony Highfleld, 1306 Doris Drive,
and Gary Gibson, Route 4.
Officers said both vehicleshad
passed a pickup truck on Highway
11 west of the city when they
bumped fenders. Both autos were
sent into spins on wet pavement
and both left the roadway and
ran into fencing along the right-
of-way.
No Injuries were reported in
either of the accidents.
The Hopkins County Echo is
authorized to announce the fol-
lowing as candidate? for office,
subject to the Democratic pri-
maries
For Sheriff:
PAUL R. JONES
DELPHIA LEEWR1GHT
I Reelection i
FRANKIE T MOTE
For County Attorney:
JOHN F. PERRY
1 Re-elerthm )
For Commissioner, Precinct I:
DEWITT LOYD
DALE SEWELL
RAY H (Peaches) ROMACK
J. J. (Jesse) SIMMONS
For Commissioner, Precinct J:
GUY BRADFORD
J. L. COURSON
For Commissioner, Precinct J:
MERVIN CHESTER
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LEX FITE
For Congress:
WRIGHT PATMAN
( K«-*l«*vt ton 1
For State Representative:
GEORGE T. HINSON
( Re-*iectton 1
CLIFTON (Scrappy) HOLMES
For Tax Assessor-Collector:
JOE R. POGUE
For District Attorney:
CAMERON McKINNEY
( Ro-^ election 1
HOLLIS D. GARMON
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that originates as far away as
city water tower on Carter
Street.
Underground drainage has
been provided in the south part
of the Hopkins County Indus
trial Park Concrete streets will
be built in this area primarily
because of the heavy water run-
off
Fills are being made to im-
prove drainage in the streets in
the eastern part of the city
scheduled for paving this year
To Cloor Ditchos
Concrete sections are sched-
uled for some street sections
where water flow is a particular
problem. Work will be contin-
ued on the clearance of various
drainage channels Ditches on
dirt streets will be cleared, with
obstructing trees and brush re-
moved.
Like the street problem it-
self, drainage improvement is
regarded as a challenge that
can be met •only a step at a
time as budget and opportunity
permit.
With each step, however, city
officials hope to move a little
closer to a more satisfactory
program for handling the mas-
sive torrents of water that roll
over Sulphur Springs and of
reducing the resulting damage
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Work Program Hit
The construction program it-
self has been complicated and
badly delayed by constant pres-
ence of water.
Paving work of any kind has
been impossible during the win-
ter. Water and sewer line in-
stallations have been crippled.
Springs have started flowing
in some of the excavations. Oc-
casional water line leaks have
added an extra note to the
situation.
In addition to being confront-
ed by the tremendous street re-
pair program, city officials are
aiming at making a solid start
toward more lasting solutions to
drainage problems under this
year's public works program
Underground drainage struc-
tures are being installed at
some of the most severe trouble
spots.
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It should come as no surprise
that the monthly water quality
control report for the City of
Sulphur Springs shows the level
of both of the city’s two major
reservoir lakes as “full.”
“The reports really should be
’overflowing,’ ” said City Mana-
ger Dennis Spellmann Thursday
morning.
The reports cover the status
of both Century Lake west of the
city and Lake Coleman on Main
Street. Heavy or at least steady
rains all winter have kept the
reservoirs full and at times water
has overflowed spillways at both
locations.
Despite the fact that there has
been virtually no need for outside
water consumption in the city
throughout the past few months,
water usage in Sulphur Springs
continues to climb, reflecting
more customers and suggesting
impending higher demands than
ever this summer, Spellmann
noted.
White Oak basin, a holding
reservoir near Century Lake,
was reported at 24 inches below
full at (he end of March. That
facility receives no runoff.
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Drainage Improvement
Offers City Challenge
have been hit by extensive
washing.
Repair and relief efforts have
proved largely temporary in na-
ture Truckloads of rock dump-
ed into some particularly bad
mudholes have simply disap-
peared. Many paving holes that
have been filled reappear after
the next big rain.
The situation is a common
one all over this area, although
extensive construction work in
progress has compounded the
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ing expenses within the bounds
of a strained budget has result-
ed in drainage problems being
given too little attention in
many places
Damage Backlog Hugo
After almost four months of
wet weather, the damage toll
to the city’s streets has reach-
ed serious proportions
Countless holes have been
gouged in asphalt paving Un-
paved streets have been trails
of mud most of the time and
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large storm sewer feeds the water to a drainage ditch to the
east (Photo courtesy of T. A Wright).
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Frailey, F. W. & Woosley, Joe. The Hopkins County Echo (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 93, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, April 12, 1968, newspaper, April 12, 1968; Sulphur Springs, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1585613/m1/4/: accessed May 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society.