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Newspaper
Deer Park Progress
Location
Deer Park, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1970
Page
9
Shell Chemical's new Deer Park ethylene facility shows a flare system functioning as both a safety valve and air pollution control during start-up. Supervisors R. W. Henry and W. R. Durland applaud the device's performance but hope for a future step to reduce flare use as the plant advances.
Cit Hall reports progress on the Kingsdale Street project from Center Street to Kalwick Street. A second blacktop lane is nearly finished, with weather permitting completion within a week. Sidewalk work on Luella Street nears completion and future lane striping plans are discussed. A 10-acre park land purchase in Ions Gardens is approved with 50 percent federal participation, totaling 35,420 dollars. The north sewer trunk line, awarded to Walter M Mischer Co. for 84,337.40 dollars, is 45 percent complete. The city outlines future capital improvements including water storage tanks, a booster pump, a trunk sewer line, and a new sewer plant, estimated at 900,000 dollars plus 100,000 for a trunk line and 125,000 for a new water well.
Mrs. W. D. Niblack thanks Richard Kowalik for work toward a much needed Luella Street sidewalk for Ridgeway addition children to walk to school. The new path will improve safety when school starts.
John G. Swint owner of Swint's TV and stereo equipment center at 1006 Center St expanded by opening a second shop in La Porte in June after starting in Deer Park last October. He specializes in RCA sets while stocking Zenith Admiral and Emerson brands along with cassette players records radios and stereo systems. He and his wife Sue Hargrove have a son and two daughters, and Swint holds a journeyman electronics certificate earned January 22. He previously worked seven and a half years as a Du Pont pipe fitter before dedicating full time to his business.
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