The Clifton Record and Bosque County Tribune (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 96, No. 18, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 1, 1991 Page: 6 of 18
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THC CLIFTON RECORD, WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 1991, PAGE 6A
TEXAS-NEW MEXICO POWER COMPANY’S new lignite-
fueled generating plant uses an innovative clean coal technolo-
gy which produce* "dean” emission* that meet the standard*
of the Clean Air Act of 1990. Evidence of these emissions is the
picture here of the stacks for Units 1 and 2 of the plant. Although
only Unit 1 was operational in this photo, its stack’s emissions
are not visible enough to distinguish it from the stack for Unit 2.
S ELECTRICITY
Continued Prom Page One
technology. When the first unit be-
gan commercial operation last Sep-
tember, it marked the largest
application of this clean coal tech-
nology in the nation.
This technology helps the plant
meet or exceed higher standards set
by recent amendments to theClean
Air Act without making expensive
investments in additional air pollu-
tion equipment. The plant has been
lauded by proponents of clean coal
technology.
Unit 2 of TNP One, which is ex
pected to begin commercial opera-
tion this summer, will use the same
technology. TNP filed for an addi-
tional rate increase in April to pay
for the cost of this unit.
Even with this proposed rate in-
crease and the one granted in
February, TNFs rates are still com-
petitive, says Chambers.
‘‘Our rates decreased between
1985 and 1990 as a result of lower
fuel costs, so our rates are only
about 4 percent higher than the ac-
tual rates in 1985 for a customer us-
ing 1,000 kilowatt hours.”
He also noted that the new rates
currently in use, based upon annu-
al usage at 1,000 kilowatt hours per
month, are lower than Houston
Lighting ft Power, Central Power ft
Light, and El Paso Electric Compa-
ny. Commercial rates are equally
competitive, he said.
If the Public Utility Commission
approves the new proposed rates,
TNFs rates will continue to be com-
petitive with those of other utilities
in Texas, Chambers said.
Staying competitive is a long-
range goal of the company, which
has served the Clifton area since
1926.
‘‘Our goal is and always will be to
provide a reliable, secure source of
A COAL HAULER from the Walnut Creek Mining Company in
Robertson County delivers a load of lignite to TNP One. The lig-
nite is dropped onto a conveyor belt where it is either taken to
a storage building or directly to the plant.
Bosque County's Early Days Visited
BOSQUE TERRITORY—
THE FRONTIER
Before continuing with the history
of the Bosque Frontier, I would like
to correct the listing of the Texas
Rangers who received the first land
grants made along the Bosque River
between present Clifton and Valley
Mills. William C. Pool states that field
notes for the following are recorded in
the General Land Office of Texas:
Claiborne Neil, Nov. 20, 1839, John
C. Pool, Nov. 20, 2839; John McLen
nan, Nov. 22, 1839; Anson Darniel,
Nov. 19, 1839; and James Hughes,
NqV. 19, 1839. The surveying was
done by George B. Erath.
As a personal note, John C. Pool was
my great-grandfather, and he did not
live to epjoy the land he surveyed in
the Bosque River valley in 1839. He
died in Nashville-on-the-Brazos in
1853, at the age of 35, and his wife
electricity at reasonable rates to our died two years later. Their two chil-
, fill | tj
NHI ' ,
customers,” said T.F. Crawford, di-
vision manager of TNP’s Central
Division, headquartered in Clifton.
“Our new plant is an important
part of continuing to achieve that
goal.”
dren, Thomas M. Pool and Nancy
r Pool, were sent to the Bosque Valley
home of their half-uncle, Lowry
. Scrutchfield, in 1866. An orphan at
the age of six, Tom M. Pool lived with
” (he Scrutchfields and inherited the
(and his father had thought so
beautiful.
TDH Changes Immunization
Dates Beginning In May
CLIFTON — Texas Department of • The second Thursday afternoon,
Health will change the schedule for ,j in Meridian from 1 until 4 p.m.
THIS VIEW of TNP One shows the plant’s live storage build-
ing where lignite is stored. In the foreground is another storage
pile of lignite. Hie plant’s fuel back-up system helps drtsure power
reliability.
immunisations to the following days,
starting in May:
• Every Tuesday afternoon from 1
p.m. until 4:30 p.m., in Clifton Luthe-
ran Sunset Home.
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Appointments for immunizations
may be made by calling the Texas
Department of Health in Meridian at
435-2924. The office is open in Merid-
ian Monday-Friday, from 8 a.m. un-
til 5 p.m. It is closed from noon until
1 p.m. for lunch.
Children under 18 years of age must
be accompanied by parent or guardi-
an to receive immunizations.
For more information or to have
questions answered regarding serv-
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Lookng Back
70 Years
Ago
From The
Bosque County
Collection
By ELIZABETH TORRENCE
BOSQUE TERRITORY—
INDIAN TRIBES
Prior to the coming of the perma-
nent settlers, Bosque Territory was
occupied by three Indian tribes—the
Caddo, the Tonkawa, and the three
branches of the Wichita-Tawakoni,
Towash, and Waco.
The Tonkawas, referred to as
‘Tonka” by the pioneers, were the hu-
gest group. They were hunters and
lived in “skin tents (tipis).” They wan-
dered over Central Texas, following
the buffalo, and were most frequent-
ly found between the Brazos and
Colorado Rivers north of the Old San
Antonio Road.
They moved around to avoid attack
from the Comanchee and Apaches. Dr.
Pool states that the Tonkawa braves
were often used as guides for detach-
ments of frontier troops in pursuit of
the Comanches and other High Plains
tribes.
The Tawakoni Indians lived most-
ly along the Brazos and Trinity Rivers
and occasionally in the Bosque Terri-
tory. The Tawakonis, like the Tonka-
was, were enemies of the Apache and
Comanche tribes and were generally
friendly to the Texans. “Their impor-
tance in the early history of Bosque
County resulted from an association
between the early settlers and the
related Waco tribe that located along
the banks of the Brazos River near
present Waco. The pioneer settlers
were seldom molested by the Tonka-
wa or Tawakoni tribes.”
In,contrast to these friendly Indians,
the Comanche warrior was the dread
of every frontier settler. “These wild
Indians roamed the lands adjacent to
the headwaters of the Colorado, Red,
and Brazos rivers, where they depend-
ed largely on the buffalo to support
their nomadic existence. These
western tribes were a menace to the
security of the settlers from the time
of the Spanish missionary and con-
quistador to the close of the 1870s.”
Source of information: Bosque Ter-
ritory by William C. Pool.
S COUNCIL
Continued From Page 3 A
city.
The Council voted to buy hot oil
with gravel from Joe Richards, Inc
Be Item, last year’s contractor, at 71
cento a yard, for seal coating city
streets
At s City Hall meeting at 5:15 p.m.
Monday, May 6, the Council will can-
vas votes cast in the Saturday, May
4, city election. The Council's next
monthly meeting will be at 7 p.m.
Tuesday, May 15, at City Hall.
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Smith, W. Leon. The Clifton Record and Bosque County Tribune (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 96, No. 18, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 1, 1991, newspaper, May 1, 1991; Clifton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth788034/m1/6/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Nellie Pederson Civic Library.