Not, ember 1927 HOUSTONPORT AND CITY 43 TheU. S. S. ,~ort Houston’sLatest Asset

By WII,LIAM A. BERNRIEDER Secretary Committee for a U. S. S. Houston. N Wednesday, September 7th, 1927, the Honorable Curtis D. they are the eyes of my fleet." He could see his wish fulfilled O Wilbur, Secretary of Navy, visited Houston and announced today by every ranking naval power the world over. that one of the new about to be constructed by the A type of vessel considered so indispensable that the two lead- United States would be named in honor of Houston. ing maritime powers clashed at the conference table over their This statement came as the result of nine months of unin- number, size, design and utility! What effort was required to induce the Secretary of the Navy terrupted campaigning by a committee headed by Coionel Thomas H. Ball, and was a very gratifying announcement to the reception to name the Houston is an account of earnest persistence committee which greeted the Secretary. and intelligent application of force. The sincere manifestation of the popular demand--best expressed by the thousands of our school Many are curious to know something of the new Houston, children, represents the brighest and most beautiful recollection and her value to the splendid Navy of which she will soon become of the entire campaign. a unit. The Cruiser Houston will cost $17,000,000., with 130,000 It was the writer’s privilege to learn that when the last school horsepower--more than four times the horsepower of the whole term closed, over 5,000 such personal letters of appeal had been in 1898. received by the New Chief. Is that not a splendid testimonial of With a length of approximately 600 feet, and beam of 65 feet, youthful pride and interest in our first line of defense? No won- this cruising sea fighter will represent a tonnage of about 13,000 der the Secretary of the Navy could no longer remain unbending tons, and will be the ultimate in the cruiser class of war vessel. to the appeal of thousands of boys and girls who wanted this As is commonly known, the modern sea cruiser is designed for cruiser named in honor of their hero, Sam Houston. high speed, superb communication radius, and accurate reporting It will be of further interest to learn that over 188 separate of enemy movements. The late war attests the high value naval organizations, representing the civic, labor, commercial, govern- strategists place upon the cruiser. That supremely important mis- mental, fraternal and professional life of our City, passed strong sion known by the simple term of "movement" represents the suc- resolutions of endorsement, and sent certified copies thereof to cess or failure of the art and science of naval warfare. the Navy Department. The cruiser is the class of ship that comes between the high- The Western Union, by actual check, filed over 500 tele- speed, wasplike destroyer and the capital ship, better known as the grams urging favorable action on the part of Secretary Wilbur. battle ship. It is not primarily offensive. Its ordnance consists Numerous personal calls by Col. Ike Ashburn, Mayor Holcombe, of ten 8-inch guns, the maximumcalibre allowed under the arms Major Allin, A. D. Simpson and our own inimitable representative treaty, supplemented by four 5-inch anti-aircraft guns. She is to at Washington, Judge Edwin B. Parker, and others hastened the mount six torpedo tubes, and be equipped with two seaplanes, which success of the local campaign. The Houston wlll feel the first tap of the trip-hammer when can be easily and quickly catapulted in any weather, at any speed her keel is laid in the shipyards of the Newport News Ship-Build- of the ship. ing and Dry Dock Company, at Newport News, Virginia, the Moreover, the new Houston will have a complement of 35 State which claims the birthplace of the illustrious General Hous- officers and 600 men, taken from the cream of the naval service. ton, after whom the cruiser is so fittingly named .... a de- Oil burning boilers and hissing steam turbines will drive this lightful co-incidence, indeed. According to present plans, the greyhound of the sea thru angry waters at a speed of over forty Houston is to be the first of six new vessels, one of which is to miles per hour. Driven by four screws, and with fuel tanks filled be built at Fore River, Mass., one at Camden, New Jersey, two at to capacity, the Houston will have a tremendous cruising radius, Newport News, Virginia, one at Mare Island Navy Yard, Califor- and under full steam can easily develop over 130,000 horsepower. nia, and another at Puget Sound, Washington. All plans are A factor so vital in armed conflict at sea is the ability of the cruis- complete, contracts let, and actual construction is scheduled to be- er to report enemy movements, and transmit valuable information gin within the near future. Two years will be required in build- to the commander-in-chief of fleet operations in the rear. An ad- ing the vessel. ditional function of the cruiser is to go far ahead of the scouting After launching and commissioning of our new cruiser, she and battle fleets, and ward off enemy attacks until such time as will proceed direct to Port Houston to receive the handsome sil- the slower-moving capital ships can be brought into a strategic ver service to be presented with appropriate ceremonies. She will position and occupy the enemy in major engagements. then begin her long journey, better known in naval vernacular as Lord Nelson, in a desperate moment, vividly appraised the value a %hakedown"cruise, on which she will visit many of the major of the modern cruiser’s antecedents, when he cried: "More irigates, ports of the world.

The~,4merican Association of Port Authorities HE seventeenth annual convention of the American Associa- have been created in the last few years at H~uston have resulted in tion of Port Authorities will be held in Houston in October the desire of these port experts for a closehand inspection of them. T The last convention was held October 4th to 7th, inclusive, at or November, 1928. St. Louis, at which time there were present approximately one hun- This meeting will bring together representatives from practi- dred representatives from various ports, including one from New cally every well known American and Canadian port, as well as a Zealand, one from , and three from Russia. number from foreign countries. The purpose of this association is Any people interested in port matters can obtain data and pub- the developing of knowledge regarding port construction, operation lications from the Association by communicating with its secre- and management, and the large number of modern facilities which tary, Mr. T. S. McChesney, care the Dock Board, New Orleans, La. 44 HOUSTON PORT AND CITY November 1927

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Many persons and firms located far from Houston desire ser- FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC TRADE vice and information with reference to their various interests for T. L. Evans, Manager which the Houston Chamber of Commerce is always glad to be Local conditions of trade with special reference to wholesalers called upon: and jobbers--Classified list of Houston concerns---Present and fu- ture possibilities of specific trade propositions--Foreign trade prob- The following is the Executive Committee: lems-Information on Houston’s trade possibilities with special President J. W. Evans ...... reference to Mexico and the West Indies--Interpretation and writ- J. W. Neal ...... Vice-President ten translations of foreign languages--Headquarters of Houston C. Milby Dow...... Secretary Trade League, which sponsors annual Buy-In-Houston Week. L. S. Adams ...... Treasurer F. M.Law ...... Member at Large AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT R. M. Farrar ...... Ex Officio G. C. Ellisor, Manager Agricultural conditions in Harris County and adjoining coun- The service rendered by the Chamber of Commerce is divid- ties-Specific information to individuals on farming problems-- ed into several departments of which the following is an outline Boy’s and Girls rural club work--Information from specialists em- and they at all times welcome inquiries from those desiring their ployed in the department of livestock and dairying, home demon- assistance. stration and field crop subjects--County Agent work--Informa- EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT tion available through direct contact with the Extension Service of Col. Ike Ashburn ...... Vice-Pres. & Gen. Mgr. the State Agricultural and Mechanical College. R. J. Seaman ...... Assistant Gem Mgr. PUBLICITY G. C. Roussel...... Assistant to the V. P. & G. M. Burr Rule, Manager W.Lawrence Moore ...... Membership Activities National and local distribution of civic advertising including TRANSPORTATION news publicity on Houston development--Pictures and cuts of C. E. Holloman, Manager Houston’s commercial and civic life for the use of visitors and Rate quotations--Readjustments of rate situations--Publica- for loan to interested individuals--General information regarding tion of rate changes--Preparation of statistical information in de- the city--Direct contact with local newspapers whch makes avail- fense of rate adjustments--Analyses of transportation problems-- able assistance for those desiring that character of publicity ser- Dissemination of information on the car situation and any other vice--Advice and counsel in the preparation of publicity matter transportational subjects of interest to shippers. which has a bearing on Houston publicity--File of newspaper INDUSTRIAL clippings on stories of interest. R. J. Seaman, Manager SAFETY AND FIRE PREVENTION Sites--Warehouses--Retail locations--Labor situation--Statis- F. A. Roberts, Manager tical information on industrial subjects--Business conditions (city Acting Secretary Houston Safety Council. Secretary Fire and state)--Present and future industrial possibilities. Prevention Committee of Chamber of Commerce.

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0 46 HOUSTONPORT AND CITY November 1927 Whythe InvesTment J i an acJ ntoi construc tion co. i Banker? p By W. S. MACKEY , ASPHALT AND BRICK PAVING ,’ Taylor, Ewart & Company R. SAMUELO. RICE, Educational P ~ P M Director of the Investment Bank- ~ Plant Offiee: F-5682 DowntownOffiee: P-0572 ’ ers’ Association of America, has said that the word "invest" means "to P’ Houston, Texas , clothe." The literal meaning of "to clothe" is "to protect." Therefore, in the final analysis, investment should mean the placing of money in a form where it will be protected against risk and loss, where it will return a regular definite income where the investor may also recover the principal invested. For this reason there is no rule-of-thumb that can accurately define any one class of security as being an investment. There are, of course, common stocks that are splendid investments; there are many bonds offered for sale that can never be an in- vestment. Likewise, favorably situated real The estate frequently obtains an investment rat- ing. Nevertheless, statistics show that speculating and gambling in commonstocks and real estate causes the bulk of losses in what is popularly and erroneously called Second "investing." The average investor has neither the time, the inclination nor the resources for the proper investigation of the investment of surplus funds. He must, therefore, de- pend on his investment banker to furnish National him with this service, and he should prop- erly exercise at least as much judgment in selecting his banker as he uses in choosing his lawyer or his doctor. It is the writer’s belief that there is more money lost to in- vestors every year through the advice of incompetents than through misrepresenta- tion, or any other form of crookedness. In short, your investment banker should be investigated not only as to his integrity but -A Banking Institution devoted to every equally as to his ability. phase of financial service and dedicated to the It will be impossible, in one article, to de- fine the various types of good bonds that exacting demands of a growing city. are offered for sale by the various respon- sible financial houses throughout the coun- try. It is generally admitted, however, gh~g the. wide choice of securities being of- fered the investing public today by respon- sible houses offers every investor, through Second National Bank some source, a security that will meet any requirement, and in those cases today where the investor, purchases a security not entire- HOUSTON, TEXAS ly suitable to his requirements, an investiga- tion will prove in nine cases out of ten that "’Growing With Homlon’" the fault is with the buyer and not the banker. The banker cannot hope to know your investment problems unless he is ac- Surplus, $750,000 Capital, $1,000,000 quainted with the essential facts surround- ing your investment program. Income and (Continued on Page 48) November 1927 HOUSTONPORT AND CITY 47 CommerceThrough the "Portof Houston

HE following tabulated statement shows the rapid growth eight months of 1927 indicates an increase of 27% over the T of commerce developing through the Port of Houston since corresponding period for 1926. the war, when the first outboard cargo of cotton was exported In the movement of cotton, Houston as a port during the in 1919. period 1919 to 1926 has 3"rogressed from nothing to the second The commodities consisted of cotton, grain, oil, rice, cotton exporting port of the United States and is rapidly closing the gap seed cake and meal, lumber, flour, iron and steel article, scrap between it and its leading competitor. iron, paper, fertilizer, and general merchandise. It will be noted that in the period 1920 to 1926 the total tonnage has increased The movement of ships over the waterway has shown a cor- from 1,210,204 to 10,576,236 tons, and the record for the first respondingly large increase from year to year.

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT - COMMERCIAL STATISTICS

1920 1921 1922 Tons Value Tons Value Tons Value imports...... 208,662 $ 3,504,397 227,254 $ 3,302,271 391,517 $ 4,226,148 Exports...... 215,913 45,092,145 318,092 48,827,043 537,617 96,893,152 Coastwise(Inbound) ...... 149,375 22,061,296 213,509 12,461,775 234,131 20,871,247 Coastwise(Outbound) ...... 140,671 2,309,405 637,583 9,286,246 864,662 14,969,073 LocalTraffic ...... 495,583 9,333,918 1,440,911 5,086,033 1,337,708 7,313,280 TOTAL...... 1,210,204 $82,301,162 2,837,349 $78,963,388 3,365,635 $’144,272,900

1923 1924 1925 1926 Tons Value Tons Value Tons Value Tons Value Imports ...... 484,915 $ 6,291,702 671,674 $ 8,194,648 489,619 $" 11,156,959 388,438 $’ t0,233,229 Exports...... 948,163 148,566,373 1,471,989 195,495,744 1,913,286 285,622,945 2,562,400 226,759,667 Coastwise (Inbound) ...... 201,838 31,455,156 240,759 41,839,833 412 279 52,609,700 570,262 42,409,441 Coastwise(Outbound) ...... 1,514,280 28,812,281 2,95%176 49,266,646 4,488,898 118,428,792 4,627,792 120,714,310 SubTotal ...... 8,148,892 $400,116,647 LocalTraffic ...... 1,646,128 15,518,219 1,750,696 1%559,637 2,443,040 22,187,896 2,427,344 15,462,185 TOTAL...... 4,795,324 $230,643,731 7,094,294 $314,356,508 9,747,122 $490,006,292 10,576,236 $’415,578,832

1927 (First 8 Months Tons Value Imports ...... 113,765 $ 4,149,354 Exports ...... 1,871,591 149,716,373 Coastwise (Inbound) ...... 560,446 43,328,295 Coastwise (Outbound) ...... 3,776,886 95,756,481 Local Traffic ......

Total ...... 6,322,688 $292,950,503

The above total figures include cotton. The first bale of cotton was exported from the Port of Houston in 1919. Exports from that time up to date are as follows: The following figures do not include coastwise cotton.

CalendarYear 1920...... 275,879 Bales Calendar Year 1922 ...... 771,894 Bales Calendar Year 1924 ...... 1,288,280 Bales CalendarYear 1921 ...... 455,015 Bales CalendarYear 1923 ...... 1,004,680 Bales CalendarYear 1925 ...... 1,918,314 Bales CalendarYear 1926 ...... 2,071,005 Bales CottonSeason 1926-1927 ...... 2,551,439 bales

ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES OF VESSELS

Year Total Year Total 1919 ...... 310 1923...... 1,907 1920 ...... 326 1924 ...... 1925 ...... 2,376 1921 ...... 744 1926...... 2,777 1922...... 1,006 1927 (First 8 months) ...... 2,285 48 HOUSTONPORT AND CITY November 1927

Why the Investment Banker ? IIOUSTOPi (Continued from Page 46) Rogers Asbestos inheritance taxes and the various and con- flicting State Laws governing taxation on was not built by send- Company, Inc. securities emanating from different states ing its Business away makes it necessary that the investor demand of his banker the same confidential relation- to other centers ship that exists between him and his legal Insulation and Roofing or medical advisor. Too many investors today are using their St(I, Iin~. & BaK¢l, surplus in purchasing securities indiscrimi- BROKERS nately without any definite investment pro- CONTRACTORS AND gram. You would not undertake to build a house without plans. It is just as impossi- ENGINEERS Stocks--Cotton Grain ble to successfully build a properly function- ing bond account without plans. The most Post-Dispatch Building common mistakes made in the average bond account today are: DALLAS FT. WORTH (1) Improper diversification as to class- HOUSTON A HOUSTON FIRM es of security. (2) Improper diversification geogra- phically. (3) Improper diversification of month- ly income. (4) Failure to determine a maximum ~nd minimum yield. (5) Failure to determine what class c’_asses of securities are best suited to his particular requirements. (6) Failure to determine accurately what percentage, if any, of tax-free bonds there should be in the account. (7) Failure to maintain a proper ratio of short and long-time maturities. The real job of determining these points is the responsibility or should be the re- sponsibility of your financial adviser--in other words, your investment broker. Prac- tically any member of the Investment Bankers’ Association of America is quali- OTH fied to bear this relationship to you. Your selection usually will be predicated on a natural preference for a certain house or its representatives. But the important thing is that you do make this connection and that you demand for yourself the full meas- ure of service that this relationship can give you and to which you are entitled.

Galvanizing Companyto Locate $50,000 Plant in HouSton Negotiations are practically completed for the location of a $50,000 galvanizing ARTISTS plant in the Fifth Ward here, according to R. J. Seaman, industrial manager of the I IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII II E N G RAVER S ,,,,,umuummmmlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII~Jl~lllllllllllllllllllllllllll Chamber of Commerce. IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII II IIOIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllll The plant is to be installed by the Texas Galvanizing Company. Its location in Houston would be important on account of the various metal factories here. It is thought, too, that the presence of such a plant here would influence the es- tablishment in Houston of other metal in- dustries. November 1927 HOUSTONPORT AND CITY 49 STEAMSHIP LINES The following table shows the various steamship lines operating out of Houston, together with the ports touched and the Houston agents:

LINES BETWEEN HOUSTON ANt) AGENT OR OPERATOR

American Sugar Transit Corporation NewOrleans ...... Binyon Shipside Warehouse Company American Pioneer Line ..... Far East Ports and Manilla Tampa Inter-ocean S. S. Company Bull Line ...... Atlantic Seaboard Ports S. J. Daugherty & Company Canadian Transport Co ...... Far East Ports Wilkens & Biehl Havre, Antwerp, Ghent and Other Fowler & McVitie (E. P. Chandler Hous- Castle Line ...... Continental Ports ton Representative) compagnie Generale Trans-Atlantique Texas Transport & Terminal Co. Havre (French Line) ...... (S. A. Dunlap, Agent) Compagnie Trans-Atlantique Beige ___ Havre, Antwerp and Ghent Yexas Transport & Terminal Co. Strachan Shipping Co., Chas. E. Cosulich Line ...... Naples, Venice, Trieste, and Fiume _ .. Craig, Manager Genoa, Leghorn, Naples and Mediterra- Texas Trransport & Terminal Co., Creole Line ...... nean Ports ._ _ (S. A. Dunlap, Agent) Dalgliesh Line ...... Far East Ports ..... E. P. Chandler, (Houston Agent) Elder Dempster Line ...... Liverpool ...... Schutte Shipping Company Yokohama, Kobe and other Far Sgitcovich & Company(C. B. Fox, Fern Line ...... East Ports ..... Dist. Manager). Lallier S. S. Company Gans Line ...... German Ports ...... Gulf-Europe Line ...... All European Ports 3teele S. S. Company Gulf-India Line ...... qulf Ports to Bombay ..... ~teele S. S. Company Gulf-Pacific (Bi-Monthly) ...... Los Angeles, , ~teele S. S. Company Gulf-West Mediterranean Line ..... 3pain, Portugal and Barcelona _ Fampa Inter-Ocean S. S. Company Hamburg-American Line ...... 3erman Ports "allier S. S. Company Harrison Line ...... Liverpool & Manchester ~m. Parr & Co. (A. E. Clark, Agent) Head Line ...... )ublin and Belfast . Fexas Trans. & Terminal Co. Holland-American Line .... - "?,otterdam & Amsterdam Fexas Trans. & Terminal Co. International Mercantile Marine Co. International Mercantile and Leyland Line Liverpool & Manchester (W. C. Hunt, Agent) Isthmian Line 6666 ...... (okohama and Other Far East Ports Daniel Rip!ey & Company "K" Line ...... ?ar East Ports Wm. Parr & Co., (A. E. Clark, Agent). Fhomas Rice & Co. (E. P. Chand!er, Kawasaki-Roosevelt Line ..... Far East Ports Houston Representative Liverpool & Manchester, Bremen 3owler & McVitie (E. P. Chandler, Larrinaga Line ...... and Hamburg . Houston Representative). Texas Trans. & Terminal Co. Lord Line Dublin and Belfast ...... ~ay DeGroote (Hauston Agent.) Luckenbach Line ...... -~acific Coast Ports ,ykes Bros. Lykes Line, 15 day service ...... ~orto Rico and Havana allier S. S. Company Mitsui Line-_ ...... [apanese Ports ...... ~lakeley Smith & Company Munson-McCormick Line ...... ~acific Coast Ports ...... "-Iavana, Canary Islands, Barcelona Texas Trans. & Terminal Co. Navigatione-Libera-Triestna, S. A ...... and Mediterranean Ports ...... Barcelona, Genoa, and Other Mediterranean i’hos. Rice & Co. (E. P. Chandler, Nervion Line ...... Ports ...... Agent). qew York, Baltimore, Norfolk ,one Star Freight Company NewtexLine ...... and Houston ...... North German Lloyd (Freight 3remen...... Wilkens & Biehl. and Passenger ...... )slo, Gothenberg, Copenhagen and dewier & McVitie (E. P. Chandler, Norway, Mexico and Gulf Line ...... other Scand;navian Ports Houston Representative) Ocean Transport Line ...... Far East Ports ...... Texas Trans. & Terminal Co. Odero Line ...... Genoa and Naples ...... ~lakeley Smith & Company. Oriental S. S. Company...... Far East Forts ...... texas Trans. & Terminal Co. 50 HOUSTON PORT AND CITY November 1927

1800 Pre-Cast Piles to Support Wharves 14 and 15. 960 Feet Wharf Frontage--Area 97,000 Square Feet.

POLK AND DOWLING STREETS HOUSTON, TEXAS November 1927 HOUSTONPORT AND CITY 51 STEAMSHIPLINES--Continued

LINES BETWEEN HOUSTON AND AGENT OR OPERATOR

Ozean Line ...... qremen & Hamburg .... Wi!kens & Biehl O. S. K, Line ...... Vokohama & Far East Ports Steele S. S. Company Fowler & McVitie Bremen and Hamburg...... Saint-Larrinaga Line _ - (E. P. Chandler, Houston Rep.) Scapdinavian-American Line qo,enhaeen and other Danish Ports Wilkens & Biehl Sipsey Barge & Towing Co ...... Mobile ...... ~;,,~ev l~arge & Towing Co H. M. Wilkens, Gen. Mgr. Southern Southern Pacific Steamship Lines New York ...... (Morgan Line) ...... Pacific Bld~., City SouthernStates Line ...... Uremen. H~mburg & Rotterdam ...... Lykes Bros-, Rioley S. S. Co. Southern Steamship Co. _ *~hiladelphia (2 sailing per week) .... qourhern S. S. Company Dslo, Gothenburg, Copenhagen and Fowler & McVitie (E. P. Chandler, Swedish America Mexico Line " other Scandinavian Ports _ Houston Representative) ;trachan Shipping Co., Chas. E. Bremen and Hamburg and Far East Port Strachan Line ...... Craig, Manager Tennessee Coal-Iron R. R ..... Birmingport ...... E. Goudge & Son Texas Continental S. S. Co. European Ports (Germany) .... Wilkens & Biehl Genoa, Naples, Venice, Trieste, Fiume, Texas Oceanic S. S. Co., Inc. Texas Mediterranean Line .... Piralus and Alexandria ...... (C. B. Fox, Manager) Texas Star Line ...... Havre, Antwerp & Ghent _ [~ykes Bros-Ripley S. S. Co. Liverpool, Manchester, London, Fexas Oceanic S. S. Co. Texas Ukay Line ...... and Irish Ports ...... (C. B. Fox, Manager) The Lawrence S. S. Co ..... New Orleans and Corpus Christi ;chutte Shipping Co. Tramp and Chartered Vessels . _ All ports when cargo offered ...... 31akeley Smith Company Gothenburg, Oslo, Copenhagen and Transatlantic Line ...... Scandinavian Ports ...... Fowler & McVitie, (E. P. Chandler, Agent) Houston and Pacific Ports, Port Transmarine Lines ...... Newark .... Texas Liners, Inc., H. S. LeBlanc, President IHavana, Canary Islands, Barcelona Texas Transport & Terminal Company. Win. Reardon, Smith & Sons Ltd. I and Mediterranean Ports ...... I Yamashita Line ...... iFar East Ports ...... Fexas Transport & Terminal Company TANKERLINES

LINES BETWEEN HOUSTON AND AGENT OR OPERATOR -iulf-West Indies, North Atlantic and Humble Oil & Refining Company Standard Oil Co., New Jersey_ European Ports ...... Standard Transportation Co ..... North Atlantic ...... Humble Oil & Refining Company Vacuum Oil Co ...... North Atlantic ...... Humble Oil & Refining Company Anglo-American _. : ...... European Ports ..... Humble Oil & Refining Company Imperial Oil Co., Ltd. 2anadian Ports ...... Humble Oil & Refining Company United Fruit Co ...... 2entral America ...... Humble Oil & Refining Company ;Tidewater Oil-Co ...... Atlantic Ports ...... Humble Oil & Refining Company Societa Italo-American Tel-Petrolia Vlediterranean Ports ...... Humble Oil & Refining Company Mexco, Gulf West Indies, Atlantic Sinclair Oil Refining Company Sinclair Nay. Co ...... and European Ports ...... Compagnie Navigation Mixte European Ports ..... ~inclair Oil Refining Company Galena Navigation Co ...... North Atlantic and European Ports ___ 3alena Navigation Co., Houston Atlantic Refining Co ...... North Atlantic Ports ...... Atlantic Oil Producing Company Beacon Oil Co ...... North Atlantic Ports ...... Beacon Oil Company, Houston Mexican Petroleum Corporation ...... Mexicoand Gulf Ports ...... Mexican Petroleum Corp., Galv. Gulf, North Atlantic and European Gulf Refining Company Gulf Refining Company...... Ports ...... Petroleum Navigation Company...... North Atlantic and European Ports ...... Petroleum Navigation Co., Houston 52 HOUSTONPORT AND CITY November 1927

Permit Is Issued For Rewinding and Rebuilding Pound to "a TESC Inquir’es Bank Building Ton 0 Solicited Electric Motors and Generators Permit was issued Monday, October 10th ELECTRIC FURNACE HoustonArmature Works for the Houston National bank building, which is being erected at Main and Frank- Incorporated 1908 CASTINGS lin at a cost of aproximately $500,000. G Fast service on any quantity of high 0 Manufacturers of Several carloads of marble will be used in a grade steel castings. Modern Meth- 0 interior construction of the building. It 0 ods. Expert personnel. Engineer- Armature, Stator and 0 ing cooperation. Estimates from blue is a four-story, reinforced steel and concrete 0 Field Coils structure. 0 prints or patterns. 0 0 Phones Preston 3797-3798 Don Hall has the contract. 0 Texas Electric Steel Casting Co. Day or Night 0 5 0 1515 Spring St. Preston @596 No. 4. Preston Ave. Houston, Texas HOUSTON TO HAVE PAPER BOX FACTORY Lease of the large three-story brick build- ing just completed at Jackson and Commerce by J. L. Jones to the O. B. Andrews Co., Inc., a $1,000,000 paper box manufactur- ing corporation of Chattanooga, Tenn., to be used as a new Houston factory with a payroll of more than $52,000 annually and to employ several score workmen, has been announced. The company has secured a six-year lease on the building for $36,000, the annual ren- tal being $6,000. It will install modern electrical machinery at once for the manu- facture of paper boxes and other paper stock. This equipment will cost in excess of $150,000, it was stated. The work on the plant will begin im- mediately. Machinery will be installed and everything will be placed in readiness for operation by January 1. The firm has 2l, 387 square feet of floor space in its Houston plant, which will be served by a 5000-pound capacity elevator. The building itself fronts 80 feet on Com- merce and 87 feet on Jackson and has 80 feet of trackage on the International-Great Northern. The structure was completed at a cost of $50,000. The site is valued by Jones at $25,000. The manufacturing firm is incorporated under Tennessee laws and soon will apply Fireboat "PORT HOUSTON" for a Texas charter, the local firm to be i known as the O. B. Andrews Company of First Diesel Electric Fireboat in the World Texas, Inc. O.B. Andrews is president.

HOUSTON’S RESERVE DEPOSITS SHOW INCREASE Debits to individual accounts in Dallas for the week ending October 5 showed a All of the Electrical Apparatus was built by gain of over $3,000,000 over the same week a year ago. The total of debits for l lth "~l District as reported to the Dallas Federal Re- i Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Company serve Bank increased by $32,404,000 over East Pittsburgh Pennsylvania the 1926 figures for the same week. Hous- ton, Fort Worth and San Antonio showed increases, while Galveston, Shreveport and .i! Wichita Falls recorded losses in their totals. November 1927 HOUSTONPORT AND CITY 53 PORT COMMISSION PORT OF HOUSTON Navigation and Canal Commissioners HARRIS COUNTY HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL NAVIGATION DISTRICT TARIFF No. 3 (CANCELSPORT COMMISSION TARIFF No. 2) CONTAINING Rates, Rules and Regulations APPLYINGON THE Public Wharves (SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE) (REVISED TO OCTOBER 1, 1927 TO INCLUDE SUPPLEMENTS 1 and 2)

RULES AND REGULATIONS

Paragraph SUBJECT RULES

The rates, rules and regulations herein contained shall be effective and apply on all 1 Date traffic on the docks November 1, 1926, and are issued by the Harris County Houston Effective Ship Channel Navigation District Commission, hereinafter referred to as the Port Commission.

The term wharf as mentioned herein refers to any of the whaves either open or shedded, belonging to or operated by the Port Commission. Wharfage is a charge on freight passing over a wharf or transferred between ves- sels or loaded from water over shipside while vessel occupies berth at wharf. It does not include sorting, piling, weighing, handling, insurance, custom charges, revenue stamps, or fees of any nature imposed by the State or Federal Government against the shipment or vessels transporting the same. All vessels and their owners landing goods Definitions on the wharves or receiving goods from or over the wharves or delivering or receiving oils, by pipe line, or delivering or receiving goods from barges or other craft while said vessel is berthed at a wharf, thereby contract to pay and are responsible for the wharf- age on the same, at the rates provided herein to be collected either from vessel, their owners or their agents. Freight placed on a wharf shall be considered to have earned wharfage when placed upon the wharf and wharfage will be collected on it whether or not it eventually is loaded on a vessel.

All steamships or their owners, or agents, desiring a berth at the wharves shall, as Arrangements far in advance of the date of docking as possible, making application in writing for same on forms prescribed, specifying the date of docking, sailing, and the nature and quan- for Berth tity of cargo to be handled, application for berth to be made to the Director of the Port.

The Port Commission will not be responsible for the injury or loss of any freight being loaded or unloaded at the public wharves and will not be responsible for any de- lay to same, nor for injury to freight on its wharves or sheds by fire, leakage, or dis- charge of water from sprinkler fire protection system, collapse of building, rats, mice, moths, weevils, frost, or the elements, nor will it be answerable for any delay, loss or Responsibility damage arising from combination or strikes of any persons in their own employ or in for the service of others nor for any consequences arising therefrom Steamship compan- Loss or Damage ies arranging to use wharves shall be required to furnish watchmen at all times when they have freight on the wharves. The Port Commission supplies register boxes on the wharves connected with service of the American District Telegraph Companyfor use of watchmen in reporting, and rental of these boxes will be charged against the users of the wharves.

No gunpowder or other explosives shall be discharged on or loaded upon any Wharves, and must be handled in accordance with his directions, and must be im- mediately removed. Explosives Acids, coal oils and empty gasoline or distillate drums must be removed from the wharves at once. The storage, keeping or use of gasoline, distillate, or other liquid petroleum products on the property under the control of the Port Commission, except 54 HOUSTONPORT AND CITY November 1927

Over 8,000 Feet of Water Frontage Closest UndedopedChannel Front Land to the Business Center of Houston MANCHESTER CORPORATION 904 Second National Bank Building

Men]4wa Compress Co.

TWO HIGH DENSITY COMPRESSES

Owned and Operated by Japan Cotton Co.

COTTON MERCHANTS and EXPORTERS Aerial View of the NIenkwaCompress Co., Houston, Texas Head Office Houston Office DALLAS, TEXAS 827 Cotton Exchange Bldg. November 1927 HOUSTON PORT AND CITY 5 5

RULES AND REGULATIONS~Continued

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at such localities as maybe specifically designated therefor, is strictly prohibited, and at such localities as may be designated therefor the same shall not be handled except 5 Explosives between sunrise and sunset, and vessels will be allowed to take on board gasoline or dis- Cont’d Continued tillate only between 8"00 a.m and 5:00 p.m., and when vessel is otherwise ready to de- part. Delivery must be made direct from wagons to the vessel and the wagons will not be allowed to wait on the wharves. (Ord., 2-5-17.) Steamships agents, owners and masters will be required to permit access to the manifests of cargo and railroad documents for the purpose of ascertaining the neces- sary data to permit correct estimate of charges. Steamships, their owners or agents, or any other firms, persons or corporations using iaci’lties unaer the operation of the Port Commission ana not conforming to the reqmrements of said Commission, as to the payment of bills to said Commission, shall be placed upon a list known as the Delinquent List under conditions heremaiter de- fined, and tne name of any steamsnip, its owner, agent, person firm or corporation so placed upon sala lint shau be reporcea to said Vor~ Commtssion at the time that said name is piacect upon tne l)eunquen~ List. All s~eamships, their owners or agents, using the public wharves shall, within five days of sarong oz the vessel in a case of outwarct cargo, or within five days after she arrival of vessels in tne case of inward cargo, furmsn tne Port Commissionor its author- Access ized representative or its Auciitor, with all necessary documents to enable the proper to preparation and auditing of bills covering dockage, wharfage or any otner attenaant services or Ices chargeaole by said Commission against sam vessel. All steamships, Shipping Record their owners or agents, shall be allowed £1ve days irom dace of mailing, by Port Com- and mission, of bill to them covering any charges against the steamship m which to pay Payment of Bills saiu bill, ana in case they :[all co pay b~ll witnin the stud time, sa,d s~eam~mps,"~nel~ owners ana agents, snail De placea on Delinquent List and the Director of Che For~ is instructed to wlthnolct ~rom them furmer use of any iaclliues uncter the jurisctiction oI the Port Commissionuntil said bills have been pare or until permission has been ob- tained Irom the Chairman of the Pore Commission. All such Dills must be pare when presented anti errors, iI any, will be rectmed by tne Commission. All stevedores or other persons, firms or corporations using any facilities or equipment of the Port Commissionshall, unless otherwise provided by existing contracts, pay all bills within 15 days of date of mailing to them by the Port Commlssmn,"~alling to do which they shall be placed upon the Deunquent List and the Director of the Port is instructed to ueny them lrom further use of the equipment or facilities under the juris- diction of the Pore Commissionuntil said bills have been paid, or permission obtained from the chairman of the Commission. Bills must be paid when presented and errors, if any, will be rectified by the Commission.

Traffic discharged from vessels for transhipment by vessels, having paid inward wharfage, if reloaded within fiiteen days, and has not been removed from the wharves or changed ownership, will be given free wharfage on the outward movement. Time Traffic Transhipped to be computed from the first 7 a.m. after date of discharge, Sundays and legal holidays excepted. or EXCEPTIONS Reshipped First. Cotton will be charged wharfage on the outward movement only, provided shipments have not been removed from the wharf or changed ownership. Second. Coal may be removed from the wharves and will be given free wharfage when reshipped.

A. DOCKAGE (1) All vessels handling export or import cargo shall pay for the use of shedded wharves and all vessels loading grain shall pay a dockage of ½c per gross registered ton per day. (2) The above charges are to become effective upon the arrival of vessel at wharf or grain loading berth and each succeeding 24 hours after actual hour of berthing to be considered a full day. Any part of day beyond the 24-hour period on date of departure to be considered a full day. (3) In all cases dockage shall be calculated as above stated, and upon the basis of straight running time while at wharves of the Port Commission. (4) Dockage charge of ~Ac per gross registered ton will be assessed for any day during which a ship loads and unloads, both at facilities of the Port Commissionand at any private wharf located in the Port of Houston, provided the ship changes berth at Dockage least three working hours prior to the expiration of the 24-hour period on which dockage and charges have been assessed by wharf the ship is leaving. (5) The Port Commission reserves to itself without question the right to admeas- Shed Hire ure all vessels when it deems it necessary, said admeasurement to be used by the Port Commissionas a basis for its charges. (6) Vessels berthed at any wharf, whether shedded or open, that do not discharge cargo over said wharf will be charged dockage at the rate of ~Ac per gross registered ton per day, or fractional part thereof. (7) No charge will be made against vessels lying second out, provided such ves- sels do not load or discharge cargo. If vessel loads or discharges while second out, reg- ular charge of XAcper gross ton per day will be made. (8) United States Custom House measurements will be used in determining size of vessels. (9) No dockage charge will be made against vessels using open wharves for the loading of bulk sulphur, coal, oil, fruit, bones, or scrap. (10) No dockage charge will be made against vessels engaged solely in coastwise or inter-coastal business. 6 HOUSTONPORT AND CXTY November 1927

REMEMBER THIS TRADE MARK/ A City at the raillEl~ OFFICE FURNITURE EXCHANGE Crossroads WHEN YOU ORDER "Visible Values" New and Used Office Furniture Office Supplies, Printing or Engraving Harry B. Finer, Manager 1014 McKinney Preston 0484 OfficeSupply Co., Inc. HOUSTON, TEXAS At the cross ro.ads of com- 1115 Main St. Preston 6917 merce cities spring up. Wit- ness Tyre and Genoa of ancient days and Chicago, London, and New York of present days. Between the great Southwest and Europe, South America and the Orient trade lanes pass through Houston.

Eighteen railroads bring ag- ricultural and manufactured products to ship-side at Port Houston. Fifty - four steam- ship lines carry these products The Cotton Grain and to world and American coast- Oil Producing Areas of wise markets. In turn these distant markets send their Texas-Oklahoma-Kansas goods to Houston for distrib.u- New Mexico and Arizona tion to her great hinterland. Location on these world are connected directly by trade routes at ~he breaking point between water Santa Fe Service with the and rail tr.ansportation Ports of Houston - Gal- betokens for Houston a still more prominent place in the veston - Texas City and world’s commerce. Beaumont ~. .% :I.

dsl~ ang Santa Fe Freight Representative for details

J.H. Hershey H.T. Bornefeld ¯ GeneralFreight Agent DivisionFreight Agent UnionDepot Building 904 TexasAvenue GALVESTON,TEXAS HOUSTON,TEXAS November 1927 HOUSTONPORT AND CITY 57

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B. SHED HIRE (1) Vessels of over 1,000 gross registered tons using’ shedded wharves for export or import cargo, or using grain berths, will pay a shed hire charge of $50.00 per vessel, provided that in case said vessels load or unload cargo at one private wharf in addition to those of the Port Commission, the Port Commission will assess shed hire charge of $40.00, and in case vessel uses two private wharves in addition to those of the Port Dockage Commission, the Port Commission will assess shed hire charges of $30.00, and in case 8 and the vessel uses three private wharves in addition to those of the Port Commission, the Cont’d Shed Hire Port Commission will assess shed hire charge of $20.00. Where two or three private (Continued) wharves are mentioned herein, this means wharves of separate private ownership and not two or three private wharves belonging to the same person, firm or corporation. (2) Vessels of under 1,000 gross registered tons using shedded wharves for export or import cargo, or using grain berths, will pay shed hire charges one-half the sched- ule provided in Section 1 hereof. (3) No shed hire charge will be made against vessels engaged solely in coastwise and inter-coastal business.

All traffic using wharves, unless under special lease agreement, shall be subjected to the following free time, regulations and charges. In addition to wharfage a charge will be made on cotton placed on wharves await- ing shipment, as follows: First15 days ...... Free For eachadditional day, or fractional part thereof ...... lc per Square Bale The charges against round bale cotton will be one-half of the above. On all other commodities on the shedded wharves awaiting shipment the charge will be as follows: First15 days ...... Free Next7 daysor fractionalpart thereof...... 10c per net ton Next7 daysor fractionalpart thereof...... 10c per net ton For each additional 7 days or fractional part thereof ...... 5c per net ton On all commodities on open wharves awaiting shipment, the charges will be as Free Time follows: First15 days ...... Free Next7 daysor fractionalpart thereof...... 5c per net ton Next7 daysor fractionalpart thereof...... 5c per net ton Foreach additional 7 daysor fractional part thereof ...... 21Ac per net ton The above charges will apply on shipments which the Port Commission allows to remain on the wharves, but the Port Commission does not guarantee to allow any ship- ment to remain on the wharves any particular length of time without prior arrangement. The Port Commission does not engage in business of storage or housing of property on its wharves and will not be responsible for loss or damage to any property remaining thereon. All property landed or received on any of the wharves is thereafter at the risk of the owner and the Port Commission reserves the right to remove any or all of such property to any part of the wharves at their convenience and at the risk and expense of the owner, or it may be removed and stored elsewhere than on the wharves without notice and at the risk and expense of the owner, and the Port Commission will retain legal posession of all property so removed until all charges are paid.

A charge for water shall be made at 20c per 1,000 gallons with a min~.mumcharge of 50c per each connection. 10 Water When the Port Commission furnishes equipment and labor in connectin~ the ves- sels, tanks and boilers up with tbe water meters on the piers, a service charge 6f two dol- lars and fifty cents will be made.

All electric current furnished steamships, their owners, agents, or stevedores, shall 11 Electric Current be charged against the steamship at the rate of five cents per K. W. hour, with a rain- imum charge of 50c.

All steamships, their owners, agents and stevedores using cran~s or co,~vey~ng equipment on the wharves and terminals shall be subject to the following charges: ESCALATORS Escalators on Wharf No. ], one dollar and seventy-five cents per hour. This charge includes the operator. Charges for Escalators on Wharf No. 4, one dollar and seventy-five cents per hour, per motor. This charge includes the onerater. Escalators, Cranes The above charges will be assessed on a continuous neriod of oneration unless the 12 and equipment shall have been shut down during operation for a ~eriod of two ho,’rs ~r Conveying Equipment more, in which case if operator remains on duty, a charge of one dollar per hour will on be made. Public Wharves Above charges apply on work days between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Overtime extra charge will be one dollar per hour. Sundays and legal holidays extra charges will be one dollar per hour PORTABLE CONVEYORS Electric portable conveyors, twenty cents per hour per section, plus one dollar per hour for operator. Charge for operator will be one dollar per hour, irrespective of the number of sections used, provided sections being used are at one location. If sec- 58 HOUSTON PORT AND CITY November 1927

COMPLETE COLD STORAGE FACILITIES IN THE HEART OF HOUSTON Contiguous to the Local Wholesale Grocery and Produce District Modernly equipped with 500,000 cubic feet of fire-proof building space--200 car lo.ads ca- pacity, we offer you a dependable Cold Storage Service--Careful Handling, Modern Ware- houses, Proper Temperatures, Low Insurance Rates, Financi.al Responsibility, and a sincere desire to co-operate with our Storers and render them every practical assistance. RATES ON ALL COMMODITIES FURNISHED PROMPTLY ON APPLICATION Houston Ice & Cold Storage Co. HOUSTON, TI~XAS REFERENCES:--Any Bank or Financial Institution in Houston.

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National Lumber& Creosoting Company

Sales Offices:

TEXARKANA, ARK. HOUSTON, TEXAS KANSAS CITY, MO. ST. LOUIS, MO.

The use of treated crossties, switch ties, bridge timbers, lumber, piling poles and car material will beyond question reduce maintenance expense.

Treating Plants at: Texarkana, Ark Houston, Texas Kansas City, Mo. Finney, (Columbia Park), O. Salida, Colo. Alexandria, La.

Cable and Telegraphic Address "Terminal" Houston

The Texas Transport & Terminal Company Regular Steamship Service to the Principal Ports in Europe and the Orient

AGENTS: OFFICES : Cotton Exchange Compagnie Generale Transatlantique (French Line) New York, N. Y. Philadelphia, Pa. Building Holland - American Line Baltimore, Md. Navigazione Alta Italia (Creole Line) Savannah, Ga. New Orleans, La. HOUSTON Toyo Kisen Kaisha (Oriental S. S. Co.) Galveston, Texas Texas "Head" Line and "Lord" Line Houston, Texas San Francisco, Calif. Compagnie Tr, ansatlantique Belge Dallas, Texas Navigazione Libera Triestina (N. L. T. Line) November 1927 HOUSTONPORT AND CITY 59

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tions are being used at different locations, thus necessitating additional operators, charge shall be one dollar per hour for each operator. The above charges will be assessed on a continuous period of operation unless the equipment shall have been shut down during operation ~or a period of two hours or more, in which case if operator remains on duty a charge of one dollar per hour will be made. Above charges apply on work days between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Overtime two dol- lars per hour on Sundays and legal holidays. STACKERS Electric stacker, fifty cents per hour, plus one dollar per hour for operator. If stacker is used in conjunction with portable conveyors, the charge for operator will be eliminated from the stacker. The above charges will be assessed on a continuous period of operation unless the equipment shall have been shut down during operation for a period of two hours or more, in which case if operator remains on duty a charge of one dollar per hour will be made. Above charges apply on work days between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.. Overtime two dol- lars per hour; on Sundays and legal holidays two dollars per hour. ELECTRIC CRANES Charges for the use of electric crane at Wharf No. 4, including operator, are $3.50 per hour on work days between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Charges between 5 p.m. and 8 a.m. on work days and on Sundays and legal holidays, including operator will be $4.50 per hour. Subject to the approval of the Wharf Superintendent. users of the crane may em- ploy their own operators, in which case a charge of $2.50 per hour for the use of the crane will be made, day or night. The above charges will be assessed on a continuous period of operation unless the equipment shall have been shut down during operation for a period of two hours or more, in which case if the operator remains on duty, a charge of $100 per hour will be made on work days between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. and between 5 p.m. and 8 a.m. on Charges for work days and on Sundays and legal holidays, a charge of $2.00 per hour will be made. Escalators, Cranes The above charges covering escalators, portable conveyors, stackers and electric and crane includes electric current. 12 Conveying Equipment LOCOMOTIVE CRANES Cont’d on Charges for locomotive crane, including cost of operator and fuel, shall be as fol- Public Wharves lows: Sundays and With (Continue~d) Between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Labor Holidays Buckets Work Days 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Additional l~nr8-hour days ...... $30.00 $38.00 $5.00 For not to exceed 1 hour’s work ...... 10.00 12.00 1.00 1 to 3 hours’work ...... 1.5.00 20.00 2.00 3 to 4 hours’work ...... 20.00 25.00 3.00 4 to 6 hours’work ...... 25.00 30 O0 d.O0 6 to 8 hours’work ...... 30.00 38.00 5.00 From 5 p.m. until 8 a.m. charges for locomotive cranes, including the cost of oper- ator and fvel, will be $5.00 per hour, if crane is being used on a continuous period of operation wh’ch began after 8 a. m. and before 5 p. m. Whet. beg~n~in~ work ~t or "ffter 5 p.m. and up until 8 a.m. charges will bc$~2.00per hour for the first hour, and $5.00 per hour thereafter. For one hour’s work or fraction thereof, $12.00. Between 5 p.m. and 8 a.m. charge for clamshell buckets will be seventy- five cents (75c) per hour for each bucket. Steamship agents, owners or operators using the generator at Wharf No. 10 will be assessed a charge of fifty cents per hour in addition to current and opera*or while generator is being operated. A charge of $15.00 will be assessed against steamships, their owners, agents or stevedores making application for locomotive cranes and cancelling same after operator has been employed and crane made ready for operation. Headquarters for locomotive cranes will be maintained at Wharf No. 10, or shop adjacent thereto, and any user desiring them elsewhere shall be responsible for and pay cost of switching, both to location desired and return to Wharf No. 10, of cranes moved bv him to the other location, provided, if crane has been switched by the user away from Wharf No. 10 and is then transferred to another user making aoplication for it, the sec- ond user shall be responsible for and pay switching charge back to Wharf No. 10 upon his completion of use of crane unless crane is again turned over to another user at the same location when the same conditions will apply. 60 HOUSTON PORT AND CITY November 1927

ADAMS & PORTER

Marine Insurance

HULLS AND CARGOES

NEW YORK HOUSTON, TEXAS 7094 Cotton Exchange Building I Hanover 7095 Phone Preston 4819 I 7096

DON HALL CONSTRUCTOR 522 Cotton Exchange Bldg. Houston PARKERBROTHERS

PRODUCERS OF

SHELL, SAND and GRAVEL

PLANTS Broadway and Walnut Streets Dock No. 17, Turning Basin

HOUSTON, TEXAS Interior View --of-- Phones: Wayside 1152-1153 Manchester Terminal Corp’s. Seventy Acre Plant on Houston Ship Channel Built by DON HALL II November 1927 HOUSTONPORT AND CITY 61

WHARFAGE CHARGES ON COASTWISE TRAFFIC EXCEPT AS PROVIDED FOR IN PARAGRAPHS 14 AND 15

Rates in Paragraph Ce.t~ per 1.oo SUBJECT COMMODITY Lbs., Except as Shown

All classes or commodities not otherwise provided for below, be- tween Atlantic Seaboard and Gulf Points only and Houston, Texas, and all local business using light draft channel per ton of 2000 pounds...... 12 Iron, Scrap 13~ 13 Wharfage Junk Oil, Crude and Refined, through pipe line, per barrel of 42 gallons 1/3 Rails, Steel, per gr~s ton of 2240 pounds 14 Sand, Gravel and Shell, per cubic yard, on light draft channel ...... 2 Sand, Gravel and Shell, per cubic yard, on main channel and turning basin

WHARFAGE CHARGES ON IMPORT AND INBOUND COASTWISE TRAFFIC EXCEPT AS PROVIDED FOR IN PARAGRAPH 13

Rates in Paragraph SUBJECT Cents oer 100 COMMODITY Lbs., Except as Shown

All articles not otherwise provided for below, per 100 pounds Automobiles,set up ...... Automobiles,knocked down, crated ...... Bananas,per bunch ...... Brick,Fire ...... Brick, Commonand Paving,per 1000brick ...... 3oal...... Cocoanuts...... ~’oLtonand CottonLinters, in balesor sacks...... Cotton and Cotton Linters, in bales or sacks, when loaded directly from I ship to bargewithout passing over wharf...... Creosote, in bulk, 50 gallons to be considered a barrel, per barrel ...... Fish,Fresh ...... Hair:Human, Camel, Goat, etc ...... LIVE STOCK--viz: Calves, Goats,Sheep and Swine,per head...... 121A Coltsand Donkeys, per head...... 25 Horses,Mules and Cattle, perhead ...... 32 Lumberand Timbers, Pine, per 1000feet ...... ~ ...... 371/~ Oil, Crude and Fuel, in bulk, pumped through pipe line from shipside to storagetanks, per barrel of 42 gallons...... 1/3 14 Wharfage Oil, Crudeand Fuel, in barrels...... Piling and Poles, Wooden,not over 30 feet in length, each ...... 61/2 Piling and Poles, Wooden,over 30 feet to 40 feet, inclusive, each ...... 91/2 Piling and Poles, Wooden,over 40 feet in length, each...... 121/2 Rice,Rough ...... Sandand Shell, per cubic yard ...... 3 Sugar,Crude, in sacks,barrels, or tierces...... 1 Sulphur,in bulk, gross ton, 2240pounds per ton ...... ~5 Sulphur, in boxes, barrels, or sacks, gross ton, 2240 lbs. per ton ...... 15 Ties,Cross, per Tie ...... l~h Vehicles,Passenger, set up...... 61/2 Vehicles,Knocked down and crated ...... 4 Wagons,Light Delivery, set up...... Yagons,Light Delivery,knocked down and crated ...... 4 Nagons,Farm, set up...... 4 "Vagons,Farm, knocked down ...... 21A Wheelsand Axles (New Car) ...... Vool,in balesor sacks ...... 3 62 HOUSTONPORT AND CITY November 1927

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CHAS. EIKEL O. R. SEAGRAVES Cable Address--"Pincoffs," Houston Codes--A. B. C. 6th ]g~lition, Bentley, Liebers SOUTHERNSTEVEDORING & MAURICEPINCOFFS CONTRACTINGCOMPANY COMPANY OF TEXAS (INCORPORATED) NEWORLEANS HOUSTON LOUISIANA TEXAS Contracting Stevedores Wharf and Mill on Ship Channel HOUSTON, TEXAS

LESSEES MANCHESTER WHARF EXPORTERS

IMPORTERS Houston, Texas, U. S. A.

COTTONSEED CAKE AND MEAL Houston: Cotton Exchange Building FEEDSTUFFS, RICE Galveston: American National Insurance Building