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Wool from the Ranches of Texas havehad in the development of the GreatPort of Houston Wool From Texas Ranches Coastwise steamship service attracts a heavy volume of north- bound wool from the ranches of Texas. These pictures show unus- ually large truck loads of wool enroute to Northeastern markets HARDWARE,MILL SUPPLIES, PIPE, via coastwise steamship line which is using the public docks of the PIPE FITTINGS, ROOFING,TOOLS, Navigation District. METALS, BUILDERS HARDWARE, VALSPAR PAINTS & VARNISHES.

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T. L. EVANSHEADS FOREIGN TRADE ASSOCIATION ¯ a necessary link in land-water T. L. Evans, formerly manager of the foreign trade depart- ment of the Houston Chamber of Commerce and now head of transportation the T. L. Evans Export and Import Company, has been elected president of the Houston Foreign Trade Association. ¯ an intregal part of the Port of Other officers are: E. T. Jenn, first vice president; R. R. Claghorn, second vice president; W. S. Patton, treasurer, and Houston¯ H. de Ybarrondo, secretary.

PUBLIC GRAIN ELEVATOR GOES AHEAD MANCHESTERTERMINAL The Houston Public Elevator is having the biggest year of its history. It received from January first through September 30th CORPORATION of this year 24,718,000 bushels of grain and shipped 24,239,000 bushels in the same period. During all the year of 1946 it received ~" Wharves 15,410,000 bushels and shipped 16,335,000 bushels. Therefore, 1947 will show an impressive gain. The record month for 1947 ~- Warehouses was July with receipts of 5,973,000 bushels, as compared to the peak month of 1946 of 3,511,000 bushels. ~- Cotton Compresses The Steamship Sea King, handled by Hansen & Tidemann, has also established a record. She left Houston for India with the largest load of grain for any one ship in the Port’s history¯ Her cargo was 390,000 bushels of Milo, or 9,750 gross tons.

HOUSTONPORT BOOKFOR NOVEMBER,1947 39 ®

HOUSTON PORT BOOK FOR NOVEMBER, 1947 Port Pictures WE MISS THESEASSOCIATES

By J. RUSSELL WAIT

1, 2. The largest commercialvessel to enter the Port of Houstonturns in the Turning Basin and is dwarfedby the size of the Turning Basin. This is the vessel MARINEARROW of the Isthmian Steamship Company. 3, 4. Shortageof box cars for grain service is emphasizedin this coal car loaded with grain entering the public elevator of the Navigation District, 375 of which were received in four monthsof this year, and they have been re- ceived at this rate for over four years. It wasone of manywhich were thrown in the grain trade, thereby contributing to the record grain movementthrough the Houstonpublic elevator. 5, 6. Twoviews of the newcar dumperinstalled in the Navigation District public grain elevator which was ready for the present crop movementand contributed largely to the record-breaking movementof grain through the public elevator. 7. Twovessels receiving grain simultaneously at the Navigation District wharves. 8. Capacity of the public terminals being demonstrated as a result of policy "opento all alike." 9. Intensive use of NavigationDistrict facilities is shownin this picture. 10. Shipsidepractice on the NavigationDistrict facilities. 11. Heavytonnages of barge traffic use the Navigation District facilities. 12. A Russianship at the Navigation District facilities. 13, 14. ReconstructingWharf No. 4 of the Navigation District facilities. FINLEY PARKER First Presidentof the TexasPorts Association Died in August,1947 PORT HOUSTON LOOKS FORWARDm (Continued From Page 23)

and scattered in different places around the Turning Basin, a cen- tral office will be built on the Turning Basin at the foot of Seventy-fifth Street, at an estimated cost of $125,000. Several items of equipment are also included in the program. These are two new fireboats, inbound grain equipment, and a heavy lift. One new fireboat will be purchased in 1948 and the other in 1949. Each is estimated to cost $100,000. The inbound grain equipment will handle the large amount of rice, sorghum, soya beans, and other commodities coming into the Port in barges and ships. The Port’s new lift will be able to handle 75 tons of cargo over a distance of 80 feet. It will be possible to move the lift along the rails on the dock instead of moving the vessel. This $9,000,000 program, as briefly outlined above repre- sents only the minimum needs of the Port as we see them now. The program is flexible. It may be amended to meet new needs as iiiii~i!i!iiii!i they arise. This three-year plan is the first step in intelligent, progressive, post-war port development which will result in better service to shippers and better handling of the increased volume of H. J. MIKESKAPresident Texas City TerminalRailroad business moving out of and into this, the third-ranklng port of Died in April, 1947 the nation. "Mike" Pictures by His Friend Russ

Plant Telephone P. o. Address Box 5125, Harrisburg Station Woodcrest 6-1768 HOUSTON 12, TEXAS HARRISBURGMACHINE CO., INc. OLDEST MARINE REPAIR PLANT IN PORT OF HOUSTON General Machinists, Founders, Boiler Makers, Copper Smiths, Electric Welding, Floating Equipment Derrick Barge and Tow Boats for Ship Repairs

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HOUSTON PORT BOOK FOR NOVEMBER, 1947 41 Texas" Interest In Foreign Trade By B. M. BLOOMFIELD BloomfieldSteamship Company

"We must export in order to live," is the cry we hear so many times from the distressed countries in Europe. The statement applies with striking force to Texas as one of the great export states in the Union, second only to New York. The state has a coast line comparable to that of an empire, with many strategic ports located from one end of the state to the other, a stretch of coast line over 400 miles. Nowhere in the world is there an area of comparable size which produces so much in excess of its own needs in valuable commodities---cotton, petroleum products, wheat, rice, flour, cattle, sulphur, chemicals, fertilizers, fruits, vegetables, and other products of forest, field and mine. However, the distance between Texas and the large con- suming areas of the United States is great, and many states lying much closer to the concentrated consuming and manufacturing Left to right: C. CarltonLewis, Secretary and Assistant Treasurer, American areas, have the preference in marketing their products. They SouthAfrican Line, Inc., NewYork; James A. Farrell, Jr., President,American possess a geographical advantage and enjoy cheaper transportation SouthAfrican Line, Inc., NewYork; NormanA. Adams,Partner, Adams& charges. Porter,Houston; B. M. Bloomfield,President, Bloomfield Steamship Company, Houston. Texas literally must export. Never before has such a great op- portunity in this direction existed for Texas as there does presently. The economic map of the world changes with the political map. laws and establish import quotas to prevent our domestic economy T~day the world needs and requires the commodities that Texas from being seriously affected and overwhelmed. produces and we, in turn, require a great many goods from abroad. The picture today is quite the opposite. So many European and Far Eastern factories that were the potential suppliers of the The opportunity for development of our commerce in both sinews of warfare have been destroyed and will not be rebuilt; so directions presents a striking challenge to industry and salesman- many have been severely damaged and removed that it will take ship. The field is fertile and the door is wide open. Conditions today years for Europe and the Far East to regain their normal productive are quite different from that which existed immediately following energy so essential to the welfare of a world at peace. the close of the first world war, when the great warring countries We have no desire to capitalize on the distress of these war- of Europe overnight turned their factories from the production of ridden countries. To the contrary, the policy of our great country articles of warfare to those required in times of peace. This great is to help them in every conceivable way to take their proper place war energy suddenly released to peacetime production, resulted in in the family of nations. the United States and our neighboring countries being literally The markets of the world are open to those who will bid for swamped with manufactured goods of all kinds that came out of them and supply them, and share in the exchange of commodities the mines and fields of Europe. with a fair and friendly chance to everyone. We then lost many new markets we had developed during the With the great stake that Texas has in the world’s market, war. We could not compete in the world’s great trade markets. we must supply, and we can and must buy. The retention of our Steel and manufactured articles and many other processed goods present markets, and finding and developing new markets for our were coming into our country in such a volume that our steel exports and also for our purchases abroad, is vital to our welfare. industry was seriously affected. We had to enact anti-dumping To reach our real objective of development and retention of permanent markets for our foreign trade will necessitate intensive, planned and relentless effort. For this all important work, we need an organization which will devote its entire time and efforts to this end--to plan and survey, to advise and counsel, to advertise, SOUTHERDcomPRESS & WIIREHOUSECO. to promote--to foster good will and understanding. Such an or- TURNING BASIN PLANT ganization might be termed a Texas Foreign Trade Association, and HOUSTON, TEXAS would be inspired, sponsored and supported by the great trade interest of the State, and would serve the State of Texas in the same manner that Chambers of Commerceact in the interest of our Located Adjacent to Wharves 7 and 8 many large cities. It would be of inestimable value to Texas and the great Southwest. Under its leadership, great markets could be of the Navig0tion District developed, and we would effectively take advantage of our mag- nificent opportunity, thereby assuming the rightful place in foreign trade which belongs to Texas and which she must have, and which OFFICE LOCATEDAT PLANT -- PHONEWAYSIDE 4/11/ if we know anything of the Texas spirit, she will have. The time is NOW--the need is ACTION.

42 HOUSTONPORT BOOK FOR NOVEMBER,1947 A Detailed Description Of the Port Location Depth and Width of Channels The Port of Houston developed in the brief span of twenty A vessel entering the Port of Houston uses the Galveston jetties, years to the third port of the nation in total tonnage of crosses Bolivar Roads, and enters the Ship Channel. Across Galves- waterborne commerce. The port consists of the Houston Ship ton Bay and through Morgan’s Point, a distance of twenty-five Channel and tributaries, all lying within Harris County. Har- miles, the width is 400 feet on the bottom; and from Morgan’s ris County has a land area of 1747 square miles. It is one of the Point to Baytown exceeds 350 feet on the bottom; from Baytown larger counties of the State of Texas. Only eight counties of the to the Turning Basin exceeds 200 feet on the bottom, the general 254 counties which make up the State of Texas exceed it in area. average being close to 300 feet in this section. The Ship Channel enters the County at Morgan’s Point, and The available depth of water at all periods and tide is 34 feet from that point to the Turning Basin 25 miles of the Channel are over the entire waterway from the Gulf to the Turning Basin. within the County and, with the tributaries, provide a network of Recently the Navigation District requested the United States waterways which offer great attractions to industry and to water- Engineers for additional deepening and widening. The request was borne commerce.All of this area is level, but well drained, land and for 36 feet through the entire waterway, with widths of 550 feet is well above all storm tides and floods. bottom up to Baytown, and with reduced sections to the Turning The Ship Channel ends at the Turning Basin. The Turning Basin Basin, all with a mean low water depth of 36 feet. is inside the City Limits 4 miles and is completely surrounded by wharves, docks, and terminal facilities, all owned and operated by Manystreams in the County, tributary to the Ship Channel, are the Harris County Houston Ship Channel Navigation District. The in use as light draft channels. All of them will accommodate Ship Channel was constructed by dredging out Buffalo Bayou and barges and craft which operate on the Intracoastal Canal. In gen- straightening this stream to meet the requirements of large vessel eral, these streams are nine feet deep and 100 feet in width. navigation. Sixteen miles of the Ship Channel are in Buffalo Bayou, The tide rise and fall on the Houston Ship Channel rarely ex- nine miles in the San Jacinto River, twenty-five miles in Galveston ceeds 14 inches, and the average is less than 1 foot. Due to the Bay, and from the end of the Ship Channel at Bolivar Roads to level country, the waterway is subject to rises and falls of the water deep sea is a distance of eight and one-half miles; therefore, a vessel level due to the effect of prevailing winds. The Southwest winds traversing from deep sea to the Turning Basin covers fifty-eight which prevail through a large portion of the year contribute to a and one-half miles. plus effect on the waterway, amounting to approximately 2 feet.

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HOUSTON PORT BOOK FOR NOVEMBER, 1947 43 Port Authority Many industrial plants and private terminals have developed in The development of the Port of Houston began with the funds the County, and along these waterways there is a vast industrial of private individuals. The City of Houston, realizing the neces- and commercial district which has developed thereby justifying the sity of augmented development, issued bonds in the amount of faith of those who first determined to bring the deep waters of the $3,150,000.00 in the period 1908 to 1917, inclusive. sea to the City of Houston and its industrial area. In the period 1911 to 1930, inclusive, Harris County authorized There are at this time berthing spaces for close to 80 vessels. Of bond issues totaling $11,923,000.00, and these funds were ex- these berths, 18 are operated by the Navigation District and 14 are pended by the Navigation and Canal Commissioners in developing operated by private owners, and these 32 berths are offered to world the channel in cooperation with the United States Engineers, in trade on a "for-hire" basis. The balance of the ship berths serve private owners only. constructing a railroad which would make it possible for all the railroads of Texas to enter the Ship Channel area on an equal basis, Transportation in the Navigation District in constructing a 3,500,000-bushel capacity grain elevator, and in constructing a modern system of wharves and docks. The Navigation and Canal Commissioners have invested over $3,000,000.00 in a railroad which extends in areas not served by In 1922 the Navigation District leased from the City all of its other rail carriers. This railroad is operated by all the carriers serv- properties. As of July 1, 1945, the Navigation District purchased ing the Texas Ports on a cooperative basis, and is extended by the from the City all of its port facilities for an agreed appraised price Navigation District to areas not served by rail carriers as develop- of $1,500,000.00. All of these properties are operated by the Navi- ments require such extensions. gation District and all are open to world commerce and trade on a The Turning Basin is 1300 feet in diameter, and radiating from basis of published tariffs--tariffs published by the Navigation Dis- it are important transportation features. trict and, in general, concurred in by private facilities which have There are no bridges across the Ship Channel, and the major been constructed on the Channel. factors of transportation cost are tied to the transportation center The Navigation District exercises jurisdiction over all construc- which is the Turning Basin. Switching costs, trucking costs, barge tion on the navigable waterway in the County and, in addition, operations, and warehouse operations are all closely connected with had deeded to it the surface rights of the waters in San Jacinto Bay, the Turning Basin, and a uniform switching charge in the Houston that portion of the County through which runs the San Jacinto area extends to all of the terminals and other industries which are River, and in which the Ship Channel is constructed. The Naviga- located within the City Limits. All rail freight rates to and from tion and Canal Commissioners exercise no control over the opera- the vast Southwest area apply equally to the Galveston Bay ports tions of industries or terminals constructed on the navigable waters and all of the industrial area of Harris County. of the County. They do exercise full control over fixing the metes Serving all of this development are unlimited supplies of natural and bounds of the future Ship Channel, provide areas on which gas, industrial water supply, and all forms of utilities. From Gal- dredged spoil is to be deposited, and cooperate with the United veston Bay is dredged annually a very large tonnage of mud shell-- States Engineers in improvements to the waterways. a very pure source of lime.

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We are especially equipped to execute all kinds of dredqinq, reclamation and port works in Southern waters. Correspondence invited trom corporate and private interests everywhere. Contractors to the Federal Government ATLANTIC, GULF AND PACIFIC CO. NEWYORK: 15 Park Row HOUSTON,TEXAS: Citizens State Bank Building

4-4. HOUSTONPORT BOOK FOR NOVEMBER,1947 These factors, with climate, good highways, a complete rail The climate is mild, with short winters marked by only an oc- network, and barges, all bring to this area conditions which favor the casional freeze, and a summer with only a few days above ninety development which is under way. degrees, cool gulf breezes prevailing most of the time. The annual The Navigation District, owners of rights of way for transpor- rainfall is about 48 inches, fairly well distributed, and no "rainy tation lines, aids by providing easements and rights of way for such seasons." Outdoor work can be carried on at all times. utilities, all furnished on a uniform charge basis. Five trunk line systems serve the port, reaching out over a great Industrial Development hinterland area whose shortest haul is to the Port of Houston, thus affording the lowest possible freight rates. Houston has attracted attention as the "Oil Capital of the World." Situated as it is, almost in the center of the vast coastal These systems are the Southern Pacific, Missouri Pacific, Santa oil fields, it has become the center of a huge oil industry. It has Fe, Missouri-Kansas-Texas, and the Burlington-Rock Island; each naturally developed as an oil refinery center with all of its allied system having several subsidiaries, or branch lines, that serve all industries of pipe, tools, supplies, and equipment, and transportation parts of the Southwest. which is a part of the oil industry. Highwaytransportation is available in all directions with many Texas produces approximately one-third of the cotton of the well established truck lines affording over-night delivery to Central Southern States, and Houston has long been the leading cotton port Texas cities. of the nation. It has vast equipment in the form of cotton ware- houses and terminals. It is an important concentration and distribu- Air passenger and mail service centers at Houston, reaching out tion point for cotton. This large tonnage has attracted the finest to all inland points. steamship service of any United States port and is one of the basic All of the terminal facilities surrounding tile Turning Basin factors f~ continued good steamship service to and from the Port are owned and operated by the Navigation District. A detailed of Houston. description of these facilities appears in this publication on Page 42, Within a comparatively short period of time there have de- and readers desiring more detailed description or information may veloped on the Ship Channel large cement mills, utilizing the mud obtain it by addressing inquiries to the Navigation District. shell as the basis for cement manufacture; kraft and paper pulp mills; There also appears in this publication on page 56 a statement pig iron, steel and rolling mills; chemical plants and fertilizer works; indicating the services which are performed by the Navigation Dis- flour mills; warehouses; boat yards; ship yards and many other trict and which are covered by its Tariff. This statement also in- related forms of industry. cludes tile wharves and docks of the Port of Houston which are Rawmaterials abound in the Southwest, and there are available operated for hire and which operate, in general, under the terms for basic industry enormous quantities of salt, sulphur, gypsum, and provisions of the Navigation District Tariff. fuller’s earth, carbon black, petroleum and petroleum products, All of these terminals act as the official carloader and car un- natural gas, cotton, cotton seed products, grains of many varieties, loader for the railroads in the port, and through these agencies is rice, and a tremendous livestock industry. Supplementing these in- completcd the operation of the port as a gateway for competitive dustries is a large and dependable labor supply. commerce.

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HOUSTONPORT BOOK FOR NOVEMBER,1947 45 PATRICK TRANSFER & STORAGE COMPANY

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HOUSTON PORT BOOK FOR NOVEMBER, 1947 46 Privately Owned Terminal and Industrial Facilities

The Houston Ship Channel, which is 25 miles in Harris County, Ralston Purina Co. Receiving shipload cargoes of molasses for offers water frontage, splendid rail and highway connections, elec- distribution throughout the state. Pipe line over Navigation Dis- tric power, ample oil and gas fuel, pure artesian water, and mild trict Wharf No. 1. climate, and has proved a very attractive location for a number Rothermel Bros. Drumming of petroleum products (Use Navi- of major industries, particularly oil refineries. As a result of these gation District Wharf No. 15). natural advantages over 70 plants have been established along its Parker Bros. & Co., Inc., Wharf Site No. 17, sand and shell banks, with a capital investment of $ 500,000,000, employing about unloading rig, north side Channel. 25,000 men, with a daily payroll of about $150,000. Armour Fertilizer Works, Manufacture of commercial ferti- Each year there is a substantial increase in the number of lizer. Shipments of phosphate rock received by vessels. Sulphur such industries, and also extensive additions to those now in by carload from Texas mines. Own wharf. operation. Houston Wharf Co. (Long Reach Docks[), concrete whart These private plants now have 24,081 lineal feet of wharves, 3,428 feet long, marginal tracks, berthing space for eight steamers. sufficient to berth 54 vessels and 16 barges. Cargo of all kinds handled by this Company. (Owncd and operated The following is a summaryof the plants and their facilities, by Gulf Atlantic Warehouse Co.) beginning at the Turning Basin: Gulf Atlantic Warehouse Co. (Long Reach Plant), two high Port Houston Iron Works. Drydock and complete ship repairs. density compresses, concrete warehouses, storage for 325,000 bales Berths available for vessels undergoing repairs. of cotton. Humble Oil & Refining Co. Handling fuel and bunker oil, Gulf Atlantic Warehouse Co. (Fifth Ward Plant), two high using Navigation District Wharves. Supplying vessels and railroads, density compresses, and warehouses with capacity of 375,000 bales and industries. Connection at Wharves Nos. 1 to 4, inclusive, Diesel of cotton. fuel available at Wharf No. 3 only. Gulf Atlantic Warehouse Co. (Clinton Plant), high density Turning Basin Compress, operated by Southern Compress & compress, and warehouses with capacity of 100,000 bales of cotton. Warehouse Company. One high density compress, storage, classing Ship Channel Compress Company, Inc. Sprunts Dock with and shipping. berth space for two steamers, two story brick and concrete ware- Humble Oil & Refining Co. Eighty-five acre tank farm and houses. High density compress and warehouses with capacity of specialty manufacturing plant. Two bunker lines, one for bunker 150,000 bales of cotton. C fuel oil and one for Diesel fuel, with connections on Wharves Terminal Warehouse Company. Two high density compresses, Nos. 10 to 15, inclusive, for bunkering ships while discharging or large brick and cement warehouses, capacity 100,000 bales. receiving cargo. Located on north bank of Channel. W. D. Haden Co. Marine Department and Machine Shop, Port City Compress & Warehouse Co., owned by Atkinson & mouth of Brays Bayou. Company, located three-quarters of a mile northeast of Turning Houston Marine Service, Inc. Boat basin and marine repair Basin on tracks of the Houston Belt & Terminal and Southern Pa- yard for care of yachts, work boats, and pleasure boats, located cific Railway. on Brays Bayou.

COMPARATIVE STANDINGS OF TEXAS PORTS

Compiled from figures released by United States Engineer, Galveston, Texas

Ports 1939 1940 1941 1.942 1943 1944 1945 1946 HOUSTON 28,174,710 27,385,598 25,623,078 17,661,447 15,047,871 16,956,538 23,869,878 31,837,453 Beaumont 20,107,031 19,387,986 20,374,506 9,490,114 7,786,000 8,580,011 13,604,977 23,052,108 Port Arthur 19,510,962 18,52,0,546 19,191,879 10.,833,401 6,580,844 7,673,935 12,292,646 20,177,288 Texas City 12,742,492 13,300,946 12,595,189 7,648,984 5,771,176 7,095,281 8,696,711 13,149,109 Port Aransas 6,429,710 5,788,687 5,946,427 1,70’2,898 2,744,677 3,164,600 5,787,148 10,199.,0,61 Corpus Christi 8,197,702 7,351,061 6,560,824 4,147,859 3,728,303 5,263,210 6,224,711 8,517,518 Galveston 4,462,091 4,098,371 3,386,342 1,683,173 1,546,134 2,290,946 4,280,098 5,960,924 Port Ingleside 1,080,809 1,041,544 1,293,849 865,086 909,826 1,128,881 1,101,122 1,186,443 Port Isabel 40~;,659 321,69.2 257,678 109,821 89,133 189,769 542,232 1,020,190 Freeport 165,084 28,2,593 716,660 1,209,213 1,328,480 1,172,067 1,129,563 666,830 Brownsville 140,176 201,935 99,121 128,821 87,409 213,172 213,0{)0 566,272 Sabine Pass 674,312 644,680 651,722 573,930 572,463 661,586 526,310 368,311 Port Lavaca 73,772 * 12,0,316 137,643 47,452 225,652 273,924 284,445 Orange 67,585 65,202 9.5,185 98,787 124,419 110,345 170,217 148,704 TOTAL 10,2,233,095 98,390,841 96,912,776 56,291,177 46,364,18,7 54,725,993 78,712,537 117,134.656 Intraeoastal Waterway in Galveston District 218,864 257,264 4,239,745 4,948,134 5,235,318 7,444,894 8,001,588 8,207,281 GRAND TOTAL 102,451,959 98,648,105 101,152,521 61,239,311 51,59.9,505 62,170,887 86,714,125 125,341,937 * No statistics available

HOUSTONPORT BOOK FOR NOVEMBER,1947 47 Bludworth Shipyard. Marine ways, shipbuilding and boat Plumbing¯ Industrial Piping ¯ Heating ¯ Air Conditioning repair yard, salvaging and towing services, located on Brays Bayou. Maintenance Service for Industries, Buildings and Homes Platzer Boat Works. Shipbuilding and marine repairs, located on Bradv Island and Brays Bayou. The Humble Oil & Refining Co. Oil station for small craft The Warren Company, Inc. and vehicles. CONTRACTORS Parker Bros. & Co., Inc. Shell and sand unloading plant in 614 WALKERAVE. old channel, Harrisburg. HOUSTON, TEXAS Est. 1914 PHONEF. 1163 Harrisburg Machine Co. All Kinds of ship and machine repairs, located on Old Channel of Buffalo Bayou in Harrisburg. Harbor Transport Company. Ship bunkering facilities. Lo- cated on Old Channel of Buffalo Bayou, Harrisburg. Consolidated Chemical Industries Inc. Large chemical plant manulacturing sulphuric acid, muriatic acid, bone charcoal, other bone products and fertilizer. Barge wharf, located on old channel of Buffalo Bayou. RIVER Eastern States Petrolemn Co., Inc. Ownbarge wharf. Pipe lines to Manchester wharves. Magnolia Petroleum Co. Gasoline storage and marine ware- TERMINALS house. Own barge and ship wharf. Lone Star Cemtnt Corporation. Large plant manufacturing high grade Portland and oil well cement from oyster shell and CORPORATION clay. Capacity 2,000,000 barrels pcr year, operating two kilns. Barge wharf. Arrow Mills, Inc. (Formerl} Houston Milling Co., Inc.)- Serving shippers with a modern fleet Flour mill, feed mill and grain elevator. 2,000,000 bushels capacity. of towboats, tank barges and barges for Carrier house to Manchester Public Wharf, loading capacity 20,000 bushels per hour. Pneumatic system to take grain from ship to general cargo on all Intra-Coastal Canal elevator. points. Connecting line rates with barge Pure Oil Co. Marketing. (Using Channel Fuel Wharf). lines plying to Middle West and Ohio Arkansas Fuel Oil Co. Petroleum products distribution station. River. (Use Channel Fuel Wharf). Continental Oil Company. Gasoline and kerosene distributing station and storage tanks. Small craft and barge wharf. Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Company. Terminal and Warehouse. Southern Pacific Lines. Steamship terminal at Clinton. First unit berths three vessels. Slip 850 feet. Gulf Portland Cement Co. Manufacturers of Portland cement, oil well cement and masonry. Mayo Shell Co. Poultry feed grinding plant.

OFficeslocated at: Eastern States Petroleum Co., Inc. Pile wharf and tank storage. Pipe lines to refinery. Manchester Tcrmmal Corporation. Concrctc wharvcs and two- New Orleans, La. Texas City, Texas story concrete transit shcds; l~erths for four ships; General cargoes Houston, Texas handled. Two high density colnpresscs; Two-story concrete storage warehouses, capacity ~25,()00 bales ot7 conon. Large open area for outsidt~ storage. W. D. Haden Co. Marine ways for barge and small craft repairs in SimmsBayou near Navigation District Railroad bridge.

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REGULARSAILINGS TO CONTINENT, FAR EAST AND UNITED KINGDOM BLOOMFIELD STEAMSHIP COMPANY GALVESTON HOUSTON DALLAS

48 HOUSTONPORT BOOKFOR NOVEMBER,1947 W. D. Haden Co. Shell unloading rig and side tracks in Simms Bayou near Navigation District Railroad bridge. 5rb~InduStrial Center of HousTotz~ Coastal Oil & Transport Co. (Leased to Humble Oil Refining Co). Storage and shipments of gasoline. Ship wharf. NielsEsperson Industrial District Gulf Oil Corporation. Terminal. Wharf 590 feet. HOUSTON, TEXAS Sinclair Refining Co. Refiners and shippers of crude and A well located and hilhly developed exclusive industrial district, supplied refined oils. Wharf 1,400 feet long, pipe line connections to vari- with natural las, electric power, railroads, convenience to port, accessibility to all parts of city and major highways, small or large tracts, surrounded ous fields in the Mid-Continent area. by excellent livinK conditions for dependable labor, conservative price. These all combine to make the Niels Esperson Industrial District worthy Houston Lighting & Power Co. Electric power plant, 160,000 of the attention of "better business." k.w. capacity, total capacity 260,000 k.w. including all plants. Consider the business development possibilities of the Houston territory High tension power lines extending along each side of channel pro- --send for more complete information. vide ample power for city and industrial use. Barge wharf. For complete information address General American Tank Storage Terminals. Petroleum and vegetable oil terminal tank farm. ESPERSONINDUSTRIAL CORPORATION 1334 Mellie EspersonBldg. PhoneF. 8543 HOUSTON,TEXAS Maritime Oil CompanyRefinery. Topping plant. Use General American wharf. Capacity 5,000 barrels per day. Champion Paper & Fibre Co. Paper pulp plant, finishing mill, barge wharf, conveyors, etc. The Texas Co. (Houston Works). Refining and shipment crude and refined oils. Pipe line connections to large fields. 1,400 foot wharf. Slip with berths for three vessels. Crown Central Petroleum Corporation. Oil refining and Port Houston shipping by vessel. Wharf 150 feet. Phillips Petroleum Co. Gasoline exporting terminal. Horton & Horton. Slip, wharves, shell unloading rig, marine ways and repair yard, located on Cotton Patch Bayou. Iron Works Southern Acid & Sulphur Co. Two Docks--143 ft. and 153 ft. Incorporated in length. Bulk cargo dock. American Republics Corporation. Tank farm and storage. Shipment of Petroleum products. Oil wharf 150 feet. Barge wharf ¢r 40 feet. Sheffield Steel Corporation. Blast Furnace, Coke Ovens, Basic Open Hearth Furnaces, Blooming Mill, Structural Mill, Merchant A COMPLETEDRY DOCKING and Rod Mills, Wire Products, etc. Nyotex Chemicals, Inc. Plant for making lime from oyster AND shell; plant for producing anhydrous aluminum chloride; plant for producing anhydrous hydrofluoric acid; all located on Green’s MARINEREPAIR SERVICE Bayou. W. D. Haden Co. Shell retail delivery plant, located on Green’s Bayou. W. L. Jones & Son. Ship repair yard and drydock in Green’s Bayou just above its mouth. Shell loading dock. 7200 HARBOR DRIVE Parker Bros. & Co., Inc. Barge repair and construction yard, ON THE SHIP CHANNEL marine ways. Located on Green’s Bayou. Texas Shipbuilding Co. Boat, tug and barge construction and HOUSTON, TEXAS repairs. Two marine railways. Located on Green’s Bayou. Brown Shipbuilding Co., Inc. Complete drydocking, repair Phone Woodcrest 6-9601 and shipbuilding facilities, 14,000 and 4,000 ton floating dry-

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TEXAS - LOUISIANA - MISSISSIPPI - ALABAMA - FLORIDA GENERAL OFFICES: P.O. BOX 6056 STATION A - NEW ORLEANS 14, LA. MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN WATERWAYS OPERATORS, INC.

HOUSTONPORT BOOKFOR NOVEMBER,1947 49 Upper Channel Industrial Development docks. Ample wharves and building ways. Capable of handling any ship navigating the Houston Ship Channel. Located on the Houston In addition to the industries established along the main chan- Ship Channel at the mouth of Green’s Bayou. nel there are a number located upon the light draft channel Schmidt Barge Yard. Green’s Bayou. Tug and barge building between the harbor and the center of the city and having their plant, also repairs. own wharves and cargo handling facilities. Amongthem the fol- San Jacinto Ordnance Depot. Storage depot and terminal lowing are noted: facilities. Chas. C. Smith & Co. Barge and Towing Co. Shell Oil Co., Inc. Large refinery and tank farm. Slip with Ole Peterson & Son. Barge dock and mooring facility. four berths. Petroleum products loading facilities. National Supply Company. Steel bulkhead wharf for handling San Jacinto Battleground Park. 2,100 lin. ft. steel bulkhead pipe, steel, etc. wharf for small craft. Republic Supply Company. Pipe yard and warehouse. Channel Shipyard, Lynchburg. Boat building and repairs. 500- Continental Supply Company. Pipe yard. ton marine ways. Houston Barge Terminal. Barge terminal and warehouse. Gulf Refining Company (Houston Pipe Line Department), Parker Bros. & Co., Inc. Shell unloading plant and builders’ Lynchburg. Oil storage. Shipment by vessel and pipe line. Wharf supplies. 200 feet. Shellbuilder Co. Oyster shell poultry feed. Humble Oil & Refining Co. Refinery at Baytown, refining San Jacinto Sand & Gravel Co. Barge dock for unloading and shipment of crude and refined oil products. Two concrete sand. wharves 600 and 400 feet long, barge wharf 250 feet. Trinity Portland Cement Company. E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. (Grasselli Chemicals Depart- Houston Packing Company. Meat packers. raent). Chemical plant, located on Brinson Point about one-fourth Pritchard Rice Milling Co. mile west of the main Houston Ship Channel. Dedman Foundry & Machine Co. Humble Oil & Refining Co. Barge terminal on Barbour Houston Shell & Concrete Co. Channel. Zero Ice Plant. Standard Oil Co. of Texas. Salt Dome Corporation. Barge The Texas Company. Bulk Station. terminal on Barbour Channel. Houston Lighting & Power Company. Gable Street plant, Cliff Boat Yard--Marine Park. 60,000 k.w. United Gas. Houston has over 100 producing oil fields within a radius Horton & Horton. Sand--shell--gravel--ready mixed concrete. of 100 miles, and pipe lines extend to all major coastal and mid- continental oil and gas fields. Many of the major and independent Peden Iron & Steel Co. Sales and warehouse. companies maintain their principal offices at Houston. The General Warehouse. Houston Central Warehouse Company. Texas Packing Company. Meats. Consolidated Chemical Houston Terminal Warehouse & Cold Storage Company. Merchants & Manufacturers Building Corporation. Industries Inc. Buffalo Warehouse Company, warehousing and distribution (SOUTHERNDIVISION) facilities. Manufacturers John Young Co., Inc. Shell. Located at foot of Fannin Street on Buffalo Bayou. HeavyChemicals and Bone Products City wharves. ~" B.A. Reisner & Son Co. Structural steel. NATURALGAS. The channel industrial area is served on " Office ¯ Mellie Es-erson Building ~mes each side of the waterway by natural gas piped from the fields Facto ry on Ship ChV-nnel,1 by the United Gas, Houston Natural Gas Corporation, Gas Division !! O U S T O N, T E l A S of Humble Oil & Refining Co. and Houston Industrial Gas Company, whose mains are available to all industries.

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50 HOUSTONPORT BOOK FOR NOVEMBER,1947 Public Wharves 7 : Covered Open Railroad Wharf Length Feet Berthing Area Area Car Material Capacity Sq. Ft. Sq. Ft. Storage Wharf Shed

No.1 ...... 823 2 Vessels 66,299 35,085 30 Creosoted Pile Concrete No. 2 ...... 522 1 Vessel 53,500 23,190 55 Concrete Wood No.3 ...... 799 2 Vessels 35,930 46,031 60 Concrete Steel No.4 ...... 777 2 Vessels 60,8,27 27,841 73 Concrete Concrete No. 5 ...... 80 1 Vessel 3,680 .... Wood Open Nos. 7 and 8 ...... 800 2 Vessels 59,340 16,000 Wood Wood No. 10 ...... 600 1 Vessel 72,700 28,338 61 Concrete Steel No.11 ...... 530 1 Vessel 66,660 29,160 (;5 Concrete Concrete No. 12, Twostory ...... 530 1 Vessel 95,644 29,260 60 Concrete Concrete and Steel No.13, Twostory* ...... 460 1 Vessel 91,156 32,500 57 Concrete Concrete and Steel No.14 ...... 480 1 Vessel 4~9,040 26 Concrete Grain Berth No. 15 480 1 Vessel 65,640 21,830 48 Concrete (Also Grain Berth) Concrete Manchester Wharf (No. 75) 500 1 Vessel 86,836 10,000 30 Concrete (Also Grain Berth) Steel Channel Fuel Dock (No. 77) 253 1 Vessel 32,295 20 Wood None Distribution Warehouse 201,203 .... 82 Concrete Cotton Concentration Shed 277,163 150 Wood

Totals...... 7,634 18 Vessels 1,232,898 384,250 817

*Equipped with 17,000 cu. ft. refrigerated space. Private Wharves Berthing Wharf Owned By Length Capacity Type of Wharf and Use

ArmourFertilizer Works ...... 150 Ft. 1 Vessel Creosoted timber fitted with hopper and conveyor for fertilizer. HoustonWharf Co ...... 3,428 Ft. 8 Vessels Concrete; Apron tracks; Cotton and general cargo. Ship ChannelCompress Company ...... 800 Ft. 2 Vessels Concrete; Cotton and miscellaneous cargo. Eastern StaLesPetroleum Co., Inc ...... 40 Ft. 2 Barges Creosoted piling; Oil wharf. Magnolia Petroleum Company 73’6" 1 Vessel Creosoted piling and clusters; Gasoline wharf. LoneStar CementCorporation ...... 387 Ft. 2 Barges Creosoted piling and clusters; Barge wharf. Arrow Mills, Inc. (Formerly Houston Milling Co., Inc.- (Using ManchesterWharf) ...... 500 Ft. 1 Vessel Grain loading and unloading berth for elevator. TennesseeCoal, Iron &Railroad Co ...... 400 Ft. 1 Vessel Creosoted piling; Handling steel products. SouthernPacific Lines (Clinton Dock)...... 1,250 Ft. (Slip) 3 Vessels Concrete; General cargo. GulfPortland Cement Company ...... 200 Ft. 2 Barges Timber Bulkhead Wharf; Unloading Clay, Shell. Eastern States PetroleumCo., Inc ...... 500 Ft. I Vessel Creosoted piling and clusters; Oil wharf. Eastern States Petroleum Co., Inc. 6 Ft. Fire dock; wood piling. Eastern States Petroleum Co., Inc. 16 Ft. Barge dock; wood piling. ManchesterTerminal Corporation ...... 1,600 Ft. 4 Vessels Concrete; Apron track; Cotton and general cargo. Coastal Oil & Transport Co. (Leased to Humble Oil &Refining Company)...... 150 Ft. 1 Vessel Creosoted piling; Oil wharf. GulfOil Corporation ...... 590 Ft. 1 Vessel Steel bulkhead, pile clusters; Oil wharf. Sinclair RefiningCompany ...... 1,400 Ft. 3 Vessels Concrete and creosoted piling; Oil pipe lines and case goods. General AmericanTank Storage Terminals ...... 600 Ft. 1 Vessel Creosoted piling; Oil wharf. Houston Lighting & Power Co. 24 Ft. 1 Barge Creosoted piling; Oil wharf. TheTexas Company ...... 1,400 Ft. 3 Vessels Steel bulkhead; Oil wharf. ChampionPaper &Fibre Co ...... 200 Ft. 1 Light Draft Barges, etc., creosoted piling, Vessel steel decking; Paper, Pulp, Salt, Caustic. Crown-CentralPetroleum Corp ...... 150 Ft. 1 Vessel Creosoted piling; Oil wharf. AmericanRepublics Corp. (Barge Wharf)...... 40 Ft. 4 Barges (Barges only); creosoted piling; Oil wharf. American Republics Corp. (Oil Wharf) ...... 150 Ft. 1 Vessel Creosoted piling; Oil wharf. SouthernAcid &Sulphur Co. (2 Docks)...... 143 Ft. 1 Vessel ,Creosoted timbers and piling with 153 Ft. 1 Vessel concrete deck; Bulk cargo dock. Sheffield Steel Corporation ...... 480 Ft. 1 Vessel Steel sheet piling backfilled; Handling of incoming material and shipment of steel products. United States Maritime Commission (WarAssets Administration) ...... 2,600 Ft. 5 Vessels Steel bulkhead fitting out berths. Shell Oil Company,Ine ...... 2,600 Ft. (Slip) 4 Vessels Creosoted piling; Oil wharf. SanJaeinto OrdnanceDepot ...... 1,500 Ft. (Slip) 3 Vessels Concrete; Cargo shed. Gulf Refining Co. (HoustonPipe Line Division) ...... 200 Ft. 1 Vessel Creosoted piling; Oil wharf. HumbleOil &Refining Co ...... 1,400 Ft. 4 Vessels Concrete piling; Oil wharf. Houston Barge Terminal (Shipside Contracting Co.)* ...... 900 Ft. 5 Barges (Barges only); General cargo.

Totals 24,081 Ft. 54 Vessels 16 Barges *Located on Upper Channel about 2~ miles above Turning Basin. HOUSTONPORT BOOK FOR NOVEMBER,1947 51 CHANNEL PILOTAGE AND CHARGES HOUSTON PILOTS Houston Offices: Telephone: Capitol 9451 Galveston Offices: 803-04 Petroleum Bldg. Night Nos. Hadley 6876 1206 United States National Bank Building Madison 2-5777 Telephone 2-2011 Pilot Boats: Houston Pilots Nos. 1 and 2--Meet vessels on Galveston Bar. Foreign vessels to or from a foreign or Americanport ...... $ 5.50 per foot draft American vessels to or from a foreign port ...... 5.50 per foot draft Americanvessels under register to or from sea (Coastwise) ...... 4.00 per foot draft Americanvessels under enrolhnent to or from sea ...... 4.00 per foot draft All vessels to or from Bolivar Roads...... 4.00 per foot draft Swingingvessel for compassadjustment ...... 25.00 Zone No. 1 All points confined between the Turning Basin to and including Manchester Terminal. Zone No. 2 All points confined from Manchester Terminal to and including Norsworthy. Zone No. 3 All points confined from Norsworthy to and including Ordnance Depot. Zone No. 4 All points confined from Ordnance Depot to and including Mnrgan’s Point. All shifts confined to any one zone will be $20.00. All shifts from points in one zone to points in adjoining zone $25.00. All shifts from any point in any one zone passing through the adjoining zone to points in the next adjoining zone $30.00. All shifts from points in any one zone passing through the next two adjoining zones to points in the third adjoining zone $35.00. WhenPilot is detained aboard vessel in Bolivar Roads for the convenience of the vessel, a charge of $10.00 for the first hour and $5.00 for each hour thereafter will be charged against the vessel. TUG BOAT TARIFF FOR HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL

Schedule of Tug Boat I SudermanHouston & Towing Young TowingCompany, Co., 811 Inc., Cotton Cotton Exchange Exchange Building, Building, Houston, Houston, Texas. Texas. Operators Intracoastal Towing & Transportation Co., 503 Petroleum Building, Houston 2, Texas. t Bay Towing Company, 811 Cotton Exchange Building, Houston, Texas. With DOCKING AND UNDOCKING BETWEEN own power Docking or Off Docking at all points between Manchester Terminal and Turning Basin, both inclusive $ 90.00 San Jacinto Ordnance Depot and U. S. Maritime Commission Docking or Undocking at points below Manchester to take the same rates as Shell Norsworthy, inclusive 100.00 Docking or Off Docking at points below Norsworthy to Morgan’s Point and Shell $250.00 Ordnance Depot, inclusive 140.00 Morgan’s Point and Baytown 155.00 l)ocking or Off Docking at Baytown 105.00 Bolivar Roads and Morgan’s Point 290.00 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES Bolivar Roads and Baytown 295.00 Furnishing Steam: Per hour or fractional part, including Bolivar Roads and Shell 365.00 running time to and from ship $ 80.00 Galveston and Baytown 350.00 A charge of $100.00 in addition to regular rate will be Houston and Shell 160.00 made when voyage is not completed on day of Texas City and Baytown 350.00 starting. 140.00 Pulling on ships aground: Houston to Norsworthy, Crown, Galena, Sinco When tug engaged in assisting steamer, 1 hour free Houston and Brown Shipyard and Sheffield 185.00 pulling time; each succeeding hour or fractional Houston and Ordnance Depot and Chemical Plant 250.00 part 85.00 Galveston and Houston ..... 475.00 When tug is not engaged in assisting steamer: Bolivar Roads and Houston 415.00 Per hour or fractional part 90.00 Texas City and Houston 475.00 Running time chargeable. Morgan’s Point and Houston 295.00 The above rates to apply for a single tug. Houston and Baytown 270.00 Tugs ordered to stand by but not put to work will Baytown and Shell and Brown Shipyard 155.00 be charged for the same as if pulling. 155.00 Rates for towing dead ships between points on Houston Ordnance Depot to Baytown Ship Channel, other than above specified, will be Norsworthy, Crown, Galena, Sinco, Clinton, Manchester charged for on "pulling time basis." take same rates as Houston from above points. All towed vessels to furnish towing hawsers. Above Charges include Docking or Undocking. Holding vessels off Dock and Redocking between Man- chester and Turning" Basin, both inclusive, shift- Shifting vessels between docks at Manchester Terminal $ 105.00 ing rates to apply. and Turning Basin, both inclusive, per tug When tug ordered to certain points to perform services Shifting vessels between points below Manchester to and orders cancelled after Tug leaves berth, mini- Norsworthy inclusive, per tug" ] 40.0:~ mum charge of $60.00 at Houston and Baytown will be made. Shifting vessels from one point to another on the same DETENTION dock between points below Manchester Terminal I)etention caused by vessel not being ready when tug ordered to to Ordnance Depot, inclusive, per tug 145.00 be charged for at $50.00 per hour, with one hour free Shifting from one berth to another at Baytown 105.00 time allowed. Rate of Charges for Mooring and Unmooring Vessels Office: 7437 Canal Street Telephone: Wayside 4488 Contract and charges made for mooring or unmooring vessels Charge of $15.00 for Unmooring and $15.00 for Mooring in shift- between the Maritime Committee and the Houston Mooring ing from one berth to another; except when shifting to the adjoin- Company. ing" berth, which is a ship’s length of 500 feet; there will be a For the purpose of this contract, the Houston Ship Channel charge of $2().0{,* for the entire service. from Houston Turning Basin to the U. S. Maritime Commission A charge of $8.00 per hour for waiting time after the first hour shall be the total territory served by the Houston Mooring Com- on all vessels. If a movementis cancelled after the men are at the pany. pier, there will be a charge of one hour at the waiting time rate. No charge for delayed sailing or shifting on account of weather DOCKING AND UNDOCKING conditions. Charge of $15.00 for Mooring or Unmooring vessels at any place There will be a charge of $20.00 for any vessel docking at any in the Houston Ship Channel between the Turning Basin and Todd MudBank. A double docking fee will be charged when docking one Houston Shipyard, inclusive. ship alongside another. 52 HOUSTONPORT BOOKFOR NOVEMBER,1947 Houston Steamship Services FOREIGN SERVICES The following table shows the various steamship lines operating between Houston and various Foreign ports; Corrected as of October 1, 1947 Lines Between Houston and Houston Agent or Operator Agwilines, Inc. Various Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Co., Inc. Alaska Packers Association Various Ports Bloomfield Steamship Co. Alcoa Steamship _Comp_any Various Ports Bloomfield Steamship Co. American Range Lines, Inc. Various Ports Hansen & Tidemann, Inc. Havre and Dunkirk, France; Armement Deppe, S. A. Antwerp and Ghent, Belgium Hansen & Tidemann, Inc. Atlantic Overseas Corporation Belgian Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Co., Inc. Atwacoal Transportation Co. Various Ports Hansen & Tidemann, Inc. Bank Line Far East, Australia, New Zealand Strachan Shipping Company Blidberg Rothchild Agency Corp. Various Ports Hansen & Tidemann, Inc. Boland & Cornelius Various Ports Bloomfield Steamship Co. Canadian-Gulf Linel Ltd. - canadian t, oris Canadian:Gulf Line, Ltd: Centramerican S/S Agency, Inc. Various Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Company, Inc. R. Chapman & Son Various Ports Thomas Rice & Co., Inc. Chilean Line West Coast~South America Straehan Shipping cO. Cia De Muelles de ]a Poblacion Vergara South American Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Company, Inc. Common Bros. Various Ports Thomas Rice & Co., Inc. Companhia National de Novegacao Various l’orts Texas Transpiirt & Terminal Co., inc. F. E. [)a~son & Co., Ltd. Various Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Company, Inc. Frank s. I)awson, Ltd. - Various Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Company, inc. - Rio de Janeiro, Santos, Montevideo, Delta Line (Mississippi Shipping Co.) Buenos Aires Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc., Agents Dodd Thomsen & Co., Ltd. Various Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Co., Inc. Doder0 Line - Argentine Ports Strachan Shipping Co. East Asiatic Co., Inc. Various Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Co., Inc. P. Fadrique Mexican Ports .... Hansen & Tidemann. Inc. Fall River Navigation Co. - Various Ports Hansen &-Tidemann Ine~ Far East--Shanghai, Hongkong and Fern Line Philippines Biehl &Companv Flota Mercantile Argentina -A)-ge-ntine Ports- Strachan Shipping Company - French Line French North Atlantic Ports E.S. Binnings Gdynia America Line Gdynia Texas Transport & Terminal Coi,li{c: General Steamship Corporation Various Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Co.. Inc. Buenaventura, Colombia; Guayaquil, Ecua- dor; Callao, Mollendo, Peru; Arica, Auto- Grace Line fagasta, Valparaiso, Chile, and other Collin & Gissel West Coast South America Ports Grancolombiana, Inc. South American Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Company, Inc. Gulf-Stream S/S Co., Inc. Gulf and Caribbean Ports - Gulf-Canal Lines, Inc. HANDT Lines Various Ports Hansen & Tidemann, Inc. Harrson Line Liverpool and Manchester Wm. Parr & Company Hoegh-Silver Line Various Ports Thomas Rice & Co., Inc. Hogarth & Sons Various Ports Texas Transport & Terminal C0:, Ine: ltolland America Line Holland, Belgium and English Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Co., Inc. India Steamship Co., Ltd. Various Ports Bloomfield Steamship Co. Isbrandtsen Company, Inc. Various Ports Hansen & Tidemann, Inc. Interocean Steamship Company Various Ports Texas Transoort & Terminal Co.: inc. India Ports--Persian Gulf Ports--Middle Isthmian Steamship Company East Ports Isthmian Steamship Company JaslGriffiths & Sons, Inc. Various Ports Bloomfield Steamship Co. )ava Pacific Line Netherlands East Indies Straehan Shipping Company Far Eastern Ports, Netherlands East In/ Kerr-Silver Line dies, Malaya, India, Persian Gulf Thomas Rice & Co., Inc. Kerr-Silver Lines South African Ports Thomas Rice & Co., Inc. Lykes African Line _ South and East African Ports _ LykesBros. Steamship Co., inc. Bremen, Hamburg, Rotterdam. Havre, Antwerp, Ghent, Polish, Swedish, Nor- Lykes Continent Line wegian, Finnish. Danish and other Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc. North Continental Ports Barcelona, Valencia, Cadiz, Alicante, Malaga, Seville, Bilboa, Pasages, Lis- Lykes Mediterranean Line bon. Oporto, Genoa, Leghorn, Naples. Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc. Venice, Trieste, Istanbul, Piraeus and other Grecian Ports Lykes Orient Line China, Japan. Philippines, Hawaii, Malay Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc. Straits and Netherland, East Indies

HOUSTONPORTBOOK FORNOVEMBER, 1947 5:~ FOREIGN SERVICES---Continued Lines Between Houston and Houston Agent or Operator Cristobal, C. Z., Barranquilla, Cartagena, Colombia, Buenaventura, Colombia, Guayaquil, Ecuador, Callao, Peru, Val- paraiso, Chile and other West Coast Lykes South American Line South American Ports. La Guaira Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc. Puerto Cabello, Guanta, Puerto La Cruz and Maracaibo, Venezuela. Transship- ment to West Coast Central America via Cristobal, C. Z. ---London, Liverpool-, Manchesterl Newcastlel Lykes U. K. Line Glasgow, Belfast, Dublin and Avon- Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc. mouth San Juan, Ponce and Mayaguez, Puerto Lykes West Indies Line Rico. Havana and Santiago, Cuba. Port- Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc. au-Prince, Haiti, Ciudad Trujillo, D. R. Mexican National Line Vera Cruz _ E. S. Binnings Moiler Line (U. K.) Ltd. Various Ports Bloomfield Steamship Co. Moller Shipping Company Various Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Company, Inc. MungoCampbell & Co., Ltd. Various Ports Bloomfield Steamship_ Co. Naviera Aznar North Spain, Portugal Thomas Rice & Co., Inc. Navigazione-Alta Italia - iia-iiall andMediterrranean Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Company, Inc. Nervion Barcelona and Spanish Mediterranean Ports Thomas Rice & Co., Inc. The Northern Pan America Line, A/S East Coast of South America Biehl & Company Far East, Australia, New Zealand and Norton, Lilly & Company Norton, Lilly & Company the Mediterranean Parry Navigation Company, Inc. Various Ports Strachan Shipping Company Polarus Steamship Co., Inc. Various Ports Hansen & Tidemann, Inc. Ponchelet Marine Corp. Various Ports Hansen & Tidemann, Inc. Ropner Shipping Company, Ltd. U. K.--Continent Strachan Shipping Company Netherlands and British West Indies and Strachan Shipping Company Royal Netherlands Line North Coast South America Runciman Shipping Co., Ltd. Various Ports Thomas Rice & Co., Inc. Scandinavian-American Line Baltic and Scandinavian Ports Strachan Shipping Company Stockard Steamship Corp. Various Ports Hansen & Tidemann, I nc_...... Sudden & Christenson Various Ports Bloomfield Steamship Co. Oslo, Gothenburg, Copenhagen and other Fowler & McVitie Swedish-America Mexico Line Scandinavian Ports United Greek Steamship Owners Greek Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Co., Inc. Bremen, Hamburg, Rotterdam, Havre, Antwerp, London, China, Japan, Philip- Bloomfield Steamship Company Waterman Steamship Corporation pines and Hawaii. Mediterranean and Adriatic Ports Oslo, Gothenburg, Copenhagen and Fowler & McVitie Wilhelmsen Line other Scandinavian Ports Williams & Frazee, Inc. Canadian and Latin American Ports Williams & Frazee, Inc. NOTE:Besides the above, there are a large number of chartered vessels operating under private contract to various portl.

TANKER LINES The following table shows the various tanker lines operating between Houston and various ports of the world; Corrected as of October l, 1947 Between Houston and Houston Agent or Operator Lines _ American Pacific Steamship Co. VariouS-Ports - - Texas Transport & Terminal Co., Inc. American Petroleum Transport Corp. Various Ports Collin & Gissel American Republics Corporation Various Ports American Republics Corporation American Ship Brokerage Various Ports Collin & Gissel American Trading and Production Cor- Various Ports C. J. Thibodeaux & Co. (As Brokers Only) poration Anglo-Mexican Petroleum Corp. European Ports Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc.. Agents Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co., Ltd. European Ports Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc.. Agents Baltic Trading Co. Various Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Co., Inc. Barber Asphalt Corporation Various Ports American Republics Corporation Bernuth Lembcke Co., Inc. North Atlantic Ports Strachan Shipping Company Olaf Boe & Company Various Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Co., Inc. C. T. Bowring & Co., Ltd. Various Ports Strachan Shipping Company British Molasses Co., Ltd. United Kingdom and Continental Ports Fowler & McVitie British Tanker Co., Ltd. United Kingdom and Continental Ports Thomas Rice & Co., Inc. Bulls Tankrederi A/S Various Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Co., Inc. Cia. Arrendataria Del Monopolio de Spanish Ports Thomas Rice & Co., Inc. Petroleos, S. A., Madrid. Spain Cities Service Oil Company Various Ports Collin & Gissel Commercial Molasses Company Various Ports Collin & Gissel CommonBros., Ltd. United Kingdom and Continental Ports Thomas Rice & Co., Inc. Compagnie Auxiliaire de Navigation Various Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Co., Inc.

54 HOUSTONPORT BOOK FOR NOVEMBER,1947 TANKER LINES--Continued Lines Between Houston and Houston Agent or Operator ~ompagnie Des Produits Chimiques Et Texas Transport & Terminal Co., Inc. Raffineries De Berre Various Ports Compagnie Nationale De Navigation Various Forts Texas Transport & Terminal Co., Inc. Continental Steamship Co. Various Ports C. J. Thibodeaux & Co. (As Brokers Only) A/S Thor Dahl Texas Transport & Terminal Co., Inc. Eivand Evensen A/S .... Various Ports Biehl & Company Fearnley & Eger Various Ports Biehl & Company James German & Company -~| VariousVarious Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Co., Inc. L. Gill-Johannesen Various Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Co., Inc. Gow Harrison & Company Various Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Co., Inc. Christian Haaland Various Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Co., Inc. Halfdan-Ditlev Simonsen & Company Various Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Co., Inc. International Freighting Corp. North and South Atlantic Ports Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc., Agents John I. Jacobs Various Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Co., Inc. Johnson Line Various Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Co., Inc. Keystone Shipping Company Various Ports C. J. Thibodeaux & Co. (As Brokers Only) A. F. Klaveness & Co. A/S Various Ports Biehl & Company Knut Knutsen, O. A.S. Various Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Co., Inc. Leif Hoegh & Co., A/S ~[[ Various Forts Thomas Rice & Company, Inc. August Leffler & Son Various Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Co., Inc. Marine Transport Lines, Inc. Various Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Company, Inc. Maritime Trading Co., Ltd. Various Ports Thomas Rice & Company, Inc. ArCh. H. Mathiesen Various Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Co., Inc. Mathiasen’s Tanker Industries, Inc. Various Ports C. J. Thibodeaux & Co. (As Brokers Only) Melsom & Melsom Various Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Company, Inc. Mexican Shipping & Trading Co Mexican Ports Collin & Gissel Molasses & General Transport Co., Ltd. United Kingdom and Continental Ports Fowler & McVitie A. P. Moller Various Ports Biehl & Company National Bulk Carriers, Inc. Various Ports Collin & Gissel George Nicolaou Ltd., London Various Ports Thomas Rice & Co., Inc. Norwegian Shipping & Trade Mission Various Ports Strachan Shipping Company A. Gowart Olsen Various Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Co., Inc. Pacific Tankers, Inc. Various Ports J. S. Burrows Pennsylvania Shipping Company Various Ports C. J. Thibodeaux & Co. (As Brokers Only) Petroleos Mexicanos Mexican Ports Collin & GisseI Pure Oil Company Various Ports Pure Oil Company Rederiaktiebolaget Fraternitas Various Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Co., Inc. Rederiaktiebolaget Transoil Various Ports Fowler & McVitie Chr. Salvesen & Company Various Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Co., Inc. Erling H. Samuelsen Rederi A/S Various Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Co., Inc. Sieling & Jarvis Various Ports Collin & Gissel Sinclair Refining Company Various Ports Sinclair Refining Company Skibs A/S Avant Various Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Co., Inc. Societe Anb-nyme Lea Petroles D’Outre-Mer. Various Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Co., Inc. Societe Francaise de Transports Petroliers Various Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Co., Inc. Socony-Vacuum Oil Company and For- eign Affiliates Various Ports J.S. Burrows Standard Oil Company of New Jersey and Foreign Affiliates Various Ports J.S. Burrows The Standard Brands, Inc. Various Ports Pure Oil Company Stephensen & Thorgersen .~ Various Ports Bloomfield Steamship Company Tankers, Inc. Various Ports Collin & Gissel A/S Tanktransport (Th. Berg, Mgr.) Various Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Co., Inc. Tide Water Associated Oil Co. Various Ports J. S. Burrows Trafikaktiebolaget Grangesberg Oxelosund Various Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Company, Inc. Trelleborgs Angfartygs Nya Aktiebolag Various Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Co., Inc. A/S Ugland’s Rederi Various Ports [ Texas Transport & Terminal Co., Inc. Union Maritime & Shipping Co. Various Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Co., Inc. Union Oil Companyof California Various Ports Strachan Shipping Company Phs. Van Ommeren Various Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Co., Inc. H. Waage Various Ports Strachan Shipping Company Westfal-Larsen Various Ports &-C~/S ...... Texas Transport & Terminal Company, Inc. Williams & Frazee, Inc. I Various Ports Williams & Frazee, Inc. Yacimientos Petro]iferios-Fiscales ..... [ Various Ports ..... Bloomfiel(t Ste~ship Co.

NOTE: In addition to the above, a large lmmber of tankers are operated exeluslvely in handling products of local refineries under private agreement.

HOUSTONPORT BOOK FOR NOVEMBER,1947 55 INTERCOASTAL SERVICES The following table shows the various steamship lines operating between Houston and Pacific Coast Ports; Corrected as of October 1, 1947. Lines Between Houston and I Houston Agent or Operator Los Angeles, San Francisco and Oakland,~- Isthmian S/S Co. Calif., Portland, Oregon, and Seattle andI Isthmian S/S Company Tacoma, Wash. | L~Francis coand - Oaklan(i, | ...... Luckenbach Gulf Steamship Co., Inc. Calif. Portland, Oregon, and Seattle and | Luckenbach Gulf Steamship Co.. Inc. Tacoma, Washington | The Union Sulphur Co., Inc. West Coast Ports ~ Hansen & Tidemann. Inc.

COASTWISE SERVICES The following table shows the various steamship lines operating between Houston and Gulf Ports and from Houston to Gulf Pt)rts; Corrected as of October 1, 1947. Lines Between Houston and Houston Agent or Operator Mobile, Alabama, and Brownsville, Gulf-Canal Lines, Inc. Texas, serving all intermediate ports. Gulf-Canal Lines, Inc. l~rownsville, Texas to Boston, Mass.; New Newtex Steamship Corporation York, New York; Philadelphia, Pa.; Newtex Steamship Corporation ...... a~(t Baltimo}’e, Md...... I~rownsville, Texas to Boston, Mass.; New The Texas Line (Newtex) York, New York; Philadelphia, Pa.; The Texas Line and Baltimore, Md. Lines From Houston to Houston Agent or Operator ...... ___z Luckenbach Gulf Steamship Co., Inc. Mobile, Alabama, and Tampa,Floriclao Luckenbach Gulf Steamship Co., Inc.

INTRACOASTAL CANAL SERVICES The following lable shows the variou.~ barge and ship lines operating in and oat ol noust,,n through the lntracoastal (:anal; Corrected as of October 1, 1947. -- Lines I Between Houston and Houston Agent or Operator Anderson Petroleum Transportation ]-i;t;acLita{Canal Points Anderson Petroleum Transportation Company | Company ~-~,, ~.,, ~--- ~...... I Intra~tal Cmna] and l~ississippi River ~rrnur-~mlm t, orporauon } Points Arthur-Smith Corporation Barge Transport Company } Intracoastal Canai Points~ Etc. -- Barge Transport Company ...... Mobile, Alabama, and Brownsville, Gulf-Canal Lines, Inc. Texas, serving all intermediate ports. Gulf-Canal Lines, Inc. Butcher-Arthur, Inc. Gulf, Mississippi, Ohio River Ports Butcher-Arthur, Inc. Coyle Lines, Inc. New Orleans and Intermediate Ports Coyle Lines, Inc. Crown Central Petroleum Corporation Intracoastal Canal Points Crown Central Petroleum Corporation Edwards Transportation Co. Gulf and Mississippi River Points Edwards Transportation Co. (Oil Trans.) J. S. Gissel & Company Intracoastal Canal Points J. S. Gissel & Company~ ...... Harbor Transport Company Intracoastal Canal Points Harbor Transport Company Gulf, Intracoastal Canal and Lower Mis- H. W. A. Harms Towing Company sissippi River Points H. W. A. Harms Towing Company Gulf, Intracoastal Canal, Mississippi and Houston Barge Terminal Ohio River Points Shipside Contracting Company Gulf, Intracoastal Canal, Mississippi and Cornelius Kroll & Company Ohio River Points Cornelius Kroll & Company Mississippi Valley Barge Line Co.- ~- Mississippi River and Ohio River Points Virgil J. Angell, Southern General Agent Producers Transport & Marketing Company Intracoastal Canal Points Producers Transport & Marketing Company Pure Oil Company Intracoastal Canal Points Pure Oil Company River Terminals Corporation lntracoastal Canal Points RiverTerminals Corporation Intracoastal Canal Points, Ohio and Mis- Chas. C. Smith & Company sissippi Rivers and Their Tributaries Chas. C. Smith & Company Intracoastal, Mississippi and Ohio River Texas Towing Company Texas Towing Company Points Union Barge Line Corp. Mississippi River and Ohio River Points WarnerJ. Banes,Houston Agent Wilkins Barge Line, Ltd. Gulf and Mississippi River Points Wilkins Barge Line, Ltd. Gulf, Intracoastal Canal, Mississippi, Ohio Williams & Frazee, Inc. and Illinois Rivers Williams & Frazee, Inc.

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HOUSTONPORT BOOK FOR NOVEMBER,1947 Business, labor and qovernment leaders all agree that World Trade is indispensable to a sound domestic economy. Without imports we could not maintain either our industrial production or our way of life. Without exports we could not in normal times maintain our hiqh employment and prosperity levels. It is because the officials of the Second National Bank of Hous- ton are aware of these thinqs that they have included the development of World Trade in the bank’s major program of activities. Published fiqures indicate that from a standpoint of Accept- ances and Letters of Credit Out- standinq, Second National is not only first among Houston banks in financinq World Trade, but hiqh amonq all the banks of the nation. The experience and facilities of Second National’s Foreign De- partment are available to those who seek to expand either their import or export activities. MORE ELECTRIC POWER AHEAD for South Texas

Throughoutthe history of service to South Houston Lighting & Power Company’s Texas, Houston Lighting & Power Com- expansion program also includes the pany has consistently planned and built soon- to o be- completedaddition to the WestJunction powerplant . . . a project ahead of this area’s needs for electric designed to double the generating capao power. In keeping with this policy, plans bility of this plant to a capacity of 80,000 have been drawn for a new power plant kilowatts. Newdevelopments in facilities to be located on Green’s Bayou, which is and equipment are being madethrough- expected to go in operation in 1949 with out the entire system, in anticipation of a generating capacity of 120,000 kilo- ever-increasing demandsfor Iowocost watts. electric power.

Webelieve the area we serve has a great future, and our construction programof more than $30,000,000 is a meansof keeping in readiness for the shifting scene of industrial developmenttoward Houstonand South Texas. ~ uslon XJdrhfin~ PRODUCERSOF LOW-COSTELECTRIC SERVICE~