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TANKERS AND CARGO SHIPS ON HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL

Privately OwnedTerminal and Industrial Facilities

~ HE HOUSTONSHI1 CHANNELwith its twenty-five miles of Terminal Compress & Warehouse Co. Two high density com- T water frontage, splendid rail and highway connections, electric presses, large brick and cement warehouses, capacity 100,000 bales, power, ample oil and gas fuel, pure artesian water, mild barge wharf about 1,300 feet long. climate, has proved a very attractive location for a number of W. D. Haden. Location No. 2, shell handling plant, mouth of major industries, particularly oil refineries, and as a result of these Brays Bayou. Shell for road and street work. natural advantages over fifty plants have been established on its Horton and Horton. Shell unloading rig in Brays Bayou at banks, with a capital investment of about two hundred millions of Southern Pacific bridge. dollars, employing about twelve thousand men with a daily payroll Harrisburg Lumber Co. Saw mill. Logs received by raft of about eighty thousand dollars. and barge. Each year sees a substantial increase in the number of such Boat basin and marine repair yard for care of yachts and industries, and also extensive additions to those now in operation. pleasure boats. These private plants now have 16,744 lineal feet of wharves, John L. Bludworth. Marine ways and boat repair yard. sufficient to berth thirty-nine vessels. The following is a summary Platzer Boat Works. Marine ways and boat repair yard. of the plants and their facilities, beginning at the Turning Basin: The Texas Company.~ Oil and gasoline supply station for Humble Oil Co. Handling fuel and bunker oil, using Public small craft. Wharf No. 3. Supplying vessels and railroads, and industries. The Humble Oil & Refining Co. Oil station for small craft Turning Basin Compress Co. Two high density compresses, and vehicles. storage, classing and shipping. Working over Wharves 7 and 8. Peden Co. Ship chandlery and vessel supplies. Humble Oil Co. Eighty-five acre Tank farm and refinery. B. H. Elliott Ship Building Co. Marine ways and ship repair Import and export oil terminal. Canning and casing plant. Serving yard. Tugs and barges built and repaired. the interior producers and refiners. Located on north bank of Parker Brothers. Shell and sand unloading plant in old chan- Channel at Houston. nel, Harrisburg. Port City Compress Company, owned by the Atkinson Cotton Harrisburg Machine & Foundry Co. All kinds of ship and Company, located three-quarters of a mile northeast of Turning machine repairs. Basin on tracks of the Houston Belt & Terminal and Southern Gulf Refining Co. Oil and gasoline supply station for small Pacific Railway. craft. Ralston Purina Co. Receiving shipload cargoes of molasses Texas Chemical Co. Large chemical plant manufacturing sul- for distribution throughout the State. Pipe line over Armour phuric acid, bone carbon, fertilizer, etc. Wharf and Public Wharf No. 1. Deepwater Oil Refineries. Refiners of coastal and midcontinent Houston Poultry Feed and Fertilizer Company. Shell grinding oils, turning out high grade lubricants. Own barge wharf. plant. Barge landing. Magnolia Petroleum Co. Crude oil storage and supply station. Parker Brothers. Wharf site No. 17, sand and shell unloading Own barge v~harf. rig, north side channel. Lone Star Portland Cement Co. Large plant manufacturing Armour Fertilizer Works. Manufacture of commercial :fer- high grade Portland cement from oyster shell and clay’ ~Capacity tilizer. Shipments of phosphate rock received by v~isels. Sulphur 4,400 barrels per day, operating four kilns. Barge and ship wharf. by carload from Texas mines. Own wharf. American Maid Flour Mills. Flour mill and grain elevator. Houston Compress Co. Long Reach plant just below basin. 1,000,000 bushels capacity. Carrier house to Manchester Public Three high density compresses, concrete wharf 3,285 feet long, Wharf, loading capacity 20,000 bushels per hour. two-story concrete sheds with storage for 325,000 bales of cotton. Humble Oil & Refining Co. Fuel, oil, gasoline and kerosene Cargo of all kinds handled by this company. distributing station and storage tanks. Small craft wharf. Ship Channel Compress Co. (Alexander Sprunt & Son) Two Carnegie Steel Co. Wharf, warehouse and assembling plant. high density compresses, two-story brick and concrete storage ware- Rio Bravo Oil Co. Oil storage and railroad supply tankage. houses, with capacity of 100,000 bales. Wharf 800 feet long. Southern Pacific Lines-- (Morgan Lines). Steamship terminal 22 HOUSTON PORT and CITY November, 1932

Public Wharves

Covered Open Railroad Berthing Area Area Car Wharf Shed WHARF LengthFt. Capacity Sq.Ft. Sq.Ft. Storage MATERIAL No.1...... 823 2 Vessels 85,336 16,048 83 Creosoted Pile Concrete No.2...... 522 1 Vessel 53,500 23,190 55 Concrete Wood No.3 ...... 799 2 Vessels 51,661 30,300 60 Concrete Steel-Wood No.4...... 777 2 Vessels 60,827 27,841 73 Concrete Concrete No.5...... 80 1 Vessel ..... 1,600 8 Wood Open Nos.7 and8 ...... 800 2 Vessels 74,166 20,514 32 Wood Wood No.10 ...... 600 1 Vessel 72,700 28,338 61 Concrete Steel No.11 ...... 530 1 Vessel 66,660 29,160 65 Concrete Concrete No.12, Two story ...... 530 1 Vessel 126,364 29,260 60 Concrete Concrete No.13 ...... 460 1 Vessel 62,176 32,500 57 Concrete (Also Grain Berth) Concrete No.14 ...... 480 1 Vessel ..... 49,040 4 Concrete Grain Berth No.15 ...... 480 1 Vessel 65,640 21,830 26 Concrete Concrete ManchesterWharf (No. 75) ...... 500 1 Vessel 86,836 ..... 30 Concrete Steel ChannelFuel Dock(No. 77) ...... 253 1 Vessel ...... 32,295 20 Wood None DistributionWarehouse ...... 201,203 ..... 82 Concrete CottonConcentration shed ...... 277,163 ..... 150 Wood Totals...... 7~634 !8 Vessels 1~284~232 341,916 866

Private Wharves

Berthing Wharf Owned By Length Capacity Material of Wharf and Shed Ralston Purina Co. (Using Armour Wharf) ArmourFertilizer Works...... 150 Ft. 1 Vessd Creosoted timber fitted with hopper and conveyor for fertilizer, and pipe line for molasses. HoustonCompress Company ...... 3285 Ft. 8 Vessels Concrete apron track: Cotton and general cargo ShipChannel Compress Company ...... 800 Ft. 2 Vessels Concrete: Cotton. American Maid Flour Mills (UsingManchester Wharf) ...... 500 Ft. 1 Vessel Grain loading berth for elevator with four spouts CarnegieSteel Co ...... 400 Ft. 1 Vessel Creosoted piling: Handling steel products. Southern Pacific Lines (Morgan Steampship Line) ...... 1,250 Ft. (Slip) 3 Vessels Concrete: General cargo. ManchesterTerminal Corporation ...... 1,600 Ft. 4 Vessels Concrete: Cotton and General Cargo. ClarionOil Company...... 150 Ft. 1 Vessel Creosoted piling: Oil Wharf. GulfRefining Co...... 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. HoustonLighting & Power Co ...... 150 Ft. 1 Vessel Creosoted piling: Oil wharf. TheTexas Company ...... 1,400Ft. 3 Vessels steel bulkhead, oil wharf. The Texas Company(Galena Signal Oil Co.) ...... 300 Ft. 1 Vessel Creosoted piling: Oil wharf. Crown-CentralCorporation ...... 300 Ft. 1 Vessel Creosoted piling: Oil wharf. AmericanPetroleum Co ...... 150 Ft. 1 Vessel Creosoted piling: Oil wharf. ShellPetroleum Corporation ...... 2,000 Ft. (Slip) 3 Vessels creosoted piling, oil wharf. GulfPipe Line CO ...... 200 Ft. 1 Vessel Creosoted piling: Oil wharf. HumbleOil & Refining CO ...... 1,400 Ft. 4 Vessds Concrete piling: Oil wharf.

Total...... 16,025 Ft. 40 Vessels. Novemher, ly52 HOUSTON PORT and CITY 23

at Clinton. First unit to berth three vessels. Coastwise shipment of cotton and general merchandise. Sudermann & Young. Shell unloading rig, Morgan Line Wharf. Shell for roads and railroad ballast. Gulf Compress Co. Compress and warehouse, 60,000 bales. Manchester Terminal Corporation. Cotton compresses. Con- crete wharves and storage warehouses for 300,000 bales of cotton. Berths for four ships. General cargo handled. W. D. Haden. Marine ways for barge and small craft repairs in Simms Bayou near Public Belt Railroad bridge. W. D. Haden. Shell unloading rig and side tracks in Simms Bayou near Public Belt Railroad bridge. Clarion Oil Co. Storage and shipment of crude oils. Gulf Refining Co. Refiners of coastal oils. Wharf 300 feet. Sinclair Refining Co Refiners and shippers of crude and refined oils. Wharf 1400 feet long, pipe line connection to all midwest fields. Petroleum coke loading plant. Houston Lighting & Power Co. Electric power plant, 178,000 K. W. capacity, ultimate capacity 200,000 K. W. High tension power lines extending along each side of channel provide ample power for city and industrial use. Barge wharf. The Texas Co. (Galena Signal Oil Co. plant) Refining and shipment of crude and refined oils. Pipe line connections to large fields. 1,400 foot wharf. Slip with berths for three vessels. Crown Oil & Refining Co. (Crown-Central Corporation.) Oil refining and shipping by vessel. Wharf 400 feet. Phillips Petroleum Co. Gasoline fractionizing plant. Tempor- arily using Crown Oil wharf for outbound shipments. Horton & Horton. Slip, wharves, shell unloading rig, marine ways and repair yard. American Petroleum Co. (Tank farm and storage.) Shipment of crude oils. Wharf 150 feet. Slip with three ship berths under construction. The Davison Chemical Companychemical fertilizer plant site. Haden Lime Co. New plant for making lime from oyster shell, located on Greens Bayou. W. L. Jones. Ship repair yard and dry dock in Green’s Bayou just above its mouth, under construction. Shell Petroleum Corporation. Large refinery and tank farm. Slip with three ship berths. The Tidal Refining Company, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, has pur- chased 700 acres east of and adjoining the Shell Petroleum Corpora- tion refinery. They propose to build a 15,000 barrel plant as the first unit. Water front shipping facilities are also to be constructed. Gulf Pipe Line Co., Lynchburg. Oil storage and mixing plant. Shipment by vessel and pipe line. Wharf 400 feet. Humble Oil & Refining Co. Refinery at Baytown. Refining and shipment of crude and refined oils. Two concrete wharves 600 and 400 feet long, barge wharf 250 feet. The Barbour Terminals, Inc., have completed the dredging ~/il~ work in connection with the development of their shipside and Z Z i industrial terminal in San Jacinto Bay just above Morgan Point, I)!ii/(i:) constructing a channel about one and a half miles in length, 200 feet in width, 30 foot depth, ending in a turning basin about 1,000 feet square. The Goose Creek oil field is located on the banks of the channel just above Morgan Point where several hundred derricks can be seen. This field has a daily production of approximately 20,000 barrels. Other companies having large tank farms and storage facilities on the channel are: The Texas Company. Clarion Oil Company. Magnolia Petroleum Co. Rio Bravo Oil Company. American Petroleum Company. Houston Oil Terminal Company.

UPPER CHANNEL INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT In addition to the industries established along the main channel Large and powerful dredges improving the ship channel and there are a number located upon the light draft channel between cotton being trucked to Houston wharves. Two importaat (Continued on Page 55) factors in keeping Houston a leadin 8 world port. 24 HOUSTON PORT and CITY November, 1932

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SCENES ALONG THE HOUSTON WATERFRONT Th¢Public Grain Elevator~ hugeand powerful tugs, ships loading cargoes for foreign ports and manyother activities all go towards keeping commerceon the move. November, 1952 HOUSTON PORT and CITY 25

T BUSINESSCENTER OF HOUSTON--(Photoby Cecil Thomson)

The City of Houston

Extracts from "HousTONIN BRIEF," By E. R. BOGY

FORM OF GOVERNMENT POPULATION OUSTONhas a commission form of city government, the seat Houston and Los Angeles were the only cities in the United H of which is located in the City Hall Building, corner of States of more than 100,000 population to show a gain of 100 Travis Street and Preston Avenue. The City Commission per cent or more in the census of 1930, each of these two cities consists of the Mayor and four Commissioners. having gained slightly more than 110 per cent. The affairs of the City are administered by the following Only in five cases in history has this record been equalled. departments, a Commissioner being assigned as the executive head For seven decades the City of Houston has not failed to show of each department: Tax, Water, Street, Bridge and Fire. The a growth of at least sixty per cent per decade, and this is said Police Department is under the supervision of the Mayor. to be true of no other American city in history. In the census of 1930, Houston was first in Texas, second PAYROLLS in the South and twenty-sixth in the United States, with a popu- The City of Houston, with an estimated population of approx- lation of 292,352, the first six Southern cities having shown imately 300,000, contains 135,000 wage earners, consisting of the following: 12,000 skilled laborers and building trade workers, 60,000 semi- skilled and clerical labor, and 63,000 commonor unskilled laborers, New Orleans ...... i...458,762 with a payroll for the year 1931 of $485,000.00 daily, or exceeding Houston ...... 292,352 $160,000,000.00 annually. The total public payroll covering Fed- Atlanta ...... 270,366 eral Government, County and City employees for the year 1931 Dallas ...... 260,475 was $6,034,611.00. Birmingham ...... 259,678 San Antonio ...... 231,542 STATEMENT OF ASSETTS AND LIABILITIES, ETC. The population of Houston for 1930 consisted of 228,836 1931 Whites, 63,337 Negroes, 23 Indians, 31 Chinese, 52 Japanese and City’s Area ...... 72.1211 Sq. Miles 73 others. Actual Value Houston Property ...... $661,000,000.00 CLIMATIC CONDITIONS Houston’s Bonded Debt ...... 35,469,000.00 The annual mean temperature is 69.8, summer 82.1 and Valuations of All Municipal Improvements 55,569,159.06 winter 59. Sanitary Sewers, Miles ...... 537.308 Below are given some averages which readily show how Sanitary Sewers, Value ...... $ 4,707,626.63 pleasant the Houston weather conditions have prevailed over a Storm Sewers, Miles ...... 161 period of many years: Storm Sewers, Value ...... $ 7,477,459.79 Average total precipitation (annual) over period of forty- Paved Streets, Miles ...... 800.724 seven years, 45.86 inches. Average total snowfall over period of 34 years, 0.2 inch. Capital Assets of City of Houston, Relative humidity at 7 a. m. (annual) over period of twenty- January 1, 1932 ...... $62,009,073.25 two years, 86 per cent. Liabilities ...... 38,081,910.22 Relative humidity at noon (annual) over period of sixteen years, 59 per cent. CAPITAL SURPLUS ...... $23,927,163.03 Average hourly wind velocity (annual) over period of twenty- City Assessed Value of Property, 1932... $325,000,000.00 two years, 8.9. November, 1932 26 HOUSTON PORT and CITY

HOUSTON RESIDENCE DISTRICT

ALTITUDE North Side Roller Rink, 2006 North Main. Polar Wave Ice Palace, 2323 Hutchins. Houston has an elevation ranging principally from about Indoor Race Track. Said to be the longest of its kind in the forty-five to sixty-three feet, while the elevation of Harris County world; Sam Houston Hall, corner of Rusk, Walker and Capitol. runs to approximately 310 feet in the northwestern portion of the county. AMUSEMENTS AND SPORTS WATERFRONT RESORTS AND COLONIES GOLF : Galveston Bay, only twenty-five miles from the center of Houston has several fine golf courses, among which are two the city, affords a splendid playground to Houston citizens whose of the most appealing private courses and one of the best public cottages and summer homes line the. shore from the Trinity River courses in the entire country. to Edwards Point, a distance of about forty miles. Boating, swim- BASEBALL: ming and fishing are enjoyed all the year round, and in the winter The Houston "Buffaloes," through 1931, have ranked third wild waterfowl dot the lakes, bays and rivers. in all time Texas League play for thirty-four years; they have Sylvan Beach Park on the bayshore is the Coney Island of won 2,473 and lost 2,063 (total of 4,536) games, for a percentage the South. of .545. SAN JACINTO BATTLEGROUND The Houston Baseball Park is located at Hussion and Calhoun. The San Jacinto Battleground, now a State Park, is on the The stadium, one of the finest in the South, cost $275,000. This Houston Ship Channel about twenty miles from the city. Here figure does not include cost of the sixteen and one-half acres of General Sam Houston defeated the Mexican army under Santa ground on which the improvements are located. Anna, president of Mexico, on April 21, 1836, thus winning the seats 13,000 people. It is electrically lighted independence of Texas. for night games and is equipped with a modern loud-speaker system. RIDING ACADEMIES: AIR PORTS AND AIR LINES Several riding academies furnish mounts for those who like to ride. Houston’s Airport, located nine miles southeast of Houston on the Telephone Road, offers every facility for the safe operation FISHING: of airplanes, night and day. Improvements costing more than Houston has the finest of both fresh water and salt water $200,000 have been placed on the field since August, 1927, con- fishing, twelve months of the year. Both types of fishing can sisting of administration building, photographic building, radio be found within less than a half hours drive from the city. building, weather reporting station, post office substation, Theo- HUNTING: dolite station, etc. Harris County furnishes an abundance of quail, duck, squirrel Houston is on the Trans-Continental Route, and as of July 1, and other hunting; deer, bear and wild turkey can still be found 1932, there were eight passenger planes in and out of Houston within two or three hours drive from Houston. every twenty-four hours. THEATRES: Sixteen large theatres provide entertainment and amusement LIBRARIES, CITY AND COUNTY to the Houston public. The , having been constructed at a MISCELLANEOUS AMUSEMENTS : cost of approximately $500,000, was dedicated "on October 18, More than thirty baseball diamonds, football fields and tennis 1926. In addition to this library, Houston is served with three courts are provided in the many parks and playgrounds in and branch libraries, as well as by the Harris County Library which about the city, which comprise a total of 2,826 acres. Hermann maintains seventy-five branches in and around Houston. The 1931 Park Zoo, covering thirty-two acres, has in its collection 348 report indicates that 274,602 books were circulated during that year. animals and 826 birds. Playland (formerly Luna Park), 2200 Houston Avenue. CHURCHES Dancing and other amusements, including one of the largest scenic railways in the world. On January 1, 1931, the total membership of Houston Main Street Auto Speedway, Main Street Road, south of churches was estimated to be 181,300, including all denominations, Bray’s Bayou. with the estimated total value of church property of $30,000,000. November, 1952 HOUSTON PORT and CITY 27

HOSPITALSAND DISPENSARIES under construction this area will be increased to 43,070. In addition Houston has approximately nineteen excellently equipped hos- to this building, the Postoffice maintains six sub-stations. pitals and dispensaries. CITY AND FARMERS’ MARKET HOUSTON AND HARRIS COUNTY SCHOOLS The City and Farmers’ Markets supply Houston with local The Houston School System ranks among the best twelve in produce, as well as produce from Louisiana, Oklahoma and other the United States. The Houston Independent School District which bordering states. covers an area of 223 square miles operates 105 schools, in which PASSENGER BUS LINES there is an enrollment of 55,175. The Houston Bus Terminal serves Houston’s bus lines which There were thirty commonschool districts in Harris County include eight companies. An average of 900 passengers per day in 1931, with a total of 4,339 pupils attending during the term are transported by these lines. 1931-1932. RICE INSTITUTE RAILROADSAND INTERURBAN$ One of Houston’s greatest prides is Rice Institute which was Houston is served by seventeen railroad lines and has sixty- willed to Houston by William Marsh Rice in 1892. This Institute eight miles of main line track and 191 miles of sidings and yard which contains approximately 300 acres of land had an enrollment tracks. In addition to the railroads Houston has two interurban of 1,450 for the year 1931. lines, one between Houston and Galveston and the other between Houston and Goose Creek. MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS The Museum of Fine Arts dedicated to the promotion and FOREIGN CONSULATES perpetuation of art in the City of Houston offers a varied program There are twenty-two foreign consulates in the City of of exhibits in the fine and applied arts, in addition to its permanent Houston. collection, and is considered one of the most beautiful structures ]PUBLIC UTILITIES in the city. The Houston Lighting & Power Company, serving eighty-five ASSOCIATIONS AND CLUBS South Texas communities with a total population of 410,525, There are more than fifty associations and clubs organized maintains two generating plants, one being located on the ship in the City of Houston. channel. HOTELS The Houston Water System obtains its water supply from Houston has a total of 104 hotels, the largest being the Rice artesian wells, and at the present time the potential output of the Hotel which contains 1,000 rooms. city wells is between forty and forty-five millions gallons daily. The Houston Electric Company’s 1931 report indicates that BANKS OF HOUSTON that company owned seventy-nine miles of track and bus route There are twenty banks, trust companies, etc. in the City covered 119 miles. During 1931, 178 street cars and 107 buses were operated. of Houston, and at the beginning of 1932 the capital stock was Houston, at the beginning of 1932, had the largest 100 per $30,437,560. cent dial operated telephone system in the United States, with an OFFICE AND COM2VIERCIAL BUILDINGS average of 610,500 local calls daily during 1931. There are located in Houston more than eighty-one office Houston is served by several gas companies, and from figures and commercial buildings, the Gulf Building ranking first in size available, the 1931 report indicates that 4,731 meters are in service. consists of thirty-seven stories. The Neils Esperson Building ranks second with a height of twenty-seven stories. FIRE DEPARTMENT

THE UNITED STATES I~OSTOlWFICE Houston has a total of twenty-six fire stations, and, in addition to this, has the fire boat "Port Houston" with a capacity The Houston Postotiice has a present area of floor space of of 7,000 gallons of water per minute at 150 pound pressure in 20,570 square feet, and after the completion of the work now service on the ship channel.

THE HOUSTONART MUSEUM November, 1952 28 I-~OUSTON PORT and CITY

SUGARLAND INDUSTRIES: TWENTY MILES FROM HOUSTON--(PhoIo by Cecil Thomson)

POLICE DEPARTMENT camps, six ferries and the Navigation District. Harris County, embracing 1,654 square miles, is thirty-five miles wide and seventy The Houston Police Department is under the supervision of miles long. the Mayor, and the Houston Identification Department ranks AUTOMOBILELICENSES with that of St. Louis, Kansas City and Baltimore. During 1931 there were 95,523 licenses issued in Harris REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS County (this number includes passenger and pleasure cars as well Real estate transfers for the year 1931 amounted to $30,- as commercial), and for the period of January 1 to June 13, 1932, 273,556, and for a period of nine years amounted to $475,474,544. there were 79,850 licenses issued.

BUILDING PERMITS POLL TAX PAYMENTS Building permits during 1931 amounted to $7,828,551, with Harris County reports that there were 82,325 poll tax pay- a total of $134,613,141 covering the period of the last twelve years. ments during the year 1932 (presidential election year), as com-

VACANCIES pared with 63,290 for the year 1931.

A check in October, 1931, indicated that out of 83,522 INCOMES AND INCOME TAXES residences, stores and business buildings, office buildings and apart- The aggregate average income of all inhabitants living within ment buildings, 6,646 were vacant. Harris County is approximately $307,734,000, or $2,912.60 per NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES family, while the aggregate income of all inhabitants residing within the City of Houston and surrounding territory approx- There are four daily newspapers in the City of Houston, The imates $237,590,000 per annum, or an average income per family , The Houston Cronicle, The and the Daily Court Review. In addition to these, there are other publi- of $3,989.00. For the year 1931 income tax returns for the State of Texas cations issued in Houston, such as the Houston Magazine, Houston show that $23,899,874.88 is owed by corporations and individuals. Labor Journal, The H~)uston Gargoyle, etc., some weekly and other monthly magazines. TAX RATES RADIO STATIONS The tax rate for Houston, Harris County and the State of There are four radio stations in Houston, two of the largest Texas for the year 1932 ran $4.76, as compared with $4.87 for being KPRCwhich is an associate station of the National Broad- the year 1931. This amount is divided between City of Houston, casting Company, and KTRHwhich carries an average of more Schools, County, Navigation and State. City of Houston assess- than ten hours per day of Columbia Chain features. ments are based on only fifty per cent of property value.

CONVENTIONS HELD IN HOUSTON STATE TREASURY DEPARTMENT Houston entertained forty-nine conventions, with a total of As of December 21, 1931, the State Treasury Department, 50,000 visitors, in 1930, as compared with 200 conventions, with showed a cash balance in General Revenue Fund of $2,078,222.68, a total of 100,000 visitors, in 1931. with $6,081,483.02 outstanding against this department, leaving SOME TEXANS IN CONGRESS a total deficit of $4,003,260.34. As of December 30, 1930, this Department showed a cash balance in General Revenue Fund of Some of the most prominent Texans in Congress are John $23,577.58, with $5,013,745.82 outstanding against this depart- Nance Garner of Uvalde who is Speaker of the House of Repre- ment, leaving a total deficit of $4,990,168.24. sentatives (nominated by acclamation for Vice President, Demo- cratic Party, July 2, at Chicago), Daniel E. Garrett, Houston, STREETS AND HIGHWAYS who is member of Rules Committee, and Joseph J. Mansfield, At the beginning of 1932, Houston, with a total of 1,001.938 Columbus, head of Rivers and Harbors Committee. miles of dedicated city streets, had paved streets to the extent HARRIS COUNTY of 800.724 miles, 351.724 miles of which were hard-surfaced Harris County, of which Houston is the county seat, con- and 449 miles graveled. tains fifty-four departments, six institutions, twenty-one road (Continued on Page 54) November, 1932 I-rOUSTON PORT and CITY 29

P 0 R T NOTES

Cotton Exports . . . Houston’s storage facilities have been increased so that there is now available space for about 2,200,000 bales of high density Houston again broke all previous records in cotton exports cotton. for the season 1931-32, in the face of the depression and sharp Exports for the new season 1932-33 are starting out well competition of other ports. On August 1 it was found that a ahead of the previous season, and even though the total crop is total of 2,655,094 bales of cotton had been shipped to foreign reported considerable under last season, the total exports will countries and 133,346 bales shipped coastwise and 42,136 bales probably be nearly equal to last year. moved by rail out of the port of Houston for the season closing July 31. This exceeds the peak shipment of 1926-27 when 2,551,439 Vegetable Oils . . . bales of Texas-Oklahoma bumper crop were exported. This is a To meet the growing needs of the Port, the Navigation remarkable growth when it is considered that the first foreign District has just installed the first unit of a vegetable oil handling shipment left the new port of Houston in 1919 when 69,839 bales plant to be used in transferring oils from car to ship or to storage were exported, all to the port of Liverpool, England. in either direction. During the last season cotton went to sixty-five different This equipment installed on and in rear of Wharf No. 15 foreign ports--London to Bombay--Oslo to Mariacaibo---¥ancouver consists of a complete pumping plant, electrically driven, with of Marseille. The Orient alone took neary one and a quarter numerous pipe lines leading from car loading and unloading rack million bales. Germany, England, France, Italy and Spain were (where fourteen cars can be handled at a time) to shipside and other large takers, with Holland, Norway, Sweden and Denmark also to tv¢o 500 ton storage tanks located on an elevation above also good customers. and in rear of Wharf No. 15. The total gross receipts during the season were 3,186,798 Heating coils are placed in the storage tanks and heat can bales, of which 1,410,580 bales were received by truck or wagon. also be applied to the oil in tank cars to facilitate pumping of At the peak of the season 1,720,271 bales were in actual stock in heavy oils or in extremely cold weather. various compresses and warehouses of Houston, and the close of About 150 tons of oils per hour can be handled from car to the season found 1,051,791 bales in stock. ship with this equipment, which is now in active use, several ship-

AN EARLY CONTRIBUTION SHOWING THE INTEREST OF CITIZENS IN THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE WATERWAYs(Reproduced b5 Cecil Thomsonj 30 HOUSTON PORT and CITY November, 1932

OIL WELL TOOLS TO PERSIA--(PhoIo by Cecil Thomson)

ments of cottonseed oils having already been made. Facilities for Intra.Coastal Canal . . . cleaning pipes and tanks are also provided, as this is necessary when Work is proceeding at a rapid rate on the Intra-coastal Canal moving different kinds or grades of oils. The plant is, of course, limited to vegetable oils, as mineral oils contaminate to such an between Houston and New Orleans. The section between Houston extent that it is almost impossible to clean a tank or pipe on.ce used and Port Arthur will probably be open for navigation about March 1, 1933. Other sections are expected to be completed during 1933. for this purpose. While cottonseed oil is probably the largest item, other oils The completion of this waterway will permit barge traffic such as olive, cocoanut, peanut, linseed, sunflower seed, palm kernel, to all points on the Mississippi River and its tributaries to the chinawood and syrups, which are shipped in bulk, will be handled coast ports of Louisiana and Texas. through the plant from time to time. Bones . . . Bones were rattling on the docks last week--animal bones--as Port Director Honored . . ¯ they were being transferred from ship to car and thence to the plant The American Association of Port Authorities held their of the Texas Chemical Company. Twenty-first annual convention at Los Angeles, California, July31- This shipment consisted of 1,821,830 pounds, handled by August 3, 1932. At this meeting J. Russell Wait, Director of the the Steamship "Lorraine Cross" from Montevideo, Uruguay. At Port of Houston, was elected First Vice President. The next Houston these bones are used for various purposes, calcined for meeting is to be held at Toronto, Canada, in September, 1933. bone carbon, ground up for bone black, oil, meal, sulphate of ammoniaand fertilizer. Practically all the domestic supply of the southwest is used at this plant, supplemented by occasional cargoes from South New Services . . ¯ America and Russia. An additional steamer service to the West Indies has been started by the States Marine Corporation, with three vessels chart- West to East . . . ered from the Newtex Line. A large volume of rice is booked for movement the next few months to Puerto Rican ports. Answering the cry of the Near East for modern tools, a large shipment of welding tongs manufactured in Houston was ¢ ¢ ¢ recently sent out through the port to east Mediterranean ports. Richard Meyer Company of Texas announces a new service These tools--one of several shipments--are to be used in building with German vessels to European ports with calls at Liverpool and the oil pipe line through Arabia, Persia, Syria and Palestine from London. These vessels are equipped with refrigerated space and the great oil fields in Irak between the historic rivers Tigris and will carry citrus fruits, packing house products and similar Euphrates. A large single line will run from the field to the commodities. Euphrates River about 350 miles off the coast where it will fork with one line running through Syria to the port of Tripoli, and the other through Palestine to Haifa. Plant Bulbs . ¯ ¯ Houston as a center of the southwest oil industry is the home of several plants manufacturing oil well drills, bitts, screens, A large consignment of plant bulbs was recently received and special tools which have become world famous. from Holland, marking the first movement of this kind to Gulf ports, as due to fear of deterioration by shipment through the Local Co.operation . . ¯ warmer Gulf waters, imports of this kind had been made through northern ports. As this fear has now been dispelled, larger ship- The citizens of Houston have always had faith in the plans ments can now be expected. to make this city a great seaport and have backed up their vision November, 1932 I-[OUSTON PORT and CITY 31

with their cash, firm in the belief that God (and Uncle Sam) private industries, invited bids for dredging a channel ten feet helps those who help themselves. deep and sixty feet wide around the bend, a distance of about The note pictured here, given by the City of Houston to 4,500 feet, which involves the removal of about 80,000 cubic yards. Wm.Christian in 1866 for the sum of $33.37, which he voluntarily Contract was awarded to the Ohlhausen Dredging Company loaned to the city with which to improve the waterway, shows on their low bid of 21.89c per cubic yard, contingent upon the how the citizens of that day felt toward the project. cleaning up of certain matters of right-of-way and obstructions Manyhundreds of dollars were thus raised to clean out shoals, of streets along the waterfront, and it is expected that work will remove snags and cut down overhanging trees to enable the old begin under this contract before the end of the year. side and stern wheel river boats to reach the landing at the foot of Main Street. On the deep water project the Navigation District has, since Easing of Bends . . . 1912, contributed nearly three million dollars in assisting the Federal Government to provide the splendid channel we now have. The Sternberg Dredging Company have continued with their In addition to this, over one million dollars has been expended in dredging contract and have just completed the easing of the Nors- the purchase of lands on which to deposit the spoil excavated worthy Bend and are now working on the Harrisburg and Man- from the channel. chester Bend. Under this contract, during the past few months, Houston’s total investment in the waterway and its terminal the channel has been widened from 150 to 250 feet through facilities is now fifteen and one-half millions, and the Federal Morgan Cut and from 150 to 200 feet thence to about one-half Government has invested about the same amount. Results show mile above Baytown, a distance of about five miles from Morgan the labor and expense was fully justified. Point. The Lynchburg Bend has also been eased, widening the channel to 450 feet at the center of curve and straightening the bends considerably. The easing of these bends has made a marked Tariff Revision . . . improvement in the navigability of the channel. Attention of the shipping interests is called to the revised tariff published in this issue which lists a number of important Channel Appropriations . . . changes in rates of dockage, wharfage and hire of equipment. Congressman J. J. Mansfield of Columbus, Texas, Chairman These revised rates are effective November 15, 1932, and while issued by the Port Commission to apply on the Public Wharves of the River and Harbor Committee of the House of Representa- and Terminals are generally concurred in by the operators of the tives, addressed the Houston Foreign Trade Club on October 28, private terminals at Houston. outlining the program of the United States Government for the development of rivers and harbors. He stated that the project for deepening the Houston Ship Channel to thrity-two feet throughout New InduStries . . . and widening it from 250 to 400 feet across Galveston Bay, having been approved by the Committee, would be included in the omnibus The Mayo Shell Company, A. J. McCoy, President, of Tulsa, River and Harbor Bill to be presented early in the new session of Oklahoma, have leased space on the ship channel at Clinton from Congress which convenes December 6, and funds will, no doubt, the Southern Pacific Railroad Company and are constructing a be made available within a few weeks. plant for the grinding of oyster shell to be distributed throughout Judge Mansfield told of the growth of foreign trade in the the Middle West for mixing in poultry feed. United States, particularly in the Gulf ports, and urged the devel- This plant, located adjacent to the unloading rig of Suderman opment of both channel and terminal facilities to keep pace with & Young, shell producers, will have a grinding capacity of about the increasing demands of commerce, urging the community to four car loads per day. This is the third plant of this character constantly strive for improved conditions. to be constructed on the Houston Ship Channel and will be ready for operation about December 1. Missouri.Kansas.Texas Railroad . . . Dredging Contract . . . Announcement has just been made by the President of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad that the Executive Vice President, The old channel of around Harrisburg Bend, H. E. McGee,will transfer his office from Saint Louis to Houston, used as a harbor for small craft and on which are located a number where the activities of this railroad for the Southwest will be of small industries, machine shops and ship yard, having shoaled administrated, this movement being found necessary to take care to such an extent that traffic was severely handicapped, the Navi- of the growing business of the railroad through the Texas ports. gation District, in co-operation with the City of Houston and (Continued on Page 56)

TEXASCHEMICAL CO.’S PLANTON THECHANNEL--(PhoIo by Cecil Thomson) 32 HOUSTON PORT and CITY November, 1932 Houston Ranks as a Major Port of the United States

The United States Shipping Board Bureau of Research statistical record ending December 31, 1931, shows the comparative standing of the various ports of the United States, placing Houston as sixth in total foreign commerce and third in exports. The records of the New York Cotton Exchange for November 4, 1932, show Houston far in the lead as a Cotton Exporting point.

TOTAL FOREIGN IMPORTS EXPORTS Bales of Cotton Exported Cotton Season August 1, 1932, to RANK PORT COMMERCE RANK FOREIGN RANK FOREIGN Long Tons Long Tons Long Tons November 4, 1932

1 New York ...... 18,699,686 1 12,707,816 1 5,991,868 619 2 Los Angeles ...... 4,861,907 10 537,603 2 4,324,304 29,295 3 Baltimore ...... 4,744,305 2 3,950,276 14 794,029 ...... 4 Philadelphia ...... 4,682,151 3 3,174,599 6 1,507,552 ...... 5 New Orleans ...... 4,122,119 5 2,197,930 5 1,924,189 416,901 6 Houston...... 3,859,875 17 253,855 3 3,606,020 662,259 7 Buffalo ...... 2,800,655 6 2,009,729 15 790,926 ...... 8 San Francisco ...... 2,753,730 7 808,727 4 1,945,003 ...... 9 Boston ...... 2,435,729 4 2,228,622 33 207,107 ...... 10 Norfolk ...... 1,636,585 9 592,311 10 1,044,274 9,188 11 Port Arthur ...... 1,449,276 37 86,373 7 1,362,903 ...... 12 Galveston ...... 1,429,745 19 228,054 8 1,201,691 433,586

Comparative Statement Showing Tonnage and Value of Imports, Exports and Coastwise Traffic Moving Over the Houston Ship Channel for calendar years 1930, 1931 and for Period From January 1 to September 30, 1932

1929 1930 MOVEMENT SHORT TONS VALUE SHORT TONS VALUE

Imports ...... 393,905.2 $ 16,473,209 367,931.1 $ 13,133,909 Exports ...... 4,196,217.9 310,335,082 4,878,455.9 282,217,334 Coastwise Inbound ...... Atlantic Ports 350,480. 8 5 O, 154,542 276,106.9 40,155,068 Coastwise Outbuond ...... Atlantic Ports 4,940,743.5 123,437,506 5,299,065.2 120,543,464 Coastwise Inbound ...... Gulf Ports 802,867.3 17,726,246 792,352.8 18,966,664 Coastwise Outbound ...... Gulf Ports 1,066,843.8 15,947,601 1,357,907.4 16,705,710 Intercoastal Inbound ...... Pacific Ports 114,941.4 7,739,228 95,676.8 7,323,001 Intercoastal Outbound ...... Pacific Ports 15,069.9 2,227,169 8,998.3 1,463,305

Sub Total ...... 11,881,069.8 $ 544,040,583 13,076,494.4 $500,508,455 Local Traffic ...... 2,038,247.5 7,372,293 1,914,552.0 $ 6,389,988

GRAND TOTAL ...... 13,919,317.3 $551,412,876 14,991,046.4 $506,898,443

1931 First ~J Months of 1932 MOVEMENT SHORTTONS VALUE SHORTTONS VALUE

Imports ...... 293,670.1 $ 9,869,245 150,373.6 $ 7,488,950 Exports ...... 4,059,663.6 202,139,338 2,473,590.5 107,359,192 Coastwise Inbound ...... Atlantic Ports 246,707.2 41,212,008 158,703.3 25,549,853 Coastwise Outbound ...... Atlantic Ports 5,090,424.6 124,306,051 3,865,664.9 76,908,918" 10,456,456 Coastwise Inbound ...... Gulf Ports 583,596.1 15,792,861 323,825.9 7,682,246 Coastwise Outbound ...... Gulf Ports 1,842,594.0 18,106,201 1,352,354.2 Intercoastal Inbound ...... Pacific Ports 66,313.9 5,987,953 56,211.9 5,404,347 Intercoastal Outbound ...... Pacific Ports 11,502.3 1,339,039 13,876.1 1,268,113

Sub Total ...... 12,194,471.8 $418,752,696 8,393,600.4 $242,118,075 Local Traffic ...... 1,782,667.8 7,600,761 800,717.4 3,221,812

GRAND TOTAL ...... 13,977,139.6 $426,353,457 9,195,317.8 $245,339,887 November, 1932 I-LOUSTON PORT and CITY 33 The Houston Port Bureau and Its ~ct~v~t~es

HE MANYinterests in Houston, engaged in promoting the all of the factors which must be controlled in order to promote T development of import and export through the port, organ- the inbound vegetable oil. ized in June, 1929, a bureau which has functioned continu- ously since that time, having been financed in the past by the Third, the Bureau has been engaged in a study of the grain City, the Navigation District, steamship operators, terminal oper- territory and the economics of the grain business. Houston is a ators, banks and other related interests, and with this unique comparatively new grain port and there are numerous details of financial setup has tended to fortify the Houston port interests the grain business which must be thoroughly understood in order against internal destructive practices. that all differentials tending to operate against the Port of Houston may be overcome. The Bureau was reorganized and budget revised in 1931. As at present constituted, it is supported by the Maritime Com- Fourth, the Bureau has been mostly concerned in the recent mittee, all private terminals, all banks in Houston and the Naviga- past with the development of import trade in order that the Port tion district. The regular publication, disseminating vital infor- of Houston may become a more balanced port. By balancing is mation on the steamship services and general port services, is meant the equalizing of import and export tonnage. published in co-operation with the Chamber of Commerce and by Fifth, the Bureau has spent much time in surveys of special this means the Chamber of Commerce makes a very substantial commodities not now moving through the Port. Such commodities contribution to the Bureau. as fertilizer materials, import beet seed, import sugar and many Soliciting freight for the Port of Houston is a very technical others have very technical difficulties attached to their develop- and highly specialized Service and offers opportunity for many ment and the Bureau is of real service to those interested in difficulties and misunderstandings if a thorough knowledge of the promoting the development of this class of tonnage through subject is not behind those directing the Bureau. For example, the port. coastwise freight services at the various Gulf ports, including Gal- By reason of being located in far-flung centers of industrial veston, New Orleans and Houston, are in very direct and intense activity the Bureau is in a position to determine many of the competition. Each of these coastwise steamship companies operat- differentials which are concealed in the chain of influences which ing from the ports above mentioned maintain capable and alert control import and export trade. For example, recently the Bureau agencies in the interior, using every possible influence to promote discovered that a steamship company was quoting much better the movement of coastwise freight from port and interior terri- rates to a competing port on import sugar than they were quoting tories served by the port and the northeast ports of the United for exactly the same service and exactly the same system of han- States. Whenthis field of traffic is entered by a bureau such as dling at the Port of Houston. Without the Bureau there is no the Houston Port Bureau, it finds itself in direct contact with existing organization in the port which can uncover such differ- these private agencies. Anything the Bureau can do to influence entials, all of which are highly detrimental to the port if allowed tonnage from a competing port to Houston is applauded but in to exist. The Bureau proceeds with bringing to bear proper in- the event that the Bureau by some activity happens to influence fluences to stop such unwise practices. a parcel of tonnage from coastwise steamship company A to coast- The Bureau investigates the physical handling of the many wise steamship company B, then there comes conflict of interest commodities, including the rail and truck land movement, services which will cause much friction within the Bureau. The present at the port and the connecting steamship services for export and policy of the Bureau is to avoid this class of solicitation, under the import movement, and while the Bureau does not have the power theory that the steamship companies are handling it very capably to correct any differentials which are found, it does, however, and need no assistance except on very special studies and on develop accurate findings of these differentials which are presented commodities which may be classed as new business. to the proper agency by the management, and without exception The present policy of the Bureau is to confine the organization most of these differentials have been removed. This policy of to an exact study of the differentials which may exist and which operation has assisted many participants in the port business in prevent a free flow of freight to its natural port gateway. Anyone correcting unfair practices and has provided revised methods of who has delved deeply into the problems confronting the develop- great advantage to all interested parties. ment of tonnage for a given port has found many very difficult This contrasts to a direct solicitation policy of soliciting conditions more or less concealed because those profiting by a (Conlinued on Page 57) given movement of freight are reluctant to allow the trade secrets to become known and the Bureau must look beyond the immediate solicitation of a carload of freight and uncover the factors which influence a given movement to a competing port. In many instances freight is moving to a port even in the face of an apparent economic advantage to its home port of Houston. Some of the factors which influence this apparent movement are: First, steamship lines at competing ports, principally New Orleans, are absorbing from Houston territory the favorable differ- entials in the rail rate. This practice by these New Orleans lines tends to destroy Houston’s rate advantage and the Bureau has rendered invaluable service in uncovering some of the most glaring of these differentials. Second, the Bureau was directly responsible for determining the correct basis on which the port should enjoy its proper quota of outbound vegetable oil and is busily engaged on determining HOUSTON BOUND 34 HOUSTON PORT and CITY November, 1932

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N DEVELOPMENTOf its volume of foreign trade, Houston has there has been a decided increase in the volume of sugar handled I come to play "a most predominating part in the distribution, through here from the Pacific coast, and it is possible that the throughout the Southwest, of commodities which have come to total amount will be in excess of 400,000 bags for the year. be recognized as everyday necessities in the home-life of the people A large quantity of the sugars moved here from the Pacific of this section. This is particularly true with respect to sugar, one coast is produced and refined in the Hawaiian Islands, or if not commodity which has come to be recognized, and used, as a prin- refined there undergoing this process at Pacific coast refineries. cipal ingredient in menus prepared by the modern housewife. It likewise must be said that there have been several shipments of With respect to the handling of sugar the port of Houston refined sugar moved through here direct from the Hawaiian Islands, can be truthfully said to have earned its "place in the sun" in that but this amount has been small. there has been a substantial increase in the volume of this business But the volume of sugars moving from the Pacific coast is moved through here. not the only phase of this trade to show an increase during the Houston’s fight for recognition as a sugar port dates back course of the past few years, but there likewise has been a sizeable almost to the inception of the idea of the dredging of a deep-water gain in the movement of this commodity from other Gulf ports, harbor, one which would permit the transit of deep-laden craft particularly from New Orleans. bringing cargo from all parts of the world. While statistics are often times referred to as being dry, they are the most conclusive proof of the growth of this trade, and Shortly after the opening of the port, which was officially celebrated in November, 1919, Houston port interests began their again referring to them one finds that during 1931 Houston re- ceived 248,386 bags, aggregating 11,649.2 tons, of sugar from fight to influence the handlers of sugar, particularly those importing other Gulf ports. it from Cuba, and other Latin American countries, to designate this port as the port of discharge for their committments. This trade likewise has shown a most encouraging growth this year, extent of which has lead to the establishment of a new coast- The first sugar to be handled through here was in the latter wise service and the allocation, by the Harris County Navigation part of 1922, and consisted of a solid cargo of some 35,000 or District, of special storage facilities for its handling. This service 40,000 sacks of raw sugars from Cuba. This movement continued is maintained on a semi-monthly basis and throughout this year for some time, but later was diverted to other Gulf ports. vessels in this service have been handling from 25,000 to 40,000 Loss of this business, however, tended to spur the officials of bags of sugars per voyage from other Gulf ports. the port to greater efforts, and overtures were at once started to There is still another phase of the sugar movement from secure new accounts. Storage facilities, specially adapted for the Houston which must be touched upon, and that is the volume concentration of sugar were constructed, and other handling devices, received from the West Indies. This trade can not be classed as which tend to speed up the discharge of the sugar from vessels and import business, and at the same time does not come under the later loading it on railroad freight cars were installed. These facil- classification of coastwise movement. During the calendar year ities, coupled with the proximity of Houston to the consuming 1931 there were moved through the Port of Houston 82,999 bags territory of the Southwest, and the lower rail freight rates applying of sugars, weighing 4,177.8 tons, from Puerto Rico, which not to the Southwestern territory were factors which influenced sugar only was a substantial increase over the volume handled during the refineries, both on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts to select Houston preceding year, but was one of the largest movements of this as the distribution center for their product distributed in the commodity handled from the West Indies in the history of Southwest. the port. Not only has the port come to be recognized as the distribution Last, but not least, in Houston’s steadily expanding trade centers for sugars refined in the United States, but likewise it has with reference to sugar, is the continued growth of the movement been selected by the Hershey corporation as the port of importation handled from Cuba. This business was inaugurated during the for their sugars moving from Cuba to points in Texas. latter part of 1930 and since that time there has been in excess Inaugurated on a small scale the movement of sugar through of 334,000 bags of sugars moved through here from that region. Houston has increased to a point where it is now one of the major The Cuban sugars are of what might be termed double im- commodities moved through here. It must be said that the greater portance to the port, in that they not only add materially to the portion of the sugar which has been handled through Houston has tonnage handled, but likewise help swell the collections of the been the refined product, although, as stated before, there has been United States customs service at this port. a number of shipments of raw sugars handled through here. Paying a duty of $2.12 per bag, the importations of Cuban With respect to the growth and development of the movement refined sugars has resulted in the payment of more than $700,000 of sugar, the scope of activity of the port has been greatly expanded, in customs duties at this port. At present there is but one importer and in several instances distributors of this commodityhave secured of Cuban refined sugars utilizing the facilities of the Port of special storage quarters, either at shipside or at behind the water- Houston, this being the Hershey corporation. front warehouses for the concentration of their product. Territory served by the distributors of sugar utilizing this Sugars moving to the Southwest, for distribution through port not only cover the entire State of Texas, but, in several Houston, are handled by the two Pacific coast lines maintaining instances extend into Oklahoma, and other states which can be regular services, and this business has grown to a point where more more advantageously served through this port. than 350,000 bags, weighing in excess of 17,000 tons, are moved In summing up the movement of sugar through the Port of through here annually. Specific figures for the 1931 movement Houston, one can say that by virtue of the steady growth of this show that 328,393 bags, weighing 16,275 tons, were handled over trade that the port is rapidly coming to be one "of the sweetest the Houston wharves from the Pacific coast, and thus far this year ports in America." i i

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HOUSTON COMPRESSES AND WAREHOUSES EXPLANATION OF CHARACTERS: Numbers designate location of warehouse on map. a. Type o/warehou,~e construction. c. Railroad upon which warehouse is located. b. Sprinkler equipment. d. Amount of warehouse space. I. Ansel-Trousdale Warehouse Company, 9. Henderson Cotton Co., 2800 Clinton 7500 Washington Avenue--(Rice) Drive-(Cotton Dealers) aFrame; b No; cH&TC; d24,000 sq. ft. a Steel and brick; hNo.; c Mo. Pac.; d ,Capacity 1,000 bales 2. Burress & Rogers Warehouse, Goliad & Morrin Sts.--(General Commodities) 10. Houston Bonded Warehouse, 2000 a Brick--Fire proof; b Yes; c S. P.; d 54,- Nance Street--(Gen. Commodities) 000 sq. ft. (Warehouse & Office Space) aBrick; byes; cS. P.; d 100,O00sq. ft. 3. Cleveland Compress & Cotton Service, Office I 019 Commerce--(Cotton) I I. The Houston Central Warehouse Co., a Concrete; b No; c S. P., I&GN, Barge; 1201 Commerce Ave.--(Gen. Com.) d 365,000 sq. ft. aBrick and concrete; bYes; cI&GN, 4 Dixie Warehouse Company, Inc. Barge; d 160,000 sq. ft. 3400 Pine Street--(Cotton) a Concrete; b Yes, throughout; c S. P.; 12. Houston Compress Co., Long Reach. (Deepwater Terminal on Ship Chan- d 42,000 sq.ft. nel)--(Cotton and Gen. Commod.) 5. Chas. Eikel, Office Cotton Exchange aSteel and concrete--Fire proof; bYes; Bldg.-- ( Bulk Commodities) c I&GN; d 1,780,000 sq. ft. (Deepwater Terminal on Ship Channel) a Corrugated iron; b No; c Port ]’erminal 12A. Houston Compress Co., 5th Ward R. R. Assn. (Public Belt Line); d 86,836 Plant. sq. ft. aSteel and concrete--Fire proof; byes; 6. Exporters Compress & Warehouse cS. P., I&GN: d820,000sq, ft. Co., 4500 N. Clinton Drive---(Cotton) a Steel and concrete; b Yes; c S. P., 13. Houston lee & Cold Storage Co., 408 Barge; d 791,500 sq. ft. Washington Ave. (Brine Circulation) 7. Federal Warehouse Company, 1200 Gen. Commod., cold storage only) National St., (Three Plants) aConcrete; b No; cS. P.; d’400,000 cu. -- (General Commodities ft. a Frame--Concrete floor; b Yes; c S. P.; 14. Houston Terminal Warehouse & Cold d. Total 82,000 sq. ft. Storage Co., 701 N. San Jacinto. 8. Gulf Compress Co., Clinton--(Cotton) -- (General Commodities a Frame--Galvanized Iron Sides; byes; a Concrete; byes; c S. P., Barge; dDry cS. P., Barge; d251,280 sq. ft. (95,000 storage, 300,000 sq. ft.; *Cold Storage, bales) 750,000 cu. ft.

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32. Turning Basin Compress Co., Office 33. Union Transfer & Storage Co., 1113 34. Universal Terminal & Warehouse Co., 35. Wald Transfe~ Cotton Exchange Bldg. (Deepwater Vine St.--(General Commodities) 1006 Washington Ave.--(Gen,Com.) Live Oak St.-- Terminal on Ship Channel) (Cotton) a Concrete; b Yes; c S. P.; d 92,000 sq.ft. aBrick; byes; cS. P.; d 112,000 sq. ft. aConcrete; bNo; a Concrete; b Yes; c Port Terminal R. R. Terminal; d 120,00 Assn. (Pub. Belt Line); d375,000 sq. ft. *Refrigerated Storage Space. NOTE: All warehouses 15. E. A. Hudson Transfer & Warehouse 23. Port Warehouse & Forwarding Co., Company. Inc., 2 119 Winter Street. 902 Wood St.--(Gen. Commodities) (Household Goods) a Frame, brick and concrete; b Yes; a Concrete and brick; b No; c S. P.; c S. P.; d 20,000 sq. ft. d 76,200 sq. ft. 24. Ship Channel Compress Co., Inc., 16. International Warehouse & Transfer Office Cotton Exchange Bldg., (Deep- Co., 2422 Nonce St.---(Steel and water Terminal on Ship Channel) Roofing) -- (Cotton) a Frame--Sheet Iron Sides; b No; c I&GN, a Brick and concrete; b Yes; c I&GN; Houston Belt & Term.; d40,000 sq. ft. d 400,000 sq. ft. 25. Shippers Compress Company, 200 17. Knox Warehouse Co., 1300 Conti St. Hill Street--(Cotton) --(General Commodities) a Corrugated iron-concrete; b No; c S. P.; a Frame--Sheet iron sides; b Yes; c.None; I&GN, Barge; d 750,000 sq. ft. d 50,000 sq. ft. 25A. Shippers Compress Co., Whse. No. 18. Manchester Terminal Corp., Office 4, Clinton and Emily--(Cotton) Cotton Exchange Bldg. (Deepwatet a Sheet iron; b Yes; c None; d 45,000 Terminal on Ship Channel (Cotton sq. ft. and general commodities) a Concrete -- (Fire proof throughout) 26. Southern Compress & Warehouse Co., b Yes; c Port Terminal R. R. Assn. (Pub- 2800 Harrisburg Blvd.--(Cotton) lic Belt Line); d 1,750,000 sq. ft. aFrame; hNo; c I&GN; d273,000sq, ft. 19. Menkwa Compress Co.--HE&WT-- 27. Terminal Compress & Warehouse Co., T&BV Railroads--(Cotton) Inc., Channel and Harrisburg Blvd. a Corrugated iron; b Yes; c HE&WT, --(Cotton) I&GN, HB&T; d301,000 sq. ft. a Concrete and brick; b Yes; c S. P., I&GN, Barge; d 500,000 sq. ft. (100,000 20. Merchants & Manufacturers Bldg., bales) I Main St. (General Commodities) (Wal~ehouse division under name of 28. Texas Creamery Cold Storage Co., Buffalo Warehouse Company) 2020 Texas Avenue a Concrete and brick; b Yes; c MK&T, a Brick and concrete; b No; c Houston S. P., Barge or Lighter; d 400,000 sq. ft. Belt & Terminal; d’406,586 cu. ft. cold Dry Storage. In addition-also furnish storage. office space and display rooms. 29. Texas Port City Storage & Transfer 21. Patrick Transfer & Storage, Office Co., 2301 Commerce Ave. 1302 Nance St. (Deepwater Terminal -- (General Commodities on Ship Channel--(Gen, Commod.) a Concrete and brick; b No; c I&GN; a Concrete; b Yes; c Port Terminal R. R. d 65,000 sq. ft. Assn. (Pub. Belt Line) ; d 262,000 sq. ft. 30. Texas Warehouse Co., 702 Pine St. -- (General Commodities 21A. Patrick Transfer and Storage Co., aBrick; bYes; cS. P.; d 75,000sq. ft. 1302 Nance~(General Commodities) a Brick; bNo; cS. P.; d 12,500 sq. ft. 31. Tidewater Warehouse & Maurice Pin- coifs Co., Office Cotton Exchange. 22. Port City Compress & Warehouse (Deepwater Terminal on Ship Chan- Co., Buchanan Street--(Cotton) nel)--(Cotton Seed Products) a Concrete; b Yes; c S. P., Houston Belt a Concrete; b No; c Port Terminal R. R. & Terminal; d269,000 sq. ft. Assn. (Public Belt Line) d60,000 sq. ft.

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Storage Co., 812 36. Watson Transfer & Storage Co., 801 37. T. L. Waugh & Son Warehouse Co., 38. Westheimer Transfer & Storage Co., en. Commodities) William St.--(Household Goods) 802 Walnut St.--(Household goods) 2519 Commerce Ave.--(Gen. Com.) touston Belt and a Brick; bYes; c S. P.; d 15,000 sq. ft. a Concrete; b No; c S. P.; d25,000 sq. ft. aConcrete and brick; bYes; cMo. Pac.; q. ft. d 100,000 sq. ft. essible to all rail lines on regular published switching charges. 38 HOUSTON PORT and CITY November, 1932

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Bankers Mortgage Co. began business 23 years ago. Through our services millions of dollars have been converted into office buildings, homes, " manufacturing plants, warehouses and the like. Also hundreds of investors have been able to realize an extra Industrial Sites profit on their income. The above airview shows part of Manchester Property and Business firms seeking a location in Houston surrounding industries. In the upper left corner is the are invited to write us their requirements. Houston plant and barge dock of Carnegie Steel Co. Imme- diately to the right is the terminal and docks of Morgan Steamship Lines. In the lower right corner are part of the warehouses and dock of Manchester Terminal Corporation. The X’s indicate 1,500 feet of Manchester Channel Frontage now offered for industrial development. Special low price will be made to a large industry that can use this choice BANKERSMORTGAGE Co. location. Capital Funds over $3,000,000.00 MANCHESTERCORPORATION, Owners Bankers Mortgage Bldg. HOUSTON, TEXAS 902 Second Nat’l. Bank Fairfax 7355 HOUSTON,TEXAS

SHIPSIDE WAREHOUSE Patrick Transfer & Storage Company Specializing in General CommodityStorage and Handling

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T T T v TT ~ ~ V TT T ~ .--- T T ~ ~ Floor Level 35 Feet Above Mean Low Tide T -~ -e T T T .~ T T T T T ,r ,r T T T T ¯ Electric Conveyors Import and Export Leading To and From TRACKAGE CAPACITY 84 CARS Shipments Handled Ships Berth All Railroads serve our Shipside Warehousethrough Free or Bonded Usual Handling Charges the Port Terminal Railroad P. O. Box 1412 Apply Uptown Phone Preston 0111 No Extra Cost Between Ships and Warehouse Phone connection to all ships berthed at Shipside Phone Wayside 1869 our dock November, 1952 HOUSTON PORT and CITY 39 HOUSTON STEAMSHIP SERVICE The following table shows the various steamship hnes operating out ot Houston, together with the ports touched and the Houston agents: Corrected as of November 1, 1932

LINES BETWEEN HOUSTONAND AGENT OR OPERATOR Alexandria, Port Said, Karachi, Bombay, American&Indian Lir~e ...... Colombo,Madras and Calcutta ...... Norton Lilly & Company, Agents. Armement-DeppeLine...... Havre,Antwerp and Ghent...... Texas Transport and Terminal Co. American-Baltic Chartering ShippingCompany ...... Denmarkand Baltic Ports ...... Wilkens & Biehl Regular Liner service from India to Roosevelt S. S. Co., (Tampa AmericanIndia Line ...... GulfPorts ...... Inter-ocean S. S. Co., Inc., Agent) AmericanGulf Orient Line ...... China, Japan, Philippines and Hawaii...... tampa Inter-Ocean S. S. Co., Inc. Roosevelt S. S. Co., (Tampa AtlanticAustralian Line ...... kustralianPorts ...... Inter-Ocean S. S. Co., Inc., Agent) BankLine ...... Yokohama,Kobe, Osakaand Shanghai ...... Strachan Shipping Co. (Chas. E. Craig.) Galveston, Corpus Christi, Beaumont BullLine ...... andLake Charles ...... Baltimore and Carolina Steamship Company Havre, Antwerp, Ghent and other l~owler ~g McVlt~e, CastleLine ...... ContinentalPorts ...... (L. H. Gissel, Houston Representative) CompagnieGenerale Trans-Atlantlque ...... Texas Transport & Terminal Company (French Line) Havreand Dunkirk ...... (S. A. Dunlap, Agent) Strachan Shipping Co. CosulichLine ...... Naples, Venice, Trieste, Fiume, and Ancona (Chas. E. Craig, Mgr.) Genoa, Leghorn, Naples and l’hos. Rice & Co. CreoleLine ...... MediterraneanPorts...... (J. R. Dunn, Houston Representative) i hOS. K~ce ~ L,o. DalglieshLine ...... FarEast Ports ...... (J. R. Dunn, Houston Representative) DeltaLine ...... SouthAmerican Ports ...... Lykes Bros.-Ripley Steamship Co., Inc. Genoa, Naples, Venice, Trieste, Piraeus, DixieMediterranean Line ...... Alexandria, Marseilles and French Med- Lykes Bros.-Ripley S. S. Co., Inc. iterraneanPorts ...... Liverpool, Manchester, London and United DixieU-K Line ...... KingdomPorts ...... Lykes Bros.-Ripley S. S. Co., Inc. Japan, China, Philippines FernLine ...... ~lustraliaand New Zealand ...... Wilkens & Biehl Furness,Withy & l.~o. Ltd...... Newfoundland...... Wilkens & Biehl GansLine ...... GermanPorts ...... Richard Meyer & Co. ot I exas. Gulf-PacificLine (Weekly) ...... All Pacific Ports, Vancouver,B. C ...... Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc. GulfS. S. Line(Weekly) ...... SorpusChristi-New Orleans ...... Gulf S. S. Co., Inc. Gulf-WestMediterranean Line ...... e, pain, Portugal and North Africa ...... l"ampa Inter-Ocean S. S. Company, Inc. ’Hamburg-AmericanLine...... Bremenand Hamburg ...... Richard Meyer & Co. of Texas HansaLine ...... Bremenand Hamburg ...... Strachan Shipping Co. (C. E. Craig, Mgr.) Harrison-LeylandLine...... Liverpooland Manchester ...... Wm. Parr & Co. (W. C. Hunt, Mgr.) Holland-AmericanLine...... Rotterdamand Amsterdam...... Texas Transport & Terminal Co. Yokahama, Kobe, Shanghai and other Far IsthmianS. S. Line...... EastPorts ...... Norton Lilly & Company, Agents Honoluluand HawaiianIslands Ports ...... Regular line service from India to Gulf Ports IsthmianS.S. Line...... Regular Service from Hawaiian Island Ports Norton Lilly & Company, Agents toGulf Ports ...... "Ix"Line ...... FarEast Ports ...... J. L. Beveridge & Co. KokusaiLine ...... FarEast Ports ...... I. L. Beveridge & Co. Fowler & McVitie LarrinagaLine ...... Liverpooland Manchester ...... (L. H. Gissel, Houston Representative) Brazil Ports--Pernambuco, Bahai, LloydBrasileiro Line ...... Santosand Rio de Janerio ...... Lloyd Brasileiro Navigation Co. Luckenbach-GulfLine...... PacificCoast and GulfPorts ...... W. H. Meyer, (District Manager), LykesSouth America Line ...... Canal Zone, Colombia, Santo Domingo and (Passenger and Freight) West Coast of South America by trans- Lykes Bros.-Ripley S. S. Co., Inc. (2 sailings monthly) shipment...... 40 HOUSTON PORT and CITY November, 1932

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STEAMSHIP LINES Continued

LINES BETWEEN HOUSTON AND AGENT OK OPERATOR LykesWest Indies Line ...... Haiti-Santo Domingo, Porto Rico and serves Lykes (Passenger and Freight) Venezuela, Dutch West Indies and Virgin Bros. S. S. Co., Inc. (2 sailings monthly) Islandsby trans-shipment ...... MitsuiLine ...... Chinaand Japan ...... Sgitcovich SS. Co. Havana, Charleston, Baltimore and MunsonLine ...... Boston,Norfolk and Fall River ...... Lykes. Bros. Steamship Co., Inc. Chester, Charleston, Baltimore and Navigatione-Libera-Triestna,S. A ...... Boston, Norfolk and NewBedford ...... Texas Transport & Terminal Co. Thos. Rice & Co. NervionLine ...... Barcelona...... (J. R. Dunn, Houston Representative) NewtexLine (WeeklySailings) ...... NewYork and LakeCharles ...... States Marine Corporation NorthGerman Lloyd Line ...... Bremenand Hamburg ...... Wilkens & Biehl Fowler & McVitie NipponYusen Kaisha ...... Japanand China ...... (L. H. Gissel, Houston Representative) Genoa, Naples, Leghorn and Mediterranean Thomas Rice & Co. OderoLine ...... Ports...... (J. R. Dunn, Houston Representative) OsakaShosen Kaisha--Monthly ...... SouthAmerica Line ...... UniqueRound the WorldService ...... Gulf Shipping Company (Passenger and Freight Line) OreS. S. Line ...... AtlanticPorts ...... Ship’s Captain PrinceLine ...... FarEast Ports ...... S. Sgitcovich S. S. Co. Scandinavian-AmericanLine...... Denmarkand Rotterdam ...... Wilkens & Biehl SilverLine ...... FarEast Ports ...... S. Sgitcovich S. S. CO. Silver-Java-PacificLine ...... Southand East AfricaPorts ...... S. Sgitcovich S. S. Co. SipseyBarge & Towing Co ...... Mobile...... Sipsey Barge & Towing Co. Southern Pacific Steamship Lines A. J. Morris, General Agent, MorganLine (Bi-Weekly) ...... NewYork and Baltimore ...... Cotton Exchange Building, City Harve, Antwerp and Ghent, Bremen, Ham- SouthernStates Line ...... burgand Rotterdam ...... Lykes Bros., Ripley S. S. Co., Inc. SouthernSteamship Company ...... Philadelphia(2 sailings per week)...... Southern S. S. Co. StatesMarine Line ...... EuropeanPorts ...... States Marine Corporation StatesMarine Porto Rico Line ...... PortoRican Ports ...... States Marine Corporation StrachanLine ...... Bremenand Hamburg ...... Strachan Shipping Co. Dunkirk, Oslo, Gothenburg and Copenhagen Fowler & McVitie SwedishAmerica Mexico Line ...... and other ScandinavianPorts ...... (L. H. Gissel, Houston Representative) TatsumaLine ...... FarEast Ports ...... S. Sgitcovich S. S. Co. Carnegie Steel Co. TennesseeCoal-Iron R. R...... Birmingport...... (E. Goudge & Son, Agent.) TexasContinental S. S. Co...... Bremenand Hamburg ...... Wilkens & Biehl ToscoS. S.Line, Inc ...... NewOrleans ...... Tosco S. S. Line, Inc. United OceanTransport Co., Ltd ...... FarEast Ports ...... Texas Transport & Terminal Co. UnterwesserLine...... GermanPorts ...... Wilkens & Biehl Dunkirk, Oslo, Gothenburg, Copenhagen Fowler & McVitie, WilhelmsenLine...... and other Scandinavian Ports (L. H. Gissel, Houston Representative) Wm.Reardon Smith &Sons, Ltd ...... Japanand China ...... States Marine Corporation YamashitaShipping Co ...... FarEast Ports ...... Texas Transport & Terminal CO.

TANKER LINES

LINES BETWEEN HOUSTON AND AGENT OR OPEKATOR

A. F. Klaveness&Co ...... EuropeanPorts ...... Wilkens & Biehl Anglo-AmericanOil Co ...... UnitedKingdom Ports ...... Humble Oil & Refining CO. Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co., Ltd. of London United Kingdomand Continental Ports ...... Lykes Bros.-Ripley Steamship Co., Inc. British-MexicanPetroleum Co., Ltd ...... UnitedKingdom Ports ...... Humble Oil & Refining Co. Fowler & McVitie BritishMolasses Co., Ltd ...... UnitedKingdom-Continental Ports ...... L. H. Gisse !, Houston Representative 42 HOUSTON PORT and CITY November, 1932

INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS PAGE PAGE Adams&Porter ...... 5 HoustonLighting & Power Co ...... 40 AtlanticCoast Shipping Co., Ine ...... 42 HoustonPilots ...... 48 Atlantic,Gulf & Pacific Co ...... 3 HoustonPipe Line Co ...... 9 AutoParts Co ...... 57 HoustonTerminal Warehouse& Cold Storage Co ...... 3 BankersMortgage Co...... 38 HoustonTowing Co ...... 56 BerryMotor Co ...... 53 HumbleOil &Refining Co ...... 5 Boysen’s...... 56 Intracoastal Towing& Trans. Co...... 42 Burlington-RockIsland R. R ...... 4 Jones,W. L ...... 53 CentralBattery & Electric Service ...... 55 LacknerRealty Co ...... 46 Coehran’sInsurance Agency ...... 55 Lea,Radford & Robinson ...... 8 CrownCentral Petroleum Corp ...... 40 LuckenbachGulf S. S. Co.,Inc ...... 11 Eikel,Chas ...... 44 Lybrand,Ross Bros. & Montgomery ...... 47 Esperson,Niels, Industrial District ...... 11 Mair,D. S., MachineryCorp ...... 54 Executive’sPage ...... Cover 3 ManchesterCorporation ...... 38 ExportersCompress & Whse. Co., Ine ...... 3 Manchester’Terminal Corp ...... 9 Finer,Harry B ...... 56 MaritimeOil Co ...... 1 First NationalBank, The ...... 40 MaxwellHouse Products Co., Inc ...... 57 Fowler&McVitie ...... 50 Merchants Photo Service ...... 10 GearenehManufacturing Co...... 52 Merchants&Planters Oil Co...... 46 Goudge,E., &Son ...... _.. 4 Missouri-Kansas-TexasR. R...... 8 GulfCoast Engineering Co...... 52 MissouriPacific Lines ...... 2 Gulf,Colorado &Santa Fe R. R...... 9 NationalBank of Commerce,The ...... 50 GulfRefining Co...... 48 NationalLumber &Creosoting Co ...... 34 Hermes&Davis, Inc ...... 11 NewtexLine ...... 10 HoustonBonded Wharehouse ...... 52 Norris,W. H., LumberCo...... 40 HoustonCompress Co...... 44 NunezConstruction Co., Inc ...... 44 HoustonFoundry &Machine Co ...... 57 OleanderOil & Supply Co ...... 52 HoustonGas & Fuel Co ...... 46 HoustonIce &Cold Storage Co ...... 58 PatrickTransfer & Storage Co ...... 38 56 Pig’nWhistle ...... 42 HoustonLaboratories ...... Platzer BoatWorks ...... 53 PritchardRice Milling Co ...... 56 PruittSpring Co ...... 54 Pig’n Whistle Rice,Thomas, &Co ...... 52 Royston&Rayzor ...... 53 Sandwiches Are SamRealty Co ...... 47 Made FRESH Sgitcovich,S., &Co., Inc ...... Cover 4 ShipsideContracting Co...... 43 To Your Order SouthTexas Commercial National Bank ...... 10 SouthTexas Cotton Oil Co ...... 58 SouthernPacific Lines ...... 6 Southern Steamship Co ...... 2 Sterling &Baker ...... 54 Baltimore NewportNews Norfolk SternbergDredging Co ...... Cover 2 Philadelphia NewOrleans Houston StrachanShipping Co...... 4 TempleLumber Co...... 34 TexasCompany, The...... 6 TexasCreamery Cold Storage Co ...... 55 Atlantic Coast Shipping Company TexasElectric Steel CastingCo., Inc ...... 58 INCORPORATED TexasStandard Life InsuranceCo ...... 55 TexasTransport & Terminal Co., Inc., The...... 34 ToscoSteamship Line, Inc ...... Cover 4 Contracting Stevedores TransitMix Concrete Co. of Texas,Inc ...... 44 TurningBasin Compress Co...... 1 219 Cotton ExchangeBuilding UnionNational Bank, The ...... 5 Telephone Preston 7947 UniversalTerminal Warehouse Co ...... 34 VinsonElkins Sweeton & Weems ...... 8 WatsonTransfer & Storage Co ...... 54 CART.J. W. McGRATH CAPT.F. S. BLACKADAR WesternMetal Manufacturing Co...... 57 President Local Manager Williams&Porter ...... 57 Winchester,J. H., &Co., Inc ...... 10 Zanes,W. R., &Co ...... 50

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