Since Civil War Days, thru panics,depressions, wars and prosperity,we have given de- pendableservice to industry, Established 1865 contractor,builder and laborer Incorporated1903 in the GreatSouthwest. Weare proudof the part we 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. F. W. HEITMANNCO. First ExclusiveIron Dealersin Texas 113 MAINSTREET HOUSTON, TEXAS ManchesterTerminal Trucking Bags of Wool -on the Houston Ship Channel 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 Night Telel~hone Numbers R. A. Fenzl, Jackson 2-5571 C.B. Cobb, Wydown 9-2807 Pres. and Gen’l Mgr. F. E. Fenzl, Wayside 7575 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.