November, 1932 HOUSTON PORT and CITY 21 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 Length Ft. 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 & PowerCo ............................................ 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