VOL. XV NOVEMBER,1937 NO. 2 Z Z Z ILl -i- ml General American’s Houston, Texas, Terminal GENERAL AMERICAN’S Houston Terminal is yours to use as your very own. Newly completed it is the finest public terminal in the Southwest. Modern, efficient facilities for any bulk liquid. At Houston, as at all other General American Terminals, you save through careful handling, minimum evaporation, lowest insurance rates. Direct pipe line connections from East Texas fields. Yon have all of the advantages of your own terminalmwith no investment on your part. A DIVISION OF GENERAL AMERICAN TRANSPORTATION CORP., R A GOODHOPE, LA., WESTWEGO, LA., CORPUS CHRISTI AND HOUSTON, TEXAS, CARTERET, N. J. OFFICE: 135 SOUTH LASALLE STREET, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. November, 1937 HoI~sIo~I PORT BOOK 1 DRE D GI N GShip Channels . Harbors . Slips and Terminals. Filling. Reclamations. Drainage and Levee Building Dredge "Duplex" Deepening Houston Ship Channel The Sternberg Dredging Company with its large fleet of Hydraulic dredges, bucket, dragline, derrick, and cableway machines is equipped to handle any excavation problem. STERNBERG DREDGING COMPANY GALVESTON, TEXAS ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI SHIPSIDE WAREHOUSE PATRICK TRANSFER & STORAGE COMPANY Operators ¯ HOUSTONDIVISION ¯ LONE STAR PACKAGECAR CO. Specializing in General CommodityStorage and Handling 250,000 SQUARE FEET STORAGE SPACE FIREPROOF REINFORCED CONCRETE WAREHOUSE EQUIPPED WITH AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER LOCATED AT SHIP SIDE Floor Level 35 Feet Above Mean Low Tide Electric Conveyors Import and Export Leading To and From Ship’s Berth TRACKAGE CAPACITY 84 CARS Shipments Handled Free or Bonded Usual Handling Charges All Railroads serve our Shipside Warehouse through Apply the Port Terminal Railroad P. O. Box 1682 No Extra Cost Between Uptown Phone Preston 0111 Ships and Warehouse Phone connection to all ships berthed at Shipside Phone Wayside 3117 our dock 2 Houston PORT BOOK November, 1937 BARBOUR TERMINALS 700Acres-26,000 Feet of DeepWater Frontage LOCATEDAT THE OFFERS EXCEPTIONAL ADVANTAGESFOR THE LOCATION OF OIL REFINERIES- OIL TERMINALS SHIPPING and WAREHOUSEORGANIZATIONS (1) Its location is right at the head of the channel to the Bay, which (5) The property fronts on the Houston Ship Channel. navigable night and day, the channel being lighted all the way to the sea. The (6) Now, with the completion of the Intra-Coastal Canal System, the vast long, tortuous navigating to locations farther inland is saved. The sailing time transportation system of which Houston is the neck of the bottle, will soon be from Barbour Terminals to the open sea is only two and one-half to three hours. breaking even more foreign and domestic commerce records. The BARBOUR (2) The Texas & NewOrleans Railroad Company(Southern Pacific Lines) TERMINALS,because of its time-saving location, possesses a strategic advantage has rail facilities into the property. in relation to the Intra-Coastal transportation system tie-up, which will feed the Houston Ship Channel East and West. (3) The Port Houston Belt Line Railroad, which is in operation to within (7) The BARBOURTERMINALS has a frontage on San Jacinto Bay nine miles of the property, connects at Houstonwith eighteen trunk railroad lines. 14,000 feet, and an additional 12,000 feet of a dredged slip 350 feet in width, (4) Concrete highwaysserve the property from all points. with a turning basin 30 feet deep and 1,000 by 1,500 feet. For m]ormation,aadress BARBOUR TERMINALS FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING ° ° HOUSTON, TEXAS November,19 3 7 H 0 u s t 0 n P 0 R T B o o K 3 ANDEPSON. OAY TON Cotton Merchants HOUSTON MOBILE CHARLOTTE ATLANTA SAVANNAH GASTONIA NEW ORLEANS BOSTON GREENVILLE MEMPHIS PROVIDENCE DALLAS LOS ANGELES NEW BEDFORD Anderson, Clayton & Co. (Egypt) ............................... ALEXANDRIA Anderson, Clayton & Co. (India) ............................... BOMBAY Anderson, Clayton & Co., S.A. (Mexico) .......................... MEXICOCITY and TORREON Anderson, Clayton & Co., Ltda. (Brazil) ......................... SAO PAULOand RECIFE Anderson, Clayton & Co., S.A. (Argentina) ....................... BUENOSAIRES Anderson, Clayton & Co., S.A. (Peru) ........................... LIMA Algodones, S. A. (Paraguay) ................................... ASUNCION Represented abroad by Austria ................ Dr. Ludwig Nettel ......................................... Vienna Belgium ............... Edmond Veesaert ........................................... Ghent Canada ................ Anderson, Clayton & Co .................................. Montreal China ................. Anderson, Clayton & Co .................................. Shanghai England ............... D. F. Pennefather & Co .................................. Liverpool France ................ Anderson, Clayton & Co .................................. Le Havre Germany .............. Clason, Burger & Co ...................................... Bremen Holland ............... Herbert Stroink .......................................... Enschede Italy .................. Lamar Fleming & Co ........................................ Milan Iapan ................. Anderson, Clayton & Co.’s Agency ........................... Osaka Poland ................ G. A. Sebastian ............................................. Lodz Portugal ............... A. Algodoeira W. Stam .................................... Oporto Spain ................. F. Muste Ballester ...................................... Barcelona Sweden ................ F. Corin & Co ......................................... Gothenburg Switzerland ............ Gysi & Co ................................................. Zurich Correspondents ANDERSON, CLAYTON & FLEMING NEW YORK Members New York Cotton Exchange D. F. PENNEFATHER & CO. LIVERPOOL MembersLiverpool Cotton Association 4 Houston PORT BOOK November,1937 ¯ . OFFICESAT . ¯ ÷ Services by Direct Steamers to SAVANNAH, GEORGIA "STRACHAN LINE" BRUNSWICK~ GEORGIA UNITED KINGDOM CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA STRACHAN SHIPPING COMPANY JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA CONTINENTAL FERNANDINA, FLORIDA PENSACOLA, FLORIDA Steamship Agents and Ship Brokers MEDITERRANEAN MOBILE, ALABAMA BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA ADRIATIC MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE NEW ORLEANS~ LOUISIANA Cable Address: "STRACHAN" SOUTH AMERICANAND GALVESTON, TEXAS Codes: FAR EAST PORTS HOUSTON, TEXAS DALLAS, TEXAS Bet’s, SCOTT~S~ W&TKINS’~BENTLEY’S, A. B. C. CHICAGO OFFICE NEW YORK OFFICE UTILITIES BUILDING WHITEHALL BUILDING HOUSTON, TEXAS 327 SOUTH LASALLE STREET 17 BATTERY PLACE ? W. R. ZANES AND COMPANY CUSTOM HOUSE BROKERS FORWARDING AGENTS IMPORT EXPORT MARINE INSURANCE Established1914 CottonExchange Building Houston,Texas YourVessel will be met at the Bar and Piloted to the Port of Houstonby HOUSTON PILOTS Day Phones: Capitol 1424 w Preston 7615 Night : Lehigh 9665 HOUSTON PILOT No. 1 or No. 2 1318-1319Petroleum Building Cable Address: HOUPLT Houston, Texas November, 1937 Houston PORT BOOK 5 SOUTHERN STEAMSHIP COMPANY HOUSTON’S "HoneerSteamship Line" Sailings Between PHILADELPHIA, PA., and HOUSTON, TEXAS. FromPhiladelphia, Pa., Pier 46, SouthWharves Every Wednesdayand Saturday FromHouston, Texas, Pier No. 3 Every Mondayand Thursday Seven Fast Steamers Serving Texas and the Southwes~ TWENTY-TWOYEARS OF TRANSPORTATION ACHIEVEMENT General Ottlees: 1360 Broad Street Station Building, Philadelphia, Pa. AddressSouthern Steamship Co., Offices in Norfolk,Boston, Buffalo, Chicago,Pittsburgh, Philadelphia,New York, Dallas, El Paso, Fort Worth,and SanAntonio W. M. Vaughn,CA., Dallas; E. M. Sones, CA., Fort Worth;W. A. Bielstein, CA., San Antonio; R. T. Eatman,CA., El Paso; W. F. Land, CA., Houston;A. S. Baker, Jr., TFA.,San Angelo T. A. O’BRIEN, GENERALFREIGHT AGENT, 1360 BROADSTREET STATION BLDG., PHILADELPHIA, PA. D. D. KARN, GENERALAGENT, 409 COTTONEXCHANGE BLDG., HOUSTON, TEXAS On eAa CAannal . ~~~~-’~:’f ~~~~ ONE.OF THE NATION’S ~ ~ ~ MOST MODERN AND BEST- EQUIPPED FLOUR MILLS... ~~ Bakers all over the Southwest are benefiting from the thoroughness of our service as well as the ex- ~4.~.]~,"’/~"- cellent quality of our lookedflours. in our Nothingphysical equipmenthas beento provideover- the i~i~~-~’_4~~],..~~ ~ ~’-~’" finest grades--and a grade for your every need. "~-~~.~ ".’" ,~ "~ Direct rail and water connections insure quickde- liveries. May we have the privilege of serving YOU? HOUSTON MILLING CO. ¯ HOUSTON, TEXAS ¯ 6 Houston PORT BOOK November, 1937 Welcome to SAN JACINTO INN Located at the HisTorical San Jacinto Battlegrounds ¯ Forty Minutes Drive from Hou~on SANJACINTO MEMORIAL A visit to Houstonwithout a visit to San Jacinto Battlegroundsis a visit incomplete,and a visit to the Battlegroundswithout dinner at San JacintoInn is onlyhalf a visit. The guest register at San Jacinto Inn, during the past 22 years, best speaksfor its popularity. Toreach this beautiful public park, drive east on Preston Avenueto HarrisburgBoulevard, thence to La Porte Road; follow La Porte Road to Deer Park, turn left on Lynch- burg Road, then on to the famous San Jacinto Battlegrounds. ~u~ie and Dancing WINTER DINNER Tuesday through Friday Olives Shrimp Cocktail Celery 8:00 to 11:00 p. m. Oysters on the Half Shell Baked Oysters with Hot Sauce Saturday Oyster Brochette 8:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. Salad Sunday Tenderloin of Trout or Redfish 7:30 to 11:30 p. m. Fried Chicken Potatoes Hot Biscuits and Strawberry or Blackberry Jam Drinks Dessert Two Dollars MRS. PORTERVINCENT, Owner PersonallySupervised and We Close ~°very ~londay ! LUNCHEONS DALLY Managedby 12 Noon to 6:00 p. m. Ma. ANn MRS. JoE SANDERS November, 1937 Ho1181oll PORT