JULY, 1965 Houstondaily gainsstature as a distributioncenter. Its linksto internationaltrade--the Port of Houston andHouston International Airport (with People Spell HoustonIntercontinental Airport dueto beoperational in 1966)- Markets for makeit easyfor firmsto engage directlyand profitably in worldtrade Customers of throughHouston. Nearlyten million people live withina the Port of 300mile radius of Houston,and even thatportion falling within the Gulf Houston of Mexicois far morethan just an expanseof water. This access to the SevenSeas represents, instead, a highlysignificant portion of Houston’s total tradeterritory which stretches 500-Mif notonly into 23inland states but 300-MileRadiu~ aroundthe world. 2GO-I~ Morethan 4,000 ships in 1964called lO0-Mile at the Portof Houston,which handled Radius morethan 59 million tons of cargo to rankthird in thenation. "SerHng Internationaltraffic throughHouston America’s Heartla~d" InternationalAirport was up 14.67 percent in 1964over 1963. Havea Lookat the Statistics! WITHIN... POPULATION* RETAIL SALES BUYINGPOWER** 300-mile radius 9,921,729.............. $12,898,260,000 $19,843,458,000 200-mileradius .................. 5,217,521................... 6,939,302,000............... 10,435,042,000 lO0-mile radius ............ 2,196,711 2,927,613,000 4,578,189,000 "1960U.S. Censusof Population *’1963 Sales Management’s"Survey of Buying Power" PORTOF HOUSTONOFFICES ARE AS NEARAS YOURTELEPHONE Always Specify the HOUSTON NEWYORK CITY CHICAGO GeorgeW. Altvater EdwardP. Moore HumeHenderson GeneralSales Manager District SalesManager District SalesManager JohnR. Weiler FrankWard Boardof TradeBuilding PORT ()F District SalesManager AssistantSales Manager TelephoneWEbster 9-6228 C. A. Rousser 25 Broadway II()IISTON District SalesRepresentative Phone BOwling Green 9-7747 P.O.Box 2562 Pride of the Gulf TelephoneCA 5-0671 2 PORT OF HOUSTONMAGAZINE MANCHESTER Otfers You At The Port of HOUSTON If you have shipping that needs fast, economical loading or unloading facilities, you’ll save time and money by using Manchester Terminal. Here it is easy for ships, trucks and rail cars to load and unload cargo with no delay. ¯ Concrete wharves ¯ Two-story transit sheds ¯ High-density cotton compresses ¯ Automatic sprinkler system ¯ Large outdoor storage area ¯ Rapid truck loading and unloading ¯ Modern handling methods and equipment For completecargo handling service, use Manchester Terminal. Manchester Terminal Corporation P. O. Box 52278 GeneralOffice: CA7-3296 Houston, Texas 77052 Wharf Office: WA6-9631 JULY, 1965 3 SERVICES FROM HOUSTON and other Gulf ports INDIA SERVICE Karachi ¯ Bombay¯ Colombo¯ Madras Calcutta ¯ Rangoon A/so calls Mediterraneanand Red Sea ports PERSIANGULF SERVICE Dammarn¯ Kuwait ¯ Basrah¯ Khorrarnshahr BandarShahpour ¯ Abadan¯ Bahrein A/socalls Mediterraneanand Red Sea ports HAWAIIANISLANDS SERVICE Honolulu¯ Port Allen ¯ Nawiliwili Hilo ¯ Kahului World Wide Cargo Services from All Coasts of the United States Galveston Norfolk Intercoastal Services i BaltimoreBeaumont Houston Philadelphia Between Gulf and Long Beach Portland, Ore. Brownsville Los Angeles San Francisco Pacific Ports Buealo Memphis Seattle Chicago Mobile Washington, D. C. From Pacific Lumber Oevelond NewOrl .... Dallas New York Ports to Atlantic Ports I DetroitBoston COTTON EXCHANGE BLDG., HOUSTON SHIPPINGOVERSEAS? MoPac can handle the details. Servingthe Port of Houston Brownsville and E1 Paso gate- You are in Wichita. Your J. P. DONOVAN shipment must go to Tehran, ways to Mexico. Our people ForeignFreight Traffic Mgr. keep up to the minute on and the closest Port Authority 1706Missouri Pacific Bldg. man is at a Gulf port. Who’s changes in import-export pro- St. Louis, Mo.63103 going to answer your questions cedures. about customs regulations? For on-the-nose freight About ship schedules? About schedules, use MoPac’s coor- R. A. GRIESMAN packing, labeling, tariffs? dinated rail/truck service to AssistantTraffic Manager any of these Gulf ports. You Ask us. MoPac. 406Union Station won’t have to worry about a We serve 12 ports on the Houston,Texas 77002 Gulf Coast and the Laredo, thing. 4 PORT OF HOUSTON MAGAZINE ,,HELLENIC LINE~ LIMITED Delta’snew Cargoliners combinehigh speed with newconcepts in cargohandling 40 VESSELS SERVE HELLENIC SHIPPERS UNDER THIS F LAG! -- and shippers profit by the efficiency FrequentSailings of these modern vessels. 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Remember, Delta Line’s network of offices at home and BURMA abroad is anxious to assist you. There’s a Delta liner sailing every week to Refrigerated Space Deep Tanks ¯ Heavy Lifts South America, every two weeks to West Africa Passenger Accommodations HELLENIC LINES LIMITED 319 International Trade Mart New Orleans 12 DELTA STEAMSHIP LINES, INC. Houston Agent P. O. Box 50250, New Orleans, La. 70150 LE BLANC-PARR,INC. The man to see is the 616 Cotton Exchange Building Delta man wearing the "E" CA 2-2259 AREACODE 713 NEW YORK - WASHINGTON ¯ CHICAGO ¯ HOUSTON JULY,1965 5 Independent research reveals cost-savings with new Stran-Wall Nowyou can save thousands of dollarsin the costof heatingand cooling a buildingthrough the useof Stran-Wall...Metallic’s new insulated wall system..,rated first in efficiency. 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(Near 3600 block of Telephone Road.J ~Research findings based on a test building 60’x 120’. Heating and cooling estimated costs are based on 12-month conditions in Decatur, Illinois and Houston, Texas. 6 PORT OF HOUSTON MAGAZINE PORT OF HOUSTON Official Publication Of the Harris County HoustonShip ChannelNavigation District Volume 7 July, 1965 No. 7 DirectoryOf Officials FOR THE Port of Houston Contents PORTCOMMISSIONERS HOWARDTELLEPSEN, Chairman W. N. BLANTON,Vice Chairman Japanese Colony Here Honored .................................... R. H. PRUETT 8 E. H. HENDERSON W. D. HADENII Maritime Markets Provide 35,000 Items To Ships ....................... 9 EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT J. P. TURNER, General Manager VERNONBAILEY, Assistant General Manager Southwestern Bell Elects President on SAMHOUSTON .................... 12 J. L. LOCKETT, JR., Counsel SAMUELB. BRUCE,Auditor TRAVISSMITH, Engineer and Planning Manager Meet lan H. P. Boyes ......................................... 13 RICHARDLEACH, Chief Engineer ROBERTW. RonINSON,Accounts Manager KENNETHW. STEPHENS,Personnel Manager The Houston Port Bureau Reports .............................. 14 and World Trade Bldg. Mgr. T. E. WHATLEY,Administrative Assistant VINCENT D. WILLIAMS, Administrative Advisory Council Coordinates Port Safety Activities .................... Assistant 15 PUBLICRELATIONS DEPARTMENT Water Transportation Essential To Sinclair Refinery ................... LLOYDGREGORY, Director o/Information 16 TEDSUMERLIN, Editor of Magazine VAUaHNM. BRYANT,Director of International Relations Houston Steamship Agents .......................................... 30 SALESDEPARTMENT GEORCEW. ALTVATER, General Sales Manager Port of Houston Shipping Directory .................................... 31 EDWARDP. MOORE, District Sales Manager FRANKWARD, Assistant 25 Broadway, NewYork, N.Y. Sailing Schedule of General Cargo Ships ..................... 32 HUMEA. HENDERSON,District Sales Manager Boardof Trade Building, Chicago,Ill. JOHNR. WEILER,District Sales Manager C. A. ROUSSER,JR., District Sales Representative THE COVER 1519 Capitol, Houston Heading across the Gulf of Mexico to the Port of Houston is the SINCLAIR OPERATIONSDEPARTMENT C. E. BULLOCK, Operations Manager TEXAS,the largest U. S. flag ship in the Sinclair fleet. For more about the T. H. SHERWOOD,Manager of Grain Elevator J. R. CURTIS,Terminal Manager cempany and how it depends on water transportation see Page 16. WALLACEJ.