jesse h. jones

Jesse H. Jones

Tribute To A Man

Who ’Caught Fire’

On Making A Port

(This resolution memorializing Je.sse H. Jones was unani-mously adopted June 14, 1956 by the Board o/ Navigationand Canal Contmissioners, Harris Count~" Houston Ship Chan-gel Navigation District, shortly a/ter /louston’s /irst citizenhad died. The resolution was written br Port CommissionerIV. N. Blanton, long time close /riend ~/ 3Ir. Jones, and/or-mer general manager o/the lloaston Chamb~,r ~,/ Commerce.

The Editor.)

v~TE SIT here today as the official heirs and successors nl~ office of those stout-hearted and persistent men x~ho early"caught fire" on the proposal to make Buffalo Bayou naviga-ble for ocean vessels and make Houston and Harris County adeep-water port.

Many and severe were the early frustrations and heart-breaking disappointments, overcome only by a small band ofsteadfast and stout-hearted men.

Even with success at finger’s touch, innninent disaster andcomplete failure overcast the city. It ~as in that darkest hourlhat Jesse H. Jones came forward, overnight dissolving theovercast as the sun on a cloudy day.

Often repeated is the fact of the measure of confidence ofHouston and Harris County when, through its leading citizens,the commitment was made to the Federal Government tomatch the federal participation in extending a 25-foot channelto the Turning Basin. Pridefullv it is said that the NavigationDistrict paid $1,200,000 as its part of this cost, and also con-tributed $200,000 for two dredges to perform maintenancework. But I do not believe it has been understood and appre-ciated how perilously near the Navigation District eame tofailure in this respect.

The 25-foot dredging contract was let on June 10, 1912 for$2,412,595.66, after a federal appropriation on June 25, 1910of $2,500,000 therefor. This appropriation ~’as bottomed onthe Harris County promise to pay one-half.

The Navigation District was created January 10, 1910 asthe agency to raise the funds to meet this participation re-quirement. On June 1, 1911 bonds of $1,250,000 were votedto satisfy this obligation. Success seemed at finger-tip. BUTit almost slipped away.

A navigation district was a new type of governmentalagency. This Navigation District was the first to be createdunder the 1909 law authorizing such agencies. In fact, thelaw was passed for this Navigation District. That law requiredthat the bonds of a navigation district should not be issued atless than par value. Novelty, doubt and scepticism seriouslynarrowed the market. In fact, nowhere could they be sold; nobonding house was interested.

Jesse H. Jones failed to find an Eastern buyer despite theassistance rendered him by a personal acquaintance in theUnited States Treasury Depdrtment. Hope was at low ebb, the

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HOUSTON PORT BOOK, FALL, 1956 41

PORT OF HOUSTON

WILL SEE GREATER

INCREASE IN TRADE

WITH LATIN AMERICA

By

VAUGHN M. BRYANTDirector of International

Relations, Port of Houston

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rrHE POnT OF HOUSTON is yet to see its greatest trade with| Latin America and future years should see a particular in-crease in our commerce with the great east coast countriesof South America--Argentina and Brazil.

This is my opinion after more than three months in thesetwo countries calling on businessmen, exporters, importers,steamship people and government agencies and seems to bereflected in the general trend of trade increase throughoutLatin America as that vast and rich region continues its amaz-ing postwar economic development.

There are several reasons for what I feel is a rosy-huedfuture for the particular countries of Argentina and Brazil asI was able to determine it during the months of June, July,August and September that I traveled from Rio de Janeiro toBuenos Aires and back again. Briefly, they are:1. Both Argentina and Brazil are undergoing economic and

political readjustments under relatively new administra-tions which have demonstrated a desire to work closely withthe United States both politically and economically, and atthe private enterprise as well as the government level.2. Both Argentina and Brazil recently have sought and gained

substantial grants from the Export-Import Bank to developtheir industries.3. In both countries the currency has recently shown new

strength and there is every indication to believe that thiswill continue. (In Brazil, particularly, the money has made remarkable recovery from 85-1 in June to 65-1 at this writ-ing.)4. United States goods are still preferred when able to com-

pete in price and credit terms with the very energetic salesefforts there of Europe and Japan.5. There is tremendous interest in oil and other mineral de-

velopments, involving huge future imports of machinery.While oil exploration in both countries is strictly under gov-ernment control, there are evidences this may be relaxed some-what, especially in Brazil.

6. Government agencies are buying the heavy machinery nec-essary to build the transportation and industrialization of

their countries--machinery which in a goodly part is madein the trade area served by the Port of Houston.7. It is only a matter of time before strict import restrictions

are eased and ultimately lifted, and the unlimited importa-tion of goods by private enterprise once again makes of thesetwo countries the great customers they have traditionally been.

These are all factors which the Port of Houston and theexporters and importers of the extensive inland area it servesshould note, study and evaluate as they look toward increasedtrade with Argentina and Brazil and, indeed, with all of LatinAmerica. They are also factors which have not for one minuteescaped the attention of other United States ports and the re-spective trade areas of those ports in their own efforts todevelop further their Latin American commerce.

Our two major rival ports are alert and active in this re-gard; New York maintains a permanent representative inBrazil who covers Argentina and the rest of "southern" SouthAmerica, as well. and New Orleans sends a representative onperiodic trade promotion visits to the various countries.

The Houston program has been in effect for three yearsnow and there is evidence throughout South America thatthese efforts, though begun later than the afore-mentionedrival ports’ programs, have had their effect. Through pub-licity, promotion, advertising and our own trade promotionvisits we have succeeded in establishing the Port of Houston,its facilities and the area it serves firmly in the minds of themen who count in the Latin American trade picture. I par-ticularly noted on this trip how much better-known Houstonis today thau it was on my first South American trip for thePort in 1951.

Trade with Latin America and particularly South Americahas continued to increase over recent years, and my recom-mendation is that we continue and increase our efforts if weare to keet ) pace with the competition and maintain the posi-tion we enjoy.

With regular and frequent service by the Delta Line andNopal Line to both Brazil and Argentina, and with frequentservice also to each country by its respective government-owned and controlled shipping lines, Houston can offer ex-cellent trade facilities for this commerce. Also, in future yearsoil and its development will be a key in the economic pro-grams of both countries and Houston is pre-eminent amongports for the shipment of the necessary machinery.

At the present all oil operations including drilling and buy-ing of machinery is done by government agencies in bothcountries. President Pedro Eugenio Aramburu of Argentinahas outlined an expensive $270 million development plan tobe financed by loans from private interests and loans fromother governments which could mean a great deal of cargofor the Port of Houston. Brazil, too, has already brought inmany millions of dollars worth of equipment and has an ex-panding program for further development.

Neither Aramburu nor President Juscelino Kubitschek ofBrazil has been in office a year yet, but both have seeminglybeen able to give their countries’ economies a shot in the arm,so to speak, and both want to develop agriculture, petroleum,transportation and new industry and are getting the moneyto do it.

Since my return from Brazil at the end of September con-ditions there have continued to improve tradewise. Visionmagazine reported in mid-October from Rio that "Brazil ison the threshold of a new era of economic development oftremendous proportions."

A prominent American importer in Rio wrote me at thesame time, "Brazil’s export balance is expected to reach $340million this year and it is reliably reported that $200 millionof American venture capital is awaiting the go-ahead hereto start coming into the country."


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VISITING THE BATTLESHIP TEXAS at the San JacintoBattleground on the Houston Ship Channel are thesemembers of the Interstate Commerce Commission. Leftto right are Laurence K. Walrath of Florida, John H.Winchell of Indiana, Karl Grimm, traffic manager ofthe Houston Port Bureau; Anthony F. Arpaia, chairmanof the I.C.C.; Kenneth H. Tuggle of Kentucky and EverettHutchinson of Hempstead, Texas.

I.C.C. Members Visit Port of Houston

At the Reception for the I.C.C. members, are, left to right, CountyJudge Bob Casey, Mr. Arpaia, Port Commission Chairman HowardTellepsen, Port Commission Vice Chairman W. N. Blanton and MarvinHurley, vice president of the Houston Chamber of Commerce.

Talking about Texas are Vernon Bailey, acting general manager ofthe Port of Houston; Mr. Hutchinson and Mr. Walrath, both of theI.C.C.; R. J. Mills, president of Manchester Terminal, and Harold C.Hix, vice president and general manager of Manchester Terminal.

It’s no legal matter, but Joe Lockett, left, attorney for the Port ofHouston, has apparently just told a good story. Others in the groupare J. W. Hershey, president of Commercial Transport Company;Byron Wilson, representative for J. R. Michels; John J. Dee, generaltraffic manager of Anderson, Clayton and Company, and Ed Stebbins,manager of Adams Terminal.

Talking traffic at the reception for the I.C.C. members who visitedHouston are, left to right, J. H. Branard, vice president of the GulfAtlantic Warehouse Company; John C. Mayfield, chairman of theboard of the Houston Port Bureau; Mr. Tuggle; Nicholas Patton, gen-eral manager of the Houston Port Bureau; Mr. Winchell, and KarlGrimm, traffic manager of the Houston Port Bureau.

At the distaff reception for wives of the hC.C. members are Mrs.Blanton, wife of the port commissioner; Mrs. Tuggle and Mrs. Hutch-inson, wives of the I.C.C. members, and Mrs. Lloyd Gregory, wife ofthe port’s director of information.

Favorite recipes were a popular subject when these ladies got to-gether. They are Mrs. Vernon Bailey, wife of the acting port director;Mrs. Walrath; Mrs. Patton, wife of the Port Bureau’s general man-ager, and Mrs. Winchell.


NEWS OF lit[ PORI

IN PICTUR[S

DIGG NG DEEPER--The Dredge Mobile is busy digging theHouston Ship Channel to Hs present contract depth of 36 feet.

At press time the dredging operations were in the vicinity ofthe Shell Refinery and progressing rapidly. The former depthwas 34 feet.

DARTS FOR PERU--This big 25-ton heavy dutyDart Truck is one of 69 scheduled to movethrough the Port of Houston to Southern PeruCopper Mines. The Dart Truck Company of Kan-sas City reports that this is the largest order everplaced for vehicles of this capacity with onemanufacturer at one time.

MAN MADE ISLAND--This is a 133 by 112foot offshore drilling platform to be installed in90 feet of water some 200 miles from the ToddShipyards Corporation plant on the Houston ShipChannel. After the platforms were fabricated(some units weighed over 200 tons) they weremoved by barge to their destination.


SHIPS and SHIPPIN,GRoyal Netherlands Foreign Trade Heiling HomedHas Centennial Group Formed V.P. For Katy

On the first of October, 1956, RoyalNetherlands Steamship Company, Am-sterdam, observed the one-hundredth an-niversary of its founding.

Around the middle of the nineteenthcentury the development of steam-drivenvessels, gradually replacing the old sail-ing ships, was proceeding steadily. Manybusinessmen foresaw the far-reachingpossibilities that this new method ofpropelling ships offered, and several"steam" ship companies were establish-ed at about that time.

In Amsterdam it was a group of busi-nessmen, ship operators and bankersthat visualized the idea of a regularsteamship service operating out of, andbuilding up, the port of Amsterdam. InApril, 1856, the group decided to carryout their plans and subscription to thenecessary capital of two million guilderswas opened.

Established on October 1, 1856, withthe active support of King William IIIand his brother Prince Henry, the newcompany started out with services out ofAmsterdam to the Baltic and to Bor-deaux.

At present, the R. N. S.S. Co. fleetconsists of 77 vessels with about 266,000DWT, while 2 passenger vessels (total-ing about 14,000 GRT) and 13 freight-ers (totaling about 44,200 DWT) areunder construction.

Principal agents in the U.S.A. areFunch, Edye & Co., Inc., at New Yorkand Strachan Shipping Company at NewOrleans/Savannah. The line operates itsown office at 25 Broadway, New York.

States Marine AndIsthmian Combine

The appointment of States Marine-Isthmian Agency, Inc., to act as berthagent for States Marine Lines and Isth-mian Lines to handle all traffic matters,including solicitation, booking and han-dling of documents, was announced re-cently.

States Marine-Isthmian Agency, Inc.,is establishing offices in Atlantic, Gulfand Pacific Coast ports, and in a num-ber of interior cities.

Alois J. Theis, who has been connect-ed with States Marine as a traffic execu-tive since 1937, is /)resident of theagency corporation. James J. MeCabe,vice president of Isthmian Lines, is avice president of the new agency organ-izatlon.

Success is now assured for the TexasInternational Trade Association becausethe membership campaign has producedencouraging results in all parts of thestate.

First officers to be elected are: War-ren Brown: Houston, president; VictorTafel, San Antonio, first vice president;Dick Bazzanella, Galveston, second vicepresident; M. J. Carrillo, Laredo, thirdvice president; A. J. P. "Tony" Farris,Houston, secretary, and James Kenny,Corpus Christi, treasurer.

Prospective members who want moreinformation should contact one of theofficers or write to Mr. Farris at theHouston Port Bureau, Cotton Ex(’hangeBuilding, Houston.

Norgulf Lines HasVenezuela Service

The North Atlantic & Gulf SteamshipCompany now has a service which willgive Houston shippers a weekly sailingto Venezuela.

The Norgulf Lines’ M.V. Norse Cap-tain, was the initial berthing, and thisvessel sailed from Houston to Maracaibo,La Guaira, Puerto Cabello, and Guantain the order named.

According to Frank Dunn, Houstonmanager for Rice, Kerr & Company,Inc., Houston agents, this new servicewill utilize five vessels in giving Hous-ton shippers a weekly sailing. KerrSteamship Company, New Orleans, areGulf general agents for Norgulf Lines.

Shinnihon Sets NewJapanese Service

The inauguration of a new shippingservice from Japan to Houston by theShinnihon Steamship Company was an-nounced late in October at a big recep-tion held in the Texas Room of theHouston Club.

Texas Transport and Terminal Com-pany, agents for Shinnihon, sponsoredthe party which attracted hundreds ofpeople from all segments of the trans-portation industry.

The first ship in the new service wasthe Nachiharu Maru, which was sched-uled to arrive at the Port of Houstonlate in November. This will augment theoriginal service by Shinnihon with shipswhich call first at North Atlantic portsand then at Houston.

Appointment of Frank J. Heiling, 1.0,as vice president in charge of industrialdevelopment for the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad, was announced recentlyby Donald V. Fraser, Katy president.

Heiling has resigned as president andgeneral manager of the Texas City Ter-minal Railway Company to accept theKaty appointment. He will make hisheadquarters in Dallas.

H. Gifford Till, for ten years directorof industrial research and" developmentwith the Katy, has been granted an in-definite leave of absence because of illhealth, Mr. Fraser announced.

Cunard PromotesO’Connor To GFM

Edmund E. O’Connor. a veteran of 40years in the handling of the CnnardLines freight business, has been namedto the post of general freight manager,it was announced by Harold P. Borer,general manager for Cunard in theUnited States. Mr. O’Connor had beenassistant general freight manager for thepast 24 years and succeeds Charles W.Kenick who retired on July 1.

Louis DreyfusExtends Lines

The cargo service operated by LouisDreyfus Lines between the United StatesNorth Atlantic, and Gulf and South andEast Africa and Madagascar is to be ex-tended. They will now offer a twice-monthly service between Houston andother Gulf ports to Capetown, PortElizabeth, East London, Durban, Lour-enco Marques and Beira. From this lastport alternate vessels will proceed di-rectly to either Majunga, Tamatave,Fort Dauphin and other Madagascanports or to Dar-Es-Salaam and Tanga,British East Africa.

The present service returning toUnited States ports has been reorganizedand will offer two separate regularmonthly services.

J. E. Ponchelet, vice president ofSagus Marine Corporation, generalagents in the United States for the LouisDreyfus Lines, said that the decisionhad been taken not only because of in-creased volume of trade between theareas ’covered by their services but alsobecause of the demands for such serv-ices from shippers and importers.

Texas Transport & Terminal Co.. Inc.,are Gulf agents for Louis Dreyfus Lines.

HOUSTON PORT BOOK, FALL, 195645

LATIN AMERICAN TRADE-. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 42

hnport restrictions are easing in bothcountries¯ Argentina, which last yearimported only 6 vehicles through thePort of Houston, has now given author-ization for the importation of 3,000 newbus chassis to bolster its sagging trans-portation system¯ In Brazil the state ofRio Grande do Sul began in Septemberbringing in 700 combines to work thewheat fields of that southern state, andthe state of Minas Gerais is buying hun-dreds of tractors¯

Unfortunately, I found in many casesgovernment purchases of this type have

bccn moving through New York whenthey should have logically been movingGulf and, particularly, through the Portof Houston¯ This, however, has not beendue to lack of efforts by Houston’s tradepromotion efforts either domestically orabroad but to custom and habit in thepast and to some companies maintainingtheir export offices in New York andpreferring to handle cargo there despiteadded inland freight rates¯

This situation is being remediedthrough energetic work here andthrough our overseas advertising andpromotion efforts to tell about and sellthe Port of Houston’s advantages to im-

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porting government agencies and privateindividuals, as well, in Latin America¯

While there seems little chance thatArgentina wilt relax its government con-trol on oil explorations (a principal rea-son for Peron’s overthrow a year agowas his having granted oil rights toStandard of California), informationfrom Brazil since I have returned indi-cates there may be a modification of thepetroleum law to give foreign enterprisea more direct interest in development¯

Both countries are spending a goodpart of their yearly budget on oil im-ports, both have known and proved de-posits, but both have been following anextreme nationalistic policy which haskept them from getting the oil out them-selves but at the same time preventedothers doing it for them, as it is donein Venezuela, Colombia, Peru and othercountries.

Houston’s present trade with Braziland Argentina I found healthy in com-parison with those countries’ trade withother Gulf ports and I was told by theshipping line representatives that Hous-ton is getting at least half of all the Gulftrade of the respective countries¯ Bothimport principally carbon black, potash,chemicals, lube oil and oil field equip-ment. Brazil also imports wheat, andArgentina synthetic rubber¯ Exports ofBrazil through Houston are principallycoffee, lumber, nuts, packaged food andbones, and Argentina’s are quebracho,casein, tinned beef and bones¯

During my visits to both countries Ifound considerable interest on the partof the press and radio, individuals andgovernment agencies, shipping lines andexport-import companies in the Port ofHouston, its amazing growth, its excel-lent dock facilities and the transporta-tion network which serves it domestical-ly and on the high seas.

The Port of Houston film was shownat special receptions and in Argentinaon television. There were broadcasts onthe radio about the port and I had theopportunity to address groups, also, onour port’s advantages¯ The press wasalso cooperative.

In the last three years the Port hassponsored or participated in two tradetrips to southern South America (Ecua-dor. Peru, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile,Brazil), and to the Caribbean, Mexico,Central America and northern SouthAmerica I Colombia and Venezuela) onnumerous other occasions.

This type of personal contact is vitalto the trade development of any port. Ithas succeeded for our competitors andit is succeeding for us. We cannot, how-ever. let up but must continue to keepHouston before the domestic manufac-turer and consumer and the overseasexporter and importer at all times¯


GENERAL ITSCHNER

Gen. ItschnerNamed ChiefOf Engineers

Galveston, Tex., Aug. 15, 1956.--Maj. Gem. Emerson C. Itschner becameChief of Engineers, U. S. Army, effec-tive Oct. 1, according to Col. W. P. Mc-Crone, District Engineer of the ArmyEngineers’ Galveston District.

Gem. ltschner succeeds Lt. Gem. Sam-uel D. Sturgis, Jr., who has applied forretirement from active duty.

President Eisenhower, last week, an-nounced the recess appointment of Gem.Itschner to the top post in the Army En-gineers.

The appointment is subject to Senateconfirmation when Congress convenes.

Gem. ftschner, who is 53 years of age,is one of the youngest officers to be ap-pointed Chief of the Army Engineers.Not since 1838 has a younger man beenselected for this important post, with itscombined military and civil works re-sponsibilities for the nation’s defense inwartime, and for the country’s water re-source development and control of floodsin peacetime.

As Chief of the Army’s fighting-build-ing Corps of Engineers, Gem. ]tschnerwill head an organization that not onlyhas had a brilliant record of service, inpeace and war, since its establishment181 years ago, but which is facing newand challenging opportunities of servicegeared to the modern nuclear age.

General and Mrs. Itschner live inAlexandria, Virginia. They have threedaughters.

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Congressional appropriation would belost, and no dredging contract would belet. The work of 12 years appeared des-tined "down the drain." But Mr. Joneswas not through.

At a conference of local bankers--J. S. Rice for the Union National, J. T.Scott for the First National, Col. CharlesDillingham for the South Texas, W. B.Chew for the Commercial National,Henry Fox for the Houston Nationaland S. F. Carter for the Lumberman’sNational and Mr. Jones--it was deter-mined that Mr. Jones would have thetask of persuading the Houston Banks totake the bonds in proportion to theircapital and surplus.

Next morning Mr. Jones reported"Mission Accomplished"; and his TexasTrust Company subscribed for and pur-~’hased 10 percent of the issue! The Portof Houston was over the hump!

Local history does not report themethod of or difficulties in dispositionof the Navigation District’s next issueof bonds of March 4, 1914; but it isknown that on March 16, 1914 the sameTexas Trust Company bought 20 per-cent of that issue.

Thus, in 1912-14 as in 1932, Mr.Jones’ efforts, energies, mind, deter-mination and personal reputation andprestige did much to save the day forHouston and Harris County.

Having had a substantial and vitalpart in the creation of this NavigationDistrict and in assurance of its fruition,Mr. Jones was called by Mayor BenCampbell to be the first Chairman ofthe Houston Harbor Board. Even beforecompletion of the Ship Channel, MayorCampbell foresaw the necessity of docks,wharves, and warehouses available toall, and the example to private develop-ment of facilities along the Channel ifthe City of Houston led the way in evi-dence of faith and confidence. A citybond issue of $3,000,000 was voted andsold.

Mr. Jones served as Chairman of theHouston Harbor Board from its creationin 1913 until his resignation in April,1917. During his tenure City Docks 1,2, 3, 4, 5, 7 and 8 were built, the nucleusof the Turning Basin docks and wharves.

Nor should we or can we overlook,forget or minimize Mr. Jones’ sustained,careful and thoughtful interest in anddevotion to the expansion and develop-ment of this Navigation District, theHouston Ship Channel and the continu-ally expanding industrial giants there-along throughout his span of years, evenduring those eventful and portentousyears of his nationwide and worldwideservices while in Washington.

And finally it is of course unneces-

sary to recall the sale by Mr. Jones’Houston Endowment tract to the Navi-gation District, thus affording 226 acresfor continued expansion of our ever-growing dynamic Port of Houston. Trulyas Chairman Tellepsen has earlier said,Mr. Jones’ fame would be secure if hehad done no more than his contributionsto this Navigation District and the Portof Houston.

Because this man attained such heroicstature through his monumental achieve-ments as to become--within his ownlifetime--a legendary figure, I hadcome to think of him as almost inde-structible and so now can scarcely con-ceive of his not being with us.

As Houston mourns its local loss inthe death of Financier-Statesman JesseH. Jones, our personal bereavement inthe city he so largely built may--formany of us--come so close to home asto blur any real recognition of the trulytragic implications of the nation’s loss.

So now it seems appropriate to pausein our requiems to remind ourselves ofthe incalculable debt which all Amer-icans owe to the memory of this manwho gave himself so generously to thisland he loved.

The outpouring of his philanthropies--and the almost incredibly successfulprivate enterprises which supportedthem will, of course, be properly re-membered.

But America has indeed lost one ofits greatest citizens.

Lest we forget, it was Chairman JesseH. Jones of the Reconstruction FinanceCorporation, whose brilliant financialgenius contributed so substantially tothe recovery of this nation’s depression-distressed economy.

While other nations around the worldslid into the abyss of socialism in theirpump-priming efforts to deficit-financethemselves out of that international de-pression, Chairman Jones---with a pa-triotic regard for this nation’s Consti-tution and a sound understanding(based on successful experience) of thefree-enterprise economy by which thisnation grew to greatness--personallysupervised economic recovery in theUnited States and administered a multi-billion-dollar refinancing and revitaliz-ing program in such a way that privateproperty was not imperiled and privateenterprise became an even more potentdynamic to power this country to futureprosperity unprecedented in the past.

Not only did he finance loans for vastpublic works of increasing economicsignificance--once he had convincedhimself of their soundness and futurepotential---but he also restored industryand commerce so effectively that ap-proaching World War II found this na-tion stalwart in renewed strength withits returning economic energy ready and



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able to undertake tile tremendous taskof preparation.

Then, during World War II itself, lhemanagerial genius of Mr. Jones directedthe financing of the defense plant withwhich this nation set historically un-exampled production records by provid-ing the equipment with which WesternCivilization successfully defended ilselfagainst naked Nazi aggression.

Few men have served this nation socapably in such key capacity in times sotrying.

And the miracle of this man’s service

rests in the fact that even in an era ofthe bitterest recriminations for personaland partisan purposes his integrity hasnever been impugned even by implica-tion, his competence has never beenquestioned even indirectly, and he hasreceived the unstinted praise of bothparties for his personal attainments aswell as his public service.

When the objective history of thisage can he written from the perspectiveof the distant future, the illustrious nameof Jesse H. Jones will be written largethat those who yet in that time enjoythe benefits of his life may know howone of the nation’s greatest citizens livedand served this land he lowed.

THE UP

to our Foreign Department

Problems in foreign trade which may seem great

to you are part of the daily routine in our

Foreign Department. Our world-wide network of

foreign Correspondents permits faster collections

and remittances.

If you are engaged in any form of international

trade you will be pleased ~ith the many services

which the Foreign Departn~ent of the National

Bank of Comlnerce can perforln for you.

Gem’gc W. Ehanks, vice president and manager

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INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS

American Barge Line Company ............... 18Anderson, Clayton & Co .................. 15Anderson Petroleum Transportation Co ............ 12Atlantic, Gulf & Pacific Company ........ 14.

Bay-Houston Towing Company ............. 22Biehl & Company ........................... 72Binnings, E. S .............................. 64Binswanger & Co. of Texas ................... 65Bloomfield Steamship Company ............... 20Burlington Lines .......................... Cover II

Champion Paper & Fibre Company, The ....... 61Chumley, J. W. Machinery Co .................... 55Cities Service ............................. 6Continental Box Co., Inc ...................... 23Continental Grain Co ................... 23Cook, J. M. Company .......................... 61Copeland, J. S. Electric Co ..................... 71Coyle Lines, Incorporated ................ 12Crown Central Petroleum Corporation ......... 21Crown Marine Laundry ........................ 68Cunard Line ........................... 23

Dravo Corporation .................. 7

First City National Bank of Houston ............ 21Fowler & McViiie, Inc .................. 64

Garcia Line Corporation .............. 64General American Tank Storage Terminals ......... 13General Stevedores, Inc ................. 59Gulf Atlantic Warehouse Co ............. 17Gulf Coast Supply Company ............... 20

Hansen, Tidemann & Dalton Steamship Co., Inc. 16Harrisburg Machine Company, Inc ............ BHay, John I., Company ........................ 64Houston Coco-Cola Bottling Co ................. 68Houston Export Crating and Construction Co., Inc. 63Houston Lighting & Power Co ................... 70Houston Marine Ways ............. BHouston Pilots ............................... 16Houston Pipe Line Company .................... 20Houston Shell & Concrete Co ................... 55Humble Oil & Refining Company ................ 8

Industrial Gas Supply Corporation ......... 24Intracoastal Towing & Transportation Carp ...... 4Isbrandtsen Co., Inc ............................ 53

Kinnear Manufacturing Co ...................... 24

Lee Construction Corporation ........... Cover IVLockwood, Andrews & Newnam ................. 71Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc ........ 5

MMM Inc .................... 71Magnolia Petroleum Co .............. 26Manchester Terminal Corporation ................ 16Marine Office of America ...................... 24Martin, Chas., & Company .................... 46Metallic Building Company ............. 1Michels, J. R., Jr ................... 62Mississippi ValLey Barge Line Company .... Cover IIIMissouri-Kansas-Texas Lines .................... 4Missouri Pacific Lines .......................... 9

National Bank of Commerce ..................... 48Norgulf Lines .................... 50Norris, W. H. Lumber Company ................. 71

Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corporation ......... 2Patrick Transfer & Storage Company ........ 61Peden Iron & Steel Co ................. 21

Rice, Kerr & Company, Inc .............. 22Rock Island Lines .......................... 11Rohm & Haas Company ................ 19

San Jacinto Inn .................. 50Santa Fe System Lines ................. 19Sheffield Steel Corporation ..................... 25Shilstone Testing Laboratory ..................... 65Sinclair Refining Company ..................... 18Sioux City and New Orleans Barge Lines, Inc ...... 68Smith, A. O. Corporation of Texas .............. 72Smith, R. W. & Co ................. 71Southern Barge Terminal ........................ 64Southern Compress & Warehouse Co ............. 71Southern Pacific Lines ............ 3States Marine Lines ................. 14Stone Forwarding Company, Inc ......... 24Strachan Shipping Company .......... 6Suderman & Young Towing Co., Inc .......... 18

Texas Automatic Sprinkler Carp ................. 12Texas Creosoting Company .................... 72Texas Marine and industrial Supply Co .... 2Texas Marine Transport Co., lnc ............... 52Texas Transport & Telminal Company, Inc ........ 10Todd Shipyards Corporation ................. 10Tramel, Mc ............ 68

United Gas ............................. 22United Stevedoring Corporation ................. 24

Warren Company, Inc., The .................... 67Warren Petroleum Corporation .................. 55

Zones, W. R., and Company .................... 62Ziegler, H. L., Inc ............................. BS


THE PORT AUTHORITY

Created by the Texas Legislature, un-der the provisions of the State Constitu-tion and Acts providing for the develop-ment of ports in municipalities with aminimum population of 100,000, theHarris County Houston Ship ChannelNavigation District is a governmentagency of the State of Texas.

Under the provisions of this legisla-tion, authority is granted such naviga-tion districts to acquire, construct, main-tain and operate wharves, warehouses,grain elevators, belt railroads, bunker-ing facilities and other installations in-cident to or necessary to the operationor development of the ports and water-ways within the district.

Fullest powers consistent with theConstitution of Texas are granted forthe regulation of wharfage and othercharges and for operating the port fa-cilities. The port authority can, uponapproval by the qualified voters of thedistrict and as provided by the creatingAct, issue bonds for the purpose of pur-chasing property, constructing facilitiesor otherwise improving and developingthe port.

A board of five Navigation and CanalCommissioners manages, governs andcontrols the Navigation District. Twoof the Comissioners are selected by theCommissioners’ Court of Harris Coun-ty, two are selected by the Council ofthe City of Houston, and the Chairmanis appointed by both the City Counciland County Commissioners’ Court meet-ing in joint session.

With their terms expiring on alternateyears, the Navigation and Canal Com-missioners serve for a period of twoyears. The Port Commissioners, as they


are generally known, have jurisdictionand control over the use of the HoustonShip Channel from its beginning inGalveston Bay to the Houston TurningBasin, fifty miles inland from the Gulfof Mexico, and over all streams tribu-tary to the channel in Harris County.

The Commission may legally exercisethe right of eminent domain in connec-tion with property acquisition for thedevelopment and operation of the port.Both the Navigation District and theCorps of Engineers, U. S. Army, whichis charged with channel improvementand maintenance, must approve all re-quests for construction along the shipchannel.

The Navigation District’s GeneralManager is appointed by the Port Com-mission to supervise all the work and ac-tivities of the District. In addition, heserves as Director of the Port and Sec-retary of the Port Terminal RailroadAssociation.

POLICY AND PROGRAMA broad policy has been adopted by

the Port Commission of cooperationwith privately owned terminals in pro-moting commerce through the port as awhole and with other private interests inencouraging industries to locate on ornear the channel.

The District operates according to apublished tariff, the terms of which ap-ply equally to all; the tariff is general-ly concurred in by the private terminalslocated within the District.

The Commission also serves as theNavigation, Canal and Pilot Commis-sion, appoints the Houston Pilots, andfixes the rules and regulations underwhich they operate.

World-wide attention has been fo-cused upon the Port of Houston with theincreasing volume of cargoes moving

through this relatively young deep-seaterminus during postwar years. From1948 to 1955 Houston ranked as the sec-ond busiest, according to official Corpsof Engineer statistics.

A long-range program of moderniza-tion and expansion of terminal facilities,plus deepening and widening of theHouston Ship Channel, has been under-taken to accommodate the greater vol-ume of commercial traffic.

The second phase of a five- to 10-yearprogram of widening and deepening thechannel to a minimum depth of 36 feetis now in progress. In order to enablePort of Houston, leading global oil port,to accommodate giant new super-tankersnow operating and under construction,the Port Commission has recently offi-cially requested authorization by Con-gress of further deepening to 40 feetfrom Bolivar Roads to Sims Bayou.

Representing local interests, the Navi-gation District cooperates with the fed-eral government in maintaining and im-proving the Houston Ship Channel. Itprovides, at no expense to the UnitedStates, all necessary and required spoilgrounds, and dredge pipeline and chan-nel right-of-way easements.

Earnings from operation of the Navi-gation District are continually plowedback into further improvement of thechannel and publicly owned port facil-ities. In addition to its wharves anddocks, the Navigation District owns a3.5 million bushel grain elevator.

The District also owns an excellentsystem of interconnecting railroadtracks, rights-of-way, and engir~e andtool houses. Operated jointly by the sixtrunk-line railroads serving Houston,this switching agency, the all-diesel PortTerminal Railroad Association, providesswitching services, at low cost to all rail-roads, for port and industrial facilitieson the channel.

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SANJACINTO

INNSAN JACINTO MEMORIAL

A visit to Houston without avisit to San Jacinto Battlegroundsis a visit incomplete, and a visitto the Battlegrounds without din-ner at San Jacinto Inn is only halfa visit.

Theguest register at San JacintoInn during the past 25 years,best speaks for its popu arity.

The Inn is a pleasant half-hour’sdrive from Main Street; go out theGulf Freeway to the Pasadena Cut-off; follow the cutoff to the LaPorte Road; turn right and followHighway Marker 225 to the SanJac;into directional marker.

famous in th~ Nation for its SEA FOOD and CHICKEN DINNERS

Located at the historical San Jacinta Battlegrounds, where the San Jacinto Monument,tallest in America, is one sight you will not want to miss . . . thirty minutes from Houston.

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Shrimp Cocktail Shrimp CocktailOysters on the Half Shell iced Crabs Baked Crabs

Oyster Brochette Tenderloin of Trout or RedfishTenderloin of Trout or Redfish

Fried Chicken Potatoes Fried Chicken Potatoes

Hot Biscuits and Jam Hot Biscuits and PreservesDrinks Dessert Drinks Dessert

Specially £quipped to Serve Banquets to any number up to 600Owned and under the same management for thirty-five years

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Open 6:00 P. M. Tuesday through Saturday.

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Please make your Reservations Early .... Phone GReenwood 9-2828


CHALLENGEm¯ CONTINUED FROM PAGE 33

would be all to the good. The banksof Houston, and especially the largerones, have men out all the time call-ing on country banks. How produc-tive it might prove if these repre-sentatives would talk a bit to theircountry bank friends about the Portof Houston. All of these could beproductive salesmen.

4. Our story must be told in the rightplaces and to those who controlthe movement of goods. We havefound that good results come fromsending groups of our businessmento South and Central America toinform our friends to the Southabout our Port. These trips havebeen so advantageous that it isplanned that more of them shouldbe made, and I am hoping thatsome of the members of this Clubwill make themselves available forone of these trips.

5. Our Port is losing business everyday because its facilities are notadequate to meet the increasing de-mand. Much business which wouldlike to come here goes elsewherebecause they know that facilitiesare lacking in Houston. Before long,it is inevitable that the Port Boardwill feel it to be their duty toremedy this situation by asking thevoters of the Navigation District tosupport a bond issue. I am told thatit will not be necessary to ask for alarge amount. During the last tenyears the Port has expanded its fa-cilities to the extent of over ninemillion dollars out of its excessearnings. In this ten year periodthe amount expended from bondfunds was a little over six milliondollars. On September 1, 1954 aspecial committee of experts, withour own Bob Cummins sitting inas consultant, presented to the PortBoard a long-range master plan tocost over the years some thirty-twomillion dollars. The Port Board ap-proved this plan. This advance plan-ning was statesmanlike and theBoard is to be congratulated.

The Navigation District tax rateright now is 41~¢ per $100, whichis the lowest on record for the Dis-trict. In 1923 this tax rate was 30¢’per $100. The present indebtednessof the Port Commission is a littleover four million dollars, and backin 1930 it was nearly ten milliondollars. It should be impressive totaxpayers to know that for each taxdollar of support, throughout theyears, the Port has been able tobuild another 50¢ worth of capitalimprovements from net earnings.As businessmen, you and I knowwhat a good record that is; and

PORT OF HOUSTON FILM PRESENTATION~Left to right, Mayoress of San Juan, Puerto Rico, Hon.Felisa de Gautier, Mrs. Gloria Villavicencio, and Teofilo Villavkencb.

’Inland City On The Sea’San Juan, Puerto Rico. The Spanish

version of The Port of Houston filmwas shown for the first time in the WestIndies through the auspices of the famedmayoress of San Juan, the Hon. FelisaR. de Gautier.

The showing was arranged bv Mrs.Gloria Villavicencio, one time secretaryof the mayoress, and now secretary toVaughn M. Bryant, director of inter-national relations for the Port of Hous-ton. She was accompanied by her hus-band, Teofilo Villavicencio. Both arenatives of Puerto Rico.

The preview was at the City Hall

Movie Shownhere. Among distinguished guests were:

Jesus Maria Sanroma, soloist of theBoston Symphony or,:hestra; MissGraciela Rivera, famed soprano of theScala de Milan and Metropolitan Opera:Jose Balseiro, noted composer; SamuelI~. Quinones, president of the PuertoRican senate; Representative Jorge FontSaldana; Genaro Gautier, husband oflhe mayoress.

After music had been presented bythe artists, a typical Puerto Rican supperwas served. Then the fihn was shown,drawing warm applause.

Later, the film was shown severaltimes on television.

when the bond issue is voted on, Ihope every member of this Clubwill enthusiastically support it. Iknow of no better investment thanto increase the facilities at the Portof Houston.

There are three attitudes from whicheach member of this Club may choosewith reference to this project which youhave adopted. You can choose to be in-different- not antagonistic, of course,but perfectly willing for George to do it.

You may decide that we have an ablePort Commission, which we have, and astrong Rotary Club committee, whichwe have, and that your contribution isnot needed. A second group among youmay be so-so interested and even willingto put forth a moderate amount of effortto develop this Port. If these two choicesare adopted by the majority of thisClub’s membership, the results will bebitterly disappointing. I absolutely re-fuse to think that such will be the case.

The third choice, and one which willbe worthy of Rotary and Rotary’s idealof service, would be adopted by those ofus who see a grand future awaiting the

Port of Houston; and these will eagerlydevote themselves to an aggressive pro-gram which will, in decades to come,make the Port of Houston not only agreat American port- which it alreadyis--but one of worldwide importance.

My brother Rotarians, I hope each ofyou will decide today as to which groupyou will join, and ] earnestly hope andbelieve that it will be practically unan-imous in favor of the third group. Presi-dent Jaworski in a letter to me states,"With Rotary’s 600 members behindthis Port project, this may well be thebeginning of a new era for the Port ofHouston." We can mounl an offensivethat could easily develop into a swellingtide.

In adopting the Port as a project, andChairman Jake tells me that other Ro-tary Clubs in Houston and Harris Coun-ty will be invited to cooperate, we havethe great good fortune of working on aprogram which demands the respect andthe support of every man, woman and~’hild in Harris County. Here, there is



PORT OF HOUSTON PUBLIC WHARVESCovered Open R.R.

Wharf Length Berthing Area Area Car Wharf ShedFeet Capacity Sq. Ft. Sq. Ft. Storage

No. 1 ........................... 826.45

No. 2 ........................... 521.33

No. 3 ......................... 801.80

No. 4 .......................... 779.42

No. 8 ........................... 624.00

No. 9 ......................... 500,00

No. 10 ......................... 600.00

No. 11 ......................... 530.00

No. 12, two story ................ 530.00

No. 13, two story~ ............... 460.00

No. 14’ ......................... 480.00

No. 15" ....................... 480.00

No. 16 ......................... 598.50

Warehouse Distribution ...........

Manchester No. 1 (Coal Dock) ... 253.50

Manchester No. 2 (Cake Dock) ... 500.75

Manchester No. 3 ................ 500.00

Cotton Shed .....................

2 Vessels 59,298 56,776 32 Wood Concrete

1 Vessel 58,000 19,487 44 Concrete Steel

2 Vessels 36,523 52,295 52 Concrete Steel

2 Vessels 66,840 32,324 39 Concrete Concrete and Steel

1 Vessel .... 93,600 36 Concrete None



1 Vessel 66,638 28,260 60 Concrete Concrete

1 Vessel 97,276 26,640 50 Concrete Concrete and Steel

1 Vessel 80,927 25,530 43 Concrete Concrete and Steel

1 Vessel 51,191 23 Concrete None

1 Vessel 66,638 14,800 45 Concrete Concrete

1 Vessel 123,686 34 Concrete None

198,736 56 None Concrete

1 Vessel 21,800 20 Wood None


1 Vessel 20,470 Wood None

269,813 62 None Wood

TOTALS ..................... 8,985.75 19 Vessels 1,236,418 666,776 745

t Equipped with 45,264 cubic feet refrigerated space.* Also can serve as a grain berth.

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NEW ORLEANS BATON ROUGE HOUSTON624 Commercial PI. P.O. Box 1030 507 State Nat’l Bldg.

Cable Address "TEXMAR’"

Co., Inc.Steamship Agents

GALVESTONP. O. Box 1082


INDEPENDENT

GULF LINE(Vinke & Co., Amsterdam, Managers)

FORTNIGHTLY

GULF / CONTINENT

Houston ¯ Galveston ¯ Brownsville ¯ New Orleans

Mobile ¯ Jacksonville ¯ Savannah ¯ Charleston

FROM and TO

LE HAVRE ¯ AMSTERDAM (Rotterdam)

HAMBURG ¯ BREMEN ¯ ANTWERP

|SBRANDTSENGeneral U.S.A. Agent

26 BROADWAY, NEW YORK 4, N. Y.

AMERIND SHIPPING CORPORATION... Sub-agents

NEW ORLEANS MEMPHIS GALVESTON HOUSTON442 Canal Street Oscar Plunket U.S. Nat’l. Bank Bldg. 502 Caroline Street

TUlane 8322 204 Kimbrough Towers Phone 3-5394 CApitol 7-5335BRoodway 8-7738


Port of Houston Service to World Ports(For steamship lines and agents serving each port, check Key Numbers

with corresponding numbers in table on pages 56 to 59)

COUNTRY and PORTS KEY

ANGOLA {Africa)Lobito ...................... 26Luanda ................ 26

ALGERIAAlgiers ............. 31,61Ar~ew ................... 61Oran ..................... 31, 61, 93

.~RGENTINABuenos Aires ............... 26, 33, 75

AUSTRALIAAdelaide ............. 2, 6Brisbane ...................... 2, 6Fremantle .................. 2, 6Melbourne ................ 2, 6Sydney ................. 2, 6

BELGIAN CONGOMatadi ........................ 26

BELGIUMAntwerp ....... 8, 27, 34, 40, 45, 48, 60,

74, 78, 90, 97, 104Ghent ........ 8, 27, 34, 40, 45, 48, 60,

74, 78, 90, 97, 104

BOLIVIA (Trans-shipment viaPuerto Sucre, Venezuela)

BRAZILBahia (Salvador) ................ 26Belem .................... 26Fortaleza ................... 26Paranagua ................ 26, 75Porto Alegre ................... 26Recife ..................... 10, 26Rio de Janeiro ........... 10, 26, 33, 75Rio Grande ..................... 26Santos ................. 10, 26, 33, 75

BRITISH GUIANAGeorgetown .................... 81

BRITISH HONDURASBelize ............. 45-A, 100, 101

BRITISH WEST INDIESPort of Spain, Trinidad ........... 81

CANADAHalifax, N. S .................... 96Montreal, Q ..................... 96St. John, N. F .................... 96

CANARY ISLANDSTenerife ............ 71, 85

CEYLONColombo .................. 11,43, 52

CHILEAntofagasta .............. 15, 38, 105Arica .............. 15, 38, 105San Antonio ............ 15, 38, 105Talcahuano ............. 15, 38, 105Valparaiso ............. 15, 38, 105

CHINAHongkong ................. 32, 62, 91

COLOMBIABarranquilla ........... 17, 37, 59, 100Buenaventura ...... 15, 17, 37, 38, 105Cartagena ................ 17, 37, 59Santa Marta ............ 37, 100Tumaco ..................... 37

COSTA RICAPuntarenas ..................... 64

CUBACardenas .................. 35Cienfuegos ................. 35, 39Havana ................. 21, 35, 59Manzanillo ................ 39Mariel .................... 5aPastelillo ....................... 35Santiago .................... 59

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DENMARKCopenhagen .......... 8, 60, 82, 97Frederikshavn ................... 8Norresundby .................... 8

DOMINICAN REPUBLICCiudad Trujillo ............... 59, 100

EAST AFRICADares Salaam ............... 29, 58Mombasa ................... 29, 58Tanga .................... 29, 58

ECUADORGuayaquil ................ 15, 38, 105Manta ........................ 105Salinas ....................... 105

EGYPTAlexandria ......... 9, 42, 43, 53, 61Port Said ........... 9, 40-A, 43, 53, 61Suez ................... 9, 43, 53, 61

EL SALVADORAcajutla ................... 59, 64Amapala .................... 64La Libertad ................. 59, 64La Union ................. 59, 64

ENGLANDAvonmouth ................... 63Hull ..................... 63Liverpool ........ 22, 41, 57, 63, 80, 94London ............... 22, 45, 63, 80Manchester ....... 22, 41, 57, 63, 80, 94

FINLANDAbo ........................ 60Helsinki ....................... 97

FORMOSAKeelung ............. 32, 62, 91, 104Takao .................... 62, 91

FRANCEBordeaux ................. 8, 34, 60Cherbourg ........... 8, 34, 60, 90, 104Dunkirk .... 8, 27, 34, 45, 48, 60, 90, 104Havre ..... 8, 27, 34, 45, 48, 60, 90, 104La Pallice ..... 8, 27, 34, 48, 60, 90, 104Marseilles .............. 8, 31,60, 93

FRENCH EQUATORIAL AFRICAPointe Noire ................. 26

FRENCH INDO CHINAHalphong .............. 62Saigon ................ 18, 32, S0, 62

FRENCH SOMALILANDDjibouti ................... 43, 53

GERMANYBremen

Hamburg

GOLD COASTTakaradi

GREECE

¯ 8, 27, 34, 40, 45, 48, 60, 74,78, 90, 97, 104

8, 27, 34, 40, 45, 48, 60, 74,78, 90, 97, 104

....................... 26

Iraklion, Crete ................... 42Patras ...................... 42Piraeus ............. 8, 42, 61,69, 93Salonika ..................... 42

GUATEMALAPuertos Barrios ......... 45-A, 100, 101San Jose ................... 59, 64

HAITICiudad Trujillo ................. 39Port au Prince ................ 39, 59

HAWAIIAN ISLANDSHilo ..................... 51,65Honolulu ..................... 51, 65Kahului ...................... 51,65Nawiliwili .................. 51,65Port Allen .................... 51,65

HONDURASAmapala ....................... 59


Puerto Cortes .... 36-A, 45-A, 100, 101Tela .......................... 101

INDIABombay ............... 43, 52, 70, 92Calcutta ......... 11, 43, 52, 70, 92Cochin ...................... 43, 52Madras .................. 43, 52, 70.

INDONESIABalik Papan .................... 50.Belawan-Dell ............... 9, 50, 62Cherlbon ................ 9, 32, 50, 62Djakarta ................ 9, 32, 50, 62Makassar ............... 9, 32, 50, 62Palembang ............. 9, 50, 62Pangkal ....................... 50’Pladju ........................ 9, 5GPula Sambu ................... 50Semarang ............. 9, 32, 50, 62Sungei Gerong ........... 9, 32, 50, 62Surabaya .............. 9, 32, 50, 62Tegal ....................... 9, 50.

IRANAbadan ........................ 70’Bandar Shahpuhr .............. 54, 70Khorramshahr ........... 40-A, 54, 70.

IRAQgasrah .............. 40-A, 54, 70.

IRELANDBelfast ....................... 63Cork ........................ 63Dublin ...................... 63, 80

ISRAELHaifa ................ 42, 53, 61, 107Jaffa ......................... 61Tel Aviv ................. 53, 61, 107

I TA LYGenoa ......... 8, 31,42, 61, 69, 85, 99Leghorn ............. 8, 61,69, 85, 93Naples ........... 8,42,61,69,85,99Veni©e .............. 8, 42, 61, 69, 93

JAMAICAKingston ....................... 100r

JAPANKobe 23, 32, 46, 55, 56, 62, 68, 72, 77,

83, 84, 91, 104, 106Moji .......... 55, 62, 72, 91, 104, 106.Nagoya ...... 23, 55, 56, 68, 72, 77, 84,

91, 104, 106Osaka ...... 23, 32, 46, 55, 56, 62, 68,

72, 77, 84, 91, 104, 106Shimizu .................... 23, 55Yokkaichi ..... 23, 55, 56, 62, 68, 72, 77,

84, 91, 104, 106Yokohama .... 23, 32, 46, 55, 56, 62, 68,

72, 77, 83, 84, 91, 104, 106.KOREA

Inchon ..................... 62, 91Pusan .................. 62, 91, 104

KUWAIT (Saudi Arabia)Khor-aI-Mufatta ................. 70Mena-aI-Ahmadi ................ 70Kuwait .............. 40-A, 54, 70’

LEBANONBeirut ......... 8, 42, 43, 53, 61, 70Tripoli ......................... 42

LIBERIAMonrovia ..................... 26

MEXICOCoatzocoalcos ............. 86, 98, 100Progreso ...................... 86Tampico ................. 66, 86, i00Veracruz ......... 66, 86, 98, 100

MOROCCOCasablanca ....... 8, 31,61, 70, 71,93

HOUSTON PORT BOOK, FALL, 195(>


MOZAMBIQUE, AFRICABeira .................... 29, 58, 87Lourenco Marques .......... 29, 58, 87

NETHERLANDSAmsterdam 8, 27, 40, 45, 48, 60, 74,

78, 90, 97, 104Enschede ...................... 27Rotterdam .... 8, 27, 40, 45, 48, 60, 74,

78, 90, 97, 104NETHERLANDS GUIANA (Surinam)

Paramarlbo ..................... 81NETHERLANDS WEST INDIES

Aruba ..................... 81, 100Curacao ................. 59, 81, 100

NEW ZEALANDAuckland ...................... 6Dunedin ....................... 6Lytfleton ....................... 6Wellington ..................... 6

NICARAGUACorinto ........................ 64San Juan del Sur ................. 64

NIGERIALagos ....................... 26

NORWAYBergen ................ 8, 60, 97Kristlansand ................ 97Oslo ................... 8, 60, 82, 97Stavanger ..................... 97Trondheim ...................... 97

PAKISTANChalma ........................ 11Chittagong ............. 11, 52Karachi ................... 43, 52, 70

PANAMA AND PANAMA CANAL ZONEBalboa, C. Z ................... 105Cristobal, C. Z ............. 17, 59, 105Colon, R. P ........... 17, 100, 105Panama, R. P ............ 98, 100, 105

PERUCallao .................. 15, 38, 105Mollendo ................... 38, 105Paita ......................... 105Pimentel ....................... 105Talara ................... 105


PHILIPPINE ISLANDSCagayan de Oro ............... 50Cebu .............. 18, 32, 50, 62Iloilo .............. 18, 32, 55, 62, 83Manila . . 18,23, 32, 50, 55, 62, 68, 104

POLANDGdynia ........................ 97Gdansk ........................ 97

PORTUGALLeixoes ...................... 60, 71Lisbon ................ 8,31,60,71Oporto ...................... 60, 71

PUERTO RICOMayaguez ................. 59Ponce ......................... 59San Juan ...................... 59

SAUDI ARABIAAden ................. 9, 43, 53, 70Bahrein .................... 40-A, 70Damman ................... 40-A, 70Jeddah ................... 9, 43, 53Ras-Tanura ............. 70

SCOTLANDGlasgow ....................... 63Newcastle ...................... 63

SENEGAL (FRENCH WEST AFRICA)Dakar ......................... 26

SPAINBarcelona . 8, 31,42, 61, 69, 71, 85, 93Bilbao ......................... 71

STRAITS SETTLEMENTSPenang .................... 9, 50, 62Port Swettenham ........ 9, 32, 50, 62Singapore ........ 9, 32, 50, 62

SUDANSudan ........................ 43

SWEDENGothenburg ................. 8, 60, 97Malmo .................... 8, 60, 97Norrkoping .................... 8, 97Stockholm .............. 8, 60, 97


TAHITIPapeete ....................... 2

THAILANDBangkok ............... 18, 32, 50, 62

TRIESTETrieste ................ 8, 61, 69, 93

TUNISIA

Tunis ......................... 61

TURKEY

Derince ........................ 42Iskenderon ................... 42, 61Istanbul ................... B, 42, 61Izmir .......................... 8

UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA

Capetown ............. 29, 58, 87Durban .................. 29, 58, 87East London .............. 29, 58, 87Port Elizabeth ............. 29, 58, 87

U.S.A.Baltimore, Maryland ........... 108Port Newark, New Jersey. 108-109Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ........ 108

URUGUAYMontevideo ................... 26

VENEZUELAAmuay Bay .................... 103Carupano .......... 81Guanta ....... 46, 59, 72-A, 81, 103La Guaira .46, 59,72-A, 81, 85, 100, 103LaSalina ............ 103Maracaibo . 46, 59, 72-A, 81, 100, 103Pampatar .............. 81Puerto Cabello .... 46, 59, 72-A, 81, 103Puerto Sucre .................. 81

VIRGIN ISLANDSSt. Thomas .................... 100

YUGOSLAVIARijeka ............ 8, 61, 69, 93

J. W. CHUMLEYComplete

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OPERATING THROUGH

PORT OF HOUSTON

STEAMSHIP SERVICES BETWEEN HOUSTON AND FOREIGN PORTS

CORRECTED AS OF OCT. 20, 1956

KEY TO iTABLE LINES PORTS OF CALL HOUSTON AGENT OR OPERATOR

pp. 54-55 i

2 American Pioneer Line ~ Australia and TahitiLykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc.

3 Argentine State Line ~ South American Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Co., Inc.

4 Arrow Steamship Company ! Various Ports Strachan Shipping Company

5 Atlantic & Great Lakes Steamship Central American and Caribbean Ports Texas Marine Transport Co., Inc.Corporation

5-A AYO Lines Port of Mariel, Cuba Texas Marine Transport, Inc.

Bank Line Australian and New Zealand Ports Strachan Shipping Company

7 Blidberg Rothchild Co., Inc. Various Ports Strachan Shipping Company

8 Bloomfield Steamship Company Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany, States Marine-Isthmian Agency Inc.Denmark, Norway, Sweden ~ Berth Agents)

9 Blue Funnel Line - Java New York Line Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Straits Settlements Strachan Shipping Companyand Indonesia

10 Lloyd Brasileiro Brazilian Ports Rice, Kerr & Co., Inc.

11 Brocklebank’s Cunard Service (Gulf) India (Inbound cargo only) E.S. Binnings

12 A.L. Burbank & Co., Ltd. Various Ports Strachan Shipping Company

13 Canadian Gulf Line, Ltd. Canadian Ports (Full cargo only) Canadian Gulf Line, Ltd.

14 Central American S/S Agency, Inc. Various Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Co., Inc.

15 Chilean Line Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Chilean Ports Strachan Shipping Company

16 Cia. de Muelles de la Poblacion Vergara South American Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Co., Inc.

17 Coldemar I,ine (~oloml)ia, l’anama and Canal Zone l)ort~ "l’exa, Marine Transport Co., Inc.

18 Compagnie de Transports Oceaniqttes Philippine Islands, Thailand and Indochina E.S. Binnings( C.T.O. Line)

19 Companhia Nacional de Navegacao Various Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Co., Inc.

20 Counties Ship Management Co. Various Ports Strachan Shipping Company

21 Cubamar Line Cuba Rice, Kerr & Co., Inc.

22 Cunard Line United Kingdom Ports E.S. Binnings

23 Daido Kaiun Kaisha, Ltd. (Daido Lines) Japan and the Philippines Hansen, Tidemann & Dalton SteamshipCompany, Inc.

24 F.L. Dawson & Co., Ltd. Various Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Co., Inc.

25 Frank S. Dawson, Ltd. Various Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Co., Inc.

26 Delta Line (Mississippi Shipping Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina and Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc.Company) West African Ports

27 Deppe Line (Armement-Deppe S.A.~ Netherlands, French, Belgium and German Ports Hansen, Tidemann & Dalton SteamshipCompany, Inc.

28 Dover Steamship Company Various Ports Strachan Shipping Company

29 Louis Dreyfus Lines South and East Africa and Madagascar Texas Transport & Terminal Co., Inc.

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LINES

Fabre Line

Fern-Ville Lines

Flota Argentina de NavegacionUltramar (Dodero Line)

French Line

Garcia Line Corporation (Agents forNaviera Garcia, S. A.)

General Steamship Corporation

Gulf Caribbean

Grancolombiana, S. A. (Flota Mercante)Gulf & South American

Steamship Co., Inc.

Haiti Line

Hamburg-American Line

Hansa

Harrison Line

Hellenic Lines, Ltd.

Hoegh Line

Hogarth & Sons

Holland America Line

Honduras

PORTS OF CALL

North Africa, Portugal, Spain andWestern Mediterranean Ports

Japan, Formosa, Indo China, Hong Kong, Siam,Philippines, Straits Settlements and Indonesia

Brazil and Argentina

French North Atlantic Ports

Cuban Ports

Various Ports

Puerto Cortez, Puerto Barrios, Belize

Colombian and Ecuadorian Ports

Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, and West CoastSouth American Ports in the Buenaventuraand Valparaiso range

Cuba and Haiti

Netherlands, German and Belgian Ports

Persian GulfEngland

Mediterranean Ports, Red Sea andPersian GulfMediterranean Ports, Pakistan, India and Ceylon

Va,ious PortsHolland, Belgium, French, English and

German Ports

Puerto Cortes

HOUSTON AGENT OR OPERATOR

Amerind Shipping Corp.

Biehl & Company

Strachan Shipping Company

E. S. Binnings

Ward-Garcia, Inc.

Texas Transport & Terminal Co., Inc.Texas Marine Transport Co.

Texas Transport & Terminal Co., Inc.

l.ykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc.

Biehl & Company

Biehl & Company

E. S. Binnings, Inc.

Win. Parr & Company

Hansen, Tidemann & DaltonSteamship Company, Inc.

Rice, Kerr & Co., Inc.Texas Transport & Terminal Co., Inc.

Texas Transport & Terminal Co., Inc.

Texas Marine Transport Co., Inc.Intercontinental Marine Lines, Inc.Intercontinental Shipping Corp.

Independent--Gulf

Isthmian Lines -- Far East Service

Isthmian Lines- Hawaiian Service

Isthmian Lines- India Service

Isthmian Lines--Mediterranean andRed Sea Service

Isthmian Lines- Persian Gulf Service

Kawasaki "K" Line

Kokusai Line

Larrinaga Line

Lykes African LineLykes Caribbean Line

Lykes Continental Line

Lykes Mediterranean Line

Lykes Orient Line

Lykes U. K. Line

Mamenie LineMatson Lines

Mexican National Line (TransportesMaritimos, "Ceimsa" )

Japanese Ports

Cuba and Venezuela

Continental EuropeMalaya, Indonesia, Philippines, China,

French Indo China and Thailand

HawaiiIndia, Pakistan, Ceylon

Lebanon, Egypt and Red Sea Ports

Persian Gulf PortsPhilippines, Japan

Japanese and Far East Ports

British Ports

South and East African PortsCuba, Colombia, C. Z., Dominican Republic,

Haiti, Puerto Rico, Venezuela (transship-ments for West Coast of Central Americavia Cristobal, C. Z.)

Netherlands, Portuguese, German, French,Belgian, Polish, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish,Danish and other North Continental Ports

Portugal, Spain, South France, Greece, Italy,Tunis, Algiers, Egypt, Israel, Morocco,Trieste, Turkey and Syria

Formosa, Korea, Sumatra, China, Japan,Philippines, Hawaii, Malay States, StraitsSettlements, Netherlands East Indies andFrench Indo China

Ward-Garcia, Inc.Texas Marine Transport Co., Inc.

Amerind Shipping Corp.

States Marine-Isthmian Agency, Inc.

States Marin’e-Isthmian

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Rice, Kerr & Co., Inc.


Fowler & McVitie, Inc.

Agency, Inc.

Agency, Inc.

Agency, Inc.

Agency, Inc.

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England. Scotland and Ireland

West Coast Ports of Central America

Hawaii

Mexican Ports

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Biehl & Company

States Marine-Isthmian Agency, Inc.

E. S. Binnings

67 Mississippi Shipping Co., Inc. ~ll Ports along the coast of West Africa and Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc.Main Ports of Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina

68 Mitsui Line Japan and the Philippines I Strachan Shipping Company

69 Navigazione Alta Italia (Creole Line) Italian and Mediterranean Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Co., Inc.


FOREIGN SERVICES m Continued

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70 Nedlloyd Line French Morocco, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Strachan Shipping CompanyPersian Gulf, Pakistan and India

71 Nervion Line Spain, Portugal, Morocco and the Canary Islands Rice, Kerr & Co., Inc.

72 Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK Line) Japan and Far Eastern Ports Fowler & McVitie, Inc.

72-A Norgulf Line Maracaibo, La Guaira, Puerto Cabello, Guanta Rice, Kerr & Co., Inc.

73 North Atlantic and Gulf Various Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Co., Inc.Steamship Co., Inc.

74 North German Lloyd Netherlands, Belgium and German Ports Biehl & Company

75 The Northern Pan America Line East Coast of South America Biehl & CompanyA/S (NOPAL)

76 Orion Shipping & Trading Co. Various Ports Strachan Shipping Company

77 Osaka Shoshen Kaisha Line (OSK Line) Japanese and Far Eastern Ports E.S. Binnings

78 Ozean/Stinnes Line Netherlands, Belgium and German Ports Biehl & Company

79 Palmer Shipping Corporation Various Ports Strachan Shipping Company

80 Ropner Line U.K.--England and Ireland Strachan Shipping Company

81 Royal Netherlands Steamship Venezuela, West Indies and the Guianas Strachan Shipping CompanyCompany (Bi-weekly)

82 Scandinavian-American Line Denmark and Norwegian Ports E.S. Binnings

83 Sea Carriers, Inc. Japan, Formosa and the Philippines Texas Marine Transport Co., Inc.

84 Shinnihon Steamship Co., Ltd. Japanese Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Co., Inc.

85 Sidarma Lines Mediterranean Ports Biehl & Company

86 Smith & Johnson Line Mexican Ports Strachan Shipping Company

87 South African Marine Corporation Mozambique, Africa and Union of South Africa States Marine-Isthmian Agency, Inc.

90 States Marine Lines--Continental Service Netherlands, France, Belgium and Germany States Marine-Isthmian Agency, Inc.

91 States Marine Lines--Far East Service China, Formosa, Japan and Korea States Marine-Isthmian Agency, Inc.

92 States Marine Lines---India Service India States Marine-Isthmian Agency, Inc.

93 States Marine Lines---Mediterranean Greece, Spain, Italy, France, Trieste, Yugoslavia, States Marine-Isthmian Agency, Inc.Service Morocco and the Persian Gulf

94 States Marine Lines---U. K. Service England States Marine-Isthmian Agency, Inc.

95 States Marine Lines--World Wide All World Ports States Marine-Isthmian Agency, Inc.Full Cargo Service

96 Swedish American Line Canada Strachan Shipping Company

97 Swedish American/Wilhelmsen Line Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Norway, Strachan Shipping Company(Joint Service) Sweden, Denmark, Poland, Finland and

other Scandinavian and Baltic Ports

98 Texmar Lines Mexico, Central and South America Texas Marine Transport Co., Inc.

99 Dodd Thomsen & Company, Ltd. Various Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Co., Inc.

100 Three Bays Line Cuba, Dominican Republic, Virgin Islands, Fowler & McVitie, Inc.Netherlands West Indies, Venezuela,Colombia, Panama, Jamaica, Guatemala,British Honduras, Honduras and Mexico

101 United Fruit Company--Caribbean British Honduras, Guatemala and Honduras; United Fruit Co.Service E1 Salvador via Puerto Barrios, Guatemala

103 Venezuelan Line Venezuelan Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Co.

104 Waterman Steamship Corp. Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany, Waterman Steamship CorporationEngland, China, Japan,. Philippines andHawaii, Mediterranean and Adriatic Ports

105 West Coast Line Canal Zone, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Rice, Kerr & Co., Inc.Chile and Bolivia

106 Yamashita Line .|apanese Ports Wm. Parr & Company

107 Zim Israel America Line Israel Strachan Shipping Company

COASTWISE SERVICESThe following tab’.e shows the various steamship lines operating between Houston, Gulf Ports and the Atlantic Coast; corrected as of October 20, 1956.

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58 HOUSTON PORT BOOK, FALL, 1956.

RIVER BARGE LINE AND INTRACOASTAL SERVICE

The following table shows the various steamship lines operating between Houston, Gulf Ports and the Atlantic Coast; corrected as of October 20, 1956.

LINES PORTS OF CALL HOUSTON AGENT OR OPERATOR

Alamo Barge Lines Intracoastal Canal, Mississippi and Ohio Rivers Alamo Barge Lines(Petroleum and Chemical Transportation) and tributaries

American Barge Lines (Common Carrier) Mississippi, Illinois and Ohio River Points R.P. Dee, General AgentAnderson Petroleum Transportation Co. Intracoastal Canal Points Anderson Petroleum Transportation Co.Arthur-Smith Corporation Intracoastal Canal and Mississippi River Points Arthur-Smith CorporationB & M Towing Company (Bulk Liquid Intracoastal Canal, Mississippi River and its B & M Towing Company

Transportation ) tributariesBarge Service Corp. (Common Carrierl Intracoastal Canal, Mississippi and Ohio Rivers Barge Service Corp.Black Warrior Towing Co. lntracoastal Canal, Mississippi River Black Warrior Towing Co.

(Clean Petroleum Products)Commercial Petroleum & Transport Co. Gulf, Mississippi, Ohio and Illinois River Points Commercial Petroleum & Transport Co.Coyle Lines, Inc. (Common Carrier) From Brownsville, Texas, to Carrabelle, Florida, Coyle Lines, Inc.

and all intermediate portsCrown Central Petroleum Corp. Intracoastal Canal Points Crown Central Petroleum Corp.Dixie Carriers, Inc. (Common Carrier) Dixie Carriers, Inc.

Edwards Transportation Co.( Oil Transportation)

Federal Barge Lines, Inc.

J. S. Gissel & CompanyGulf-Canal Lines, Inc. (Common Carrier)

Gulf States Marine & Mining Co.(Petroleum Transport)

All Intracoastal Canal Points between BatonRouge, New Orleans, La., Houston and Browns-ville, Texas

Sioux City and New Orleans Barge Lines,Inc. (Common Carrier)

Gulf and Mississippi River Points Edwards Transportation Co.

Federal Barge Lines, Inc.Mississippi River Points from New Orleans, La., toMinneapolis, Minn. ; Illinois River from St.Louis, Mo., to Chicago, Ill. ; and the MissouriRiver from St. Louis, Mo., to Omaha, Nebraska

Intracoastal Canal and TributariesMobile, Ala., New Orleans, La., Brownsville, Cor-

pus Christi, Houston, and Harlingen, Texas,and all intermediate ports on the Gulf Intra-coastal Waterway and its tributaries

Intracoastal Canal, and Mississippi River

J. S. Gissel & CompanyGulf-Canal Lines, Inc.

Gulf States Marine & Mining Co.

Gulf Transportation Co.Gulf Transportation Co. [ntracoastal Canal, Mississippi River( Petroleum Products)

H. W. A. Harms Towing Company Gulf, Intracoastal Canal and Lower Mississippi H.W.A. Harms Towing CompanyRiver Points

John I. Hay Co., Inc. (Common Carrier) Mississippi and Illinois River Points and all Intra- John I. Hay Co., Inc.coastal Canal Points between New Orleans andBrownsville

Houston Barge Line, Inc. Intracoastal Canal, Mississippi River and its trib- Houston Barge Line, Inc.(Petroleum Transport) utaries

Mississippi Valley Barge Line Co. Mississippi, Ohio, Illinois and Pennsylvania River F.E. Thompson, General Agent(Common Carrier) Points

National Oil Transport Corp. Intracoastal, Mississippi and Ohio River Points National Oil Transport Corp.Pan Gulf Towing Co. (Petroleum Products) Intracoastal Canal, Mississippi River Black Warrior Towing Co.

Serving all Missouri River Ports Sioux City and New Orleans Barge Lines, Inc.

Chas. C. Smith Co. Gulf, Mississippi, Ohio and Illinois River Points Chas. C. Smith Co.Texas Towing Company Intraeoastal, Mississippi and Ohio River Points Texas Towing CompanyUnion Barge Line Corp. Intracoastal Canal, Mississippi, Missouri and Warner J. Banes, Houston Agent

(Common Carrier) Ohio River PointsWilkins Barge Line, Ltd. Gulf and Mississippi River Points Wilkins Barge Line, Ltd.

NOTE: Besides the above services, approximately 90 tanker lines serve the Port of Houston, operating to all principal world ports;additionally a large number of tankers are operated exclusively in handling products of local refineries under private agreement.

GUY D. GRAVES A. J. SUBERBIELLE

General Stevedores, Inc.

HOUSTON BARGE TERMINALStevedoring and Distribution ot

Barge Cargoes5401 NAVIGATION ¯ WA-3-6678 ¯ HOUSTON, TEXAS


PRIVATE WHARVESand

TERMINALS FOR HIREBerthing

Owner Length Capacity Type of Wharf and Use

PRIVATEArmour Fertilizer Works .................... 50 ft.

Continental Grain Co. (Formerly Arrow Mills,Inc.) (Using Navigation District ManchesterWharf No. 2) ...............................

Champion Paper and Fibre Co ................. 200 ft.

Coastal Oil & Transport Co.(Leased to Humble Oil & Refining Co.) ...... 150 ft.

Consolidated Chemical Industries ............... 600 ft.

Crown Central Petroleum Corp ................ 150 ft.Eastern States Petroleum Co., Inc.--Plant 1 ....Eastern States Petroleum Co., Inc.--Plant 1 ....Eastern States Petroleum Co., Inc.--Plant 2 ....Eastern States Petroleum Co., Inc.--Plant 2 ...Eastern States Petroleum Co., Inc.--Plant 2 ....General American Tank Storage Terminals .....Gulf Oil Corporation (~Light Oil Terminal) .....Gulf Refining Co. (Houston Pipe Line Division)Warren Petroleum Corp. (Warrengas Terminal).Warren Petroleum Corp. (Warrengas Terminal)Hess Terminal Corp. (Norsworthy Terminal,) ....

(Also operates as terminal for hire)

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500 ft.6 It.

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Hess Terminal Corp. (Norsworthy Terminal-). 40 ft.Houston Lighting & Power Co .................. 24 ft.Humble Oil & Refining Co ..................... 2,200 ft.Ideal Cement Company, Gulf Portland Division. 200 It.Lone Star Cement Corp ........................ 387 ft.Magnolia Petroleum Corp. (Leased to Eastern

States Petroleum Co.--Plant 1) ............. 73 ft.

Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp ................ 143 ft.(2 docks, 1000 ft. frontage) ................. 153 ft.

San Jacinto Ordnance Depot .................. 1,500 ft.Sheffield Steel Corp ........................... 480 ft.

Shell Oil Company ......................... 2,600 ft.Sinclair Refining Co. (3 docks, 1,550 ft. frontage) 348 ft.

Southern Pacific Lines (Clinton Dock) ......... 1,250 ft.Southern Pacific Lines (Leased to Mayo Shell

Co. ) ..................................... 600 It.Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company ..... 400 ft.The Texas Company ................. 1,400ft.Todd Shipyards Corp ............................ 2,000 ft.

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WHARVES1 Vessel Creosoted timber fitted with hopper and conveyor

belt for fertifizer.

3 Bargesor lightvessels

1 Vessel4 Barges

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TERMINALSHouston Wharf Co. (Long Reach Docks) ........ 3,428 ft. 8 VesselsManchester Terminal Corp ................... 1,600 ft. 4 VesselsThe Sprunt Corporation (Sprunt Docks) ........ 800 ft. 2 VesselsHouston Barge Terminal

(General Stevedores, Inc.) ................. 900 ft. 5 BargesPhillips Terminal Co. (Adams Terminal) ....... 2,600 ft. 5 VesselsByer’s Barge Terminal ......................... 2,650 ft. 8 Barges

Southern Barge Terminal ...................... 310ft. 2 Barges

FOR

Grain loading and unloading berth for elevator.Creosoted piling, wood and steel decking--handling

paper, pulp, salt, caustic and oyster shell.

Creosoted piling; oil wharf.Sheet steel piling, paved deck, handling chemicals

and sulphur.Creosoted piling; oil wharf.Creosoted piling; oil wharf.Creosoted wood piling.Creosoted piling and clusters; oil wharf.Fire dock; creosoted wood piling.Creosoted wood piling.Creosoted piling; oil wharf.Steel bulkhead, pile clusters; oil wharf.Creosoted piling; oil wharf.Creosoted wood piling.Creosoted wood piling.Creosoted piling; oil and bulk liquid wharf.

Creosoted piling; oil wharf.Creosoted piling; oil wharf.Concrete piling; oil wharf.Timber bulkhead wharf; unloading clay and shell.Creosoted piling and clusters; unloading oyster shell.Creosoted piling and clusters; oil wharf.

Creosoted timbers and piling with concrete deck.Bulk cargo docks.

Concrete; cargo shed.Steel sheet piling backfilled; incoming materials

and shipment of steel products.Creosoted piling; oil wharf.Concrete and creosoted piling and timber; oil pipe-

line and case goods.Concrete; general cargo.Wood piling--unloading shell, sand and barge

material.Creosoted piling; handling steel products.Steel bulkhead; oil wharf.Shipbuilding and repairing (2 dry docks--3,600

and 12,500 tons capacity).

HIREConcrete; apron tracks; cotton and general cargo.Concrete; apron tracks; cotton and general cargo.Concrete; cotton and miscellaneous cargo.

Concrete and creosoted timber; general cargo.Steel bulkhead; bulk and general cargo.Creosoted piling and dusters, creosoted timber

pier; general cargo, bulk, iron and steel productsand pipe.

Sheet steel pile bulkhead; iron and steel productsand pipe.

TOTALS ................................ 29,574 ft. 65 Vessels and 37-42 Barges


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