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Port Inspection Boat "Sam Houston" heads down stream with boatload of visitors.

French Port Director visits Houston: Left to right, Olin Lacey, Manager, Houston Office, E. S. Binnings,agents for the French Line; Pierre Caller, Port Director, Le Havre, France; Vernon Bailey, Director ofPort Operations, Port of Houston; Raymond Edmonds, Canadian Gulf Line, Ltd., Houston.

English industrialists sight-see on the HoustonShip Channel. Left, A. L. Carrad, Vice President,Imperial Chemical Industries, New York office;Right, W. F. Lutyens, Development Director, Im-perial Chemical Industries, London.

Visiting Army Ordnance Chief inspects Houston installations. Left to right: Lt. Col. John G. Pinkerton,in charge of West Gulf Outport Operations, New Orleans Port of Embarkation; Maj. Gen. E. UFord, Chief of Ordnance, U. S. Army; Gen. W. E. Heavey, Houston Port Director; Col. L. G. Smoak,Commanding Officer, San Jacinto Ordnance Depot, Houston.

Inspecting Houston’s Port on the "Sam Houston,"RADM. T. G. W. Settle, USN, Commander, 8thNaval District, New Orleans, La.

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SPAIN TO INCREASE EXPORT PRODUCTSBy HON. JOSE LEQUERICA

Spanish Ambassador to the United States

Living in one world, it is essential thatthe relations between Spain and theUnited States continue on their plane ofhigh friendship and excellent commercialrelations. The great Southwest and Mid-west served by Houston will become thelargest Western Hemisphere market ofour exports within the next decade. Assoon as the press of my affairs lessen,it is my intention to go to Texas and topersonally meet the people who havemade it famous throughout the world.

It is essential to increase our tradition-al exports to the United States so thatwe may maintain a favorable dollar sit-uation and thereby purchase, with ourown money, the products which are nec-essary to our economy, such as cottonand wheat. Highlighted by such deli-cacies as green olives and wines, Spainalso furnishes the U. S. with olive oil,potash, wool, tungsten ore, fluorspar, redoxide, and cork. These products are es-sential to our mutual defense productionand they arrive at American ports week-ly from Spain.

Imports from Spain to the UnitedStates in 1950 ran more than $52,000,000.It is expected that with the strengthen-ing of political ties, that both export andimport figures will show a sharp upward

trend. The 1950 figures of imports ofAmerican products into Spain are lessthan $52,000,000, but they do not reflectactual requirements. Spanish plans forthe import of American goods has beenconsiderably checked due to the lack offinancial means. This applies particular-ly to cotton, and this is the first item onour list of imports from the UnitedStates. When we are unable to securethe quarter of a million bales annuallywe need to run our huge cotton textileindustry, it causes great harm to the170,000 Spanish workers who are en-gaged in the production of cotton goods.

At present, Spain is negotiating withprivate concerns and the United StatesGovernment for short-term financialcredits which will enable them to carryout a program of regular cotton importa-tions from the cotton exporters in Texas.The assistance of these Texas businesspeople to the Government of Spain hasgiven invaluable support to Spanish as-pirations. It is needless to say that Iam most grateful and appreciative forthe friendly and encouraging attitude ofTexas business interests in helping mycountry.

Spanish return to normal standards ininternational trade, is not only dependent

on foreign aid, but also on our abilityto foster exports, especially to the dollararea. I have earnestly supported thispolicy of more export.

Under present circumstances, it wouldbe particularly beneficial for the freeworld to expand our mining production.We have been regular suppliers to theUnited States of zinc, mercury, fluor-spar, pyrites, et cetera. Our importancein the production of tungsten is alsostressed by the fact of our participationin the International Materials Confer-ence.

I also believe that one of the first waysto increase an economic exchange be-tween the United States and Spain wouldbe to promote direct connections withnew markets within the United States,and no doubt Texas, with its remarkablepossibilities, convenient ports and thriv-ing population, would be the ideal areato carry out this project.

A greater technical cooperation withUnited States companies and visits toSpain by American businessmen to con-tact our industrial groups would be, too,most helpful toward a closer coordina-tion of our two countries, and wouldcreate new ties for the improvement ofSpanish-American relations.

ESPA~IA AUMENTARA SUS PRODUCTOS DE EXPORTACIONPor S. E. JOS~ F. de LEQUERICA

Embajador de Espafia, en Estados Unidos

Viviendo en un mismo mundo, es esen-cial que las relaciones entre Espafia y losEstados Unidos continuen en un plano deestrecha amistad y de excelentes rela-ciones comerciales. Las grandes regionesdel suroeste y el oeste medio que empleanel puerto de Houston se convertirAn, enlos prhximos diez afios, en el mercadomas grande del Hemisferio Occidentalpara nuestras exportaciones. En cuantodisminuya el agobio de mi trabajo, tengola intencihn de ira Texas y tener laoportunidad de conocer personalmenteese pueblo que la ha hecho famosa atray,s del mundo.

Es esencial incrementar nuestras ex-portaciones tradicionales a los EstadosUnidos con objeto de poder mantener unasituacihn favorable de dhlares y, enconsecuencia, comprar con nuestro propiodinero los productos que son tan necesa-rios para nuestra economla, tales comoel algodhn y el trigo. Destacando conproductos tan exquisitos como lasaceitunas y los vinos, Espafia tambi~nsuministra a los Estados Unidos aceitede oliva, potash, lana, mineral de tung-steno, espato de fluor, minio y corcho.Estos productos son esenciales para nue-stra mutua produccihn para la defensa yllegan semanalmente desde Espafia a lospuertos Americanos.

Las exportaciones que Estados Unidoshizo de Espafia en 1950 ascendieron amas de $52,000,000. Se espera que conel fortalecimiento de los lazos politicos,tanto las cifras de exportacihn como lasde importacihn muestren una agudatendencia ascendente.

Las cifras en el afio 1950 de las im-portaciones en Espafia de productosAmericanos son inferiores a $52,000,000,

pero no reflejan las necesidades actuales.Los proyectos Espafioles para importarmercancias Americanas han sido muyestudiados a rondo debido a la falta demedios financieros. Esto particular-mente ha ocurrido con el algodhn, y hayque tener en cuenta que este es el primerartlculo de la lista de nuestras exporta-clones de Estados Unidos. Como noshemos visto imposibilitados de obtenerun cuarto de millon de balas anualmente,que son nuestras necesidades para elfuncionamiento de nuestra gran industriatextil del algodhn, ello ha causado ungran dafio a los 170,000 obreros Espa-fioles que trabajan en la produccihn dela industria textil algodonera.

En los presentes momentos, Espafianegocia con firmas particulares y con elGobierno de los Estados Unidos, cr~ditosa corto plazo que permitan llevar a caboun programa de importaciones regularesde algodhn que proceda de los exporta-dores de Texas. La ayuda que estoscomerciantes de Texas prestan al Gobier-no de Espafia ha representado un apoyoextraordinario alas aspiraciones Espa-fiolas.

No creo sea necesario decir cuan gran-de es mi agradecimiento y mi reconoci-miento por la amistosa y alentadoraactitud de los intereses del comercio deTexas al ayudar a mi pals.

E1 retorno de Espafia a la normalidaden el comercio internacional no dependesolo de la ayuda extranjera sino de nue-stra capacidad para incrementar nuestrasexportaciones especialmente al firea deld61ar. Siempre he apoyado esta poHticade incremento de las exportaciones.

En las circunstancias actuales seria

pal~icularmente beneficioso para el mun-do libre expandir nuestra produccihnminera. Hemos suministrado regular-mente a los Estados Unidos zinc, mer-curio, espato de fluor, piritas, etc. Nue-stra importancia en la producci6n deltungsteno es evidente por el hecho denuestra participacihn en la ConferenciaInternacional de Materias Primas.

Tengo tambi~n la creencia de que unode los medios mas importantes para in-crementar nuestro intercambio econhmicoentre Estados Unidos y Espafia es prom-over conexiones directas con los nuevosmercados dentro de los Estados Unidosy, sin duda, Texas con sus excepcionalesposibilidades, puertos adecuados, prhspe-ra poblacihn, seria el lugar ideal parallevar a cabo este proyecto.

Una mayor colaboracihn t~cnica con lasCompafiias de los Estados Unidos y lasvisitas a Espafia de los hombres de ne-gocios para que establezcan contactoscon nuestros grupos industriales seriatambi~n una excelente ayuda para lograruna coordinacihn mas estrecha de nue-stros dos palses y crearia nuevos lazospara la mejora de relaciones Hispano-Americanas.

E1 Puerto de Houston, en once mesesde 1951, ya habia alcanzado la cifra detonelaje del afio anterior que, a su vez,fu~ un record.

Mas de 45,000,000 toneladas de merc-ancias fueron movilizados en ese puertoen el afio 1951, segfin informa el "Hous-ton Navigation District." En comparaci6ncon 40,825,048 toneladas para todo el afio1950--afio en el que el puerto mantuvo susituaci6n de ser el segundo de la naci6npor el tercer afio consecutivo.

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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 theyare 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 Gulf

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of 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 movingthrough this relatively young deep-seaterminus during postwar years. Forty-five million tons of commerce valued at$1,639,000,000 moved over the HoustonShip Channel during 1951. During1948, 1949 and 1950, the latest threeyears of record, Houston ranked as thesecond busiest American Port accord-

ing to official U. S. Corps of Engineersstatistics. Over 40.8 million tons movedover Houston docks in 1950.

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 first of three entirely new facili-ties to be constructed, $2,000,000 Wharf9, entered Navigation District service onApril 6, 1950. Rebuilding of Wharf 4and the Manchester Wharf was finishedin 1948. On March 5, 1951, new Navi-gation District Wharf 16 was dedicated.An open-type wharf designed to handlelumber, pipe and other cargo not de-manding shed storage, it has a shipsidefrontage of 600 feet, a width of 200 feet,and paved storage areas totaling 123,-070 feet. Built at a cost of approxi-mately one million dollars, it featuresmarginal rail tracks and roadways to fa-cilitate truck service.

The District’s new Manchester DockNo. 3, a 500-foot open-type creosotedpile and timber structure has also beencompleted in recent months. Now in thedesign stage is new open Wharf 8, sched-uled for location adjacent to Wharf 9.Test pilings for Wharf 8 were driven inearly March, 1952.

The first of two vehicular tunnels un-der the Houston Ship Channel was com-pleted in May 1950. Designed to speedthe beehive flow of traffic about Hous-ton’s busy, sprawling industrial area, itwas named in honor of Harry L. Wash-burn, long-time Harris County Auditor.Work is proceeding apace on the Bay-town-LaPorte Tunnel, the tubular sec-tions of which have already been sunk.

The Navigation District’s contributionto the total cost of nearly $20,000,000for the two tunnels was $1,250,000.When the second tunnel is completed,

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Kansas City’s magnificent Union Station, third largest in nation, is served by 12 trunk line railroads. Imposing Kansas City skyline looms in background.

Kansas CITY"The Heart 4 Ame.ca"

Exceptional for its ability to takeflood and fire, war and plague in strideand never cease growing progressively,is Kansas City, Missouri, "The Heartof America."

Dogged courage, a fiery spirit and arestless desire to build and improvehave carried Kansas City past the car-nage of a bitter war, a cholera epidemic.a heart-breaking fire and recently, oneof the nation’s most disastrous floods.

After more than a century of self-government. Kansas City is an Americanlandmark.

Although silver-seeking Europeanshad explored the Missouri-Kaw Riverterritory as far back as the early 18thcentury, it was not until 1821 that aFrenchman established a trading poston the present site of Kansas City. Thepioneer community of "Westport Land-ing" which developed became "Town ofKansas" in 1839. Incorporated in 1850with a population of 700, the little townwas rechartered as "City of Kansas" in1853, and it was not until 1889 that thename "Kansas City" was permanentlyadopted.

Important in early American historyas a river terminus for goods trans-ported over the Santa Fe and Oregon

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Trails, and as an outfitting point for set-tiers and wagon trains, Kansas City wasalso a stop-over point for hordes of for-tune-hunting forty-niners heading westduring the great California gold rush.

Two wars in mid-19th century af-fected Kansas City dramatically, butwith directly opposing results.

Preparations for the Mexican War inthe winter of 1845-46 stimulated busi-ness. The little community had just be-gun to grow, and while recruiting of-fices were enlisting men for the Army,quartermasters were busily contractingfor the supplies to support them.

But in the years immediately pre-ceding the outbreak of the Civil War,Kansas City became deeply involved ina desperate struggle for supremacy be-tween pro and anti-slavery factions. Theresulting riots, shootings and frequent,bloody clashes between the opposingsides for control of the western borderstate led to the complete paralysis ofbusiness and commerce in Kansas City.Anarchy wiped out law and order, andthe entire Kansas countryside was burn-ing with a ruthless, unlimited lawless-ness. Union troops were called in to es-tablish martial law in June, 1861. Whenwar’s sweep through Kansas was ended.

the city was left with but two assets,its site and its spirit.

Composing their differences as bestthey could, the people of Kansas Cityonce again took up the task of buildingtheir city. These were the days of pio-neering railroad development westward.In 1869 the first railroad bridge overthe Missouri River established a railline connection from Kansas City toChicago and eastern markets, assuringthe city’s future as a rail center andtrading point for the agricultural andmineral riches of the West and South-west.

The rush for commercial and businessexpansion soon established Kansas Cityas the logical point to which the skinnyTexas Longhorn cattle should be shippedand large packing plants were drawn tothe city as a result of the movementwhich put Kansas City in the cattle mar-keting business. Paralleling the expan-sion of Kansas City as a livestock cen-ter was its growth as a flour producer.Russian Mennonite immigrants intro-duced a hard, winter wheat which revo-lutionized Kansas grain production. ABoard of Trade was set up by localgrain dealers, commission firms wereorganized and flour mills rapidly ex-


panded. By 1878 annual wheat receiptsin Kansas City were over nine millionbushels.

Not content with expansion at home,Kansas Citians in 1900 went east tosteal the Democratic National Conven-tion away from the more prominent con-vention cities. Set for a gala, brilliantevent, all Kansas City was shocked,when, 90 days before the conventionwas to take place, the Convention Hallburned to the ground. Kansas City’sspirit would not be denied, however; in89 days another Convention Hall wascompleted and the great event went onas scheduled.

Modern Kansas City, a metropolis ofover 456,000 people, is a gateway to therich producing areas of mid-America.Logical distributing point from whichto serve a 14-state area comprising themid-continent market, the city owes itsfortune to its nearness to a vast agri-cultural territory, rich also in mineraldeposits. The livestock and agriculturalproduction of this great area, whichsends grain and meat to markets through-out the world, have for years furnishedthe principal raw materials for KansasCity’s leading industries.

With its roots deeply imbedded in thefertile, mid-western soil, Kansas City isthe leading primary market of the areafor livestock, grain, hay, fruits, vegeta-bles, dairy, poultry at~d other farm pro-duce.

An efficient network of transportationfacilities radiates from Kansas City toprovide direct or connecting service withall sections of the United States. Twelvetrunk-line railroads, seven scheduled air-lines, one scheduled air-freight carrier,14 bus lines, and 137 truck lines, com-bine to provide unexcelled cargo andpassenger movement. Its location on theMissouri River provides access to thecomplex inland waterway system withits low-cost water transportation.

Eleven well-planned industrial dis-tricts, served by rail and truck, and pro-vided with complete utility services, con-tain 1,585 diversified industrial con-cerns. None of these districts have ahigh concentration of industry, and allmeet governmental requirements for in-dustrial dispersal.

Industrial importance of Kansas Cityincreased sharply when World War I’Idisclosed the need for development ofinland industrial areas remote from thedanger of enemy air attack. Shortlyafter Korea, many Kansas City manu-facturers were reconverting plants forrlational defense production. Industrialemployment in 1951 increased by 17.000persons, and defense mobilization con-tracts ran into hundreds of millions 6fdollars. Production of bomber wingswill begin soon at the Ford Plant nownearing completion. Headquarters of theContinental Air Command were an-

nounced for Kansas City in 1951. Morethan 5.000 permanent personnel are tobe stationed at Grandview Airport whichwill receive over 74 million dollars inimprovements.

A major distribution point for locallymanufactured farm equipment and im-plements, Kansas City also counts oilfield supplies, steel, motor trucks andtrailers and household utensils on thelist of products of its own industries.

Taste-tickling "Kansas City Steaks,"best known product of the city’s mostfamous industry, are renowned theworld over. Second among Americancities as a livestock and meat packingcenter, Kansas City ranks first nation-ally in cattle and calf receipts, sheepreceipts, stocker-feeder cattle and calvesand as a hotel meat supply center. Thehuge plants of Armour, Swift, Wilsonand a number of other firms all drawsupplies from the Kansas City Stock-yards. Despite 1951’s devastating flood,which blanketed 11 of Kansas City’s 130square miles, and was particularly dam-aging in the sprawling stockyard area,the industry remains a primary one inKansas City. Meat packing volume hasapproached the 600 million dollar figurein a single year.

Kansas City is ranked second in thenation in flour production, in grain ele-vator capacity and as a sorghum grainsmarket. Flour Mills of America, GeneralMills, Staley Milling Company and CornProducts Refining Company are listedamong principal agricuhure-related Kan-sas City industries.

Culturally and civically as well as in-dustrially, Kansas City is an Americanleader. Twice in recent years the cityreceived a national award for efficient

municipal financing and accounting. Aforty-one million dollar bond vote for15 years is bringing public improve-ments. The Starlight Theatre, the Kan-sas City Philharmonic Orchestra, theWilliam Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art,the Mary Atkins Museum of Fine Arts,the Liberty Memorial, the MunicipalAuditorium and the Midwest ResearchInstitute are all landmarks to culturalprogress.

A popular convention city, KansasCity hosted 144 conventions in 1951, in-cluding 35 that were national in scope.

Headquarters for the 10th Federal Re-serve District, Kansas City ranks eighthin bank clearings in the United States.The 39 banks in the Metropolitan Areatotaled clearings of more than 17 billiondollars in 1950. Wholesale concerns dida three billion dollar business.

Home of the largest re-insurance com-pany in the nation, Kansas City standsninth as a United States insurance cen-ter. Six life insurance companies callKansas City home and they have a totalof more than one and a half billion dol-lars of insurance in force.

All subdivisions of Kansas City’s Met-ropolitan Area (population 814,000)combine to make a single unit withoutvisible dividing lines. The commercial,industrial and transportation develop-ment of the immediate area constitutesone economic unit. Principal cities with-in the Metropolitan Area are KansasCity, North Kansas City, and Independ-ence, Missouri and Kansas City, Kansas.

In the 1850’s, a far-seeing newspaperreporter dubbed Kansas City "City ofthe Future." A century and more later,the tag is still good.

Kansas City’s Municipal Auditorium can seat up to 15,000 persons. Completed in 1936 at a costof $6,500,000, it boasts a fully equipped theater and 120,000 square feet of exhibit space.


From Bolivar Roads, where the Gal-veston jetties poke granite fingers intothe heaving blue waters of the Gulf ofMexico, the Houston Ship Channel ex-tends through the calm reaches ofGalveston Bay and fifty miles inlandto the Houston Turning Basin. Herelies the head of deepwater navigationat America’s second busiest port.

Inward bound vessels, having taken apilot aboard at the sea buoy, proceedon a north-northwestward course acrossGalveston Bay for 241~ miles to MorganPoint, where the 36-foot deep channelenters the mainland. For 9 additionalmiles they follow the broad, windingcourse of the San Jacinto River to apoint where it converges with historicBuffalo Bayou. Then proceeding alongthe lazy, meandering Bayou they pro-gress generally westward for 16 milesto the upstream head of the Ship Chan-nel at the Turning Basin.

When a salt-encrusted steamer grate-fully makes fast to Houston’s broadwharves, it lies a mere four air-line milesfrom the very center of downtown Hous-ton. All of the Port of Houston, includ-ing the 25-mile upper section of theswarming Ship Channel, lies within Har-ris County, ninth largest in the LoneStar State.

Houston was founded in 1836 in theinfant days of the Texas Republic andshortly after General Sam Houston’savenging Texans walloped Santa Annaon the battlefield of San Jacinto. A.C.and J. K. Allen, founding fathers, namedthe city for General Houston, and thehistorical records indicate that Hous-tonians have from the very first dedi-cated their energies to the creation ofan inland, deep-sea port.

Regular ocean service between Portof Houston and the Atlantic Coast wasinitiated on August 17, 1915, when thesteamship "Satilla" of the Southern

Steamship Lines called at the port.Thirty-six years have passed since thatepic occasion, and the turn of the half-century found the hustling young portfirmly entrenched ill the nation’s secondposition.

Since 1948 she has trailed only mam-moth Port of New York in volume oftonnage shipped over her channel; 1950was a record year for local port opera-tion with 40.8 million tons handled inHouston and 1951 hit another all-timehigh with a total of over 45 milliontons.

For half a hundred years, Houston’sShip Channel has undergone constantwidening and deepening. Current Con-gressional authorizations prescribe aminimum depth of 36 feet throughoutthe entire course of the channel andwithin the Turning Basin. The TurningBasin, 1100 feet in diameter, is ade-quate for turning the largest moderntankers and freighters that navigate thewaterway.

The present channel improvementproject is now in process of completion,and when finished, it will provide a min-imum bottom width of 400 feet fromBolivar Roads to a point 5000 feet aboveBaytown, 350 feet from that point toBoggy Bayou, and further upstream 300feet to the Turning Basin.

Port authorities have requested theelimination of previously authorizedturning basins at Sims Bayou and atBrady Island and that a new one be con-structed at old Clinton Island. A light-draft channel behind Brady Island isscheduled for deepening to 10 feet andwidening to 60 feet.

Above the Turning Basin, a 10-footlight-draft channel, following the tortu-ous course of upper Buffalo Bayou, ex-tends to Main Street in the virtual centerof metropolitan Houston. A number ofother streams, tributary to the main

channel, are navigable for small craftand shallow-draft vessels. Offering greatattraction to industries concerned withwater-borne commerce, this intercon-necting network of waterways has con-tributed greatly to Houston’s amazingindustrial development.

One vehicular tunnel at Pasadena isnow in operation, and when a secondtunnel, now under construction at Bay-town, is completed the ferries whichconstituted the only semi-hazardous ob-struction to channel navigation will becompletely eliminated.

Total net expenditures on widening,deepening and maintenance of the Hous-ton Ship Channel had reached 35.7 mil-lions of dollars by December 31, 1951.The present dredging program calls foran additional expenditure of approxi-mately $3,950,000 by estimated time ofcompletion in 1955.

Local interests have now officially re-quested Congress to authorize deepen-ing of the channel from 36 to 40 feet,and there is no question in the mindsof Houston’s progress-minded citizensthat the heavy volume of tonnage mov-ing over the channel, a major portionof which is carried and will be carriedin the future by new, deeper-draft de-fense super-tankers, justifies the pro-posed increase in depth.

The Navigation District and the fourprivate terminals-for-hire alone are re-liably estimated to have invested somefifty million dollars in erecting the splen-did wharves, docks, warehouses, andcargo handling facilities at the Port ofHouston. The Port provides berths alongits wharves for 79 ships and up to 25barges. Approximately 2.5 millionsquare feet of transit warehouse spaceare available, plus additional open spaceat shipside and in storage yards adja-cent to the waterfront.

Wide wharf aprons, conducive to the


expeditious handling of cargo, areequipped with railroad trackage forquick and efficient movement of freightfrom rail car to ship or vice-versa. Themost modern and efficient cargo han-dling equipment is available at the Portof Houston, including a 300-ton derrickbarge, locomotive cranes up to 50-toncapacities, 75-ton stationary crane, 12-and 20-ton mobile cranes, magnets andclam-shell buckets, lift trucks and pal-lets, escalators and conveyors, tractorsand trailers, hand trucks, electric pow-er shovels, electric bulk trimmers, andother items.

Operated for transit movement pri-marily and for storage only to a lim-ited extent, the Port’s giant 3.5 millionbushel grain elevator serves two ships’

berths at Navigation District Wharves14 and 15. Its three receiving legs andfour shipping legs, each with a 25,000-bushel-per-hour capacity, can simulta-neously load two ships at a combinedrate of 80,000 bushels per hour. Ves-sels seldom spend more than 24 hoursbeneath the 15 automatic loading spoutsin the grain berths. A new truck dump-er will go into operation this spring.

Ship-to-car or car-to-ship loading ofcopra and other bulk materials is madepossible by Sutorbilt vacuum machines,while two Link-Belt car unloaders at theElevator can tip fully loaded grain carslike toys, unloading seven each hour.A new $56,000 gas-fired, direct-heattype Hess Grain Dryer with a 1500-bushel-per-hour capacity is a valuable

adjunct to the Port’s grain handling fa-cilities.

A bulk outloading plant for chemicals,fertilizers, etc., is maintained by theNavigation District at its ManchesterWharf, and can handle the unloading ofcars or trucks to shipside.

Forty-five thousand cubic feet of re-frigerated space is available at Wharf13, and several wharves are equippedwith bunkering facilities.

Largest city in the South, humming,hustling Houston is America’s Indus-trial Frontier. Second most activeUnited States Port, she confidently looksforward to greater growth, multiplyingtrade, higher production, and a con-stantly increasing flow of maritime com-merce.

PASSENGER LINERSERVICE SOUGHT

Houston’s Port Commission is ag-gressively seeking to establish regularpassenger liner service to the Port. Ne-gotiations are underway at this timewith several lines which have evidencedan active interest in providing passen-ger service.

The relatively few passengers movingout through Houston usually travel oncombination cargo-passenger ships. Ac-commodations on these vessels normal-ly will not take care of more than 12passengers.

While cargo is, and will remain, theprimary consideration of the Port, theComissioners feel that Houston’s near-ness to the resort areas of Panama, theCaribbean and parts of South Americashould enable it to develop as a passen-ger port for touring citizens of the greatMidwestern area the Port serves.

200-CAR STORAGEYARD UNDERWAY

The Port of Houston is building astorage yard for 200 railroad cars onthe north side of the Houston Ship Chan-nel just east of the Public Grain Eleva-tor.

Designed to accommodate a recentmarked increase in rail cars moved bythe Port Terminal Railroad Association,the yard is part of a long-range planto develop storage facilities in the samearea for 600 cars.

Emphasizing the immediate need forthe new yard, Port Director W. F. Heav-ey pointed out that loaded cars handledin recent months have been consistentlyabove a four-year monthly average of20,000 cars.

Construction work should be finishedand the yard ready for use by earlysummer 1952.

Almost hidden in a welter of flying spray, the Port’s fireboat "Capt. Crotty" blasts away with herfog nozzles at an imaginary barge fire. The two powerful nozzles on the bow can discharge fog

at the rate of 500 gallons per minute.

DIESEL ENGINESTO SPEED PORTRAIL SWITCHING

An important phase of continuingmodernization of facilities at progressivePort of Houston is the planned dieseliza-tion of the Port Terminal Railroad As-sociation’s equipment. The Association,operated by the six major lines servingthe Port, provides switching service todocks and industrial facilities on theHouston Ship Channel.

Ten 1200 H.P. and two 1600 H.P.Diesel switchers are scheduled for latespring delivery and will replace allsteam engines currently being used byP.T.R.A. Member lines may furnish ad-ditional Diesels or steam engines when-ever current operating conditions de-mand it.

The changeover from steam to Dieselpower is expected to provide a materialspeed-up of switching at the Port.

PORT OF HOUSTONEXECUTIVE OFFICESGET DOWNTOWN SITE

Long-sought downtown space for PortCommission executive offices appearedto be nearing reality when announce-ment was made of the purchase of a cen-trally-located downtown lot.

The $100,000 property will be the sitefor a modern two-story air-conditionedoffice building which will provide morethan 15,000 square feet of space for Portemployees. Foundations will be built foreventual expansion to from six to tenstories.

Plans are now in the hands of thearchitect, Alfred C. Finn.

For several years the Port Commis-sion has occupied offices in Wharf 13at the Turning Basin, having movedthere when expansion of county officesmade it necessary to leave the CivilCourts Building.


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 50 to 52)

COUNTRY and PORTS KEY

ANGOLA (Africa)Lobito ...................... 21Luanda ................... 21

ALGERIA

Algiers .................... 26, 55Arzew ...................... 55Oran ....................... 26, 86

ARGENTINA

Buenos Aires ............. 2, 21, 29, 72

AUSTRALIA

Adelaide .................... 1 a, 6Brisbane .................. 1 a, 6Melbourne ................... 1 a, 6Sydney ...................... 1 a, 6

BELGIAN CONGO

Matadi ...................... 21

BELGIUM

Antwerp ....... 3,8,30,35,41,43,54,73, 75a, 87, 94, 99, 103

Ghent ........ 3, 8, 30, 41, 43,54, 75a,87, 94, 99, 103

BRAZIL

Bahia ....................... 21Belem ....................... 21Fortaleza ..................... 21Paranagua ................ 21, 52, 72Porto Alegre .................. 21Recife ....................... 21,52Rio de Janeiro .............. 21,52, 72Rio Grande ................... 21Santos ................... 21, 52, 72

BRITISH GUIANA

Georgetown .................. 80

BRITISH WEST INDIESPort-of-Spain, Trinidad .......... 80

BRITISH HONDURAS

Belize ...................... 96

BURMA

Rangoon ................... 71

CANADA

Halifax, N. S ................... 94Montreal, Q ................... 94St. John, N. F ................. 94

CANARY ISLANDS

Tenerife .................... 70, 83

CEYLON

Colombo -. .................... 39, 44

CHILE

Antofagasta .............. 12, 34, 102Arica .................... 12, 34, 102San Antonio .............. 12, 34, 102Talcahuano ............. 12, 34, 102Valparaiso ............... 12, 34, 102

CHINA

Hongkong .......... 28, 44, 56, 60, 88

COLOMBIABarranquilla .................. 33, 59Buena Ventura ......... 12, 33, 34, 102Cartagena ................... 33, 59Tumaco ..................... 33, 34


CUBACardenas .................... 31,59Clenfuegos ........... 18, 31, 50, 59Gibara ................ 18, 31, 50, 59Havana ................... 31, 59, 83Mariel ................... 18, 31,59Matanzas .................... 31,59Pastelillo ............... 18, 31, 50, 59Santiago ..................... 31,59Manzanillo ................... 18, 59

DENMARKCopenhagen .......... 54, 82, 94, 103

DOMINICAN REPUBLICCiudad Trujillo .............. 59

ECUADORBahia de Caraquez ............. 33, 102Guayaqull ............ 12, 33, 34, 102Manta ...................... 33, 102

ENGLANDAvonmouth ................... 58Liverpool ................. 37, 58, 87aLondon ................... 41,58, 79Manchester .......... 37, 58, 79, 87a

EGYPTAlexandria ........... 1,39, 44, 45, 55Port Said ............... 39, 44, 45, 55Suez ..................... 44, 45, 55

EL SALVADOR(Via Puerto Barrios, Guatemala)

FINLAND

Helsinki .................... 94, 103

FORMOSAKeelung ............. 8, 28, 56, 60, 88Takao ....................... 56, 60

FRANCEBordeaux .................... 30, 54Cherbourg ............. 30, 54, 87, 99Dunkirk ........... 3, 30, 43, 54, 87, 99Havre ....... 3, 8, 30, 41, 43, 54, 87, 99La Pallice ............... 8, 30, 54, 87Marseilles ................... 26, 54

FRENCH EQUATORIAL AFRICAPolnte Nolre ................ 21

FRENCH INDO CHINASaigon ................... 28, 44, 56

GERMANYBremen

Hamburg

GOLD COASTTakoradi

GREECEPiraeusSalonika

GUATEMALA

........ 3, 8, 30, 35, 41, 43, 54,73, 75a, 87, 94, 99, 103

....... 3, 8, 30, 35, 41, 43, 54,73, 75a, 87, 94, 99, 103

.................... 21

.............. 38,55,68,86.................... 3B

Puerto Barrios ............. 43a, 50, 96

HAWAIIAN ISLANDSHonolulu ..................... 44

Hilo ......................... 44Kahului ...................... 44Port Allen .................... 44Nawillwili .................... 44


HONDURAS

Puerto Cortes .................. 50, 97Tela ....................... 97

INDIA

Bombay ............. 39, 44, 69, 88aCalcutta .............. 39, 44, 69, 88aCochin ...................... 39, 44Madras ...................... 39, 44

IRAN

Bandar Shahpuhr ........... 44, 69

IRAQ

Basra ....................... 44, 69

IRELAND

Dublin ....................... 58, 79

ISRAEL

Haifa ................... 44, 44a, 55Tel Avlv ................. 44, 44a, 55

ITALY

Genoa ............ 8, 38, 55, 68, 83, 86Leghorn ................. 8, 55, 68, 86Naples .............. 8, 38, 55, 68, 86Venice ................. 8, 55, 68, 86

JAPAN

Kobe.. 8, 28, 47, 56, 60, 66, 71, 75, 88, 99Moii .................. 56, 60, 88, 99Osaka ~ . .8,28,47,56,60,66,75,88,99Yokohama ........ 8, 28, 47, 56, 60, 66,

71,75, 88, 99Yokkaichl .............. 56, 60, 88, 99

KOREAPusan ....................... 56, 88

LIBERIAMonrovia ..................... 21

MEXICOCoatzocoalcos .......... 5, 85, 94a, 101Progreso ................. 85, 95, 101Tampico ............. 85, 94a, 95, 101Vera Cruz .......... 5, 85, 94a, 95, 101

MOROCCOCasablanca ............ 26, 55, 70, 86

MOZAMBIQUE, AFRICABeira ....................... 53, 90Laurenco Marques .............. 53, 90

NETHERLANDSAmsterdam ..... 8, 35, 41, 43, 54, 73, 99Rotterdam ...... 3, 8, 35, 41,43, 54, 73,

75a, 87, 94, 99, 103NETHERLANDS WEST INDIES

Aruba ....................... 59, 80Curacao ..................... 59, 80

NETHERLANDS EAST INDIESBelawan, Sumatra ........... 44, 45, 56Cheriban, Java ............. 44, 45, 56Djakarta, Java .......... 28, 44, 45, 56Pangkal .................... 44, 45Pladju ....................... 44, 45Pula Sambu ................... 44, 45Semarang, Java ............ 44, 45, 56Surabaya, Java ............. 44, 45, 56Sungei Gerong ............. 44, 45, 56Tegal ....................... 44, 45

NETHERLANDS GUIANA (Surinam)Paramaribo ................... 81



NIGERIALagos ..................... 21

NORWAY

Bergen ................... 54Oslo ............... 54, 82, 94, 103

PAKISTAN

Karachi ................... 39, 44, 84

PANAMA CANAL ZONE

Balboa .................... 59, 102Cristobal .................... 59, 102

PERU

Callao ................ 12, 34, 102Mollendo .................. 34, 102

PHILIPPINE ISLANDS

Cebu ................... 28, 56, 60Iloilo .................... 28, 56, 60Manila ............. 28, 56, 60, 66, 99

POLAND

Gdynia .................. 54, 94, 103Gdansk .................. 54, 94, 103

PORTUGAL

Lisbon ....................... 54, 70Leixoes ...................... 54, 70Oporto .................... 54, 70

PUERTO RICO

Mayaguez .................... 59Ponce ...................... 59San Juan ................... 59


SAUDI ARABIA

Aden ........................ 44, 45Bahrein ...................... 44, 69Kuwait ..................... 44, 69Jeddah ................... 39, 44, 45Ras-Tanura ................... 44, 69

SENEGAL

Dakar ....................... 21

SPAINBarcelona ........... 55, 68, 70, 83, 86Bilbao ....................... 70

STRAITS SETTLEMENTSPort Swettenham ......... 28, 44, 45, 56Penang ................ 28, 44, 45, 56Singapore .............. 28, 44, 45, 56

SUDAN

Sudan ...................... 39, 45

SUMATRA

Belawan .................. 44, 45, 56

SWEDENGothenberg ............... 54, 94, 103Malmo .................. 54, 94, 103Stockholm ................ 54, 94, 103

SYRIA

Beirut ............... 1, 39, 44, 55, 69

TAHITIPapeete ...................... 56

THAILANDBangkok .................. 28, 44, 56

TRIESTETrieste .................. B, 55, 68, 86


TUNISIA

Tunis ........................ 55

TURKEY

Istanbul ..................... 1, 55

UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA

Capetown .................... 53, 90Durban ...................... 53, 90East London .................. 53, 90Port Elizabeth ................ 53, 90

U.S.A.

*Alameda .................... 106Brownsville ................... 105Baltimore .................... 105Boston .................. 105

*Los Angeles .................. 106New York .................... i 05

*Oakland ..................... 106Philadelphia .................. 105

*Portland ..................... 106*San Diego .................... 106*San Francisco .................. 106*Seattle ...................... 106

URUGUAY

Montevideo ................... 21,72

VENEZUELA

Guanta ................ 33, 59, 81, 98La Guaira ........... 33, 59, 81, 83, 98Maracaibo ............. 33, 59, 81, 98Puerto Cabello .......... 33, 59, 81, 98

YUGOSLAVIA

Riieka ................ 55, 68, 86, 104* Service temporarily discontinued.

SHIP REPAIR FACILITIES¯ CONTINUED FROM PAGE 39

located at the foot of 80th Street onBrays Bayou, while the downstreamyard is set up on Green’s Bayou, a shortdistance from the Houston Ship Channel.

Houston yard equipment includes amachine shop, woodworking and joinershop, plus designing, engineering andbuilding facilities for steel floatingequipment up to 100 feet in length. Cur-rently in production here are tow boatsand fast Diesel-powered crew boats.

Welding equipment for extensive hullrepairs is available at the Green’s Bayouyard which also has a modern marinerailway capable of drydocking barges upto 300 feet in length and tugs up to100 feet in length.

L. L. WALKER COMPANYWhile the facilities of L. L. Walker

Company are not quite large enough topermit solicitation of general steamshippropeller repair work, the firm, special-izing in the repair and reconditioning ofmarine propellers, does render a veryuseful and worthwhile service to Port ofHouston.

Present facilities limit the size of solidcast propellers to be repaired to aboutfifteen feet in diameter and 16,000pounds in weight. Lack of sufficientlyheavy equipment prohibits steamshippropeller work in the company’s shop;however, numerous such propellers have


been repaired in local shipyards for theaccount of yards or owners.

Particularly interesting has been thecompany’s work in rebuilding and re-conditioning the blades of built-up pro-pellers, by the restoration of metal towasted and eroded areas and by straight-ening and grinding to specifications.

Solid cast propellers for smaller mo-torships and for tugs and towboats ofall sizes are readily repaired in the com-pany’s plant. Particular care is givento the matter of balance, since, evenwith low shaft speeds, imperfect balancemakes for vibration with resulting wearof shafts and bearings.

BLUDWORTH SHIPYARD, INC.Bludworth Shipyard has complete

building and repair facilities for towboats, tug boats and work boats up to120 feet in length. A stiff leg derrickis used in handling equipment to andfrom a 300-ton marine railway. Thecompany is capable of building andlaunching vessels up to 120 feet inlength, and an overhead traveling craneis available to handle materials andstructures used in the construction ofnew vessels.

HOUSTON MARINE ELECTRIC CO.Specializing in electrical "trouble

shooting," Houston Marine ElectricCompany has earned a reputation forgood work by insistence on both speedand quality of production.

Company technicians are well-versedin all the sundry ills of electrical equip-ment on seagoing vessels and can diag-nose the most stubborn cases.

In addition to routine voyage repairson tankers and freighters, Houston Ma-rine Electric has made the electrical in-stallations on several classed tugs builtby local firms. In the present programof reconverting vessels taken out of stor-age, the reconditioning of electricalequipment on several "Victory" and"Liberty" type vessels has been com-pleted.

HUBER CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.Huber Construction Co., Inc., has had

over twenty years of experience special-izing in boiler furnace replacements orrepairs. Company officials are proudthat service is prompt and that no delayshave been experienced due to shortageof material or labor.

No attempt has been made to cover allfirms engaged in every phase of ma-rine construction, repair and salvagework at the Port of Houston. There aremany others who are expert craftsmenin the field and who occupy integralparts of the whole Port picture.

Houston is proud that its ship repairfacilities handle to completion the tough-est jobs that arise when more than threethousand big ships annually plow theplacid waters of the Houston ShipChannel.

49

OPERATING THROUGH

PORT OF HOUSTON

STEAMSHIP SERVICES BETWEEN HOUSTON AND FOREIGN PORTSCORRECTED AS OF APRIL 1, 1952

KEY TOTABLE

pp.48-49

la

LINES

Alexandria Navigation Co.

HOUSTON AGENT OR OPERATORPORTS OF CALL

Istanbul. Alexandria, Beirut and other Medi-

American Pioneer Line

2 Argentine State LineArmement Deppe, S. A.

Thomas Rice & Co.terrean Ports

Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide, ] Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc., Agents__ --4

Texas Transport & Terminal Co., Inc.Australia

South American PortsHavre and Dunkirk, France: Antwerp and Tidemann & Dalton, Inc.

Ghent. Belgium

4 Arrow Steamship Co. Various Ports

5 Aztec Line Mexican PortsFar East; Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and

Adelaide, Australia; Auckland, Wellingtonand Dunedin, New Zealand

Various PortsAntwerp, Rotterdam, Bremen, Hamburg

Bank Line

Strachan Shipping Co.Biehl & Co.Strachan Shipping Co.

Strachan Shipping Co.Bloomfield Steamship CO_7

Blidberg Rothchild Co., Inc.Bloomfield Steamship Co.

9 A.L. Burbank & Co., Ltd. -- Various Ports Strachan Shipping Co.

10 Canadian-Gulf Line, Ltd.-- Canadian Ports (Full Cargo Onlyl Canadian-Gulf Line, Ltd.

Various PortsBuenaventura, Guayaquil, Callao, Valparaiso,

Ariea, Antofagasta, San Antonio and Tal-cahuano

Texas Transport & Terminal Col, Inc.Central American S/S Agency, Inc.11Strachan Shipping Co.

12

.~ Chilean LineCia. De Muelles de la Poblaeion Vergara13 South American Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Co., Inc.

14 Coinpanhia Nacional de Navegacao Various Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Co., Inc.

15 Concordian Line U.S. Gulf and Mediterrean Ports Tidemann & Dalton, Inc.

16 Cosmopolitan Shipping Co. Strachan Shipping Co.South American and European PortsVarious PortsCuban Outports

Strachan Shipping Co.Fowler & McVitieTexas Transport & Terminal Co., Inc.

17 Counties Ship Management Co.18 Cubamar Line19 F.L. Dawson & Co., Ltd. Various Ports

20 Frank S. Dawson, Ltd. Various PortsTexas Transport & Terminal Co., Incl

21 Delta Line (Mississippi Shipping Co.) Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc., Agents

Dodd Thomsen & Co., Ltd.222324

Texas Transport & Terminal Co., Inc.Strachan Shipping Co.Strachan Shipping Co.Abaunza Steamship Agency, Inc.Strachan Shipping Co.

25

Dover Steamship Co.S.G. Embiricos, Ltd.

Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina and West AfricanPorts

Various PortsVarious PortsVarious PortsCuban PortsCasablanca, Lisbon, Barcelona, Marseilles and

Genoa

Empresa Naviera de Cuba, S. A.26 Fabre Line

28 Fern-VilleLine Manila, Iloilo, Cebu, Hongkong, Macassar, Biehl & Co.Surabaya, Semarang, Cheribon, Djakarta,Singapore, Port Swettenham, Penang, Kobe,Yokohama and Osaka

29_

FlotaultramarArgentina(Doderode NavegacionLine)Argentine and Brazilian Ports Strachan Shipping Co.

30 French Line French North Atlantic Ports E.S. Binnings

31 Garcia Line ~Linea de Vapores Garciat Havana, Pastelillo, Cienfuegos, Santiago and Garcia Line Corp.other Cuban Outports

32 General Steamship Corp. Various Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Co., Inc.

33 Grancolombiana, S.A.(FlotaMercante) South American Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Co., Inc.

34 Gulf & South American Steamship Buenaventura, Colombia; Guayaquil, Ecuador: Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc., AgentsCo.,Inc. Callao, Peru; Valparaiso, Chile and other

West Coast South American Ports


FOREIGN SERVICES~ContinuedKEY TOTABLE

pp. 48-49

35

LINES

Hamburg-American Line

PORTS OF CALL

Antwerp, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Bremen andHamburg

HOUSTON AGENT OR OPERATOR

Biehl & Co.

36 HANDT Lines Various Ports Tidemann & Dalton, Inc.37 Harrison Line Liverpool and Manchester Wm. Parr & Co.38 Hellenic Lines, Ltd. U.S. Gulf Ports to Mediterranean Ports Tidemann & Dalton, Inc.39 Hoegh Line Various Ports Thomas Rice & Co., Inc.40 Hogarth & Sons Various Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Co., Inc.41 Holland America Line Holland, Belgium, French, English and Ger- Texas Transport & Terminal Co., Inc.

man Ports42 Hopemount Shipping Co., Ltd. Various Ports Tidemann & Dalton, Inc.43 Isbrandtsen Company, Inc. Continental Europe Isbrandtsen Company, Inc.43a Isbrandtsen Company, Inc. Puerto Barrios Isbrandtsen Company, Inc.

(Guatemalan Service)44 Isthmian Steamship Co. Isthmian Steamship Co.

Israel American Line, Ltd.44a45

46

47484950

Java New York Line

Java Pacific Line

Kokusai LineLancashire Shipping Co.Larrinaga LineLas Americas Shipping LineLloyd BrasilieroLuckenbach Gulf S/S Co., Inc.Lykes African LineLykes Continent Line

5252a53

Mediterranean, Red Sea, India, Persian GulfPorts, Republic of Indonesia, Malay States,Far East, Hawaii

Tel Aviv, HaifaAlexandria, Port Said, Suez, Belawan-Deli,

Penang, Port Swettenham, Singapore, Bata-via, Cheribon, Semarang, Surabaya andBalik Papan

Capetown, Port Elizabeth, New London, Dur-ban, Laurenco Marques and Beira

Japanese and Far East PortsVarious PortsVarious PortsPastelillo, Gibara, Cienfuegos, Puerto BarriosBrazilian PortsWorld Wide (Full Cargo Service)South and East African PortsBremen, Hamburg, Rotterdam, Havre, Antwerp,

Ghent, also Polish, Swedish, Norwegian, Fin-nish, Danish and other North ContinentalPorts

54

Wm. Parr & Co.Strachan Shipping Co.

Strachan Shipping Co.

States Marine Corp.Fowler & McVitie, Inc.Fowler & McVitie, Inc.Biehl & Co.Strachan Shipping Co.Luchenbacb Gulf S/S Co., Inc.

58

59

Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc.Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc.

55 Lykes Mediterranean Line Portugal, Spain, South France, Greece, Italy, Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc.Tunis and Algiers. Also Istanbul, Alexan-dria, Beirut and Jaffa

56 Lykes Orient Line China, Japan, Philippines, Hawaii, Malay Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc.States, Straits Settlements and NetherlandsEast Indies

Lykes U. K. Line London, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc.Glasgow, Belfast, Dublin and Avonmouth

60

616263646667

Lykes Caribbean Line

Maersk Line

Canal Zone, Colombia, Venezuela, N.W.I.,Trans-shipment to West Coast Central Amer-ica via Cristobal, C.Z., Puerto Rico~ Cuba,Haiti, and Dominican Republic

Philippine Islands, China, Japan, Indo-Chinaand the Straits Settlements

Various PortsHawaiian Island PortsVera Cruz and TampicoAll ports along coast of West AfricaJapan and Far East PortsNorth Spain, PortugalItalian and Mediterranean PortsEast and West Coasts of India, Karachi (Paki-

stan), and Persian Gulf via Suez CanalBarcelona, Bilbao, Lisbon, Leixoes and Oporto

Mar-Trade CorporationMatson Navigation Co.Mexican National LineMississippi Shipping Co., Inc.Mitsui Line

68Naviera AznarNavigazione Aha Italia (Creole Line)Nedlloyd Line

Nervion Line

Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc.

Texas Transport & Terminal Co., Inc.

Tidemann & Dalton, Inc.Isthmian Steamship Co.E. S. Binnings

69

707172

73

747575a

7678798O

Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc., AgentsStrachan Shipping Co.Thomas Rice & Co., Inc.Texas Transport & Terminal Co., Inc.Strachan Shipping Co.

Thomas Rice & Co., Inc.Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK Line) Japan and Far Eastern Ports Fowler & McVitie, Inc.The Northern Pan America Line A/S East Coast of South America Biehl & Co.. (NOPAL)

North German Lloyd Antwerp, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Bremen, Biehl & Co.Hamburg

Orion Shipping & Trading Co. Various Ports Strachan Shipping Co.Osaka ShoshenKaishaLine(OSK Line) Japanese and Far Eastern Ports E.S. BinningsOzean Line Bremen, Antwerp, Hamburg, Rotterdam and States Marine Corp.

GhentPalmer Shipping Corp. Various Ports Strachan Shipping Co.Polarus Steamship Co., Inc. Various Ports Tidemann & Dalton, Inc.Ropner LineRoyal Netherlands Line

U.K.--Continent, London and BremenI Curacao, Aruba, Maracaibo

Strachan Shipping Co.Strachan Shipping Co.


FOREIGN SERVlCES--~.ontinued

KSY TO ITABLE

pp. 48-49

81

8283

85

86

87

87a88

88a89

90

90a91929394

94a

LINES

Royal Netherlands Line

Scandinavian-American LineSidarma Lines

Smith & Johnson Line

States Marine Lines--Mediterranean Service

States Marine Lines--Continental Service

States Marine Lines--U. K. ServiceStates Marine Lines--Far East Service

States Marine Lines--India ServiceStates Marine Lines--World Wide

Full Cargo Service

South African Marine Corporation

Stevenson, Inc.Stockard Steamship Corp.

Sudden & Christenson, Inc.Svend Hansen & Co., Inc.Swedish American Line

Texmar Lines

PORTS OF CALL

Puerto Cabello, La Guaira, East Venezuela,Paramaribo

Oslo, Copenhagen

La Guaira, Venezuela, Tenerife--Barcelona,Genoa

Tampico, Vera Cruz, Coatzocoalcos, Lagunade1 Carmen

Barcelona, Marseilles, Genoa, Naples, Venice,Trieste, Piraeus, Persian Gulf

Havre, Dunkirk, Antwerp, Ghent, Bremen,Rotterdam, Hamburg

Liverpool and ManchesterYokohama, Kobe, Osaka, Manila, Hong Kong,

ShanghaiBombay and CalcuttaAll World Ports

Capetown, Port Elizabeth East London, Dur-ban, Lourenco Marques

Various PortsVarious PortsVarious PortsVarious PortsAntwerp, Ghent, Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Bre-

men, Hamburg, Oslo, Gothenburg, Copen-hagen, Gdynia, other Scandinavian Portsand Montreal, Halifax and St. John, Canada

Mexico, Cuba, Central and South America



E. S. BinningsBiehl & Co.


States Marine Corp.

States Marine Corp.

States Marine Corp.States Marine Corp.

States Marine Corp.States Marine Corp.

States Marine Corp.

Tidemann & Dalton, Inc.Bloomfield Steamship Co.Waterman Steamship Corp.

Tidemann & Dalton, Inc.Strachan Shipping Co.

Texas Marine Transport Company, Inc.

95 Transportes Maritimos y Fluviales, Tampico, Vera Cruz and Progreso Abaunza Steamship Agency, Inc.S.C.L.

96 United FruitCo. Puerto Barrios, Guatemala; Belize, British Collin & GisselHonduras; Tela and Puerto Cortes, Hondu-ras (Transhipment to E1 Salvador)

97 United States Lines Australian and New Zealand Ports Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc., Agent~

98 Venezuelan Line Venezuelan Ports Isbrandtsen Company, Inc.

Waterman Steamship Corp.

Watts, Watts & Co.West Line

Bremen, Hamburg, Rotterdam, Havre, Ant-werp, London, China, Japan, Philippines andHawaii. Mediterranean and Adriatic Ports

Waterman Steamship Corp.

Various Ports Fowler & McVitie, Inc.

Mexican Ports 1 Texas Transport & Terminal Co., Inc

Thomas Rice & Co., Inc.

99

100101102

103

104

West Coast Line Canal Zone, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Chileand Bolivia

Wilhelmsen Line Antwerp, Ghent, Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Bre- Strachan Shipping Co.men, Hamburg, Oslo, Gothenburg, Copen-hagen, Gdynia and other Scandinavian Ports

Yugoslav Line Mediterranean Ports Fowler & McVitie, Inc.

COASTWISE SERVICESThe following table shows the various steamship lines operating between Houston, Gulf Ports and Atlantlc Coast; corrected as of April 1, 1952

KEY TOTABLE

pp.4B-49

105

LINES

Newtex Steamship Corp.

PORTS OF CALL

Brownsville, Texas to Port Newark, New Jer-sey; Philadelphia, Pa.; Baltimore, Md.;Boston, Mass.


Newtex Steamship Corp.

INTERCOASTAL SERVICESThe following shows the various steamship lines operating between Houston and Pacific Coast Ports; corrected as of April 1, 1952

KEY TOTABLE

pp. 48-49

106

107

LINES

Isthmian S/S Co.(Service temporarily discontinued)

The Union Sulphur Co., Inc.

PORTS OF CALL

Los Angeles, San Francisco and Oakland,Calif.; Portland, Oregon, and Seattle andTacoma, Wash.

West Coast Ports


Isthmian S/S Company

Tidemann & Dalton, Inc.


RIVER BARGE LINE AND INTRACOASTAL SERVICEThe following table shows the various barge and ship lines operating in and out of Houston through the

Intracoastal Canal; corrected as of April 1, 1952.

7 ;;: : ± :

LINES PORTS OF CALL HOUSTON AGENT OR OPERATOR

,\meriean Barge Line ((£mnmon Carriert Mississippi and Ohio Ri~ers and their lrilmtaries

Anderson Petroleum Transportation( :ompany

~rthur-Smith Corporation

Commercial Petroleum & TransportC o m p a n y

Coyle 15nes, Inc.I (’.ommon Carrier

(:ro~n C.entral Petroleum (:orp.

Dixie Carrier~, Ine.(Common Carrier)

Ed~ ards Transportation Co. I Oil Trans. IJ. S. (;issel & Company

Gulf-Canal Lines, Inc,IComnwn Carrierl

lntracoastal (:anal Points

Intracoastal i;anal and Mississiplfi River Points

Gulf, Mississippi, Ohio, and lllinois Ri~er Points

From Brm~nsville, Texas. to Carral)elle. Florida,and all intermediate ports

Intraeoastal (:anal Points

11. W. A. tlarms Towing (:o.

Xll ]ntraeoastal (;anal Points between BatonRouge, New Orleans, Houston and Brm~nsvil]e,TeNds

Gulf and Mississippi Ri~er Points

R. P. Dee, (;eneral Agent

Anderson Petroleum Transportation (:nmpany

,Xrthur-Smith Corporation

Conunercial Detroleunl ~ Transport (]ompany

(]oyle Lines, hie.

(;l’o~ n Central Petroleuni (:orporation

Dixie (]arriers, Inc.

Edwards Transportation (:0.

hltraeoastal (’.anal Points J.S. (7,issel & Company _- Mobile. Mabar~m, New Orleans, La., B/m~iisville.

Gulf Canal Lines, Inc.Texas. and all intermediate ports

Gulf, lntracoastal (lanai and lxmer MississippiRi~er Points

Jno. 1. llay (:o., lne. I(:olnnlon (]arrierl

H. W. J. Harms ’1"o~ ing Co.

.lno. [. Hay Co., hw.

C, ornelius Kro]l & Company

Virgil .1. Angell, Southern (;eneral Agent

National Oil Transport Coiip.

Texas "l’o~ing Colnpally

Warner J. Banes, ttouston Agent

Wilkins Barge Line, Ltd.

Mississippi and Illinois River Points and all Intra-coastal Canal Points bet~een Ne~ Orleans andBrownsville

(;ulf, lntraeoastal (;anal, Mississippi and OhioCornelius Kroll & Company

River Points

\lississippi Valley Barge Line Co. \Iississippi Ri~er and Ohio River PointsI Common Carrier) - "

National Oil Transport Corp. Intracoastal, Mississippi and Ohio Bixer Points

Texas To~ing Company Intracnastal. Mississippi and Ohio River Points

Union Barge Line Corp.i Cotllmon Carrier I

Wilkins Barge Line, Ltd.

]ntraeoastal Canal Points and Mississippi andOhio River Points

Gulf and Mississippi River Points

NOTE: Besides the above services, atJproximately 90 tanker lines serve Port of Houston, operating to all principal world ports;additionally a large nmnber of tankers are operated exclusively in handling produets of ]oeal refineries under private agreement.

Store Phone Residence Phone

WO-8483 WO-2343

GROCERIES AND MEATS

Day and Night Serviceto Tug Boats

308 MEDINA STREET HOUSTON, TEXAS

IndusTrial Center of HousTo,~

lliels [spers0n Industrial DistrictHOUSTON, TEXAS

A well located and highly developed exclusive industrial district, suppliedwith natural gas, electric power, railroads, convenience to port, accessi-bility to all parts of city and major highways, small or large tracts,surrounded by excellent living conditions for dependable labor, con-servative price. These all combine to make the Niels Esperson IndustrialDistrict worthy of the attention of "better business."

Consider the business development possibilities of the Houston terri-tory- send for more complete information.

For complete information address

ESPERSON ESTATE1334 MELLIE ESPERSON BLDG. Phone FA-8543 HOUSTON, TEXAS

C. R. HADEN W.A. WANSLEY R.J. WALESPresident Vice-Pres. Vice-Pres. & Secretary

ltAY-HI]USTI]N TflWINfi EHMP/INYSEA, HARBOR AND COASTWISE TOWING

81 I Cotton Exchange Bldg. Phone CA-6231

HOUSTON, TEXAS

Dock Phone: YU-5406 Night Phones: LI-8635ITW-2701


PRIVATE WHARVESTERMINALS FOR

ANDHIRE

BerthingOwner Length Capacity Type of Wharf and Use

PRIVATE50 ft.Armour Fertilizer Works .................

Arrow Mills, Inc. (Formerly Houston Milling Co..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 40 fLEastern States Petroleum Co., Inc. Plant 1 ..... 16 ft.Eastern States Petroleum Co., Inc. Plant 2 .... 500 ft.Eastern States Petroleum Co., Inc. Plant 2 6 ft.Eastern States Petroleum Co., Inc. Plant 2 .... ~0 ft.General American Tank Storage Terminals ..... 600 ft.Gulf Oil Corporation (Light Oil Terminal) ...... 590 ft.Gulf Refining Co. (tlous~:on Pipe Line Division) 200 ft.Hess Terminal Corp. (Norsworthy TerminaIt .... 150 ft.

Hess Terminal Corp. (Nors~orthy Terminal 40 ft.Houston Lighting & l)ower Co ................. 24 ft.Humble Oil & Refining Co ..................... 2,200 ft.Ideal Cement Company, Gulf Portland l)ivision 200 ft.Lone Star Cement Corp ........................ 387 ft.Magnolia Petroleum Corp. (Leased to Eastern

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

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 1)ockJ ......... 1,250ft.Southern Pacific I,ines (Leased to Mayo Shell

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

( Slip

( Slip

( Slip

(Slip)

WHARVES1 Vessel Creosoted timt)er fitted with hopper and conveyor

beh for fertilizer.

3 Bargesor lightvessels

1 V e s,~,-]4 Barges

1 Vessel2 Barges1 Barge1 Vessel

1 Barge1 Vessel1 Vessel1 Vessel1 Vesselor several

bargeas4 Barges1 Barge6 Vessels2 Barges2 Barges3 Barges

or1 Vessel1 Vessel1 Vessel3 Vessels1 Vessel

4 Vessels3 Vessels

3 Vessels

4 Barges1 Vessel3 Vessels6 Vessels

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

(General Stevedores, Inc. I .................. 900 ft. 5 BargesPhillips Terminal Co. (Adams Terminal~ ...... 2,600 ft. 5 Vessels

R

(;rain 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 chemical~

and sulphur.Creosoted piling: oil wharf.Creosoted piling; oil wharf.Creosoted wood piling.Creosoted piling and clusters; oil wharf.Fire dock: creosoted wood piling.(’.reosoted wood piling.Creosoted piling: oil wharf.Steel bulkhead, pile clusters: oil wharf.Creosoted piling; oil wharf.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 piEng and e, lusters; unloading oyster shell.Creosoted piling and (:lusters; oil wharf.

(h’eosoted timbers and piling with concrete deck.Bulk cargo docks.

Concrete; eargo 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 (fry (toeks 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.

TO’rALS .............................. 26,418 ft. 63 Vessels and 26-32 Barges


PORT OF HOUSTON PUBLIC WHARVESCovered Open R.R.

Wharf Length Berthing Area Area CarFeet Capacity Sq. Ft. Sq. Ft. StorageWharf Shed

2 Vessels

1 Vessel

2 Vessels

2 Vessels

1 Vessel

1 Vessel

1 Vessel

1 Vessel

1 Vessel

1 Vessel

1 Vessel

1 Vessel

1 Vessel

1 Vessel

1 Vessel

59,298

36,523

66,840

75,500

72,709

66,638

97,276

80,927

66,638

198,736

87,520

No. 1 ........................... 826.45 56,776

No. 2 ........................... 521.33 77,487

No. 3 ........................... 801.80 52,295

No. 4 .......................... 779.42 32,324

No. 9 ........................... 500.00 45,317

No. 10 ......................... 600.00 39,300

No. 11 .......................... 530.00 28,260

No. 12, two story ................ 530.00 26,640

No. 13, two story t .............. 460.00 25,530

No. 14" ......................... 480.00 51,191

No. 15" ......................... 480.00 14,800

No. 16 .......................... 598.50 123,686

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

Manchester No. 1 (Coal Dock) ... 253.50 21,800

Manchester No. 2 (Cake Dock) ... 500.75 15,300

Manchester No. 3 ................ 500.00 20,470

Cotton Shed ..................... 269,813

TOTALS .................... 8,361.75 18 Vessels 1,178,418 631,176 709

32 Wood Concrete

44 Concrete None

52 Concrete Steel

39 Concrete Concrete and Steel

60 Concrete Steel

59 Concrete Steel

60 Concrete Concrete



23 Concrete None

45 Concrete Concrete

34 Concrete None

56 None Concrete

20 Wood None

30 Concrete Steel

Wood None

62 None Wood

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


GOLDEN AGE OFGOLDEN BEND

¯ CONTINUED FROM PAGE 31

duction of benzene and toluene, vital tothe national defense.

A new addition to the Houston Chem-ical family is the Heyden Chemical Cor-poration of New York, one of the world’slargest producers of formaldehyde. Thecompany announced in November thatHouston had been selected as its newplant site and that it would spend some$12,000,000 to build a plant for themanufacture of methanol.

The Tenn-Tex Alloy and ChemicalCorporation is building a $1,254,779plant for the manufacture of ferro man-ganese alloy to be used mainly by the

Sheffield Steel Corporation which is ad-jacent. Sheffield, in turn, is in the midstof a major expansion program. The steelcompany, located in Houston a decadeago as a conservation project for areascrap, has now developed into the larg-est steel mill in the Southwest. It re-cently opened its 500-ton electric fur-nace to push the plant’s total capacity tosome 1,000,000 tons annually.

Phillips Chemical Company, whollyowned subsidiary of Phillips PetroleumCompany, is planning a multi-milliondollar plant on the Houston Ship Chan-nel to make ammonia, methanol and avariety of other petrochemicals. Cost issaid to run close to $40,000,000. Thenew plant will be on a 50-acre tract ad-

PORT OF HOUSTONCenter of the Gulf CoastIndustrial Empire

Houston’s deepwater port facilities, operated withan outstanding consciousness of the needs of the area,have been a notable factor in the area’s continuingrecord of achievement.Electric service, too, is a major force for communitybetterment, for it serves well and faithfully the needsof industry, business and the home.

joining the present 340-acre PhillipsChemical site.

Significant, too, is Phillips’ construc-tion of a $2,500,000 plant to make py-ridines from petroleum. Pyridine is anintermediary product which can bemade into fabric said to be more "woolythan wool."

Eastern States Petroleum Companyhas a $3,300,000 expansion under way.And there are others.

Meanwhile, at Baytown, Humble Oiland Refining Company has a continu-ous expansion program under way andthe J. M. Huber Corporation of NewJersey has in operation its new furnacecarbon black plant built at a cost ofsome 83,000,000.

Along Galveston Bay at Texas City,several refineries and chemical compa-nies have huge developments under way,including Monsanto Chemical Company’s$38,000,000-plus expansion. The sameis true at Lake Charles, La., Beaumont,Port Arthur, Orange, Corpus Christi,Brownsville--up and down the entireGolden Bend.

Light metals have come to Texas andthe Gulf Coast in a big way. The DowChemical Company at Freeport, whichgot into the light metals business shortlybefore World War II, is now producingmore than 125,000 tons of magnesiumannually, using a combination of rawmaterials--sea water, oyster shell, saltand natural gas. The company has a$50,000,000-plus expansion program un-der way, and its magnesium unit willbe the largest in the world.

At Point Comfort near Port Lavaca,aluminum pig is being produced by theAluminum Company of America at arate of some 100,000,000 pounds an-nually. The Reynolds Metals Company’sSan Patricio Plant at Corpus Christi willproduce about 150,000,000 pounds ayear.

Impressive as the growth of the GulfCoast chemical industry has been re-cently, a great future lies ahead for theindustry, providing a constant watch iskept during the next half century.

Industrial conditions must be kept at-tractive and a better use must be madeof water resources.

Transportation developments must bekept abreast of the times and a bettersystem developed for handling renew-able resources, such as timber, soil, pas-ture and field crops.

Distribution channels and facilitiesmust be kept up to date.

And, above all, research facilities, al-ready excellent in the Gulf Coast, mustbe expanded even further.

If this vigilance is maintained, if citi-zens of the Gulf Coast continue to takeadvantage of resources, both God-givenand those created by the citizens, thenthe next fifty years truly will be "TheGolden Age of the Golden Bend."


/

CORPS OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMYEngineer Officials in Charge of the Constructionand Maintenance of the Houston Ship’Channel:

COL. JAMES D. LANG, Corps Of EngineersDistrict Engineer, Galveston ............. ....... Telephone 2-8621

W. C. RETTIGER, Corps of EngineersChief, Operations Division, Galveston .......... Telephone 2-8621

C. F. BAEHR, Resident EngineerHarrisburg Field Office ............... WAyside 1583

U. S. CUSTOMS SERVICE

SAM D. W. LOW, Collector of CustomsDistrict No. 22Houston Office: 404 Federal Office Bldg .... CApitol 7201Galveston Office: Customhouse .................. Telephone 5-7464

GEORGE L. C. PRATT, Assistant Collector of CustomsOffice: Customhouse, Galveston, Texas ......... Telephone 5-7464

JAMES M. JEFFERIS, Deputy Collector in ChargeOffice: 407 Federal Office Bldg ................... CApitol 7201

E. C. WALTERS, Customs Inspector (Deputy Collector )Outside DivisionBarge Office: 7300 Wingate St ..................... WAyside 4107Long Reach Docks .......................... WOodcrest 4061City Dock 12 .............................. WOodcreet 2791Airport .......................................... MIlby 0796

PHILLIP H. DANIEL, Appraiser of Merchandise7300 Wingate St ............................... WAyside 2297

A. B. PIGEONNE, Deputy Collector, Baytown, Texas

ALVIN F. SCHARFF, Customs Agent in Charge902 Federal Office Building ................ FAirfax 1757

U. S. NAVY

CAPT. CARL J. LAMB, U.S.N.R., Supervising Inspectorof Naval MaterielMafrige Bldg ............ CApitol 7201Inspection AdmAn. Dept ................ CHarter 0389A.I.N.M. Southwestern District, Houston (Petroleum)CApitol 2275Communications ................ CHarter 0063Materiel, Planning and Control Dept ............. CApitol 7201

LT. W. R. FLYNN, U.S.N.Branch Hydrographic OfficePost Office Bldg., Galveston .............. Telephone 5-9732

MILITARY SEA TRANSPORTATION SERVICE

LT. CDR. W. F. SMITH, U.S.N,Cotton Bldg ........................ BLackstone 3289

U. S. COAST GUARDCDR. WARREN DAVID, Captain of the Port

7300 Wingate St ................ WAyside 7062

CDR. LEO A. WELSH, Marine Inspection Officer in Charge7300 Wingate St ............. WOodcrest 9407

CDR. CHAS. F. KAMINSKI, Investigating Officer7300 Wlngate St ............................. WOodcrest 9407

CDR. WILLIAM J° WILLMAN, Personnel Officer(Licensing and Certification of Merchant Seamen)

7300 Wingate St .................. WOodcrest 9407

CDR.WILLIAM T. SMITH, Senior Materiel Officer(Vessel Inspection)7300 Wingate St ........................ WOodcrest 9407

SCLK. ROBERT L. GLENN, Shipping Commissioner7300 Wingate St .............................. WAyside 5000

U. S. PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICEOuT-PATIENT CLINIC

MEDICAL DIRECTOR W. H. GORDON, USPHSMedical Officer in ChargeRoom 216, 7300 Wingate St ................ WAyside 5424

FOREIGN QUARANTINE

MEDICAL DIRECTOR W. H. GORDON, USPHSMedical Officer in ChargeRoom G-5, 7300 Wingate St ................ WAyside 7953

U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCEBUREAU OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC COMMERCE

OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE

NATIONAL PRODUCTION AUTHORITY

WARREN G. BROWN, District Manager501 Republic Bldg .............................. CApitol 7201

WEATHER BUREAU

U. A. FARRELL, Meteorologist in Charge1002 Federal Office Bldg ..................... CApitol 6919

U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTUREBUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY

DR. DON B. STRICKLER, Inspector in ChargeMEAT INSPECTION DIVISION

907 Federal Office Bldg ................. FAirfax 3000

INSPECTION AND QUARANTINE DIVISIONRoom 204, 7300 Wingate St ............ WEntworth 8178

BERTRAN L. HENDERSON, Inspector of Imported Meatsand Animal By-Products

Room 204, 7300 Wingate St ........... WEntworth 8178

DR. WM. F. EGAN, Veterinary Livestock InspectorRoom 204. 7300 Wingate St ................ WEntworth 8178

BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINEDivision of Plant Quarantines

H. C. MILLENDER, Inspector in ChargeRoom 206. 7300 Wingate St ................. WOodcrest 7880

O. D. ~¢IoRRIS, Principal Assistant7300 Wingate St .......................... WOodcrest 7880

OLEN U. HUNT, Plant Quarantine Inspector7300 Wingate St ............................ WOodcrest 7880

JOHN L. WARD, Plant Quarantine Inspector7300 Wingate St ........................... WOodcrest 7880

MITCHELL SLOBODNIK, Plant Quarantine Inspector7300 Wingate St ........................... WOodcrest 7880

EDWARD J. MCNERNEY, Plant Quarantine Inspector7300 Wingate St ........................... WOodcrest 7880

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

JOE H. MCKINNEY, Regional ManagerGulf States RegionRoom 332, 7300 Wingate ..................... WOodcrest 3975

L. L. MCCABE, Engineer in ChargeDistrict No. 9Room 324, 7300 Wingate St ..................... WOodcrest 1906

IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE

L. D. CROSSMAN, Officer in ChargeOffice: 520 Federal Office Bldg ........... CHarter 5626Mailing Address ............ P. O. Box 4059, Houston 14. Texas

FOREIGN CONSULATESARGENTINA: GUILLERMO DEMARE, Consul

7315 South Main St ............................ MAdison 2915

BELGIUM : A. A. CRISPIN, HoE. Consul609 West Building ........................ BLackstone 5447

BRAZIL: MILTON FARIA, Consul1303 Rosalie (Suite 3) .............................. Linden 9953

CHILE: GONZALO GONZALEZ, Consul311 Cotton Building ............. CHarter 6079, MOhawk 53072

CHINA: YuN-AN MAP, ConsulW. S. CHUNG, Vice Consul

714 Richmond Rd ................................ JAckson 1177

COLOMBIA: LuIs RESTREPO, Consul1655 Richmond Rd ............................ KEystone 1057

COSTA RICA: CARL G. STEARNS, HoE. ConsulSecond National Bank Bldg ...................... CHarter 6811


Eastern StatesAdds Two NewRefinery Units

Eastern States Petroleum Companyhas added two new and ultra-modernunit~ to its Houston Ship Channel Re-finery.

The multi-million dollar installationincludes a UOP Platforming Unit with adaily capacity of 7,000 barrels of highgrade gasoline products per day, and aUDEX Unit with a capacity of 500 bar-rels of aromatic solvents per day.

The first in this area and the tenthin the world to be put into operation.the new Platforming Unit took just sixmonths to build . . . from ground-break-ing to "on stream." It was constructedby the staff of Eastern States with thecooperation of Universal Oil ProductsCompany.

Using low octane, straight run gaso-line as charging stock, the new plat-former brings a major increase in oc-tane characteristics. The end product.platformate, is a high octane gasolinecomponent that may be blended withother gasolines without additional treat-ment.

The UDEX Unit, using an extractingprocess developed jointly by UniversalOil Products Company and Dow Chem-ical Company, takes end products fromthe platformer to produce a wide rangeof aromatic hydrocarbons in great de-mand by chemical and allied industries.

Among potential products of theUDEX Unit, the first of its kind in theworld, are toluene, ortho-xylene, meta-xylene, para-xylene, ethyl benzene, paintsolvents and edible oil solvents.

Eastern States built its first refiningunit on the Houston Ship Channel in1935. The tiny plant, formerly knownas Deep Water Refinery, had the modestcapacity of 2,000 barrels of crude oilper day. Seventeen years later, the plantboasts a daily throughput of 50,000 bar-rels per day.

The Topping Unit and Vacuum Oper-ation has a capacity of 50,000 barrels ofcrude per day. Once-through capacityof the Thermal Cracking Unit is 18,000barrels per day, and the Catalytic Crack-ing Unit can handle 18.000 barrels each24-hour period.

Expanding, progressive Eastern Statesis now planning even further steps intothe chemical field with the installationof ethylene recovery and ethylene glycolmanufacturing units.


A new wrinkle in petroleum refining, the two unils shown above are among the latest industrialinstallations on the Houston Ship Channel. Built by Eastern States Petroleum Company, the UOPPlatformlng Unit at right will produce 7,000 barrels of high grade gasoline products daily. Theadjoining UDEX Unit has a daily capacity of 500 barrels of aromatic solvents.

INTERDEPENDENCE OFSHIPPING AND SEAPORTS

¯ CONTINUED FROM PAGE 29

supplementary shipyards had been builtand an entire new labor force trainedbefore we could really start carryingthe fight to the enemy. Meanwhile wepaid a heavy price in time, lives anddollars for the delay.

The safest ships in the world are builtin American yards for service under theAmerican flag, a fact that pays off inboth war and peace. American standardsfor safety of life at sea for passengers,seamen and military personnel in peaceand wartime are more rigid than thoseof any other nation. To anyone whotravels or ships by sea, the fact that theship he uses is better compartmented, ismore strongly built to resist storms, fireand enemy action, is of great signifi-cance. For commercial cargoes it meansbetter service and less chance of loss ordamage en route. To the military itmeans reliability that may make the dif-ference between victory and defeat.

The highest operating costs in theworld constitute a substantial handicapfor American ships in so highly competi-tive an industry as international ship-ping. This results from and is necessi-tated by the payment of American stand-ards of living on our vessels. The indus-try would not have it otherwise. LimitedGovernment aid is provided under theMerchant Marine Act of 1936 to atleast partially offset the cost disadvan-tages. The ships thus aided are strictlyregulated, must run on fixed schedulesover fixed routes at all times, must re-

pay part of their profits when these ex-ceed 10~, must continually replacetheir fleets with modern vessels, andmust otherwise promote the foreign com-merce and national defense of the UnitedStates.

Today, under the impetus of a warlhat really never ended, the privatelyowned and operated U. S. Merchant Ma-rine numbers more than 1,300 vessels,totaling 151~ million deadweight tons,the largest in our history and secondonly to Britain. In addition, about 400Government-owned freighters are oper-ated by the National Shipping Adminis-tration with commercial crews and byprivate shipping companies under gen-eral agency. The Military Sea Trans-portation Service also has about 250ships which they are operating or char-tering. The total U. S. flag active mer-chant fleet equals almost 2,000 vessels.But we must watch carefully for the dan-ger signals when the present floodtide ofinternational commerce begins to ebb.

The mutual interest between our greatseaports and our merchant marine is sostriking there should be the closest co-operation in promoting the improvementof our harbors and merchant shipping.Any legislative effort to improve eithershould be stoutly supported by both.Any effort to limit, restrict or hampereither should be similarly and energeti-cally opposed.

The vigor and progressive spirit ofour great seaports, among which Hous-ton has a most impressive record, en-courages the American shipping indus-try to strive even more diligently tohave a continually larger, faster andmore modern fleet to serve the nation.

57

FOREIGN CONSULATES (Continued)CUBA: ENRIQVE MORALES I)E LOS RIoS. (’o~.~’a/

3717 Audul)on .... JUstin 7624I~ENMARK: K. W. TIDEMANN. Hot~. l’ice (’ow~ul

408 Cotton Exchange Bldg .... (’Entrat 93~4l ~()MINICAN REPUBLIC: T. L. EvaNs, Hrm. l’ice Consul

1020 Bankers Mortgage Bldg. PReston 5153ECUADOR: JORGE LUIS PEREZ, Cott.~’ul

EI)C.AR C. SOIJLE, Hon. Consul538 First N~ltional Bank Bld~z. FAirfax 5445

FINLAND: JAM~:S McKAY LYKES, JR.. HoE. C, nsul3(J6 Cotton Exchange Bldg ..... PReston 7211

FRANCE: HENRI JEAN JOB, (’o~.~ul (;e~erc~l2139 Tang’Icy Rd. LYnchburg 7322

GREAT BRITAIN: JAMES THYNE HENDERSON, Co~isul Ger~eralS. E. FAITtlFUL, Co~.~i~[D. J. GRAYBROOK, Vice Consul

3103 Fannin St ........... JAckson 4231GUATEMALA: MRS. M. M. PRATS. Ho~I. (’onsul

8201 Erath. Gissel Bldg. WEntworth 5571HONDURAS: HENRY F. HOLLAND, Hot~. (’onsul

1600 Mellie Esoerson Bldg. FAirfax 2391LIBERIA: CIIARLES W. PEMBERTON, Hon. Vice (’o~sul

222 West Dallas .......... PReston 9444MEXICO: ALEJANDRO V. MARTINEZ, (’on.~ul

ESTEBAN MORALES, Vice Cozt.~ul236 Mellie Esoerson Bldg ....... FAirfax 1700

NETHERLANDS : EDMUND PINCOFFS, Ho~. Consul727 Cotton Exchange Bldg. PReston 8191

]-)R. ALBERT VAN WIJK, Vice Co~.~’ul624 South Main, Pasadena. Texas ..... GRand 2-2221

NICARAGUA: ANTON G. CHOBAN, Ho~. Co?t.~;~¢l2711 Main St .................. (?Harter 4688

NORWAY: THORLEIF B. JORGENSEN, Ho~. Vice Consul4215 Graustark ........... JUstin 5661

PANAMA: HORACIO SOSA, JR., Cozt.,’~J5512 Crawford .............. JUstin 6609

PARAGUAY: LuIs RODRIGUEZ, Ho’n. Co~,~u/3717 Audubon ............... KEystone 3863

PERU: Lt~IS RODRIGUEZ, HOE. Consul3717 Audubon ........ KEystone 3863

PORTUGAL: FISHER G. DORSEY,

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