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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-
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
COUNTRY and PORTS KEY
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
COUNTRY and PORTS KEY
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
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COUNTRY and PORTS KEY
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
COUNTRY and PORTS KEY
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
COUNTRY and PORTS KEY
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
HOUSTON PORT BOOK FOR APRIL, 1952
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.
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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
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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
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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.
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pp. 48-49
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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
HOUSTON AGENT OR OPERATOR
Strachan Shipping Co.
E. S. BinningsBiehl & Co.
Strachan Shipping 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.
HOUSTON AGENT OR OPERATOR
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
HOUSTON AGENT OR OPERATOR
Isthmian S/S Company
Tidemann & Dalton, Inc.
52 HOUSTON PORT BOOK FOR APRIL, 1952
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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
HOUSTON PORT BOOK FOR APRIL, 1952 53
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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
54 HOUSTON PORT BOOK FOR APRIL, 1952
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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
50 Concrete Concrete and Steel
43 Concrete Concrete and Steel
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.
HOUSTON PORT BOOK FOR APRIL, 1952 55
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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."
56 HOUSTON PORT BOOK FOR APRIL, 1952
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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
58 HOUSTON PORT BOOK FOR APRIL, 1952
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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.
HOUSTON PORT BOOK FOR APRIL, 1952
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
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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.
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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,