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establish the exposition here--the most logical place on account ofhistorical background, present development and transportationfacilities by water, rail, highway and air.

Crown Central PetroleumMakes Improvements . . .

The Crown Central Petroleum Corporation is making someextensive improvements to their refinery on the ship channel bythe addition of four new high pressure cracking stills, one large55,000 barrel storage tank and numerous smaller pressure tanks.The cooling and separating system is also being considerably im-proved in order to prevent any waste oils reaching the channel.

Traffic Club Honors Head ofSouthern S. S. Company . . .

Wisdom of the Southern Steamship Company officials in se-lecting Houston as the southerr~ terminus of their service to Phila-delphia, and appreciation for the efforts of its officials in establish-ing what proved to be the first regular service from here, wasrecently voiced by the people of Houston at a luncheon given inhonor of company officials by the Houston Traffic Club onMarch 13.

To Harvey C. Miller, President, George W. DeLanoy, Vice-President, and Walter B. McKinney, Assistant to the President,went the honor of learning the high esteem and respect in whichthe Southern Steamship Company is held by the people of Hous-ton. More than 200 Houstonians, each of whom was a leader inthe trade moving through here, gathered to do homage to thethree steamship officials, and in no uncertain terms was the appre-ciation of the citizervship of Houston voiced by the speakers.

In active charge of the program were members of the originalcommittee, headed by R. H. Spencer, who was chairman of thecommittee of six who carried on an untiring campaign back in1915 to secure for Houston its first steamship service. Speakerspointed out the cordial reception they were accorded when theybroached the proposition of Houston beirig the southern terminusof the Southern Steamship Company, and also related that whilethe business men of Houston stood ready to offer a bonus to thecompany for establishing its service here, such was not necessary.

Modern history of the Port of Houston dates back to August15, 1915, when the steamer "Satilla" steamed up the Houston ShipChannel to dock at the only wharf then available here. Since thattime the Port of Houston has expanded both in the volume oftrade handled and in the type of facilities for handling cargo. Thegrowth of the Southern Steamship Company, which inauguratedits service on a monthly basis, has gone hand in hand with that ofHouston which also has advanced from a minor position to one ofthe recognized leading ports of America.

Mr. Miller pointed out that the early years were not easy onesin spite of advantageous rates offered. The need of ships for thegovernment did its share in making merchant marine vessels diffi-cult to secure. The strikes and embargoes which in 1920 paralyzedNew York and Galveston, provided the opportunity for many tofind the advantageous rail and water terminal facilities in Houston.

By 1923 the increases in tonnage had grown so fast thatadditional steamers were necessary in order to conduct the busi-ness handled by the Southern Steamship Company. As each suc-ceeding year elapsed there was a still greater need apparent foradditional service, and each time the Southern Steamship Companyprovided the necessary ocean tonnage to meet this demand, untilnow the fleet has been developed to a point where a semi-weeklyservice, in which seven vessels are errgaged, is now maintained. And,

Mr. Miller stated, Houston cannot, by any means, be said to havereached the peak of its development as each day sees an ever in-creasing volume of business moved over its wharves, and the South-ern Steamship Company, as in past years, promises to take a pre-dominating part in the development of the port and its facilities.

Passenger Service . . .Passenger service to West Indies, Central and South American

ports has been rapidly increasing during the past few months, andround trip cruises of the Caribbean are proving very popular.

Lykes Bros. South American Line has just arranged for jointservice with the Grace Line, making connection with the Graceships at Cristobal for Pacific ports.

Vessel Named for Port . . .On February 9, 1934, a very cordial reception was given Sir

Wm. Reardon Smith, Lady Smith, and their daughter, Miss GraceSmith, when they arrived on the "~ousto~ City", a fine newfreighter which is the latest addition to the Wm. Reardon SmithLine. City, County, Port and Commerce officials met the vesseland greeted its distinguished owners and passengers and entertainedthem extensively while in the city.

This new vessel is 4419 feet long, 56 foot beam, of 9,400 tonsdeadweight, and is one of a fleet of thirty-five "Smith Line" vesselsunder British registry operating from Houston to Far East Ports.

It so happened that the "Houston City" and the "City ofHouston" of the Southern Steamship Line were in Port at thesame time.

Crawford Director ofNew Texas Port . . .

The budding new port of Port Isabel, on the southern tip ofTexas at the mouth of the Rio Grande--the "Magic Valley" ofwonderful citrus fruits, early vegetables and the world’s finestBermuda onions, is rapidly nearing completion, and will be avail-able to handle vessels of about 25 foot draft before the end of theyear.

After careful consideration of numerous applicants, Mr. H. S.Crawford of Houston has been selected by the Port Commissionersas Director of the new port.

Mr. Crawford has had many years experience with steamshiplines, railroads, shipping and cotton business, and for the past fouryears as Assistant Manager of the Houston Port Bureau, whichexperience makes him well fitted for this new position.

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NEW CRACKING STILLS AT CROWN CENTRAL PETROLEUM CORP.

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Public Wharves

Length Ft.

No, 1 ......................................................823No. 2 .........................................................522No. 3 ......................................................799No. 4 .........................................................777No. $ ......................................................80Nos, 7 and 8 .......................................... 800No. 10 ......................................................600No. 11 ......................................................530No. 12, Two story .............................. 530No. 13 ......................................................460

No. 14 ......................................................480No. 15 ......................................................480Manchester Wharf (No. 75) ............ 500

Channel Fuel Dock (No. 77) ............ 253Distribution Warehouse .......................Cotton Concentration shed ...............

Covered Open Railroad Whar/ ShedBerthing Area Area Car MATERIALCapacity Sq. Ft. Sq. Ft. Storage

2 Vessels 8 $,336 16,048 83 Creosoted Pile Concrete

1 Vessel $ 3, $ 00 23,190 $ 5 Concrete Wood

2 Vessels 51,661 30,300 60 Concrete Steel-Wood

2 Vessels 60,827 27,841 73 Concrete Concrete

1 Vessel ..... 3,680 .. Wood Open

2 Vessels 74,166 20,514 32 Wood Wood

1 Vessel 72,700 28,338 61 Concrete Steel

1 Vessel 66,660 29,160 65 Concrete Concrete

1 Vessel 95,644 29,260 60 Concrete Concrete and Steel1 Vessel 62,176 32,500 57 Concrete (Also Grain Berth)Concrete1 Vessel ..... 49,040 26 Concrete Grain Berth

1 Vessel 65,640 21,830 48 Concrete Concrete

1 Vessel 86, 836 10,00 0 30 Concrete Steel

1 Vessel ...... 32,295 20 Wood None

201,203 ..... 82 Concrete277,163 ..... 150 Wood

Totals ..........................................7,634 18 Vessels 1,261,512 353,996 902

Private Wharves

Wharf Owned By Length

Ralston Purina Co. (Using Armour Wharf)Armour Fertilizer Works .................................................... 150 Ft.

Houston Compress Company ............................................................... 3285 Ft.

Ship Channel Compress Company ........................................ 800 Ft.

American Maid Flour Mills(Using Manchester Wharf) ........................................ 500 Ft.

Carnegie Steel Co ................................................................... 400 Ft.

Southern Pacific Lines (Morgan Steampship Line) ............ 1,250 Ft.

Manchester Terminal Corporation ....................................... 1,600 Ft.

Clarion Oil Company ............................................................ I $ 0 Ft.

Gulf Refining Co .....................................................................................590 Ft.

Sinclair Refining Company ................................................. 1,400 Ft.

Houston Lighting & Power Co ............................................. 150 Ft.

The Texas Company .......................................................................... 1,400Ft.

The Texas Company (Galena Signal Oil Co.) ....................... 300 Ft.

Crown-Central Corporation .................................................. 300 Ft.

American Petroleum Co ....................................................... 1 $ 0 Ft.

Shell Petroleum Corporation ........................................................... 2,000 Ft.

Gulf Pipe Line Co ................................................................ 200 Ft.

Humble Oil & Refining Co ................................................. 1,400 Ft.

Total .....................................................................16,025 Ft.

BerthingCapacity Material of Wharf and Shed

1 Vessel

8 Vessels2 Vessels

Creosoted timber fitted with hopper and conveyorfor fertilizer, and pipe line for molasses.Concrete apron track: Cotton and general cargoConcrete: Cotton.

1 Vessel Grain loading berth for elevator with four spouts1 Vessel Creosoted piling: Handling steel products.

(Slip) 3 Vessels Concrete: General cargo.4 Vessels Concrete: Cotton and General Cargo.1 Vessel Creosoted piling: Oil Wharf.1 Vessel steel bulkhead, pile clusters, Oil wharf.3 Vessels Concrete and Creosoted piling: Oil pipe lines and

1 Vessel3 Vessels1 Vessel1 Vessel1 Vessel

(Slip) 3 Vessels1 Vessel4 Vessels

case goods.Creosoted piling: Oil wharf.steel bulkhead, oil wharf.Creosoted piling: Oil wharf.Creosoted piling: Oil wharf.Creosoted piling: Oil wharf.creosoted piling, oil wharf.Creosoted piling: Oil wharf.Concrete piling: Oil wharf.

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UPPER END OF HOUSTON HARBOR--Photo by lllth Photo Sec. A. C. Texas National Guard

A Detailed Description of the Port

LOCATION

AGREAT INLAND port, Houston is located fifty miles from theGulf of Mexico, at a point where the great railway andhighway lines radiate from a common center to all parts

of the Great Southwest. The exact location is Latitude 29° 45’North and Longitude 95° 17’ West, which, of course, means moreto the mariner than the landsman.

The Houston Ship Channel extending from the Gulf to theCity of Houston uses the Galveston jetty entrance to BolivarRoads, thence across Galveston Bay and up the San Jacinto Riverand Buffalo Bayou to the Public terminals at the Turning Basin.

PRESENT DEPTHS AND WIDTHS

The existing channel has a uniform depth of over thirtyfeet from bar to basin. The width is 250 to 300 feet on thebottom across Galveston Bay, a distance of twenty-five miles;this section is being widened to 400 feet and deepened to 34 feet,under contract to be completed about November first; 200 to 250feet from Morgan Point to Baytown and 150 to 200 feet thenceto the turning basin, all with side slopes of one vertical to threehorizontal.

The Turning Basin has a diameter of 1,100 feet. Otherturning points are available at several places along the channel.

PROPOSED IMROVEMENTS

The Chief of Engineers and Rivers and Harbors Committeeof Congress having approved the project for widening the ShipChannel from 250 to 400 feet across Galveston Bay, a distance of25 miles and to deepen the entire waterway from present depth of30 feet to depth of 34 feet, at an estimated cost of $2,543,000.00.An allotment of $1,500,000.00 was made by the Public WorksAdministration Board from the $70,000,000.00 River and HarborFund. Contracts were awarded for widening and deepening about20 miles of the Galveston Bay section of the channel and dredgesare now at work, about 12 miles were completed on June first.

An additional allotment of about one million is expected to beavailable in a few weeks with which to complete the entire project.

PORT FACILITIES

The Public Terminals owned by the City and NavigationDistrict are located at and near the head of deep sea navigation--the turning basin being within the city limits and four andone-half miles from the courthouse.

Private and industrial terminals and plants are located allalong the channel from basin to the bay, a distance of twenty-five miles. This inland channel is thus becoming a vast industrialand commercial district.

These terminals provide berthing space for a total of fifty-eight vessels, eighteen at public wharves and forty at privateplants, as shown in detailed statement on pages 20-22.

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Houston Ranks as a Major Portof the United States

The Port of Houston in 1933 broke all previous records in volume of tonnage handled over its various public and private terminalfacilities, a total of 16,928,307 tons of cargo and 699,817 tons of bunker oil were loaded on the 4,965 vessels that entered and clearedthe port.

The previous high record was 15,057,360 short tons, in 1930, according to the records of the Chief of Engineers, United States Army.

Comparative Statement Showing Tonnage and Value of Imports, Exports and CoastwiseTraffic Moving Over the Houston Ship Channel, for Calendar Years 1930-1933

1930 1931MOVEMENT SHORT TONS VALUE SHORT TONS VALUE

Imports ..............................Exports ..............................Inbound ..................... Atla~icOutbound .................... AtlanticInbound ........................ GulfOutbound ....................... GulfInbound ....................... PacificOutbound .................... Pacific

Sub Total ...........................Local Traffic .........................

Grand Total ..........................

367,931.1 $ 13,133,909 293,670.1 $ 9,869,2454,878,455.9 282,217,334 4,059,663.6 202,139,338

276,106.9 40,155,068 246,707.2 41,212,0085,299,065.2 120,543,464 5,090,424.6 . 124,306,051

792,352.8 18,966,664 583,596.1 15,792,8611,357,907.4 16,705,710 1,842,594.0 18,106,201

95,676.8 7,323,001 66,313.9 5,987,9538,998.3 1,463,305 11,502.3 1,339,039

13,076,494.4 $500,508,455 12,194,471.8 $418,752,6961,914,552.0 6,389,988 1,782,667.8 7,600,761

14,991,046.4 $506,898,443 13,977,139.6 $426,353,457

1932 1933MOVEMENT SHORT TONS VALUE SHORT TONS VALUE

Imports ..............................Exports ..............................Inbound ...................... AtlanticOutbound ..................... AtlanticInbound ......................... GulfOutbound ........................ GulfInbound ........................ PacificOutbound ...................... Pacific

Sub Total ............................Local Traffic .........................

Grand Total ..........................

182,181.6 $ 9,717,193 136,222.4 $ 9,913,2883,142,223.2 153,792,473 3,050,643.6 170,398,936

234,141.5 35,567,723 380,200.7 46,936,7395,822,596.3 110,293,621 9,659,954.7 136,030,156

420,798.1 18,686,868 548,051.6 13,440,8871,784,554.5 11,336,633 1,954,944.7 15,352,396

79,669.1 7,727,431 109,479.6 10,414,68232,757.6 2,102,464 39,146.2 2,334,327

11,698,921.9 $344,224,403 15,878,643.5 $404,821,4111,015,510.1 4,648,352 1,051,127.7 5,564,275

12,714,432.0 $348,872,755 16,929,771.2 $410,385,686

Cable and Telegraphic Address **TERMINAL" Houston

The Texas Transport & Terminal Company, Inc.REGULAR STEAMSHIP SERVICE TO THE PRINCIPAL PORTS

IN EUROPE AND THE ORIENT

CottonExchangeBuilding

HOUSTONTexas

AGENTS:

Compagnie Generale Transatlantique (French Line)Holland-America Line

Navigazione Libera Triestina (N. L. T. Line)

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha ("K" Line)Armement Deppe

OFHCES:New York, N. Y.Philadelphia, Pa.Baltimore, Md.Savannah, Ga.New Orleans, La.Galveston, TexasHouston, TexasSan Francisco, Cal.Dallas, Texas


DREDGE "PENSACOLA" DEEPENING AND WIDENING CHANNEL

STANKER AND CARGO SHIP MEETING IN THE CHANNEL

Privately Owned Terminal and IndustrialFacilities

T HE HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL with its twenty-five miles ofwater frontage, splendid rail and highway connections, electricpower, ample oil and gas fuel, pure artesian water, mild

climate, has proved a very attractive location for a number ofmajor industries, particularly oil refineries, and as a result of thesenatural advantages over fifty plants have been established on itsbanks, with a capital investment of about two hundred millions ofdollars, employing about ten to twelve thousand men with a dailypayroll of about fifty to sixty thousand dollars.

Each year sees a substantial increase in the number of suchindustries, and also extensive additions to those now in operation.

These private plants now have 16,025 lineal feet of wharves,sufficient to berth forty vessels. The following is a summary of theplants and their facilities, beginning at the Turning Basin:

Humble Oil Co. Handling fuel and bunker oil, using PublicWharf No. 3. Supplying vessels and railroads, and industries.

Turning Basin Compress Co. Two high density compresses,storage, classing and shipping. Working over Wharves 7 and 8.

Humble Oil Co. Eighty-five acre Tank farm and refinery.Import and export oil terminal. Canning and casing plant. Servingthe interior producers and refiners. Located on north bank ofChannel at Houston.

Port City Compress Company, owned by the Atkinson CottonCompany, located three-quarters of a mile northeast of TurningBasin on tracks of the Houston Belt & Terminal and SouthernPacific Railway.

Ralston Purina Co. Receiving shipload cargoes of molassesfor distribution throughout the State. Pipe line over ArmourWharf and Public Wharf No. 1.

Houston Poultry Feed and Fertilizer Company. Shell grindingplant. Barge landing.

Parker Brothers. Wharf site No. 17, sand and shell unloadingrig, north side channel.

Armour Fertilizer Works. Manufacture of commercial fer-tilizer. Shipments of phosphate rock received by vessels. Sulphurby carload from Texas mines. Own wharf.

Houston Compress Co. Long Reach plant just below basin.Three high density compresses, concrete wharf 3,285 feet long,two-story concrete sheds with storage for 325,000 bales of cotton.Cargo of all kinds handled by this company.

Ship Channel Compress CO. (Alexander Sprunt & Son) Twohigh density compresses, two-story brick and concrete storage ware-houses, with capacity of 100,000 bales. Wharf 800 feet long.

Terminal Compress & Warehouse Co. Two high density com-presses, large brick and cement warehouses, capacity 100,000 bales,barge wharf about 1,300 feet long.

W. D. Haden. Location No. 2, shell handling plant, mouth ofBrays Bayou. Shell for road and street work.

Horton and Horton. Shell unloading rig in Brays Bayou atSouthern Pacific bridge.

Harrisburg Lumber Co. Saw mill. Logs received by raftand barge.

Boat basin and marine repair yard for care of yachts andpleasure boats.

John L. Bludworth. Marine ways and boat repair yard.Platzer Boat Works. Marine ways and boat repair yard.The Texas Company. Oil and gasoline supply station for

small craft.The Humble Oil & Refining Co. Oil station for small craft

and vehicles.Peden Co. Ship chandlery and vessel supplies.B. H. Elliott Ship Building Co. Marine ways and ship repair

yard. Tugs and barges built and repaired.Parker Brothers. Shell and sand unloading plant in old chan-

nel, Harrisburg.Harrisburg Machine & Foundry Co. All kinds of ship and

machine repairs.(Continued on Page 45)

UNLOADING AUTOMOBILES FOR HOUSTONAND INTERIOR POINTS


SOUTHERN STEAMSHIP COMPANY"Houston’s "-Pioneer Steamship Line"

Direct Sailings BetweenPHILADELPHIA, PA. and HOUSTON, TEXAS

FROM PHILADELPHIA, PA., Pier 46, South Wharves EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAYFROM HOUSTON, TEXAS, Pier No. 3 ................. EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY

Four Sailings Each WeekTwo Northbound and Two Southbound

Seven Fast Steamers Serving Texas and the SouthwestNINETEEN YEARS OF TRANSPORTATION ACHIEVEMENT

General Offices: 1360 Broad Street Station Building, Philadelphia, Pa.Address Southern Steamship Co., Offices in BOSTON, BUFFALO, CHICAGO, PITTSBURGH, PHILADELPHIA,

NEW YORK, DALLAS, EL PASO, FORT WORTH and SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS

W. M. Vaughn, CA., Dallas; E. M. Sones, CA., Fort Worth; W. A. Bielstein, CA., San Antonio; R. T. Eatman, CA., E1 Paso

T. A. O’BRIEN, GENERAL FREIGHT AGENT, 1360 BROAD STREET STATION BLDG., PHILADELPHIA, PA.

H. T. LINDSEY, GENERAL AGENT, 409 COTTON EXCHANGE BLDG., HOUSTON, TEXAS

EQUIPPED WITH TWO HIGH DENSITY COMPRESSESSeventeen Railroads Serve This Plant Through the Public Belt Line Arrangement

CIT~OP~,c~ TURNINGBASIN COMPRESS CO. COMPRESS OFFICE701 Cotton Exchange Bldg.Telephone Preston 0291 HOUSTON, TEXAS Telephone Wayside 4011


FRESH SHORN GOATS IN HILL COUNTY, TEXAS

Port Houston’s Growth Is Aided ByTexas Mohair Industry

By MRS. AMY WALLACE(Secretary-Treasurer Kerrville Chamber of Commerce)

H OUSTON’S rating as one of the major ports of the world hasbeen materially aided by the wool and mohair industry.The sheep and goat raising area embraces about 12

West Texas counties, classified as the Edwards Plateau. Kerrville,in the center of this region, for more than 50 years has been recog-nized as the leading primary market in America for mohair andone of the leading primary wool markets. Other major marketsare San Angelo, Del Rio and Uvalde.

The vast cattle ranches of 25 to 50 years ago have largelygiven way to steady growth of the sheep and goat industry, andcattle have been moved farther westward to the plains country,where the old picturesque ’qonghorn" has been replaced by thewhite-faced Hereford.

The goats and sheep are now herded in the hills and breaks ofthe divide and along the Guadalupe, Llano and Devils Rivers andtheir tributaries. The Mexican proves to be the best herder, andwith his shepherd dogs on the lookout for coyotes, lobo wolves andpanthers, he sees that the flocks are kept on the best pasturage dur-ing the day and properly guarded at night.

Shearing time in early spring and late fall are busy times forthe rancher. This task, though, is fast becoming modernized asthe hand shears are being replaced by power equipment, and themotorized shearing crews move from ranch to ranch, removingand sacking the fleece for shipment to warehouses and market.

Much care and "nursing" must be given the flocks after shear-ing, especially if cold wet weather follows the removal of the"overcoats." Lambs and kids will go astray and must be restoredto their mothers, cuts must be treated, salt and sulphur licks pro-vided, animals dipped to kill ticks and prevent scab.

There is also a good market for mutton and large shipmentsof fat animals are made to packing plants in Texas and Northernpoints.

During 1933, a total of 13,700,000 pounds of mohair wereproduced in Texas. This represented 85 per cent of the total UnitedStates production and practically all of the Texas output was pro-

duced in the 12 counties of the Edwards Plateau area. The majorportion of the Texas mohair crop was shipped through the Port ofHouston to Boston, Philadelphia and other North Atlantic ports.

The Texas mohair industry, and for that matter the entireUnited States, had its inception in 1849, when the Sultan of Turkeypresented James B. Davis, a special representative of President JamesK. Polk, with a flock of Angora goats. Soon after the Civil Warsome of the animals from this first importation were brought toTexas by W. B. Landrum, and here, in the scenic Hill Country ofthe State, the Angora goat raising industry has risen to first rank inthe Nation.

The original stock has been improved by cross-breeding fromlater importations from South Africa until today the average goatshears 4.5 pounds of mohair per year.

With the advent of the Angora goat to the territory, mohaircame into common use as a staple article.

SHEARING SHEEP WITH POWER SHEARS


NATURALGAS

is having an increasingly greaterpart in the upbuilding of ourgreat Port.

We have the very finest facil-ities with which we can serveIndustry with this economicalfuel.

Our experts are at your service.

Houston Pipe Line CompanyGEO. A. HILL, JR., President

Westinghouse..service in every port

AT EVERY center of marine ac-tivity where ships put in for

overhauling or repair, you will find

a Westinghouse expert on steam

and electrical apparatus. In Hous-

ton a complete port inspection

service is rendered from the West-

inghouse service shop atm2315

Commerce St. (Telephones: Day,

Preston 3845; night, Lehigh 4442

and Capitol 4744). /!\WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC & MFG. COMPANY

Houston Sales O~ce, 1209 Sterling Building

Telephone: Preston 8161

Warehouse, 2313-17 Commerce Street

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ANGORA (OR MOHAIR) GOATS JUST BEFORE SHEARING TIME

The sheep raising industry was introduced to the Hill Countryin 1853 by Caspar Real, a German immigrant, who drove fromSan Antonio the first flock of sheep to graze in the upper Guada-lupe Valley. The late Captain Charles Schreiner, who was abrother-in-law of Real, had founded a store in the frontier villageof Kerrville, then a shingle camp. Captain Schreiner later beganpurchasing wool from the widely-scattered ranchmen, and fromthis meagre beginning was established a business that now is oneof the largest of its kind in the world.

The Texas wool clip, which is considerably larger than themohair crop each year, is handled in the same manner, being shippedout twice yearly, in the spring and fall.

Schreiner Wool and Mohair Commission Company of Kerr-ville is the largest individual handler of mohair. Last year thisfirm shipped out approximately two million pounds of mohair andfour million pounds of wool. This is a fair average of the businesshandled by the Kerrville warehouses over a long period of years.Prices paid for mohair last fall ranged from 40 cents to 55 centsper pound, depending on the quality. The accumulation of wool inthe fall season of 1933 was sold at about 26 cents per pound.

Today buyers from the East visit Kerrville, Del Rio, SanAngelo and other wool and mohair concentration centers in WestTexas, twice each season. Sealed bid sales are held and the out-come means millions of dollars to thousands of sheep and goatraisers in West Texas.

The sales are important enough to attract the representativesof several rail and steamship lines each season.

A TRAINLOAD OF MOHAIR, 1,000,000 FOUNDS

TRUCK LOADS OF MOHAIR WAITING TO BE WEIGHED

May, 1934 Housfon PORT BOOK 31

PORT OF HOUSTON

Commercial Statistics, 1933(Extracts from Annual Report of 1933)

IMPORTS---BY COMMODITIES

COMMODITIES UNITS SHORT TONS VALUE

General Cargo ...... 765.1 $ 298,251Asphalt ........... 4,688 Bags 1,125.2 22,556Automobile ........ 1 Car .8 500Auto Supplies ...... 59 Cases 15.6 3,120Bags .............. 7,763 Bales 822.4 82,240Bagging ........... 78,735 Bales 23,668.9 2,484,970Bamboo Poles ....... 3,682 Bdls. 131.1 9,695Bones ............. 29,383 Bags 1,527.6 91,252Bones ............. Bulk 5,037.6 95,662Canned Goods ...... 348,349 Cases 7,381.7 738,170Cheese ............. 128 Cases 26.6 2,660Chemicals .......... 2,902 Drums 463.0 42,060Chlorate of Soda .... 681 Drums 79.9 3,995Cocoar~uts .......... 1,610 Bags 118.2 11,020Cocoanut, Des ...... 4,269 Cases 319.1 31,910Cod Liver Oil ...... 345 Drums 41.2 4,120Coffee ............. 331,245 Bags 22,075.9 2,207,590Copperas, Green .... 993 Bags 109.4 4,384Cordage ........... 3,537 Coils 135.7 13,570Cork .............. 2,259 Cases 56.7 5,670Creosote ........... 9,800 Bbls. 1,517.6 45,899Crockery .......... 399 Cases 55.7 5,570Drums, Empty ..... 90 Drums 2.5 90Fertilizer .......... 1,134 Bags 55.1 1,653Fireworks .......... 2,997 Cases 42.8 4,280Flour ............. 450 Bags 34.7 2,429Fruit, Dried ........ 2,000 Cases 56.2 5,620Fruit, Fresh ........ 1,353 Cases 54.1 5,410Fullers Earth ....... 1,525 Bags 172.6 4,895Furniture .......... 250 Crts. 8.3 1,070Graphite ........... 182 Bags 22.4 1,120Hair Stumps ....... 2,173 Bales 653.0 65,300Hardware .......... 581 Pkgs. 74.3 7,148Iron, Pig .......... Bulk 723.0 24,833K ainit ............. Bulk 716.6 21,498Lime .............. 745 Bags 62.0 1,240Machinery ......... 2 Cases 1.4 140Magnesite .......... 1,659 Bags 225.8 6,774Marble ........... i 32 Slabs 7.5 375Molasses ........... 58,587 Bbls. 10,849.6 155,296Oil, Gasoline ....... 92,647 Bbls. 12,102.0 242,040Oil, Lube .......... 15 Bbls. 3.4 340Olives ............ 602 Bbls. 330.8 33,080Olive Oil .......... 353 Cases 34.5 3,450Ore ............... Bulk 58.5 1,755Paper, Newsprint . . . 24,989 Rolls 12,044.0 838,202Paper, Wrapping .... 463 Rolls 47.0 3,290Peatmull ........... 12,791 Bales 862.3 26,409Piling, Steel ........ 178 Pcs. 126.8 6,340Porcelain .......... 5,864 Cases 515.5 51,550Potash ............. 434 Bags 83.7 2,468Powder, Talc ...... 1,000 Bags 110.2 5,410Salt. Epsom ........ 600 Bags 42.4 3,230Seed, Garden ....... 7,186 Bags 393.7 30,700Seed, Grass ......... 507 Bass 34.2 2,315Shingles ........... 131,879 Bdls. 2,600.8 128,336Sisal .............. 4,174 Bales 550.6 55,060Soda, Ash .......... 5,000 Bbls. 567.5 29,375Spices ...... ....... 507 Bags 29.4 1,970

IMPORTS BY COMMODITIES---(Continued)


Steel, Miscl ......... 757 BdlsSteel, Sheets ........ 2,308 Bdls.Steel, Structural ..... BulkSteel, Wire ......... 52,521 Pkgs.Strawboard ......... 20 BdlsSugar ............. 166,996 BagsSugarbeet Seed ...... 19,800 BagsSulphate of Ammonia. BulkSulphate of Ammonia. 350 DrumsTea ............... 491 CasesTies and Hoops ..... 419 Bdls.Tobacco ........... 302 BalesTwine, Binder ...... 202,863 BalesWaste ............. 1,667 BalesWoodpulp ......... 300 Bdls.

GRAND TOTAL IMPORTS .: .......... 136,222.4

167.5 6,700980.3 40,066

5,410.4 216,4162,183.9 106,385

1.5 758,441.9 844,1901,089.7 108,8252,134.5 64,035

39.6 1,98027.7 2,770

374.0 15,89422.2 4,440

5,072.3 507,230436.1 12,263

66.6 2,664

$9,913,288

IMPORTS-~DOMESTIC--BY COUNTRIES

SHORT TONS VALUE

Cartal Zone .......................... 189.0 $ 23,040Hawaiian Islands ...................... 12,391.2 782,448l’hilippine Isles ....................... 421.3 44,110

Puerto Rico ......................... 9,745.7 449,396Total Domestic Imports ................................. 22,747 $1,348,994

IMPORTS~FOREIGN--BY COUNTRIES

SHORT TONS VALUE

Argentina ........................... 6,848.1 $ 218,989Belgium ............................ 11,645.3 629,750

Brazil .............................. 19,875.4 1,987,540British Isles .......................... 5,096.2 517,127Canada ............................. 8,515.1 538,084China .............................. 837.4 92,455Colombia ............................ 1,337.1 132,939Cuba ............................... 5,646.5 564,286Dominican Republic ................... 1.4 140

East Indies (Dutch) .................. 28.1 2,810Finland ............................. 164.1 11,487France .............................. 2,888.9 285,225Germany ............................ 6,640.4 618,575Haiti ............................... 170.2 17,020Holland ............................. 4,843.8 357,778India ............................... 11,888.9 1,145,413Italy ............................... 2,353.3 209,419Japar~ .............................. 1,921.6 190,988Mexico ............................. 3,011.6 294,561Newfoundland ....................... 5,448.1 381,367Norway ............................. 89.8 6,312Spain ............................... 802.2 88,371Sweden ............................. 199.7 9,218Venzuela ............................ 560.0 11,200Westh Indies (Dutch) ................. 12,662.0 253,240

Total Foreign Imports ........................... 113,475.2 $8,564,294TOTAL IMPORTS .................................... 136,222.4 $9,913,288


EXPORTSmBY COMMODITIES


General Cargo .... 376.8 $ 149,404Arsenate ......... 2,238 Drums 124.9 7,281Asphalt .......... 2,507 Bags 311.3 9,853Auto Supplies ..... 25 Cases 15.2 1,520Automobiles ...... 3 Cars 4.5 1,900Bags ............. 160 Bales 27.5 2,390Bagging .......... 917 Bales 144.8 21,336BovJes ........... 5,053 Bales 207.5 7,963Bone Meal ........ 30,400 Bags 1,521.4 30,637Bone Oil ......... 160 Bbls. 40.6 2,113Brass ............ 453 Bars 45.1 2,255Brick, Common ... 678 Thous. 261.3 9,440Canned Goods ..... 130 Cases 16.5 1,471Carbon Black ...... 63,870 Bags 1,633.3 99,390Carbon Black ...... 346,196 Cases 54,382.0 3,282,182Cement .......... 6 Bags .7 36Chemicals ........ 28 Drums 3.6 360Clay ............ 600 Bags 30.0 900Coffee ........... 875 Bags 78.2 11,390Coke, Petroleum ... 706 Bags 30.0 180Coke, Petroleum ... Bulk 90,192.8 547,397Copper .......... 18,558 Bags 890.9 128,675Copper Wire ..... 11 Bales 10.9 967Cores, Paper ...... 4,495 Cores 17.4 965Corn Meal ....... 1,316 Bags 66.8 2,668Cotton .......... 2,720,827 Bales 734,816.3 131,062,901Cotton Motes ..... 688 Bales 229.6 27,552Cotton Seed Cake . 269,192 Bags 40,953.8 825,761Cotton Seed Meal .. 136,428 [Bags 10,056.8 696,269Cotton Seed Oil ... 2,245 Drums 452.1 45,910Explosives ........ 4,299 Cases 126.1 21,940Eeathers ......... 241 Bales 35.2 5,920Feedstuff ......... 5,592 Bags 292.9 12,871Fertilizer ......... 4,107 Bags 305.5 9,165Flour ............ 100,534 Bags 9,221.0 604,930Fruit, Fresh ...... 2,814 Cases 141.6 14,282Fruit, Juices ...... 702 Bbls 125.9 9,175Furniture ........ 6,630 Crts. 648.3 127,593Glass, Plate ....... 728 Cases 65.4 10,710Hair, Hog ........ 161 Bales 34.9 3,242Handles .......... 180 Bdls. 6.5 450Hardware, General . 697 Pkgs. 47.6 10,846Hides ............ 5,210 Bdls. 148.8 15,296Lime ............ 1,076 Bags 21.5 457Live Stock ........ 2 Head .3 50Lumber, Hardwood . 99 Cars 2,509.1 74,063Lumber, Pine ..... 23 Cars 586.4 21,649Machinery ........ 132 Cases 44.5 4,479Oil, Case Goods .... 2,025 Cases 285.5 27,481Oil, Crude ........ 3,673,369 Bbls. 538,997.6 3,484,571Oil, Fuel ......... 56,544 Bbls. 9,270.4 46,647Oil, Gas .......... 2,984,285 Bbls. 449,074.8 $ 4,456,233Oil, Gasoline ...... 5,136,406 Bbls. 633,199.7 13,929,400Oil, Grease ....... 116 Bbls. 29.0 1,482Oil, Kerosene ..... 1,396,725 Bbls. 197,751.1 2,407,001Oil, Lube ........ 1,064,829 Bbls. 170,820.8 5,446,541Oil Well Supplies .. 388 Cases 80.5 51,983Packing House Prod. 43,357 Pkgs. 2,093.0 289,993Pear~ut Meal ...... 4,662 Bags 115.7 2,314Pipe ............. 11,508 Pcs. 2,680.9 134,045Poles, Telephone ... 2,184 Poles 595.2 27,053Pulpboard ........ 108 Rolls 50.7 2,028Rails, New ....... Bulk 1,059.7 10,597Rice ............. 482,019 Bags 24,595.1 1,444,287Rice Polish ....... 1,120 Bags 56.0 896Rosin ............ 1,160 Bbls. 299.8 16,024Salt ............. 8,280 Bags 844.7 6,600

EXPORTS---BY COMMODITIES (Continued)

COMMODITIES UNITS SHORT TONS VALUEScrap Brass ....... 25,410 Bdls. 1,309.9 120,951Scrap Iron ........ Bulk 57,570.9 383,891Scrap Rails ....... Bulk 4,104.5 26,733Scrap Rubber ..... 523 Bdls. 197.7 8,991Seed, Garden ...... 70 Bags 3.6 322Seed, Grass ....... 33 Bags 1.7 250Shell, Crushed .... 1,760 Bags 101.6 1,048Slate, Tile ........ 19,273 Pcs. 48.7 2,435Soapstock ........ 1,300 Bbls. 203.5 7,957Staves ........... 20,745 Bdls. 229.7 6,176Stearine .......... 40 Bags 2.5 335Steel, Miscl ....... 79 Bdls. 4.5 180Steel, Wire ....... 50 Pkgs. 3.2 160Sulphur .......... 22,131 Bags 1,378.5 39,362Ties & Hoops ..... 100 Bdls. 2.3 115Tinplate ......... Bulk 123.5 2,470Waste ........... 37 Bales 7.5 815Wax, Paraffin ..... 2,049 Cases 317.4 14,704Wheels, Car ...... Bulk 138.1 1,100Zinc Spelter ....... 52,154 Bars 1,546.3 47,061

Grand Total Exports ........................ 3,050,643.6 $170,398,936Total Foreign Commerce ............ 3,186,866.0 $180,312,224

EXPORTS----DOM ESTICmBY COUNTRIES

SHORT TONS VALUE

Canal Zone .......................... 8,801.4 $ 329,634Hawaiian Islands ..................... 2,272.1 65,796Philippine Isles ....................... 207.2 10,912Puerto Rico ......................... 44,741.8 2,152,701TOTAL DOMESTIC EXPORTS ........ 56,022.5 $2,559,043

EXPORTSmFOREIGNmBY COUNTRIES

SHORT TONS VALUE

Africa, North ....................... 4,358.2Africa, South ....................... 1.3Argentina .......................... 656.7Austria ............................ 16.5Australia ........................... 7,767.0Belgium ............................ 141,719.7Brazil ............................. 413.5British Isles ......................... 506,623.9Bulgaria ........................... 649.2Canada ............................ 381,500.8Chile .............................. 490.9China ............................. 28,765.6Colombia ........................... 1,650.0Cuba .............................. 102,527.7Danzig ............................ 47.6Denmark ........................... 61,840.6Dominican Republic .................. 109.8Ecuador ............................ 426.2Egypt ............................. 103.6Estonia ............................ 332.9Finland ............................ 13,599.3France ............................ 444, 504.4Germany ........................... 391,454.1Greece ............................. 2,103.9Haiti .............................. 655.7

$ 135,48478

23,476900

243,5134,934,000

9,93922,720,925

135,9913,133,367

85,4915,210,328

108,9401,144,999

2,8002,105,050

2,83659,9094,605

62,689665,047

22,774,46530,570,125

317,74345,391

May, 1934 Houston PORT BOOK t3

EXPORTS--FOREIGNmBY COUNTRIES (Cont.)

SHORT TONS VALUE

Holland ............................ 125,619.6India .............................. 8,493.6Italy .............................. 197,21.3Japan ............................. 213,429.9Mexico ............................. 18,619.1New Zealand ....................... 3,909.9Newfoundland ...................... 68.1Nicaragua .......................... 3.7N,orway ........................... 39,948.5Nova Scotia ......................... 23,401.0Panama ............................ 33.5Peru .............................. 257.6Poland ............................. 29,883.8Portugal ........................... 8,660.3Roumania .......................... 564.7Spain .............................. 49,612.1Sweden ............................ 62,254.7Switzerland ......................... 13.9Turkey ............................ 47.9Venzuela ........................... 154.1West Indies (Dutch) ................. 120,114.7

4,170,3731,199,021

17,073,91532,266,853

891,94278,1982,993

259727,173468,020

1,10322,917

4,866,5201,381,624

37,9205,730.6491,961,952

2,0006,164

14,9292,435,502

Total Foreign Exports ............... 2,994,621.1 $167,839,873Total Exports .................................... 3,050,643.6 $170,398,936Grand Total Foreign Commerce

(Imports and Exports) ...... 3,186,866.0 $180,312,224

INBOUND

SHORT TONS VALUE

Atlantic Ports ...................... 380,200.7Gulf Ports ........................ 548,051.6Pacifl~c Ports ....................... 109,479.6

$46,936,73913,440,88710,414,682

Total Domestic Inbound ............ 1,037,731.9 $70,792,308

OUTBOUND

SHORT TONS VALUE

Atlantic Ports .................... 9,659,954.7Gulf Ports ....................... 1,954,944.7Pacific Ports ..................... 39,146.2

$136,030,15615,352,3962,334,327

Total Domestic Outbound . 11,654,045.6 $153,716,879Grand Total Domestic Tonnage

and Value .................................... 12,691,777.5 $224,509,187

LOCAL TRAFFIC

SHORT TONS VALUE

Upper Channel .................... 30,234.0 $ 30,234Upper and Lower Channel .......... 1,051,127.7 5,564,275

Grand Total Tonnageand Value .................................... 16,929,771.2 $410,385,686

IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE


Oil, Bunker ...... 4,292,730 Bbls. 699,816.8 $2,515,638

SUMMARY OF 1933SHORT TONS VALUE

Imports ........................ 136,222.4 $ 9,913,288Exports ......................... 3,050,643.6 170,398,936

Total Imports and Exports ...3,186,866.0 $180,312,224

Domestic Inbound ................ 1,037,731.9 $ 70,792,308Domestic Outbound .............. 11,654,045.6 153,716,879

Total Domestic Tonnageand Value .................................... 12,691,777.5 $224,509,187

Total Seagoing Tonnageand Value .................................... 15,878,643.5 $404,821,411

Total Local Traffic .................. 1,051,127.7 $ 5,564,275Grand Total Tonnage

and Value .................................... 16,929,771.2 $410,385,686

Cotton Exports Through the Port of Houston for theCalendar Years, 1920-1933

Calendar Year 1920 .......................... 275,879 S. B.Calendar Year 1921 .......................... 455,015 S. B.Calendar Year 1922 ......................... 771,894 S. B.Calendar Year 1923 ......................... 1,004,680 S. B.Calendar Year 1924 .......................... 1,228,280 S. B.Calendar Year 1925 .......................... 1,918,314 S. B.

Calendar Year 1926 .......................... 2,071,005 S. B.Calendar Year 1927 .......................... 2,158,475 S. B.Calendar Year 1928 .................. 2,326,372 S. B.Calendar Year 1929 .......................... 1,998,739 S. B.

Calendar Year 1930 ....................... 2,069,792 S. B.Calendar Year 1931 ..................... 2,373,335 S. B.Calendar Year 1932 ......................... 2,392,921 S. B.Calendar Year 1933 ........................ 2,720,827 S. B.

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Trips and Drafts of Inbound and Outbound Vessels Through the Port of Houston ShipChannel for the Calendar Year 1933

TRIPS INBOUND TRIPS OUTBOUNDDRAFTFEET STEAM MOTOR STEAM MOTOR

SHIPS SHIPS BARGE TUGS LAUNCHES SHIPS SHIPS BARGE TUGS LAUNCHES

Over 30 ........ 3 21 3028 to 30 ......... 4 5 437 4926 to 28 ......... 21 10 370 8324 to 26 ......... 78 12 197 4022 to 24 ......... 106 31 140 3520 to 22 ......... 136 36 116 4218 to 20 ......... 366 95 111 21Under 18 ........ 1,446 138 3,639 12,119 11,726 758 28TOTAL ........ 2,157 330 3,639 12,119 11,726 2,150 328

3,639 12,119 11,7263,639 12,119 11,726

Statement of Vessels Moving Through Houston Ship Channel for the Calendar Year 1933VESSEL CLASSIFICATION

CLASSESOF TOTAL PASS- DRAFTAMERICAN FOREIGN NUMBER NET TONS ENGERS AVE. MAXVESSELS

ARRIVALS:Steamships .................... 1,773Steamships ....................Motorships .................... 55Motorships ....................Tugs ........................ 12,119Barges--Reg ................... 136Launches ..................... 121BargeslUnreg ................. 3,503Launches ..................... 11,605

TOTAL ...................... 29,312DEPARTURES:

Steamships .................... 1,768Steamships ....................Motorships ................... 54Motorships ....................Tugs ......................... 12,119Barges--Reg ................... 136Launches ... .................. 121Barges--Unreg ................. 3,503Launches ..................... 11,605

TOTAL ..................... 29,306GRAND TOTAL ............. 58,618

384

275

1,773 6,206,680 20’ 28’384 1,233,554 20’ 28p

55 208,528 18’ 24’275 1,087,037 18’ 24’

12,119 375,689 8’ 16’136 156,400 14’ 18’121 30,250 5’ 8’

3,503 525,450 4’ 8’11,605 69,430 9,306 4’ 6"

659 29,971 9,893,018 9,306

382

274

1,768 6,195,743 22’ 31’382 1,223,703 22’ 31’54 211,303 22’ 31’

274 1,086,070 22p 31p

12,119 375,689 8’ 16’136 156,400 14’ 18’121 30,250 5’ 8’

3,503 525,450 4’ 8’11,605 69,430 9,306 4’ 6’

656 29,962 9,874,038 9,3061,315 59,933 19,767,056 18,612

Import and Export: Commodities move through the port ofHouston efficiently, expeditiously, economically. Unexcelled rail,highway, and steamship services. Think first of Houston, first cityin Texas.

MANCHESTER TERMINALJosEvHF. EvANs, President Shipside at Houston Do~r~s~,V.V.*G.U.


HOUSTON STEAMSHIP SERVICEThe following table shows the various steamship lines operating out of Houston, together with the ports touched and the

Houston agents: Corrected as of June 1, 1934

LINES BETWEEN HOUSTON AND AGENT OR OPERATOR

Alexandria, Port Said, Karachi, Bombay,American & Indian Line ....................................... Colombo, Madras and Calcutta ..................... Norton Lilly & Company, Agents.

Armement-Deppe Line .......................................... Havre, Antwerp and Ghent .............................. Texas Transport and Terminal Co.

American-Baltic Chartering &Shipping Company ............................................. Denmark and Baltic Ports .................................... Wilkens & Biehl

Regular Liner service from India to Roosevelt S. S. Co., (Tampa

American India Line ............................................. Gulf Ports ............................................................... Inter-ocean S. S. Co., Inc., Agent)

American Gulf Orient Line ................................... China, Japan and Philippines .............................. Lykes Bros.-Ripley Steamship Co., Inc.

Atlantic Australian Line ....................................... Australian Ports .....................................................Roosevelt S. S. Co., (Tampa

Inter-Ocean S. S. Co., Inc., Agent)

Bank Line .....................................................................Yokohama, Kobe, Osaka and Shanghai ............ Strachan Shipping Co. (Chas. E. Craig.)

Havre, Antwerp, Ghent and other Fowler & McVitie,

Castle Line .................................................................. Continental Ports ................................................ (L. H. Gissel, Houston Representative)

Compagnie Generale Trans-Atlantique ......... Texas Transport & Terminal Company

(French Line) Havre and Dunkirk ................................................ (S. A. Dunlap, Agent)

Cosulich Line ...............................................................

Creole Line ..................................................................

Dalgliesh Line ............................................................Delta Line .................................................................

Dixie Mediterranean Line .......................................

Dixie U-K Line .........................................................

Naples, Venice, Trieste, Fiume, and AnconaGenoa, Leghorn, Naples and

Mediterranean Ports .............................................

Far East Ports ............................................................South American Ports ..........................................

Genoa, Leghorn, Naples, Venice, Trieste andother Mediterranean, Adriatic and BlackSea Ports ..................................................................

London, Hull, Newcastle, Liverpool, Man-chester, Glasgow, Belfast, Dublin andother United Kingdom and Irish ports ......

Japan, China, PhilippinesAustralia and New Zealand .................................Newfoundland ........................................................

Fern Line .....................................................................

Strachan Shipping Co.(Chas. E. Craig, Mgr.)

Thos. Rice & Co.(J. R. Dunn, Houston Representative)


Lykes Bros.-Ripley Steamship CO., Inc.

Lykes Bros.-Ripley S. S. Co., Inc.

Lykes Bros.-Ripley S. S. Co., Inc.

Wilkens & BiehlWilkens & BiehlFurness, Withy & Co. Ltd ..................................

Gans Line ......................................................................German Ports ..............................................................Richard Meyer & CO. of Texas.

Gulf-Pacific Mail Line (Monthly) .................. Vancouver, B. C ....................................................... Swayne-Hoyt, Ltd., Agent.

Gulf-Pacific Line (Semi-Monthly) .................. All Pacific ports ...................................................... Swayne-Hoyt, Ltd., Agent.

Gydnia, Poland .........................................................Barcelona, Valencia, Lisbon, Oporto, Bilboa,

and other Spanish and Portuguese ports ......European Ports ............................................................

Continental and United Kingdom ports ......Bremen and Hamburg ............................................. ’

Fowler & McVitie(L. H. Gissel, Houston Representative)

Tampa Inter-Ocean S. S. Company, Inc.Gulfstates Steamship Co., Inc.Richard Meyer & Co. of Texas

Strachan Shipping Co. (C. E. Craig, Mgr.)

Liverpool and Manchester .................................... Wm. Parr & Co. (W. C. Hunt, Mgr.)

Rotterdam and Amsterdam ................................. Texas Transport & Terminal Co.

Gulf-Gydnia Line ...................................................

Gulf-West Mediterranean Line ...........................

Gufstates Line .............................................................Hamburg-American Line .......................................Hansa Line ....................................................................

Harrison Line ................................................ ~ ..............Holland-American Line ..........................................

International Freighting Corp .............................

Isthmian S. S. Line ...................................................

Isthmian S. S. Line ...................................................

"K" Line .....................................................................Kokusai Line ............................................................

Larrinaga Line ........................................................

Lloyd Brasileiro Line .............................................Luckenbach-Gulf Passenger & Freight Line

Atlantic Ports ............................................................Yokahama, Kobe, Shanghai and other Far

East Ports ...............................................................Honolulu and Hawaiian Islands Ports ............Regular line service from India to Gulf PortsRegular Service from H~waiian Island Ports

to Gulf Ports .........................................................Far East Ports ........................................................Far East Ports ..........................................................

S. Sgitcovich & Co.

Norton Lilly & Company, Agents

Norton Lilly & Company, Agents

Texas Transport & Terminal Co.

J. L. Beveridge & Co.

Liverpool and Manchester ....................................Brazil Ports--Pernambuco, Bahai,

Santos and Rio de Janerio .............................. Lloyd Brasileiro Navigation Co.

Pacific Coast and Gulf Ports ............................. W. H. Meyer, (District Manager),



STEAMSHIP LINES Continued

LINES BETWEEN HOUSTON AND AGENT OR OPERATOR

Lykes Bros.-Ripley S. S. Co., Inc.Lykes South America Line ...................................

(Passenger and Freight)(2 sailings monthly)

Lykes West Indies Line .........................................(Passenger and Freight)(2 sailings monthly)

Mitsui Line ..................................................................

Cristobol, Canal Zone, Cartegena, PuertoRico and West Coast ports of Centraland South America via transshipment atChristobol ...............................................................

Haiti-Santo Domingo, Puerto Rico andserves Venezuela Ports, Curacao andVirgin Islands by transshipment ..................

i._,mna and Japan ......................................................Moore-McCormack Line ......................................... New Orleans & Mobile ............................................

Baltimore andMunson Line ............................................................ Boston, Norfolk and Fall River .....................

Navigazione-Libera-Triestina, S. A .....................

Nervion Line ..............................................................

Havar~a, Canary Islands, Marseilles,Genoa, Leghorn and Naples ............................

Barcelona ...................................................................

Newtex Line (Weekly Sailings) ..................... New York and Lake Charles ..............................North German Lloyd Line .................................... ~remen and Hamburg ..........................................

Nippon Yusen Kaisha ............................................. Japan and China ......................................................

Odero Line ..................................................................

Osaka Shosen Kaisha--Monthly ........................South America Line ................................................

(Passenger and Freight Line)

Genoa, Naples, Leghorn and MediterraneanPorts ........................................................................

Unique Round the World Service ..................

Lykes Bros. S. S. Co., Inc.

S. Sgitcovich SS. Co.

Moore-McCormack, Inc.,

Lykes. Bros. Steamship Co., Inc.

Fexas Transport & Terminal Co.


States Marine CorporationWilkens & BiehlFowler & McVitie

(L. H. Gissel, Houston Representative)Thomas Rice & Co.

(J. R. Dunn, Houston Representative)

Gulf Shipping Company

Prince Line ..................................................................Far East Ports ............................................................S. Sgitcovich S. S. Co.Sca~adinavian-American Line .............................. Denmark and Rotterdam ....................................... Wilkens & BiehlSilver Line ..................................................................Far East Ports ............................................................S. Sgitcovich S. S. CO.

Bremen and I~amburg .............................................

Silver-Java-Pacific Line ....................................... South and East Africa ports and India ............ S. Sgitcovich S. S. Co.

Southern Pacific Steamship Lines A.J. Morris, General Agent,Morgan Line (Bi-Weekly) .................................... New York and Baltimore ....................................... Cotton Exchange Building, City

Bremen, Hamburg, Rotterdam, Havre, Ant-Southern States Line ............................................. werp Ghent and other Continental, Baltic Lykes Bros., Ripley S. S. Co., Inc.

and Scandinavian ports ....................................Southern Steamship Company ........................... Philadelphia (2 sailings per week) .................. Southern S. S. Co.Strachan Line ............................................................

Dunkirk, Oslo, Gothenburg and Copenhagenand other Scandinavian Ports ........................Swedish America Mexico Line ..........................

Tennessee Coal-Iron R. R .....................................Texas Continental S. S. Co ...............................

Strachan Shipping Co.Fowler & McVitie

(L. H. Gissel, Houston Representative)Carnegie Steel Co.

Birmingport ............................................................... (E. Goudge & Son, Agent.)Bremen and Hamburg .......................................... Wilkens & Biehl

United Ocean Transport Co., Ltd ................... Far East Ports ............................................................Texas Transport & Terminal Co.Unterwesser Line ...................................................... German Ports ............................................................ Wilkens & Biehl

Dunkirk, Odo, Gothenburg, Copenhagen Fowler & McVitie,Wilhelmsen Line ......................................................... and other Scandinavian Ports (L. H. Gissel, Houston Representative)Wm. Reardon Smith & Sons. Ltd ................... lapan and China ......................................................... States Marine CorporationYamashita Shipping Co ........................................ Far East Ports ...................................................:. ....... Texas Transport & Terminal Co.

TANKER LINES

LINES BETWEEN HOUSTON AND AGENT OK OPERATOR

A. F. Klaveness & Co ........................................... European Ports ......................................................... Wilkens & Biehl

Anglo-American Oil Co ..................................... United Kingdom Ports .......................................... Humble Oil & Refining Co.Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co., Ltd. of London United Kingdom and Continental Ports ......... Lykes Bros.-Ripley Steamship Co., Inc.Associated Oil Co ..................................................... Coastwise & Intercoastal Service ........................ Humble Oil & Refining Co.British-Mexican Petroleum Co., Ltd ............... United Kingdom Ports .......................................... Humble Oil & Refining Co.

May, 1934 Houslon PORT BOOK 37

TANKER LINES Continued

LINES

British Molasses Co., Ltd .....................................

British Tanker Company, Ltd ............................Cie Auxiliaire de Navigation ..............................

BETWEEN HOUSTON AND AGENT OR OPERATOR.

Fowler & McVitieL. H. Gissel, Houston RepresentativeUnited Kingdom-Continental Ports ..................Fowler & McVitie

United Kinkdom and Continental Ports ...... L. H. Gissel, Houston Representative

Paris .............................................................................Texas Transport & Terminal Co.

Eagle Oil Co., Ltd ...................................................... Continental Ports .......................................................

Gow Harrison & Co ...........................................

Hunting and Sons, Ltd ...........................................Imperial Oil Limited .............................................Mexican Petroleum Corporation .....................Molasses and General Transport Company,

Ltd ............................................................................

Oil Transport Co .................................................

Glasgow ........................................................................

Lykes Bros.-Ripley SS. Co.Texas Transport & Terminal Co.

United Kingdom and Continental Ports .....Canadian Ports ............................................................Humble Oil & Refining Co.

Mexico and Gulf Ports ...................................... Mexican Petroleum Corp., Galveston

Fowler & McVitieUnited Kingdom and Continental Ports ...... (L. H. Gissel, Houston Representative)

Baltimore .....................................................................Texas Transport & Terminal Co.

Coastwise; North Atlantic and EuropeanPorts ............................................................


Petroleum Navigation Co., Houston

Genoa ...........................................................................Texas Transport & Terminal Co.

Mexico, Gulf West Indies, Atlanticand European Ports .......................................... Sinclair Oil & Refining Co.

Antwerp .....................................................................Texas Transport & Terminal Co.French Ports ...............................................................Humble Oil & Refining Co.Mediterranean Ports ................................................ Humble Oil & Refining Company

Strachan Shipping Co.,Spanish Ports ............................................................... (Chas. E. Craig, Mgr.)Gulf West Indies, North and South

Atlantic and European Ports ........................

Petroleum Navigation Co .....................................

Schopinich and Monte .............................................

Sinclair Navigation Co ...........................................Societe Anonyme d’Armament d’ Indus-

trie et de Commerce ..........................................

Societe Auxiliaire de Transports ........................Societa Italo-Americana pet Petrolio ..............

Spanish Petroleum Monopoly ..............................

Standard Shipping Co ...........................................Standard-Vacuum Transportation CompanyTankschiff-Reederei Julius Schindler

G. M. B. H .............................................................Tide Water Oil Co .................................................

Union Oil of California .........................................

Van Ommeren Shipping Company ..................Villain and Fassio ......................................................

Waired-Tankschief-Rhederei ................................

North Atlantic and South African Ports ......

Hamburg

Humble Oil & Refining Co.

Humble Oil & Refining Co ...................................

Texas Transport & Terminal Co.North Atlantic Ports ............................................. Humble Oil & Refining Co.Canal Zone & Pacific Ports ................................... ~ Humble Oil & Refining Co.

Continental Ports ...................................................Genoa ...........................................................................

Lykes Bros.-Ripley S. S. Co., Inc.Texas Transport & Terminal Co.

Baltic and German Ports ......................................... Humble Oil & Refining Co.

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Channel Pilotage and ChargesHOUSTON PILOTS ASSOCIATION

Houston Offices: Galveston Offices:608 Marine Bank Building. 1103 United States National Bank Building.Telephones: Capitol 1424 Telephone 3360.

Preston 7615Night: Lehigh 9665

Pilot boats: Houston Pilots Nos. 1 and 2--Meet vessels at outer entrance Galveston jetties.From sea to Houston, or vice versa--Foreign vessels and American vessels from foreign ports ....................................... $ 5.50 per foot draftFrom sea to Baytown, or vice versa--American coastwise vessels only ...................................................................................................... 3.25 per foot draftFrom sea to Lynchburg and Shell Oil Wharf or vice versa American coastwise vessels only ................................................... 3.50 per foot draftFrom sea to Norsworthy, Crown, Texas, Sinclair and Gulf or vice versa--American coastwise vessels only ........................... 3.75 per foot draftFrom sea to all other Terminals above--American coastwise vessels on[y ................................................................................................ 4.00 per foot draftFrom Bolivar Roads to Houston, or vice versa--all vessels ................................................................................................................... 2.50 per foot draftShifting from pier to pier .........................................................................................................................................................$20.00 per ship

When pilot is detained aboard vessel in Bolivar Roads for conveniences of vessel a charge of $10.00 for first hour and $5.00 foreach hour thereafter will be charged against vessel.

i Suderman & Young, Cotton Exchange Building, Houston, Texas.Schedule of Tug Boat Houston Towing Company, 811 Cotton Exchange Building, Houston, Texas.Operators ~ Intracoastal Towing & Transportation Company, Petroleum Building, Houston, Texas.

Bay Towing Company, 811 Cotton Exchange Building, Houston, Texas.WITH OWN POWER BETWEEN

Galveston and Houston~ including Docking and Undocking ........................................................................................... $325.00 ’Bolivar Roads and Houston, including Docking ............................................................................................................... 285.00Texas City and Houston, including Docking and Undocking ............................................................................................. 325.00Morgans Point and Houston, including Docking .............................................................................................................. 200.00Bolivar Roads and Morgans Point ..................................................................................................................................... 200.00Bolivar Roads and Baytown, including Docking ................................................................................................................ 200.00Texas City and Baytown, Docking and Undocking ..................................................................................................... 240.00Galveston and Baytown, Docking and Undocking ...................................................... ~ ..........................................240.00Houston and Baytown, Docking and Undocking ............................................................................................................. 175.00Lynchburg to Houston ..........................................................................................................................................................165.00Bolivar Roads to Shell Petroleum ................................................................................................................................................................................250.00Morgan Point to Shell Petroleum .............................................................................................................................................................................165.00Bay Town to Shell Petroleum ......................................................................................................................................................................................100.00Houston to Shell Petroleum .........................................................................................................................................................................................100.00Docking and/or undocking Shell Petroleum .......................................................................................................................................................J0.00Penn City to Houston ..........................................................................................................................................................100.00Morgans Point to Baytown .................................................................................................................................................. 100.00

Norsworthy, Crown, Galena, Sinco, Clinton, Manchester, take same rates as Houston from above points.Norsworthy, Crown, Galena, Sinco, Clinton to Houston ............................................................................................. 75.00

On all stern first moves same rate will apply as without steam. With WithoutDOCKING AND UNDOCKING Steam Steam

All docks including Manchester Terminal and Clinton (S. P.) ....................................................................................... $40.00SHIFTING

Turning Basin dock to Turning Basin dock, including Sprunts and Long Reach ........................................................... $30.00 $40.00Manchester Terminal, Clinton, (S. P.) or Manchester Cake dock to Turning Basin, including Sprunts and Long Reach $40.00 $S0.00Manchester Terminal to Clinton (S. P.) or Manchester Cake Dock .............................................................................. $40.00 $50.00Shifting Shell Petroleum ...............................................................................................................................................................................................75.00

MISCELLANEOUS SERVICEDocking or undocking at Turning Basin, Long Reach or Alexander Sprunt’s Dock ................................................................................... $ 40.00Docking or undocking at Manchester, Clinton, Sinco, Galena, Crown, Norsworthy .......................................................................................... 50.00Docking or undocking at Baytown, when tug already there for other work, first tug .................................................................. 50.00When sent from Morgans Point or Houston, first tug .......................................................................................................................... 100.00~,isting vessels from one point to another on same dock at Clinton, Sinco, Galena, Crown or Norsworthy:

Ships with wheel power ........................................................................................................................................... per tug 60.00Ships without wheel power .................................................................................................................................................. per tug 7L00


MISCELLANEOUS SERVICEmContinued

Assisting vessels from one dock to another at other points than at Turning Basin, Long Reach:Manchester and intermediate points (viz., Clinton, Sinco to Galena, Crown to Norsworthy, Crown to Galena, etc.):Ships with wheel power ...................................................................................................................................................... per tug 75.00Ships without wheel power ............................................................................................................................................... per tug 90.00

Houston and Manchester, Docking and Undocking .......................................................................................................... $40.00 50.00

Dockir~g and/or Undocking at Houston Turning Basin; per tug ...................................................................................... 40.00A charge of $75.00 in addition to regular rate will be made when voyage is not completed on day of starting.Ships grounding will be given 1½ Hours free pulling time.

First hour thereafter or fraction ................................................................................................................................... 50.00Each succeeding hour or fraction .............................................................................................................................. 35.00

Above on Tugs with over 500 H. P.If tugs under 500 H. P. charge will be:

First hour or fraction .............................................................................................................................................. 25.00Each succeeding hour or fraction ............................................................................................................................ 20.00

When Tugs are not engaged on ship at time of grounding.Tugs over 500 H. P.:

First hour or fraction ............................................................................................................................................ 50.00Each succeeding hour or fraction .................................................................................................................. 35.00

Running time chargeable.For Tugs under 500 H. P.:

First hour or fraction ......................................................................................................................... 40.00Each succeeding hour or fraction .............................................................................................................................. 20.00Running time chargeable.

Furnishing Steam: Per hour or fractional part, including running time to and from ship:Day Time .................................................................................................................................................................35.00Night Time ....... : ...........................................................................................................................................................20.00

Delivering Water to Ships at Anchorage:For tugs with 20 tons or less capacity,_ ................................................................................................................. 50.00For tugs with more than 20 tons capacity ............................................................................................................ 75.00

Tugs ordered to stand by but not put to work will be charged for the same as if pulling.Rates for towing dead ships between points in Houston Ship Channel other than above specified, will be charged for on "pulling

time basis." All towed vessels to furnish towing hawsers.

SAILING VESSELS

Galveston Bar to Houston and Return, 65c per Gross RegisteredTon. Minimum charge for round trip, $500.00.

Houston Boatmen’s Association Rate of Charges forMooring and Unmooring Vessels

Office: 7435 Canal Street. Telephones: Wayside 4488 and 0091

Effective January 1, 1932

Contract and charges made for mooring or unmooring vesselsbetween the Maritime Committee and the Houston Boatmen’sAssociation.

For the purposes of this contract the Houston SJaip Channelfrom Houston Turning Basin to Norsworthy Dock shall be thetotal territory served by Houston Boatmen’s Association.

Docking or UndockingA fee of $7.00 shall be charged for mooring or unmooring

vessels in the whole territory served by the Houston Boatmen’sAssociation.

Shifting or Releasing

A fee of $7.00 shall be charged for the entire service ofshifting or releasing a vessel.

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Breasting

A fee of $7.00 shall be charged for the entire service ofbreasting a ship across any portion of the channel where neithera pilot nor tow boat is used for the shifting.

HOUSTON BOATMEN’S ASSOCIATIONand

HOUSTON MARITIME COMMITTEE OF THE COTTON EXCHANGE AND BOARD OF TRADE


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Houston’s Relationship(Continued from Page 14)

Texas. Within this territory--and most of it is in a state of partialrather than complete development--is produced all the mohair,most of the wool and one-fourth of the Texas cotton crop. Morethan one-half of the early cabbage, nearly one-half of all thespinach, three-fourths of all the Bermuda onions and a rapidlygrowing share of the early white potatoes marketed in the UnitedStates are grown in this area. Acqording to authorities at TexasAgricultural and Mechanical College, farms in the San Antonioterritory can produce a greater variety: of agricultural productsthan any similar area in the world. Of the agricultual section,a vast portion may be dry-farmed profitably, although there areavailable some of the greatest irrigation projects in the UnitedStates.

To serve this great productive territory, San Antonio hasestablish,d in the neighborhood of 390 factories, employing 8,660wage earners, with an output valued in excess of $52,884,256. Itsfactory payroll approximates eight and one-quarter million dollarsannually. In addition, the city has 343 wholesale establishmentswith net annual sales of $133,820,000 and 3.329 retail stores withnet sales each year of about $123,050,000.00.

San Antonio is now Texas’ third most populous city. Itspopulation according to the most recent census enumeration was231,542, and its growth since that time is estimated to exceed, byfar, the rate of increase experienced by the United States as awhole. The population of the city and its tributary territory is ofAmerican and German~American descent, with, of course; a largenumber of people of’-Mexican origin. In San Antonio proper thisMexican element numbets~.around 80,000.

With a present :that is the envy and despair of hundreds of citiesof Comparable size, San Afitonio looks into a future that can bematched by few cities anywhere.

RESEARCHwhen APPLIED to ENGINEERINGPoints the way to LARGER PROHTS

FoR a quarter of a century our Research Laboratories have pioneeredin the development of new apparatus, new processes and new tech-

niques that have met and satisfied the requirements of a wide rangeof welding and cutting applications.

Our Applied Engineering Department, an organization trained in put-ting into practice in the field the findings of the Research Laboratories,has co-operated with users of the process in assuring the successfulapplication of our oxyacetylene processes and equipment.

Our Applied Engineering Representatives will bring to you the adviceand assistance of an organization trained to help you increase yourprofits through the proper application of welding or cutting to yourproduction, maintenance, and repair problems.

Magnolia Airco Gas Products Co.HOUSTON BEAUMONT SAN ANTONIoEL PASO FORT WORTH WICHITA FALLS

OXYGEN . ACETYLENE . HYDROGEN,. CARBIDEWelding and Cutting Apparatus and Supplies

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Description of the Port(Continued from’ Page 23)

INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT

With the opening of the ship channel in 1915 came theopportunity to establish large manufacturing plants on deep water,such as cement mills, oil refineries, fertilizer works, cotton com-presses, steel warehouses, shell grinding plants, shell distributors,ship yards, marine ways, etc.

These various industries are estimated to have a capital invest-ment of about two hundred million dollars on the waterfront,employing ten to twelve thousand men in normal times, with adaily payroll of fifty to sixty thousand dollars per day.

This vast industrial district is served by the Public Belt Rail-road owned by the Navigation District and operated by the PortTerminal Railroad Association as a neutral switching organizationfor the benefit of all trunk lines centering at Houston. This Beltrailroad extends down each side of the channel for ten and twelvemiles in order to reach industrial plants and terminals.

Five great railway systems serve the Port, reaching out tothe vast trade territory tributary to Houston. These systems, theSouthern Pacific, Missouri Pacific, Santa Fe, Missouri-Kansas-Texasand the Burlington Rock Island, each have several subsidiariesor branch lines which effectively serve the Great Southwest.

Concrete highways also radiate in all directions from the Portof Houston providing for rapid dispatch of local freight by truckto nearby cities.

Air mail and passenger service is available to connect withnorthern and transcontinental routes.

Electric power lines, natural gas and crude oil pipe lines oneach side of the waterway provide for adequate power and fuelrequirements for any size industry.

Industrial and terminal sites are available in any size tractdesired at reasonable prices, values ranging according to locationand facilities.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PUBLICWHARVES

All the terminal facilities around the Turning Basin are undercontrol of the Port Commission and consist of Wharves 1 to 5,7 and 8, 10 to 15 comprising 7,401 lineal feet with berthing spacefor eighteen vessels.

Wharf No. 1--This wharf is 819 feet in length, constructedof creosoted pile with wooden deck served by a concrete warehouse100 by 425 feet in size, together with additional galvanized ironsheds containing approximately 35,000 square feet. This wharf isequipped with cottonseed cake grinding equipment on the east end.A pipe line for handling crude molasses is also provided on thiswharf.

Wharf No. 2--522 feet long, concrete construction, withtransit shed 105 x483 feet in size. This wharf is used for miscel-laneous cargo.

Wharf No. 3--799 feet long, concrete construction, for openstorage and railroad connection. Two tracks reach the ship side.On the east end of this wharf there is a galvanized iron transitshed with approximately 15,140 square feet of storage area. Asteel iron clad transit shed has been constructed at west end ofthis wharf 400 feet long and 95 feet wide with an area of 36,521square feet. Oil pipe lines for loading and discharging vessels andfor bunkers are located on this wharf.

Wharf No. 4--777 feet long, concrete construction, witha concrete transit shed 662x 100 feet in size. There are threeinclined conveyors here from ship to shed. No railroad tracks reachthe ship side, but behind the shed are five tracks spanned by atwenty ton electric traveling crane and two trucking bridges con-necting the transit shed with a concrete warehouse 600 x400 feetin size, U shape, served with three railroad tracks between thewings and two on the east side. A large inclined traveling con-

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veyor with a capacity of 100 tons per hour has been installed tocarry cargo from ship to warehouse in a continuous movement.Portable conveyors and a stacking machine also have been providedto facilitate the movement and placing of freight. This wharfand warehouse are designed for general merchandise.

Wharf No. 5.--104 feet long and 40 feet wide, but withadditional pile clusters, provides a berth for oil tankers to dischargecargo through large pipe lines into the tanks of the Humble OilCompany, located on the top of the hill at southwest corner ofthe property, where it is distributed by other pipe lines to thebunkers and into railroad tank cars, for shipment.

Wharf Nos. 7 and 8.-- 120 feet wide, 800 feet long, creosotedpile construction with wood shed, fire wall in middle and alongrear, transit shed 94x 800 feet, supported in the rear by threecotton concentration sheds, 650 feet long and 120 feet wide, andthe two compresses of the Turning Basin Compress Company,which provides storage for about 50,000 bales of cotton.

Wharf No. 10.--600 feet long, concrete pile and concretecross wall construction containing three shipside tracks and steelshed with 72,700 square feet of storage space.

Wharf No. 11.--530 feet long, concrete pile and cross wallconstruction with concrete one story transit shed.

Wharf No. 12.--Same description as Wharf No. 11 with theaddition of a second story containing some 66,000 square feet,which has been equipped with a modern cottonseed cake grindingplant installed by the Maurice Pincoffs Company, who operatetheir cake exporting business from this wharf under lease.

Wharf No. 13.--480 feet long, same description as WharfNo. 11. Fitted for grain loading berth.

Wharf No. 14.--Open wharf constructed of concrete, 500feet in length, equipped with two railroad tracks on the apronto tracks in the rear of Wharves Nos. 13 and 15. This berth isespecially designed for the handling of grain, the grain galleryfrom the elevator being constructed on this wharf and extendingfrom the center of Wharf No. 14 to the upper end of Wharf No.13, and down stream to Wharf 15, providing a loading berth fortwo or three ships with fourteen dock spouts. Provisions are alsomade for extending the grain gallery downstream over No. 15when additional loading facilities are required. Bulk cargo, suchas coal, ore, sulphur, fertilizer, phosphate, etc., can be handledover this wharf to or from ships and cars.

Wharf No. 15.--This wharf, of the same description asWharves Nos. 11 and 12 is 460 feet in length and provides anadditional berthing space for the handling of general cargo througha shed which contains 65,640 square feet of area.

Manchester Wharf, located two miles below Turning Basin.--

W. J. KEARNEYPresident

RICHARD R. OLMSTEDVice-President

A. J. SUBERBIELLE, JrS’ee’y.-Treas.

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