A REPORT FROM SPAIN - portarchive.com 30 October, 1952 Number 2 Page 59 to 74.pdfROBERT L. GLENN,...

A REPORT FROM SPAIN(Note: .llr. William II’. Rictmrds.

Eastern representative o/ the HoustonPort and Tra//ic Bureau, recently re-turned/rom a month’s promotional touro/ Spain. This is a summary’ o/ hiscomments.)

GENERALSome 28 million Spaniards depend

directly and indirectly upon agriculturefor livelihood. Good crops in Spainmean excess dollars.

Sl)ain’s 1951 crop years was excel-lent- 1952 is equally promising, andeconomic conditions reflect Ibis welcomechange.

Wheat, olLes and oranges are Spain’sprincipal agricuhural products. Even ingood crop years wheat production isjust sufficient for domestic require-ments, and in 1950 wheat from Argen-tina and the U. S. was imported to meetthe shortages.

Spanish production of olives is theworld’s largest. Olive exports immediate-ly reflect the amount of hard currencyavailable to purchase import necessities.

Greasy wool, onions, grapes, wine andalmonds swell the list of Spanish prod-ucts moving to world markets, whilelivesloek and cotton must be importedto augment domestic production.

Increasing agrieuhural prosperity hasgreatly reduced poverty, particularly inmany small cities of northern Spain.

Wages are low. but have improvedrelative to prices within the last fiveyears. Commodity prices fluctuate indirect relation to scarcity.

Prices for hotel accummodation,¢.food, entertainment, clothes, homes andfurnishings are about half their Ameri-can counterparts, a fact which makesSpain attractive to tourists.

Employment is t)eing maintained bygovernment works projects using a min-imum of modern machinery.

TRANSPORTATION, PRODUCTION,SHIPBUILDING

(;,ready needed in Spain is a moreefficient transportation system. Poorcommunications, highways and railroadsallow temporarily maladjusted economicconditions to cause periodic hardships.

Although there is no passenger carproduction in Spain. a new truck plantin Barcelona turns out two to threehundred milts },early. [7. S. manufac-lurers of heavv machinery and equip-ment should l:ind Spain an excellentmarket.

Self-sufficient in potash fertilizers,Spain must import nitrate and phos-phate rocks. Furore plans call for ex-pansion of existing fertilizer-productionfacilities and establishment of newplants.

French and German manufacturerscan sell machinery in Spain at an ini-tial cost 27 per cent higher than similar

U. S.-produced equipment by offeringvery favorable credit terms. One privatecommercial interest contacted the Port’srepresentative regarding the possiblepurchase of approximately $22 millionworlh of railroad equipment on a long-term, low-interest credit basis. Spain’srecord on loan payments is good.

Production of strategic minerals pres-ently scarce in the U. S. presents oppor-hmities for mutual assistance. Spanishore deposits are generally of very highquality. ()re analysts report a pure-man-ganese content of 65 per cent from oremined near Covadonga.

Iron and coal mines near Bilbao aregoing full tilt. using modern methodsand machinery. Eight freighters from500 to 8000 tons x~cre being tmih ad-jacent Io lhe harbor at Bilbao.

FOREIGN TRADEI/au cotton, chemicals, fertilizers, pe-

troleum products and machinery areprincipal Spanish imports, with drugsand miscellaneous food products of sec-ondary importance. A barter arrange-ment involving exportation of olive oilbrought in large quantities of soya beanoil in 1951.

American exporters to Spain are op-timistic over trade prospecls. Exportsare moving in dire(:t relation to Spain’seconomic condition, and there is appar-ently little fear of decrees cutting offimport licen~s to protect the dollar bal-ance. IL S. exports to Spain are credit-able.

The average Spanish producer has noextensive knowledge of U. S. markets.Still predominant is the old-fashionedmethod of granting exclusive nationaldistributorships to firms giving onlylimited coverage in the metrol)olita;i]~]aslern [I. S.

Spanish producers should reallocatetheir U. S. distribution 1o take advant-age of the growing consumer market inIhe Midwest and Southwest. Since Span-ish commercial interests only obtaindollars for imports through sale of theirown products, it behooves Americanbusiness men and foreign traders tohell) open the U. S. market for Spanishgoods not produced in this country andpresendy consumed only in small qmm-lities.

lml)ort Ionnages may be furlher in-creased by the in-channeling of Spanishproducts needed for defense. Americanlariffs need not be raised if consump-lion and exporl of American productionremains high.

Properly expediled, a program of in-creased trade belween Ihe U. S. andSpain can act for the benefit of bolh.

ADAMS TERMINALINSTALLS NEWBULK UNLOADER

’Fo meel Ihe critical need for effici,mtbulk unloading facilities in the Houstonarea, the Phillips Terminal Company hasinstalled a horizontal-boom hammer-head-type clamshell unloader at theirAdams Terminal plant.

Equipped with a 5-yard ore bucket.the new facility will unload iron ore.manganese ore, phosphate rock, potashand other bulk cargoes at an averageunloading rate of 250 to 300 lolls per

hour.

()timr facililies at Adams Terminal in-,tude t~o gantry cranes, each with acapacity of l(I tons at 30-foot liftingradius: a conveyor system for unload-ing bulk cargo such as ammonium sul-fate. potash. ,’oal, coke. el(:.; and Robbins hea~y-duly car shake(mr.

INSPECTING SUBMERGED LANDS. George P. Simpson, long-time Chief Engineer for the Port ofHouston, grabs an oar and paddles briskly while making an inspection tour by boat of Navigation

District submerged property.

HOUSTON PORT BOOK FOR OCTOBER, 195259

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MARITIME INTERESTSand Foreig. Consalates

UNITED STATES SERVICESCORPS OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY

Engineer Officials in Charge of the Constructionand Maintenance of the Houston Ship Cha~nel :

COL. JAMES D. tANG, Corps of EngineersDistrict Engineer, Galveston ........... Telephone 2-862i

W. C. RETTIGER, Corps of Engineer~"Chief, Operations Division, Galveston Telephone 2-8621

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

U. S. CUSTOMS SERVICE

SAM De W. LOW, Collector of Custom,~District No. 22Houston Office: 404 Federal Office Bldg. CApitol 7201Galveston Office: Customhouse ............ Telephone 5-7464

GEORGE L. C. PRATT, Assistant Collector of Custom,as"office: Customhouse. Galveston, Texas ......... Telephone 5°7464

JAMES M. JEFFERIS, Deputy Collector in ChargeOffice: 407 Federal Office Bldg ................. CApitol 7g01

E. C. WALTERS, CustoYits Inspector (Deputy Collector)Outside DivisionBarge Office: 7300 Wingate St. WAyside 410qLong Reach Docks ....... WOodcrest 4061City Dock 12 WOodcrest 2791Airport MEby 0796

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

A. B. PIGEONNE, Deputy Collector, Baytown, TexasALVIN F. SCHARFF, Customs Agent in Charge

902 Federal Off ire Building FAirfax 1757

U. S. NAVY

CAPT. CARL J. LAMB, U.S.N.R., Supervising Inspectorof Naval MaterielMafrige Bldg., 411 Fannil~ (’Ai~itol 720LInspection AdmAn. Dept ....................... CHarter 0389A.I.N.M. Southwestern District, Houston (Petroleum)CApitol 2275Communications ......... CHarter 0063Production Department CApitol 7201

LT. W. R. FLYNN, U.S.N.Branch Hydrographic OfficePost Office Bldg., Galveston Tele[)hon~. 5-9732

MILITARY SEA TRANSPORTATION SERVICE

LT. CDR. W. F. SMITH, U.S.N.Room 402, Cotton Bld~. BLackstone 3289

U. S. COAST GUARD

CDR. WARREN DAVID, Captain of the Port7300 Wingate St ................ WAyside 7062

CDR. LEO A. WELSH, Marine Inspection Officer in Charge7300 Wingate St ................... WOodcrest 9:407

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

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

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

CDR. WILLIAM T. SMITH, Senior Materiel Officer(Vessel Inspection)7300 V~’ingate St. W()odcres( 9407

SCLK. ROBERT L. GLENN, Shipping Commissioner7300 Wlng~lto St. WAyside 5000

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U. S. PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICEOUT-PATIENT CLINIC

W. H. GORDON, Medical DirectorMedical Officer in ChargeRoom 216, 7300 Wingate St. WAyside 5424

FOREIGN QUARANTINE

W. H. GORDON, Medical DirectorMedical Officer in ChargeRoom G-5, 7300 Wingate St. WAyside 795:.

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

OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE

NATIONAL PRODUCTION AUTHORITY

WARREN G. BROWN, District ManagerRoom 2, Federal Land Bank Bldg.. 430 Lamat" CApitol 7201

WEATHER BUREAU

E. A. FARRELL, Meteorologist in Charge1002 Federal Office Bids ............... (’.Apitol 6919

U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTUREBUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY

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

907 Federal Office Bids ............ 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 ~178

BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE

Division of Plant QuarantinesH. C. MILLENDER, Inspector in Charge

Room 206, 7300 VVingate St ........ WOodcrest 7~;80

O. D. MORRIS, Principal Assistant7300 Wingate St ................... WOodcrest 7880

OLEN E. 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 COMMISSIONJOE H. McKINNEY, Regional Manager

Gulf States RegionRoom 332, 7300 Wingate WOodcrest 3975

h. 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 Bids ........ CApitol 7201Mailing Address ......... P. O. Box 4059. Houston 14. Texas

FOREIGN CONSULATESARGENTINA: GUILLERMO DEMARE, Consul

7315 South ]~Iain St ............

BELGIUM: A. A. CRISPIN, Hon. Consul1611 Bank of Commerce Bldg.

BRAZIL: MILTON FARIA, Cons~d1303 Rosalie (Suite 31 ......

CHILE: GONZALO GONZALEZ, Con.s’ul311 Cotton Building .......

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

714 Richmond Rd.

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

COSTA RICA: CARL G. STEARNS, Hon. ConsulSecond N~ttlon~l Bank Bldg .............. CHarter 6811


MAdison 2915

FAirfax 0338

Linden 9953

CHatter 6079, MOhawk 53072

JAckson 117’7

KEystone 1057

FOREIGN CONSULATES (Continued)CUBA : ENRIQUE MORALES DE LOS RIOS, Consul

3717 Audubon ...... JUstin 7624

DENMARK: K. W. TIDEMANN, Hon. Vice Consul408 Cotton Exchange Bldg. . CEntral 9384

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: T. L. EVANS, HoE. Vice Consul1[)20 Bankers Mortgage Bldg. PReston 5153

ECUADOR: JORGE LUIS PEREZ, ConsulEDGAR C. SOULE, HoE. Consul

538 First National Bank Bldg. FAirf~tx 5445

FINLAND: JAMES MCKAY LYKES, JR., Hon. Consul306 Cotton Exchange Bldg ...... PRestxm 7211

FRANCE : HENRI JEAN JOB, Consular Agent2139 Tangley Rd ........ LYnchburg 7322

GREAT BRITAIN: JAMES THYNE HENDERSON, Consul GeneralJ. S. BENNETT, ConsulD. J. GRAYBROOK, Vice Consul

3103 Fannin St ...... JAckson 4231GUATEMALA: MRS. M. M. PRATS, Hon. Consul

$201 Erath. Gissel Bldg., P. O. Box 5006 WEnlworth 5571

HONDURAS: HENRY F. HOLLAND, Hon. Consul1600 Mellie Esperson Bldg. FAirfax 2391

LIBERIA: DR. CHARLES W. PEMBERTON, Hon. Vice Consul222 West Dallas PReston 9444

MEXICO : ALEJANDRO V. MARTINEZ, Cons?~ESTEBAN MORALES, Vice Consul

236 Mellie Esperson Bldg. FAirfax 170[~NETHERLANDS: EDMUND PINCOFFS, Hon. Consul

620 Melrose Bidg .......... PReston 8191DR. ALBERT VAN WIJK, Vice Consul

624 South Main, Pasadena, Texas GRand 2-2221

NICARAGUA: ANTON G. CHOBAN, Hon. Consul2711 Main St ........ CApitol 9601

NORWAY: THORLEIF B. JORGENSEN, HoE. Vice Consul4215 Graastark ...... JUstin 5661

PANAMA: HORACIO SOSA, JR., Consul5512 Crawford ........... JUstin 6609

¢~ARAGUAY: CARLOS A. PEZET, Co~l.utl] General701 West Alabama ....... JAckson 4;~7~,

PERU : LuIs RODRI(~UEZ, HoE. Consul3717 Audubon ..... KEystone 3S63

PORTUGAL : FISHER G. DORSEY, HoE. Vice Consul1113 Vine Street, P. O. Box 305 PReaton 0111

SWEDEN: GUNNAR DRYSELIUS, Consul/VAN RADBERG, Vice Consul

3602 Montrose ..... lJnden 7459

VENEZUELA: RAFAEL R. DAVILA D, Consul520 Branard .... JAckson 6129

MISCELLANEOUSHOUSTON PILOTS

R. S. SMITH, Agent, 2320 Fannin St. CApitol 9451

HOUSTON MARITIME ASSOCIATION

JOSEPH E. DAVIES, PresidentMRS. DOROTHY J. ZUCK, Secretary

224 Cotton Exchange Building PReston 5517THE PROPELLER CLUB OF THE UNITED STATESPORT OF HOUSTON

EDWIN EIKEL, President, (Intracoastal Towinga~d Transportation Corp.) PReston 2297

G. HARRIS EMIG, Secretary and Treasurer3821 Fannin St. JAckson 7438

BOARD OF UNDERWRITERS OF NEW YORK

CAPT. R. L. WYNNE, Correspondent and SurveyorCotton Exchange Bldg. PR~ston 8244

LLOYD’S AGENT

BENCAL ~ THOMPSON, J. R. BENCAL

302 Cotton Bldg. CEntral 8441


F R E I I) E RS"::’, "":(/ \:’-/2

ANI~:BROKERSBEHRING SHIPPING CO.

962 M & M Building CApitol 1:~26

DIXIE FORWARDING CO.311 Cotton Building CHarter 6079

HOUSTON FREIGHT FORWARDING AGENTS1006 Scanlan Building CHarter 0417

INTERNATIONAL FORWARDING CO.3201 Polk Avenue CHarter 6589

JUDSON-SHELDON DI-VISION, National CarloadingCorporation, 201 Cofton Exchange Building CHarter 6966

,1. R. MICHELS, JR.1127 Cotton Exchange Building

RAILWAY EXPRESS AGENCY820 Washington Avenue

H. E. SCHURIG & CO.701 Cotton Exchange Building

R. W. SMITH & CO.703 Scanlan Building

SOUTH PORTS FORWARDING CO.210 Scanlan Building

THE STONE FORWARDING CO.806 Cotton Exchange Building

C. J. THIBODEAUX & CO.421 Cotton Exchange Building

W. R. ZANES & CO.221 Cotton Exchange Building

H. L. ZIEGLER, INC.221 Cotton Exchange Building

CHarter 0426

PReston 5121

BLackstone 0511

CEntral 9455

CHarter 1821

CApitol 976l

PReston 8166

CEntral 9425

BI.ackstone 0541

Conteactors for . . .

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POWER AND INDUSTRIAL PIPINGIndustrial, Commercial and Residential

PLUMBING ¯ HEATING ANDAIR CONDITIONING

The Warren Company, Inc.Ser,~ing South Texas/or Over 38 Years

HOUSTON, TEXAS

614 WALKER AVENUE PHONE FA-! 163

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PORT OF HOUSTON, TEXAS

62 HOUSTON PORT BOOK FOR OCTOBER, 1952

HOUSTON PILOTSHouston Office: 2320 Fannin Street

Telephone: CApitol 9451Galveston Office: 1206 United States National Bank Building

Telephone : 2-2011

Pilot Boats: Houston Pilot Nos. 1 and :~--Meet vessels m~ Galveston Bar.All vessels to or from seaAll vessels to or from Bolivar RoadsSwinging vessel for compass adjustmentZone No. 1. All terminals between the Turning Basin and Manchester Terminal.Zone No. 2. All terminals between Manchester Terminal and Hess Terminal.Zone No. 3. All terminals between Hess Terminal and Ordnance Depot.Zone No. 4. All terminals between Ordnance Depot and Morgan Point.

All shifts confined to any one zone will be $20.00.

$ 6.00 per draft foot4.00 per draft foot

25.00

All shifts from terminals in one zone to terminals in adjoining zone $25.00.All shifts from terminals in any one zone passing through the adjoining zone to terminals in the next adjoining zone

$30.00. "All shifts from terminals in any one zone passing through the next two adjoining zones to terminals in the third ad-

joining zone $35.00.When Pilot is detained aboard vessel in Bolivar Roads for" the convenience of the vessel, a charge of $10.00 for the first

hour and $5.00 for each hour thereafter will be charged.

Schedule of Tug BoatOperators

t Suderman & Young Towing Co., Inc., 417 Cotton Exchange Building, Houston, Texas, PReston 0830.Intracoastal Towing & Transportation Corp., 502 Caroline St., Houston 2, Texas, PReston 2297.

t Bay-Houston Towing Company, 827-28 Cotton Exchange Building, Houston, Texas. CApitol 6231.

ASSISTING VESSEL under own power, Docking or Offdocking included :

1. Morgan Point to Baytown$155.00

2. Morgan Point to Ordnance Depot225.00

3. Morgan Point to Shell, Adams Terminal, Todd Shipyards, or Sheffield250.00

4. Morgan Point to Houston295.00

5. Bolivar Roads to Morgan Point or Baytown295.00

6. Bolivar Roads to Shell365.00

7. Bolivar Roads to Houston415.008. Galveston or Texas City to Baytown350.00

9. Galveston or Texas City to Houston475.0010. Baytown to Ordnance Depot175.0011. Baytown to Shell, Adams Terminal or Sheffield175.00

12. Baytown to Houston270.0013. Houston to Since, Galena, Crown, or Norsworthy155.0014. Houston to Sheffield, Todd Shipyards. Adams Terminal. or Shell175.0015. Houston to Ordnance Depot250.00

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

DOCKING OR OFFDOCKING

1. At points between Turning Basin and Manchester Terminal, inclusive$105.002. At points below Manchester Terminal to Norsworthy, inclusive

115.003. At points below Norsworthy to Ordnance Depot, inclusive140.004. At Baytown120.00

SHIFTING1. Between points at Turning Basin to Manchester Terminal, inclusive

$120.002. Between points below Manchester Terminal to Norsworthy, inclusive140.003. Between points below Norsworthy to Shell, inclusive150.004. From one berth to another at the same dock between points below Manchester Terminal to Ordnance Depot, inclusive 145.00

5. From one berth to another at Baytown120.00

Holding vessel off dock and redocking, shifting rates will apply.Standing by or holding vessel in stream or alongside bank awaiting berth, pulling time rate will apply.Towing "dead" ships between points on Houston Ship Channel, other: than above specified, pulling time rate will apply.


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’HOUSTON SHIP CHANNELHOUSTON MOORING CO. Office: 7437 CANAL STREET Telephone: WAyside 4488

Contract and charges made for mooring or unmooring vesselsbetween the Houston Maritime Association, Inc., and theHouston Mooring Company.

DOCKING AND UNDOCKING1. (a) Charge of $17.00 for mooring or unmooring vessels

any place in the Houston Ship Channel between theTurning Basin and Adams Terminal, Todd Shipyard,inclusive.

(b) Charge of $17.00 for unmooring and $17.00 for moor-ing in shifting from one berth to another; except whenshifting to the adjoining berth, which is a ship lengthor 500 feet, there will be a charge of $23.00 for theentire service.

(c) There will be a charge of one and one-half (1½) timesthe day rate for work performed between the hours of10:00 P.M. and 4:00 A.M.

(d) There will be an additional charge of $5.00 for mooringand $5.00 for unmooring at any place where a regulardock and facilities are not provided; and double linesor bights will carry a $5.00 extra charge. A double feefor double docking.

2. One hour’s notice of sailing or shifting shall be given theHouston Mooring Company: if the vessel is not ready to sailor shift within one hour after ordering time, there will bean additional charge of $8.00 an hour waiting time. A mini-mum charge of one hour will be made on all waiting time.In the event a sailing or shifting is cancelled after the menof the Houston Mooring Company are at the pier, therewill be a charge of one hour at the waiting time rate. Nocharge for any delayed sailing or shifting on account ofweather conditions.

3. On vessels at oil terminals the rate enumerated above in(a) and (b), will be increased by three dollars ($3.00)

Operations on the rail-water terminals in the Port of Houston are carried on under the provisions of tariff published bythe Navigation District, which tariff is concurred in generally by the four private terminal companies operating for hire.This tariff contains thirteen sections, as follows:

SECTION ONESECTION TWOSECTION THREESECTION FOURSECTION FIVESECTION SIXSECTION SEVEN

PreliminaryRegulations Governing Use of WaterwaysRegulations Governing Use of FacilitiesDockageShed HireWharfageFree Time and Penalty

SECTION EIGHTSECTION NINESECTION TENSECTION ELEVENSECTION TWELVESECTION THIRTEEN

Freight Handling MachineryMiscellaneous ChargesVegetable Oil Handling PlantHouston Public Grain ElevatorLoading and UnloadingBulk Handling Plant

SOUTH PORTS FORWARDING CO.FOREIGN FREIGHT FORWARDERS

SERVING THE PORT OF HOUSTON

210 Scanlan Bldg. Tel. CHarter 1821

Houston 2, Texas Cable Address "SOPO"

Mobile Phones: Florence WY-5-3276 ¯ Netty WY-5-3267

Turning Basin Towing CompanyTou, in q ~ervie~, ¯ ~hiiting

R. B. HEMPHILL 3510 Manitou DriveOffice Phone OR-6761 HOUSTON 15, TEXAS

’E]o,EN ]a,O~N $1r]e]e]L IIP’


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TERMINALS AND INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES

Along the banks of the Houston Ship Channel, as it winds its meticulous way from Galveston Bay through Morgan Point,up the San Jacinto River and Buffalo Bayou, are concentrated nearly one hundred great plants, refineries and other shippingand manufacturing installations. The upper 25 mile section of this busy artery of commerce is literally sprinkled with thetanks, towers and wharves of plants producing hundreds of products and by-products of oil, natural gas and other minerals. Eachyear there is a substantial increase in the number and activities of these great industries, attracted to the area by the continuingavailability of deepwater sites, splendid rail and highway connections, and unlimited and lowcost supplies of electric power, waterand oil and natural gas fuel, not to mention the wealth of other raw materials and minerals obtainable in vast quantities. In ad-dition to the great manufacturing facilities, there are now more than 25,000 lineal feet of privately-owned wharves along thechannel, capable of berthing more than eighty ships and barges. The following is a brief summary of these plants and facilities,beginning at the Turning Basin and progressing downstream:

Port Houston Iron Works, complete ship repairs. Berthsavailable.

Humble Oil & Refining Co. Handling fuel and bunker oil--using Navigation District wharves with connections at No. 1 to4 and Gulf Atlantic Warehouse Company (Long Reach) Dockswith connections at Nos. 1-8, inclusive. Diesel fuel available atWharf No. 3 only. Supplying vessels, railroads and indus-tries.

Turning Basin Compress, operated by Southern Compress& Warehouse Company. One high density compress, storage,classing and shipping.

Humble Oil & Refining Co. Eighty-five acre tank farm andspecialty manufacturing plant. Two bunker lines, one forbunker C fuel oil and one for Diesel fuel, with connections onWharves Nos. 10 to 15, inclusive, for bunkering ships while dis-charging or receiving cargo. Located on north bank of Channel.

Port City Compress & Warehouse Co., owned by Atkinson& Company, located three-quarters of a mile northeast ofTurning Basin on tracks of the Houston Belt & Terminal andSouthern Pacific Railway.

Patrick Shipside Warehouse. Receiving commodities forwarehousing, shipping and distribution. Facilities adjacent toNavigation District Wharf 4.

Pacific Molasses Co., Ltd. Receiving shipload cargoes ofmolasses for distribution throughout the Southwest. Pipelineover Navigation District Wharf No. 1.

Maritime Oil Co. Drumming of petroleum products. (UseNavigation District Wharf No. 1).

Parker Bros. & Co., Inc., Wharf Site No. 17, sand andshell unloading rig, north side Channel.

Armour Fertilizer Works, Manufacture of commercial fer-tilizer. Shipments of phosphate rock received by vessels. Sul-phur received by carload from Texas mines.

Houston Wharf Co. (Long Reach Docks), concrete wharf3,428 feet long, marginal tracks, berthing space for eightsteamers. Cargo of all kinds handled by this Company. (Ownedand operated by Gulf Atlantic Warehouse Co.)

Gulf Atlantic Warehouse Co. (Long Reach Plant), twohigh density cotton compresses, concrete warehouses, with areaof 1,500,000 square feet.

Gulf Atlantic Warehouse Co. (Fifth Ward Plant), twohigh density cotton compresses, and warehouses with 1,100,000square feet of storage area.

Gulf Atlantic Warehouse Co. (Clinton Plant), high den-sity cotton compresses, and warehouses with 350,000 squarefeet of storage area.

The Sprunt Corporation (Sprunt Docks). Berth space fortwo steamers, two story brick and concrete warehouses. Twohigh density compresses and warehouses with capacity of150,000 bales of cotton.

Gulf Atlantic Warehouse Co. (Terminal Plant), two highdensity cotton compresses and warehouses with area of 650,000square feet.

W. D. Haden Co. Marine Department and Machine Shop,mouth of Brays Bayou.

Houston Marine Service, Inc. Boat basin and marine re-pair yard for care of yachts, work boats, and p]easure boats,located on Brays Bayou.


Bludworth Shipyard. Marine ways, shipbuilding and boatrepair yard, salvaging services, located on Brays Bayou.

Platzer Boat Works. Shipbuilding and marine repairs, lo-cated on Brady Island and Brays Bayou.

Parker Bros. & Co., Inc. Shell and sand unloading plantin old channel, Harrisburg.

Harrisburg Machine Co. All kinds of ship and machinerepairs, located on Old Channel of Buffalo Bayou in Harris-burg.

Consolidated Chemical Industries, Inc. Large chemicalplant manufacturing fertilizers, sulphuric acid, muriatic acid,bone charcoal, other bone products. Barge wharf, located onold channel of Buffalo Bayou.

Eastern States Petroleum Co., Inc. Oil refining, bargewharf. Pipe lines to Manchester wharves.

Liquilux Gas Services. Packages liquefied petroleum gasproducts and anhydrous ammonia in special I.C.C. cylinders andskid tanks for export and domestic shipment. Located behindEastern States No. 1 refinery.

Eastern States Petroleum Co., Inc. Gasoline storage andmarine warehouse. Barge and ship wharves. Facilities leasedfrom Magnolia Petroleum Company.

Lone Star Cement Corporation. Large plant manufactur-ing high grade Portland and oil well cement from oyster shelland clay. Capacity 2,000,000 barrels per year, operating twokilns. Barge wharf.

Arrow Mills, Inc. (Formerly Houston Milling Co., Inc.)Flour mill, feed mill and grain elevator, 2,000,000 bushelscapacity. Carrier house to Manchester Public Wharf, loadingcapacity 20,000 bushels per hour. Pneumatic system to takegrain from ship to elevator.

Southwestern Sugar & Molasses Co. Receiving shiploadcargoes of molasses for distribution throughout the Southwest.Pipeline over Navigation District Manchester Wharf.

Phillips Petroleum Company. Marketing. (Using ChannelFuel wharf.)

Arkansas Fuel Oil Co. Petroleum products distributionstation. (Use Channel Fuel wharf.)

Continental Oil Company. Gasoline terminal storage tanks.Small craft and barge wharf.

Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Company. Steel products.Terminal and warehouse.

Southern Pacific Lines. Steamship terminal at Clinton.First unit berths three vessels. Slip 850 feet.

Ideal Cement Co. Gulf Portland Division. Manufacturersof Portland cement and oil well cement.

Mayo Shell Corp. Poultry feed grinding plant. Road ma-terials. Phosphate rock grinding plant.

Eastern States Petroleum Co., Inc., Pile wharf and tankstorage. Pipe lines to refinery.

Manchester Terminal Corporation. Concrete wharves andtwo-story concrete transit sheds; berths for four ships; gen-eral cargoes handled. Two high density compresses; two-storyconcrete storage warehouses, capacity 250,000 bales of cotton.Large open area for outside storage.

W. D. Haden Co. Marine ways for barge and small craftrepairs in Simms Bayou near Navigation District Railroadbridge.

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W. D. Haden Co. Shell unloading rig and side tracks inSimms Bayou near Navigation District Railroad bridge.

Gulf Chemical Company. Manufacturers of fertilizer fromphosphate rock.

Coastal Oil & Transport Co. (Leased to Humble Oil Refining Co.) Storage and shipments of gasoline. Ship wharf.

Gulf Oil Corporation. Terminal. Wharf 590 feet long.Sinclair Refining Co. Refiners and shippers of crude and

refined oils. Wharf 1,400 feet long, pipe line connections tovarious fields in the Mid-Continent area.

Houston Lighting & Power Co. Deepwater Steam-ElectricStation, 160,000 k.w. capacity, total capacity 600,000 k.w. in-eluding all plants. High tension power lines extending alongeach side of channel provide ample power for city and indus-trial use. Barge wharf.

General American Tank Storage Terminals. Petroleum andvegetable oil terminal tank farm.

Oil and Chemical Products, Inc., operating benzene purifi-cation plant. Processes 15,000 tons per month of Europeancoal tar light oils. Uses General American Wharf.

Champion Paper & Fibre Co. Largest book paper mill inthe South. Produces stock for Time and Life as well as othercoated stock. Pulp mill finishing plant, wharves, etc.

The Texas Co. Slip with berths for three vessels. 1400 feetof wharves.

Crown Central Petroleum Corporation. Oil refining andshipping by vessel. Wharf 150 feet.

Phillips Petroleum Co. Gasoline exporting terminal.Phillips Chemical Co. Produces ammonium sulphate, etc.Phillips Terminal Co. Bulk cargo terminal.Horton & Horton. Slip, wharves, shell unloading rig, ma-

rine ways, and repair yard, located on Cotton Patch Bayou.Mathieson Chemical Corporation. Two docks--143 feet and

153 feet in length. Bulk cargo dock. Produces agriculturalchemicals, etc.

Warren Petroleum Corporation (Warrengas Terminal)--Storage and shipment of LPG products. Two T-head wharves,98 x 20 feet.

Hess Terminal Corporation (Norsworthy Terminal). Tankfarm and storage. Shipment of petroleum products. Oil wharf

150 feet. Barge wharf 40 feet.

Partners in the Building

of a Great Port/ /

The year 1922 marked two events which were to have great influence

on the future of this area--the formation of the Harris County HoustonShip Channel Navigation District, and completion of Houston Lighting &Power Company’s plans for a major electric generating station on theship channel.

In the 30 ),ears since, lhe forward-looking management of the port facili-ties has brought continued growth and progress. Electric power, too, hasplayed a part, for it serves well the needs of industry, and the empireof which the port is so important a part.

Sheffield Steel Corporation.Blast furnace, coke ovens, basicopen hearth furnaces, bloomingmill, structural mill, merchant androd mills, wire products, etc.

Tenn-Texas Alloy & ChemicalCorp. Manufactures ferromanga-nese, ferrosilicon and other alloysneeded to produce high-grade steel.

A. O. Smith Corporation ofTexas. Produces all-welded, large-diameter steel pipe.

A. O. Smith Corporation. Pro-duces LPG tanks, and hydraulicpumps.

Nyotex Chemicals, Inc. Plantfor making lime from oyster shell;plant for producing anhydrousaluminum chloride; plant for pro-ducing anhydrous hydrofluoricacid; all located on Green’s Bayou.

Merichem Co., Inc. Produceswide range of chemicals used inmining, textile, chemical and pe-troleum industries.

W. D. Haden Co. Shell retaildelivery plant, located on Green’sBayou.

Parker Bros. & Co., Inc. Bargerepair and construction yard, ma-rine ways. Located on Green’sBayou.

Green’s Bayou Marine ServiceCompany. Boat, tug and barge con-struction and repairs. Two marinerailways. Located on Green’sBayou.

Todd Shipyards. Complete dry-docking, repair and shipbuildingfacilities, 12,500 and 3,600 tonfloating drydocks. Ample wharvesand building ways. Capable of han-dling any ship navigating theHouston Ship Channel. Located onthe Houston Ship Channel at themouth of Green’s Bayou.

Ethyl Corporation. Very largeproducer of tetra-ethyl lead andother chemicals.

Diamond Alkali Co. Producersof liquid chlorine gas and causticsoda. Plant and office on HoustonShip Channel.

Rohm & Haas Company. Manu-facturers of plastics, insecticides,fungicides, coating resins, plywoodadhesives and chemicals for theleather, textile and rubber indus-tries. Plant and offices on ShipChannel.

San Jacinto Ordnance Depot.Storage depot and terminal facil-ities.


Shell Oil Co., Inc., and Shell Chemical Corpora/ion¯ Largerefinery and tank farms. Slip with four berths. Petroleum amtchemical products, loading and unloading facilities.

San Jacinto Battleground Park¯ Memorial to the heroes ofSam Houston’s Army of Texas. The top of the San Jacintomonument towers 570 feet high. The Battleship TEXAS ispermanently berthed in slip on the watelTront.

Channei Shil)yard, Lynchburg. Boat building and repairs.;’)0}l-ton inal’ine ways.

Gulf Refining Company (Houston Pipe Line Division),

Brown and Root, Inc.--Tank machining plant under con-struction. 950-ft. steel sheet-pile bulkhead and wharf.

Peden Iron & Steel Co. Sales and warehouse.The General Warehouse Company.Houston Central Warehouse & Cold Storage Co.Texas Packing Company¯ Meats.tIouston Terminal Warehouse & Cold Storage Co.

Merchants & Manufacturers Building Corporation.Lynchburg. Oil storage. Shipment by vessel and pipe line.Wharf 200 feet.

Humble Oil & Refining Co. One of America’s largest refin-eries, at Baytown. Refining and shipment of crude and refinedoil products. Three tanker docks--two berths each--one dock60(} feet and two docks 450 feet. Four barge wharves, one 25(}feet, and three 60 feet.

E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. (Grasselli Chemicals De-partment). Chemical plant, located on Brinson Point about one-fourth mile west of the main Houston Ship Channel.

Humble Oil & Refining Co. Barge terminal on BarbourChannel.

Standard Oil Co. of Texas. SaltDrone Corporation. Barge terminal onBarbour Channel.

Cliff’s Yacht Basin. Boat sales.storage and repairs.

Houston has over 100 producing oilfields within a radius of 100 miles, andpipe lines extend to all major coastaland mid-continental oil and gas fields.Many of the major and independentcompanies maintain their principal of-fiees at Houston.

Upper Channel IndustrialDevelopment

In addition to the industries es-tablished along the main channelthere are a number located upon thelight draft channel between the harborand the center of the city and havingtheir own wharves and cargo han-dling facilities. Among them the fol-lowing are noted:

Ole Peterson & Son¯ Barge dockand mooring facility.

National Supply Company. Steelbulkhead wharf for handling pipe,steel, etc.

Republic Supply Company. Pipeyard and warehouse.

Continental Supply Company.Pipe yard.

Houston Barge Terminal. Bargeterminal and warehouse.

Parker Bros. & Co., Inc. Shellunloading plant and builders’ sup-plies.

Shellbuilder Co. Oyster shell poul-try feed.

Trinity Portland Cement Division,General Portland Cement Company.Producing cement from oyster shell.

Houston Packing Company. Meatpackers.

Pritchard Rice Milling Co.Federal Steel Products Corpora-

tion. Steel castings.Houston Shell & Concrete Co.

Ready-mixed concrete, shell, sand andgravel.

Houston Lightir~g & Power Com-pany. Gable Street plant, 60,000 k.w.capacity.

United Gas. Distribution plant fa-cilities.

Horton & Horton. Sand, shell.gravel, ready-mixed concrete pro-ducers.

Coffield Warehouse Company--650,000 feet of floor space. 600-footsteel retaining wall. Major tenantsGulf Oil Corporation, General Elec-tric Company, American Can Com-pany, and Brown and Root, Inc.

Buffalo Warehouse Company. Warehousing and distrib-ution facilities.

John Young Co., Inc. Shell. Located at foot of FanninStreet on Buffalo Bayou.

City Wharves.B. A. Riesner & Son. Structural steel.

NATURAL GAS. The channel industrial area is served oneach side of the waterway by natural gas piped from the fieldsby the United Gas, Houston Natural Gas Corporation, GasDivision of Humble Oil & Refining Co. and Houston IndustrialGas Company, whose mains are available to all industries.

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2005 White Street Houston, Texas Phone CApitol 9787

John I. Hay332 SOUTH MICHIGAN AVENUE

Rirer Baroe Transportation

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One vital reason for Houston’s importance asan industrial center is the availability here ofunlimited natural gas.

We are proud of the contribution we are mak-ing toward the growth of Houston by furnish-ing natural gas for fuel for its new industries.

Industrial Gas Supply Corporation2001 COMMERCE BUILDING, HOUSTON

CROSS & COMPANY,Inc.Mrs. Maude Davis Cross, President

James E. Davis, Vice President Ralph S. Ludwick, Secretary

SHIP SUPPLIESDeck, Engine, Cabin, and Provisions- Marine Lubricants,

Manila and Wire Rope, Packings and Paints

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Established Since 1921

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Niels [sperso, 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."

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

The guest register at San Ja-cinto Inn, during the past 25years, best speaks for its popu-larity.

To reach this beautiful publicpark, drive east on Preston Ave-nue to Harrisburg Boulevard,thence to La Porte Road; followLa Porte Road, then on to thefamous San Jacinto Battlegrounds ....and Inn. ~’"

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Open 6:00 P.M.Tuesday

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Open 1:00 P.M.Sunday

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

THEDINNERSTHAT MADE SANJACINTOFAMOUSWINTER DINNER

Three Dollars

CeleryShrimp Cocktail

Oysters on the Half ShellOyster Brochette

Tenderloin of Trout or RedfishFried Chicken Potatoes

Hot Biscuits and JamDrinks Desser:

Iced Crabs

Fried Chicken

Drinks

Specially Equ,pped toAny Nunnl~r Up

SUMMER DINNER

Three Dollars

CeleryShrimp Cocktail

Tenderloin of Trout or Redfish

Hot Biscuits and PreservesDessert

Se,ve BanquetsTo 61t0

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MANAGEMENT FOR THIRTY-THREE YEARS

HOUSTON PORT BOOK FOR OCTOBER, 19526’9

R. W. SMITH & CO.CUSTOMS BROKERS ̄ FREIGHT FORWARDERS

F. M. B. Reg. No. 887

Telephone CEntral 9455

703 SCANLAN BLDG. HOUSTON 2, TEXAS

Linea de Vapores Garcia, S. A.

~GARCIA LINE~Havana, Cuba

Weekly Service To

HAVANA

MEMBERS Gulf.South Atlantic Havana Steamship ConferenceSantiago de Cuba Conference

GARCIA LINE CORPORATIONGarcia Line of New York, inc. 910 Cotton Exchange Building

82 Beaver Street ATwood 4548New York City Houston, Texas

418 U. S. National Bank Bldg. Garcia Line AgencyPhone: 2.8431 Lake Charles, Louisiana

Galveston, Texas Phone: 6-9571

TELEPHONES

PReston 0687 ¯ CHarter 9846 II

United Stevedoring CorporationI’

; Cotton Exchange Building !~i i

HOUSTON, TEXAS

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FIR AND YELLOW PINE LUMBERAND

RED CEDAR SHINGLES

W. H. Norris Lumber Company710-15 First National Bank Building

HOUSTON, TEXAS

LOCKWOOD & ANDREWSConsulting Engineers

Ports, Harbors, Navigation FacilitiesPublic Works, Airports, Earthworks, Roads

Structures, Mechanical and Electrical

Reports ~ Design ~ SuperrisiouSnrvetls ~ Valuations

CORPUS CHRISTI ~ HOUSTON -- VICTORIA, TEXAS

Essomarine Lubricantsin the Port of Houston are supplied by Humble Oil &

Refining Company. These world-wide favorites of marine

engineers are available in drums or in bulk at the Houston

Turning Basin; truck deliveries can be arranged wherever

a ship is berthed.

HUMBLE OIL & REFINING COMPANY HUMBLESales Department

Marine Sales Division

Essomarine lubricants include a complete line of lubricating oilsand greases for every type of turbine, diesel and reciprocatingengine on the Seven Seas.


FORK LIFT TRUCKS

AND TRACTORS

Below is a list of the distinguished andexpert Stevedoring (Materiels Han-dling) Firms in the 2nd Port of TheNation whe year after year add totheir already large fleet of Towmotors

MORE TOWMOTOR$.

Adams Terminal & Whse.Atlantic & Gulf Stevedoring, Inc.Canadian Gulf Line Limited

~tr General Stevedores, Inc.Gulf Tide Stevedores, Inc.Harris County Ship ChannelNavigation DistrictManchester Terminal, Inc.Southern Stevedoring Company

~tr Southern Stevedoring & ContractingCompany

’/r Strachan Sh~pping Company"~ Suderman Stevedores, Inc.

Texas Star Stevedoring Company~rTexports Stevedore Company, Inc.

United Stevedoring Corporation’k Young & Company

Literally shouldering the loads of cargo to and from the vast armada of

ships whose commerce makes Houston 2nd Port of The Nation are the

Stevedoring Firms whose tremendous job it is to handle goods and com-

modities of every known kind from everywhere on earth.

It is significant and gratifying to us as Texas Agents for the Tox~motor

Corporation that those professional, experienced, and astute Materials Han-

dling Firms almost without exception use Towmotor Fork Lift Trucks.

They know from long and comparative experience that Towmotor’s

sturdiness will take them around the clock; that they mean faster turn-

around time for the vessels under service; that their labor gangs are pro-

tected from injury and exhaustion; that the extra tons moved at Tnwmotor

speeds insures their profits in that highly competitive, penny-wise, and

tonnage-wise industry.

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Able Supply Co. 10 Manchester TerminaJ Corporation 20American Barge Line ComDany 18 Materials Handling EquipmentAnderson, Clayton & Co. 15 Corporation ........ 71Atlantic, Gulf & Pacific Company 16 Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation 12

Missouri-Kansas-Texas Lines ..... 17B Missouri Pacific Lines 21

Bay-Houston Towing Company 23Biehl & Company 12 NE. S. Binnings 8 National Steel Products Co ...... 8Binswanger & Co of Texas 22 Newtex Steamship Corporation 10Bloomfield Steamshil3 Company 14 Norris, W. H., Lumber Company 70Burlington Lines 5 p

C Patrick Transfer & Storage Company 24

Champion Paper & Fibre Company, The 10 Peden Iron & Steel Co ....... 64

Cities Service 2 RCook Company, J.M. 16 Rice, Thomas, & Company, Inc .... 23Coyle Lines 68 Rock Island Lines ......... 11Cross & Company, Inc. 68Crown Central Petroleum Corporation 72 S

Crown Marine Laundry 55 San Jacinto Inn ..... 69Santa Fe System Lines ...... 19

E Second National Bank of Houston Cover 3Esperson Estate 68 Sheffield Steel Corporation Cover 2Ethyl Corporation 1 Shell Oil Company ......... 14

Shilstone Testing Laboratory . 18F Sinclair Refining Company 6Farnsworth & Chambers Co.. Inc. 16 Smith, R. W., & Co ....... 70First National Bank in Houston 58 Wm. A. Smith Construction Co. 25Fowler & McVitie Inc. 25 South Ports Forwarding Co .... 64

G South Texas National Bank ..... 71Garcia Line 70 Southern Compress & Warehouse Co.. 55General American Tank Storage Southern Pacific Lines ....... 9

Terminals Cover 4 Standard Dredging Corporation. 8General Stevedores Inc. 55 States Marine Corporation 22Gulf Atlantic Warehouse Co. 13 The Stone Forwarding Company .... 4Gulf Oil Corporation 24 Strachan Shipping Company . 6

HSuderman & Young Towing Co., Inc. 25

Harrisburg Machine Company, Inc. 14 TJohn I. Hay Company 68 Texas Creosoting Company 20Houston Foundry & Machine Co. 68 Texas Transport & Terminal

Houston Lighting & Power Co. 66 Company, Inc ....... 18

Houston Pilots 22 Tidemann & Dalton, Inc. 24Houston Pipe Line Company 72 Todd Shipyards Corporation 4

Huber Construction Company, Inc. 22 Turning Basin Towing Company 64

Humble Oil & Refining Company 70 UI United Gas 23

Industrial Gas Supply Corporation 68 United Stevedoring Corporation . 70

Intracoastal Towing & Transportation WCorp. 2 Warren Company, Inc., The 61

L Warren Petroleum Corporation.. 12

Layne-Texas Co.. Ltd., The 67Waterman Steamship Corporation 3

Lockwood & Andrews 70 ZLykes Bros. Steamshil~ Co.. Inc. 7 Zanes, W. R. and Company 20

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Your markets--rural, urban or for-eign--can be reached quickly, cheaplyfrom Texas’ Coastal Corridor.

Five of the nation’s 21 leading portsare concentrated here; through themyou can receive raw materials or shipfinished goods coastwise, intracoastally,or world-wide.

Six railroad systems operate 17 lines,and major airlines operate from theCorridor to all parts of the U. S. andLatin America. Motor freight travelsquickly over Texas’ fine system of pavedhighways, third longest in the U. S.

By train, plane, ship, barge or truck,transportation from the Coastal Corri-dor is fast.

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