FOREIGN CONSULATES (Continued)DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: T. L. EVANS, Consul

806 Waugh Drive ....... JUstin 0519

ECUADOR: CARLOS RENDON CHIRIBOGA, ConsulEDGAR C. SOULE, Consul

538 First National Bank Building ........ PReston 6844

EL SALVADOR: JOSE TRABANINO, JR., Consul4116 Yoakum, Room No. 6 ..... JAckson 3306

FINLAND: JAMES McKAy LYKES, JR., Consul306 Cotton Exchange Bldg ................. PReston 7211

FRANCE: PIERRE PELEN, Consul2(12 Gulf 11uildin~ ............. (’Harier 5115

GERMANY: Dn. MARGARETA GROEWFL, (’o’n..~ol514 Branard ............... LYnchburg 3731

GREAT BRITAIN: A. C. S. ADAMS, Consul GeneralJOHN STILL BENNETT, Consul

C. O. ADAMS, Vice Consul3103 Fannin .......... JAckson 4231

GUATEMALA: MRS. M. M. PRATS, Consul8201 Erath, Gisscl Bldg.. P. O. Box 5006 .... WEntworth 5571

HONDURAS HARRY K. ConsulWRIGHT,Niels Esilerson Bldg ........... (’Harter 9441

ITALY: BRUNO BAGNOLI, Vice Consul312-318 Citizens State Bank Building ...... CHarter 4294

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

MEXICO: ALEJANDRO V. MARTINEZ, ConsulESTEBAN MORALES, Vice Consul

236 Mellie Esoerson Bldg ................... FAirfax 1700NETHERLANDS: PIETER CRAMERUS, Conrail

3517 West Dallas. P. O. Box 13316 .... LYnchburg 37s5DR. ALBERT VAN WIJK, Vice Consul

624 South Main, Pasadena, Texas ........... GRand 2-2221

NICARAGUA: ANTON G. CHOBAN, Consul2316 Main Street ......... JUstin 062:/

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

PANAMA: CEFERINO VILLAMIL, Consul415 West Main. Apt. 7 Linden 4941

PARAGUAY: ])R. MARTIN CATTONI, Consul4215 Graustark ......... JAckson 0790

PERU: CARLOS A. PEZET, Consul GeneralIGOR VELASQUEZ-RODRIGUEZ, Vice Consul

406 West Alabama .............. JAckson 4878PORTUGAL: FISHER G. DORSEY, Vice Consul

2202 Nance, P. O. Box 3(t5 ....... PReston 4141SWEDEN: GUNNAR DRYSELIUS, Consul General

IVAN RODBERG, Vice Consul3400 Montrose ...... Linden 7459

VENEZUELA: RAFAEL R. I)AVILA |)., (~O~St¢I520 Branard ..................... JAckson 6129

MISCELLANEOUSHOUSTON PILOTS

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

HOUSTON MARITIME ASSOCIATION

LEWIS HOMBURG, PresidentMRS. DOROTHY J. ZUCK, Secretary

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

CAPT. S. T. HAND, President (Lykes Bros. Steam-ship Company, Inc.) ..... PReston 7211

G. HARRIS EMIG, Secretary and Treasurer3821 Fannin St., Room No. 5 .... JAckson 7438

BOARD OF UNDERWRITERS OF NEW YORKCAPT. R. L. WYNNE, Correspondent

Cotton Exchange Building .... PReston 8244NATIONAL CARGO BUREAU

CAPT. n. L. WYNNE, Deputy Chief Surveyor,West Gulf DistrictCotton Exchange Building . . PReston 8244

LLOYD’S AGENTJ. R. BENCAL

3030 Louisiana St., Room 203 . JUstin 5439

H(N I Re: ....... .--.-.* ~-"

FREIGHTI~W~DERSAND~:BR~OKERS

BEHRING SHIPPING CO.962 M & M Building .................... CApitol 1326

LESLIE B. CANION701 Cotton Exchange Building ........ PReston 8848

DIXIE FORWARDING CO.311 Cotton Building ...................... CHarter 6079

J. P. HARLE FORWARDING CO.310 Cotton Building .................... CHarter 2797

HOUSTON FREIGHT FORWARDING AGENTS1006 Scanlan Building ................... CHarter 0417

INTERNATIONAL FORWARDING CO.117 San Jacinto ...................... PReston 7542

JUDSON-SHELDON DIVISION, National CarloadingCorporation, 810 Cotton Exchange Building CHarter 6966

J. R. MICHELS, JR.1127 Cotton Exchange Building CHarter 0426

PATRICK & GRAVES210 Cotton Building ................... I’Reston 526i;

RAILWAY EXPRESS AGENCY820 Washington Avenue .................. PReston 5121

H. E. SCHURIG & CO.701 Cotton Exchange Building BLackstone 0511

R. W. SMITH & CO.703 Scanlan Building ................. CEntral 9455

SOUTH PORTS FORWARDING CO.213 Scanlan Building ........... CHarter 1821

THE STONE FORWARDING CO.806 Cotton Exchange Building .... CApitol 9761

C. J. THIBODEAUX & CO.421 Cotton Exchange Building PReston 8166

W. R. ZANES & CO.221 Cotton Exchange Building BLackstone 0541

H. L. ZIEGLER, INC.206 Cotton Exchange Building ......... CHarter 6781

Conl.acto,s /o,. . .Industrial, Commercial and ResidentialPLUMBING ¯ HEATING ANDAIR CONDITIONING

Installation and Maintenance ofPOWER AND INDUSTRIAL PIPINGAND EQUIPMENT

Our products are designed and built to comply- withthe requirements of the ASME Code and we areauthorized to apply the appropriate Code symbols.

The Warren Company, Inc.Serring South Texas ,/or Over 40 Years

HOUSTON, TEXAS614 WALKER AVENUE PHONE FA-1163

Est. 1914

HOUSTON PORT BOOK, SPRING, 195459

TRADE TRIP¯ CONTINUE~ FROM PAGE 3O

In Mexico, El Salvador, Panama, Co-lombia and Venezuela the travelingTexans met the people and sat thesights-from VIP’s to volcanoes. Gov-ernment officials, bankers, industrialists.merchants, cattlemen, coffee growers, oilproducers and transportation executivesoutdid themselves in extending a tradi-tional Latin weh:ome.

Traveling by air, the group week-ended in Mexico City and made two-

day stops in Panama, Medetlin andMaracaibo. Three more days were spentin oil-rich Caracas, plus an overnightstop in beautiful Montego Bay, Jamaica.

Educational side trips at each stop-o~er point provided opportunity to viewindustry, agriculture and scenic attrac-tions. Genial and attentive Salvadoreansshowed off their busy, growing capital,San Salvador fat herds of magnificentdairy cattl~lush, tropical mountain-sides where the finest coffee grows -and the humming activity of colorful"beneficios" where freshly picked cof-

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It’s so much easier and faster whenusing Houston’s great deep water portto use Houston’s leading bank--TheNational Bank of Commerce--for allforeign transactions. You will be pleasedwith the personal service that relievesyou of detail and that speeds up yourtransaction all along the line. Nexttime route your shipments "Via Port ofHouston" and your banking tronsactionsthrough the Foreign Department of TheNational Bank of Commerce of Houston.

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MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION

fee beans are washed, hulled, dried andbagged for export.

Panama business men met the groupfor luncheon in the luxurious UnionClub overlooking the Pacific Ocean, andseveral members of the party inspectednearby Miraflores locks of the PanamaCanal.

Gracious, affable Colombians dis-played beautiful Medellin, nestled be-t’~een, towering, rugged mountains, and~cre equally proud of the largest cottontextile manufacturing plant in SouthAmerica.

Petroleum-prosperous Venezuela pro-vided two of the most spectacular sightsin a trip on Lake Maracaibo where morethan 1.0()() oil wells have been drilled waters up to 90 feet deep -and in therecently completed La Guaira-Caracassuper-highway. Swooping upward ingentle, flowing curves, boring throughmile-thick mountains, the inspiring "au-lopista" rises from sea level to an ahi-rude of 1.000 feet in only 15 miles.I)riving time from Caracas to its porthas been cut from two hours to twentyminutes bv this multi-million dollar en-gineering "marvel.

lmst stop in Venezuela was an inspec-lion of the facilities at the country’sprincilm[ port. La Guaira, boasting atwo-story, ]O()0-foot-long passenger ter-minal, modern concrete sheds and ware-houses and the latest in dockside cranesand equipment.

INDUSTRIES SPONSORDISASTER COMMITTEE

Thirty-two Houston Ship Channel in-dustries have united in a port disasterplan for the port’s industrial area.

l)esigned to provide mutual aid fornalural disasters, the plan ~ill be flex-ibh’ enough to integrate into the broadHarris County civil defense program.

lmuis (;rossheim of Shell Oil Com-pany and Harold Cunningham of EthylCorporation ~r ~ ~’~" named as chairmanand vice-chairman of the group.

Sub-committees have been appointedto make reeommendalions on fire fight-ing, ]a~ enforcement, rescue corps andcommunications and engineering equip-menl componenls of lhc plan.

PHILLIPS BUILDS PLANTPhillil~s Chendcal (]ompany has re-

cently completed a tril~le-superphosphatufertilizer plant with a produ¢’tion capac-ity of 11)5 tons per day. The new phtnlis located at Phillit~s’ Houston Ship(~hannel site.

Anhydrous amnmnia production atthe grm~ing chemical industry site hasabout doubled with inshdlation of thene~ plant, and Phillips is also expandingits ammonium sulphate producing facili-lies.

60 HOUSTON PORT BOOK, SPRING, 1954

HOUSTON PILOTS2320 Fannin StreetTelephone: CApitol 9451

Galveston Office:1206 United States Natl. Bank Bldg.

Telephone: 2-2011

Pilot Boats: Houston Pilots Nos. 1, 2 and 3--Meet vessels on Galveston Bar.All vessels to or from seaAll vessels to or from Bolivar Roads ................................. $ 6.00 per draft foot

.... 4.00 per draft footO11 vessels ordered to anchor in Bolivar R0adS bythe Agent or Master, a fee 0f $35.00 will be charged in addition to theregular pilot fee when the vessel is subsequently ordered to a dock.

All vessels to or from sea or Bolivar Roads "dead" to be charged double the regular pilot fee.Swinging vessel for compass adjustment .......................... 25.00Zone 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 $35.00.All shifts from terminals in one zone to terminals in adjoining zone $40.00.All shifts from terminals in any one zone passing through the adjoining zone to temninals in the next adjoining zone

$45.00.All shifts from terminals in any one zone passing through the next two adjoining zones to terminals in the third ad-

joining zone $50.00.All vessels shifting "dead" to be charged double the regular shifting fee.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.

Suderman & Young Towing Co., Inc., 708 Cotton Exchange Building, Houston, Texas, PReston 0830.Schedule of Tug Boat Intracoastal Towing & Transportation Corp., 502 Caroline St., Houston 2, Texas, PReston 2297.Operators Bay-Houston Towing Company, 811 Cotton Exchange Building, Houston, Texas, CApitol6231.ASSISTING VESSEL under own power, Docking or Offdocking included :

1. Morgan Point to Baytown ............$155.002. Morgan Point to Ordnance Depot.

3. Morgan Point to Shell, Adams Terminal, Todd shipYards, Or Sheffield 225.00. ¯ 250.004. Morgan Point to Houston ..... 295.005. Bolivar Roads to Morgan Point or Baytown 295.006. Bolivar Roads to Shell 365.007. Bolivar Roads to Houston ................. 415.008. Galveston or Texas City to Baytown 350.009. Galveston or Texas City to Houston . " " " 475.0010. Baytown to Ordnance Depot 175.0011. Baytown to Shell, Adams Terminal or sheffield .........................

175.0012. Baytown to Houston13. Houston to Sinco, Galena, Crown, or n0rsworthy ............. 270.00

155.0014. Houston to Sheffield, Todd Shipyards, Adams Terminal, or Shell 175.0015. Houston to Ordnance Depot 250.00(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, inclusive ................ 140.004. At Baytown 120.00SHIFTING

1. Between points at Turning Basin to Manchester Terminal, inclusive .................. $120.002. Between points below Manchester Terminal to Norsworthy, inclusive ........ 140.003. Between points below Norsworthy to Shell, inclusive ........... 150.004. From one berth to another at the same dock between points below Manchester Terminal to Ordnance Depot, inclusive 145.005. From one berth to another at Baytown 120.00Holding 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.

Serving the South and Southwestwith Quality GLASS

MIRRORS, PORTLIGHTS, SAFETYGLASSAND ALLIED PRODUCTS

John I. Ha), Company332 SOUTH MICHIGAN AVENUE ¯ CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

River Borge Tronsportotion netu’een Chicoqo.

Neu~ Orleons. Houston, Brownsriil4,, and

Int~rmediot~ Points

BRANCH OFFICE:

5001 Navigation Blvd. Telephone WEntworth 6664

HOUSTON, TEXAS207 N. Main Street ¯ Houston ¯ AT-5244

HOUSTON PORT BOOK, SPRING, 195461

on the

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"

CROWN MARINE LAUNDRY

24 Hour Marine Se,’vice4911 HARRISBURG

Phone WO-0410

TELEPHONE CEntral 8449 Cable Address "JIMCO"

J. M. COOK COMPANYSTEAMSHIP AGENTS

Serving AllWest Gulf Ports

TANKER MANAGERS

Petroleum Transportationof All Kinds

1220 TEXAS AVENUE ¯ HOUSTON 2, TEXAS

62HOUSTON PORT BOOK, SPRING, 1954

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 o1’ 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.

Marco Chemical Co. Storage, shipping and receiving oftallow. (Use 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.

Lee Construction Co. Export Crating and Packing.Houston Export Crating & Construction Co., Inc. Export

Crating and Packing.Houston Wharf Co. (Long Reach Docks), concrete wharf

3,428 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 pleasure 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.

Continental (;rain Coral)any. (Formerly A rrow Mills, 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-story

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concrete 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.

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 longSinclair 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-cluding all plants. High tension power lines extending alongeach side of channel provide ample power for city and indus-trial use. Barge wharf.

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

Oil and Chemical Products, Inc., operating bcnzene purifi-cation plant. Processes 15,000 tons per month of European coaltar 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, whala~es, 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 telzninal.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- Storageand shipment of L P G products.Two T-head wharves, 98 x 20 feet.

Hess Terminal Corporation(Norsworthy Terminal). Tank farmand storage. Shipment of petrole-um products. Oil wharf 150 feet.Barge wharf 40 feet.

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

Tenn-Texas Alloy & ChemicalCorp. Manufacturer ferr~manga-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 hydrofluoric acid--all located on Green’s Bayou.

Meriehem 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-structiou and repairs. Two nmrinerailways. Looated on Green’sBayou.

Todd Shipyards. Complete dry-(locking, repair and shipbuildingfacilities, I2,500 and 3,600 tonfloating drydocks. Ample wharuesand building ways. Capable of han-dling any ship navigating theHouston Ship Chamlel. 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. Man-ufacturers of plastics, insecticides,

64 HOUSTON PORT BOOK, SPRING, 1954

fungicides, coating resins, plywood adhesives and chemicalsfor the leather, textile and rubber industries. Plant and officeson Ship Channel.

San Jacinto Ordnance Depot. Storage depot and terminalfacilities.

Shell Oil Co., Inc., and Shell Chemical Corporation. Largerefinery and tank farms. Slip with four berths. Petroleum andchemical products, loading and unloading facilities.

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

Channel Shipyard, Lynchburg. Boat building and repairs.500-ton marine ways.

Gulf Refining Company (Houston Pipe Line Division),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 dock600 feet and two docks 450 feet. Four barge wharves, one 250feet, 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. Salt Dome Corporation. Bargeterminal on Barbour Channel.

Cliff’s Yacht Basin. Boat sales, storage and repairs.Houston has over 100 producing oil fields within a radius

of 100 miles, and pipe lines extend to all major coastal andmid-continental oil and gas fields. Many of the major and in-dependent companies maintain their principal offices at Hous-ton.

Upper Channel Industrial DevelopmentIn addition to the industries established along the main

channel there are a number located upon the light draft chan-nel between the harbor and the center of the city and havingtheir own wharves and cargo handling facilities. Among themthe following are noted:

Gulf Canal Lines, Inc. Barge terminal for loading heavyvehicles and mobile equipment.

Ole Peterson & Son. Barge dock and mooring facility.National Supply Company. Steel bulkhead wharf for han-

dling pipe, steel, etc.Republic Supply Company. Pipe yard and warehouse.Continental Supply Company. Pipe yard.Houston Barge Terminal. Barge terminal and warehouse.Parker Bros. & Co., Inc. Shell unloading plant and builders’

supplies.Shellbuilder Co. Oyster shell poultry feed.Trinity Portland Cement Division, General Portland Ce-

ment Company. Producing cement from oyster shell.Houston Packing Company. Meat packers.Pritchard Rice Milling Co.Federal Steel Products Corporation. Steel castings.Houston Shell & Concrete Co. Ready-mixed concrete, shell,

sand and gravel.Houston Lighting & Power Company. Gable Street plant,

60,000 k.w. capacity.United Gas. Distribution plant facilities.Horton & Horton. Sand, shell, gravel, ready-mixed con-

crete producers.Coffield Warehouse Company. 650,000 feet of floor space.

600-foot steel retaining wall. Major tenants Gulf Oil Corpora-tion, General Electric Company, American Can Company, andBrown and Root, Inc.

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.Houston Terminal Warehouse & Cold Storage Co.Merchants & Manufacturers Building Corporation.Buffalo Warehouse Company. Warehousing and distrib-

ution facilities.John Young Co., Inc. Shell. Located at foot of Fannin

Street on Buffalo Bayou.City Wharves.B. A. Riesner & Son. Structural steel.NATURAL GAS. The channel industrial area is served on

eaeh 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.

HOUSTON PORT BOOK, SPRING, 1954

TELEPHONES

PReston 0687 ¯ PReston 3374

United Stevedoring CorporationCotton Exchange Bui,~,n9 iHOUSTON, TEXAS

COMPLETE TESTINGand INSPECTION SERVICE¯ ANALYTICAL CHEMISTS¯ TESTING ENGINEERS¯ MATERIALS INSPECTION¯ CARGO SURVEYS¯ SPECTROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS¯ ORE SAMPLING

SHILSTONE TESTING LABORATORYEstablished 43 Years

Offices: HOUSTON ¯ NEW ORLEANS ¯ CORPUS CHRISTI ̄ EL PASORepresentatives in All Major Cities

BIEHL & COMPANYSTEAMSHIP AGENTS

SHIP BROKERSFREIGHT AND PASSENGER SERVICE VIA

FERN-VlLLE FAR EAST LINESU. S. Gulf Ports to Japan, Philippine Islands, Indonesia

and Malaya.

NOPAL LINEU. S. Gulf Ports to Rio, Santos, Montevideo, Buenos Aires

HAMBURG AMERICAN LINEU. S. Gulf Ports to

Antwerp - Ghent - Rotterdam o Bremen - Hamburg

NORTH GERMAN LLOYDU. S. Gulf Ports to

Antwerp - Ghent - Rotterdam - Bremen - Hamburg

SIDARMA LINEU. S. Gulf Ports to

Barcelona - Leghorn - Naples - Genoa, Italy

AZTEC LINEU. S. Gulf Ports to

Vera Cruz - Coatzacoalcos - Campeche - Progreso

MAYA LINEU. S. Gulf Ports to

Pto. Barrios - Pto. Cortez - Tela - Belize - Pto. Limon

Galveston ¯ Houston ¯ New OrleansMemphis ¯ Dallas ¯ St. Louis

Cable Address: BIEHL TWX No. HO-360

65

PORT BUREAU ELECTSBOARD OF DIRECTORS

C. B. Fox~ general agenl for l~ykesBros. Steamship Company. lne.. hasbeen re-elected chairman of the execu-live commith*e of the Houston Port Bu-reau. promolional agency for the l’ortof Houston.

Hugll J. Bernard. vice president of lheSecond National Bank. ~as renamedvice chairman. The Bureau also namedI~o new directors and re-appointed 19,Ihers. Nm~ directors are C. F. Rickel.traffic manager, Sheffield Sled Corpora-tion; and Herman Weber. manager,Stone l:orwarding Company.

Directors are: W. S. Bellows, lg;. N.Blantom J. G. Turney, W. L. Walker,R. Vernon Whiteside, and Port DirectorWarren 1). Lamporl, representing the

Houston Naxigation District: I~amarFleming. Jr.. and I_ R. C. Towles. rep-resenting the Houston Cotton Exchange:Alfred Bessell, Jr., Gulf Atlantic Ware-house Co.: R. J. Mills. Manchester Ter-rninal Corl~oration; J. tt. Flavin. lheSprunt (~orl~oralion: C. R. Mus~rave.Phillips Terminal Company: \’C. M. Hur-ley. represenling the Houslon (Jmmberof Commerce: J. S. Burrmvs. represent-ing oil indushies; J. ~:. Hershey. repre-senting barge lines and harbor lugs:Vernon C. Frederick. representing shipchandlers: W. R. Crute. represenlingchemical and allied industries; Mr. Fox.representing the Houston Maritime &s-soeiation; Mr. Bernard. representingbanks of Houston: Mr. \Veber. repre-senting foreign freight for~arders, and\,It. Riekel. representing I[le steel in-dustry.

PHILLIPS TO BUILDPOLYETHYLENE PLANT

Phillips Chemical Company has an-nounced plans to build a new type pilotplant on the Houston Ship Channel tomake l~olyelhylene, ~hich may lead tothe construction of another mu[li-milliondollar unit in its array of chcmlcal in-dustries in Houston.

The plant will make i~olyethylene bva ne~ process requiring less investmentthan existing methods. (~onsh’uction isscheduled to slarl at onee. Less than 50(Ipounds pressure per square inch is re-quired in the new process, as comparedto 15.O00 to 30,000 pounds in currentmanufacturing practice.

Pending the outcome of laboratorytests on the new product, to be know[las Marlex 50, a full-scale plant for pro-duction of polyethylene is to be erectedat Phillips’ Ship Channel location.

MARINE REFRIGERATIONAND AIR CONDITIONING

*repairs * maintenance* consultation services

~j~ incorporated ~ rk .

7120 Avenue C Houston, Texas WOodcrest 1753

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

F. M. B. Reg. No. 887

Telephone CEntral 9455

703 SCANLAN BLDG. HOUSTON 2, TEXAS

SERVICES:¯ Australia and New Zealand¯ Brazil and Argentina¯ Canada¯ Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Chile¯ Continental Europe¯ Indonesia, Straits Settlements and Egypt¯ India, Pakistan and Persian Gulf

¯ Japan and Philippines¯ Mexico¯ North Africa, Portugal, Spain and

Western Mediterranean¯ Scandinavia and the Baltic¯ South and East Africa¯ United Kingdom and Eire¯ West Indies, Venezuela and Guianas

OFFICESSavannah, Georgia; Norfolk, Virginia; Jacksonville, Florida; Pensacola, Florida; Mobile, Alabama;New Orleans, Louisiana; New York, New York; Chicago, Illinois; St. Louis, Kansas City, Missouri;Atlanta, Georgia; Memphis, Tennessee; Cincinnati, Ohio; Dallas, Galveston and Houston, Texas.

STnACHANSHIPPING COMPANYSTEAMSHIP AGENTS and STEVEDORES

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N.Y.K. LINE(Nippon Yusen Kaisha)

to Japanese Ports

Fowler & McVitie, Inc.AGENTS

Cable Address "EDWIN"

X--offices in

GALVESTON, HOUSTON, CORPUS CHRISTI, BROWNSVILLE,PORT ARTHUR, LAKE CHARLES, DALLAS,

MEMPHIS, NEW ORLEANS

Plant TelephoneWO-1768

P. O. Address Box 5125HOUSTON 12, TEXAS

HARRISBURG MACHINE CO., I,c.OLDEST MARINE REPAIR PLANT IN PORT OF HOUSTON

General Machinists, Founders, Boiler Makers, Copper Smiths, Electric Welding,Floating Equipment Derrick Barge and Tow Boats for Ship Repairs

Night Telephone NumbersR. A. Fenzl, JA-5571 C.P. Legnon, WO-9241Pres. and Gen’l Mgr. Superintendent

BARGE SERVICE CORPORATIONI. C. C. Regulated Freight Forwarders

IRON AND STEEL ARTICLES, CARLOADS

Fast, Direct Weekly Service

Pittsburgh to Houston via BargeFOR RATES AND INFORMATION CALL OR WRITE

HOUSTON, TEXASCHarter 5618 ¯ 750 Bank of Commerce Bldg.

PITTSBURGH, PA.COurt 14593 ¯ P.O. Box 1682

HOUSTON PORT BOOK, SPRING, 1954 67

Your problem may be a high or wide load . . . a problem

of service and equipment . . . but no matter how difficult

you think it may be we would like to work it out with you.

There are Santa Fe freight traffic offices in 64 cities fromcoast-to-coast. Just call the one nearest you today.

R. N. Jail, Asst. General Freight Agent, HoustonClark Davis, Freight Traffic Manager, Galveston

INDEX

TO

AD~’ERTISEMENT~

A

American Barge Line Company .................... 21American Mideast Line ........................... 14Anderson, Clayton & Co .......................... 17Atlantic, Gulf & Pacific Company ................. 10

8Barge Service Corporation .......................... 67Bay-Houston Towing Company ................... 22Biehl & Company ......................... 65Binnings, E. S .................................. 22Binswanger & Co. of Texas ....................... 61Bloomfield Steamship Company .................. 20Burlington Lines .............................. 5

cCentral Freight Lines ......................... 64Champion Paper & Fibre Company, The ............ 4Cities Service ................. 23Consolidated Chemical Industries ..... 67Continental Grain Company ............. 20Cook, J. M. Company ........... 62Coyle Lines .............. 22Crown Central Petroleum Corporation ..... 22Crown Marine Laundry .............. 62Cunard Steamship Co., Ltd., The ...... 21

FFirst National Bank in Houston ........ 56Fowler & McVitie, Inc .......... 67

G

Garcia Line ................. 53General American Tank Storage Terminals ...... 19General Stevedores, Inc ................ 10Gulf Atlantic Warehouse Co ............. 15Gulf Coast Supply Company .......... 20

H

Harrisburg Machine Company, Inc ..... 67Hay, John I., Company ...... 61Houston Foundry & Machine Co ........... 55Houslon Lighting & Power Co ....... 57Houston Pilots ................. 12Houston Pipe Line Company 18Humble Oil & Refining Company 16

I

Industrial Gas Supply Corporation 14Intracoaslal Towing & Transportation Carp .... R

LLee Construction Corporation Cover IVLockwood & Andrews ........... 49Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc ..... !

M

MMM Inc. 66Manchester Terminal Corporation 20Mississippi Valley Barge Line Company Cover IIIMissouri-Kansas-Texas Lines 3Missouri Pacific Lines 9Moore, Dale W. 53

N

National Bank of Commerce 60Newtex Steamship Corporation 23Norris, W. H., Lumber Company 49

P

Patrick Transfer & Storage Company 18Peden Iron & Steel Co. 23

R

Rice, Thomas & Company, inc. 10Rock Island Lines 7

sSan Jacinto Inn 21Santa Fe System Lines 68Sheffield Steel Corporation 13Shell Oil Company 14Shilstone TesHng Laboratory 65Sinclair Refining Company 8Smith, A. O., Corporation of Texas 2Smith, R. W. & Co. 66South Ports Forwarding Co. 62Southern Barge Terminal 49Southern Compress & Warehouse Co. 55Southern Pacific Lines 11Standard Dredging Corporation 12States Marine Lines 18Strachan Shipping Company 66Suderman & Young Towing Co. Inc. 16

T

Tenn-Tex Alloy & Chemical Corporation ..... Cover IITexas Transport & Terminal Company, Inc .... 6Todd Shipyards Corporation ......... 4

uUnited Gas ....................... 6United Stevedoring Corporation ..... 65

wWarren Company, Inc., The .............. 59Waterman Steamship Corporation ....... 2

zZanes, W. R., and Company ............. 16

68 HOUSTON PORT BOOK, SPRING, 1954

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NASHVILLE

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Panama City

Brownsville PI VALL RGE LINE COMPANYSERVES AM+E~AH INDUSTRY+~+

Shippers know that dependability and economy are theirs when they utilize the MVBL

Fleet. That’s why wherever you go on Inland~ers or~__~i the Intracoastal Waterway, you’ll

see Mississippi Valley Barge Line Equipme~ cargo with efficiency.

Call, write or wire for details about how you, too, may take advantage of

MVBL Dependable River Shipping.

BULK ¯ LIQUID ¯ PACKAGED

BARGE LINE COMPANYGeneral Offices

1017 OLIVE STREET ¯ ST. LOUIS 1, MISSOURI ¯ CHestnut 4574

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Complete, accurate packing lists areprepared to prevent customs fines.

~r Complete service includes: pickup,bonded warehousing, transport toloading docks, and complete insur-ance against loss or damage.

T he steps in getting goods from the manufacturer

to the overseas customer are like the links in achain. Export crating and packing is an importantlink in that chain.

If shipments become damaged in transport, all tileeffort of manufacturing, inspecting, and sellingis wasted. Not only do damaged goods represent aloss in themselves, but they alienate overseascustomers and reduce company prestige.

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