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

and the Houston agents:

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Lines Between Houston and Agent or Operator

American Dixie Line ............................................... 1Averpool, Manchester and I,ondon ......

American l’remier Line .................................... Genoa, Naples, Venice, Trieste andFiume ................................................................................

United Gulf S. S. Company Inc.(C. B. Fox, Manager.)United Gulf S. S. Company Inc.

(C. B. Fox, Manager)

American Sugar Transit Corporation ........ New Orleans ...................................................................Binyon Shipside Warehouse CompanyAmerican Pioneer Line ..................................... Far East Ports and Manila .................................... Tampa Inter-ocean S/S CompanyBull Line .............................................................................Eastern Points ..............................................................S.J. Daugherty & Co.Castle Line ..............................................................................Havre, Antwerp, Ghent and other Con-

tinental Ports .................................................Compagnie Generale Trans-Atlantique

(French Line) .............................................................Havre, Antwerp and Ghent ..............................

Fowler & McVitie (E. P. ChandlerHouston Representative).

Texas Transport & Terminal Company(S. A. Dunlap, Manager)

Compagnie Trans-Alantic Belge .......... Havre, Antwerp and Ghent ............................. Texas Transport & Terminal CompanyCosulich Line ................................................................Venice, Trieste, Fiume and Naples ............ Strachan Shipping Co.Creole Line .....................................................................Genoa, Leghorn, Naples and Mediter-

ranean Ports ...............................................................Texas Transport & Terminal Company

(S. A. Dunlap, Manager)Elder Dempster Line ........................................... Liverpool ..............................................................................Schutt.e Shipping Co.Fern Line ...............................................................................Yokahoma, Ko’be and other Far East Sgitcovich & Company

Ports ...................................................................................(C. B. Fox, District Manager)Gulf-West Mediterranean Line ..................... Spain. Portugal & Barcelona ........................... Tampa Inter-ocean S/S CompanyHarrison Line .................................................................Liverpool and Manchester ................................. Wm. Parr & Co. (’W. C. Hunt)Head Line ..............................................................................Dublin and Belfast ...................................................Texas Transport & Terminal CompanyHolland-American Line ............................................ Rotterdam and Amsterdam .................... Texas Transport & Terminal CompanyI sthmian Line .....................................................................Yokohama and Other Far East Ports ..... Daniel Ripley & Co."K" Line .................................................................................Japan and Orient ............................................................Wilkens & BiehlKawasaki-Roosevelt Line .................................... Far East Ports .............................................................

Liverpool and Manchester ...........................Larrinaga Line ..................................................

Leyland Line ......................................................................

Thomas Rice & Co. (E. P. Chandler,Houston Representative)

Fowler & McVitie. (E. P. ChandlerHouston Representative).

Liverpool and Manchester ................................. International Mercantile Marine Co.(W. C. Hunt)

Lone Star Steamship Co ....................................... Cuba, Porto Rico and San Domingo ......... Blakely Smith & Co.Lord Line ...........................................................................Dublin and Belfast ’ Texas Transport & Terminal Company

’Pacific Coast Ports ..................................................Luckenbach Line ....................................................Lykes LineI15 day service .......................... Porto Rico and Havana ..........................................Munson Line ........................................................................\Vest Indies, Mexico and South Amer-

ica and Atlantic and Pacific Coast PortsMunson-McCormick Line .................................. Pacific Coast Ports ............................................

Barcelona, Genoa and Other Mediter-ranean Ports .........................................................

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

Newtex Line ....................................................................New York, Baltimore, Norfolk andHouston ..........................................................................

North German Lloyd (Freight & Pass- Bremen ....................................................................................enger) ....................................................................................

Norway, Mexico & Gulf Line ............................. Christiana, Gothenberg, Copenhagenand other Scandinavian Ports ..................

Genoa and Naples .....................................................Far East .................................................................................

Odero Line .....................................................................Oriental Line ........................................................................Ozean Line ..........................................................................Bremen and Hamburg .............................................O. S. K. Line .........................................................Yokahoma and Far East Ports ........................Gulf-Pacific (Bi-Monthly) ................................ Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle ......Saint-Larrinaga Line ...................................................Bremen and Hamburg .............................................

Scandinavian-American Line .............................. Copenhagen and Other Danish Ports...

H. S. LeBlanc, Houston AgentLykes Bros. (Ripley S. S. Co., Inc.Blakely Smith & Co.

Blakely Smith & Co.Thos. Rice & Co. (E. P. Chandler)

Blakely Smith & Company

Wilkens & Biehl

Fowler & McVitie (E. P. Chandler,Houston Representative).

Blakely Smith & Co.Texas Transport & Terminal CompanyWilkens & BiehlS. J. Daugherty & Co.S. J. Daugherty & Co.Fowler & McVitie (E. P. Chandler,

Houston Representative).Wilkens & Biehl

SiDsey Barge & Towing Company ................. Mobile ......................................................................................Sipsey Barge & Towing CompanySouthern Pacific Steamship Lines New York ..........................................................................H. M. Wilkens, Gen. Mgr. Southern

(Morgan Line) ...............................................i ............ Paci.fic Bldg., Houston.Southern States Line ............................................ Bremen, Hamburg and Rotterdam ............ Lykes Bros.--Ripley S/S Company

60 HOUSTON PORT AND CITY November, 1926

STEAMSHIP LINES--Continued

Lines Agent or Operator

Southern Steamship Co ...........................................Spanish Royal Mail Lines

Havana (Pass Only) .........................................

Between Houston and

-Philadelphia (2 sailings per week) ............

Canary Islands and Barcelona Spain ......Suzaki Line ...........................................................................Japan .........................................................., ...............................Swedish America Mexico Line .................. Christiana, Gothenburg, Copenhagen

and Other Scandinavian Ports .................Strachan Line .....................Texas Continental Steamship Company~~.

Tramp and Chartered Vessels ....................Transoceania Line ............................................

Trans-oceania Line ......................................................United Gulf Steamship Company ..................

Bremen and Hamburg ..........................................European Ports ...............................................................Havre, Antwerp and Ghent .............................New Orleans and Corpus Christi ..................All Ports when cargo offered ........................Gothenburg, Oslo, Copenhagen and

Scandinavian Ports ............................................Barcelona ..............................................................................Liverpool, London, Manchester, Irish

Ports, Genoa, Naples, Venice and

Southern Steamship Co.

Schutte Shipping Company.Wilkens & BiehlFowler & McVitie (E. P. Chandler,

Houston Representative).Strachan Shipping Co.Wilkens & BiehlLykes Bros.--Ripley S/S CompanySchutte Shipping Co ..........................................Blakely Smith & Co.Fowler & McVitie(E. P. Chandler)

Lallier S. S. Company.S. Sgitcovich & Co.

(C. B. Fox, Manager.)Trieste ..................................................................................

TANKER LINESLine Between Houston and Agent or Operator

Standard Oil Co., New Jersey ........................... Gulf-West Indies, North Atlantic and Humble Oil & Refining Company.European Ports .....................................................

Standard Transportation Co ............................... North Atlantic ..................................................................Humble Oil & Refining Company.

Vacuum Oil Co ...................................................................North Atlantic ................................................................."Humble Oil & Refining Company.Anglo-American ...............................................................European Ports ..............................................................Humble Oil & Refining Company.

Imperial Oil Co., Ltd .................................................Canadian Ports ...............................................................Humble Oil & Refining Company.

United Fruit Co .............................................................Central America ..........................................................Humble Oil & Refining Company..

Tidewater Oil Co .............................................................Atlantic Ports ..................................................................Humble Oil & Refining Company.Societia Italo-Americano Tel-Petrolia ..... Mediterranean Ports ................................................ Humble Oil & Refining Company.Sinclair Nay. Co ............... : ................................................ Sinclair Oil Refining Company.

Compagnie Navigation Mixte ...................Galena Navigation Co .............................................Atlantic Refining Co ...........................................Beacon Oil Co ...................................................................Mexican Petroleum Corporation ..............Gulf Refining Company ......................................

Mexico, Gulf, V~Test Indies, Atlanticand European Ports ..........................................

European Ports ...............................................................Sinclair Oil Refining Company.North Atlantic and European Ports ........ Galena Navigation Co., Houston.North Atlantic Ports ................................................Atlantic Oil Producing Company.North Atlantic Ports ............................................... Beacon Oil Company, Houston.Mexico and Gulf Ports ............................................. Mexican Petroleum Corp., Galveston.Gulf, North Atlantic and European Gulf Refining Company.

Ports ...............................................................................North Atlantic and European Ports ......... Petroleum Navigation Co. Houston

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Agent Ii SAN FRANCISCO

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The Largest and Fastest Freighters in the Inter.Coastal Trade

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Southern States LineTexas Star Line

Regular Liner ServicemHouston, Galves-ton and other Texas ports to French, Bel-gian, German, Holland, Baltic and Scandi-navian ports.

LYKES BROS.-RIPLEY SS.CO., Inc., AGENTS

Cotton Exchange BuildingHOUSTON, TEXAS

LYKES LINETo West Indes

Three sailings monthly from Houston,Beaumont and Galveston to Porto Ricoand Haiti.

LYKES BROS. SS. CO., Inc.,AGENTS


American Pioneer LineRegular Liner Service to

China, Japan, Philippines and Hawaii

Gulf-West Mediterranean LineRegular Liner Service to

SPAIN, NORTH AFRICA ANDPORTUGAL

TAMPA INTER-OCEAN SS.CO., Inc., AGENTS


ISTHMIAN LINE(Norton, Lilly & Co., Inc.)

Regular Liner Service toCHINA AND JAPAN

DANIEL RIPLEY & CO., Inc.AGENTS


LYKES BROS.-RIPLEY S. S. CO., Inc.

LYKES BROS. S. S. CO., Inc.

DANIEL RIPLEY & CO., Inc.

TAMPA INTER-OCEAN S. S. CO, Inc.Cotton Exchange Building

HOUSTON, TEXAS

ShowingStatistical Report

Traffic Carried Over the Houston Ship ChannelDuring Calendar Year 1925

Foreign--Inbound

Articles

Bagging ......................................Beans ..................................Bones, Crushed ...................Chemicals ...........................Canned Goods .......................Coffee .........................................Cordage and Rope ...............Cork ......................................Creosote ......................................Fertilizer ...................................Fullers Earth ..................Glass, Window ........................Hair, Human and Animal...Iron, Bars ..............................Iron, Fig ...................................Iron, Sheets .............................Iron and Steel Articles ......Molasses and Syrups .............Nails, Wire .............................Oil, Crude ..............................Oil, Fuel ...............................Oil, Linseed ...........................Olives .....................................Paper, Newsprint ..................Plates, Fish .......................Powder, Talcum .....................

Cus-tomarUnit.,

BalesSacksSacksCasksCasesBagsPkgs.Crts.Bbls.BagsSacksCasesPkgs.Pcs.TonsPcs.Pcs.Gals.KegsBbls.Bbls.Bbls.Bbls.ReelsBdls.Toi~s

Amount

4,0731,300

67,3134,731

77516,9194,2241,425

114,689454

1,710350511

1,16491

4,5561,432

1,293,00025,483

792,3541,633,638

4O638

19,3101,805

132

Amount Approxi-in Short mate

Tons Value

1,626 $ 162,60072 7,200

6,670 26,680259 25,90017 1,700

1,126 563,000156 15,600113 56,500

15,677 1,334,16050 2,000

142 14,20012 60074 7,400

824 82,33091 9,100

606 59,1301,084 97,5606,750 151,9201,349 124,150

132,059 1,188,531272,273 3,267,276

94 11,90017 3,400

6,277 463,375344 20,040132 66,000

Articles

Potash, Muriate .Rice .........................Rock, Phosphate_.: ...................Salt ...................Seed, Garden ........Seed, Sugar BeetShinglesShingles, Asbestos ..............Spikes, Railroad ..........StaplesSteelSteelSteel, Bars ..............Steel, Sheets ..........Steel, CasingsSteel, HoopsSteel, Beams .................Steel, Rails ...................Steel, Sheets .......Steel, Structural ...................Steel, TubingTies, Co¢ton ..................Twine, Binder ...........Wire, Barb ..............Wire, FencingMiscellaneous,CargoIMPORTS--

GRAND TOTAL ..........

Cus-tomaryUnits

BagsSacksTonsLotsBagsBagsCrts.Crts.KegsKegsPcs.PCS.PCS.Bdls.Pcs.Bdls.Pcs.Pcs.Pcs.Pes.Pcs.Bdls.BagsReelsReelsTons

Amount

4,2791,OOO2,200

7227

2,765

6,540350

2,98095,50711,677

8,6329,9914,6001,736

693,6254,578

13,5414,355

112,5689,7137,7464,381

542

Amountin Short

Tons

2,110114

2,2002,349

12142

85137

1609,6794,2101,463

7702,053

7982

2,306445

6,702945

3,80524235473

542

489,619

Foreign--Outbound

Approxi-mate

Value

52,14417,10(35,20(93,68(

1,20(13,55(

85,10(2,66(

16,00(876,72(421,00(146,30(77,00(

205,30(7,90(7,38(

286,07~40,05(

670,20(94,50(

125,56~27,35(17,70C7,30(

67,75C

$11,156,95f

Articles

Automobiles and Bodies ........Boxes, Empty ...........................Brass, Scrap ...........................Brick, Clay ...........................Butter .......................................Buttermilk ...............................Cotton .......................................Cotton Linters ........................Cotton Seed Cake ........ = ........Cotton Seed Meal ...............Distillate ...............................Fertilizer ...........................Flour .......................................Gasoline ..................................Handles, Wooden ..............Hulls, Rice .............................Iron, Scrap ............................Kerosene ...................................Lard, Substitute .....................

Cus-tomar~Units

Crts.Crts.CasesCrts.CasesBbls.BalesBalesSacksSacksBbls.SacksSacksBbls.Bdls.SacksTonsBbls.Bbls.

Amount

266,000

12884

557400

1,918,3142,399

972,785337,415

33,500750

161,910468,266

13,7028,399

32,216168,07639,702

Amountin Short

Tons

l030501921

107493,675

504136,42420,7135,583

7512,11558,544

1396O5

32,21624,0111,533

Approxi-mate

Value

$ 8,0001,200

10,000660

10,5006,700

246,837,500149,900

5,456,960828,52083,7453,000

1,211,5002,261,760

50,85039,440

386,592480,220574,875

Articles

Lime .......................................Lumber, Hardwood .............Meal, Bone ................................Meal, Corn ................................Machinery ............................Naptha ......................................Oil, Black ...............................Oil, Bunker ............... : ...........Oil, Case Goods ..................Oil, Crude_ ..............................Oil, Fuel ...................................Oil, Gas ..................................Oil, Lubricant .........................Oil, Refined ..............................Rice ............................................Rosin ................................Miscellaneous ........................

EXPORTS--GRAND TOTAL ......

Cus-tomaryUnits

SacksPcs.SacksSacksBoxesBbls.Bbls.Bbls.TonsBbls.Bbls.Bbls.Bbls.Bhls.SacksBbls.Tons

Amount

1,200239,686

1,2503,285

254398,448

21,9431,035,379

22O590~798

1,729,625879,002657,049

1,575,407300,408

2,790509

Amountin Short

Tons

6O7,747

7516189

56,9213,657

167,844220

98,934251,984146,500113,117262,56815,801

7255O9

1,913,286

Approxi-mateValue

1,800464,820

2,0006,100

20,8001,138,420

43,8842,014,128

44,000890,406

2,519,8401,465,0005,090,765

11,815,5601,580,100

72,50050,900

$285,622,945

Coastwise--Inbound

ArticlesCus-

tomaryUnits

Amount

rsenate .... Drums 1,495,utomobile Parts.. Carl’d 71:agging. Bales 9,931:attery and Parts. Cases 10,582;eans .... Sacks 13,593~uttermilk (Dried) Cases 50fanned Fish Cases 47,632~anned Goods. Cases 768,445’,ement ........ Sacks 8,803~hemicals ....... Drums 15~oa] Tons 7,549’,ork ..... Cases 2,615’,overing, Floor Rolls 2,264’,otton Bales 219iarthenware ...... Cases 21ilectric Fixtures Cases 19,021’ruit, Dried .... Cases 47,836’urniture ......... Crts. 2,259}raphite... Bags 3,000[andles, Wooden. Cases 572[air, Human and Animal Bdls. 1,280,ead. Pes. 2,292Acense Plates, Auto ............ Cases 30,430,umber, Fir ........ Pcs. 100,791Iagazines .... Sacks 18,876Iachinery. Pcs. 1,727lilk Condensed Cases 20,472tails, Wire ...... Kegs 161,298Pil, Case Goods ............ Tons 560ill, Crude .......... Bbls. 174,551}il, Fuel .... Bbls. 940,430~asoline ................................... Bbls. 110,630


Tons Value

85 $ 4,25(5,264 1,054,80(2,294 458,80(

884 88,40(839 83,90(

3 90(1,554 155,40(

21,225 2,122,50(431 43,10(

2 2,00(7,549 113,42~

70 7,00(96 12,75(50 25,00(

1 20(1,071 535,50(

796 79,60(224 112,00(119 23,80(16 8,00(

250 25,00(45 90(

403 40,30(7,306 146,12(1,146 57,30(

251 25,10(567 56,70~

8,926 357,04(560 56,10(

29,091 349,091137,518 1,650,21(

17,846 713,84q

Articles

Kerosene ........................Oil, Lubricant .......................Pipe .....................................Pipe Fittings .....................Pain~ .................................Pickles ..................................Paper, Newsprint .................Paper, Wrapping ............phosphate ..................Radios ....................................Rice .........................................Rope, Wire .....................Roofing Asphalt ..........Rugs .....................................Raisins .....................................Shingles ..................Shingles, Asbestos .....Slate, Roofing ......................Soda ...........................................Steel .......................................Steel, Bars ...................Steel, Rails ...............................Steel, Structural .............Talking Machines ........Ties, Cotton ...........................Tires and Tubes .......................Waste ................................Wire, Steel ...............................Miscellaneous Cargo ...........COASTWISE

(Inbound)GRAND TOTAL ............

Cus-tomaryUnits

Bdls.Bbls.Pes.CasesCasesCasesRollsRollsTonsCasesSacksReelsBbls.BalesCasesBdls.Bdls.CasesCasesTonsTonsTonsTonsCasesTonsBbls.Pkgs.RollsTo.ns

Amount

13,28212,94839,22834,482

2,427664

20,27153,182

9,4883,0274,8341,460

82629

2,705141,15417,539

9716,546

10,979398

25,3081,9631,3941,1253,0959,071

162,13277,243


Tons Value

2,214 44,2802,233 100,4854,546 171,840

897 35,880254 127,000149 9,450

6,115 458,6302,722 272,2009,488 28,464

75 37,500177 17,700

2,835 113,400181 6,33511 11,00047 4,700

3,578 178,900721 72,100418 41,800

1,424 142,40010,979 384,265

398 35,82025,308 2,530,800

1,963 67,705102 51,000

1,125 33,75080 40,000

1,060 21,2009,284 371,360

77,243 38,621,500

412,279 $52,509,700

November, 1926 HOUSTON PORT AND CITY 63

Cus.Articles tomary

Units

Ammunition ............................ CasesAnehors~ Ship’s ............. Pes.Asphalt, Crude ............. Bbls.Automobiles ............................ CarCement ...................................... Bbls.Copper ........................................ Pcs.Cotton ..................................... BalesCanned Fruit ............... CasesCotton Goods ................ Bdls.Charcoal, Animal .................. SacksCo.ndensors ............................... Pcs.Corn, Broom ......................... Bdls.Fertilizer ................................. SacksHides ................................... Bdls.Iron, Scrap ......................... CarsLard Substitutes ............... Pkgs.Linters, Cotton ................ BalesLumber, Y. P .......................... Pcs.Lumber, Hardwood ................ Pes.Meal, Bone ........ : ...................... SacksMohair ..................................... . BalesOil, Black ................................. Bbls.Oil, Bunker ....................... Bbls.

Amount

-4:18,225

48,58350,10249,1852,348

70521,122

1,11728,72013,842

5O812,163

7511,74849,79821,6522,770

25,63674,361

Amountin Short

Tons

1

Coastwise--Outbound

132,119

29,257

18,94812,321

55134

1,37920

1511,725

4883,8331,070

212.553

493784386

3.27218,400

Approxi-mateValue

Articles

$ 1,000 Oil, Case Goods ........................1,260 Oil, Crude .........................

74,165 Oil, Distillate .......................2,000 Oil, Fuel ................................

925,700 Oil, Gas ...................................1,894,800 Oil, Gasoline ....................6,160,500 Oil, Lubricant ..................

5,500 Oil, Kerosene ...........................67,000 Oil, Naptha ..............................27,580 Oil, Refined ...................1,00O Oil, Salad ........................7,550 Paper, Wrapping ...

71,500 Paint ..................................48,800 Rice ......................................45,996 Rosin ....................................

402,250 Salt ..................6,300 Tubes, Scrap ............................

76,650 Turpentine .............................29,580 Twine ................................46,360 Miscellaneous .............38,600 COASTWISE50,258 ( Outbound

220,800 GRAND TOTAL .........

Cas-omaryUnits

rodsBbls.Bbls.Bbls.Bbls.Bbls.Bbls.Bbls.Bbls.Bbls.Bbls.Rolls2asesSacksBbls.SacksCarrdBbls.BalesTons

AmountAmount in Short

Tons

1,584 1,5849,318,870 1,553,145

130,820 16,3529,017,814 1,288,259

716,812 119,6355,141,051 642,6321,757,888 251,127

307,542 51,25753,296 7,614

2,658,532 443,088324 76732 86150 8

95.135 4.6684,388 1.1678,750 738

13 380500 10795 5

28,543 28,543

4.488,898

Approxi-mateValue

158,40018,037,840

327,06015,459,108

1,435,62025,705,28012,800,7151,025,140

29,58017,723,520

11,9008,6001.600

466,800113.70029.520

4,56010.700

2,50014,271.500

$118,428,792

Local Traffic--Upper Channel

Articles

Cotton ................................................................................................................................................Miscellaneous .............................................................................................................................Oil. Fuel .........................................................................................................................................Sand ................................................................................................................................................Shell .......................................................................................................................................

CustomaryUnits

BalesTonsBbls.C. Yds.C. Yds.

Amount

39,0132,770

24,759118,797

96,758

Amountin Short

Tons

17,5062,7704,126

161,37696,758

282,536

ApproximateValue

$ 8,753,0001,385,000

49,512145,23887,082

$ 10,419,832

Local Traffic--Lower Channel

Articles

lotton ........................................,og, Pine .............*il, Crude*il, Fuel.*il, Gas

;ice .............................................

Cus-tomaryUnits

BalesTonsBblsBblsBblsTons

Amount

58,52026,264

784,548829.210

95,652255

Amountin Short

Tons

26,25926,264

130,758140,702

15,942255

Approxi-mate Articles

Value

$ 13,129,50 Sand ..........................................2,626,40 Shell ...............................1,176,82 Miscellaneous Cargo ...........1,688,42

191,30 LOCAL TRAFFIC25,50 GRAND TOTAL .............

Cus-tomaryUnits

C. Yds.C. Yds.Tons

Amount

328,9801,655,817

2,920

Amountin Short

Tons

444,1231,655,817

2,920

2,433,040

Approxi-mate

Value

399,7111,490,2351,460,000

$ 22,187,896

Vessel Classification--Year 1925

CLASS

REGISTERED

Steazners ................

Motor ShipsTugs--SteamTugs--GasLaunchesBarges

BargesLaunches

UNREGISTERED

TOTALS .............................................................

AmericanArrivals

andDepartures

1,458

29,142

14,9726,690

68

7,5081,286

41,126

ForeignArrivals

andDepartures

728

120

848

Total

2,186

1229,142

14,9726,690

68

7,5081,286

41,974

NetRegisteredTonnage

7,230,180

620,340411,390164,692167,250122,400

1,126,2007.516

9,855,968

PassengerArrivals

andDepartures

978

33.852

3,000

37,830

DRAFT

Average

Ft.t22O2622

855

14

In.

Maximum

Ft. In.t24 0o30 12816

88

18

85

tNote :eNote :

Vessels using 25-foot section of Channel.Vessels using 30-foot section of Channel (completed full length September 8, 1925.)

Trips and Drafts of Inbound and Outbound VesselsThrough Port of Houston

DRAFT(Feet)

Over 30 ................................................................28--3026--28 .............................................................24--26 ..................................................................22--24 ...............................................................Under 22 ...........................................................

TOTAL ........................................................

Steamers

8281757

1,022

1,132

TRIPS INBOUND

MotorVessels Barges

61 3,754

61 3,754

Tugs

12,067

12,067

Launches

3,988

3,988

Steamers

1193163110128527

1,122

TRIPS OUTBOUND

MotorVessels Barges

146

41 3,754

61 3,754

Tugs

12,067

12,067

Launches

3,988

3,988


Comparative StatementArrivals and Departures

Listed below are the number of arrivals and departures for the period of 1919 to October 31, 1926, inclusive:

Year Arrivals Departures Total1919 ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................157 153 3101920 ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................165 161 3261921 .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 364 380 7441922 ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................511 495 1,0061923 .........................................................................................................................................................................................................................707 693 1,4001924 ............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 955 952 1,9071925 ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 1,193 1,183 2,3761926--First Ten Months ....................................................................................................................................................................... 1,104 1,103 2,207

Houston and its CommerceThe following table shows the rapid growth of commerce handled through the Port in the past seven years:

Imports ................................................................................................................................Exports .....................................................................................................................Coastwise (Inbound) ...............................................................................................Coastwise (Outbound) ........................................................................................................Local Traffic ...................................................................................................................

TOTAL .........................................................................................................

1920 1921 1922Tons Value Tons Value Tons Value

208,662 $ 3,504,397 227,254 $ 3,392,271 391,517 $ 4,226,148215,913 45,092,146 318,092 48,827,043 537,617 96,893,152149,375 22,061,296 213,599 12,461,775 234,131 20,87,247140,671 2,309,405 637,583 9,286,246 864,662 14,969,073495,583 9,333,918 1,440,911 5,086,053 1,337,708 7,313,280

1,210,204 $82,301,162 2,837,349 $78,963,388 3,365,635 $144,272,900

1923Tons Value

1924 1925 First Eleven Months, 1926Tons Value Tons Value Tons Value

Imports ............................................................................ 484,915 $ 6,291,702 671,674 $ 8,194,648 489,619Exports .................................................................................... 948,163 148,566,373 1,471,989 195,495,744 1,913,286Coastwise (Inbound) .............................................................. 201,838 81,455,156 240,759 41,839,833 412,279Coastwise (Outbound) ........................................................ 1,514,280 28,812,281 2,959,176 49,266,646 4,488,898Local Traffic ............................................ 1,646,128 15,518,219 1,750,696 19,559,637 2,443,040

TOTAL .............................................................

Less Local Traffic .........................................................

$ 11,156,959 868,749 $ 9,857,695285,622,945 2,141,880 258,142,840

52,609,700 477,797 35,376,052118,428,792 4,181,486 109,655,71222,187,896

4,795,324 $230,643,731 7,094,294 $314,356,508 9,747,122 $490,006,292 7,169,912 $408,032,299

7,304,082 $467,818,396

The above total figures include cotton. The first bale of cotton was exported from the Port of Houston in ]919.Exports from that time up to date are as follows:Calendar Year 1920 ............................ 275,879 Bales Calendar Year 1922 ........................ 771,894 Bales Calendar Year 1924 ........................ 1,288,280 BalesCalendar Year 1921 ........................... 455,015 Bales Calendar Year 1923 ........................ 1,004,680 Bales Calendar Year 1925 ........................ 1,918,314 Bales

Cotton Season August 1st, 1926, to November 30th, 1920 ..................... 1,680,128 Bales

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OFFICE PHONE P. 0830 Room 905 U. S. National Bank Building oDock Phone Wayside 2260. Night Phone Wayside 2972 Office Phone 4334

SETH MABRY Wharf Phones 357-6546iLocal Manager

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Navigation Schedule of The Port of HoustonMany inquiries are received regarding the length of time necessary for a ship to enter or leave the Port of Houston.

The following ta’ble furnishes this information by giving the exact time consumed by representative vessels in traversingthe entire Houston Ship Channel, or portions of it within the last several months.

1923

1924

1926

VESSEL

Alexandrian (Leyland Line) .................................Werra (North German Lloyd) ...........................................Invincible (U. S. S. B.) ..............................................................Lafayette (French Line) ............................................................Patrick Henry (U. S. S. B.) ....................................................Steadfast (U. S. S. B.) ................................................................J. C. Donnell (Atlantic Ref. Co.) ...................................Swiftsure (Swiftsure Oil Trans. Co.) ..........................Bohemian Club (U. S. S. B.) ................................................Ligonier (Gulf Refining Co.) ..............................................Saccarappa (U. S. S. B.) ...........................................................Frederic Ewing (Pan-Am. Pet. and Trans. Co.)Samuel L. Fuller (Sinclair Nay.) ....................................Cuba (French Line) Passenger ...........................................\Vest Celeron (U. S. S: B.) .....................................................

BURTON LUMBERCOMPANY

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PHONES:Preston 0541 and 1164

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We Finance Firstand Second Liens

BUILDING TIMBERS ASPECIALTY

Sheetrock

Ru-Ber-Oid Roofing

Builders’ Hardware

Lime

Plaster

Flue Lining

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Sept. 12Oct. 24Dec. 9Feb. 25Mar. 6Mar. 13Mar. 21Apr. 19Apr. 27Apr. 30May 1May 2Mar. 15Mar. 21Mar. 29

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566460.25668.260.257.246.454.2

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20.22.31621182023.12828.622.822.327.5282221.6

GrossTons

4,5069,4757,888

t2,2207,5867,588

10,2158,2076,8823,7374,9656,7737,053

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7 546 506 486¼ 52

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5 337~ 488 546% 504 487~ 506 506 50

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PILOTAGEHOUSTON PILOTS ASSOCIATION

Houston Offices : Galveston Offices :604 Keystone Building 1103 United States National Bank Bldg.

Telephone Preston 2799 Telephone 3360Pilot 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 Houston, or vice versa--American coastwise vessels ............................................................................................. 4.00 per foot draftFrom Bolivar Roads to Houston, or vice versa--all vessels .................................................................................................................... 4.00per foot draftShifting from pier to pier ..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................$20.00 per ship

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

TUG BOAT TARIFF FOR HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL

NOTE: The use of Tug Boats at the Port of Houston is not obligatory and their employment rests with the wishes of owners, mastersand pilots. There is no fixed custom of the Port in this regard, a part of the vessels using tow boats and others dispensing with thisservice.

Suderman & Young, Cotton Exchange Building, Houston, Texas.Houston Towing Company, 811 Cotton Exchange Bldg., Houston Texas.Intercoastal Towing & Transportation Company, Larendon Bldg., Houston, Texas.Bay Towing Company, 811 Cotton Exchange Bldg., Houston, Texas.

With own WithoutWITH OWN POWER BETWEEN power own power

Galveston and Houston, including Docking and Undocking ....................................................................................................... $325.00Bolivar 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 ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................165.00Penn City to Houston .....................................................................................................................................................................................................................100.00Morgans Point to Baytown ......................................................................................................................................................................................................100.00

Norsworthy, Crown, Galena, Sinco, Clinton, Manchester, take same rates as Houstonfrom above points.

Norsworthy, Crown, Galena, Sinco,~Clinton to Houston ......................................................................................................................... 75.00Manchester Terminal to Manchester .......................................................................................................................................................................................40.00 50.00Manchester Terminal to prunts or Turning Basin ....................................................................................................................................................55.00 65.00

To Dock or Off Vessels at Manfhester Terminal ...................................................................................................................................................... 50.00

On all Stern First Moves same rate will apply with or without steam.

SHIFTING RATES

Per tug With Steam

Manchester to Long Reach ........................................................................................................................................................................................................$ 35.00Manchester to Turning Basin Docks ..............................................................................................................................................................................40.00Manchester Terminal to any wharf above Manchester .............................................................................................................................. 55.00Turning Basin Docks to Long Reach ..............................................................................................................................................................................30.00Dock to Dock ,at Turning Basin ..........................................................................................................................................................................................30.00One berth to another at same dock ....................................................................................................................................................................................25.00

Alexander Sprunt dock to take same rate as Long Reach.

Dead$ 45.00

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Docking or undocking at Turning Basin, Long Reach or Alexander Sprunt’s Dock ................................................................................. $ 40.00Docking or undocking at Manchester, Clinton, Sinco, Galena, Crown, Norsworhy ....................................................................................... 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 ............................................................................................................................................................100.00Assisting 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 75.00Assisting 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, Crownto Galena, etc.)

Ships with wheel power ......................................................................................................................................................................................................per tug 75.00Ships without wheel power ........................................................... herHouston and Manchester, Docking and Undocking ...................................... iii iiiiiiii .....................................................................~’~dnn tug 90.00

.......................................................... ~. ..... 65.00Docking 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 1~ 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 5e :

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

20.00When 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 .................................................................................................................................................................35.00Running 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 ......................................................................................................................................................50.00

For tugs with more than 20 tons capacity ......................................................................................................................................................75.00Tugs 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 on 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 Registered Ton.Minimum charge for round trip, $500.00.

HOUSTON BOATMEN’S ASSOCIATION RATE OF CHARGES FOR MOORINGAND UNMOORING VESSELS

Section 1--Docking or Undocking:A fee of eight ($8.00) dollars shall be charged for mooring and unmooring vessels in Houston Harbor.

Section 2---Shifting :A fee of eight ($8.00) dollars shall be charged for the entire service of mooring and unmooring vessels. (Does notinclude Manchester).

Section 3--Shifting--Manchester :For shifting between any dock and Manchester, the charge shall be ten ($10.00) dollars for the entire operation.

Section 4 Tying up on Channel:A ship releasing from the docks for sailing, and tying up on the Channel will be charged $16.00, this charge tocover the entire operation of releasing from dock, tying up and and releasing for final sailing.

Section 5--Any call for line men where they report and are not used shall be considered a job.

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Natural Gas is a Big Aid to Industrial Developmentin Houston, Quick, Clean and Economical.

New extensions and dcveh)l)lnentsnow under way 1)y the Ih,uston Gasand Fuel Comi)any, to provide userswith this desirable fuel represents atotal expenditure of approximately$900.000.00.

The following is a list of customerswho have signed contracts for the useof natural gas for industrial purposes.Use of natural gas by these customerswill total apl)roximately 2555,000,000cubic feet annually.

Auditorium l totel.Baptist Hospital.Bender Hotel.Ben Milam Hotel.Brazos Hotel.1,eaeonsfield Apartments.Cotton Hotel.Crystal Ice and Fuel Company.Eureka Laundry.Fannin Cleaners.First National Bank.iIerlnaun Hospital.Hughes Tool Company.Harris County Milk Producers Assn.

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South TexasImplement and Machinery

Company, Inc.

Road and Building ContractorsMachinery and Farm Implements

R. H. SPENCER, President and Mgr.J. T. EVANS, Secretary

J. D. SPENCER, Treasurer

SHOW ROOMS:601-607 Preston Avenue

OFFICE-WAREH OUSE :Wood and North San Jacinto

Crockett. Lamar.Co()ley. l~on~fellow.Fannin. Rusl<.I I arvard.

Ineeda l,aundry.International Vegetable Oil Co.lrvin ice and Ice Cream Coral)any.McAshan Apartments.Model Laundry.National 1/iscuit Company.l)effect() Cleaners.Phenix l)airy.l)ort lhmston I,aundry.Rice Institute.

St. Joseph’s Infirmary.Sam ]loustou Hotel.South End Cleaners.Spears’ Dairy.Stratford Hotel.\Vest l~uilding.A number of large industrial plants

are now making prel)artion for the use()f natural gas.

"If its done with heat, you can do itbetter with natural gas."

A letter or phone call will bring ourengineer to assist you in making a plantsurvey. Designing equipment and esti-mating costs without any obligation.

Houston Gas and Fuel Company."’.\lwavs at your service."

ANDERSON, CLAYTON & CO.COTTON MERCHANTS

Oklahoma City, Houston, Savannah, AtlantaNew Orleans, Los Angeles

Boston, Providence, Fall River,North Adams

Anderson, Clayton3 South William Street

New York, N. Y.

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Utica, N. Y.

MEMBERS:New York Cotton ExchangeNew Orleans Cotton Exchange

Texas Cotton AssociationAssociate Members :

Liverpool Cotton Association, Ltd.

Houston Compress CompanyHOUSTON, TEXAS

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Access toShipping Records

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Traffic Transhippingor

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Dockageand

Shed Hire

between sunrise and sunset, and vessels will be allowed to take on board gasoline ordistillate only between 8"00 a. m. and 5:00 p. m., and when vessel is otherwise readyto depart. Delivery must be made direct from wagons to the vessel and wagons willnot be allowed to wait on the wharves. (Ord., 2-5-17.)

Steamship agents, owners and masters will be required to permit access to themanifests of cargo and railroad documents for the purpose of ascertaining the necessarydata to permit correct estimate of charges.

Steamships, their owners or agents, or any other firms, persons or corporationsusing facilities under the operation of the Port Commission and not conforming to therequirements of said Commission as to the payment of bills to said Commission shallbe placed upon a list known as the Delinquent List under conditions hereinafter defined,and the name of any steamship, its owner, agent, person, firm or corporation so placedupon said list shall be reported to said Port Commission at the time that said nameis placed upon the Delinquent List.

All steamships, their owners or agents, using the public wharves shall, within fivedays of sailing of the vessel in a case of outward cargo, or within five days afterarrival of vessels in the case of inward cargo, furnish the Port Commission or itsauthorized representative or its Auditor, with all necessary documents to enable theproper preparation and auditing of bills covering dockage, wharfage or any otherattendant services or fees chargable by said Commission against said vessel. Allsteamships, their owners or agents, shall be allowed five days from date of mailing,by Port Commission, of bill to them covering any charges against the steamship inwhich to pay said bill, and in case they fail to pay bill within the said time, saidsteamships, their owners and agents, shall be placed on Delinquent List and the Directorof the Port is instructed to withhold from them further use of any facilities under thejurisdiction of the Port Commission until said bills have been paid or until permissionhas been obtained from the Chairman of the Port Commission. All such bills mustbe paid when presented and errors, if any, will be rectified by the Commission.

All stevedores or other persons, firms or corporations using any facilities or equip-ment of the Port Commission shall, unless otherwise provided by existing contracts,pay all bills within 15 days of date of mailing to them by the Port Commission, failingto do which they shall be placed upon the Delinquent List and the Director of thePort is instructed to deny them from further use of equipment or facilities underthe jurisdiction of the Port Commission until said bills have been paid, or permissionobtained from the Chairman of the Commission. Bills must be paid when presentedand errors, if any, will be rectified by the Commission.

Traffic discharged from vessels for transshipment by vessels, having paid inwardwharfage, if reloaded within fifteen days, and has not been removed from the wharvesor changed ownership, will be given free wharfage on the outward movement. Timeto be computed from the first 7 a. m. after date of discharge, Sundays and legal holidaysexcepted.

EXCEPTIONSFirst. Cotton will be charged wharfage on the outward movement only, provided

shipments have not been removed from the wharf or changed ownership.Second. Coal may be rembved from the wharves and will be given free wharfage

when reshipped.

A. DOCKAGE(1) All vessels handling export or import cargo shall pay for the use of shedded

wharves and all vessels loading grain shall pay a dockage of V2c per gross registeredton per day.

(2) The above charges are to become effective upon the arrival of vessel at wharfor grain loading berth and each succeeding 24 hours after actual hour of berthing tobe considered a full day. Any part of day beyond the 24-hour period on date of de-parture to be considered a full day.

(3) In all cases dockage shall be calculated as above stated, and upon the basisof straight running time while at wharves of the Port Commission.

(4) Dockage charge of 1Ac per gross registered ton will be assessed for anyday during which a ship loads and unloads, both at facilities of the Port Commissionand at any private wharf located in the Port of Houston, provided the ship changesberth at least three working hours prior to the expiration of the 24-hour period onwhich dockage charges have been assessed by wharf the ship is leaving.

(5) The Port Commission reserves to itself without question the right to ad-measure all vessels when it deems it necessary, said admeasurement to be used bythe Port Commission as a basis for its charges.

(6) Vessels berthed at any wharf, whether shedded or open, that do not dis-charge cargo over said wharf .will be charged dockage at the rate of 1~c per grossregistered ton per day, or fractional part thereof.

(7) No charge will be made against vessels lying second out, provided suchvessels do not load or discharge cargo. If vessel loads or discharges while second out,regular charge of 1~c per gross ton per day will be made.

(8) United States Custom House measurements will be used in determiningsize of vessels.

(9) No dockage charge will be made against vessels using open wharves forthe loading of bulk sulphur, coal, oil, fruit, hones, or scrap.

(10) No dockage charge will be made against vessels engaged solely in coastwiseor inter-coastal business.


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HOUSTON, TEXASPhone: Wayside 1152

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Dockageand

Shed Hire

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Free Time

Water

Electric Current

Charges forEscalators, Cranes

andConveying Equipment

onPublic Wharves

B. SHED HIRE(1) Vessels of over 1,000 gross registered tons using shedded wharves for export

or import cargo, or using grain berths, will pay a shed hire charge of $50.0.0 per vessel,provided that in case said vessels load or unload cargo at one private wharf in additionto those of the Port Commission, the Port Commission will assess shed hire chargeof $40.00, and in case vessel uses two private wharves in addition to those of the PortCommission, the Port Commission will assess shed hire charges of $30.00, and in casethe vessel uses three private wharves in addition to those of the Port Commission, thePort Commission will assess shed hire charge of $20.00. Where two or three privatewharves are mentioned herein this means wharves of separate private ownership andnot two or three private wharves belonging to the same person, firm or corporation.

(2) Vessels of under 1,000 gross registered tons using shedded wharves for ex-port or import cargo, or using grain berths, will pay shed hire charges one-half theschedule provided in Section 1 hereof.

(3) No shed hire charge will be made against vessels engaged solely in coast-wise and inter-coastal business.

All traffic using wharves, unless under special lease agreement, shall be subjectedto the following free time, regulations and charges:

In addition to wharfage a charge will be made on cotton placed on wharves awaitingshipment, as follows:

First 15 days ................................................................................................ FreeFor each additional day, or fractional part thereof ............................ lc per Square BaleThe charges against round bale cotton will be one-half of the above.On all other commodities on the shedded wharves awaiting shipment the charges

will be as follows:First 15 days .................................................................................................... FreeNext 7 days or fractional part thereof ........................................................ 10c per net tonNext 7 days or fractional part thereof ...................................................... 10c per net tonFor each additional 7 days or fractional part thereof .............................. 5c per net tonOn all commodities on open wharves awaiting shipment, the charges will be as

follows:First 15 days .................................................................................................. FreeNext 7 days or fractional part thereof .................................................... 5c per net tonNext 7 days or fractional part thereof .................................................. 5c per net tonFor each additional 7 days or fractional part thereof ............................ 2½c per net tonThe above charges will apply on shipments which the Port Commission allows

to remain on the wharves, but the Port Commission does not guarantee to allow anyshipment to remain on the wharves any particular length of time without prior arrange-ment.

The Port Commission does not engage in a business of storage or housing ofproperty on its wharves, and will not be responsible for loss or damage to property re-maining thereon. All property landed or received on any of the wharves is thereafterat the risk of the owner and the Port Commission reserves the right to remove anyor all of such property to any part of the wharves at their convenience and at the riskand expense of the owner, or it may be removed and stored elsewhere than on thewharves without notice and at the risk and expense of the owner, and the Port Com-mission will retain legal possession of all property so removed until all charges are paid.

A charge for water will be made at 20c per 1,000 gallons with a minimum charge of50c per each connection.

When the Port Commission furnishes equipment and labor in connecting the vessels,tanks and boilers up with the water meters on the piers, a service charge of two dollarsand fifty cents will be made.

All electric current furnished steamships, their owners, agents, or stevedores,shall be charged against steamship at the rate of five cents per K. W. hour, with aminimum charge of 50c.

All steamships, their owners, agents and stevedores using cranes or conveyingequipment on the wharves and terminals shall be subject to the following charges:

ESCALATORSEscalators on Wharf No. 1, one dollar and seventy-five cents per hour. This

charge includes the operator.Escalators on Wharf No. 4, one dollar and seventy-five cents per hour, per motor.

This charge includes the operator.The above charges will be assessed on a continuous period of operation unless the

equipment shall have been shut down during operation for a period of two hours ormore, in which case if operator remains on duty, a charge of one dollar per hour willbe made.

Above charges apply on work days between 8 a. m. and 5 p.m. Overtime extracharge will be one dollar per hour. Sundays and legal holidays extra charges will beone dollar per hour.

PORTABLE CONVEYORSElectric portable conveyors, twenty cents per hour per section, plus one dollar per

hour for operator. Charge for operator will be one dollar per hour, irrespective of thenumber of sections used, provided sections being used are at one location. If sectionsare being used at different locations, thus necessitating additional operators, chargeshall be one dollar per hour for each operator.


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RULES AND REGULATIONSmContinued.

Paragraph SUBJECT

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Charges forEscalators, Cranes

andConveying Equipment

onPublic Wharves

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RULES

The above charges will be assessed on a continuous period of operation unless theequipment shall have been shut down during operation for a period of two hours ormore, in which case if operator remains On duty a charge of one dollar per hour willbe made.

Above charges apply on work days between 8 a. m. and 5 p.m. Overtime two dot-lars per hour on Sundays and legal holidays.

STACKERSElectric stacker, fifty cents per hour, plus one dollar per hour for operator. If

stacker is used in conjunction with portable conveyors, the charge for operator willbe eliminated from the stacker.

The above charges will be assessed on a continuous period of operation unlessthe equipment shall have been shut down during operation for a period of two hoursor more, in which case if operator remains on duty a charge of one dollar per hour willbe made.

Above charges apply on work days between 8 a. m. and 5 p.m. Overtime two dol-lars per hour; on Sundays and legal holidays two dollars per hour.

ELECTRIC CRANECharges for the use of electric crane at Wharf No. 4, including operator, are

$3.50 per hour on work days between 8 a. m. and 5 p.m. Charges between 5 p. m. and8 a. m. on work days and on Sundays and legal holidays, including operator, will be$4.50 per hour.

Subject to the approval of the Wharf Superintendent, users of the crane mayemploy their own operators, in which case a charge of $2.50 per hour for the use ofthe crane will be made, day or night.

The above charges will be assessed on a continuous period of operation, unlessthe equipment shall have been shut down during operation for a period of two hoursor more, in which case if the operator remains on duty, a charge of $1.00 per hour

’will be made on work days between 8 a. m. and 5 p. m. and between 5 p. m. and 8a. m. on work days and on Sundays and legal holidays, a charge of $2.00 per hourwill be made.

The above charges covering escalators, portable conveyors, stackers and electriccrane includes electric current.

LOCOMOTIVE CRANESCharges for locomotive crane, including cost of operator and fuel, shall be as follows:

Sundays and WithBetween 8 a. m. and 5 p.m. Labor Holidays Buckets

Work Days 8 a. m.to 5 p.m. AdditionalFor 8-hour days ................................................ $30.0,0 $38.00 $5.00For not to exceed one hour’s work ................ 10.00 12.00 1.001 to 3 hours’ work ............................................ 15.00 20.00 2.003 to 4 hours’ work ............................................ 20.00 25.00 3.004 to 6 hours’ work ............................................ 25.00 30.00 4.006 to 8 hours’ work ............................................ 30.00 38.00 5.00

From 5 p. m. until 8 a. m. charges for locomotive cranes, including the cost ofoperator and fuel will be $5.00 per hour, if crane is being used on a continuous periodof operation which began after 8 a. m. and before 5 p. m.

When beginning work at or after 5 p. m. and up until 8 a. m. charges will be $12.0’0per hour for the first hour, and $5..00 per hour thereafter. For one hour’s work orfraction thereof, $12.00.

Between 5 p. m. and 8 a. m. charge for clamshell buckets will be seventy-fivecents (75c) per hour for each bucket.

Steamship agents, owners or operators using the generator at Wharf No. 10 willbe assessed a charge of fifty cents per hour in addition to current while generator isbeing operated.

A charge of $15.00 will be assessed against steamships, their owners, agents orstevedores making application for locomotive cranes and cancelling same after opera-tor has been employed and crane made ready for operation.

Headquarters for locomotive cranes will be maintained at Wharf No. 10 or shopadjacent thereto, and any user desiring them elsewhere shall be responsible for andpay cost of switching, both to location desired and return to Wharf No. 10, of cranesmoved by him to the other location, provided, if crane has been switched by the useraway from Wharf No. 10 and is then transferred to another user making applicationfor it, the second user shall be responsible for and pay switching charges back toWharf No. 10 upon his completion of use of crane unless crane is again turned overto another user at the same location when the same condition will apply.


BUYING POWER OF

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FOUR BILLIONS AND MORE62,171 square miles of trade empire, tenanted by 2,033,565 in-habitants, with an estimated purchasing power of $4,054,893.00,invites intensive exploitation by Houston enterprise.

This trade area bears the same relation to Houston as didthe Klondike to the Pacific Coast, with every modern facilityfor development cast in the balance.

To complete the cycle Houston is reaching out for a diversityof industries capable of supplying a prosperous community ofstates and countries beyond the sea, with "made in HoustonProducts."

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