November, 1940 Houston PORT BOOK 41

Privately Owned Terminal and IndustrialFacilities

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

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

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

These private plants now have 17,466 lineal feet of wharves,sufficient to berth forty-four vessels. The following is a summaryof the plants and their facilities, beginning at the Turning Basin:

Port Houston Iron Works. Floating drydock in three sections,with total lifting capacity of 1,000 tons, is now available for dock-ing tugs, barges and small vessels. Machine shop, boiler work, weld-ing repairs, painting, etc., are handled at this plant.

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

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

Humble Oil Co. Eighty-five acre tank farm and refinery. Importand export oil terminal. Canning and casing plant. Serving theinterior producers and refiners. Located on north bank of Channelat Houston.

Port City Compress Company, owned by the Atkinson-Schu-macher Cotton Company, located three-quarters of a mile northeastof Turning Basin on tracks of the Houston Belt & Terminal andSouthern Pacific Railway.

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

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

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

Houston Compress Co. Long Reach plant just below basin.Three high density compresses, concrete wharf 3,426 feet long,two-story concrete sheds with storage for 325,000 bales of cotton.Cargo of all kinds handled by this company.

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

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

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

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

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42 H o u s t o n P 0 R T B 0 0 K November, 1940

TURNING BASIN COMPRESSCOMPANY

HOUSTON .... TEXAS

Equipped with two High Density

Compresses, seventeen railroads

serve this plant through the Public

Belt Line arrangement.

In close proximity are Wharves

7 and 8, where steamships can dock

to pick up and discharge cargoes.

The storage capacity of this plant

accommodates between 50,000 and

60,000 bales of compressed cotton.

Office Located at Plant Telephone Wayside 4101

A Greaier Gulf Southand a

Greater Houston PortThe growth and develop-

ment of the Port of Houstondepend largely upon the num-ber of industries that locate onor adjacent to it. One of themajor requirements of industryis fuel. The Port of Houstonoffers the finest fuel known toindustry--Natural Gas.

United Gas Pipe Line Com-pany is now conducting a long-

range national advertising program pointing out theadvantages of industrial location in the Gulf South.This program is designed to encourage industrial de-velopment throughout the territory served, includingHouston and its splendid Port.

Marine Service, Inc. Boat basin and marine repair yard forcare of yachts and pleasure boats.

John L. Bludworth. Marine ways shipbuilding and boat repairyard.

Platzer Boat Works. Marine ways and boat repair yard.The Humble Oil & Refining Co. Oil station for small craft

and vehicles.Parker Brothers. Shell and sand unloading plant in old chan-

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

machine repairs.Consolidated Chemical Industries Inc. (Ex-Texas Chemical

Co.). Large chemical plant manufacturing sulphuric acid, bone car-bon fertilizer, etc. Barge wharf.

Eastern States Petroleum Co. (Ex-Deepwater Oil Refineries).Own barge wharf. Pipe lines to Manchester wharves. Also new shipwharf near Manchester Terminal.

Magnolia Petroleum Co. Crude oil storage and supply station.Own barge and ship wharf.

Lone Star Portland Cement Co. Large plant manufacturinghigh grade Portland cement from oyster shell and clay. Capacity4,400 barrels per day, operating four kilns. Barge and ship wharf.

Houston Milling Co. (American Maid Flour Mills). Flour milland grain elevator. 1,500 bushels capacity. Carrier house to Man-chester Public Wharf, loading capacity 20,000 bushels per hour.Suction leg installed to take grain from ship to elevator.

Pure Oil Distributing Co. Oil and gasoline distributor (usingChannel Fuel Wharf).

Consolidated Oil Co. Petroleum products distribution station.(Use Manchester Wharf.)

Humble Oil & Refining Co. Fuel oil, gasoline and kerosenedistributing station and storage tanks. Small craft wharf.

Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Company (Carnegie) Ter-minal and Warehouse.

Southern Pacific Lines (Morgan Lines). Steamship terminalat Clinton. First unit berths three vessels. Coastwise shipment ofcotton and general merchandise.

Gulf Portland Cement Co. Oil well and high grade cement.John Young, Inc. Shell unloading rig. Morgan Line Wharf.

Shell for roads and railroad ballast.Mayo Shell Co. Poultry feed grinding plant.Gulf Compress Co. Compress and warehouse, 60,000 bales.Eastern States Petroleum Co. Pile wharf and tank storage. Pipe

lines to refinery.Manchester Terminal Corporation. Cotton compresses. Con-

crete wharves and storage warehouses for 300,000 bales of cotton.Berths for four ships. General cargo handled.

W. D. Haden. Marine ways for barge and small craft repairsin Simms Bayou near Public Belt Railroad bridge.

W. D. Haden. Shell unloading rig and side tracks in SimmsBayou near Public Belt Railroad bridge.

Coastal Oil & Transport Co. (owned by American Liberty Pipe

Handling Cement Clinker through the Grain Elevator.

November, 1940 Houston PORT BOOK 43

Line Co., formerly Clarion Oil Co.). Storage and shipments of crudeoils. Ship wharf.

Gulf Refining Co. Refiners of coastal oils. Wharf 300 feet.

Sinclair Refining Co. Refiners and shippers of crude and refinedoils. Wharfs 1,400 feet long, pipe line connections to all Midwestfields. Petroleum coke loading plant.

Houston Lighting & Power Co. Electric power plant, 178,000k. w. capacity, total capacity 203,000 k. w. including uptown plant.High tension power lines extending along each side of channel pro-vide ample power for city and industrial use. Barge wharf.

General American Tank Car Storage & Terminal Co. Petroleumand vegetable oil terminal tank farm. New wharf.

Maritime Oil Co. Skimming plant. Use General Americanwharf.

Champion Paper & Fibre Co. Paper pulp plant, finishing mill,barge wharf, conveyors, etc.

The Texas Co. (Houston works). Refining and shipment crude and refined oils. Pipe line connections to large fields. 1,400-foot wharf. Slip with berths for three vessels.

Crown-Central Petroleum Corporation. Oil refining and ship-ping by vessel. Wharf 400 feet.

Phillips Petroleum Co. Gasoline fractionizing plant.Horton & Horton. Slip, wharves, shell unloading rig, marine

ways and repair yard.American Petroleum Co. Tank farm and storage. Shipment of

crude oils. Wharf 150 feet.

The Davidson Chemical Company chemical fertilizer plant site.Haden Lime Co. New plant for making lime from oyster shell,

located on Green’s Bayou.W. L. Jones. Ship repair yard and dry dock in Green’s Bayou

just above its mouth. Shell loading dock.

Shell Petroleum Corporation. Large refinery and tank farm.Slip with four berths. Petroleum cake loading facilities.

The Tidewater Oil Company of Tulsa, Oklahoma, has pur-chased 700 acres east of and adjoining the Shell Petroleum Corpora-tion refinery.

San Jacinto Battleground Park. 1,470-foot steel bulkhead wharffor small craft.

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

Gulf Pipe Line Co., Lynchburg. Oil storage and mixing plant.Shipment by vessel and pipe line. Wharf 400 feet.

Humble Oil & Refining Co. Refinery at Baytown. Refin;ngand shipment of crude and refined oils. Two concrete wharve; 600and 400 feet long, barge wharf 250 feet.

The Barbour Terminals, Inc. Industrial terminal in San JaclntoBay just above Morgan’s Point, with a channel about one and a half

i,, HOUSTONWe operate a modern low insurance rate warehousein the center of the wholesale, jobber, rail and truckterminal district. Most conveniently located for in-terior jobbers’ trucks; well trained personnel; coolerspace. U. S. Customs Bonded space.

HOUSTON CENTRAL WAREHOUSE CO.Commerce and San Jaeinto Houston, Texas

Represented by

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Gulf "Swamp Buggy" for oil field work in Marshes.

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44 H o u s t o n P 0 i~ T B 0 0 K November, 1940

Merchants & Planters Oil Co.Manufacturers and Refiners of

COTTONSEED OIL, CAKE, MEAL, LINTERS,SOAPSTOCK, SHORTENING AND

COOKING OILS

Polar WhiteSHORTENING

Made Exclusively From Pure Cottonseed Oil

3600 Clinton Drive Phone Capitol 7338

HOUSTON, TEXAS

WATER for INDUSTRY

Water for many of the industries on

Houston’s Ship Channel was supplied

by Layne-Texas Company. Whatever

the volume required--from a few thou-

sand gallons to more than a million

daily--we have been able to meet the

demand.

When you want a dependable water

supply, call in a Layne-Texas engineer.

LAYNE-TEXAS COMPANYWater Developers

HOUSTON DALLAS

Phone L. D. 181 Phone 5-0909

miles in length, 200 feet in width, 30-foot depth, ending in a turn-ing basin about 1,000 feet square.

Humble Oil & Refining Co. Barge terminal on Barbour Chan-nel.

Standard Oil Co. of Texas. Salt Dome Corporation. Barge ter-minal on Barbour Channel.

Houston has over 100 producing oil fields within a radius of100 miles, and pipe lines extend to all major coastal and mid-conti-nental oil and gas fields. Many of the major and independent com-panies maintain their principal offices at Houston.

Upper Channel Industrial Development

In addition to the industries established along the main channelthere are a number located upon the light draft channel between theharbor and the center of the city and having their own wharvesand cargo handling facilities. Among them the following are noted:

W. L. Jones. Shipyard.W. L. Jones. Sand and shell unloading plant.National Supply Company. Steel bulkhead wharf for handling

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

ers’ supplies.Shellbuilders, Inc. Oyster shell poultry feed.

Tennison Manufacturing Company. Site for sheet iron plant.Tips Glass Company. Site for glass bottle plant.

Exporters Cotton Compress Company.

Houston Chamber of Commerce Magazine Committee on inspection tour of theHouston Ship Channel.

1706 MeKinney AvenuePhones ~ Fairfax 0183

( L. D. 539

EDWARDS TRANSPORTATION Co.OPERATING 39 STEEL BOATS AND BARGES

q’ransporters of Oil ¯ q’owing ¯ .Ughtering

HOUSTON, TEXAS

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November, 1940 Houston PORT BOOK 45

New warehouse of the Roebling Wire Rope Company.

Markle Steel Company. Site for steel warehouse.

Trinity Portland Cement Company.Houston Packing Company. Meat packers.Merchants & Planters Cotton Oil Mill.Cleveland Compress Company.

Pritchard Rice Mill.Dedman Foundry & Machine Shop.Shippers Compress Company.

Zero Ice Plant.The Texas Company. Barreling plant.Wolf Cotton Warehouse Company.American Chemical Company.

Houston Lighting & Power Company. Gable Street auxiliaryplant.

Houston & Texas Central Railroad. Warehouse.

Houston Gas & Fuel Company. Stand-by gas plant.Horton & Horton. Sand-shell-gravel plant.Peden Iron & Steel Company. Sales and warehouse.H. C. Schuhmacher Grocery Company. Wholesale grocers.

Houston Central Warehouse Company.Texas Packing Company. Meats.Houston Terminal Warehouse & Cold Storage Plant.

Merchants & Manufacturers Terminal Company. Jobbers andwholesale warehouse.

John Young Company. Shell-sand.Public Wharves.C. R. Cummings Lumber Company. Lumber.

B. A. Riesner Company. Structural steel.

NATURAL GAS. The channel industrial area is served oneach side of the waterway by natural gas piped from the fields by theHouston Gulf Gas Company, Houston Natural Gas Company, andthe Dixie Pipe Line Company, whose mains are available to all indus-tries.

LYKES TO INAUGURATE SOUTHAFRICA SERVICE

Inauguration of regular service between United States gulf portsand the east and south coasts of Africa has been announced by LykesBrothers Steamship Company.

The service will be inaugurated with the sailing of the steamerEffingham the latter part of January and will be maintained on amonthly basis. Should cargo justify, however, the frequency of sail-ings will be increased.

American flag vessels will be used in maintaining the service,which will be the only one of its kind offering from Houston. Portsof call in Africa will be: Capetown, Durban, Port Elizabeth, EastLondon, Lourence Marques and Beira.

W. L. JONES and SONSAND, SHELL and GRAVELDREDGING and TOWING

Boat Building and Barge RentalFairhx 972069th St, at Foot of Ave. V Phones Wayside 2464

HOUSTON, TEXAS

FIR AND YELLOW PINE LUMBERAND

RED CEDAR SHINGLES

W. H. Norris Lumber Company709-15 First National Bank Building

HOUSTON, TEXAS

REICHARDT ELECTRIC CO.WHOLESALE ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES

AND APPARATUS

Emerson Fans : : Universal Appliances

q. 1009-11 Wood Street Preston 6261 Houston, Texas y,

MERCHANDISE STORAGE OFFICE SPACEPOOL CAR DISTRIBUTIONMERCHANDISE TRUCKING c u s T O M S B O N D E D

UNIVERSAL TERMINAL WAREHOUSE COMPANY1002-8 WASHINGTON AVENUE HOUSTON, TEXAS

46 Houston PORT BOOK November, 1940

November, 1940 Houstot~ PORT BOOK 47

PORT OF HOUSTON TARIFFT

The Port of Houston contains five active terminal companies soliciting and handling pub-lic freight.

THE NAVIGATION DISTRICTOwns and controls eighteen berths

LONG REACH SHIPSIDE TERMINALHOUSTON COMPRESS COMPANY

Have eight berths

MANCHESTER TERMINAL CORPORATIONHave four ship’s berths

SHIP CHANNEL COMPRESS COMPANY (Sprunts Docks)Have two ship’s berths

HOUSTON BARGE TERMINALSHIPSIDE CONTRACTING COMPANY

Barge berths on light draft channel

All operations on these rail-water terminals in the Port of Houston are carried on under theprovisions of tariff published by the Navigation District, which tariff is concurred in by thefour private terminal companies above named. This tariff contains twelve sections, asfollows:

SECTION ONE

SECTION TWO

SECTION THREE

SECTION FOUR

SECTION FIVE

SECTION SIX

SECTION SEVEN

SECTION EIGHT

SECTION NINE

SECTION TEN

SECTION ELEVEN

SECTION TWELVE

Preliminary

Regulations Governing Use of Waterways

Regulations Governing Use of Facilities

Dockage

Shed Hire

Wharfage

Free Time and Penalty

Freight Handling Machinery

Miscellaneous Charges

Vegetable Oil Handling Plant

Houston Public Grain Elevator

Loading and Unloading

On these five terminals are four carloading contractors, all under agreement with the PortLines Committee, representing all railroads in the Port of Houston, to carry on the carload-ing and unloading operation of absorbed freight at rates specified in Texas Lines Tariff.

The tariff and all supplements governing terminal operations in the port may be secured byinterested parties writing Port Commission, 5th Floor, Civil Courts Bldg., Houston, Texas.

48 Houston PORT BOOK November, 1940

CHANNEL PILOTAGE AND CHARGESHOUSTON PILOTS

Houston Offices:Telephone: Capitol 9451 Galveston Offices:

Hadley 6876 1206 United States National Bank Building1318 Petroleum Building Night Nos: Lehigh 9665 Telephone 2-2011

Pilot boats: Houston Pilots Nos. 1 and 2--Meet vessels at outer entrance Galveston jetties.From sea to Houston, or vice versa--Foreign vessels and American vessels from foreign ports .............................................. $5.50 per foot draft3.25 per foot draftFrom sea to Baytown, or vice versa--American coastwise vessels only ............................................................................................From sea to Lynchburg and Shell Oil Wharf or vice versa--American coastwise vessels only .................................................. 3.50 per foot draftFrom sea to Norsworthy, Crown, Texas, Sinclair and Gulf or vice versa--American coastwise vessels only .......................... 3.75 per foot draftFrom sea to all other Terminals above--American coastwise vessels Dnly .................................................................................... 4.00 per foot draft

From Bolivar Roads to Houston, or vice versa--all vessels ..................................................................................................................4.00 per foot draft

Shifting from pier to pier ............................................................................................................................................................................20.00 per shipWhen pilot is detained aboard vessel in Bolivar Roads for conveniences 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

Schedule of Tug BoatOperators tSuderman & Young, Cotton Exchange Building, Houston, Texas.Houston Towing Company, 811 Cotton Exchange Building, Houston, Texas.Intracoastal Towing & Transportation Company, Petroleum Building, Houston, Texas.Bay Towing Company, 811 Cotton Exchange Building, Houston Texas.

WithBETWEEN own power

Morgan’s Point and Shell ................................................ per tug $165.00100.00Morgan’s Point and Baytown ........................................Bolivar Roads and Morgan’s Point ................................ " " 200.00Bolivar Roads and Baytown .......................................... " " 200.00Bolivar Roads and Shell .................................................. " " 250.00Galveston and Baytown .................................................. " " 240.00" " 100.00Houston and Shell ............................................................Texas City and Baytown ................................................ " " 240.00Houston to Norsworthy, Crown, Galena, Sinco .......... 85.00Houston and Penn City .................................................. :: :: 100.00165.00Houston and Lynchburg ..................................................Galveston and Houston .................................................... " " 325.00" " 285.00Bolivar Roads and Houston ............................................Texas City and Houston .................................................. " " 325.00Morgan’s Point and Houston .......................................... :: :: 200.00175.00Houston and Baytown ......................................................Baytown to Shell .............................................................. " " 100.00

Norsworthy, Crown, Galena, Sinco, Clinton, Manchestertake same rates as Houston from above point.Above charges include Docking or Undocking.

SHIFTING

Shifting vessels between docks at Manchester Terminal andTurning Basin, both inclusive ........................................ $ 60.00

Second Tug ................................................................................ 55.00

Shifting vessels between points below Manchester to Nors-worthy, inclusive .............................................................. 85.00

Second Tug ................................................................................ 80.00

Shifting vessels from one point to another on the same dockbetween points below Manchester Terminal to Bay-town, inclusive .................................................................. 70.00

Second Tug ................................................................................ 65.00

DOCKING AND UNDOCKING

Docking or Off Docking at all points between ManchesterTerminal and Turning Basin, both inclusive ...................... $ 45.00

Docking or Undocking at points below Manchester to Nors-worthy, inclusive ...................................................................... 55.00

Docking or Off Docking at points below Norsworthy toMorgan’s Point, inclusive ........................................................ 75.00

MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES

Furnishing Steam: Per hour or fractional part, includingrunning time to and from ship:

Day Time ..................................................................................$ 40.00Night Time ................................................................................ 25.00

A charge of $85.00 in addition to regular rate will ,be madewhen voyage is not completed on day of starting.

Pulling on ships aground:When tug engaged in assisting steamer, 1 hour free pulling

time; each succeeding hour or fractional part .................... 40.00When tug is not engaged in assisting steamer:

First hour .................................................................................. 55.00Each succeeding hour or fractional part .............................. 40.00Running time chargeable.

The above rates to apply for a single tug.Tugs ordered to stand by but not put to work will be charged

for the same as if pulling.Rates for towing dead ships between points on Houston Ship

Channel, other than above specified, will be charged foron "pulling time basis."

All towed vessels to furnish towing hawsers.Holding vessels off Dock and Redocking between Manchester

and Turning Basin, both inclusive, shifting rates toapply.

DETENTION

Detention caused by vessel not being ready when tug ordered to becharged for at $20.00 per hour, with one hour free time allowed.

Houston Boatmen’s Association Rate of Charges for Mooring andUnmooring Vessels

Office: 7437 Canal Street

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

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

DOCKING AND UNDOCKINGA charge of $7.00 for mooring or unmooring vessels at any place

in the Channel between the Turning Basin and Manchester Termi-nal Docks, inclusive.

Telephone: Wayside 4488

Charge of $8.00 for the entire service of shifting a vessel be-tween any points in the Channel. Turning Basin to ManchesterTerminal Docks, included.

A charge of $10.00 for mooring.and unmooring for all wharvesbelow Manchester Terminal, any raze vessel.

A charge of $10.00 for releasing a vessel at all wharves belowManchester Terminal.

A charge of $15.00 for shifting a vessel from wharf to wharfat all points below Manchester Terminal.

HOUSTON BOATMEN’S ASSOCIATION AND MARITIME COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSTON COTTON EXCHANGE AND BOARD OF TRADE

November, 1940 Houston PORT BOOK 49

HOUSTON STEAMSHIP SERVICESSome of these lines have been suspended or interrupted due to war conditions in Europe and shippers should contact the Houston

agents for details of services and sailings.

FOREIGN SERVICESThe following table shows the various regular steamship lines operating between Houston and various Foreign ports; Corrected as of November l, 1940.

Lines Between Houston and Houston Agent or OperatorAmerican Gulf Orient Line China, Japan, Philippines and Hawaii Lykes Bros. Steamship Company, Inc.

Havre, Dunkirk, Antwerp and Ghent Hansen & Tideman. Inc.Armement Deppe, S. A.American Pioneer LineBank LineCanadian-Gulf Line, Ltd.Castle LineCompagnie Generale Trans Atlantique

(French Line)Creole-Odero Line

Delta Line

Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and AdelaideFar East; also Australian & N. Zealand pts.Canadian PortsHavre. Antwerp, Ghent, other Cont’l PortsHavre, Dunkirk, Antwerp and Ghent

Genoa, Leghorn, Naples and otherMediterranean Ports

Buenos Aires, Montevideo & Rio de JaneiroLisbon, Oporto, Genoa, Leghorn, Naples,

Lykes Bros. Steamship Company, Inc.Straehan Shipping Co. (Chas. E. Craig, M~r.)Canadian-Gulf Line, Ltd.Fowler & MeVitie (L. H. Gissel, Hous. Rep.)E. S. Binnings

Texas Transport and Terminal Co., Inc.

Lykes Bros. Steamship Company, Inc.Dixie Mediterranean LineVenice and Trieste Lykes Bros. Steamship Company, Inc.

Dixie U. K. Line Hull, Newcastle, Liverpool, Manchester, Lykes Bros. Steamship Company, Inc.Glasgow. Belfast and Dublin

Fern Line Far East Wilkeus & BiehlFrench Line Havre, Dunkirk, Antwerp and Ghent(Comnagnie Generale Trans Atiantique)

Gans LineE. S. Binnings

Gdynia America LineHamburg American Line (N. German Lloyd

World Ports Richard Meyer Company of TexasGdynia Texas Transport & Terminal Company. Inc.Bremen and Hamburg Wilkens & BiehlFar East Richard Meyer Company of TexasBremen and Hambur~r Strachan Shipping Co. (Chas. E. Craig, Mgr.)

Hanseatische Line (Emil Offen & Co.) Bremen and Hamburg Strachan Shipping Co. (Chas. E. Craig, M~r.)Hansen & Tideman, Inc. United Kingdom, European and Far East Hansen & Tideman, Inc.

Ports (as cargo offers)Harrison Line Liverpool and Manchester Wm. Parr & Company (W. C. Hunt, Mgr.)Holland-America Line Rotterdam, Antwerp and Ghent

Alexandria. Port Said, Suez, Aden. Ka-rachi, Bombay, Colombo, Madras and Calcutta.Also Bahrein, Bushire, Bandar. Shanour, Khor-amshJth~- and Busrah, aocordmg to offerings

Yokohama, K0be, Shanghai and Other

Hamburg-American LineHansa Line

Isthmian Steamship Line

Isthmian Steamship Line

Italia LineFar East Ports

Seville, Naples, Venice, Trieste, Flume,Ancona and Barcelona

Java-Pacific Line Capetown, Port Elizabeth, East London,Durban, Lourenco, Marques, Beira, Columbo,Madras and Calcutta

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) Far EastKerr-Silver Line Fast East Ports

Texas Transport & Terminal Company. Inc.Norton-Lilly & Company

San Juan, Aguadilla, Ponce, Mayaguez,and Port Au Prince Haiti. (Transshipment toVirgin Islands via San Juan)

Norton-Lilly & Company

Kokusai Line Japanese Ports J.L. Beveridge & CompanyLarrinaga Line Liverpool and Manchester Fowler & McVitie (L. H. Gissel, Houston Rep. Lykes South American Line Havana, Cristobal, Barranquilla and Car- Lykes Bros. Steamship Company, Inc.(Passenger and Freight) tagena. Transshipment to West Coast of South(Two sailings monthly) America. West Coast of Central America and to

Trinidad. Venezuela and Curacao via Cristobal.Lykes West Indies Line

(Passenger and Freight) Lykes Bros. Steamship Company, Inc.(Weekly sailings)

Far EastLiverpool, Manchester and LondonSpanish PortsJapan and China

Mitsui LineMurray LineNervion LineNippon Yusen Kaisha (N Y K Line)N. German LJoyd (Hamburg American LinePrince LineScandinavian American LineResrdon Smith LineSouthern States Line

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

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

Texas Transport & Terminal Company, Inc.Hansen & Tideman, Inc.

Thomas Rice& Co. (J. R. Dunn, Houston Rep.)Thomas Rice & Co. (J. R. Dunn, Houston Rep.)Thomas Rice & Co. (J. R. Dunn, Houston Rep.)Fowler & MeVitie (L. H. Gissel, Houston Rep.)

Bremen and Hamburg Wilkens & BiehlFar East Ports Hansen & Tideman, Inc.Copenha~ren and Danish Ports Wilkens & BiehlFar East States Marine Corporation, General AgentsBremen. Hamburg, Rotterdam, Havre,

Antwerp and GhentStrachan Line Bremen and Hambur~rSwedish America Mexico Line Oslo. Gothenbur~ and CopenhagenTransocean Transport Line U.K. Ports

Tampico. Vera Cruz and Progre~so(as cargo offers)

Puerto Barrios

Lykes Bros. Steamship Company, Inc.

Straehan Shipping Co. (Chas. E. Craig. M~r.)Fowler & McVitie (L. H. Gissel. Houston ReoRichard Meyer Company of Texas

Transportes Maritimos Y Vias Fluviales,S. C. M. de R. L.

United Fruit CompanyUnterweser ReedereiWilhelmsen Line

Hansen & Tideman, Inc.

Collin & GisselB~emen and Hamburg Wilkens & BiehlOslo, Gothenburg, Copenhagen and other

Scandinavian PortsFowler & McVitie (L. H. Gissel, Houston Rep.)

NOTE: Besides the above, there are a large number of chartered vessels operating under private contract to various ports.

50 H o u s t o n P o R T B o O KNovember, 1940

COASTWISE SERVICESThe following table shows various stonmmh|p lines operating between Houston and Gulf Ports and Atlantic Coast Ports; Corrected as of November 1, 1940.

Lines Between Houston and Houston Agent or Operator

American Range Line, Inc. Atlantic Coast Ports Hansen & Tideman, Inc.

Clyde-Mallory Lines Brownsville, Miami, New York and BostonClyde-Mallory Lines

Passenger and FreightLykes Coastwise Line Boston, Norfolk, Baltimore Lykes Coastwise Line. Inc.

Southern Pacific Steamship Line New York, Boston, New Bedford, Baltimore, A.J. Morriss, General Agent, Cotton(Morgan Line) Norfolk Exchange Building. Houston

Southern Steamship Co. (2 sailings wkly.) Philadelphia Southern Steamship Company

INTERCOASTAL SERVICESThe following table shows the steamship lines operating between Houston and Pacific Coast ports; Corrected as of November 1, 1940.

Lines/

Between Houston and/

Houston Agent or Operator

Isthmian Steamship Line / East Bound cargo from all Pacific Coast / Norton-Lilly & Company, Agents/ Ports to Houston

Luckenbaeh Gulf Steamship Company, Inc. [ Los A n g e 1 e s, San Francisco, Stockton, Luckenbach Gulf Steamship Company, Inc.

(Passenger and Freight) | Oakland, Portland, Seattle and Tacoma. Also (J. R. Weiler, District Manager)| Tampa, Mobile and New Orleans.

INTRACOASTAL CANAL SERVICESThe following table shows the various barge and ship lines operating in and out of Houston through the httracoastal Canal ; Corrected as of November 1, 1940.

Lines Between Houston and Houston Agent or Operator

American Barge Line Ohio River Points W.G. Coyle Co.

Butcher & Arthur Transport Co. Gulf and Mississippi River Points Butcher & Arthur Transport Co.

Campbell Transportation Co. Mississippi and Ohio River Points W.G. Coyle Co.

Co.vle Line New Orleans and Intermediate Ports W.G. Coyle Co.

Edwards Transportation Co. (Oil Trans.) Gulf and Mississippi River Points Edwards Transportation Co.

Federal Barge Lines Ch’go, Min’p’lis, Kan. City, Brm’g’ham Federal Barge Lines

River Terminals Corp. New Orleans River Terminals Corp.(Louisiana-Texas Canal Service)

Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railway Co. Birmingham Port Carnegie Illinois Steel Corp.

Union Barge Line Mississippi and Ohio River Points I W G. Coyle Co.

TANKER LINESThe following table shows the tanker lines operating between Houston and the ports of the world; Corrected as of November 1, 1940.

Lines Between Houston and Hougton Agent or Operator

American Tanker Corporation Various Ports Collin & Gissel

A. O. Andersen Shipping Co., Various Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Company, Inc.A/S Oslo. Norway

Anglo Mexiean Line Various Ports Lykes Bros. Steamship Company, Inc.

Anglo Saxon Line Various Ports Lykes Bros. Steamship Company. Inc.

Atlantic Refining Co. Various Ports Atlantic Refining Co.

Leonardo Arrivabene--Venice. Italy World Wide Service Texas Transport & Terminal Company. Inc.

Cie. Auxiliare De Navigation--Paris Various Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Co., Inc.

Azienda Generale Italiana Petroli Various Ports Thomas Rice & Co.Agip---Genoa

G. M. Barbageleta & Co., Genoa Various Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Co., Inc.

Biornstad & Co., Oslo Various Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Co., Inc.

B. L. Shippin~ Company North Atlantic Ports Strachan Shipping Co.Texas Transport & Terminal Company. Inc.Texas Transport & Terminal Company, Inc.

Olaf Boe & Company, Arendal. Norway Various Ports

Harry Borthen & Co. A/S Oslo Various PortsBriti,~h Mols~,~e~ Co.. Ltd. United Kingdom and Continental Ports Fowler & McVitie

British Tanker Company. Ltd. United Kingdom and Continental Ports Fowler & McVitie

Karl Bruus~aard--Oslo Various Ports Texas Transl~ort & Terminal Comnanv. Inc.

Gustav B. Bull--Sandefjord, Norway Various Ports Texas Trsnsport & Terminal Company. Inc.

Iver Bu~ze---Larvik, Norway Various Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Company. Inc.

Castella Line European PortsStrachan Shipping Co.

Various Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Company, Inc.

Various Ports

Chantier Et Ateliers De St. Nazaire,Penboet--Paris. France

Cia. Industria Marittima ed AffiniRoma. Venice

Thomas Rice & Co.

Texas Transport & Terminal Company, Inc.Cie Nationale de Navigation--Paris, Fr. Various Ports

Cities Service Oil Co. Various Ports Cities Service Oil Co.

Coal Tradin~ Company--Rotterdam.Holland Various Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Company, Inc.

Commercial Molasses Co. Various Ports Collin & GisselThomas Rice & Co.Comm. Andrea Zanchi--Genoa Various Ports

Coneordia Line Enronean Ports Strachan Shippin~ Co.

"CORRADO," Soc. Anon. di Various Ports Thomas Rice & Co.Navi~azlone. Genoa

November, 1940 Houston PORT BOOK 51

TANKER LINES--ContinuedLines Between Houston and Houston Agent or Operator

Courtage & Transports, S. A.; ParisA/S Thor Dahl--Sandefjord, Norway

Various PortsVarious Ports

Texas Transport & Terminal Co., Inc.Texas Transport & Terminal Company, Inc.

Ditlev-Somonsen, Halfdan & Co.--Oslo, Nor. Various Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Company, Inc.Ditta Luigi Pittaluga Vapori, Genoa Various Ports Thomas Rice & Co.Eurotank Line Hamburg Strachan Shipping Co.N. Chr. Evensen--Oslo, Norway Various Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Company, Inc.James German & Co., Ltd.; Cardiff Various Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Co., Inc.Gow Harrison & Co.--Glasgow, ~cotland Various Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Company, Inc.Gulf Oil Corporation Various Ports Gulf Oil CorporationHansen-Tangen Redri II, A/S; Various Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Co., Inc.

KristiansandsHerr Skibs, Christian Haaland Various Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Company, Inc.

Haguesund, NorwayS. Holter-Sorensen--Oslo, Norway Various Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Company, Inc.J. P. Jensen--Arendal, Norway Various Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Company, Inc.Kellogg Tanker Line Atlantic Seaboard and Philippine Islands Collin & GisselA. F. Klavenesse & Co., Oslo Various Ports Wilkens & BiehlKnut Knutsen O.A.S.--Haguesund, Norway Various Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Company, Inc.Westfal Larsen--Bergen, Norway Various Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Company, Inc.Lorentzens Skibs, A/S; Oslo Various Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Co., Inc.Maersk Line (A. P. Moller), Copenhagen Various Ports Wilkens & BiehlMagnus Konow & Company--Oslo, Norway Various Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Company, Inc.C. D. Mallory & Co. Various PortsMartin Mosvold--Farsund, Norway Various Ports

Various PortsVarious Ports

Arth. H. Mathiesen--0slo, Norway

C. D. Mallory & Co., Texas CityTexas Transport & Terminal Co., Inc.Texas Transport & Terminal Company, Inc.

Melsom & Melsom--Larvik, Norway Texas Transport & Terminal Company, Inc.Mexican Petroleum Corporation Mexico and Gulf Ports Mexican Petroleum Corp., Galveston, T~Ys~_Molasses & General Transport Co., Ltd. United Kingdom and Continental Ports Fowler & McVitieNational Bulk Carriers Various Ports Collin & GisselNay. Alta Italia, Genoa Various Ports Thomas Rice & Co.Nay. Tigullia, Genoa Various Ports Thomas Rice & Co.George Nicolaou, Ltd., London Various Ports Thomas Rice & Co.Pan American Petroleum Co. Various Ports Pan American Petroleum Co.Pennsylvania Shipping Company North Atlantic Ports J.A. Kuenstler, Agent

"PETROLEUM,,"Navigazione, GenoaS°C" Anon. Di Various Ports Thomas Rice & Co.

Petroleum Navigation Company " Gulf and Atlantic Seaboard Ports Petroleum Navigation CompanyPetrotankers, S. A.--Paris, France I Various Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Company, Inc.

I Various PortsI Various Ports

Phs. Van Ommeren--Rotterdam, Holland"Polena," Soc. di Navigazione, Genoa

Texas:Transport & Terminal Company, Inc.Thomas Rice & Co.

Pure Oil Co. I Various Ports Pure Oil Co.Einar Rassmussen--Kriastiansand, Norway Various Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Co., Inc.Reidar Rod--Toensberg, Norway Various Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Company, Inc.Richfield Oil Co. Various Ports Richfield Oil Co.

Various PortsSabine Transportation Co.

ParisStravanger Tankrederi A/S Stavanger, Nor. Various PortsSun Oil Co. Various PortsTrelleborgs Angfartygs Nya Aktiebolag Various Ports

Trelleborg, SwedenVarious Ports

Sinclair Refining Co.Scopinich & Monta--Genoa. Italy Various Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Company, Inc.Sinclair Navigation Company Mex., Gulf,W. Indies, Atl’s & European ports Sinclair Refining CompanySkibs Reder Christian-Haaland; Hangesund Various Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Co., Inc.Soc. Anon. Cooperativa di Nav. Various Ports Thomas Rice & Co.

"GARIBALDI," GenoaSoc. Anon. Imprese Navali e Affini, Venice Various Ports Thomas Rice & Co.Soc. Anon. Industria, Armamento, Genoa Various Ports Thomas Rice & Co.Societe Anonyme D’Armement D’Industrie Various Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Company, Inc.

et de Commerce--Antwerp, BelgiumSoc. Italiana Trasporti Petroliferi, Genoa Various Ports Thomas Rice & Co.Soc. Petrolifera Esercizi Marittimi, Fiume Various Ports Thomas Rice & Co.Soc. des Transports Maritimes Petrolers; Various Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Co., Inc.

ParisSoc. Francias des Transports Petrolers; Various Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Company, Inc.

The Texas CompanyTidewater Associated Oil Co.

Texas Transport & Terminal Company, Inc.Sun Oil Co.Texas Transport & Terminal Company, Inc.

The Texas CompanyVarious Ports Tidewater Associated Oil Co.

Union Maritime & Shipping Company-- Various Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Company, Inc.London, England

Villain & Fassio--Genoa, Italy Various Ports Texas Transport & Terminal Company, lnr_NOTE: In addition to ¯bore, ¯ large number of tsmkers are eperated oxclu~ively in handling products of local refineries under private 8Zresment,

52 Houston PORT BOOK November, 1940

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INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS

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Adams & Porter ....................................... 39American General Insurance Company ................ 40Anderson, Clayton & Co ................................ 46Atlantic, Gulf & Pacific Company ...................... 1O

Champion Paper & Fibre Company, The ............... 5Clyde-Mallory Lines ................................... 41Cox & Stevens, Inc ...................................... 39Coyle, W. G., Company ................................ 8Crown Central Petroleum Corporation .................. 37

Edwards Transportation Company ..................... 44Esperson Industrial Corporation ........................ 43

General American Tank Storage Terminals ........ Cover 2Gulf Oil Corporation ................................... 3

Hansen & Tidemann, Inc ................................ 37Harrisburg Machine Company, Inc ...................... 8Houston Central Warehouse Company .................. 43Houston Compress Company ........................... 35Houston Lighting & Power Company ................... 52Houston Milling Company ............................. 37

Houston Pilots ......................................... 3

Houston Pipe Line Company ........................... 6Houston Towing Company ............................. 36

Intracoastal Towing & Transportation Company ......... 8

Jones, lesse H., Interests ............................... 2

Jones, W. L., & Son .................................... 45

Layne-Texas Company ................................ 44

Luckenbach, Gulf Steamship Company, Inc .............. 38

Lykes Bros. Steamship Company, Inc .............. Cover 4

Manchester Terminal Corporation ...................... 10

Maritime Oil Company ................................ 34

Merchants & Planters Oil Company .................... 44

National Bank of Commerce, The ...................... 4Norris, W. H., Lumber Company ........................ 45

Pancrust-Plato Company ............................... 9

Patrick Transfer & Storage Company ................... 2Platzer Boat Works .................................... 39

Reichardt Electric Company ........................... 45

River Terminals Corporation ........................... 34

Sam Realty Company ................................. 43

San Jacinto Inn ........................................ 1

Shipside Contracting Company, Inc ..................... 40

South Texas Commercial National Bank ................ 9South Texas Cotton Oil Company ...................... 9Southern Steamship Company ......................... 5Southern Tug & Barge Company ....................... 28Standard Dredging Corporation ........................ 4

States Marine Corporation ............................. 40Sternberg Dredging Company ......................... 9Strachan Shipping Company .......................... 40

Texas Company, The ............................ Cover 3Texas Transport & Terminal Company, Inc .............. 8Turning Basin Compress Company ..................... 42

Union National Bank of Houston, Texas, The ............ 36United Gas Pipe Line Company ....................... 42Universal Terminal Warehouse Company .............. 45

Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company ....... 10

Zeigler, Jesse A ......................................... 39

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