RAFAEL HUEZO, JR., manager of the Port of Corinto, Nicaragua, returned to the Port of Houston for a visit in September to discuss port operations with General Man- ager J. P. Turner and Marine and Plant Protection ManagerD. M. Frazior. Formerly Consul of Nicaragua in Houston, Huezo spent a year in training at the Port of Houston docks and administrative offices, before as- suming his duties in Corinto two years ago. W. L. Clayton Is Named By Trade Group W. L. Clayton has accepted the honor- ary presidency of the Houston World Trade Association, Andre A. Crispin, chairman of the association’s member- ship drive, has announced. "The fact we kave the sponsorship of a man of Mr. Clayton’s reputation in international trade speaks well for the future of our organization," Crispin said. Clayton, a founder of Anderson, Clay- ton & Company, is known as a believer in the maxim "trade is a two-way street." The World Trade Association will operate the World Trade Club, a Texas non-profit corporation, which will open in January in the Port of Houston’s World Trade Center, Texas and Craw- ford. The club facilities will include dining facilities, offices for use by foreign visitors, an extensive library, and a muhi-lingual staff. The Houston World Trade Associa- tion was formed in 1927 by a group of businessmen engaged in foreign trade. "The opening of the World Trade Center will be the realization of a long dream," Crispin said. OCTOBER, 1961 Whatever your cargo... CUNARD has the right ships, facilities-experience Fast, regular service between Liverpool, Manchester, London and Glasgow and Gulf Ports in ships of the Cunard and Brocklebank fleets. There is no better way! CUNARD LINE NEW YORK 25 Broadway CHICAGO 41 So. LaSalle St. CLEVELAND 1040 Union Commerce Bldg. FUNCH, EDYE & CO., INC. Gulf General Agents NEW ORLEANS 1415 American Bank Bldg. ST. LOUIS ¯ HOUSTON ¯ GALVESTON DALLAS ¯ MEMPHIS Alexander Shipping Co. CORPUS CHRISTI Boyd-Campbell Co., Inc. BROWNSVILLE Philen Shipping Co. MOBILE Page & Jones, Inc. PENSACOLA ¯ TAMPA Fillett Green & Co. CU NARD For VOLUME SHIPPERS who want to save money-- the answer is lower-cost barge transportation. For shippers not located on a port--joint rates, with most of the journey on water can show big savings over other ways of shipping. Get the full story on lower-cost barge transportation from your FBL Representative. FEDERAL BARGE LINES! INC. RICHARD DEE, Agent 6901 Avenue V WAlnut 3-9451 P. O. Box 9128 HOUSTON 11, TEXAS 21
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RAFAEL HUEZO, JR., manager of thePort of Corinto, Nicaragua, returned to thePort of Houston for a visit in September todiscuss port operations with General Man-ager J. P. Turner and Marine and PlantProtection Manager D. M. Frazior. FormerlyConsul of Nicaragua in Houston, Huezo spenta year in training at the Port of Houstondocks and administrative offices, before as-suming his duties in Corinto two years ago.
W. L. ClaytonIs Named ByTrade Group
W. L. Clayton has accepted the honor-ary presidency of the Houston WorldTrade Association, Andre A. Crispin,chairman of the association’s member-ship drive, has announced.
"The fact we kave the sponsorshipof a man of Mr. Clayton’s reputationin international trade speaks well forthe future of our organization," Crispinsaid.
Clayton, a founder of Anderson, Clay-ton & Company, is known as a believerin the maxim "trade is a two-waystreet."
The World Trade Association willoperate the World Trade Club, a Texasnon-profit corporation, which will openin January in the Port of Houston’sWorld Trade Center, Texas and Craw-ford.
The club facilities will include diningfacilities, offices for use by foreignvisitors, an extensive library, and amuhi-lingual staff.
The Houston World Trade Associa-tion was formed in 1927 by a groupof businessmen engaged in foreigntrade.
"The opening of the World TradeCenter will be the realization of a longdream," Crispin said.
OCTOBER, 1961
Whatever your cargo...CUNARD has the rightships, facilities-experience
Fast, regular service betweenLiverpool, Manchester,London and Glasgow andGulf Ports in ships of theCunard and Brocklebankfleets.
There is no better way!
CUNARD LINENEW YORK 25 BroadwayCHICAGO 41 So. LaSalle St.CLEVELAND 1040 Union Commerce Bldg.
FUNCH, EDYE & CO., INC. Gulf General AgentsNEW ORLEANS 1415 American Bank Bldg.ST. LOUIS ¯ HOUSTON ¯ GALVESTON
DALLAS ̄ MEMPHIS Alexander Shipping Co.CORPUS CHRISTI Boyd-Campbell Co., Inc.BROWNSVILLE Philen Shipping Co.MOBILE Page & Jones, Inc.PENSACOLA ¯ TAMPA Fillett Green & Co.
CU NARD
For VOLUME SHIPPERS who want to save money-- the answeris lower-cost barge transportation.
For shippers not located on a port--joint rates, with most ofthe journey on water can show big savings over other waysof shipping.
Get the full story on lower-cost barge transportation fromyour FBL Representative.
FEDERALBARGE LINES! INC.
RICHARD DEE, Agent6901 Avenue V WAlnut 3-9451P. O. Box 9128 HOUSTON 11, TEXAS
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TheBANK LINE Ltd.Regular Service from
U. S. Gulf Ports to
Australiaand
New/eal,and¯ Brisbane
¯ Melbourne
¯ Auckland
¯ Lyttleton
¯ Sydney
¯ Adelaide
¯ Wellington
¯ Dunedin
mmm
General Agents
BOYD, WEIR and
SEWELL, Inc.New York
mmm
Gulf Agents
STRACHAN
SHIPPING CO.
Houston - Galveston - Mobile
Memphis-New Orleans-Dallas
Chicago - Atlanta - St. Louis
Kansas City - Cincinnati
Marchessini LineNames Dillon,
The appointment of Captain D,ana R.Dillion as general manager of opera-tions for Marchessini Lines has beenannounced in the New York headquar-ters.
Well-known in the shipping fraternity,Captain Dillion was formerly with A. L.Burbank & Co. and prior to that hewas master of an Isbrandtsen Companyship.
mNDEPENDENTGULF LmNf
(Vinke & Co., Amsterdam, Managers)
FORTNIGHTLYto and from the
CONTINENT
SHIPPING C 0 l:tP 0 I:tAT Z olqr
General Agent U.S.A.
Houston ̄ Galveston ̄ New YorkNew Orleans ¯ Memphis
AN ASSISTANT economist for Japan’sSanwa Bank of Osaka, Nobusuke Kanda, sta-tioned in New York, toured Houston industryin September and is shown here on the in-spection vessel SAM HOUSTON during atrip down the Ship Channel. Kanda observedlocal banking, foreign trade and oil interestsfor one week.
Grain ElevatorShipments Up
Houston’s Public Grain Elevator reg-istered a 16.8 per cent increase in grainshipments during the first eight ship-ment montbs of 1961 compared to thesame period in 1960, T. H. Sherwood,elevator manager, reported in September.
Through August of this year, 53,294,-572 bushels of grain went abroadagainst ~15,615,167 at this point lastyear.
Total shipments for the Public GrainElevator last year amounted to 60,960,-108 bushels.
]legal fldherlands Steamship tompanu25 BROADWAY, NEW YORK 4, N. Y.
Regular Sailings [romMobile, New Orleans and Houston
WEEKLYTo La Guaira, Puerto Cabello, Guanta, Curacao and Trinidad
EVERY TWO WEEKSTo Maracaibo, Aruba, Puerto Sucre, Carupano, Georgetown and
Paramaribo
EVERY FOUR WEEKSTo Pampatar
Agents
STRACHAN SHIPPING COMPANYHOUSTON - NEW ORLEANS - MOBILE - CHICAGO - ST. LOUIS - CINCINNATI
DALLAS - KANSAS CITY - MEMPHIS - ATLANTA
FUNCH, EDYE & CO., INC.NEW YORK - DETROIT
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H. D. WARD
Traffic ClubsWill Hold 1962Convention Here
Houston will gain an important con-vention in 1962 when the AssociatedTraffic Clubs of America come here fortheir annual meeting, September 16, 17,and 18.
Plans to welcome some 1000 mem-bers representing over 75 clubs to theRice Hotel got underway here recentlywith the naming of Harold D. Ward,manager of Humble Oil and RefiningCompany’s Southwest region traffic de-partment, convention chairman. Wardwill co-ordinate committee activities andpreparations.
The three traffic clubs from the Hous-ton area provide the man power for theplanning committees. They are theMen’s Traffic Club. the Women’s Traf-fic Club, and the Houston Freight Car-rier’s Association.
Assisting Ward are two co-chairmen,A. R. Atkinson. Jr., manager Texas
Division of Covle Lines, and Ray W.Sager, assistant traffic manager, RockIsland Lines.
New ServiceThe Mississippi Shipping Company’s
DEL SANTOS sailed last month toinaugurate service to two new rangesof ports on the West African Coastwith sailings every two weeks.
The new Delta Line sailing offersshippers express service to Southernrange ports in the Ivory Coast, Ghana,Nigeria, Togoland, Dahomey, Came-roons, Gabon, the Congo Republics, andAngola.
Compania Sud Americana de VaporesExpress Freight Service From
HOUSTON * GALVESTONMOBILE ̄ NEW ORLEANS
AND OTHER PORTS AS CARGO OFFERS
TO
PERU ̄ BOLIVIA " CHILE29 Broadway, New York, N. Y.
Tel. WHitehall 3-8600
Gulf Agents
STRACHAN SHIPPING CO.NEW ORLEANS ¯ HOUSTON ¯ MOBILEGALVESTON ¯ CHICAGO ¯ ST. LOUISCINCINNATI ¯ DALLAS ¯ KANSAS CITY
MEMPHIS ̄ ATLANTA
BLOOMFIELDSTEAMSHIP COMPANY
Owners, Operators, Agents ~ United States Flag Vessels
Regular Sailings From U. S. Gulf Ports to Continental Europe,East Coast of United Kingdom and Scandlnavia-Baltic
STATES MARINE LINES--Berth Agents
O~ces In All Principal Gulf Ports
OCTOBER, 1961
WE’VEOPENED THEDOORTO GREATER
SAVINGS
This small engine crank was restoredin close quarters without dismantling.
Emphasis is placed on PRECISIONcrank pin refinishing in place!
Our portable machines can save youmoney. Crank pins from 6" through18" in diameter promptly and accu-rately refinished in place. LET USHELP YOU MINIMIZE DOWNTIME.
Our equipment is readily adapted toall types of marine, stationary powerplant and compressor units. Damagedflywheel fits and key ways refinishedin place. Bearing seats line bored andbushed to standard diameters on loca-tion. Our portable equipment is avail-able for many other types of fieldrepairs with special .attention given toemergencies.
Immediately after a call, whether dayor night, you will find us preparedto start personnel and equipment toany trouble area within the WesternHemisphere.
Crankshafts of any size or type com-pletely refinished in our plant. Wehave the experience of more thanthree quarters of a century in suc-cessfully restoring broken and dam-aged shafts to service.
THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTEFOR QUALITY.
WASHINGTON IRON WORKS, INC.< Established 1876 )
SHERMAN, TEXASPho. TW--2-8145
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THE PORT’S INSPECTION vessel SAM HOUSTON got a facelifting last month as she went into drydock for a sand blasting andpainting and general overhaul. The busy ship carries upwards of
30,000 visitors up and down the Ship Channel annually to show thefacilities of the Port of ttouston and the area’s great industrialcomplex along the waterway.
Cable Address "’RICE,’" Houston
RICE, KERR & COMPANYA Division of Kerr Steamship Company, Inc.
United States Gulf Ports to Spain . . . Morocco . . . Portugal . . . Philippines . . . Japan . . .Brazilian Ports . . . Mediterranean Ports . . Pakistan . . . India . . . Ceylon . . . Panama
U.S. National Bank Buildingi:i!ii!ii!i!Offico Phone: SO 3-2428
Wharf Ph .... SO 3-4673 ~iii~!~ii
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TOWING CO., INC.
MBOLIN HOUSTON’SBUSY PORTWherever there is work to bedone.., wherever muscle isneeded.., whether it’s fornudging a giant ship into itsberth . . . or for a job of harboror coast wise towing, thereyou’ll find a powerfulS & Y TUG.
OVER 50 YEARSOF DEPENDABL.E SERVI~E
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Ship ViaFERN-VILLE
MEDITERRANEANLINES
BARBER MEDITERRANEAN LINEGENERAL AGENTS
FOWLER & McVITIE, INC.GULF AGENTS
Houston, Galveston, New Orleans, CorpusChristi, Brownsville, Port Arthur, Memphis,
Lake Charles.
ROBERT LEE DEBNER, second from right, of F. J. Herbelin Company, was electedpresident of the Houston World Trade Association in September and here accepts congratula-tions from Ben Golub, out-going president, who is president of Belle Products Company, Inc.Others elected were E. J. Fay, right, first vice president, director of Houston’s World TradeCenter, and Allen I. Newhouse, left, second vice president, manager of South Ports ForwardingCompany. William S. Patton, Texas National Bank, and A. F. Prieto, Houston Chamber ofCommerce, were re-elected treasurer and secretatT, respectively.
FERN-VILLE LINES ..................................................... GULF/FAR EAST SERVICENOPAL LINE ................................................ GULF/EAST COAST SOUTH AMERICAGULF/WEST AFRICA LINE ............................................ GULF/WEST COAST AFRICANORTH GERMAN LLOYD )HAMBURG AMERICAN LINE
I .....................................GULF/CONTINENTAL EUROPE
OZEAN/STINNES LINESIDARMA LINE .......................................................... GULF/MEDITERRANEANMAMENIC LINE ............................. GULF/WEST COAST, EAST COAST, CENTRAL AMERICASCINDIA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD ............ GULF/EGYPT/SAUDI ARABIA~PAKISTAN~INDIABARON-IINO LINE ......................................................... GULF~SOUTH AFRICA
JUGOOCEANIJA LINE...}
GULF/MEDITERRANEAN................................. GULF/WEST COAST OF SOUTH AMERICA
L. SMIT & CO.’S ............................................. INTERNATIONAL TOWING SER%ICE
Dalton Steamship CorporationSHIP AGENTS AND OPERATORS
TERMINAL OPERATORS AND STEVEDORES
Agenu for:COLDEMAR LINE * CONCORDIA LINE
CUBAMAR LINE * N.Y.K. LINE ¯ POLISH OCEAN LINE
CARGO TRANSPORT LINE
FIDELITY BANK BUILDING
Cables "DALSHIP" ¯ Teletype HO-17
KVARNERSKA PLOVIDBA LINE
HOUSTON 2, TEXAS¯ Telephone CA 8-8661
10 LINESOffices in GALVESTON, BEAUMONT, PORT ARTHUR, DALLAS, NEW ORLEANS, MEMPHIS and
MOBILE
OCTOBER, 1961 25
Phone: SO 2-3191 Nite: SO 3-4090SO 2-3861 SH 4-2729
GULF COAST SUPPLY CO.Mechanical Equipment
Spare Parts -- Marine Specialties
16th and Water Streets Galveston, Texas
HARRISON LINE
~NFrequent Service U.S. Gulf toLIVERPOOL¯ MANCHESTER
SAFE, SPEEDY and EXPERT HANDLINGlaNr PARR INC. u.s. GENERALIJ,i ~" ¯ AGENTS
Fast, efficient cargo handlingfrom Gulf Ports to Panama*, theWest Coast of South America.
GULF & SOUTH AMERICANSTEAMSHIP CO.
821 Gravier Street, New Orleans, Louisiana
In other cities contact Lykes or Grace
*Southbound New Orleans/C.Z. cargo subject to special BookTng arrangements
Dependable, Low Cost
ELECTRICSERVICE
and unmatched transportationfacilities ... serving the
Golden Gulf Coast throughthe Port of Houston.
HOUSTON LIGHTING & POWER COMPANY
THE FIRST SHIPMENT of bananas to be discharged at tilePort of Houston in 15 years was unloaded from the CITY OFGUAYAQUIL at City Dock 3 at the end of September. The Gran-colombiana line ship loaded at Guayaquil, Ecuador, the 10,000 stemsof bananas for the Southern Banana Corp. Similar shipments willarrive in Itouston every 10 days, according to present plans. E. S.Binnings, Inc., is agent for Grancolombiana.
FROM FINLAND’S Ministry of Commerce and Industry, ReinoRoutamo, right, made a visit to Houston’s growing port recently andis shown here with B. A. Grauer, president of Canadian Gulf Line,Ltd., and Raymond Edmonds, Finland’s honorary consul in Houstonand vice president of Canadian Gulf Line, in the exhibit room ofthe Navigation ])istrict’s executive offices.
THIS GROUP of Texas and Japanese businessmen got togetheron the bridge of the inspection vessel SAM HOUSTON during aSeptember trip down the Ship Channel. Front the left, B. F. Ivey,sales engineer in Houston and B. L. Greenwood, supervisor of customerorder department in Ft. Wroth, both of Stratoflex, Inc.; R. W. Smith,Smith & Company, Houston; Thomas T. Tosaya, Tokyo InternationalCommerce Co., Inc., New York office; and Mutsumi Matsui, AsahiNew York Inc.
26 PORT OF HOUSTON MAGAZINE
HOUSTON’S PROMOTION of Transportation Week May 14-20won second place in the national Associated Traffic Clubs of Americacontest. Co-chairmeu of Houston Transportation Week, Mrs. Jo Newtonof States Marine-Isthmian Agm~cy and F. E. Johnson of SouthernPacific Transport Company, left, hold the scrapbook of publicityentered by the contestants which was part of the basis of the judging.Mike Zeigfinger, right, Houston representative for the New YorkJournal of Commerce, directed the campaign based on the theme,Export Expansion. Co-sponsors of Houston Transportation Week for1961 were Men and Women’s Traffic Clubs of Houston; HoustonFreight Carrier’s Association; Houston Oil Field Haulers’ Association;Houston Warehousemen’s Association and Houston Mover’s Association.
CAPTAIN WILLIAM AYERS, right, president of Ayers Steam-ship Company with headquarters in New Orleans, visited the Houstonoffice of his firm headed by Captain John C. Morgan, left. ttere theyare shown in the Navigation District’s offices after a visit with SalesDepartment persounel.
Delta Linei
i
~IISSISSIPPI SHIPPING C0., INC.
For schedules, rates and other ;nformation, consult--HOUSTON OFFICE
FIDELITY BANK BLDG., Phone CA. 7-5101
Builds a New Fleet
FROM HOUSTON AND OTHER
U.S. GULF PORTS . . . TO
oLSOUTH AMERICAPARANAGUA, SANTOS, RIO DE JANEIR
V I C T 0 R I A Regular Weekly Sailings
WEST AFRICAANGOLA, CAMEROONS, IVORY COAST
LIBERIA and REPUBLIC of CONGODirect Regular Service
AGENTS:NEW ORLEANS -- Hibernia Bank Bldg. ¯ NEW YORK -- 17 Battery Place ¯ CHICAGO--140 So. Clark StreetWASHINGTON -- 1625 K Street, N. W. ¯ ST. LOUIS -- 7 North Brentwood Boulevard
The National Foreign Trade Councilhas announced the names of 19 speakerswho will address the 48th National For-eign Trade Convention, to be heldOctober 30-November 1 at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel.
More than 2,000 executives of leadingAmerican international companies willattend the three-day meeting, NFTC saidin announcing the preliminary program.
BEN H. MOOREINSURANCE
MARINE - CASUALTY - FiRECable: MOORDEEN
JAckson 8-5511 P.O. Box 13195
E. S. Binnings, Inc.Steamship Agents
1114 TEXAS AVE. BLDG.Telephone: CApitol 5-0531
HOUSTON, TEXAS
C.T.O. LINE(Manila and Far Fast)
O.S.K. LINE(Far East)
FRENCH LINE(French Atlantic)
HANSA LINE(Med./Red Sea/Persian Gulf}
GRANCOLOMBIANA LINE(Central America, W. Coast So. America)
AMERICAN & INDIAN LINE(Pakistan and India)
OFFICESNEW ORLEANS HOUSTON
MEMPHIS GALVESTONST. LOUIS DALLAS
During the convention, the Port ofHouston will maintain a hospitalityroom in the Mirror Suite of the HotelSheraton-East.
Henry C. Alexander, chairman of theboard, Morgan Guaranty Trust Com-pany of New York, who is chairmanof the national Convention committee,will deliver welcoming remarks at thefirst general session on October 30, fol-lowing the call to order by George W.Wolf, NFTC chairman.
U.S. business leaders who will ad-dress general sessions are Carl J. Gilbert,chairman. The Gillette Company; Wil-liam B. Rand, president. United StatesLines Company, and Richard N. Benja-min, president, Stone & Webster, Inc.
Three ambassadors to the UnitedStates will address the Convention: SirHoward Beale of Australia. B. K. Nehruof India, and Sergio Fenoahea of Italy.Also presenting the foreign viewpointwill be Dr. Otmar Emminger, a directorof the Deutsche Bundesbank of Ger-marry; George Hees, Canadian Ministerof Trade arrd Commerce, arrd G. S.Browne. managing director of The Eco-nomist Intelligence Unit, England.
Speakers representing the U.S. Gov-ernment will include Harold F. Linder,president of the Export-Import Bank ofWashington, and Rowland Burnstanassistant Secretary of Commerce for In-ternational affairs.
Members: Custom Brokers & Forwarders Association of America, Inc.
416-420 tnternational Trade Mart 834 Bettes Building
New Orleans 12, Louisiana Houston, Texas
TUlane 7566 FAirfax 3-4101
TWX-301 TWX-735
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of Port Commissioner J. G. Turney, thescholarship is limited to the study ofspecific problems of ports with trainingin the administration of ports and trans-portation in general.
Adkins has B.S. and M.S. degreesfrom A. & M. in agricultural adminis-tration. For the past two years, he hasheaded the economics section in the col-lege’s Texas Transportation Institute. He
will utilize the scholarship in devotingfull-time to completing a Ph.D. pro-gram.
Cadwell L. Ray, last year’s recipient.received his M. S. degree in Augustand is working on his doctorate pro-gram at the University of Texas. HovRichards, the first to receive the grant,now works for the Institute as a trans-portation economist.
CENTRAL GULFDIRECT TO
N=DIT~-~~."~iDDL= EAST,PAKISTAN. INDIA. CEYLON
W. G. ADKINS
Scholarship IsAwarded By PortTo W. G. Adkins
The Navigation District’s third annualTransportation Scholarship worth $3000for the 1961-62 year at Texas A. & M.College went to William G. Adkins, staffmember of A. & M.’s Texas Transporta-lion Institute.
Established in 1959 at the suggestion
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¯ Fast, modern freighters--schedules that are saving days
in sailing time--highest frequency of sailings to leading
ports in the Middle-Near East--regular American Flag
service to Massawa, Djibouti--ship and shore staffs you
Offices InHouston ¯ Galveston ¯ Beaumont ̄ Port Arthur ¯ Dallas ¯ New
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SINCE 1914
Export and Domestic Crating
OFFICE MOVING AND STORING SPECIALISTS
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He Puts Wheels Under a Giant ContainerTO END CARGO HANDLING
He directs as 35-ft. shipping" containers turn into trailer bodies tosave you money. Cargo moves automatically. No handling, damageor pilferage. No extra packaging. Door-to-door delivery, TL orLTL. Expedited service. Continuous schedules to Eastern, Southern~U. S., Puerto Rico. For extra savings, call now!
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8402 Clinton Road, Houston, TexasGeneral Office: Foot of Doremus Avenue, Port Newark, N. J. (P. O. Box 1050)
PUERTO RICAN DIVISION: 19 Rector Street, New York, N. Y.PORT OFFICES: Houston, Jacksonville, Miami, Tampa, San Juan, P. R.;
Ponce-Mayaguez, P. R.
Yin Wei-Liang, seated, and Raymond H. S. Hoo
New Consul GeneralFor China Assumes Duties
The Republic of China has sent a new Consul General toits capital’s (Taipei) sister-city of Houston.
He is Yin Wei-Liang who comes to Houston after six yearsservice in the United Nations where he filled the position ofFirst Secretary, Permanent Mission of China to the U. N.
He replaces Raymond H. S. Hoo who was sent to takemer the big Consulate General in Honoluht.
Yin, a 15-year veteran of the foreign service, entered theservice of his country after graduating with a Bachelor ofLaw degree from the National Institute of Political Sciencein 1945. Prior to his United Nations tour, he served as DeputyConsul in Bangkok, Thailand; Expert, Ministry of ForeignAffairs; and Chief, Southeast Asian Affairs in the Ministry.
Yin was married in 1916. He and his family will resideat the Consulate, 4808 Austin.
A 15-MEMBER GROUP, representing Japan, India, Brazil andNyasaland, currently on tour of the United States, visited Houstonfor three days recently as part of a program geared to the studyof American methods of handling, storing, marketing and gradingagricultural produets. Here they received a briefing on the PublicGrain Elevator from Elevator Manager T. It. Sherwood and made afirst hand inspection of the Port’s export grain operations. They areshown on the obselwation platform overlooking the Turning Basinabove Wharf Nine. From Houston, the group left for Portland, Oregoncompleting the five-week tour.
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Your Vessel will be met at the Barand Piloted to the Port of Houston ~~,
llI! HOUSTON P OTS
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I~" 6302 GULF FREEWAY
~k~ HOUSTON 23, TEXAS
SOLICIIING YOUR BUSINESS IHiIOUGH THE POlll OF HOUSTONEXPORT PACKERSHOUSTON FREIGHT FORWARDERS
AND CUSTOM-HOUSE BROKERSDesignates Forwarders
IDeslgnates Forwarders and BrokersDesignates Brokers
~BEHRING SHIPPING CO.962 M. & M. Bldg ....... CApitol 2-1325, Teletype HO-236
iLESLIE B. CANION208 Fidelity Bank Bldg .................. CApitol 8-9546
:I:DORF INTERNATIONAL, INC.311 Cotton Bldg., P. O. Box 2342 ......... CApitol 4-6445
INTERNATIONAL EXPORT PACKERS818 Aleen (Zone 29) .................. ORchard 2-8236William L. Brewster, General Manager
LEE CONSTRUCTION CORP.1600 North 75th Street ................. WAlnut3-5551
INTRACOASTAL CANAL ANDINLAND WATERWAY SERVICES
Common Carriers
JOHN I. HAY COMPANY2526 Sutherland St ..................... WAlnut 3-6664Barges Serving Chicago and the Gulf Coast
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BARGE LINE CO.1714 C. & I. Life BIdg .................... FAirfax 3-4156Roger D. Winter, Manager of Sales, Houston
UNION BARGE LINE CORP.Suite 304-N, Adams Petroleum Center ..... JAckson 6-3908Warner J. Banes, District Traffic ManagerDennis L. McColgin, Traffic Representative
LONGHORN TRANSFER SERVICE, INC.7112 Avenue C ........................ WAlnut 6-266112 Years Serving The Port of Houston
PORT HOUSTON TRANSPORT CORP.6917 Navigation Blvd ................... WAlnut 1-4168
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Tk~ service tosuit your needs !
To Canal Zone,Panama, Colombia, Ecuador,Peru, Bolivia and Chile.
1 FromNEW YORK, PHILADELPHIAand BALTIMORE
2 FromNEW ORLEANS, HOUSTON,GALVESTON and MOBILE
3 FromMONTREAL andEASTERN CANADIAN PORTS
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WEST COAST LINE, INC.New York- 67 Broad St.. Tel. WHitehall 3-9600New Orleans. American Bank Bldg.-Tel. 524-6751
C. T. O. LINECompagnie Maritime des Chargeurs Reunis
OPERATING FAST FRENCH FLAG MOTORSHIPSDIRECT FROM
U.S. GULF PORTS TO
MANILAmCEBU/HONG KONGSAIGON-~BANGKOK--SINGAPORE
DJAKARTAIPENANG#r
SAILINGS EVERY 3 WEEKS
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l. S. BINNINGS, INC.Gulf Agents
COTTON EXCHANGE BUILDING, HOUSTON, TEXAS
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General Agents for North America and the CaribbeanBLACK DIAMOND S/S CO., 2 BROADWAY, N. Y.
South Africa?
DIRECT... FAST... DEPENDABLE SERVICE TO BUILD BETTERBUSINESS FOR SHIPPERS AND CONSIGNEES
Regular Sailings from Houston, Galveston, NewOrleans, Savannah, Charleston, Baltimore,Philadelphia and New York.Direct To Capetown, Port Elizabeth, East London,Durban, Lourenco Marques and Beira.AGENTS AT: Baltimore, Boston, Charleston, S.C., Chicago, Cleve-land, Detroit, Jacksonville, Fla., Los Angeles, Milwaukee, NewportNews, Norfolk, Panama City, Pensacola, Philadelphia~ Portland,San Francisco, Savannah, Seattle, Tampa, Vancouver, B. C.GULF AGENT: Hansen & Tidemann, Inc.Corpus Christi, Dalla,~, Galveston, Houston, Memphis, Mobile,New Orleans, Sabine District.
South African Marine Corporation (N. Y.)2 Broadway ¯ DI 4-8940 ¯ New York 4, N. Y.
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POSTMASTER: If not dglivered in fivedays, return to P. O. Box 2562, Houston1, Texas. Return Postage Guaranteed. BULK RATE
U. S. POSTAGEPAID
Houston, TexasPermit No. 5441
Storage Tank for Chile
THIS IS LONG REACHA 30-ton storage tank is being lifted by ship’sboom direct from fiat car on the Long Reachapron. Loretz & Company were freight for-warders and Rice, Kerr & Company, Inc., wereagents for the steamer.
¯ Berthing for 8 vessels
¯ Marginal rail trackage 3428 ft.
¯ Simultaneous handling 200 cars
¯ Locomotive cranes, 75-ton derrick
¯ Modern freight handling equipment
¯ Covered area 1,400,000 sq. ft.
Wharves ¯ Warehouses ¯ Cotton CompressesOwned and Operated by GULF ATLANTIC WAREHOUSE CO., Houston 1, Texas
