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May, 1934 Houston PORT BOOK 1

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ATTORNEYS AT LAW

NIELS ESPERSON BUILDING

HOUSTON, TEXAS

Fowler & McVitieSTEAMSHIP AGENTS

Houston, Texas

REGULAR LINER SERVICEto

Liverpool, Manchester, HavreGhent, Antwerp, Bremen

Hamburg, Dunkirk, GdyniaAll Scandinavian and Danish Ports

Japan and China

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the Power Lines

ONE OF THE most vital factors in making cities attractive is electricity. It makes

men more productive, enables them to earn more. It reduces home drudgery,

and gives their wives more time for pleasure. It helps build prosperity. Hence popula-tion has flowed to centers with dependable power supply.

Now power is reaching out to the smaller places. Suburbs, towns, villages andfarms are being supplied with service that, a few years ago, only the big cities enjoyed.

And as that development goes forward, it will have a broad influence on the movement

of population--for men follow payrolls and payrolls follow power lines.

HOUSTON LIGHTING & POWER COMPANY


NOT IDLE FACTOR IES

butGAS FIRED EQUIPMENT

O Houston’s smokeless skyline indicates the extensive use made of the abundant supplyof Natural Gas available to industries in and near the city.

The efficiency with which this modern fuel meets every heat requirement, its economy,its flexibility, its cleanliness and controllability, its ease of handling; its "no-storage"requirement and no tied-up capital give industries many sought for advantages in the

solution of their heating problems.

Our industrial engineers will gladly furnish complete data about the use of Natural Gas

for your requirements.

R. B. CREATER, Receiver

HOUSTON GAS and FUEL COMPANY916 MAIN ST. ¯ CAPITOL 5111

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DREDGE "DUPLEX" ON HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL

The Sternberg Dredging Company with its large fleet of Hydraulicdredges, bucket, dragline, derrick, and cableway machines is equippedto handle any excavation problem.

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Highways orSEAWAYS

Highways or seaways, Humble service and

Humble quality products are available all

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Houston, Baytown, Texas City, Galveston,

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The services of this modern institution are at yourdisposal when transacting business in or throughPort Houston. It is properly equipped to handleevery phase of the financial requirements of yourbusiness. Make it your banking headquarters atPort Houston. You are assured courteous, satisfac-tory service.

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May, 1934 Houslon PORT BOOK 5

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American Society NavalEngineers

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PROCTORS IN ADMIRALTY

General PracticeSpecialists in

Marine Law and ShippingMarine Collections

Arbitrators, Adjusters, andMarine Investigators

Protests Filed

COTTON BUILDINGHOUSTON, TEXAS

Phone Capitol 2513Cable "SEALAW"

HOUSTONA CENTER OF UNCEASING DEVELOPMENT

Wealth, whether it is in the form of financial means, laborresources or natural fruitfulness of the land, ever mani-fests itself in consistent and persistent development. En-terprise and empire building always seek the minimum ofresistance .... are responsive to the encouragement of

natural resources and distribution facilities. Houston hasbeen providentially endowed with these advantages to ad-vancement. It is adjacent to oil fields; fine farming, stockraising and timber lands; its port and railroad arteries arethe fudamental features upon which civic and trade co-operation and encouragement are offered to progressive

projects constantly locating in Houston.

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Dallas, Texas1021 Mercantile Bldg.

Mobile, Ala.910 First National Bank Bldg.

Phone Belmont 0716

Phone Preston 5218

Phone 2-1035

New Orleans, La.301 Board of Trade Bldg.

Phone Main 0924

General Office120 Wall Street

New York

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,, ,,The Port Directors Pase ,, ,,

The Rail-Water Terminal Problem

SUPPLEMENTING the remarks in the last issue of this book,bearing on this same subject, the writer wishes to comment onthe existing problem as it has developed.In that article the writer advocated that all shipside facilities

operating for hire must be bound by a uniform tariff under thecontrol of the Interstate Commerce Commission. This, of course,will require legislation to make it possible and if the writer is notmisinformed, some private terminal facilities will resist this effort,but, nevertheless, it is my belief that there is a keen realization atthis time that something must be done to save this industry fromits own folly.

A step in the right directior~ was made by the railroad co-ordinator early this year and a series of conferences were held alongthe Southern coast, commencing at Houston, in an endeavor tosecure some uniform application of a dockage charge against ves-sels using railroad owned rail-water terminal facilities and it wasinteresting to note the diversity of views which this investigatonby the co-ordinator brought out. Here in this immediate districtall terminal operators agree that they cannot sustain in good operat-ing condition rail-water terminals without income and, as a resultof this co-operative attitude locally there was worked out a ten-tative schedule of dockage charges which had some prospect of be-ing adopted by the co-ordinator and recommended to the railroadsas a source of income.

Within twenty-four hours after this co-operative meeting,certain of the ports agreed among themselves that they could notco-operate with the co-ordinator and they stated very ridiculousreasons for their inability to co-operate and it is a strange factthat two of these ports are in severe financial straits. One of themhas passed its payment of bond interest and the other has bondsthat are practically a drug on the market at the present time, anda third port derives considerable income from gasoline revenue, andit is a striking commentary on this problem that these three portscannot see their way clear to subscribe to a uniformity of dockagecharge with all of their competing ports in order that some of thisburden might be lifted from the backs of the taxpayers.

In general, on the public properties of America there is nopolicy whatsoever as regards collecting adequate income. The publicproperties are, in general, operated along lines that are satisfactoryto large shippers and this is particularly true at the three portstouched on above. In one of them there are so many influencesbearing down on the hired organization that it is unreasonable toexpect the hired organization to make any attempt whatever tocollect revenue and it has proved much easier to give away thefacility free than to make an intelligent effort to collect revenuewith which to relieve the taxpayers’ burden.

In the face of all of this, it must be evident to persons think-ing about this rail-water terminal problem that it is practically im-possible for any government bureau or any other control body todo any material good for the industry when the industry itself isso indifferent as to allow practices which are both costly andfeolish and the matter is so complicated by public expenditure ofmoney as to be nearly in the category of problems that are not tobe solved.

For example, very recently a new port is about to come intothe Southwest territory, which port is made possible by the gen-erosity of the Federal Government. Those interested in having this

new port developed submitted to the public works administrator acomprehensive picture of the possible income to be derived fromsuch a venture and they showed without difficulty that by chargingdockage, shed hire, wharfage and other legitimate and proper tollsfor the use of their new port that the project would be self-liquidating and, therefore, the Federal Government, as is always thecase, was generous and allocated funds for this project.

Immediately this port became, by this Federal generosity, afactor in the port business, then large shipping interests decided touse their territfic pressure to secure concessions which might beused to embarrass existing ports which must, because of their set-up, secure remunerative revenue, and the results was that theselarge interests published to the world that they had secured a portthrough which they could ship on their own terms and thus avoidthe alleged monopoly that might exist elsewhere. Imagine theridiculous picture which this presents to the average man, whereon one hand the port authority assures the United States govern-ment of a remunerative operation and large shippers immediatelyassure the average citizen that no such thing is possible becausethese large shippers propose to use the port free of cost to them-selves and it naturally results that the port will join the long listof public ports which are a burden on the taxpayers.

Throughout many years the writer has advocated for publicproperties a strict adherence to a fixed tariff policy and was muchgratified recently to note in the Code of Fair Competition for theCotton Compress and Warehouse Industry of this country thatunder Section 2, headed "Discrimination," that the practice ofdiscriminating in rates of charge for like services between patronsor the making of a lower charge based on quantity or to offer in anymanner or by any device whatever more advantageous rates,charges and terms to certain customers than are offered to all cus-tomers, is strictly unethical, and improper and if this isn’t a way ofsaying that the operation of these compresse~ must be on a strictlyfixed tariff basis, I cannot correctly read the intent of the code,and if this enormous industry has reached the decision that a fixedtariff policy is necessary, then it must be doubly true that on anypublic property there must be the very strictest adherence to thefixed tariff and that this tariff must be strictly applied to all alikeand there must be no discriminations of any kind, even though oneshipper comes forth with a hundred thousand tons of business whilehis smaller competitor controls only a hundred tons of business,and there can be no reason why the large shipper should enjoy amore favorable rate. It violates the theory of public ownership andresults in putting the smaller competitor out of business.

If the private industries identified with the waterfront find itnecessary to insist on this policy, it should be easy for the publicoperator to subscribe to this policy in the event that he has notmany years ago determined within himself that it is proper andnecessary on publicly owned rail-water terminal facilities.

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The ships which congregate at Hous-ton carry Houston cotton to spindlesand looms all over the world. Mill

owners cf every country have foundthat Houston has the cotton whichsupplies their varying needs

This is because Houston is the con-centration and shipping point for the

largest cotton-growing section in theworld. Cotton from Oklahoma, fromLouisiana, from Arkansas, from Texas,flows into Houston in a steady stream.By train and by truck, the bales ac-cumulate. And because they comefrom such wide territory, the range

of staple and character available in

Houston is extensive.

Facilities for handling the southwest-

ern crop are more than adequate at

Houston, even when the season is atits height. Warehouse space is ample

and modern. Shipside storage is un-

usually complete. Wharves are espe-cially adapted to the handling of cot-

ton. And steamship service is regular

and dependable.

On the personal side, there are someeighty Houston cotton firms to handle

the transfer of cotton from fields tomill. The personnel of these firms ishighly trained in all the intricate de-tails of cotton merchandising. Themen who buy and sell cotton in the

Houston market have a broad knowl-edge of the cotton grown in theirterritory, which enables them readilyto find the particular variety anyspinner may want.

These things make Houston the largest

and m.ost active spot cotton market

in the world; to June 1, Houstonnet receipts for the season 1933-34

had reached 2,194,058 bales.

’*Advertising Houston to the World"

Houston

PORT BOOKOfficial Publication of the Houston Port Commission

HOUSTON, TEXAS

VOLUME TWELVE MAY, 1934 NUMBER ONE

FOREWORDThrough the co-operation of the shipping and industrial interests of Houston, the Port Commission has been enabled to arrange for

the publication of this book twice annually.Its purpose is to inform shippers and all others interested in the Port of Houston of its development, charges and other matters of

interest, and inquiries will at all times be welcome.

Address the Director of the Port, Civil Courts Building, Houston, Texas.

TABLE OF

Page

The Port Director’s Page--The Rail-Water Terminal Problem .. 7Map of Turning Basin Showing Location of Public

Wharves and Elevator .............................. 10Directory of Port Officials ............................... 11Administration of the Port .............................. 11Directory of Maritime Interests and Foreign Consulates ....... 12Houston’s Relationship to the Cities of the Great Southwest--

San Antor~io ...................................... 13The Meaning of "Maru"--As Defined by the

Nippon Yusen Kaisha ............................... 15Tariff of the Port of H~uston ............................ 16Houston’s Scrap Exports ................................ 17The Houston Chamber of Commerce--A Directory .......... 18Port Notes--News Items of the Port and Its Activities ....... 19Public Wharves--A Description of ........................ 22

CONTENTS

Page

Private Wharves--A Description of ....................... 22A Detailed Description of the Port ........................ 23Map--Showing Port of Houston Industrial District ........ 24-25Houston Ranks as a Major Port of the United States ......... 26Privately Owned Terminal and Industrial Facilities .......... 27Port Houston’s Growth Is Aided By Texas Mohair Industry .... 29Port of Houston Commercial Statistics--1933 .............. 31Steamship Service--A Table Showing Steamship Lines,

Ports of Call and Agents or Operators ................. 35Tanker Lines--A Table Showir~g Tanker Lines,

Ports of Call and Agents or Operators ................. 36Channel Pilotage and Charges ............................ 38Tug Boat Tariff for Houston Ship Channel ................. 38Charges for Mooring and Unmooring Vessels ............... 39Index to Advertisements ................................ 48

Houston PORT BOOKThis book is published in May and November of each year under contract and authority of the Navigation and Canal Commission.As the official magazine of the Houston Port Commission, this publication is intended to carry authoritative descriptions, notices

and articles in regard to the activities of the Port Commission and the port development, however the Commissioners cannot be respon-sible in all respects for the contents thereof, or for the opinions of writers to which expression is given.

The publication is distributed free to maritime, transportatiGn and industrial interests in the United States and foreign countries.

Additional copies of this publication may be had upon application to the Director of the Port, Civil Courts Building, Houston,Texas, or to any of the advertisers.


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Directory of Port Officials

Board of Commissioners

J. W. EVANS, ChairmanR. J. CUMMINS, Vice ChairmanK. E. WOMACK, Commissioner

W. A. SHERMAN, Vice ChairmanH. C. COCKEURN, Commissioner

J. RUSSELL WAIT, Director of the PortCHARLES CROTTY, Assistant

EXECUTIVE OFFICERSJ. L. ARCHER, AccountantJ. T. HANWAY, Supt. WharvesGEe. S. COLBY, Supt. Grain Elevator Dept.

OFFICE--FIFTH FLOOR CIVIL COURTS BUILDING, HOUSTON, TEXAS

Telephone Preston 3241

D. A. SIMMONS, CounselH. L. WASHBURN, Auditor

Port Officials

DIRECTOR OF THE PORT ................ J. RUSSELL WAITExecutive O~ce: Civil Courts Bldg .... Preston 3241

Residence Telephone Hadley 9457

ASSISTANT ............................. CHARLES CROTTYResidence Telephone Hadley 7239

SUPERINTENDENT OF WHARVES .......... J. T. HANWAYGeneral O~ce: Wharf 14 Telephone Wayside 7174

Residence Telephone Hadley 8651

SUPT. GRAIN ELEVATOR DEPT ............. GEe. S. COLBYGeneral O~ce: Wharf 14 ........... Wayside 7174

HARBOR PATROL OFFICER .............. L. A. McMILLIAN78th ~ Avenue "B". ......... Phone Wayside 1608

FIRE BOAT "PORT HOUSTON"Phone Preston 2323 Sta. 21

HOUSTON PORT BUREAU ......... J. Russell, Wait, ManagerO~ice: Civil Courts Building

E. W. BOLDT, Southwestern Representative,Kansas City, Me.

JOHN C. MAYFIELD, Eastern Representative,

I 0 East 40th Street, New York, N. Y.

Administration of the PortT HE PORT OF HOUSTON is operated by the Navigation and Canal Commission of five members, serving without pay, who are ap-

pointed two by the City and two by County Commissioners and the Chairman by the City and County Commissioners in jointsession. These Port Commissioners serve for a period of two years, the terms expiring alternate years. Under this Board the affairs

are handled by the Director of the Port. The Navigation District includes all of Harris County.

The Board controls the commercial activities of the Port and the construction and maintenance of the terminal facilities, and throughco-operation with the Federal Government the construction and improvement of the waterway.

The wharves and railroad facilities constructed and operated by the City of Houston in 1915 and 1918 were transferred under alease agreement to the Port Commission on October 1st, 1922, for a period of thirty years, the City to be paid the net revenue after opera-tion and maintenance charges were deducted from the gross receipts. All further construction will be under the dir.ction of theNaviption Di, trict.


Directory of Maritime Interests andForeign Consulates

For the convenience of those wishing to communicate by telephone withvarious harbor interests the following directory is furnished:

United States Services Foreign ConsulatesENGINEER DEPARTMENT /’ARGENTINE: T. L. Evans, ConsulEngineer Officials in Charge of the Construction of the Houston Chamber of Commerce Building ............ Preston 5111

Ship Channeh / BELGIUM: R. C. Patterson, Hon. ConsulLIEUT.-CoL. EDWIN H. MARKSCorps of Engineers, Galveston, District Engineer. Tel. 8200

2010 Gulf Building ...................... Capitol 6226

JOHN EHRHARDT, U. S. As#. Engineer. ] CHILE: Mr. T. L. Evans, Consular Agentin charge of field office, Houston .... Tel. Wayside 1583 Chamber of Commerce Building ............ Preston 5111

LIGHTHOUSE DEPARTMENT CHINESE: Tsin Lon Ouang, ConsulE. S. LANPHIER, Superintendent, Eighth District,] 714 Richmond Road Capitol 7561

U. S. Lighthouse Department, New Orleans, La. ¯ .................

COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS .................. FRED C. PABST/ COLOMBIAN: Mr. T. L. Evans, Vice ConsulOffice: Federal Building, Galveston, Texas. Telephone 5254 Chamber of Commerce Building ............ Preston 5111Houston Office: Old Federal Building ........ Preston 672’4,1DEPUTY COLLECTOR ...................... G. J. GEYER~ COSTA RICAN: C. A. Miller, Consul

Office: Old Federal Building ..... Telephone Capitol 7296 408 First National Bank Building .......... capitol 5811

HARBOR OFFICE: Wharf No. 3..Telephone Wayside3435/ CZECHOSLOVAKIA: Dr. Charles J. HcllubBAYTOWN OFFICE, Baytown ............ CHARLES R. Fox- 711 Medical Arts Building ............. Prest,m 2553CUSTOM APPRAISER’S STORE ............... H. L. BOWER/

WHARF NO. 3 ........... Telephone Wayside2297~ DOMINICAN: Mr. T. L. Evans, ConsulChamber of Commerce Building ............ Preston 5111

DEPUTY SHIPPING COMMISSIONER ....... H. G. REINHART

Office: Sea Service Bureau ...... Telephone Wayside 5000/DENMARK: Edmund Pincoffs, ConsulSEA SERVICE BUREAU ................. J. B. CARSKADON 425 Cotton Exchange Building ............ Preston 8191

Office: 1214 75th Street ....... Telephone Wayside 50004.‘

PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ................ DR. S. H. MooRz ECUADOR: T. L. Evans, Vice ConsulChamber of Commerce Building ............ Preston 5111

Office: Medical Arts Building ...... Telephone Fairfax 52321WEATHER BUREAU ............. C E NORQUEST,/ FRENCH: G. P. F. Jouine, Consul

Office: Shell Building ............ Telephone Capitol6919,[ 1926 Shell Building ...................... Preston 5600

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE GUATEMALAN: Mr. T. L. Evans, ConsulBureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce Chester Bryan, Chamber of Commerce Building ............ Preston 5111

Actin~ District Manager, Chamber of Commerce Bldg. ~ HAITI: Mr. T. L. Evans, ConsulCapitol 6271 Chamber of Commerce Building ............ Preston 5111

IMMIGRATION SERVICE ................ L.D. CROSSMA~Inspector in Charge HONDURAS: Win. Scheel Collier, Hon. Consul

I S02 Hutchins Street401 FederalBuilding ...................... Preston 242~/

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ITALIAN: Dr. P. H. Scardino, Hon. ConsulBUREAU OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY .... DR. C. H. HORCHER 611-12 Sterling Building ................... Capital 0751

311 Federal Building ........... Telephone Fairfax 3000 d MEXICAN: Serando Barrera GuerraPLANT QUARANTINE & CONTROL ADMR.

H. C. MILLENDER, Inspector in charge. JOffice: Wharf 3 .............. Telephone Wayside 3435

/Miscellaneous

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HOUSTON PILOTS, Marine Banl~ Bldg... Telephone Capitol 1424

212 Marine Banlt Building .................. Fairfax I700

NICARAGUA: Mr. T. L. Evans, ConsulChamber of Commerce Building ......... Preston 511 !

NORWAY: Newton Rayzor, ConsulCotton Exchange Building ................. Preston 7571

PANAMA: Leopoldo Castellanos, ConsulHOUSTON MARITIME COMMITTEE OF THE COTTON 1713 Hussion Street .......... ~ ............ Fairfax7528

EXCHANGE AND BOARD OF TRADE J PERU: L,oopoldo Castellanos, ConsulW. C. HUNT, Chairman F.R. DALZELL, Secretary

Cotton Exchange Building, Preston 55171713 Hussion Street ..................... Fairfax7528

MARINE SURVEYOR . C. B. YULE./SALVADOR: Mr. T. L. Evans, Consul501 Cotton Exchange Building, Capital 7324 Chamber of Commerce Building ........ Preston 5111

qEAMEN’S CHURCH INSTITUTE, U. L. Taylor, Manager VENEZUELAN: F. Galvan, Consul75th and Beaumont ............. Telephone Wayside 0391 302 Cotton Exchange Building ............. Preston 72t’1


SAN ANTONIO--MODERN--WITH A GLORIOUS HISTORY--Pho.*o by H. L. Summerville

Houston’s Relationship to the Cities ofthe Great Southwest

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS

By HOWELL W. JONESSecretary Trade Extension Department, San Antonio Chamber of Commerce

The third of a series of articles showing Houston’s relationship to olher cities of the Great Southwest. Some other city will be coveredin the next issue of the Houstort Port Book.

F OR MORE THAN tWO hundred years San Antonio was Texas’largest city. A municipality long before the men who foundedDallas and Houstan were born, it developed and expanded with

an unhurried dignity that became its venerable age and exaltedstation. The people of San Antonio have learned that they canenjoy their prosperity more if they take time out to live.

Ancient documents reveal that a settlement existed at thepresent site of San Antonio as early as 1692. Since that time a richand colorful history has ordained that is should be the seat of po-litical government for Spanish viceroys and Mexican governors.Today it is the headquarters of the largest military establishmentthat flies the Stars and Stripes.

Towering structures compose the skyline of modern San An-tonio, but within their lengthened shadows lie the picturesquerealities of another day and another civilization. It is a romanticblending of the old and the new, the Latin and the Anglo-Saxonperspectives. San Antonio’s ~Little Mexico" is more truthfullyMexico than is San Francisco’s Chinatown China. And it is infinite-ly older. Moreover, preserved in an near the city, are the shrinesof Texas his’tory, monuments of Spanish rule and Mexican dictator-ship, the Alamo, San Fernando Cathedral, Missions built by thecalloused hands of soft-spoken Spanish priests, and the palace inwhich resided the viceroys of the King of Spain.

Today San Antonio is the center of a vast agricultural em-pire roughly described as South and Southwest Texas. Yet, withoutintending to minimize in the least its commercial importance, the

THE ALAMO--TEXAS’ SHRINE OF LIBERTY--Photo by Harvey Patterson


city’s staunchest friends must confess that San Antonio’s chiefattraction is for those who are inclined to punctuate their pursuitof prosperity with periods of healthful play.

Lying in the heart of a fruitful valley seven hundred feetabove sea level, San Antonio lays especial claim upon the affection ofthe sun. Appropriately enough, it has been dubbed "the city wherethe sunshine spends the winter," and it is, unquestionably, theSouthwest’s favorite playground.

To fortify the vacation appeal of its climate and naturallybeautiful environs, San Antonio has dedicated to the enjoyment ofits inhabitants and visitors more than 2,000 acres of parks andplagrounds. One of these parks--Brackenridge--is world famousfor its Japanese Sunken Garden, its zoological gardens, and itsinumerable bridle paths, swimming pools, tennis courts, golf links,polo fields, baseball diamonds and picnic facilities. For those whoprefer natural beauty unadorned there is Olmos Park with its 1,200virgin acres assigned to the public use. Large and small, the cityis dotted with more than three score parks and plazas of varioussizes and attractions.

Were this not enough, the hill country north of San Antonioand the broad plateaus that stretch southward into Mexico offer thesportman a variety of hunting and fishing not found elsewhere inthe United States. These regions abound with deer, wild turkey,duck and geese, doves and quail. Fine concrete highways, in fromhalf to three-quarters of an hour, take the sportsman to the coun-try’s finest freshwater fishing preserves; and in three or four hoursto the deep sea game fish that swarm off-shore in the vicinity ofCorpus Christi bay (Bexar County and San Antonio are reputedto excell all other American communities in the quality and quan-tity of their paved highway).

San Antonio’s tourist industry ranks among its most profit-able enterprises. Thousands of Northern people spend their wintermonths in the sunshine of San Antonio and its adjacent play-grounds. Other thousands use it as the gateway for travel toMexico, only a few hours from San Antonio by rail or by one of adozen fine automobile trafficways.

As a center of aviation, San Antonio has no peer in the Southand West, and few in the country. Besides a number of privatelanding fields it has three airports and five army aviation fields.

MISSION CONCEPCION--ESTABLISHED BY THE SPANISH PRIESTSIN 1731--Photo by Harvey Patterson

One of the latter--Randolph Field--is the Army’s **West Point ofthe Air". The ultimate government expenditure at Randolphwill approach $50,000,000.00. Regular passenger, freight and airmail service is maintained out of San Antonio by several transportlines and there are daily schedules north, east, south and west. Thecity is the logical junction point for international air mail linesserving Mexico City, Canada and points in the United States.

The military establishment at San Antonio, rated as the nation’slargest military concentration, is of economic importance as wellas popular interest. Army activities in four states are directed fromheadquarters of the Eighth Corp Area, located at Fort Sam Hous-ton which lies within the city’s corporate limits. The famousSecond Division of the U. S. Army is quartered at this post, andaviation training centers include--besides the ~West Point" atRandolph--Kelly, Brooks, Dodd and Duncan Fields.

From the strictly commercial viewpoint, one will be impressedwith the economic importance attached to San Antonio as the manu-facturing, distributing and financial center of South and Southwest

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JAPANESE SUNKEN GARDEN--A BEAUTY SPOT--Photo by Harvey Patterson


JAPANESE CARGO SHIP "HOKUROKE MARU" OUTBOUND AT SAN JACINTO BATTLEGROUND

The Meaning of "Maru"As Defined by the Nippon Yusen Kaisha

(Japan Mail Steamship Company)

T HE WORD "Maru," attached as a general suffix to the name otvirtually all Japanese merchant vessels has been an interna-tionally recognized symbol of the Japanese Mercantile Marine

on the Seven Seas. Therefore "Asama," for instance, means a cruiserof the Japanese Navy and the "Asama Maru" is the N. Y. K. Ori-ent-California Service passenger motor-liner. This two-syllabledcharacter, "Maru," has been associated with Japanese navigationhistory as far back as memory can recall, and its true meaning hasbeen lost in the mists of antiquity, that abound with the vagariesof folklore handed down through generations. Therefore as to itsorigin and the base of its derivation, different views have been heldby scholars.

According to an old legend in ancient China, about 4,000years ago in the reign of Emperor Kotei (Huang-ti), a fair mes-senger from heaven called Hakudo-Maru. was sent down to LordTaito-shi (Takao-tzn) and taught him the art of shipbuilding.Since then ships are said to have been named with the suffix "Maru"in deference to the shipbuilding instructor.

A Japanese legendary source associates the word "Maru" withAkumogira-maru, who was supposed to have lived under the sea,and to whom the Shrine of Shiga at Shigashima Island is dedicated.It is said that suffixing "Maru" to the names of Japanese merchantvessels is due to reverence to this deity. Hypothetical interpreta-tions of "Maru" are many more, but the meanings in a localor a poetical sense lie in its traditional associations.

The literal or dictionary translation of the suffix technicallydenotes circle or ring, when used as a noun, and round, complete,perfect or all-embracing, when used as an adjective.

Ancient Japanese boats were of a round shape, like a coraclebuilt in ancient France, of hide on a wicker frame; therefore theword "Maru," having the literal meaning of a ring or round mighthave been taken originally from the shape of the ancient boat.

Taking the meaning of "Maru" as perfect, there is a prob-ability that the two words "Maru," and "Marc," used with boys’names, have been confused and coalesced into one. "Maru" is an

archaic term of endearment often used from about the SeventhCentury as a pet name for people, regardless of caste and rank, asHitomaro, Nakamoro, etc. "Maru" is also applied in the same wayto boys, such as Hiyoshi-maru and Ushiwaka-maru, who subse-quently became great men in Japanese history, as Hideyeshi andYoshitsune.

"Maru" is a noble word to the Japanese and it was applied toswords, musical instruments and the concentric sections of castles,which Daimio or Samurai regarded with a kind of reverential affec-tion in the feudal period. When Shoguns built their fighting ves-

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JAPANESE "ROUND THE WORLD CRUISE" PASSENGER ANDFREIGHT VESSEL


PORT OF HOUSTON TARIFFT

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

THE NAVIGATION DISTRICTOwns and controls eighteen berths

HOUSTON COMPRESS COMPANY (Long Reach Docks)Have eight berths

MANCHESTER TERMINAL CORPORATIONHave four ship’s berths

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

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 thethree private terminal companies above named. This tariff contains eleven sections, asfollows:

SECTION ONE

SECTION TWO

SECTION THREE

SECTION FOUR

SECTION FIVE

SECTION SIX

SECTION SEVEN

SECTION EIGHT

SECTION NINE

SECTION TEN

SECTION ELEVEN

Preliminary

Regulations Governing Use of Waterways

Regulations Governing Use of Facilities

Dockage

Shed Hire

Wharfage

Free Time and Storage

Freight Handling MachineryMiscellaneous Charges

Vegetable Oil Handling Plant

Houston Public Grain Elevator

On these four 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.


DANISH STEAMER LOADING SCRAP IRON FOR GDYNIA

Houston’s Scrap ExportsBy D. A. SINGER

President, Singer Iron & Steel Company

STEEL is made from either pig iron or scrap, or a combination ofboth. These materials are refined into steel by several pro-cesses, the principal one being the Open Hearth Process. In

all of these processes the same general principle applies. The rawmaterials are melted and through the addition of certain chemicals,both in their combinations and reactions, the impurities are elimi-nated.

Scrap iron is equally as important as pig iron and as a resultof intensive research work, the use of scrap iron has increased fromyear to year. Practically all mills use scrap iron in varying per-centages ranging from 50 per cent to 100 per cent of their melts.

There are many grades of scrap, the material being sortedusually by the original shippers or country dealers, depending onthe requirements of the mills to which the shipments are destined.In fact the classifications are more various than the classificationsof cotton. There are many kinds of cast iron and steel, each vary-ing as to chemical content.

The value of scrap to the original shipper is determined by itslocation and distance from point of consumption. For instance,material located near the Coast usually moves to the Seaboard forexport. Because of this, Houston has assumed an important posi-tion in the world distribution of this commodity.

By the time scrap reaches Houston it has, in most instances,been sorted and graded by the interior shippers who also see thateach piece is brought within certain dimensions, so that it will fitin the charging boxes.

Scrap iron ranks with pig iron in ec~3nomic and industrial im-portance, and to some mills it is of even more importance than pigiron. Because of its importance in the manufacture of steel its hand-ling has grown into a highly developed business, being one of themost important links in the chain of steel production. In a normalyear from 15,000,000 to 20,000,000 tons of scrap iron are con-sumed in the mills of the United States. However, on account ofthe relatively high cost of rail transportation from Texas to theconsuming mills in the North, most of the scrap in the Southwestmoves to the c~3ast for export to other countries where it receivesthe same manufacturing treatment as it does in our own mills.

Prior to March, 1933, when the United States was one of thefew countries remaining on the gold standard, exports were prac-

tically shut off. Now, however, the American shippers are enabledto again return to their former position in the export trade.

Last year, 1933, the United States exported 773,406 gross tonsof scrap iron--going to twenty-nine foreign countries. To some ofthese countries the quantities exported are quite small, but to atleast fourteen of them the sales ranged upward from 1000 tonseach. Just last month in Houston, there were five vessels loadingscrap at the same time, each of them flying a different flag--Nor-wegian, Greek, British, Japanese and Italian.

The economic value of this industry cannot be overestimated,particularly from the viewpoint of conservation of raw materials.Every ton of scrap iron saved and used prevents further depletionof our iron ore reserves, thereby lengthening indefinitely our inde-pendent position in the steel industry.

In the United States there are over 3000 scrap iron yards em-ploying many thousands of workers. To Houston the movementof this commodity means much. Not only the continued employ-ment of the workers in the yards locally, but also contributingwork and revenue for the railroads and their employees, as well as

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The Houston Chamber of CommerceMany persons and firms located far from Houston desire

service and information with refernce to their various interestsfor which the Houston Chamber of Commerce is always glad tobe called upon:

The following is the executive committee:

Gus S. WORTHAM ............................. PresidentL. S. ADAMS ............................. Vice-PresidentH. O. CLARKE, JR ......................... Vice-PresidentJAMES ANDERSON ........................ Vice-PresidentJ. A. FITE ................................... TreasurerR. D. ERNST ....................... Secretary of the BoardJ. M. LYKES ............................ Member at LargeW. N. BLANTON ......... Vice-Presider~t ~ General Manager

The service rendered by the Chamber of Commerce is dividedinto several departments of which the following is an outline andthey at all times welcome inquiries from those desiring theirassistance:

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTW. N. BLANTON, Vice President L4 General Manager

TRANSPORTATIONC. E. HOLLOMAN, Manager

Rate quotations--Readjustments of rate situations--Publica-tion of rate changes--Preparation of statistical information indefense of rate adjustments--Analysis of transportation problems--Dissemination of information on the car situation and any othertransportational subjects of interest to shippers.

INDUSTRIALR. A. LAIRD, Manager

Sites--Warehouses--Retail locations--Labor situation--Statis-tical informatoin on industrial subjects--Business conditions (cityand state)--Present and future industrial possibilities.

FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC TRADET. L. EVANS, Manager

Foreign Trade problems--information on Houston, Trade pos-sibilities with special reference to Mexico, Central and SouthAmerica and the West Indies. Spanish translations: information onCustoms Regulations; Tariffs, etc.--Domestic trade; Local con-ditions of trade with special reference to wholesalers and jobbers--Classified list of Houston concerns--Present and future possibilitiesof specific trade propositions.

PUBLIC RELATIONSNORMAN H. BEARD, Manager

Deals with a variety of Chamber of Commerce activitieswhich do not center in any division under the direction of adepartment head, including inter-organization activities. Partici-pates in the welcoming and entertaining of distinguished visitorsand arranges details for a variety of meetings and conferences heldby local agencies.

MEMBERSHIP DEPARTMENTT. W. ARCHER, Matcager

Establishes friendly contacts between members, prospectivemembers, new citizens and visitors through confidence in theChamber of Commerce.

RESEARCH AND STATISTICSG. C. ROOSSEL, Manager

Maintains a file of approximately 1,500 items on subjectsof informational value with reference to Houston, its trade terri-tory and Texas. This information is available to anyone anywhere.

AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENTJ. I. McGREGOR

Agricultural conditions in Harris County and adjoining coun-ties-Specific information to individuals on farming problems~Boys’ and girls’ rural club work--Information from specialistsemployed in the department of livestock and dairying, home dem-onstration and field crop subjects--County agent work Informa-tion available through direct contact with the Extension Serviceof the State Agricultural and Mechanical College.

HIGHWAYHAYGOOD ASHBURN, Secretary

Provides comprehensive service for motorists and tourists andassists in the planning of new or improved highway construction.

SAFETYNORMAN H. BEAMS, Manager

Advocates and promotes the observance of approved safetymeasures both with reference to the individual and to groupemployes. The department regularly carries a message of safetythrough every publicity medium and interests itself in the adoptionof legislation to enforce worthwhile safety methods.

INSURANCEC. A. PICKETT, Manager

PUBLICITYBERT RULE, Manager

National and local distribution of civic advertising includingnews publicity on Houston development--Pictures and cuts ofHouston’s commercial and civic life for the use of visitors andfor loan to interested individuals--General information regardingthe city--Direct contact with local newspapers which makesavailable assistance for those desiring that character of publicityservice---Advice and counsel in the preparation of publicity matterwhich has a bearing on Houston publicity--File of newspaperclippings on stories of interest.

CONVENTION AND TOURIST BUREAUHAYGOOD ASHBURN, Director

Promotes the holding of conventions at Houston; arrangesfor conventions and other conferences and stimulates the holdingof sales conferences at Houston.

AVIATION DEPARTMENTR. A. LAIRD, Manager

Stimulates the establishment of new airmail and passengerservices at Houston; inaugurates statewide movements for thebetterment of commercial flying in Texas and fosters the im-provement of air ports in Houston and generally throughout Texas.

HOUSTON MAGAZINEBURT RULE, Editor

JEFF BARNETTE, ManagerA monthly business journal, combined with the Port Register.

YOUNG MEN’S DIVISIONNORMAN H. BEARD, Manager

An organization of young business men of Houston but adistinct division of the Chamber of Commerce operating underthe latter’s supervision. Promotes the general civic welfare ofHouston through a great variety of activities.


P 0 R T N 0 T E S iPurchase o[ LandDumping Ground . . .

On April 13th, the Navigation District purchased a tract of680 acres of land from the R. E. Brooks’ Estate, in the Richard andRobert Vince Survey on north side of channel.

This tract will be used by the United States Engineer De-partment as a disposal ground for spoil excavated from the chan-nel section between the Battlegrounds and Green’s Bayou. It willbe cleared of timber and surrounded by high earth levees to forma huge settling basin.

Unider its contract with the United States Engineer Depart-ment, the Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific Company dredges "Pensa-cola" and "Texas" have made excellent progress in widening anddeepening the ship channel across Galveston Bay. To June 1st, 12miles had been dredged over 34 feet deep and 400 feet wide, in-creasing the depth from 30 feet and width from 250 feet.

It is expected that additional funds will soon become avail-able to complete the entire channel to 34 feet depth.

Intracoastal Canal . . .The United States Engineer Department has rented the Linde

dredge No. 5 for work in dredging about one mile of the Intra-coastal Canal near High Island in the Port Arthur-Galveston BaySection.

This section was held up for several months pending the con-struction of a drawbridge for the Santa Fe railroad which crossesthe canal at that point. This work is expected to be completedabout July /st, and the canal will then be open for traffic fromNew Orleans to Houston.

The short line connection between the canal at Morgan Cityto the Mississippi at Plaquemine is also open for traffic.

This canal enables a barge loaded at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,to be floated down the Ohio and Mississippi, through the canal andchannel to wharves at Houston.

Westward the canal has been dredged to depth of 9 feet andwidth of 100 feet to the Brazoria County line, about 15 miles fromthe causeway bridge. As soon as rights of way can be obtainedthrough several counties the canal will be extended to CorpusChristi, for which funds are now available.

Efforts are now being made to secure approval of the Board ofEngineers for Rivers and Harbors for the extension on from CorpusChristi, for which funds are now available.

Efforts are now being made to secure approval of the Board ofEngineers for Rivers and Harbors for the extension on from CorpusChristi to the Rio Grande at Port Isabel. Arguments and briefswere presented to this Board on April 23rd.

The Harvey Lock at New Orleans was officially dedicated byMajor General E. M. Markham, Chief of Engineers, United StatesArmy, at a great celebration held on March 26th, attended byseveral hundred inland waterway officials and enthusiasts.

The 1934 annual meeting of the Intracoastal Canal Associa-tion will be held at Galveston some time in August, shortly afterthe completion of the canal to the eastward, and many delega-tions are expected to attend via the new water route.

;t.,...n..; River Canalization . . .The War Department is making topographic and hydrographic

surveys of the Trinity River from its mouth through Dallas toFort Worth, a total distance of about 560 miles. The improve-ment of this river by locks and dams would make it one of themain feeders of the Intracoastal Canal, as it traverses the mostpopulated section of the State, reaching the heart of the GreatSouthwest.

It will also afford barge service to and from shipside at PortHouston.

Civil Works AdministrationSurveys Projects . . .

The Navigation District and Harris County secured the co-operanon of the Civil Works Administration in making Geodetic

INTRACOASTAL CANAL HARVEY LOCK AT NEW ORLEANS

DREDGE "TEXAS" ENLARGING CHANNEL IN GALVESTON BAY


handling and marginal practice, in addition to the proper charges fordockage and shed hire against vessels, and all such Houston ter-minals agreed to consider such a tariff as a minimum basis forcharges to be assessed on the four Houston terminals.

LOADING MULES ON STEAMER FOR BARCELONA, SPAIN

and Topograhic Surveys of the Ship Channel Industrial Area,extending about five miles each side of the waterway.

Permanent concrete monuments were set as geodetic marks,on which the latitude, longitude and elevation were determined,and contour maps showing elevations and location of all physicalfeatures are being compiled. These maps, when completed, willbe very valuable, especially to concerns seeking industrial sites onor near the channel.

Sugar Beet Seed . . .Importation of sugar beet seed from Germany for distribution

to the beet raisers of Colorado, Nebraska, Iowa and Minnesota con-tinues to come through the port in greater quantities, over 22,000bags being entered during the past year.

Mules To Barcelona . . .The Steamship "Sahale" of the Gulf-Western Mediterranean

Line recently loaded 200 mules at Houston for shipment to Barce-lona, Spain.

Special stalls were constructed along each side of main deckof carefully selected lumber to prevent splirtters injuring theanimals, and a number of attendants, including a veterinarian,taken along to properly care for them.

Further shipments are to be made in the next few months.

Hearing Is Held on Rail.WaterTerminal Problem . . .

On March 20, three representatives of the Federal Co-ordinator,Messrs. Hochstedler, Caskie and Chandler, held a hearing in Hous-ton which was intended to discuss the general rail-water terminalproblem of the Gulf District. Lack of time prevented a full dis-cussion of the entire problem and confined the conference to adiscussion of dockage charges against vessels using railroad ter-minals with the understanding that if an agreement was reached asto the measure of the dockage charge to apply on vessels usingrailroad-owned facilities, that such dockage charge would be con-sidered a minimum to be applied on private and public facilitiesof similar nature.

All rail-water terminals in Houston, consisting of three privateand one public, all operating under the Port Commission tariff,requested the Co-ordinator to make the endeavor to have the rail-roads publish uniform, remunerative and similar terminal chargesin a given competitive terminal district. The Houston terminalsalso suggested that such rail-water terminal tariffs which the Co-ordinator would have published should provide uniform and remu-nerative charges for wharfage, free time, loading and unloading,

Building of Humble Oil &Refining Company . . .

The Humble Oil & Refining Company has just started con-struction of a new 17 story addition to their large office buildingon Main and Clay Streets.

With this addition, costing about $750,000, the Humble gen-eral offices will cover three-quarters of a block and provide spacefor their large organization of the production, refining and market-ing departments.

The refinery on the Ship Channel at Baytown has a capacityof over 100,000 barrels of crude oil per day, and hundreds of steeltanks provide for storage of vast quantities of the various grades ofoil gathered by the many pipe lines radiating to the many oil fieldsof Texas and Mid-continent.

Wharves and shipping facilities enable the company to loadout two and three tank steamers per day.

The Texas Centennial . . .The proposed celebration, or historical exposition in 1936,

marking the Hundredth Annlversary of the great Republic andState of Texas, is of special significance to the Port of Houston asthe deciding battle which won its independence from Mexico wasfought onj April 21st, 1836, on the banks of the present channel.

The State Legislature recently passed a bill appropriating$100,000.00 for preliminary expenses, and the Governor appointeda Centennial Commission of pr~min’ent Texans headed by Honor-able Jesse H. Jones to work out plans and arrange for a great expo-sition to be held "somewhere in Texas" to fittingly celebrate thisgreat everrt.

Houston and Galveston have joined forces in the effort to

SEVENTEEN STORY ANNEX TO HUMBLE OIL & REFINING COMPANYOFFICE BUILDING--Photo by Merchant’s Photo $ervice

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