STEAMSHIP LINES

STEAMSHIP LINES
The following table shows the various steamship lines
and the Houston agents:
Lines
American
DixieLine...............................................
./
operating
out of Houston, together
Between Houston and
1Averpool,
Manchester
andI,ondon......
with the ports touched
Agent or Operator
United Gulf S. S. Company Inc.
(C. B. Fox, Manager.)
American
l’remier
Line....................................
Genoa, Naples, Venice, Trieste and United Gulf S. S. CompanyInc.
Fiume
................................................................................
(C. B. Fox, Manager)
New
Orleans
...................................................................
AmericanSugar Transit Corporation ........
Binyon Shipside Warehouse Company
FarEastPortsandManila
....................................
American
Pioneer
Line.....................................
Tampa Inter-ocean
S/S Company
Bull
Line
.............................................................................
Eastern
Points
..............................................................S.J. Daugherty & Co.
Castle
Line
..............................................................................
Havre, Antwerp, Ghent and other Con- Fowler & McVitie (E. P. Chandler
tinental
Ports.................................................
Houston Representative).
Compagnie Generale Trans-Atlantique
Havre,Antwerp
andGhent
..............................
Texas Transport & Terminal Company
(French
Line)
.............................................................
(S. A. Dunlap, Manager)
Havre,Antwerp
andGhent.............................
Texas Transport & Terminal Company
CompagnieTrans-Alantic Belge ..........
Cosulich
Line
................................................................Venice,Trieste, Fiumeand Naples............
Strachan Shipping Co.
Creole
Line
..................................................................... Genoa, Leghorn, Naples and Mediter- Texas Transport & Terminal Company
ranean
Ports
...............................................................(S. A. Dunlap, Manager)
Liverpool
..............................................................................
Schutt.e Shipping Co.
ElderDempster
Line...........................................
Fern
Line
...............................................................................
Yokahoma, Ko’be and other Far East Sgitcovich & Company
Ports
...................................................................................
(C. B. Fox, District Manager)
Spain.Portugal&Barcelona
...........................
Gulf-West
Mediterranean
Line .....................
Tampa Inter-ocean
S/S Company
Harrison
Line
.................................................................Liverpool
andManchester
.................................
Wm. Parr & Co. (’W. C. Hunt)
Head
Line
..............................................................................
Dublin
andBelfast
................................................... Texas Transport & Terminal Company
Holland-American
Line............................................
Rotterdamand Amsterdam
....................
Texas Transport & Terminal Company
I sthmian
Line
.....................................................................
Yokohamaand Other Far East Ports .....
Daniel Ripley & Co.
"K"
Line
.................................................................................
Japan
and
Orient
............................................................Wilkens & Biehl
Kawasaki-Roosevelt
Line....................................
FarEast
Ports
............................................................. Thomas Rice & Co. (E. P. Chandler,
Houston Representative)
Larrinaga
Line..................................................
Liverpool
andManchester
...........................
Fowler & McVitie. (E. P. Chandler
Houston Representative).
Leyland
Line
......................................................................
Liverpool
andManchester
.................................
International Mercantile Marine Co.
(W. C. Hunt)
Lone
StarSteamship
Co.......................................
Cuba, Porto Rico and San Domingo.........
Blakely Smith & Co.
Lord
Line
...........................................................................
Dublin and Belfast
’
Texas Transport & Terminal Company
Luckenbach
Line
....................................................
’Pacific
Coast
Ports
..................................................
H. S. LeBlanc, Houston Agent
LykesLineI15day service..........................
PortoRicoandHavana
..........................................
Lykes Bros. (Ripley S. S. Co., Inc.
Munson
Line
........................................................................
\Vest Indies, Mexico and South Amer- Blakely Smith & Co.
ica and Atlantic and Pacific Coast Ports
Munson-McCormick
Line..................................
PacificCoast
Ports............................................
Blakely Smith & Co.
Nervion
Line
............................................................ Barcelona, Genoa and Other MediterThos. Rice & Co. (E. P. Chandler)
ranean
Ports
.........................................................
Newtex
Line
....................................................................New York, Baltimore,
Norfolk and
Blakely Smith & Company
Houston
..........................................................................
North
German
Lloyd
(Freight
&Pass-Bremen
....................................................................................
Wilkens & Biehl
enger)
....................................................................................
Norway,
Mexico
&GulfLine.............................
Christiana,
Gothenberg, Copenhagen Fowler & McVitie (E. P. Chandler,
andother Scandinavian
Ports ..................
Houston Representative).
Odero
Line
.....................................................................Genoa
andNaples
..................................................... Blakely Smith & Co.
Oriental
Line
........................................................................
Far
East
.................................................................................
Texas Transport & Terminal Company
Ozean
Line
..........................................................................
Bremen
andHamburg
.............................................
Wilkens & Biehl
O.S.K.Line
......................................................... Yokahoma
andFar EastPorts ........................
S. J. Daugherty & Co.
Gulf-Pacific
(Bi-Monthly)
................................
Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle ......
S. J. Daugherty & Co.
Saint-Larrinaga
Line
................................................... Bremen
andHamburg
.............................................
Fowler & McVitie (E. P. Chandler,
Houston Representative).
Scandinavian-American
Line..............................
Copenhagen and Other Danish Ports...
Wilkens & Biehl
SiDseyBarge&TowingCompany
.................
Mobile
......................................................................................
Sipsey Barge & Towing Company
Southern Pacific Steamship Lines
New
York
..........................................................................
H. M. Wilkens, Gen. Mgr. Southern
(Morgan
Line)
............................................... i............
Paci.fic Bldg., Houston.
Southern
StatesLine............................................
Bremen,Hamburgand Rotterdam............
Lykes Bros.--Ripley
S/S Company
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STEAMSHIP LINES--Continued
Lines
Between Houston and
-Philadelphia (2 sailings per week)............
Agent or Operator
Southern Steamship Co.
Southern
Steamship
Co...........................................
Spanish Royal Mail Lines
Schutte Shipping Company.
Canary Islands and Barcelona Spain ......
Havana
(PassOnly)
.........................................
Wilkens & Biehl
Suzaki
Line
...........................................................................
Japan
..........................................................
, ...............................
Christiana,
Gothenburg, Copenhagen Fowler & McVitie (E. P. Chandler,
SwedishAmericaMexicoLine ..................
Houston Representative).
and OtherScandinavian
Ports .................
Strachan
Shipping Co.
Bremen
and
Hamburg
..........................................
Strachan Line .....................
Wilkens
&
Biehl
European
Ports
...............................................................
Texas Continental
Steamship Company
Lykes
Bros.--Ripley
S/S Company
Havre,
Antwerp
and
Ghent
.............................
~~.
NewOrleansand CorpusChristi ..................
Schutte
Shipping
Co..........................................
Blakely Smith & Co.
Trampand CharteredVessels ....................
All Portswhencargooffered........................
Gothenburg,
Oslo, Copenhagen and Fowler & McVitie
Transoceania
Line............................................
(E. P. Chandler)
Scandinavian
Ports............................................
Lallier S. S. Company.
Trans-oceania
Line
...................................................... Barcelona
..............................................................................
UnitedGulf SteamshipCompany
..................
Liverpool, London, Manchester, Irish S. Sgitcovich & Co.
Ports, Genoa, Naples, Venice and (C. B. Fox, Manager.)
Trieste
.................................................................................
.
TANKER LINES
Agent or Operator
Between Houston and
Gulf-West Indies, North Atlantic and Humble Oil & Refining Company.
European
Ports.....................................................
Humble Oil & Refining Company.
North
Atlantic
..................................................................
Standard
Transportation
Co...............................
North
Atlantic
.................................................................
"Humble Oil & Refining Company.
Vacuum
OilCo...................................................................
Anglo-American
...............................................................European
Ports
..............................................................Humble Oil & Refining Company.
Ports
...............................................................Humble Oil & Refining Company.
Imperial
OilCo.,Ltd................................................. Canadian
America
.......................................................... Humble Oil & Refining Company..
United
FruitCo............................................................. Central
Ports
..................................................................
Humble Oil & Refining Company.
Tidewater
OilCo.............................................................Atlantic
Mediterranean
Ports................................................
Humble Oil & Refining Company.
Societia Italo-Americano Tel-Petrolia .....
SinclairNay.Co............... :................................................
Sinclair Oil Refining Company.
Mexico, Gulf, V~Test Indies, Atlantic
andEuropean
Ports..........................................
European
Ports
...............................................................Sinclair Oil Refining Company.
Compagnie
NavigationMixte...................
Galena Navigation Co., Houston.
Galena
Navigation
Co.............................................
North Atlantic and European Ports ........
North
Atlantic
Ports................................................ Atlantic Oil Producing Company.
Atlantic
Refining
Co...........................................
North
Atlantic
Ports...............................................
Beacon Oil Company, Houston.
Beacon
OilCo...................................................................
MexicanPetroleumCorporation ..............
Mexico
andGulf
Ports.............................................
Mexican Petroleum Corp., Galveston.
GulfRefining
Company
......................................
Gulf, North Atlantic
and European Gulf Refining Company.
Ports
...............................................................................
North Atlantic and EuropeanPorts .........
Petroleum Navigation Co. Houston
Line
Standard
OilCo.,New
Jersey...........................
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SAILINGS
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16 rAYS
TOAND
FROM
SAN FRANCISCO
LOS ANGELES
OAKLAND
PORTLAND
SEATTLE
TACOMA
And
HOUSTON
TheLargest and Fastest Freighters in the Inter.Coastal Trade
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SouthernStates Line
Texas Star Line
Regular Liner ServicemHouston, Galveston and other Texas ports to French, Belgian, German,Holland, Baltic and Scandinavian ports.
LYKESBROS.-RIPLEY SS.
CO., Inc., AGENTS
Cotton Exchange Building
HOUSTON, TEXAS
AmericanPioneer Line
Regular Liner Service to
China, Japan, Philippines and Hawaii
Gulf-West Mediterranean Line
LYKES
LINE
To West Indes
Three sailings monthly from Houston,
Beaumont and Galveston to Porto Rico
and Haiti.
LYKESBROS.SS. CO., Inc.,
AGENTS
Cotton Exchange Building
HOUSTON, TEXAS
ISTHMIAN
LINE
(Norton,Lilly &Co., Inc.)
Regular Liner Service to
CHINA AND JAPAN
Regular Liner Service to
SPAIN, NORTHAFRICA AND
PORTUGAL
TAMPAINTER-OCEAN SS.
CO., Inc., AGENTS
DANIELRIPLEY& CO., Inc.
AGENTS
Cotton Exchange Building
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Cotton Exchange Building
HOUSTON, TEXAS
LYKES
BROS.-RIPLEY
S. S. CO., Inc.
LYKES
BROS.S. S. CO., Inc.
DANIELRIPLEY& CO., Inc.
TAMPA
INTER-OCEAN
S. S. CO, Inc.
Cotton Exchange Building
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Statistical Report
Showing Traffic Carried Over the Houston Ship Channel
During Calendar Year 1925
Foreign--Inbound
Articles
Bagging
......................................
Beans
..................................
Bones,Crushed...................
Chemicals
...........................
Canned
Goods.......................
Coffee
.........................................
Cordageand Rope...............
Cork
......................................
Creosote
......................................
Fertilizer
...................................
Fullers Earth ..................
Glass,Window
........................
Hair, Human and Animal...
Iron, Bars..............................
Iron, Fig...................................
.............................
Iron, Sheets
Iron and Steel Articles ......
Molassesand Syrups.............
Nails,Wire.............................
Oil, Crude
..............................
Oil, Fuel...............................
Oil, Linseed
...........................
Olives
.....................................
Paper,Newsprint..................
Plates, Fish .......................
Powder,
Talcum.....................
Customar
Unit.,
Amount
Bales
Sacks
Sacks
Casks
Cases
Bags
Pkgs.
Crts.
Bbls.
Bags
Sacks
Cases
Pkgs.
Pcs.
Tons
Pcs.
Pcs.
Gals.
Kegs
Bbls.
Bbls.
Bbls.
Bbls.
Reels
Bdls.
Toi~s
4,073
1,300
67,313
4,731
775
16,919
4,224
1,425
114,689
454
1,710
350
511
1,164
91
4,556
1,432
1,293,000
25,483
792,354
1,633,638
4O6
38
19,310
1,805
132
Amount
in Short
Tons
Approximate
Value
1,626
72
6,670
259
17
1,126
156
113
15,677
50
142
12
74
824
91
606
1,084
6,750
1,349
132,059
272,273
94
17
6,277
344
132
$ 162,600
7,200
26,680
25,900
1,700
563,000
15,600
56,500
1,334,160
2,000
14,200
600
7,400
82,330
9,100
59,130
97,560
151,920
124,150
1,188,531
3,267,276
11,900
3,400
463,375
20,040
66,000
Articles
Potash, Muriate .
Rice.........................
Rock,Phosphate_.:
...................
Salt...................
Seed, Garden........
Seed, Sugar Beet
Shingles
Shingles, Asbestos..............
Spikes, Railroad..........
Staples
Steel
Steel
Steel, Bars..............
Steel, Sheets..........
Steel, Casings
Steel, Hoops
Steel, Beams
.................
Steel,Rails...................
Steel, Sheets .......
Steel, Structural...................
Steel, Tubing
Ties,Co¢ton
..................
Twine,Binder...........
Wire, Barb..............
Wire, Fencing
Miscellaneous,Cargo
IMPORTS-GRAND
TOTAL..........
Customary
Units
Bags
Sacks
Tons
Lots
Bags
Bags
Crts.
Crts.
Kegs
Kegs
Pcs.
PCS.
PCS.
Bdls.
Pcs.
Bdls.
Pcs.
Pcs.
Pcs.
Pes.
Pcs.
Bdls.
Bags
Reels
Reels
Tons
Amount
4,279
1,OOO
2,200
7
227
2,765
6,540
350
2,980
95,507
11,677
8,632
9,991
4,600
1,736
69
3,625
4,578
13,541
4,355
112,568
9,713
7,746
4,381
542
Amount
in Short
Tons
Approximate
Value
2,110
114
2,200
2,349
12
142
52,144
17,10(
35,20(
93,68(
1,20(
13,55(
851
37
160
9,679
4,210
1,463
770
2,053
79
82
2,306
445
6,702
945
3,805
242
354
73
542
85,10(
2,66(
16,00(
876,72(
421,00(
146,30(
77,00(
205,30(
7,90(
7,38(
286,07~
40,05(
670,20(
94,50(
125,56~
27,35(
17,70C
7,30(
67,75C
489,619
$11,156,95f
Foreign--Outbound
Articles
Customar~
Units
Automobilesand Bodies ........
Boxes,Empty
...........................
Brass,Scrap...........................
Brick,Clay...........................
Butter.......................................
Buttermilk
...............................
Cotton
.......................................
CottonLinters........................
Cotton Seed Cake ........ =........
CottonSeed Meal...............
Distillate...............................
Fertilizer ...........................
Flour.......................................
Gasoline
..................................
Handles,Wooden
..............
Hulls,Rice.............................
Iron,Scrap............................
Kerosene
...................................
Lard,Substitute.....................
Crts.
Crts.
Cases
Crts.
Cases
Bbls.
Bales
Bales
Sacks
Sacks
Bbls.
Sacks
Sacks
Bbls.
Bdls.
Sacks
Tons
Bbls.
Bbls.
Amount
26
6,000
128
84
557
400
1,918,314
2,399
972,785
337,415
33,500
750
161,910
468,266
13,702
8,399
32,216
168,076
39,702
Amount
in Short
Tons
l0
30
50
19
21
107
493,675
504
136,424
20,713
5,583
75
12,115
58,544
139
6O5
32,216
24,011
1,533
Approximate
Value
$
8,000
1,200
10,000
660
10,500
6,700
246,837,500
149,900
5,456,960
828,520
83,745
3,000
1,211,500
2,261,760
50,850
39,440
386,592
480,220
574,875
Articles
Customary
Units
Amount
Lime
.......................................
Lumber,Hardwood.............
Meal,Bone
................................
Meal,Corn
................................
Machinery
............................
Naptha
......................................
Oil, Black...............................
Oil, Bunker
............... : ...........
Oil, CaseGoods..................
Oil,Crude_
..............................
Oil,Fuel...................................
Oil,Gas..................................
Oil, Lubricant
.........................
Oil,Refined
..............................
Rice............................................
Rosin................................
Miscellaneous
........................
Sacks
Pcs.
Sacks
Sacks
Boxes
Bbls.
Bbls.
Bbls.
Tons
Bbls.
Bbls.
Bbls.
Bbls.
Bhls.
Sacks
Bbls.
Tons
1,200
239,686
1,250
3,285
254
398,448
21,943
1,035,379
22O
590~798
1,729,625
879,002
657,049
1,575,407
300,408
2,790
509
EXPORTS-GRANDTOTAL ......
Amount
in Short
Tons
Approximate
Value
6O
7,747
75
161
89
56,921
3,657
167,844
220
98,934
251,984
146,500
113,117
262,568
15,801
725
5O9
1,800
464,820
2,000
6,100
20,800
1,138,420
43,884
2,014,128
44,000
890,406
2,519,840
1,465,000
5,090,765
11,815,560
1,580,100
72,500
50,900
1,913,286
$285,622,945
Amount
in Short
Tons
Approximate
Value
Coastwise--Inbound
Articles
Customary
Units
rsenate....
,utomobile Parts..
:agging.
:attery and Parts.
;eans....
~uttermilk (Dried)
fanned Fish
~anned Goods.
’,ement
........
~hemicals
.......
~oa]
’,ork.....
’,overing, Floor
’,otton
iarthenware......
ilectric Fixtures
’ruit, Dried....
’urniture.........
}raphite...
[andles, Wooden.
[air, Human and Animal
,ead.
AcensePlates, Auto............
,umber,Fir ........
Iagazines....
Iachinery.
lilk Condensed
tails, Wire......
Pil, CaseGoods
............
ill, Crude
..........
}il, Fuel....
~asoline
...................................
Drums
Carl’d
Bales
Cases
Sacks
Cases
Cases
Cases
Sacks
Drums
Tons
Cases
Rolls
Bales
Cases
Cases
Cases
Crts.
Bags
Cases
Bdls.
Pes.
Cases
Pcs.
Sacks
Pcs.
Cases
Kegs
Tons
Bbls.
Bbls.
Bbls.
Amount
1,495
71
9,931
10,582
13,593
50
47,632
768,445
8,803
15
7,549
2,615
2,264
219
21
19,021
47,836
2,259
3,000
572
1,280
2,292
30,430
100,791
18,876
1,727
20,472
161,298
560
174,551
940,430
110,630
Amount
in Short
Tons
85
5,264
2,294
884
839
3
1,554
21,225
431
2
7,549
70
96
50
1
1,071
796
224
119
16
250
45
403
7,306
1,146
251
567
8,926
560
29,091
137,518
17,846
Approximate
Value
$ 4,25(
1,054,80(
458,80(
88,40(
83,90(
90(
155,40(
2,122,50(
43,10(
2,00(
113,42~
7,00(
12,75(
25,00(
20(
535,50(
79,60(
112,00(
23,80(
8,00(
25,00(
90(
40,30(
146,12(
57,30(
25,10(
56,70~
357,04(
56,10(
349,091
1,650,21(
713,84q
Articles
Kerosene........................
Oil, Lubricant.......................
Pipe.....................................
Pipe Fittings .....................
Pain~.................................
Pickles..................................
Paper, Newsprint.................
Paper, Wrapping............
phosphate..................
Radios
....................................
Rice.........................................
Rope, Wire.....................
Roofing Asphalt ..........
Rugs.....................................
Raisins
.....................................
Shingles ..................
Shingles,
Asbestos .....
Slate, Roofing
......................
Soda
...........................................
Steel.......................................
Steel, Bars ...................
Steel,Rails...............................
Steel, Structural .............
Talking Machines ........
Ties,Cotton...........................
TiresandTubes
.......................
Waste................................
Wire,
Steel...............................
MiscellaneousCargo...........
COASTWISE
(Inbound)
GRAND
TOTAL
............
Customary
Units
Bdls.
Bbls.
Pes.
Cases
Cases
Cases
Rolls
Rolls
Tons
Cases
Sacks
Reels
Bbls.
Bales
Cases
Bdls.
Bdls.
Cases
Cases
Tons
Tons
Tons
Tons
Cases
Tons
Bbls.
Pkgs.
Rolls
To.ns
Amount
13,282
12,948
39,228
34,482
2,427
664
20,271
53,182
9,488
3,027
4,834
1,460
826
29
2,705
141,154
17,539
971
6,546
10,979
398
25,308
1,963
1,394
1,125
3,095
9,071
162,132
77,243
2,214
2,233
4,546
897
254
149
6,115
2,722
9,488
75
177
2,835
181
11
47
3,578
721
418
1,424
10,979
398
25,308
1,963
102
1,125
80
1,060
9,284
77,243
44,280
100,485
171,840
35,880
127,000
9,450
458,630
272,200
28,464
37,500
17,700
113,400
6,335
11,000
4,700
178,900
72,100
41,800
142,400
384,265
35,820
2,530,800
67,705
51,000
33,750
40,000
21,200
371,360
38,621,500
412,279
$52,509,700
November,
HOUSTON
1926
PORT
AND
CITY
63
Coastwise--Outbound
Articles
Cus.
tomary
Units
Ammunition
............................
Anehors~
Ship’s .............
Asphalt, Crude .............
Automobiles
............................
Cement
......................................
Copper
........................................
Cotton
.....................................
Canned Fruit ...............
Cotton Goods................
Charcoal,Animal..................
Co.ndensors
...............................
Corn,Broom
.........................
Fertilizer
.................................
Hides...................................
Iron, Scrap.........................
Lard Substitutes ...............
Linters, Cotton................
Lumber,
Y.P..........................
Lumber,Hardwood
................
Meal,Bone........ : ......................
Mohair
..................................... .
Oil,Black
.................................
Oil, Bunker
.......................
Cases
Pes.
Bbls.
Car
Bbls.
Pcs.
Bales
Cases
Bdls.
Sacks
Pcs.
Bdls.
Sacks
Bdls.
Cars
Pkgs.
Bales
Pcs.
Pes.
Sacks
Bales
Bbls.
Bbls.
Amount
in Short
Tons
Amount
-4:
Approximate
Value
1
$
13
2,119
2
9,257
18,948
12,321
55
134
1,379
20
151
1,725
488
3,833
1,070
21
2.553
493
784
386
3.272
18,400
18,225
48,583
50,102
49,185
2,348
705
21,122
1,117
28,720
13,842
5O8
12,163
75
11,748
49,798
21,652
2,770
25,636
74,361
Articles
1,000
1,260
74,165
2,000
925,700
1,894,800
6,160,500
5,500
67,000
27,580
1,00O
7,550
71,500
48,800
45,996
402,250
6,300
76,650
29,580
46,360
38,600
50,258
220,800
Oil, CaseGoods
........................
Oil, Crude.........................
Oil, Distillate.......................
Oil,Fuel................................
Oil,Gas...................................
Oil, Gasoline....................
Oil, Lubricant ..................
Oil,Kerosene
...........................
Oil,Naptha
..............................
Oil, Refined...................
Oil, Salad ........................
Paper, Wrapping ...
Paint..................................
Rice......................................
Rosin
....................................
Salt ..................
Tubes,
Scrap............................
Turpentine
.............................
Twine
................................
Miscellaneous .............
COASTWISE
( Outbound
GRAND
TOTAL.........
Casomary
Units
Amount
Amount
in Short
Tons
Approximate
Value
rods
Bbls.
Bbls.
Bbls.
Bbls.
Bbls.
Bbls.
Bbls.
Bbls.
Bbls.
Bbls.
Rolls
2ases
Sacks
Bbls.
Sacks
Carrd
Bbls.
Bales
Tons
1,584
9,318,870
130,820
9,017,814
716,812
5,141,051
1,757,888
307,542
53,296
2,658,532
324
732
150
95.135
4,388
8,750
13
500
95
28,543
1,584
1,553,145
16,352
1,288,259
119,635
642,632
251,127
51,257
7,614
443,088
76
86
8
4.668
1.167
738
380
107
5
28,543
158,400
18,037,840
327,060
15,459,108
1,435,620
25,705,280
12,800,715
1,025,140
29,580
17,723,520
11,900
8,600
1.600
466,800
113.700
29.520
4,560
10.700
2,500
14,271.500
4.488,898
$118,428,792
Local Traffic--Upper Channel
Customary
Units
Articles
Bales
Tons
Bbls.
C. Yds.
C. Yds.
Cotton................................................................................................................................................
Miscellaneous
.............................................................................................................................
Oil. Fuel.........................................................................................................................................
Sand................................................................................................................................................
Shell .......................................................................................................................................
Amount
in Short
Tons
Amount
39,013
2,770
24,759
118,797
96,758
Approximate
Value
17,506
2,770
4,126
161,376
96,758
$ 8,753,000
1,385,000
49,512
145,238
282,536
$ 10,419,832
Amount
in Short
Tons
Approximate
Value
87,082
Local Traffic--Lower Channel
Customary
Units
Articles
lotton........................................
,og, Pine.............
*il, Crude
*il, Fuel.
*il, Gas
;ice.............................................
Bales
Tons
Bbls
Bbls
Bbls
Tons
Approximate
Value
Amount
in Short
Tons
Amount
58,520
26,264
784,548
829.210
95,652
255
26,259
26,264
130,758
140,702
15,942
255
Customary
Units
Articles
Sand
..........................................
Shell...............................
MiscellaneousCargo...........
$ 13,129,50
2,626,40
1,176,82
1,688,42
191,30
25,50
Amount
C. Yds.
C. Yds.
Tons
328,980
1,655,817
2,920
LOCAL TRAFFIC
GRAND
TOTAL
.............
444,123
1,655,817
2,920
399,711
1,490,235
1,460,000
2,433,040
$ 22,187,896
Vessel Classification--Year 1925
CLASS
REGISTERED
American
Arrivals
and
Departures
Steazners
................
Foreign
Arrivals
and
Departures
Net
Registered
Tonnage
Total
728
2,186
7,230,180
2
9,142
14,972
6,690
68
120
122
9,142
14,972
6,690
68
620,340
411,390
164,692
167,250
122,400
Motor Ships
Tugs--Steam
Tugs--Gas
Launches
Barges
1,458
Passenger
Arrivals
and
Departures
978
33.852
DRAFT
Average
Ft.
t22
O26
22
8
5
5
14
Maximum
In.
Ft.
t24
o30
28
16
8
8
18
In.
0
1
UNREGISTERED
Barges
Launches
7,508
7,508
1,126,200
1,286
1,286
7.516
TOTALS
.............................................................
41,126
848
41,974
9,855,968
tNote : Vessels using 25-foot section of Channel.
eNote : Vessels using 30-foot section of Channel (completed full length September 8, 1925.)
8
5
3,000
37,830
Trips and Drafts of Inbound and OutboundVessels
Through
DRAFT
(Feet)
Over
30................................................................
28--30
26--28
.............................................................
24--26
..................................................................
22--24
...............................................................
Under
22...........................................................
TOTAL
........................................................
TRIPS
Steamers
Motor
Vessels
Port
of
Houston
INBOUND
Barges
TRIPS
Tugs
OUTBOUND
Launches
Steamers
Motor
Vessels
14
6
41
3,754
12,067
3,988
61
3,754
12,067
3,988
8
28
17
57
1,022
61
3,754
12,067
3,988
1
193
163
110
128
527
1,132
61
3,754
12,067
3,988
1,122
Barges
Tugs
Launches
64
November, 1926
HOUSTONPORT AND CITY
Comparative Statement
Arrivals and Departures
Listed below are the number of arrivals
and departures
for the period of 1919 to October 31, 1926, inclusive:
Arrivals
Year
157
1919
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
165
1920
........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
364
1921
..............................................................................................................................................................................................
511
1922
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................
707
1923
.........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
955
1924
...............................................................................................................................................................................................................
1,193
1925
........................................................................................................................................................................................................
1,104
1926--First
TenMonths
.......................................................................................................................................................................
Departures
153
161
380
495
693
952
1,183
1,103
Total
310
326
744
1,006
1,400
1,907
2,376
2,207
Houston and its Commerce
The following
table shows the rapid growth of commerce handled through the Port in the past seven years:
1920
Tons
Imports
................................................................................................................................
Exports
.....................................................................................................................
Coastwise
(Inbound)
...............................................................................................
Coastwise
(Outbound)
........................................................................................................
Local
Traffic...................................................................................................................
208,662
215,913
149,375
140,671
495,583
TOTAL
.........................................................................................................
1,210,204
Tons
Imports
............................................................................
Exports
....................................................................................
Coastwise
(Inbound)
..............................................................
Coastwise
(Outbound)
........................................................
Local Traffic ............................................
1923
484,915
948,163
201,838
1,514,280
1,646,128
TOTAL
.............................................................
Value
Tons
$ 6,291,702
148,566,373
81,455,156
28,812,281
15,518,219
227,254
318,092
213,599
637,583
1,440,911
$82,301,162
2,837,349
Value
7,094,294 $314,356,508
I
Value
$ 3,392,271
48,827,043
12,461,775
9,286,246
5,086,053
$78,963,388
1925
489,619
1,913,286
412,279
4,488,898
2,443,040
Value
$ 11,156,959
285,622,945
52,609,700
118,428,792
22,187,896
9,747,122 $490,006,292
Tons
Value
391,517
537,617
234,131
864,662
1,337,708
$
3,365,635
4,226,148
96,893,152
20,87,247
14,969,073
7,313,280
$144,272,900
First Eleven Months, 1926
Tons
Value
868,749
2,141,880
477,797
4,181,486
$
9,857,695
258,142,840
35,376,052
109,655,712
7,169,912 $408,032,299
7,304,082 $467,818,396
The above total figures include cotton. The first
Exports from that time up to date are as follows:
Calendar
Year1920............................
CalendarYear1921...........................
Tons
$ 8,194,648
195,495,744
41,839,833
49,266,646
19,559,637
LessLocalTraffic.........................................................
1922
Tons
$ 3,504,397
45,092,146
22,061,296
2,309,405
9,333,918
1924
671,674
1,471,989
240,759
2,959,176
1,750,696
4,795,324 $230,643,731
1921
Value
bale of cotton was exported from the Port of Houston in ]919.
275,879 Bales
CalendarYear1922........................
771,894 Bales
455,015 Bales
CalendarYear1923........................
1,004,680 Bales
Cotton Season August 1st, 1926, to November30th, 1920.....................
HOUSTON OFFICE
CalendarYear1924........................
CalendarYear1925........................
1,680,128 Bales
GALVESTONOFFICE
ROOM 211 COTTON EXCHANGE BUILDING
OFFICE PHONE P. 0830
Dock Phone Wayside 2260. Night Phone Wayside 2972
Room905 U. S. National
Bank Building
1,288,280 Bales
1,918,314 Bales
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Office Phone 4334
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Wharf Phones 357-6546
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Navigation
65
Schedule of The Port of Houston
Manyinquiries are received regarding the length of time necessary for a ship to enter or leave the Port of Houston.
The following ta’ble furnishes this information by giving the exact time consumed by representative vessels in traversing
the entire Houston Ship Channel, or portions of it within the last several months.
VESSEL
Date
1923 Alexandrian
(LeylandLine).................................
Werra
(NorthGerman
Lloyd)
...........................................
Invincible
(U.S.S.B.)..............................................................
1924 Lafayette
(French
Line)
............................................................
Patrick
Henry
(U.S.S.B.)....................................................
Steadfast
(U.S.S.B.)................................................................
J. C.Donnell
(AtlanticRef.Co.)...................................
Swiftsure(SwiftsureOilTrans.Co.)..........................
Bohemian
Club
(U.S.S. B.)................................................
Ligonier
(GulfRefining
Co.)..............................................
Saccarappa
(U.S.S.B.)...........................................................
Frederic Ewing (Pan-Am. Pet. and Trans. Co.)
1926 Samuel
L. Fuller(SinclairNay.)....................................
Cuba
(French
Line)Passenger
...........................................
\Vest
Celeron
(U.S.S:B.).....................................................
Sept. 12
Oct. 24
Dec. 9
Feb. 25
Mar. 6
Mar. 13
Mar. 21
Apr. 19
Apr. 27
Apr. 30
May 1
May 2
Mar. 15
Mar. 21
Mar. 29
Length
411
458.7
440
546.7
439.6
440
500
464.4
425
352.5
390
435
430.2
476
409.8
Beam
46.7
57.6
56
64
60.2
56
68.2
60.2
57.2
46.4
54.2
56
59.2
62.3
54.2
Draft
in Feet
20.
22.3
16
21
18
20
23.1
28
28.6
22.8
22.3
27.5
28
22
21.6
Gross
Tons
4,506
9,475
7,888
t2,220
7,586
7,588
10,215
8,207
6,882
3,737
4,965
6,773
7,053
11,337
5,763
Distance
Time
in Hours Traversed
in Miles
7
6
6
6¼
6~
43~
6
5
7~
8
6%
4
7~
6
6
54
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48
52
48
48
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48
54
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Sheetrock
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Builders’ Hardware
Lime
Plaster
Flue Lining
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68
1926
PILOTAGE
HOUSTON PILOTS
Pilot
ASSOCIATION
Galveston Offices :
Houston Offices :
1103 United States National
604 Keystone Building
Telephone 3360
Telephone Preston 2799
boats: Houston Pilots Nos. 1 and 2--Meet vessels at outer entrance Galveston jetties.
Bank Bldg.
$5.50 per foot draft
From sea to Houston, or vice versa--Foreign vessels and Americanvessels from foreign ports ..................
4.00 per foot draft
From
seato Houston,
or viceversa--American
coastwise
vessels.............................................................................................
4.00per foot draft
From
Bolivar
Roads
toHouston,
orviceversa--all
vessels
....................................................................................................................
$20.00 per ship
Shifting
from
pier
topier
..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Whenpilot is detained aboard vessel in Bolivar Roads for convenience of vessel a charge of $10.00 for first
$5.00 for each hour thereafter will be charged against vessel.
TUG
BOAT
TARIFF
FOR
HOUSTON
SHIP
hour and
CHANNEL
NOTE:The use of Tug Boats at the Port of Houstonis not obligatory and their employmentrests with the wishes of owners, masters
and pilots. There is no fixed customof the Port in this regard, a part of the vessels using tow boats and others dispensing with this
service.
Suderman & Young, Cotton Exchange Building, Houston, Texas.
Houston Towing Company, 811 Cotton Exchange Bldg., Houston Texas.
Intercoastal
Towing & Transportation
Company, Larendon Bldg., Houston, Texas.
Bay Towing Company, 811 Cotton Exchange Bldg., Houston, Texas.
With own Without
power own power
WITH OWN POWER BETWEEN
$325.00
Galveston
andHouston,
including
Docking
andUndocking
.......................................................................................................
Bolivar
Roads
and
Houston,
including
Docking
...................................................................................................................................................285.00
325.00
Texas
CityandHouston,
including
Docking
andUndocking
........................................................................................................
Morgans
Point
and
Houston,
including
Docking
................................................................................................................................................ 200.00
200.00
Bolivar
Roads
and
Morgans
Point
.................................................................................................................................................................................
200.00
:.................................................
Bolivar
Roads
andBaytown,
including
Docking
.................................................................................................
240.00
:;........................................................................................................
TexasCity and Baytown,Dockingand Undocking
.............................
240.00
Galveston
andBaytown,
Docking
andUndocking
.......................................................................................................................................
Houston
andBaytown,
Docking
andUndocking
............................................................................................................................................. 175.00
165.00
Lynchburg
toHouston
..................................................................................................................................................................................................................
100.00
Penn
City
toHouston
.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................
100.00
Morgans
Point
toBaytown
......................................................................................................................................................................................................
Norsworthy, Crown, Galena, Sinco, Clinton, Manchester, take same rates as Houston
from above points.
75.00
Norsworthy,
Crown,
Galena,
Sinco,~Clinton
toHouston
.........................................................................................................................
40.00
50.00
Manchester
Terminal
toManchester
.......................................................................................................................................................................................
65.00
Manchester
Terminal
toprunts
orTurning
Basin
.................................................................................................................................................... 55.00
50.00
ToDock
orOffVessels
at Manfhester
Terminal
......................................................................................................................................................
On all Stern First Moves same rate will apply with or without steam.
SHIFTING
RATES
With Steam
Dead
Per tug
$ 35.00
$ 45.00
Manchester
toLong
Reach
........................................................................................................................................................................................................
40.00
50.00
Manchester
toTurning
Basin
Docks
..............................................................................................................................................................................
55.00
65.00
Manchester
Terminal
toanywharf
above
Manchester
..............................................................................................................................
30.00
40.00
Turning
Basin
Docks
toLong
Reach
..............................................................................................................................................................................
40.00
30.00
Dock
toDock
,atTurning
Basin
..........................................................................................................................................................................................
25.00
25.00
One
berth
toanother
atsame
dock
....................................................................................................................................................................................
Alexander Sprunt dock to take same rate
as Long Reach.
November,
1926
HOUSTONPORT AND CITY
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MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES
Docking
or undocking
at Turning
Basin,LongReachor Alexander
Sprunt’sDock.................................................................................
$ 40.00
Docking
or undocking
at Manchester,
Clinton,Sinco,Galena,Crown,
Norsworhy
.......................................................................................
50.00
Docking
or undocking
at Baytown,
whentug alreadytherefor otherwork,first tug ........................................................................
50.00
When
sentfrom
Morgans
Point
orHouston,
firsttug............................................................................................................................................................
100.00
Assisting vessels from one point to another on same dock at Clinton, Sinco,
Galena, Crown or Norsworthy:
Ships
with
wheel
power
.....................................................................................................................................................................................................
per tug 60.00
Ships
without
wheel
power
................................................................................................................................................................................................
per tug 75.00
Assisting vessels from one dock to another at other points than at Turning Basin, Long Reach.
Manchester and intermediate points (viz., Clinton, Sinco to Galena, Crown to Norsworthy, Crown
to Galena, etc.)
Ships
with
wheel
power
......................................................................................................................................................................................................
per tug 75.00
Ships
without
wheel
power
...........................................................
her tug 90.00
~’~dnn
Houstonand Manchester,
Docking
and Undocking
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65.00
Docking
and/orUndocking
at Houston
Turning
Basin;pertug...................................................................................................
40.00
A charge of 75.00 in addition to regular rate will be made when voyage is not
completed on day of starting.
Ships grounding will be given 1~ Hours free pulling time.
First
hour
thereafter
orfraction
.....................................................................................................................................................................
50.00
Each succeeding hour or fraction ...........................................................................................................................................................
35.00
Above on Tugs with over 500 H. P.
If tugs under 500 H. P. charge will 5e :
First
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Eachsucceeding
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When Tugs are not engaged on ship at time of grounding:
Tugs over 500 H. P.:
First hour or fraction ...............................................................................................................................................................................
50.00
Each succeeding hour or fraction ...........................................................................................................................................................
35.00
Running time chargeable.
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Firsthour
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Furnishing Steam: Per hour or fractional part, including running time to and from ship:
Day
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35.00
Night
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Delivering Water to Ships at Anchorage :
Fortugs
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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
for on "pulling time ’basis." All towed vessels to furnish towing hawsers.
SAILING VESSELS
Galveston Bar to Houston and Return, 65c per Gross Registered Ton.
Minimumcharge for round trip, $500.00.
HOUSTON BOATMEN’S
ASSOCIATION
RATE OF CHARGES FOR MOORING
AND UNMOORING VESSELS
Section 1--Docking or Undocking:
A fee of eight ($8.00) dollars shall be charged for mooring and unmooring vessels in Houston Harbor.
Section 2---Shifting :
A fee of eight ($8.00) dollars shall be charged for the entire service of mooring and unmooring vessels.
(Does not
include Manchester).
Section 3--Shifting--Manchester
:
For shifting between any dock and Manchester, the charge shall be ten ($10.00) dollars for the entire operation.
Section 4 Tying up on Channel:
A ship releasing from the docks for sailing, and tying up on the Channel will be charged $16.00, this charge to
cover the entire operation of releasing from dock, tying up and and releasing for final sailing.
Section 5-Any call for line men where they report and are not used shall be considered a job.
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Natural Gas is a Big Aid to Industrial Development
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New extensions
and dcveh)l)lnents
now under way 1)y the Ih,uston Gas
and Fuel Comi)any, to provide users
with this desirable fuel represents a
total expenditure
of approximately
$900.000.00.
The following is a list of customers
who have signed contracts for the use
of natural gas for industrial purposes.
Use of natural gas by these customers
will total apl)roximately 2555,000,000
cubic feet annually.
Auditorium l totel.
Baptist Hospital.
Bender Hotel.
Ben Milam Hotel.
Brazos Hotel.
1,eaeonsfield Apartments.
Cotton Hotel.
Crystal Ice and Fuel Company.
Eureka Laundry.
Fannin Cleaners.
First National Bank.
iIerlnaun Hospital.
Hughes Tool Company.
Harris County Milk Producers Assn.
I [onstcm I)acking Company.
I t(mston-I’ost Dispatch.
I Iouston ]’nblic Schools :
Alh’n.
l,ubbock.
Crockett.
Lamar.
Co()ley.
l~on~fellow.
Fannin.
Rusl<.
I I arvard.
Ineeda l,aundry.
International
Vegetable Oil Co.
lrvin ice and Ice Cream Coral)any.
McAshan Apartments.
Model Laundry.
National 1/iscuit Company.
l)effect() Cleaners.
Phenix l)airy.
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New Orleans, Los Angeles
Boston, Providence, Fall River,
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MEMBERS:
New York Cotton Exchange
New Orleans Cotton Exchange
Texas Cotton Association
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Liverpool Cotton Association, Ltd.
Houston Compress Company
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President and Mgr.
J. T. EVANS,Secretary
J. D. SPENCER,
Treasurer
TWO PLANTS IN HOUSTON
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Wharf Accommodationsfor six steamships
SHOW ROOMS:
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Special facilities
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RULES
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AND REGULATIONS--Continued.
Paragraph
SUBJECT
RUL ES
5
Cont’d
Explosives
(Continued)
between sunrise and sunset, and vessels will be allowed to take on board gasoline or
distillate
only between 8"00 a. m. and 5:00 p. m., and when vessel is otherwise ready
to depart. Delivery must be made direct from wagons to the vessel and wagons will
not be allowed to wait on the wharves. (Ord., 2-5-17.)
Access to
Shipping Records
and
Paymentof Bills
Steamship agents, owners and masters will be required to permit access to the
manifests of cargo and railroad documents for the purpose of ascertaining the necessary
data to permit correct estimate of charges.
Steamships, their owners or agents, or any other firms, persons or corporations
using facilities
under the operation of the Port Commission and not conforming to the
requirements of said Commission as to the payment of bills to said Commission shall
be placed upon a list knownas the Delinquent List under conditions hereinafter defined,
and the name of any steamship, its owner, agent, person, firm or corporation so placed
upon said list shall be reported to said Port Commission at the time that said name
is placed upon the Delinquent List.
All steamships, their owners or agents, using the public wharves shall, within five
days of sailing of the vessel in a case of outward cargo, or within five days after
arrival of vessels in the case of inward cargo, furnish the Port Commission or its
authorized representative
or its Auditor, with all necessary documents to enable the
proper preparation and auditing of bills covering dockage, wharfage or any other
attendant services or fees chargable by said Commission against said vessel. All
steamships, their owners or agents, shall be allowed five days from date of mailing,
by Port Commission, of bill to them covering any charges against the steamship in
which to pay said bill, and in case they fail to pay bill within the said time, said
steamships, their owners and agents, shall be placed on Delinquent List and the Director
of the Port is instructed to withhold from them further use of any facilities
under the
jurisdiction of the Port Commissionuntil said bills have been paid or until permission
has been obtained from the Chairman of the Port Commission. All such bills must
be paid when presented and errors, if any, will be rectified by the Commission.
All stevedores or other persons, firms or corporations using any facilities or equipment of the Port Commission shall, unless otherwise provided by existing contracts,
pay all bills within 15 days of date of mailing to them by the Port Commission, failing
to do which they shall be placed upon the Delinquent List and the Director of the
Port is instructed to deny them from further use of equipment or facilities
under
the jurisdiction of the Port Commission until said bills have been paid, or permission
obtained from the Chairman of the Commission. Bills must be paid when presented
and errors, if any, will be rectified by the Commission.
Traffic Transhipping
or
Reshipped
Dockage
and
Shed Hire
Traffic discharged from
wharfage, if reloaded within
or changed ownership, will
to be computed from the first
excepted.
vessels for transshipment by vessels, having paid inward
fifteen days, and has not been removed from the wharves
be given free wharfage on the outward movement. Time
7 a. m. after date of discharge, Sundays and legal holidays
EXCEPTIONS
First. Cotton will be charged wharfage on the outward movement only, provided
shipments have not been removed from the wharf or changed ownership.
Second. Coal may be rembved from the wharves and will be given free wharfage
when reshipped.
A. DOCKAGE
(1) All vessels handling export or import cargo shall pay for the use of shedded
wharves and all vessels loading grain shall pay a dockage of V2c per gross registered
ton per day.
(2) The above charges are to becomeeffective upon the arrival of vessel at wharf
or grain loading berth and each succeeding 24 hours after actual hour of berthing to
be considered a full day. Any part of day beyond the 24-hour period on date of departure to be considered a full day.
(3) In all cases dockage shall be calculated as above stated, and upon the basis
of straight running time while at wharves of the Port Commission.
(4) Dockage charge of 1Ac per gross registered
ton will be assessed for any
day during which a ship loads and unloads, both at facilities
of the Port Commission
and at any private wharf located in the Port of Houston, provided the ship changes
berth at least three working hours prior to the expiration of the 24-hour period on
which dockage charges have been assessed by wharf the ship is leaving.
(5) The Port Commission reserves to itself without question the right to admeasure all vessels when it deems it necessary, said admeasurement to be used by
the Port Commission as a basis for its charges.
(6) Vessels berthed at any wharf, whether shedded or open, that do not discharge cargo over said wharf .will be charged dockage at the rate of 1~c per gross
registered ton per day, or fractional part thereof.
(7) No charge will be made against vessels lying second out, provided such
vessels do not load or discharge cargo. If vessel loads or discharges while second out,
regular charge of 1~c per gross ton per day will be made.
(8) United States Custom House measurements will be used in determining
size of vessels.
(9) No dockage charge will be made against vessels using open wharves for
the loading of bulk sulphur, coal, oil, fruit, hones, or scrap.
(10) No dockage charge will be made against vessels engaged solely in coastwise
or inter-coastal business.
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SUBJECT
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Dockage
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Shed Hire
B. SHED HIRE
(1) Vessels of over 1,000 gross registered tons using shedded wharves for export
or import cargo, or using grain berths, will pay a shed hire charge of $50.0.0 per vessel,
provided that in case said vessels load or unload cargo at one private wharf in addition
to those of the Port Commission, the Port Commission will assess shed hire charge
of $40.00, and in case vessel uses two private wharves in addition to those of the Port
Commission, the Port Commission will assess shed hire charges of $30.00, and in case
the vessel uses three private wharves in addition to those of the Port Commission, the
Port Commission will assess shed hire charge of $20.00. Where two or three private
wharves are mentioned herein this means wharves of separate private ownership and
not two or three private wharves belonging to the same person, firm or corporation.
(2) Vessels of under 1,000 gross registered tons using shedded wharves for export or import cargo, or using grain berths, will pay shed hire charges one-half the
schedule provided in Section 1 hereof.
(3) No shed hire charge will be made against vessels engaged solely in coastwise and inter-coastal business.
(Continued)
Free Time
All traffic using wharves, unless under special lease agreement, shall be subjected
to the following free time, regulations and charges:
In addition to wharfage a charge will be made on cotton placed on wharves awaiting
shipment, as follows:
First15days................................................................................................
Free
For eachadditional day, or fractional part thereof ............................
lc per Square Bale
The charges against round bale cotton will be one-half of the above.
On all other commodities on the shedded wharves awaiting shipment the charges
will be as follows:
First15days....................................................................................................
Free
Next7 daysor fractionalpart thereof........................................................
10c per net ton
Next7 daysor fractionalpart thereof......................................................
10c per net ton
For each additional7 daysor fractional part thereof ..............................
5c per net ton
On all commodities on open wharves awaiting shipment, the charges will be as
follows:
First15days..................................................................................................
Free
Next7 daysor fractionalpart thereof....................................................
5c per net ton
Next7 daysor fractionalpart thereof..................................................
5c per net ton
For eachadditional 7 days or fractional part thereof ............................
2½c per net ton
The above charges will apply on shipments which the Port Commission allows
to remain on the wharves, but the Port Commission does not guarantee to allow any
shipment to remain on the wharves any particular length of time without prior arrangement.
The Port Commission does not engage in a business of storage or housing of
property on its wharves, and will not be responsible for loss or damage to property remaining thereon. All property landed or received on any of the wharves is thereafter
at the risk of the owner and the Port Commission reserves the right to remove any
or all of such property to any part of the wharves at their convenience and at the risk
and expense of the owner, or it may be removed and stored elsewhere than on the
wharves without notice and at the risk and expense of the owner, and the Port Commission will retain legal possession of all property so removeduntil all charges are paid.
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Water
A charge for water will be made at 20c per 1,000 gallons with a minimumcharge of
50c per each connection.
Whenthe Port Commission furnishes equipment and labor in connecting the vessels,
tanks and boilers up with the water meters on the piers, a service charge of two dollars
and fifty cents will be made.
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Electric Current
All electric current furnished steamships, their owners, agents, or stevedores,
shall be charged against steamship at the rate of five cents per K. W. hour, with a
minimum charge of 50c.
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Charges for
Escalators, Cranes
and
Conveying Equipment
on
Public Wharves
All steamships, their owners, agents and stevedores using cranes or conveying
equipment on the wharves and terminals shall be subject to the following charges:
ESCALATORS
Escalators on Wharf No. 1, one dollar and seventy-five
cents per hour. This
charge includes the operator.
Escalators on Wharf No. 4, one dollar and seventy-five cents per hour, per motor.
This charge includes the operator.
The above charges will be assessed on a continuous period of operation unless the
equipment shall have been shut down during operation for a period of two hours or
more, in which case if operator remains on duty, a charge of one dollar per hour will
be made.
Above charges apply on work days between 8 a. m. and 5 p.m. Overtime extra
charge will be one dollar per hour. Sundays and legal holidays extra charges will be
one dollar per hour.
PORTABLE CONVEYORS
Electric portable conveyors, twenty cents per hour per section, plus one dollar per
hour for operator. Charge for operator will be one dollar per hour, irrespective of the
number of sections used, provided sections being used are at one location. If sections
are being used at different locations, thus necessitating additional operators, charge
shall be one dollar per hour for each operator.
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SUBJECT
AND REGULATIONSmContinued.
RULES
The above charges will be assessed on a continuous period of operation unless the
equipment shall have been shut down during operation for a period of two hours or
more, in which case if operator remains On duty a charge of one dollar per hour will
be made.
Above charges apply on work days between 8 a. m. and 5 p.m. Overtime two dotlars per hour on Sundays and legal holidays.
STACKERS
Electric stacker, fifty cents per hour, plus one dollar per hour for operator. If
stacker is used in conjunction with portable conveyors, the charge for operator will
be eliminated from the stacker.
The above charges will be assessed on a continuous period of operation unless
the equipment shall have been shut down during operation for a period of two hours
or more, in which case if operator remains on duty a charge of one dollar per hour will
be made.
Above charges apply on work days between 8 a. m. and 5 p.m. Overtime two dollars per hour; on Sundays and legal holidays two dollars per hour.
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Public Wharves
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ELECTRIC CRANE
Charges for the use of electric crane at Wharf No. 4, including operator, are
$3.50 per hour on work days between 8 a. m. and 5 p.m. Charges between 5 p. m. and
8 a. m. on work days and on Sundays and legal holidays, including operator, will be
$4.50 per hour.
Subject to the approval of the Wharf Superintendent,
users of the crane may
employ their own operators, in which case a charge of $2.50 per hour for the use of
the crane will be made, day or night.
The above charges will be assessed on a continuous period of operation, unless
the equipment shall have been shut down during operation for a period of two hours
or more, in which case if the operator remains on duty, a charge of $1.00 per hour
’will be made on work days between 8 a. m. and 5 p. m. and between 5 p. m. and 8
a. m. on work days and on Sundays and legal holidays, a charge of $2.00 per hour
will be made.
The above charges covering escalators, portable conveyors, stackers and electric
crane includes electric current.
LOCOMOTIVE CRANES
Charges for locomotive crane, including cost of operator and fuel, shall be as follows:
Sundays and
With
Between 8 a. m. and 5 p.m.
Labor Holidays
Buckets
Work Days
8 a. m.to 5 p.m. Additional
For8-hour
days................................................
$30.0,0
$38.00
$5.00
For not to exceedone hour’s work................
10.00
12.00
1.00
15.00
20.00
2.00
1 to 3 hours’work
............................................
20.00
25.00
3 to 4 hours’work............................................
3.00
25.00
30.00
4 to 6 hours’work............................................
4.00
30.00
38.00
5.00
6 to 8 hours’work
............................................
From 5 p. m. until 8 a. m. charges for locomotive cranes, including the cost of
operator and fuel will be $5.00 per hour, if crane is being used on a continuous period
of operation which began after 8 a. m. and before 5 p. m.
Whenbeginning work at or after 5 p. m. and up until 8 a. m. charges will be $12.0’0
per hour for the first hour, and $5..00 per hour thereafter.
For one hour’s work or
fraction thereof, $12.00.
Between 5 p. m. and 8 a. m. charge for clamshell buckets will be seventy-five
cents (75c) per hour for each bucket.
Steamship agents, owners or operators using the generator at Wharf No. 10 will
be assessed a charge of fifty cents per hour in addition to current while generator is
being operated.
A charge of $15.00 will be assessed against steamships, their owners, agents or
stevedores making application for locomotive cranes and cancelling same after operator has been employed and crane made ready for operation.
Headquarters for locomotive cranes will be maintained at Wharf No. 10 or shop
adjacent thereto, and any user desiring them elsewhere shall be responsible for and
pay cost of switching, both to location desired and return to Wharf No. 10, of cranes
moved by him to the other location, provided, if crane has been switched by the user
away from Wharf No. 10 and is then transferred
to another user making application
for it, the second user shall be responsible for and pay switching charges back to
Wharf No. 10 upon his completion of use of crane unless crane is again turned over
to another user at the same location when the same condition will apply.
80
November,
HOUSTON PORT AND CITY
BUYING
THOMAS RICE
& CO.
POWER OF
FOUR
BILLIONS
ANDMORE
62,171 squaremiles of trade empire, tenantedby 2,033,565 inhabitants, with an estimatedpurchasingpowerof $4,054,893.00,
invites intensive exploitationby Houston
enterprise.
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This trade area bears the samerelation to Houstonas did
the Klondiketo the Pacific Coast, with every modernfacility
for development
cast in the balance.
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of industries capable of supplying a prosperouscommunity
of
states and countries beyondthe sea, with "madein Houston
Products."
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