Vol 4 No 3 Summer Edition 1958

• cC>IC. VOL. 4
NO.3
SUMMER EDITION 1958
A BIG LIj;T FOR LONG BEACH
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A Big lift for lon9 Beach ..
PORT PERSONALITIES
...................... Pege , .................... _.... .. 'ag81 ), ... 8. 12. Ii>. 17, 18 From Butcher to
Bahr
............................. 'a98 S Porl Penoneliti.l: Henry Jachon._
........... ' .. 9. 7 New Horne for M{lrine T.rmirHIh .... .. .. .... ...................... ........ ... ' .. g8 9 Hoi Am., Retire) ...................__ ._. . ........................................." P.. 98 10 Binnacl. Bill'. log .....
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Sart.r Treah 'Em Right!..
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'ori BUline" Directory .................. _..
........ In.id. bad cover
HlIrbor Map
HARBOR COMMISSIONERS ............... Pr.lident Joseph F. Bishop.
Harry
..Vice. Prelident E. Ridings, Jr....
.......... S.cr.tory M. W. D.ubney.
John p, D..,is .........................
Williem A. Herrington ....
..... .................Comminion.r ........... ..... ....... .......... ..Commiu.ion.r STAFF
C . l . Viden..
Thoma, Thorley..
Alvin K. Maddy..
M. T. Courson ..
Fronk J. Hardedy...
.....G.neral Manager
........................Ant. General Manager
. .Ex.cutive S.cr.tory
... ....... Chief Accounting Offic.r ........... ..... .. ...Chi.f P.troleum Engin •• r B. N. Hoffmuter..
.....Chi.f Harbor Enginur
E. F. Manning ..
.. ....... Port Traffic Manag.r Robert H. M.tzgar..
Orlo R. Peugh ..
.......... Dir.etor of Public Relations ..............Chi.f Maintenance Engineer Val J. Dealer.... ... Chi.f EI.ctrical, M.chanical and Plant Supervisor Roy E. N.I,on..
.. ......... Chief Wharfing.r COVER PHOTO
The world'i largest for~lift provid., loh of mUIcle power at the
Port. See "A Big lift for long Beach" on facing page.
INTRODUCING CHESLEY W. LUMBERT
On the wall behind the
desk of Chesley W, Lumbert,
Port Supervisor of Slores
and Properties. hangs his
certificate of membership in
a great fraternity-a Master
Mariner's license, testimony
to his 16 year. at sea, So
technically,
it's
Captain
Lumbert; hut everyone calls
bim "Ches" and that's all
right with him.
This smi1ing man was
born in Malden, Mass., and
arrived in tbe Long Beach area in 1945. Cbes went to
work for the city eight years ago, and for the Port in
1952. His business is the control by requisition and
otherwise of the receipt and issuance of all maintenance
rnalerial and personal property such as cars, office
furniture. etc., used by the Harbor Department.
Under Ches's direction is a staff of 17 men, inc1uding
four storekepers, six cler~ and seven laborers. His
section is a part of the Maintenance Division under Orlo
Peugh, chief maintenance engineer.
Maritime life for Ches began with his enrollment in
the Massachusetts Nautical School from which he grad.
uated in 1932, He obtained his license as Third Mate
and went to work for the Black Diamond and Isthmian
steamship lines sailing around-the·world routes for
seven years.
"It was on one of those voyages," Ches said, thought­
fully, "that we ran into a typhoon between Saipan and
Manila, We had a bad time, but we made it; heard
later thai four steamers went down in that blow."
That wasn't the only bad storm Ches encountered at
sea. When he was a cadet aboard the Massachusetts school·
.hip sailing off the New Jersey coa.t, a West Indian hurri·
cane overtook the bark.rigged vessel. The winds of ter.
rifie force heeled her over 53 degrees, swept the storm
trysails out of the rigging, washed all lileboats away, and
bent inboard the side of ber Swedish steel hull, She was
the Nantucket, now moored in cement at the United
States Merchant Marine Academy. While ashore, Ches
attended officers' training at New London's Merchant
Marine Training Station and continued on there teach­
ing navigation. mathematics, compass compensation, and
ship construction. Later, he taught aerial navigation to
pilots in Pan American's Atlantic Division and at the
school in the University of Miami for cadets of the
United States Army and the Royal Air Force. He cui·
minated his teaching career as Head of the Division of
Navigation at the United Stales Merchant Marine Acad·
emy at Great Neck, New York,
"I like teaching," commented Ches in passing. "1
lound that I could impart knowledge to the students, all
right. However, tbe Marilirne Service assigned me as
Executive Officer in the American Seafarer. its training
ship stationed in Long Beach. She was a converted
passenger ship and we cruised off Catalina Island. ]
was a lieutenant commander in the Maritime Service
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A driver's-eye view of the big Clar~ CY-400 for~-lift in oper­
ation. Controh at left generally are for movement of the machine
itself. Those on the right are for co ntrol of the lifting mechanism.
Over the driver's head is a heavy steel guard as protection against
f"lI ing weighh or materi"ls.
A BIG LIFT FOR LONG BEACH
The Long Beach Harbor Department points with
pride, these days, to THE world's largest fork-lift - and
the only one like it on the Pacific Coast, at this writing
- The Clark CY-400, property of Pacific Far East Lines,
Inc. , a steamship Company at Berth 7 on Pier A.
The "400" sta nds for a lilt capacity of 40,000 pounds,
helieve it or not. This great machine was introduced here
for use by Coastwise Line, in the handling of 2,OOO-pound
rolls of paper consigned to this area . But so versatile
has it proved. according to Joh n D_ Davis, PFEL port
captain, that it now handJes everything from anti· freeze
to zincite.
The paper·handling operation involved newsprint
produ~ed
in a mill at Oregon City, Ore. In shipping,
the one· ton rolls are metal.strapped to specially fabricated
steel pallets, also weighing a ton apiece, made for use
with the big fork-lift. The pallets are seven feet wide and
17 long, and are suitable for lifts by not only the Clark,
but also by ship's rigging and Ross stradd le carriers.
Each pallet accommodates 10 rolls, which weig h 10 tons,
and can take up to 25,000 pounds.
In Portland, the pallets are bandied first by a 40,000­
lb. capadty fork-lift with a special lifth wheel, which
fits under the pallet. Tbe pallets are then lifted aboard
ship by means of ship's gea r SO arranged as to handle
them, loaded, without touching the newsprint.
Arriving in Long Beach, the pallets are unloaded in
reverse. The fully loaded pallets, paper and all, are dis-
cha rged to the wbarf by cargo handling gea r of the
Coastwise ship, SS Coast Progress, wbere they are picked
up by Ross ca rriers and transported into the transit
shed. When the shipment has been completely cbecked,
tbe huge Clark CY·400 comes into play, picking up the
loaded pallets easily and gently loading them on flatbed
trucks.
Palletizing of the roDs will pennit the truckers to
carry 20 rolls at a time, compared with the 18 they
handle under the present method. This will reduce truck·
er cost, as the tru cks are loaded and unloaded at a much
faster rate. Through the faster loading and unloading,
lurn-around time for the ship will be greatly reduced,
thereby making avai lable a greater number of sailings.
Previous in -transit damage to newsprint has been
irksome, say the line representatives. Claims are expected
to be materially redu ced as the rolls will not be touched
after being placed on the pallets.
Another advantage of the new method will be the
elimination of the necessity for the mill to employ heavy
wrappers now placed on each roB. A sma ll, lightwei ght,
ucolJar" is expected to be a satisfactory substitute, result·
ing in a saving to the mill.
]n addition to providing a fast, efficient method of
handling newsprint, the combination of 20-ton Clark
Fork·Lifts and Ross Carriers using the specially designed
pallets are daily proving their effectiveness in the hand­
ling of other types of merchandise in one of the world's
husiest harbors.
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Through thi! revolutionary cargo handling method, it
is hoped that interest in coastal water transportation will
be revived. Coastwise Line is the sole remaining sched­
uled carrier operating in the coastal trade_ This trade,
prior to the Second World War, numbered 36 carriers
operating 89 vessels. The vessels were taken over by
the Government at the outbreak of the war_ A majority
of them were lost in action. After the war, due to the
increased handling costs, many operators left the coastal
trade for more lucrative fields. Others found that they
could not operate profitably and withdrew.
Coastwise Line is investing nearly 830,000 in an
all-out effort to increase water·borne tonnage, and to
affo~d shippers a low cost, damage-free transportation
servlce_
Convinced of the real advantage to shippers of this
new addition to the Port of Long Beach's famed mechan­
ized handling of cargoes, HARBOR HIGHLIGHTS ask­
ed for a ride_ With Mr. Davis as guid e, we climbed up
the high side of the big fork while he, in the driver's
seat, started t.he motor. Then we sat there_ A peculiar
buzzing sound came from the innards, but we didn't go.
" That buzzer tells you that the air pressure isn' t up
to standard yet," Da vis explained. " When it gets up
there, the buzzer quits. "
" Why bother with the huzzer?"
"It's so the operator doesn't get in and start off with­
out any brakes," the PFEL man said. "Around here,
anything could happen," and he glanced at the wharf
edge and the deep water beyond.
Finally the air-pressure gauge showed operating pres­
~ure, and off we went. Davis had, in gen eral, four levers
on the steering post - the steering, by the way, is pow­
ered, and a child could handle the thing. These four
levers, when worked, showed the observer why this big
fork-lift is the only one of its kind, and why it is some­
thing special and unu sual in the whole literature of
fork-lifts anyway.
"This lever gives you two speeds forward and back­
ward," Davis demonstrated. "This lever raises and lowers
the forks. Any fork-lift has those_ But now watch this
lever," and with the proper motion, the operator caused
the big forks out in front of the machine to move apart
or together at will, not hath at one time, but separately.
"You've never seen that on a fork.lift before," Davis
explained, as we headed out across the railroad tracks
and toward the great stacks of steel pallets ready for use
when the need arose. "Ordinary fork .lifts can have their
forks widened or centered, al1 ri?,ht, but you have La do
it with a wrench and a hammer. '
Then, with the lifting lever in pOSitIOn, the
Port captain let the forks run up to full height - ten feet!
"That's a record, too," Mr. Davis pointed out. " And
here's another one: This fork-lift ha s a built·in scale: so
you can tell within three per cent what the weight of
your load is."
Then the operator tilted th e fork s up in the air, to
show how the capacity of the machin e could be increased
by throwing more of the weight in against the mechan·
ism rather than out on the fork tips.
"Like all fork-lifts, this one exerts its maximum lift­
ing power at a point on the forks nearer the machine
than the fork tip. On the CY-4.00 that point is 2112 feet
out from the elbow in the fork," the spokesman went on_
;"We can overload this machine and gel 45 1000-pound
lifts and more out of it, if we fix th e load inward of that
point. For instance, recently we used the lift to raise one
end of a big van which we estimated weighed 45,000 Ibs_
Loading ten tons of paper aboard a large transport truck, the
has no trouble lifting the II-to" 'o~d -the pallet
ton, it seems. Coastwi5e line, for which Pacific Far
East line is agent here, says the increased h"ndling capdcity of
the Clar~ CY·400 speeds ship tUf"around time i" the Port, and so,
in a sen5e, pays for itself.
Clar~ CY·400
al~o weighs a
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But to accomplish that, we chained one end of the van
the lilt frames, so the machine had all (he best of (he
leverage. It could have done even better, with the use
of a bridle arrAngement like that."
The inevitable question foUowed:
"What would happen il yo u tried to lift 60,000
pounds with it?"
The answer was even more obvious than the question,
if that 's possible.
"The back end 01 the lork-lift would come up." Then
Mr. Davis explained that the lifting components operate
on a fulcrum consisting of the front wheels. It is actuaUy
the weight of the 105 h.p. Hercules engine and rear
masses 01 the fork-lift that hold it down and keep it from
rearing up into the ai r at a 40,000 pound lih on the fork s.
After running over to the stacked pallets, testing th e
forks on them, and backing and filling to show the ma ­
cbine's grea t responsiveness, we headed back.
Silting up there by the driver, you ha ng on. It
would be seven or eight feet down to th e pavement jf
yo u let tbe grab-iron go and tumbled off. Or you could
hold onto th e sun-shade overhead ...
" It 's not a sun·shade," Mr. Da vis explained, patient ·
Iy. "It's there in case somet hing falls off the fork and
toward the driver when he is carrying a high load."
Sometimes you wonder, out around the Port, whetber
sbippers really know to what lengtllS the H arbo rm en
and th e steamship companies go to serve them. This
830,000 steel monster, for instance -wouldn't it have
been enough to stick to the old, smaller fork-lift'?
You can hea r the answer coming before it gets th ere
- in the aggressive spi fit of the ruen who se rve world
trade at the Port of Long Beacb:
"No. Nothing's too good for our shippers. And if
there's a still bigger fork·lift around one 01 these days.
a nd our services to our shipping customers ca n be
improved by using it -look for us to have one! II
You can't beat that, in any port.
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TAX EXEMPTIONS ALLOWED
Exemptions from pe rsona] property taxes are now
allow ed ships over 1,000 tons under co nstru ction in
California. Cover nor Knight has signed a bill into la\'."
to that effect. The bill was introduced by Assemblyman
Vincent Thomas of San Pedro at the special session of
the legislat ur e. The governor said the enactment of th e
law alone could help crea te 50,000 new jobs in th e
shipyards_
C. W . LUMBERT
continued from inside front cover
then. Winners of Southern California War Bond drives
were reward ed by day-long cruises aboard her ."
Soon after V-] Day, Ches spent several years sailing
for the Ocea nic Navigation Company between the West
Coast and Australia.
But cchome is the sailor," and Ches and Dorothy
Lumbert now live nt 2880 Stanbridge Avenu e in Long
Beach.
"The sea is all rigbt, but you don't make fast friend·
ships ou t there," said Ches. Now h e plays golf, shoot­
ing around 90, and is active in Toastmasters, being a
past presiden t of City Toasters, Club No. 518.
Would he go back to sea if the chance came?
"I like it here,': said Captain Lumbert, with an easy
smile.
BISH OP NAMED BOARD PRESIDENT
Joseph F. Bishop, member of the Board of Harbor Commi~~ion­
en for three years, took over .!II board president on July L
Bi~hop ,
president of Walker's Department Store. replaced
WUiam A. Harrington in the harb or board's top office. Harring­
ton is manager of Bethlehem Pacific Coast Steel Corporation's
shi pyard on Terminal Island .
Other new officers elected by the board in June incl ude H. E.
Ridings , Jr., as vice president, replacing Bishop , and Maurice
Daubney, supplanting Ridings as secretary.
Bishop, a native of Iowa , was named to the boa rd June 28,
1955. Hi~ appointment will npire July I, 1961. Before joining
the herbor board , he was president of the Board of Water Com­
mil sioners.
IOARD APPROVES NEW PIERS
Two co ntracts totaling more than 85,000,000 were
authorized June 16 by the Board of Harbor Commission­
ers for dredging, rock diking and jett y co nstru ctio n of
two new piers which will extend from th e sout hern por·
tiOD of Pier A.
A 52,596,250 contract will b. awarded to Utah
Dredging Coo, San Francisco, for dredging 6,500,000
cubic yards of fill to form the two new piers, F and C.
Graham Bros., Inc., 1512 W. 7t h St., will be given
a 82,54.2,500 contract for co nstru clion of rock dikes to
form outli nes of the piers and also for formation of a rock
jetty to provide protection from sur ge for ships docking
at the new piers.
Pier F , to furnish ground area for two berths, will
include 25.5 acres of newly crea ted lan d . Pier G: whicb
will add 10 new berths, will cover 50.6 acres.
The job will be completed within two years, Chief
Harbor Engineer Bob Hoffmaster said. TrAnsi t shed
con tracts will be let later, he said .
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INDIAN VISITORS AT !'ORT
Negoti4tion of o! $43 million loan from the World Ban~ for port
and harbor im provements by the Government of Incli., was reported
here Mareh 31 by Ra9ghuvansh L. Gupta, Indien secretary of
transport.
Gupta, with fo ur other Indian officials, ..... \u guest of the Harbor
Department at a luncheon in Long Beach, at which he spoke of his
country', pl.!!ns for improving its h<!lrbor fllcilities . Will iam A.
Harrington, president of the Bo"rd o f Harbor CommiHionen,
presided.
The World Bank loan is in addition to a proposed $500 million
lo.!!n from the United States Government, for the Hlme general
purpose. The money will go for new berths and equipment for
Indian po rts, and the dredging of harbors to h"ndle deep-drafi
veuels. ClI[cuHa, Bombay and Madras are the largest harbon,
with CalcuHa's cargo volume at more than 9,000.000 tons.
Also head of the Indian tourist bureau, Gupta s<'Iid that nation
anticipated a 20 per cent incre,ne in visitors this year over the
70,000 total for last year.
In the group pictured above, left to right, are: R. K. Mitra,
chairman of the CalcuHa Porl CommiHion; R. L. Gupta , secretary
of transpo rt, Government of Ind;a; W. A. Harrington , president,
Long Beach Harbor Commission; S. N. Sen, solicitor general, Gov­
ernment of India; and T. M. Mal.ani, chief engineer, Calcutta
Port Commission.
Accompanying Gupta on the tour were Menn. Sen, Mitra,
Malkani, and M. Sham Singh, manager of the Indian tourist office.
Fro m here the group, after inspecting th e harbors of Long
Beach and Los Angeles, left fo r San Franci,co.
CARONIA CALLS
The IUl(ury liner Caronia , which docked in the Port of Long
Beach Saturday, May 10, on the final leg of her world-girdling
run, enters the outer harbor, watched by hundreds of Port visitors.
The CaTonia, of ).4,000 tons , left the Port early Sunday, the nerl
day, with 4101 passengers aboard, to head for New York harbor.
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Pre sent to hear good news from a Japanese shipping company
official on May 21 were long Beach Porl officials and shipping
men. Pictured here are , left to right , John Para lieu, Westfal­
l,.Tsen Co.; G. Martin, General Stevedoring Co.; guest of honor
Y. Arimori; Will i,.rn A. Harrington, Harbor Board President; M. H.
OlltwllY, Kerr Steamship Co.; and G. K. Westerman, Kerr Steam­
ship Co.
JAPANESE LINE !'LANS MORE SHI!'S
A J apanese steamship line executive told Long Beach
Harbor Commissioners Wednesday, May 21, his com­
pany plans to a ugm ent service here by at least 12
additional ship a rriv als a year.
Yoshikiyo Arim ori, owner's representative of Kaw a­
saki Ki sen Kai sha, Ltd., was guest of honor at a dinner
in Brower's Restaurant, wiLh Long Beach Harbor Com­
missio ne rs as hosts.
Special occasion for the celebra tion was the " K"
Line's announcement of four new 13,OOO- ton, 20·knot
vessel5. to join the company's 45·ship fleet , beginning in
Novembe r.
Addition of the new ships will mean an increase in
;'K" vessel arrivals here from 84 yea rly to 96, according
to Mervyn H . Oatway, Southern District manager for the
Kerr Steamship Co., the Japanese line's agents.
The new frei ghters, which will carry 12 passe ngers,
will be placed on the line's Japan·to-New York run. Most
of the ot her "K" ships calling here are of 10,500 tons,
with a speed of }4..5 knots and ply routes from lap an to
New York, South America, th e Caribhean and South
Africa.
Other guests at the dinner included top harbor de­
partment executives and local terminal and stevedoring
representativE's connected with the Japanese line's oper·
ations here.
LEILANI REGoISTRY CHANGoED
The port of registry of the passenger liner Leilani ,
owned by Hawaiia n Tex tron, Inc., was officially changed
10 Honolulu, in shipboard ceremonies on April 16.
Heavy tallow trailers line d up in front of the Baker Rendering
plant at the Harbor show by co mparison the size of the .steblilh-
ment. Just opposite the foremost treil"r ere the upper and low.r
elements of the scele hopper for weighing shipments.
FROM BUTCHER TO BAKER This is the slory of a Port of Long Beach industry
that cooks meat which nohody eats-keeps "hogs" but
never sells pork-tries to get fat when most of us struggle
to stay thin-and whose superintendent has even been
known to bathe in . yellow kitchen grease:
All in a manner of speaking, of course-it's the
Baker Rendering Company, whose newly painted steel
tanks shine brightly at Pier D, Berth 30, where the
tankers come alongside to load the company's products.
According to Sam Porto, superintendent of Ihe tank
farm on Pier D, the enterprise was launched in 1946 by
Frank Jerome, president of Baker Rendering Company
as the California Extraction Company of Norwalk. It
was under that name that the Pier D installation was
ereeted. Since then, the business has expanded under Mr.
Jerome's management and that of his brothers) Paul and
Barney. Today, Baker Rendering Company has seven
subsidiaries under the 'd irection of the general manager,
Frank Shultz, and business manager, L. J. Frederick,
who is also export manager.
Baker Rendering Company, as the parent company,
with headquarters at 4020 Bandini Blvd. in Los Angeles.
and the rendering plant at 4073 Bandini Blvd. provides
the trucking, storage, and does the exporting for all the
allied companies who are located from Imperial VaJJey to
Fresno, and as far east as Albuquerque, New Mexico,
with a large plant in the city of Phoenix, Arizona .
With trus volume of tallow at its disposal, Baker
Rendering has become the largest exporter of taUow and
grease on the Pacific Coast with six to eight vessels
puUing into Pier D each month to have their deep tanks
filled with hulk tallow.
It has the distinction of heing the only company on
the Pacific Coast large enough to furnish a fun cargo of
hulk tallow . This was accompl ished last February when
a Japanese tanker loaded a complete cargo of 5,000 tons
at Pier D in Long Beach.
As the record shows, the company now control s sev­
eral rendering plants at which tallow is derived from the
inedihle fat, suet, and bones from packing houses, butcher
shops, and other sources. In th e order of operation, the
company has more tban 40 pick-up routes to gather it s
materials (some raw and some cooked) over a wide ter­
ritory in Los Angeles and Orange Counti es. Specially
deSi gned trucks do mo~t of (h is work. Containers left at
the gathering points are wheeled to the tru cks, which
swing them up and into the truck body by means of a
lifting arm, dumping out the contents and returning the
containers to the ground. For smaller routes, pick·up
trucks are hand loaded. Beef, mutton, an d pork remnants
are gathered in this manner.
With a full load, the truckmen cover the materials
with a tarpaulin and take them to the rende ring plants,
where the materials are dumped into the receiving hop­
pers. First operation then is the elevation of the rna·
terials hy a large screw conveyor into what rendering
men call "the hog" (a great crushing machine that
breaks up the meat pieces, bones, and fat so that they
can be cooked more readily.) Then the output of the
Uhog" is carried to the cookers by the screw conveyors
where it is cooked in big steam jacketed kettles. From
the cookers, the material goes into a sieve-bottom dump
pan, and the tallow drops through the sieve to be collected
below. The heat of the cooking is maintained at 240
Fahrenheit in order to kill all hacteria and a stahilizing
co mpound is added so that the fat doesn't hecome rancid.
The meat scraps left in the dump pan, far from
merely residue, are an important part of the plant's prod­
ucts. The scraps. or cracklings, as they are termed, are
sent to expellers which grind up the meat further and
squeeze out the remaining tallow. The tallow is collected
in cone bottom tanks, water· washed and sent to storage,
much of which is held in the big tanks on Pier D for
export.
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Th pumping .ystem, composed of headers, valves and pumping
unih. , u5ed by Baker tank farm management to transfer mo·
lanes nto and out of th. plant. All parts ere kept neatly painted .
The cracklings, on the olher hand, having been dri ed
out by the expeJJers, go to a storage bin, where they are
ground, sacked, and sold as meat meal. As all who
understand the poultry feed business know, meat meal
is a vital ingredient of chi·cken feeds. This product is
sold not by weight or by volume alone, as mi gbt be
expecte'd, but by the units of protein.
Asked why all the fat derived in the rendering is
called tallow and never lard, Sam Porto gave the follow­
ing explanation:
"Th e fat from hogs is made into lard, tbat IS the
edible portion . The inedible portion is made into 'white
grease,' a commercially valuable product used in the
soap indu stry because of its low titre. The material from
the butcher shops contains some pork, but there ' isn't
enough to cbange the charactcristics of the tallow, which
js made from beef and mutton.
The tallow that comes to Pier D from the Baker
Rendering Company pJant in Los Angeles CODJes in
liquid form for ease in handling. It is brougbt down
promptly in tank tru.cks to prevent it from solidifying.
However, trucks, cars, and storage tanks alike are equip­
ped for an easy solution to that problem of solidificati on
by virtue of built-in stearn pipes and coils, through which
beat can be sent to liquify the contents. The same is
true of railroad tank cars, in which some of the com­
pany's products arrive at the pier.
The tallow is transferred from the car or tru ck into
the storage tanks through a lour·inch OS&D hose (oil
suction and di sc harge) line by means of gear pumps at
the plant. Sam said it took him 12 minutes per truck to
move the 22 truck tons into storage. Total capacity of
the bulk storage tanks is 15,000 metric tons. When a
tankship comes alongside for loading, Sam indicated his
men used a 4-inch OS&D line to carry the pre· heated
tallow aboard ship, at a rate of 150 to 200 tons an hour.
After the loading operation is finished, the hose alLd plant
lines are cleaned by air and steam.
Tallow as an industrial product is carefull y graded
and sold by grade. Standard grades are: Extra fan cy,
fancy, bleachable, and prime. Consi derabl y below tbe
standard tallow grades are yellow grease and brown
grease, the latter the lowest-priced of all . But extra
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{ancy, according to Sam Porto, is not always just that.
There is a premium extra fancy, and nOn· premium. It
depends on the quality, and the quality fluctuates some·
rimes.
But tallow is not the only product at the big tank
fa rm on the pier. There's another story that belongs
here - molasses.
Tallow is mad e from raw stuIfs gathered IocaUy and
shipped, about 95 per cent of it, overseas to Japan for
use in soap·making. Molasses mov es in the opposite di­
rection. It comes in by sell, from the sugar producing
areas of South America, Cuba . Me- xico and Hawaii in
5mall tankships, or in the d ~ep tanks of the cargo freight­
ers. Unloaded raw into the compan y' s huge, heavily built
3teel tank s, it is diluted to make it suitable for handling,
and shippe'd out to li ve stock feeders and ranchers for
their uses in the feed lots. It is interesting to note that
the molasses tanks are of 3/ 8" steel in the two bottom
rings, then 5/ 16" for the next two courses, followed
upw ard by tw o courses of 1/ 4" and finally the top one
of 3/ 16", with the tank roof of 3/ 16" to 10 gauge. The .
tallow tanks are of 5/ 16" up to 3/ 16" steel, with less
5lrength requ ired owing to taUow' s lighter weight.
According to Sam Po rto , the tank farm is equipped
to handle not onl y taUow and molasses, but also com­
mercial oils---eoconut, cottonseed, palm and other inedible
oils. All the necessary equipment is there, including a
fairbanks scale that will handle 80,000 pounds (40
tons) even though the weigbing bopper's capacit y is
48,000, and the various pumps. With bis assistant, Sam
man ages, operates, works and e ve~ paints and scrubs the
big tank farm to keep it clean and efficient.
"I have to get right down to it," Sam said, and that
reminded him:
The grease bath episode, he said, came when the plant
was pumping yellow grease ahoard ship. Estimatino­
that the scale hopper was nearly empty, Sam ordered
more grease out of the tanks and into the hopper. But
meanwhile, unnoticed by him, the main ship-line pump
had quit. Thus the hoppe r, instead of being rapidly
emptied, was in effect stopped up. In came the grease,
running at about 120" F. into the top hopper far over
Sam's head. The hopper filled fast and flowed over. It
caught Sam flat-footed below, with several dozen barrels
of ~,rease do."'n his neck. And it kept r!.ght on c~ming.
That mIght not have been so bad, ' Sam gnnned,
"but you can't keep your feet under you in that stuff.
Every time I took a step, I flopped again. Finally, I
managed to crawl out of it on my hands and knees. The
grease was cooling fast and sticking to me. When I got
out of there, 1 was practically a large moving lump of
yellow grease."
Asked if the grease burned him, he said no. It was
just about bath-water hot for a tallow man. And that 's
whAt it took-gallons of it-to restore him to Sam Porto
again .
Employed only four years ago as a clerk, the super·
intendent earned his chance to run the tank farm. Now
he can stay outdoors all day long and be the boss of his
la yout. He has the clean ocean westerly to keep him
cool and the pretty blue water all around to look at.
Sam Porto is a happy man, grease bath or none. At
least, he should be.
Back to the more serious side, the ha rbor tank farm
was built under the direction of Keith Engineering
PORT PERSONALITIES
INTRODUCING HENRY JACKSON
If a man is to be measured
by the good he does, then Henry
Jackson of th'e Harbor Depart.
ment stands tall among all of us.
Besides being a driver, gar­
dener and messenger at the
Port Administration Building,
he teaches Sunday School at
Christ's Second Baptist Church
at 14th Street and California
Here is an aeriol view of the tan~ farm of Ba~er Rendering
Company on Pier 0, Port of long Buch. rallow, grease, and mo­
loue5 are nored in the big tanh while awaiting shipment to or
from foreign mar~ets.
Company, an allied company, which not only designs tanks
but specializes in rendering plants and equipment. Most
of the rend ering plants on the Pacific Coast have at least
part of their equipment made by Keith Engineering Com·
pany. During one of his many trips abroad Frank Jerome
saw the need for modern rendering equipment in Aus·
tralia and he proceeded to establish a company there
known as the Keith Engineering Company of Australia
Pty., Ltd. It is nOw engaged in modernizing the plants
in that area. Some of the large specialized machinery is
exported from the United States through this harbor.
Avenue.
Henry came out of deep
Louisiana, and learned to help
his father at his job as carpenter. When he was 16,
the young fellow left home and went to Texas to make
his way, a carpenter· helper by then. He stayed in Dallas
for a numher of years. In 1932, he came to Long Beach
to live.
"My first job in Long Beach was a long one," Henry
said, quietly. HI started at the Jergins Trust Building
as janitor, and there I stayed for ll~ years."
Henry explained that he had had his eye on civil
service, but when he applied, the civil service people
found out what the Jergins Trust building management
Ihoughl of him, so they wouldn't lake him away.
"Those people at Jergins Trust Building are good
friends of tbe City," the civil service clerk told Henry.
"We've found out they think you are all righi, Henry.
So we don't want to hurt them by taking you away."
Think of Ihat, now!
But war came, and Henry wanted to get into war
work. So he gained employment at the Bethlehem Sleel
plant as a painter-helper, staying until 1948, when he
went to work for the Harbor Department. And from what
one hears there, it would be even harder to ge t Henry
away from the Harbor Department than it was from
Ihe Jergins Trust Building.
"Henry's invaluable around here," Al Maddy, secre­
lary 10 the Board of Harbor Commissioners, told HAR·
BOR HIGHLIGHTS. "He does a 101 of our driving for
us, carries mail, and is mighty helpful in many ways.
HARBOR HIGHLIGHTS is nol Ihe firsl publicalion
to recognize Henry 1 ackson. Three years ago, he was
featured in an article in "The Municipal Employee,"
published by the Long Beach Cily Employees Associalion.
Writin g about the 1acksons~ home life, the article
sai d:
"The gracious welcome of Mr. Jackson and his 10veI y
wife and the quiet , tranquil conversation that ensues is
SO relaxing that time is forgotten. There is no 'preaching,'
only past experiences shared and controversial problems
gently by-passed. You leave rested, spiritually refreshed,
OUTBOARD RACE HELD
and wilhal amazed by tbis humble man whom you had
Herold Weborn, right, race chairman for the San Diego Out­
boord C lub, occepts a trophy from Darlene Bloomfield, queen of
the long Seoch Outboard Club, ond Charles Viders, now
generol monager of the long Buch Port. The trophy was donated
by the Port to the Cotalina Island to Long Beach roce, which was
held Sunday, June 22 . Of the 89 storters, driver Jod Ward and
rider Pot Murphy ploced first, also e~tabli~hin9 a new record of
38 minutes flot for the 25.5 mile run.
met casually many times during your tenure with the
City, and yel had only really mel Ihrough a chance word
from a fellow employee. You feel you have been honored
to meet Henry 1ackson, a man who not only teaches
Ihe Golden Rule, bul lives il every day of his life."
Henry makes his home with his wife, Carrie Mae, at
1091 Myrlle Ave., Long Beach. They have a son now
Jiving in Dallas, Texas.
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ORIENT & PACIFIC OFFICIALS HERE
Long Beach Herbor Commjuionen and officials .ere gueds
of Sir Donald Anderlon, deputy ch.irman of the Orient & Pacific
Lines, at " luncheon held April 15 at Brower', restaurant.
Included in the group wete, left to right. Maurice Bunting.
North American manager for O&P; Commissioner Joseph Bishop;
Sir Donald; Commission en John P. Davis and M. W. Daubney; and
Porl Gener,,1 Manager E. J. Amar.
The newly otganhed Orient & Pacific Lines plan to bring
eight passenger ships into Pacific trade, with Long Beach II porl
\
of call.
Minimum fares and ,ailing schedule for the Orient & Pacific
Lines' trans-Pacific service bet••• n the Wed Coast and the Fat
E,nt were mad. public recently by Mr. Bunting.
Four sailings each wey nert year will launch the new service.
O&P's South Pacific service linking the West Coast with Australia,
New Zealand and Suva, will utilize the Orsova, Or onsay, Orcades
and Himalaya , all f"st IUlury liner •.
The range of fares from Lon9 Beach, San francisco or Vancouver
to Yokohama il $344 to $546 depending on clau of accommodation.
Travel agencies have been notified. Bunting said, concernin9
the schedule and rate. for the new .ervice. The Pacific operation
of O&P wal developed by O&P .11 an ertension of the pre.ent
O,ient Line ~rvice between the Coa.t and Australia·New Z.aland.
The reception given the Orient Line in ih service led to the
establishment of the new concept of P.cific .ervice as worked out
by the Orient & Pacific Lines. At the time of the unouncement
of the formation of O&P, company 5pok.sm.n declared that this
would become the lergest commercial panenger operation in the
Pacific.
SHIP GETS LARGEST DRY CARGO
The largest single shipment of dry cargo ever to
leave a Southern Californi a port, 16,464. tons of ferti·
lizer, was loaded aboard the ore carrier Fotini at Pier D.
Long Beach Harbor, in May.
More than 250 rail cars were required to deliver thc
fertilizer here from processing plants in New Mexico and
California. Metropolitan Stevedore Co. was in cha rge
of the three·day loading job, which involved use of the
port's bulkloader.
The Fotini, which wil1 deliver the material to Kao­
shiung, Formosa, is 515 feet long and wit h a 67·foot
beam. Launched in 1956 in Shimizu, Japan, she flies
a Liberian flag and is under char Ler to the International
Ore and Fertilizer Co. of New York .
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VICKERS NAMED PORT MANAGER
Charle, L. Vickers, ani,tant gener.1 manager of the long
Beach Harbor Department for the palt five YUII, was named
Monday, June 9, by the Boud of Harbor Commiuioners t o re­
place Eloi J. Amar al gener.1 m.n.ge,.
Vielers, 56, t"kel over the H.,bo,', top job
a climollll to
II years of service in the department. Hil appointment wal
effective July I. the d.te on which Am.r ,.tired .
Bo,.n in Ethan, S. D., Vic~en moved to Lon9 Beach at high
school age. He began employment with the city u a surveyor
in 1925. In 1935-37, he worked for both the city and the Army's
Corps of Engineers in making lurveY' Ind rtudie, of beach erosion,
shore line contoun , brellkw.ter construction and dredging and
other factors in harbor and navigation developments.
Vickers i, a brother of Samuel E. Vickers, city manager of
long Beach.
The port's new general monaget lives .t 3512 Brayton Ave.
with hi, wife, Hazel, and a daughter, Joyce, a student at long
Beach State College.
The couple also has two lon5, Charles Jr., I ,enior harbor
engineer for the long Beach Horbor Department; Fred, a Standard
Oil Co. employe.
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STATES PLANS NEW SHIPS
States Steamship Company has named Geo rge G.
Sharp; Inc., New York naval architects, to design the
first two ships in its I3-ship replacement program, esti·
mated to cost $160,000,000.
Two of the vessels are scheduled to be under con·
struction by Jan. 1, 1960, and will be lollowed by lour
ships to be under contract approximately one year later.
The remainder of seven ships to be replaced will be de·
livered over a IO-year period thereafter.
Thi! is the I!pprol!ch I!nd front entr~nc" of the new building of
Ml!rine Terminals Cotporl!tion I!crou from Berlh b on Pier A, Porl
of Long Such. Design is modern. with contemporl!ry firlures and
office furniture. The building was constructed by the Harbor
Deparlment to pll!m worled out with company officials.
C. R. Redlich (right), of San Francisco. president of Ml!rine
Terminals Corporation, visih C. W. Carlmers office. Mr. Carl mel
is vice pre~ident in chl!tge of the long Beach office. Attractive
paneling lines some of the office wl!lIs, with large windows shl!ded
by verlicttl venetittm.
NEW HOME FOR MARINE TERMINALS Marine Terminals Corporation, stevedoring firm and
terminal operalors, have occupjed their new office build·
ing, shops and equipment yard at 920 South Pico St.,
opposite Berth 6, Pier A, Port of Long Beach. The facili·
ties were constructed by the Harbor Department.
The company was formerly located at 298 South Pico.
In the new establishment, aboul 80 employees are on the
company payroll, including about 35 regular foremen.
The new office struc ture covers 3,600 square feel,
a.ccording to Harbor Department eJlgineers. At the rear
is a large equipment yard and gear shed, th e latter cover­
ing 15,000 sq. ft. under roof. On the east side of the
shed, facing the yard, is a roof overhang under which
machines can be takrn for maintenance work.
Total area covered in the Marine Terminals lease is
56,000 sq. ft., of which 37,327 sq. ft. is paved.
This is the centrl!l office of Marine Termin~ls Corporation', new
estl!blishment at the Port. Simplicity and efficiency leynote the
design. A ha"1I surrounds thh central office, with privl!te offices
leading from it.
An el!rly morning check.up on equipment at Marine Terminals
Corporation plant on Pier A looh like this. A roof overhang coveu.
one side of the big geM shed, I!ffording covered room for machine
ml!intenance. Trucls, tractors, forklifts I!nd other equipment are
kept here for use by the company in its services to Porl shippers.
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PORTS HONOR AMAR
Etoi J. Am"r, .... ho recently resigned <!IS generl'll ml'lnager of the
Long Beach Harbor Department "fief 18 yeo!lrs in that capacity,
was given II t estimonial dinner during the summer meeting of the
California Auociation of Port Authorities at the LafayeHe Hotel .
In honor of Mr . Amar, John Bo!Ile, San Diego port dir edo r "eft)
and Carl Smith , port director of Sen Francisco (cenler). pre·
sented to Mr . Am", " f,amed citation of the association. memorial.
iling his long servic e to C&lifornia shipping and to his dty. Carl
Smith is president of the association. Mr. Bafe was m.u ter of
ceremonies at the dinner. On the same occasion. Dudley Frost,
Oll.'lInd porl manager, presented Amar with en official communi·
clition from the AmericlIn ASJocildion of Port Auihorilitu . in ..... hich
the local port manager haJ long been active. in recognition of
his distinguished c.Heer.
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ELOI AMAR RETIRES
Eloi J. Amar, " Mr. Port of Long Beach," general
manager of the Harbor Department for the past 18 years,
retired Jul y 1. He lea ve,S a void in this organizat.ion
that will be hard to fill.
Mr. Arnar was peculiarly well· fitted from the first to
become the No.1 man in America's Most Modern Port.
and the man who more than anybody else bad to do with
building it to its present high estate. He was born in
San Pedro, within sight of the Great Bay in whose affairs
he was to play so prominent a part. Thus his life has
been tied closely to the development of this area from
its agricultural beginnings to its high industrial status
today.
There is another reason that Eloi Arnar was singular·
ly fitted to head up a world port-he speaks seven
languages. Throu gh the yea rs, representatives of foreign
countries .calling at the Pori were pleased to find that its
general manager co uld converse with (hem in their own
tongues. That fact alone mu st have been influential in
spurring the rapid growth of business at the Port.
Youn g Arnar 's first job was working for his father,
a raocher. The boy used to go to the Irvine District in
Orange County, where his father kept most of his 75,000
head of sheep, and drive the flocks back to San Pedro .
On those trips, he followed early trails that are now
Anaheim Street and 7th Street in Long Beach. Between
times, he hunted ducks on the mud flats in the Great
Bay, and so became familiar with every shoal and
bend in it.
The son of educated parents, Eloi Arnar was sent to
51. Vincent's College in Los Angeles to study. Later he
went abroad, and continued his education in Europe.
Wh en Eloi Amar was 25 years old, he was appointed
general manager of Santa Catalina Island, reporting to
the Banning Company, island owners. In that connect·
ion, it was Mr. Arnar who first took WjlJiam Wrigley
over the island. Later. the capitalist purchased Catalina,
and his heirs still own and control it.
After seven years at Catalina, Eloi Arnar was named
president of the Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commis·
sioners, in which capacity he remained for five ye fITS.
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It was after that period of service tha t he ca me to the
Port of Lon g Beach as general man ager, and accepted
the responsibilities he has discharged with great compe·
ten ce and distinction.
In the period of his management, Eloi AmaT has
administered the Port througb nearly all of its great
development program. He has initiated and seen the
construction of the big piers, the great modern transit
sheds for which the Port is world·famous, the modern
mechanization of cargo handling, and the growth of a
staff of Harbor Department executives and administrators,
under his direction, that is unexcelled anywhere.
By reason of the Port's vast oil developments, he has
been administrative head of the tbird largest oil produc·
in g concern in the State of California.
Mr. Amar has toured Europe, visiting most of the
major world ports to gather data regarding port con­
slruction and operation, and visiting the leading Euro·
pean harbors, and principal European shippers. In
1952, he attended the International Port Conference in
Kobe , Japan, and then toured Japan and Japanese ports.
From thi s meeting was evolved the International Associ·
ation of Ports and Harbors, of which Mr. Amar is the
only United States director.
In recent years, Mr. Arnar Jed planning work in
connection with the proposed Pier A ex ten sio n, regarded
as the most ambitious expansion plan in Port history.
The 20-year program will result in construction of an
entire new basin for the Port , including four piers,
enlarging the present 30 municipal ship berths to 70.
Earth fills for the first five to six year program, to cost
an estimated $6,000,000, an d more will corne from
dredging occasioned by forthcoming use of the Port by
supertankers, rated at tonnages expected to exceed
100,000.
Under Mr. Amar's direction also has been the recent
planning and building 0/ two great bridges by the Harbor
Department. These bridges wiU span the Los Angeles
River and connect Long Beach directly with the Long
Beach rreewa y, recentl y completed. The bridges wi11 go
in service next year.
AMAR RECEIVES AWARD-Eloi J. Amo!!lr, genero!!ll mo!!lno!!lger of the
Port of Long Belich up to his recent retirement, is shown receiving
the Third Annuo!!ll Good Government AWMd, lit the lin nUo!!I I grid·
iron bllnquet in Long Beo!!lch April I. Presenting the plo!!lque to
Mr. Amar is Gene Kirkpatrick, president of the long Beach Junior
Chllmber of Commerce.
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As illustrated in this issue of HARBOR HIGH­
LIGHTS, Mr. Amar was recipient of the Third Annual
Good Government Award, presented to him at lhe annual
Long Beach Gridiron Banquet of the Junior Chamber of
Commerce by Gene Kirkpatrick, president of the Junior
Chamber, in behalf of that organization.
Mr. Amar is past president of the American Associ·
ation of Port Authorities. He is past president of the
Propeller Club of the United States, Long Beacb-Los
Angeles chapter. He is a member of the Rotary Club,
Knights of Columbus, and Virginia Country Club in
Long Beach_
Mr. Amar has not publicly stated his plans for his
retirement, so far as Harbor Highlights knows) but
whatever they are, and wherever hiS future travels take
him, all of us wish him many years of good living and
happiness, with no worries, and doing just exactly what
he likes to do_
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"1877
SHIPS CALLED AT LONG BEACH
LAST
FISCAL YEAR. SURVEYS SHOW THAT EACH SHIP
SPENT AN AVERAGE OF $30,000.00 LOCALLY FOR
FUEL
OIL,
FOOD.
STORES,
HARDWARE
\
AND
OTHER SUPPLIES. THAT FIGURES
UP
TO
OVER_ $56,000,000
OF
NEW MONEY FOR OUR CITY'S
ECONOMY!"
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VI:E~S
MISS UNIVERSE PLANS APPROVED
Joseph F. Bishop, left, president of the Long Beach Board of
Harbor Commissioners and also president of the Miss Urdverse
Pageant, performs both duties during this meeting with Oscar
Meinhardt, executive director of the world-famed pageant. On the
agenda was the completion of arrangements for a reception and
dinner honoring the consular corps. Also aHending will be this
year's contestants in the pageant. The event will be held July 18
in the Grand Ballroom of the LafayeHe Hotel and is the highlight
of the Porf's participation in the Min Universe Pageant.
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ADMINISTRATION BUILDING STARTED
Ground was broken June 16 for the Harbor Department's new
seven-dory administration building on the southe.ut section of
Pier A.
Board Preside.,t William A. Harrington, ,Hsisted by Sally
C"l"mon. Miss Port of Long Beach, took over controls of a pile­
driver which est/'lbJished first foundation supports for the $3,000,­
000 structure.
The dedication was "Hended by port and city officials, Harbor
Department employees and shipping company representatives at
the port.
The building, to be completed in 18 months, will include over
100,000 square feet of net usable office space to accommodate
the Harbor Department's administrative and technical staff and its
oil contractor, Long Beach Oil Development Co.
Features of the building will include a sightseeing and exhibit
gallery on the sirlh floor overlooking the harbor and a colorful
tile mural depicting port activities decorating the front entrance.
Nearly 10 acres of landscaping area around the building will
include parking for 250 automobiles.
Contractors are C. L. Peck Construction and Realty Co. and
Millie and Severson, Inc.
DAVIS TO JAPAN
Harbor Commissioner John P. Davis was requested
by the Long Beach City Council to represent the City
and the Port at the Centennial ceremony of the opening
of the Port of Yokohama to foreign countries. The
council directed that Mr. Davis be supplied with suitable
documents and a key to the City to present at the cere­
mony.
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COASTWISE PLANS ALASKAN TRADE
Coastwise Line, which recently terminated its trans·
shipment agreement with AJaska Steamship Company,
plans to return to the Alaska trade via barges, according
to a report from company officials: which appeared in
Pacific Shipper.
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SHIPS TO FLOAT ON AIR
Sources in Copenhagen state that an invention which
it is claimed could "reduce the fuel consumption of world
shipping by 30 per cent has been patented by a Danish
naval architect, Knud Gram. It consists of an 'air cush·
ion' artificially created along the bottom of the ship,
which serves to reduce the friction between hull and
water. A closed air-circuit pumped out at the fore end
of the vessel and sucked in at the aft end operates in
the manner of the 'caterpillar' feet of a tank. The cush­
ion should have a depth of about 10 millimeters (0.4
inches), the air being circulated at roughly the same
speed as that with which the ship is propelled through
the water. The power required for the blowers regulating
this air circulation is estimated at one·thousandth of the
horsepower total of the ship's engine. It includes a
transverse as well as a longitudinal air circuit. Both
circuits are provided with means of regulating the air
"elocit)' according to the movements of the ship."
This picture sho.... s the interior of the ne~t po.... er-house ~t the
plant, .... here stea m for pressure is generated, and process
mixes are .... atched and controlled by means of valves and instru­
ments. The aHendant is at right, fa cing the s.... itch battery. The
heavy valves and flanges for high-pressure operation are seen at
lo.... er left.
B~lder
BAXTER TREATS 'EM RIGHT!
There's a busy industry on Channel 2 in Long Beach
Harbor. Many of us, even those who frequently pass by
it, hardly know what goes on there.
One reason, probably, is the name - J. H. Baxter
& Company. If the title were "Baxter Wood·Preserving
Company" or something similar, a person might guess.
But you still would have to visit the plant and go down
its half·mile.loog layout to appreciate the job it does.
Accordin g to J. J. Shields, the superintendent of
this one of five Baxter wood-preserving plants in the
West, the business is to bring in utility poles, rail ties,
piling and lumber, and treat them against future damage,
and ship them on their way.
The company depends principally on water transpor­
tation for Step No. I , bringing in the "sticks." It depends
on rail and highway transpo rtation for Step No.3,
Suter 'lard men open the he~vy retort door, which WllS bolted
shut for the cha1ging with some 40 heavy margin bolts. Inside the
retort can be leen a fun of poles that have just been prenure
treated.
packing the finished wood on its way. But the real story
of J. H. Baxter & Company's Long Beach operation lies
in Step No.2, the treating. Considering how quietly the
plant does its work on its secluded 17 acres at 900
Santa Fe Ave., it's quite a story.
Kids would like this plant. They particularly would
take to the tiny locomotive and cars used hy the com­
pany in its treating work. Miniature they are, yet they
run on standard gauge tracks. Over the same tracks,
;'big" railroad cars can move in and out of the plant.
Then there are the locomotive cranes that seem to
reach skyward with one long arm while they pull full·
size railroad cars around with the other. Baxter has five
of these cranes at this plant, four operating on steam and
one powered by an internal combustion engine. Eventual·
Iy the ste am power wiU have to go, Mr. Shields said, as
compared with gasoline, it is not economical.
Then there are literaUy acres of steel tanks. acres of
high·piled poles and lumber, and acres of logs in the
floating boom down on " Baxter Bay" on Channel 2.
Everything is on the big scale.
To begin at the beginning, the poles come down the
coast, lumber 100, mostly in towed barges. UngainJy
things, yet, according to Shields, they far outstrip the
old lumber schooners in carrying-power. The loaded
barges are shunted into the bay and there they dump
their poles into the boom, made up of long logs chained
together.
Standing on the high wharf above the bay and
watchin g the logs in the boom, you can almost imagine
mackinaw-coated lumberjacks in spike-sole boots and
with peavies riding the big logs and ~huntin g them
around. One of Baxter's men does, in fact, wear spike
shoes for the logging operation, and all who work at th e
water's edge are pretty fair jacks when they have to be.
The shipments that come in by sea are large. Recent­
ly, 4,000 tall utility poles came in by barge from Lake
Washington, in Washington State. Almost all the poles
are Douglas fir - a few are Ponderosa pine. But there
are many kinds of wood in the lumber al the yard. The
poles are classified and priced by lenoth. The longest
and largest are Class I , the next smaUer Class 2, and so on.
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The lIl clsing of lumber, however, is don e by special
ma.chinery in Ihe yard. P ower-d ri ven rollers of the
incisor, studd ed with rows of ca nin e-type steel teeth, pull
Ihe wood throu g h and bite deeply into it on all sides.
All th e pre-processin g of both "sticks" and lumbe r,
however, leads to one end - the hi g h pressure trea ting
retorts. And th ey a re a t th e hea rt of the business.
As you wa lk up from the wate rfront a nd in towa rd
the main works, th e two retort s stare at you grim ly. It's
a little like looki ng into th e muzzle of a giant bla ck,
double-barreled shotgun - except th at th e ba rrels are
137 feet long and eight feet in diamet er .
Two kinds of treating go on in th ose retorts - SOOIl
to be increased to Ihree retorts , by th e way. Th e poles,
lies, and other heavy stuff ge t th e hi gh-p ressure creosote
treatment - a hal bath of one-ha lf creosote, Je ss than
o ne--half petroleum solvent, a nd five per ce nt pent ach loro­
phenol, (p ronounced penta.CHLOR.o.phen·OL). Thi s is
a fairly new type of wood prese rvative.
The poles and timbers a re packed ca refull y on th e
little railroad ca rs in round·silhouette loads (looked at
from either end ) that measure just a little under eight
fl"l"l in diam~teT. Then, with the litt le engine doing the
pushing, cars and all are rolled into the relorts for the
charging. Great heavy steel doors. bolt-fastened, close
and a re tightened down with 42 bolts each.
Trea ting sc hedules va ry , in acco rdance with th e
water content s. Standard is eig ht pounds oil pe r cubic ft.
for poles (empt y cell ). For ma rine pi ling (s ubmerged ),
the spec ifica tion reads min. 14 Ibs. full cell. The Nav)'
Towering ,tacks of treated 109S line the plant's road~ and area ­
waYl. Stocked here for future demands, the bi9 poles are arranged
on eroupiece~ to keep them from rollin9 off - th ough that has
happened . in spite of all preeautions.
F rom the wha rf, th e logs a re ha uled to the stockpiles,
and the re blocked in hi gh ti ers, 30 to 40 fee t up. The
st ranger shrinks from those stacks. It looks as th ough
a good puff of wind migh t roll one of th e big ones down
on you - and worse, you learn from Mr. Shields thai
some thin g similar has been kn own to happen, though
rarely.
As orders come in for the poles, they are lowered 10
the little cars by the cranes and toted off for treating.
Mr . Shi elds said th e company does so me pre·framing,
such as making th e c uts for th e utili ty c rossa rm s. But
t.he ya rd is no t a milling opera tio n, a nd o nl y such wood
working as will e nab le the treating to penelrate is tllkE'n
rare of. Mr. Shields ex plained it in th is way: If yo u ow n
a Hsti ck" of wood to be tr ea ted, a nd you intend 10 cut a
deep mortise in it: you would want thaL cut mad e be/ore
the treating operalion and not after it. That char acte ri zes
about what Baxter does, milling·wise.
Only recen tly. th e company operated its own utility
pole shaving and incising plant. This work was done in
a small mill co nt aining grllvily.p res5-u re sh;\\'i ng knives
( 10 remove th e inner layers of bark that cling 10 th e
poles), a nd 3n incisor wheel wi th teeth 10 break into thE'
smoo th , hard o ul er layers of wood, agai n 10 aid pe llE'­
Iration. The wheel '\'as II Baxter invention, and will be
patented for use by the compa ny's milling yards. But
under a new arrangement, the poles are shaved and in­
cised before the local plant gets them , so the small mill
is now inactive.
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This. is the log boom in " Barier Bay," a part of Channel 2,
Port of Long Bueh. ~ath o d, for tying the boom together fire
seen below, where the ,tee I cable co mes aeron the floating log'_
Without some co ntrol, the logs woul d fl oaf ou t into the Harbor
with the tide. The outer limi ts of the boom ihelf cen be uen at
top center.
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Thil is
heart of the Barler wood-treating operation. The
tin)' locomotiv. pu,h., the little cari, loaded with polas or lumber,
into the retort. where the " barre' " is charged with either a creosote
mi. or e treotment of chroma ted J.inc chloride (for lumber only).
When the tr.atment under high pr.nut. is complete, the "tea­
ht1I." pulls the train out. Th. company has two such retorts.
plan' on inst<llllling .. third.
specifies 14 Ibs. After this kind of treatment, the wood·
stuffs come out of the retort black, with the wood deeply
penetrated and almost imperishable in its ability to
resist rot, fungi and insect sttacks.
The other treatment , used only on lumber~ is hy
chromated zinc chloride, done at the rate of % lb. of tbe
dry salt (chloride) per cu. ft. of wood in the retort.
After this treatment, under. varying pressures for the
different kinds of wood. the product comes out a SOrt
of golden.waffle·brown color. It too is effectively pro·
tected against rot, fun gi and insects. And the salt pene­
tration considerably lowers the fire ri sk as well, as th e
treated wood is diffi cult to ignite.
Mr. Shields explained that not aU the lumber bandied
in the company's yard is its own. Retailers of lumber
frequently send in shipments for treating - known in
the business as T.S.O., treating service only. Lumber
gets the C.Z.c. treatment instead of the other because
then the treated product is paintabJe and odorless.
More techni.cal is the business of maintaining quality
control~ recovery of components after the process is can·
cluded, and the manufacture of tbe poisonous preserva·
tive, penta. The Long Beaeh plant, by the way, makes
penta for all the company's plants.
Tbe great amounts of chemicals used in the treating
are kept in huge steel tanks that are pretty well spread
throughout the plant's area. Near the offices is a small
laboratory where company chemists keep testing the
mixes to assure customers of uniform quality in all
treating.
This is 01 view 100Hng north up the long, 17-acre BillIter yard.
locomotive cranes are used as both cranes and locomotives to
shunt cars around. The retorts are at upper left center, next to the
power house. Tanh shown are used to contain the various he.,t­
ing mix ingredients.
Long years ago, the founder ran a line of sailing
vessels out of Pacific Northwest. Gradually he swung
into wood processing, and at one time, operated
what is known as a butt treating plant in Wilmington.
There the hutt·ends of cedar poles were impregnated with
creosote, leaving the remainder unprotected. The Long
Beach plant was opened in 1925, and the big retorts went
in about 1929. Other facilities were added as the growth
of business warranted.
Mr. Shields, who first was employed by Baxter 20
years ago as a timekeeper, was appointed superintendent
of the plant four years ago. Assisting bim is A. D.
Hadley, the treating supervisor, who has direct charge
of the retorts and processing that goes on within them.
The result of all this outlay and effort is what Baxter
calls its Baxco CZC, a sort of trade mark which refers
to the chromated zinc chloride process for lumber. Dia·
grams in the literature show the subterranean termite at
,... ork while "soldiers" guard the queen and her consort.
Baxco CZC underpinnings in the house pretty well
assure the owner against the depredations of this insect
and its cousin, the dry wood termite, not to mention wood
rot and fungus. Use of Baxeo CZC wood in all the fram·
ing parts of the house not only excludes Mr. and Mrs.
Termite et ai, but also lowers the fire risk.
A preserving job of thorough industrial competency
is undoubtedly the Baxter mark of distinction. Nobody
has yet tried to put a customer through the retort treat·
ment, they say, but nevertheless it is true that:
BAXTER TREATS 'EM RIGHT'
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PORT POST AWARDED TO T. J. THORLEY
Thomas J. Thorley, administrative assistant to th e
Harbor Department's general manager fo r the past year,
has been named assistant general manager of the Port,
effective July l.
He moves into the post Connerly occupied by Charles
L. Vickers, who replaced Eloi J. Am ar as general
manager when the latter retired July 1.
Th orley, 48, is a 12·year veteran with th e Harbor
Department. A 1936 graduate of the Universi ty of
Southern California in mechanical engineering, he came
to the Harbor in 1946 afte r service as a naval officer in
World War 11.
Thorley lives with his wife; Claire, and th eir tour
children at 5515 Sorrento Dr.
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RESTAURANT STARTED
While ground for the new "Reef" restaurant on Pier A
b,o~e n
on Ju ne 2.
thi~
Wai
being
group ca me togethsf at the site to look
at the architect's rondering of the exotic design for the building.
left to right, they are N. E. Von Rohr, Anaheim business man wh o
i, identified wiTh the restaurent group; Miss Welcome to Long
Buch, Jacqueline C arler ; and William A. Harrington, president of
the l on g Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners.
BRITISH VISITORS INSPECT PORT
HEADY BUSINESS, THIS WORLD TRADE
Mrs. C. E. Crittenden. pre sident of the league of Women
Voters of long Beech. shows he r priJ e.winning "world t,,,de hat"
to C apt. John k"lImer of the Wedfal-Lan;en Comp,,"y motor-ship
Sdndanger. which celled recently at the Porl of l ong Beach. TKe
hat WIU one of many d e signed by the 56 loca l leagues in the
Jt,,'e
show 'he import"nce o f 'r"de fo th e community, a nd
presented at the l e~ gue'l lfete convention in l 01 AngeJes. More
Ihan a yard Icron, the long Beach hat designed by Mn. Critten­
den won fin' award . Ih features displa y "Miss Universe " ~tand in g
o n 'he world. which revolves under a spotlight . She is surrounded
by the "ocean," c ~rryin g a freighter to symbolize the 2'/4 million
tons of imports and 6 1h million tons of exports shipped at the
Harbor the palt year. M~n y other features of the hat devalop
the l ong Beach oconom ic story.
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Several British Government officials were in Long Beach on
May 15 for an inspection tour of the Port of Long Be"ch and fo
meet loc,,1 h" rbor end shipping encutives. At the invit"tion of
Harbor Commission Vice-President H . E. Ridin9s, Jr .. the vi sitors
bo"rded his b o"t "Beh i, " for a i&aside tour of the Port' s f"ciliti es.
Pictu red here on the flyin9 br idge of the "B" h;,, " ",e, left to
right, Rivers St one, British Consul Gener"l: Dr. F. E. Budd, "51i"anl
se cretary. Bo"rd of Trade, Lon don ; St.!! nley H"rdy, British Vic.!!
Consul; Mr. Ridin9s ; end P. GaHan, British Embusy, Wuhing­
ton, D. C.
During the cruile the vilitors were "ble to see numerous c argoei
oJrri vi ng from or departin9 to t he British Isl es. The t o ur ended at
the C" pt"ins' Inn. loc"te d in the new l o ng Beach Marina, for a
dinner by the H"rbor Commiuion .
THANKS NOTED
At the March 27 meeting of the Long Beach Harbor
Commission, P resident William A. Hanington asked that
the minutes of the meeting reflect the expressions of
appreciation and thanks he received from the officers of
the California Maritime Academy training ship "Golden
Bear," and th e officials of tbe Academy, for courtesies
provided by th e Port of Long Beach in making berthing
facilities availahle to them.
AMY RECEIVES TROPHY
LONG lEACH FREEWAY COMPLETED
Completion of t"e long Beach Ft-eeway from the city to the
Santa Ana Frllllwey. I!Ind its formal opening to traffic, were ob­
served on July 10.
Lin~ing of the south.rn end northern portions of the new free­
way will be t'I long step toward improving traffic approaches to
the Port. Completion next year by the Harbor Deportment of
both the Robert R. Shoema~er Bridge and the Ocean Boulevard
Bridge, and planned completion of remaining worr on the Harbor
district sections of the freeway, will open the Port to the fllst
movement of highway freight from shipping poinn of origin
throughout the Wost direct to shipside, and the revene.
Opening of the freewaY WlIS formally observed by • ribbon
cuHing ceremony just south of the Imperiol Boulevard interchenge
at 10:]0 A.M. on July 10. After the ribbon-cutting. an offici&1
motorcade proceeded louth on the new freeway for a luncheon
Iponlored by the long Be&ch Chamber of Commerce .
Opening of the new freeway is regarded as elpecially signifi­
cant as it joins the two lergest cities in the County of los Angele,
with a continuous fast route. Also, many highly developed resi.
dentia! and indultrial arUI along its route will be efforded better
motor traffic fecilities for the shipment of their raw materials
and products.
NAVY LANDING PROPOSED
This is the architect's tendering of the pro pOled Navy landing,
to be located near the end of Magnolia Ave. The entire project
is estimated to COit $1,125,000 plus . with an additional $188,000
scheduled for oU-street parking COftstrudion. Housed in the one·
story sedion will be the Navy's Shore Patrol. There will be waiting
rooms. a coffee shop end a relhurant. It displttcher's tower. and
other features.
Recognition for her claim to two world champion,hips . es t~e
relult of her grueling 2&-mile lwim from Catalin. to Pierpoint
came to Amy Hilend. long Beach houlewih-Iwimmer. from
the Long Beach Harbor Commission. Here William ~. Herringto~.
Commiuion president, hends Mrs. Hiland a speCial trophy In
recognition of her amaxing feat. At right is Matt Miller, who
paced Mrs. Hiland on her swim. Miller is a Long Beach Harbor
Department engineer.
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SMOG CONTROL AT PORT
The Port of Long Beach has installed filters on the
Port's bulk-loader to prevent air pollution in the Harbor,
in accordance with smog control regulations.
The smog prevention facilities were built by the
American Air Filter Company of Louisville, Ky., at a
cost of $56,000. The operaling principle of the filters
is similar to that of a vacuum cleaner. They are desig­
nated as Type D Roto·Clone dry precipitators.
As the railroad cars dump into the bulk-loader pits,
dust is likely to be created by such commodities as
potash or coke. When this is the case, employees are
unable to get into the pits at the conveyor transfer points
to inspect and serve the mechanism. A Roto-Gone fan
now exhausts the air and dust at this point, carrying it
through a series of filters, and the residue is deposited
back on the conveyor belt as a solid.
Aboard ship, as the bulk·loader chute empties the
commodities into th e hold, another dust condition is
likely to arise. Sometimes the dust comes aloft in clouds
and soils the ship and pier facilities. In the bulk­
loader tower, another Roto·Clone has been installed, with
pipes extending to the end of the chute. The vacuum
draft thus developed in the ship's hull withdraws the dust
and moves it up to the tower, where it is forced through
the filters. Here again, the solidified dust is deposited
on the conveyor belt for transfer aboard ship.
InstaJlation of this equipment followed operation of
the bulk·loader by the Metropolitan Stevedoring Com·
pany. The bulk·loader is located on Pier D at the Port.
It serves to unload rail cars and move bulk commodities
aboard ship at a rate of 500 tons an hour, accounting
for the loading of some 500,000 tons annually.
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TRADE INCREASES NOTED
LINER ARRIVALS SCHEDULED
Pacific Coast exports exceeded imports, 1957 over
1956, by more than 8593,000,000, according to data sup·
plied the Propeller Qub Bulletin by U. S. Customs.
Total world trade on the Pacific Coast in 1957 amount­
ed to 83,428,020,884, or an increase of 14 per cent over
the 1956 figure.
Of special interest in the Custom House figures
were those showing an increase in the Los Angeles-Long
Beach import·export trade in 1957 of $193,581,947, or
23.6 per cent as compared with an increase in San
Francisco Customs District of $91,223,009, or 9.3 per
cent, for the same period. This indicated a rapidly
growing trade for this area, a more than $100 million
greater increase for the Los Angeles Customs District
than for the San Francisco District.
The celebrated ~'Spanish Main" forms the colorful
backdrop for Orient & Pacific Lines'S. S. Orsova when
she sails from the West Coast to Europe via the Panama
Canal after calling at Vancouver, San Francisco and
Long Beach.
Her arrival in Long Beach, July 2, is of special sig·
nificance because it marked the first of the monthly visits
of 0 & P passenger lines to the Southern California coast.
Most Orient & Pacific Lines' sailings touching Long
Beach cross the Pacific to the Far East or South Pacific,
Australia and New Zealand stopping at Honolulu enroute.
However, the present voyage of S. S. Orsova is an ex·
ception:
After her arrival from the South Pacific Orsova com·
menced a new sailing in Vancouver on June 28. Sbe stop·
ped in San Francisco June 30 before departing for
Southern California on July 1, and disembarked pas·
sengers at Long Beach Harbor on July 2.
The 29,000 ton, 22'12 knot liner sailed from Long
Beach for the Panama Canal the same day and proceeded
to London via Balboa, Colon, Trinidad, Madeira and
Le Havre. She arrives in London July 2l.
Orient & Pacific Lines is one of the few major sehed­
uled passenger lines to offer a round trip sailing from
the West Coast to Europe.
The return voyage will be made by the S. S. Orcades,
virtually a sister ship to the S. S. Orsova. The Orcades
departs from London August 22 and stops at Le Havre,
Lisbon, Trinidad, Colon and Panama before continuing
to Long Beach, San Francisco and Vancouver. Tbe Or­
cades will arrive at Long Beach Sept. 10.
Two other liners, the Oronsay and the Himalaya, will
call at Long Beach on Aug. 1 and Aug. 29, respectively.
Many travelers prefer this single through-service to
Europe because it enables them to avoid the problems
and inconveniences of changing carriers on the East
Coast of North America.
Another factor contributing to the voyage's popularity
is the bonus of pleasure and scenery not usually availahle
on a voyage to Europe.
Although Orient & Pacific's Panama sailing is pri­
marily a West Coast to Europe voyage, many two or
three week vacationers have found it particularly adapt­
able to their needs.
The sailing schedule aHows sufficient time for a
leisurely voyage La Trinidad from which one can return
by plane, stopping enroute at various islands in the
Caribbean and West Indies.
SHIPPING BOOSTS ECONOMY
According to the Commillee of American Steamship
Lines, as reported in Pacific Shipper, American-flag
shipping contributes 85.3 billion to the U. S. economy
annually.
From 1947 through 1956, the report says, the direct
cost of operating ships with Government contracts
amounted to $4.1 billion. Total operating differentials
paid by the Government in that period totaled $651
million, or 16 per cent of vessel operating expense.
It was forecast that in the next 10 to 15 years, con­
struction differentials ranging from 8150 to 8200 million
annually are needed to pay the Government's share of
"the most ambitious ship-building program in the nation's
peacetime history-replacement of the contract lines'
fleet at a total cost of some $3 billion.'~
The group represents 14 subsidized companies oper·
ating on more than 33 essential trade routes, and its
members recently finished a study of the economic role
of U. S. flag shipping in the postwar era.
BRIDGE NAMED FOR SHOEMAKER
By order of the Long Beach Board of Harbor Com·
missioners, the Ninth Street Bridge, now under con­
struction, has been named after the late Robert R.
Shoemaker, for many years chief Harbor engineer.
The Board's decision followed receipt of a letter from
the Long Beach chapter of the American Association of
Engineers, suggesting that the Ocean Boulevard Bridge
be renamed in honor of the former Port engineering
chief. However, Commission President William A. Har­
rington suggested the change to the former Ninth Street
Bridge, and the Board concurred. In all official refer­
ences to the bridge thereafter, it was to be referred to
as the Robert R. Shoemaker Bridge, as a memorial to
Mr. Shoemaker.
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OPERATOR SOUGHT FOR ATOM SHIP
Pacific Far East Line was one of two Pacific Coast
concerns among those whieh volunteered to operate the
NS Savannah, the world's first nuclear-powered merchant
ship when she comes off the ways, sometime in 1960.
The volunteering was in response to a joint query of
the Maritime Administration and the Atomic Energy
Commission for somebody to operate the vessel, which
js to carry 60 passengers, 25 officers and 84 crew.
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shipper, an importer or exporter,
I'd specify Port of Long Beach
whenever I could. Why? It's just
simply made to order for you,
that's why. Cargo gets through
faster, whether it's inbound or out­
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hold it in the best and biggest
transit sheds in the world. They
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PORT BUSINESS DIRECTORY
American Agencies, Ioc. Argo Shipping and Trading Company Asbury TransporJaJion Company Alchisoo, Topeka & Sanla Fe Hy. Co . Freight Depol
Alkinson, Guy F. Compaoy
Alias Shipping Company
Baker Rendering Company
BUler, J. H. & Company
Belhlehem Pscilic Coasl Sleel Company
Blue Funnel LiDe
Boise Griffin Agencies
Boolh, F. E. Company, Inc.
Bulkloader C<lnveyor
Calarte:.: freight Forwarders
CalilorDia Exlracting Company
Cslilol'llia Seafood Corporation
Calmar Steamship Corporation
Canada Shipping
Canadian Gulf Line
Cbiel Wharfinger's Olliee
ChileaD North Pacific Line
Cily Y8chl Anchorage
CIiHon Steamship Corporation
Coaslal Marine Transportation Company
Connolly Pacific Company
Craig Shipbuilding Company
Creseenl Wher! & Warehouse Company
Cunard Steamsbip Company
De La Rame Steamsbip Compaoy
De Luxe Waler Taxi Company
Tbe Eest Asiatic Company
Ellerman & Bucknell Company, Lid.
Farrell Line
Fireboat
Firth Sleamsbip Corporalion
Fisherman's Wharl 01 Long Beech
Ford Molor Company
Franks Dredgiog Company
Fruit Express Company
Funch, Edye & Com pan y
Galley, Tbe
Garvin Towhoal
Glohal Transport
Graham Bros., Inc.
Gerwick, Ben C., Inc .
Gypsum Carriers, Inc.
Hain Line
Hawaiien Texlron, mc.
Healy Tihbilts Construction Company
Hughes Aircraft Company
Indies Terminals CorporaHoD
Interocean Line
Irisb Shipping
hlhmian Lines
Jones Stevedoring Company
Kaiser Gypsum Company, Inc.
Ka1P83akl Kisen Kabhe, Lid.
Kerr Sleamsbip Company
Koppel Bros. CoUon Compress
Koreen Shipping Company
Lomite-Signal-Wilmington Associates
Long Beach Oil Development Compeny
Long Beach Pilof & Radar Stati01l
Marine Terminals Corporation
Marine Terminals Corporation
Marine Tarmlnals Corporation
Mesns. Wallen!uli Line
Metropolileo Stevedorfng Company
Mitsubisbi Shipping Company
Monterey Oil Company
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Pier-Berth
2-54
D-34
A-7, 8 & 9; Wbse. No.
1234 West 81h Sheet
C-23
A--4
D-30
82 Inner Harbor
C-25
C-24
2-54
73 Inner Harhor
D-29
1452 G. y lord
D-JO
74 Inner Harbor
C-25
D-34
2-52
A-5
C-24
84-86 Inner Harhor
2-54
2-54
39 Inner Harbor
41-44 Inner Barhor
101 Soulb Seaside
C-24
C-24
2-54
A-3
C-24
C-24
C-22.
2-54
Pier A. East
96-97 Inner Harhor
E-120
A-I
C-24
730 S. Harhor Sceoic Dr.
E-1I8
A-1O
59 Inner Harbor
E-1I9
45 Inner Harhor
C-24
A-7
A-7,8 &9
E-l'Ul
C-25
D-J4
A-1O
A-1O
C-25
46 Inner Harhor
A-5
A-5
A-6
A-7
A-7, 8 & 9
255 Santa Clala Avenue
A-201
920 Soutb Pico Avenue
A-IO
C-24
A-5
D-29 A-IO E-1I8 Pier-Berth
Nissan-Kisen-Kaisha, Lid.
2-54
Northern Steamsbip, Ltd.
A-3
Norlon, Lilly & Company
C-24
215 American Avenue
Olson, Oliver J. and Company
2-54
Olympic-Griffilhs Lines, Inc.
2-54
Olympic Steamship Company
Ore Navlgalion Corporation
C-25
C-24
Orient & Pacilic Lines
Ouler Harhor Dock & Wharf Company
A-3
Owens-Parks Lumber Company
B-17
Pacific Cargo Inspeclion Bureau
D-34
W. Slh SI. & Pico
Pacific 'Electric R. R.
A-7
Pacific Far Easl Line, Inc .
A-2
Pacific Paris Service Company
730 S. Harbor Scenic Dr.
Pacific Sporlfishing Company
Pacific Towhoal and Salvage Company
D-35
C-21
Pacific Transporl Lines
A-208
Panorama Cale
Permanenle Cement Company
59 mner Harbor
2-54
Permanente Steamship Corporalion
Pierpoinl Landing
Pier A
A-201
Pilol and Radar Slation
68-71 Inner Harbor
Procter & Gamble Mfg. Company
Ploclor's Tackle Shop
750 S. Harhor Scenic Dr.
C-25
Progressive Transporlelion Compeny
2-54
Prudential SJeamship Corporation
C-21
Quaker Line
Radar Sialion
A-'Ull
850 Windham Avenue
Richfield Oil Corporation Offices
56-57 Inner Harbor
Richfield Oil Corporation
Richfield Oil Corpolallon Marine Terminal
76-78 Inner Harbor
1234 Wesl 8th Sireel
Sanie Fe Railway Company
Pier A, Eesl
Sea SeoUl Base
A-2
Seaboard SleveILJring Company
Sir William Reardon Smith Lines
A-IO
C-24
Smith-Rice Derrick Barges
A-IO
South African Marine Lines
113-114 Inner Harhor
Southern Califoroia Edison Company
Soulhero Pacific Railroad Company
West 8th and Pico
Southern Terminals Company
D-34
Spencer Kellogg & Sons, Inc.
101 Inner Harbor
2-52
Slar Terminals Company
Siaies Marice-Isthmian Agency, Inc.
A-IO
A-IO
Siaies Marine Lines
C-21
Stales Steamsbip Compan y
58 mner Harhor
Sully-Miller Conlracling Company
Swedish American Line
C-24
Swedish East Asia Company
C-24
Transocean Steamship Agency, mc.
D-J4
Tridenl Transport Corponlion
D-J4
Union Pacilic Railway Company
144 Pine Avenue
United Concrete Pipe CorporaiioD
83 mner Harhor
U. S. Army-Long Beach Oulport Aclivily
I-50
U. S. Coast Gnard-Captain of Ihe Porf
A-I
A-I
U. S. Customs
U. S. Customs
A-J
U. S. Cu stoms
A-5
U. S. Customs
A-1O
U. S. Customs
C-24
D-34
U. S. Cusloms
U. S. Customs
2-54
U. S. Food & Drug AdmiDislralion
A-5
A-S
Waterfront Sales & Agencies, Inc.
Wes! Coasl Terminals
A-S
Wesl Coasl Warehouse
A-7,8& 9
Western Shipping Corporation
D-J4
Weslfal-Larsen Company, Inc .
D-34
Wharfingers' OHlce
A-5
Wharfingers' Office
A-9
Wharfingers' Offlce
D-34
Wharfingers' Office
2-54
C-24
Williamson & CompanY'
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