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THE PORT OF HOUSTONCAN HANDLE YOUR CARGO
NO MATTER HOW UNWIELDY
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It matters not how bulky and unwieldy an itemmay be, the Port of Houston has the equipmentand the know-how to handle it with dispatch.
Take for example, this huge trailer, weighing117,000 pounds, that is being lifted to the deckof the Hellenic Torch at Public Dock 16 at thePort of Houston.
This trailer is part of what is said to be theworld’s largest portable oil rig.
The oil rig was fabricated in Tulsa. Three shipswere required to carry the rig to the Port ofTripoli in Libya.
The Socony Mobil Oil Company will use this rigin drilling for oil in the Sahara Desert.
WE OFFER YOU:¯ Southwest’s best inland ¯
transportation network ¯¯ Six trunk-line railroads ¯¯ 35 common carrier truck lines ¯
¯ 119 steamship services ¯
¯ 28 barge lines; 90 tanker lines ¯¯ Marginal tracks at shipside ¯ ̄
Port of Houston Offices Are as Near as Your Telephone!
HOUSTON
GEORGE W. ALTVATERGeneral Sales ManagerJOHN R. WEILERDistrict Sales Representative1519 Capitol Ave., P. O. Box 2562Telephone CA 5-0671
NEW YORK CITY
JOHN A. LALAFRANK WARD, AssistantRoom 442, 25 BroadwayTelephone BOwling Green 9-7747
KANSAS CITY
CHARLES A. BARROWS
CHICAGO
HUME HENDERSONBoard of Trade BuildingTelephone WEbster 9-6228
¯ Heavy lift equipment ¯¯ Board of Trade Building
¯ Prompt, efficient service ¯ Telephone Victor 2-5732
Always Specify, via ~ ~ ~
~~PoeT OF HOUSTONAND ALWAYS USE THE PUBLIC DOCK FACILITIES OF ITS NAVIGATION DISTRICT
Executive Offices: 1519 Capital Avenue, Telephone CA 5-0671mP. O. Box 2562, Houston 1, Texas
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Modern Manchester Terminal is equipped and
able to handle anything from cotton to this 22-ton core
drilling unit.
Manchester’s modern convenient facilities include:
¯ Concrete wharves
¯ Two-story transit sheds
¯ High-density cotton compresses
¯ Automatic sprinkler system
¯ Large outdoor storage area
¯ Rapid truck loading and unloading
¯ Modern handling methods and equipment
For complete cargo handling service, use Manchester Terminal.
Manchester Terminal
P. O. Box 2576
Houston 1, Texas
Corporation
General Office: CA 7-3296
Wharf Office: WA 6-9631
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DECEMBER, 1959
AT YOUR SERVICEfrom
HOUSTONAND OTHER GULF PORTS
... regularly to
FAR EAST ¯ INDIA " MEDITERRANEAN
NORTH EUROPE ¯ UNITED KINGDOM
also PACIFIC COAST--HAVANA SERVICE
BERTH AGENTSIntercoastal ServicesBetween Gulf and Pacific Ports
From Pacific Lumber Ports
to Atlantic PortsCotton Exchange Bldg., Houston
Baltimore Fresno NorfolkBeaumont Galveston PhiladelphiaBrownsville Houston Portland, Ore.Buffalo Long Beach San FranciscoCalexico Los Angeles SeattleChicago Memphis St. LouisCleveland Mobile TampaDallas New Orleans Washington, D.C.DetroLt New York
TAmerican Flag ¯ Conference Members
FORTNIGHTLY SERVICE
c to the Azores & Mediterranean
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DirectoryOf Officials
FOR THE
Port of HoustonPORT COMMISSIONERSHOWARD TELLEPSEN, ChairmanW. N. BLANTON, Vice ChairmanJOHN G. TURNEYR. VERNON WHITESIDEJ. P. HAMBLEN
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTJ. P. TURNER, General ManagerVERNON BAILEY, Assistant General ManagerJ. L. LOCKETT, JR., CounselSAMUEL B. BRUCE, AuditorEDITH HANNER, Executive AssistantNORMAN E. HUENI, Chie/EngineerROBERT W. ROBINSON, Business Of~ice ManagerT. E. WHATLEY, Administrative AssistantVINCENT D. WILLIAMS, Administrative Assistant
PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPARTMENTLLOYD GREGORY, Director o~ In/ormation’rED SUMERLIN, Editor o/MagazineVAUGIIN hi. BRYANT, Director o/
International Relations
SALES DEPARTMENTGEORGE W. ALTVATER, General Sales ManagerJOHN A. LAEA, District Sales ManagerFRANK WARD, Assistant
25 Broadway, New York, N. Y.HUME HENDERSON, District Sales Manager
Board of Trade Building, Chicago, Ill.CHARLES A. BARROWS, District Sales Manager
Board of Trade Building, Kansas City, Mo.JOHN R. WEILER, District Sales Manager
1519 Capitol, Houston
OPERATIONS DEPARTMENTC. E. BULLOCK, Operations ManagerW. F. LAND, Terminal ManagerT. H. SHERWOOD, Manager o/Grain ElevatorD. M. FRAZIOR, Maintenance Manager
EXECUTIVE OFFICES1519 Capitol Avenue at Crawford Street
Telephone CApitol 5-0671P. O. Box 2562, Houston 1, Texas
DECEMBER, 1959
Official Publication
of the Harris County Houston Ship Channel Navigation District
Volume 1 Number 12DECEMBER, 1959
Port of Houston Entertains at Convention ........... 6
Danish Ambassador Visits Here ..................... 10
The Sea Holds a Fascination for Him .................. 11
Electric Service for Ship Channel Industries .........................
The Many Faces of Israel ..........................
Delta Makes Houston Port for Embarking Passengers ..............
Visitors See Houston’s Ship Channel ....................
Distinguished Swedish Delegation Visits Port ......................
Houston Port Bureau Is Now Facing Greatest Challenge ..............
The News in Views ..........................
Port of Houston Directory ......................
Sailing Schedule ............................................
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THE COVER
An ample supply of power can help bring industries to any city. Houstonis fortunate in that respect because Houston Lighting and Power Companykeeps a constant reserve for growth. Typical of the power plants is the one onthis month’s cover which is located at Deepwater on the Ship Channel.
THE PORT OF HOUSTON Magazine is pub-lished monthly and distributed free to mari-time, industrial and transportation interests inthe United States and foreign countries. Itspurpose is to inform shippers and others inter-ested in the Port of Houston of its develop-ment, facilities, plans and accomplishments.
This publication is not copyrighted and per-
mission is given for the reproduction or use
of any material, provided credit is given to thePort of Houston.
Additional information or extra copies ofthis magazine may be obtained by writing ThePort of Houston Magazine, Post Office Box6278, Houston 6, Texas.
PORT ENTERTAINS FOREIGN TRADERS
M. N. Watanabe, left, and Mitsuharu lto of Tokyo Food Productswith Thurmond Sherwood, Port of Houston grain elevator manager.
HUNDREDS OF FOREIGN TRADERS from across the
nation met friends and visited in the Port of Houston hos-pitality room during the National Foreign Trade Conventionat the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York last month.
Headed by Commissioners Howard Tellepsen and R. Ver-non Whiteside and General Manager J. P. Turner, the Hous-tonians were on hand to greet their guests at noon and eve-ning receptions. Port literature was distributed to visitors andthe port film "Inland City on the Sea" was shown contin-uously.
Also present from the port were Vernon Bailey, assistantgeneral manager; George Ahvater, general sales manager;Thurmond Sherwood, grain elevator manager and VaughnM. Bryant. director of international relations. Greg Perry was
J. R. (Jake) Aston of Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Houston, left, withHarry Ward, Inter-Maritime Forwarding Co., and Charles J. Wieboldt,Commonweahh Services, both of New York.
Howard Tellepsen, center, and .1. P. Turner, left, board chairmanand general manager, respectively, of the Port of Houston, chat ~iththe Port of Mobile’s k. A. Parish.
Steamship, railroad and freight forwarder representatives meet here,from left to right, Walter T. Moffatt, Cunard Steamship Co., N. Y.:George Steinmiller, Santa Fe Lines in Chicago: Nicholas Patton ofBennett and Patton Freight Forwarders, Houston, and Norman G. Ed-wards of the Santa Fe Lines.
George W. Altvater, Port of Houston’s general sales manager, withWalter M. Grassner and E. F. Coogan, both of Standard Oil of NewJersey.
Representing the Wabash Raih’oad were Ralph ttumba~ h, Gus Green Student observers from the New York State Maritime College at Fortand Carl E. Lindberg, left to right. Schuyler, N. Y.. are .lames McDiarmid and John Allen.
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[ECEPTIONS HELD DURING CONVENTIONpresent from the Houston Port Bureau, of which he is generalmanager.
A large delegalion of Houstonians ill the foreign trade fieldwere also on hand to assist in entertaining at the hospitalityroom, including H. C. Wall, Burke Baker and James Branardand Harrison Luhn of the Gulf-Atlantic Warehouse Corpora-tion ILong Reach Docks); James Patrick of Patrick andCraves; Charles Celaya of the First City National Bank;Nicholas Patton of Bennett and Patton, formerly general salesmanager of the Port of Houston; Ed Fay of the Chamber ofCommerce; Charles Corbet of The Bank of the South~est;J. R. Aston of Lykes Bros. Steamship Co.. and others.
The Port’s delegation was also host at t~:o luncheons forNew York traffic people at The Black Angus Restaurant onthe last two days of the convention.
Burke Baker, left, and H. C. Wall, right, of the Long Reach Docksat Houston visit with Ken t, Lott of the Mer~’hants National Bank ofMobile.
.lames Branard of Long Reach Docks and Port Commissioner R.Vernon Whiteside, hoth of Houston, met many of the guests at thedoor.
Houston’s Chamber of Commerce world trade director, Ed J. Fay,second from right, chats with New York bankers R. J. Finn, left andright, of the Grace National Bank, and Charles Celaya, vice presidentof the First City National Bank of Houston.
George Holck, J. Bak and H. Smith, all of Fleishmann l)istilling(~orp. Ne~ York offices.
AFrom Bogota, Colombia, on a State Department visit of the U. S. and
observers at the World Trade Conference were Alberto Acosta, left, ofPan American Fihns and Fr. Juan Manuel Paeheco, S.J., editor of theRevista Javeriana, seen here with AI Alvarez, Houston agent for theNopal Line.
Joseph 1). Handzo, right, of the United States Navigation (iompany,~ith John ~. Lala and Vernon Bailey, New York representatixe andassistant general manager, respectively, of the Port of Houston.
Harrison .I. Luhn of the Gulf Atlantic Warehouse Corp. (Long Reachl)oeks), Houston, right, ~isits ~sith hankers W. J. Morrell, Jr., of theFidelity Bahimore National Bank of Bahimore and \;an Korff, (;rac~,National Bank of Ne~ York.
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PORT OF HOUSTON HOSPITALITY ROOR
Hm~ard Tellepsen, chairman of tile Port Commission of tile Port ofHouston, right, with top executives of Bethlehem Steel (’,orporation andsuhsidiaries. From left to right, E..1. Karr, president of Bethlehem’sOre Na~igatinn (’ompany: Robert Jurgen, vice president of Ore Naviga-lion, and Francis M. Huffman, ~ire president of Bethlehem Steel.
Three representatixes of the (;race National Bank nf Ne~ York areFrancis M. Finn. ’~tl’thur F..]nhansen and Manuel Rodriguez. left toright.
Greg B. Perry, general manager of the Houston Port Bureau, center,renews friendships with railroadmen George J. Curda. Burlin~zton Lines.and John (;. l)uggan, Union Paeifir Railroad.
Mrs. E. A. (;ormley of the Port of Houston’s New York offices, andPaul T. Brooks of Pan Atlantic Steamship (iorp., in Nm~ark, N. J.
Thurmond Sherwood, manager of the Houston grain elevator, center,chats with Robert A. Conner of lshrantsen Steamship Lines and S.Robert Santos of Amerind Steamship (’.orp., both nf Neu York.
Robert M. Garvin and J. Weir .\leKay of the Essn Corporation, leftand center, with P. J. Winters of the Frisro Rail~ay.
J. W. Edwards and V. F. Klestinec of W. R. Grate & Co., New 5ork. John Van Fleck of Arthur MeKee & Co., Washington: ThurmondSherwood, manager of the Port of Houston grain elevator: GeorgeHasley of Petroleros Mexieanos and F. T. IPam’ho~ Scanlan of Fer-rocarril del Parifico of Mexico.
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LTTRACTED MANY CONVENTION VISITORS
,lames Branard of Houston’s I,ong Reach I)oeks. uith Mrs. Branardat the Houston hospitality room.
Oil men in the foreign field are, left to right, (flarenee J. Beckman,Esso Standard Oil: J. E. Johannessen, Soeonv Vacuum Oil and 1)..I.l)ore, California-Texas Oil Corp., all of Nm~ Y~’~rk.
Fred H. Matthei, right, import manager of L. Batlin & Son, N. Y.,x~ith his Iongtime friend, George Altvater, general sales manager of thePort of Houston.
Frank Ward, assistant sales representative of the Port of Houston inNew York, center, ~ith Robert O’Connor of the Nopal Lines and JameslIres of the Stockard Steamship (:orp., both of Nm~ York.
S. V. H. Waring and Adair L. Pedrick, both of the Ne~ ’lork officesof the Mississippi Shipping Co. (l)elta Line I, center and right chat~ith George .]. Baraldi of F. W. Hartmann (io., New "~ork.
Charles W. Corhet of The Bank of the Southwest, Houston, left, withP. H. McLaughlin and M. W. Melander of the Stauffer Chemical Corp.,and S. G. Ramaehandran, Commercial (iounsellor of the Embassy otIndia, Washington, 1). ~’,.
R. B. S~enson, general manager of the Port of Gulfport, Miss., ~ithMrs. Vernon Bailey, wife of the assistant general manager of the Portof Houston.
~’illiam .I. Marcellus, right,of Fair ~anks-Morse & Co. ex-port division, was one of theguests.
DECEMBER, 1959 9
DANISH AMBASSADOR
V1511$ HOUSION
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’OUIFR S[VEN’
DENMARK’S AMBASSADOR to the United States visited
Honston. the Port and Ship Channel last mouth, and in a
luncheon with members of the Houston World Trade Associa-tion cited increased trade between his country and the UnitedStates and spoke on the "outer-seven" Free Trade Area inEurope.
He is Count Kield (,ustav Knuth-Winterfeldt ~ho, accom-panied by his wife. spent three days here as part of a swing
through the southern and western part of the country. Hisprogram locally was arranged by the Hon. Bernard Daugb-jerg. Consul of Denmark in Houston.
The Navigation and Canal Commissioners of the Port ofHouston were hosts for the Ambassador and Countess Knuth-Winterfeldt for a reception and trip down the Ship Channelaboard the SAM HOUSTON during the second day of his
x isit. attended by local leaders of the Danish-American So-~’ietv. Scandinavian Society and Houstonians associated withDenmark’s trade.
(~ommissioner and Mrs. W. N. Blanton, left, chat with Count andCountess K. G. Knuth-Winterfehtt, Danish Ambassador to the UnitedStates, during a Ship Channel trip aboard the S~,M I|OUSTON inhis honor.
Part of the Scandinavian Society and I)anish-Ameril’an Societyleaders ~xho were ",~ith Ambassador and Countess Knuth-Winterfehttiturin~ the Ship Channel trip on the SAM HOUSTON.
Ambassador Knuth-Winterfeldt ~ith, left to right, Holger .leppesen,former Consul of Nor~ay in Houston: William Kirkland, HoustonFirst City National Bank x~ho has traveled widely in l)enmark, andHon. Bernard l)aughjer~, ,.onsul of l)enmark in Houston.
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The thrill of a lifetime came for Miss Bente Christenscn, ~’enter, whenshe met Count and Countess Knuth-Winterfeldt from her homelandatloard the SAM HOUSTON for a visit. Miss Christensen is a Danishexchange student and is IMng with the (;ilbert Rice family of Tom-ball, Texas, near Houston. Also in the photo is Ray I)au~zhjerg, sonOt tile’ Danish Consul in ]|ouston, Hon. Bernard I)augltjerg.
PORT OF HOUSTON MAGAZINE
Joseph E. Davies
The Sea Still HoldsFascination For Him
By LLOYD GREGORY
THE LURE OF THE SEA was first experienced by JosephE. Davies in the summer of 1926 when he shippe~t out ofHouston as an ordinary seaman on a freighter taking coltonto Genoa, Naples, Venice and Alexandria.
He is still fascinated by the sea, but he has come a longway from ordinary seaman. Mr. Davies is now vice presidentof States Marine Lines, Inc., which owns 48 American flagships, and always has under charter from 25 to 50 additionalAmerican flag ships.
Mr. Davies was born in New Orleans in 1907, and movedto Houston in 1910. After graduating from Houston publicschools, he studied shorthand and typewriting at Draughan’sBusiness College.
In 192~1, at the age of 17, he went to work for the Houstonfirm of James N. Darrow and Co., cotton exporters, as a "tagboy." His job was to place tags on bales of cotton after theyhad been classified.
Working in compresses along the Houston Ship Channel,Mr. Davies progressed to checker, classer, and finally buyer.
In the summers of 1926 and 1928, the young Davies servedas an ordinary seaman on cotton freighters, and he knew thenthat ocean shipping was to be his career.
In 1929, Mr. Davies started as a wharf clerk for Gulf StatesSteamship Company, and was promoted to wharf superintend-ent and then to traffic manager. When the Great Depressionwas taking its toll of shipping, Mr. Davies in 1934 went withStone Forwarding Company, and became manager of itsHouston office.
Shortly after the start of World War II, Mr. Davies wascalled to Washington by the War Shipping Administration asdirector North Atlantic, Coastwise, and Caribbean Services.
For four years, Mr. Davies had under his direction 250freighters he routed to serve best the war economy, andearned the commendation of two war shipping administrators,Admiral Emery S. Land and Granville Conway, and manyother officials.
In 19~16, Mr. Davies returned to Houston and re-openedoffices of the States Marine Line. He was made a vice presi-dent in 1948.
Offices of his company are in the Cotton Exchange Build-ing. States Marine has around 200 sailings a year out ofHouston.
"The present Port Commission is doing a good job, but weneed more and more facilities at the Port of Houston," theblue-eyed, blonde-haired Mr. Davies said. "We just can’t builddocks fast enough to catch up with the growing demand."
Mr. Davies is a former national vice president of the Pro-peller Club of the U. S., and served as general chairman ofthe 1957 convention in Houston; he is a past president of thePropeller Club, Port of Houston; a director of the WorldTrade Association; chairman of the world trade committeeof the Houston Chamber of Commerce; chairman of the Portof Houston committee of the Houston Rotary Club.
Mr. and Mrs. Davies, who live at 3123 Sunset Boulevard,have one son, First Lieutenant Thomas E. Davies, who is agraduate of the University of Texas, and is now a jet pilot:one daughter, Mrs. John A. Bailey, and one grandson.
JOSEPH E. DAVIES
No. 2: Men Who Make ThePort of Houston Hum
DECEMBER, 1959 11
THE DEMAND for more and more electric power by in-dustries along the Houston Ship Channel has made the Hous-ton Lighting and Power Company one of the fastest growingindustrial concerns having plants along the channel.
Expansion of electric power is both a prerequisite to and aresult of the growth of other types of industry, so the com-pany has had to anticipate the mushrooming growth whichhas taken place since the end of World War II.
For 15 years, since war-time shortages ended, the companyhas carried forward a vigorous expansion program, which hasseen five entirely new generating plants built or building.Three of the new plants are located on or near the Ship Chan-nel, including the company’s largest plant, the Sam BertronGenerating Station, located near the San Jacinto Monument;the Greens Bayou Plant north of the channel; and the Web-ster Plant just south of the channel at Webster, Texas. Thesethree plants together with two older ones bring to five thenumber which are in the channel area. Three others are lo-cated elsewhere in the company’s service region.
Illustrating the scope of the expansion program presently inprogress is the fact that the company will add more generat-ing capacity during the four-year period, 1958-61, than wasbuilt during the previous 75 years of its existence.
The newest generating unit, now under construction andscheduled for operation in 1961, will be one of the nation’slargest, having a generating capacity of 285,000 kilowatts--an amount roughly equivalent to the total system capacity atthe end of 1947.
The company’s expansion program actually dates back tothe early 1920’s when its Deepwater Plant was built on 92acres of virgin land immediately east of the Sinclair Refineryon the channel. Prior to that time all power had been generated at the Gable Street Plant on a bend of Buffalo Bayounear the heart of the city, since the company then served onlyHouston and its immediate suburbs.
Even then the company recognized that for a great city togrow and prosper the surrounding area must also grow andprosper, and the completion of the Deepwater Plant enabledit for the first time to begin expansion and development ofthe area surrounding Houston.
Expansion plans of that day visualized a city twice the sizeHouston was then, with an industrial region five times aspowerful. Actual growth has far surpassed those speculations.
Today, Houston Lighting & Power Company serves a popu-lation in excess of 1.5 million, in a 5,600-square-mile areawhich includes 42 incorporated cities and 105 additional
towns and comnlunities. From its comprehensive network ofelectric lines, which extend to even the remotest parts of itsservice region, the company serves 465,000 customers--thearea’s homes, businesses, industrial plants and farms.
The transmission system, comprised of 69,000 and 138,000-voh lines, has been developed on the loop principle, assuring ahigh degree of service continuity at any point along the11,783 miles of its transmission and distribution lines.
To helt) speed electric service to customers, 10 service cen-ters have been located at strategic points throughout the sys-tem, housing field engineers and installation, repair, andmaintenance crews.
During the war years the immense volume of production,refining, transportation of oil, production of high octane gas-oline, magnesium, synthetic rubber, the construction of ships,and the manufacture of many types of war equipment madethe Houston area one of the great bastions of defense. Theproudest record of this company is that power in this area--in war or peace has never been "too little or too late."
During the war years 19:11 to 1915 the number of custom-ers increased from 170,000 to 204,000 and kilowatt hour salesrose from 842 million to 1,591 million.
But this was only the prelude to a giant industrial expansionthat was to come with the end of the war, and which wouldrequire unheard-of amounts of power to fill pent up war-timeconsumer demands for new products, uew services.
Oil production and refining, manufacture of oil tools, steeland steel products, cement, paper, synthetic rubber, magnes-ium, and mining of sulphur and salt were among the indus-fries which either expanded far beyond their pre-war stature,or came new to the area. Most spectacular growth was thatshown by an entirely new industry--petrochemicals withmassive new production facilities to manufacture a wide va-riety of products.
The low level of the company’s rates, which afford lowerunit cost with increased use, served as a catalyst for industrialand other expansion. Plentiful, low-cost electricity has alsobeen a key factor in making this the most air conditionedarea in the world. During the past 20 years the average costof a kilowatt hour of residential electric service has droppedfrom four to two cents. To put it another way, the dollar spentfor residential electric serxice today buys twice as much as itdid in 1939.
Today’s residential electric service costs are among the low-est in Texas and the nation, and 20 per cent below the na-tional average. Commercial and industrial users enjoy com-
FIRST POST WAR generating plant was the GreensBayou Station located just north of the Houston Ship Chan-nel. Initial units were completed in 1949 to help serve theexpanding industrial load in the channel area.
FIFTH AND LARGEST generating plant in the channelarea is the Sam Bertron Station located within sight of theSan Jaeinto Monument. Still under construction, it is thelargest on the system with a capacity of 550,000 kilowatts.A fourth unit being built at the site, at left in the picture,will bring capacity to 770,000 kilowatts early in 1960.
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parably lo~ rates -a major factor in the burgeoning growthof industrial and commercial enterprises in this progressivearea.
To provide for the anticipated power needs of the post-warera. the company constructed its second major Ship Channelinstallation at Greens Bayou in 1949. With demands for powergrowing fast~ additions were made to the (;able Street Planton Buffalo Bayou in 1950, and to the Hiram Clarke Plant thefollowing year. The Hiram Clarke generating station had beenbuih during the war period on South Main Street in Houston.
As induslry continued to expand along the channel, capacityof the Greens Bayou plant was nearly doubled in I95g and anew plant constructed in 1954 at Webster, just off the channeleast of Houston.
The Deepwater plant’s capacity was doubled in 1955 withthe addition of the largest generator then on the system of165,000 kilowatt capacity.
Still the load grew. To help provide for the great industrialcomplexes building along the Ship Channel, the Sam BertronPlant was located within sight of the San Jaeinto Monumentin 1956. This is the largest plant on the system with a capacityof 550,000 kilowatls. Work is well progressed on a unit tobring eapacity to 770,000 kilowatts by early next year.
Looking still further into the future, the company also hasunder constructimt two other new plants the W. A. ParishPlant in Fort Bend County, and the T. H. Wharton Plantnorth of Houston. These plants with a combined capacity of9(t5,000 kilowatts will bring total company generating capabil-ilv to almost three million kilowatts by early 1961.
Present system capacity is nearly nine times that at the endof World War II, assuring present and prospective industrialoperators of adequate supplies of electric power for arty fore-seeable need.
Not only does the company encourage new industries tolocate here to take advantage of the many local raw materials.it also counsels and aids present industries in planning nex~end product manufacturing and in expanding complementarymanufacturing.
The company’s Industrial Sales Department has intimateknowledge of the area’s economy. A competent staff of indus-trial engineers, alert to manufacturing and marketing oppor-tunities, maintains close personal contact with local industry.This group’s broad experience and knowledge, as well as re-sults of a regular program of data gathering, are all availableto present attd prospeclive industries.
C-ABLE STREET generating station, h)eated on a bendin Buffalo Bayou in downtown Houston, stands near thesite of the city’s very first generating plant built in 1882.This plant served the entire system until 1924, and todayis one of the company’s eight major generating stations.
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NERVE CENTER of the Houston Lighting & PowerCompany system is the power dispatching office at MagnoliaPark Service Center, Houston. Automatic controls tie thecompany’s major plants into this point ~here power de-mands are forecast and met with preeision. Giant transmis-sion line maps covering the ~alls allo~ po~er dispatchersto correctly analyze flm~ of power to e~ery part of thesystem.
Fourth In A Series Saluting Industry
At The Port of Houston
FOURTH SHIP CHANNEL area generating plant ofHouston Lighting & Power Company was constructed atWebster in 1954 to strengthen service to the lm~er end ofthe channel and southeastward to Galveston.
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Folk danein~ is an integral part of Israel’s euhuve.
CAN YOU IMAGINE )ourself drawing water from a wellwhich Abraham, Isaac and Jacob used? Standing on the spotwhere David sle~ Goliath? Or seeing the place where Jesusturned water into ~ine? Ships sailing between the Port ofHouston and Tel Aviv and Haifa can put you x~ithin easydistance of these revered spots.
In Israel, the pages of the past eome to life before youreyes with the same distinct, dynamic sound as her actual" andvibrant present.
Where else can you pick lilies in the Valley of the Sharon -and almost hear the words of the Song of Songs? Or swimin the waters which refreshed David and Solomon, Samsonand Delilah ?
And the rhythm of Israel’s present of her up-to-date andmodern life -is as exciting as the echoes of her epic past.Everywhere you turn, new hotels, new roads, new beaches,new cities spring up before you.
And everywhere there is a spirit of enthusiasm. Whetherthe Israeli operates a crane or sits at an outdoor care--whether he turns a lathe or listens to a concert whether helays a pipe or lies on the beach, attends a theatre or night-club he does it with complete wholeheartedness, and no airs.He has a vitality and joy that simply sweeps you along. Andyou feel as though you are touching the pulse of a lusty, new-horn child.
It) Israel, a inodern tempo and the biblical past contrast,live side by side, and intimately intertwine. The same vastvariation and fusion prevails among her people, for theyeome from more than 70 ~:ountries of the East and West.Their customs are different; their costumes are different;
THE MANY FACES OF ISRAEl_Israeli seamen relax het~en johs on their ship. even their mode of eating and ~alking is different. But they
have one thing in common: a love of liberty.Here are slender, graceful Yemenites, wearing jewelled
hoods and beautifully embroidered pantaloons; expansiveBokharians in gaily-patterned floral robes; Kurdistani whoseem to have walked out of a Persian painting; North Afri-cans, Roumanians. Poles, Germans, Russians, Arabs, Drnze,Canadians, Americans, native-born "Sabras" lsraelis all.Some may walk with a lilt, some ~ith a hit of a stool), butafter a while they all take on the gait of freedom an erect-ness, a free throw of the head, a self-assured step.
While yon see all types of people and costumes in Tel Avivand Haif~a and hear every language including English, youthink that you have walked into the very pages of the Biblewhen you visit Jerusalem, Nazareth or Acre.
Jerusalem is enveloped by a quiet, worshipful dignity, par-tienlarlv on Friday and Saturday. Men with long earloeks,dressed" in their best satin robes and fur-trimmed hats 112furtails make up the trimming to symbolize the 12 tribes ofIsrael) slowly ~alk with their sons and grandsons to the dif-ferent synagogues. Varied tunes of worship resound through-out the Holy City as the men come out to greet "The Queenof the Sabbath." Here you feel the presence of Patriarchs andProphets, Holy men an~l Kings.
In the Galilee, the Bible comes to life in a different way.Alongside new tractors, you suddenly come upon the old-fashioned method of threshing grain. A donkey goes roundand round in circles, pulling a solid slab of wood which sepa-rates the grain from the chaff. In the distance, a shepherdplays a tune to the grazing sheep. The whole pastoral scene
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Delta Makes Houston PortFor Embarking PassengersH()USTON, traditional port of cargo.becomes a major passenger port forSouth America in mid-January when theMississippi Shipping Comlmny beginsregular bi-~.eeklv service ~ith its DeltaLine luxury liners Io Argentina. Brazilarid [Trtlgu~ly.
The vessels are the 17,0()0-ton. 120-t,assenger Del Norte. Del Mar and DclSud ~hieh ~ill make the ll-day round-trip run to Buenos Aires from Houstonwith stops enroute at Rio de Janeiro,Santos and Paranagua ill Brazil, Monte-video in [-ruguay and the Virgin Is-lands and the Island of Curacao in tileCaribbean.
Cap/. J. W. Clark. president, an-notmeed lhe new Delta Line l)assenger
service which will be the first of its kindoffered out of lJouston. He said the de-cision x~.as made because of "the groxx.-tug importance of Houston as a generalcargo port and an international gate~.ay~ith direct access to tile nation’s largepopulation cenlers."
At one time Houslon had regularcoastwise passenger svrvice to New York
PlAN PASSENGER SAII.INGS--ParksPedriek, center, ~iee president and manager ofthe passenger department of the MississippiShipping Company, goes over charts and pas-senger aveommodations with Charles Ryan,left, manager of I)eha’s Houston office, andFred Wendt, ;ice president, traffic, as theymake plans for the first sailing, ,lanuary 14,of the I)EL NORTE to give Houston a regu-lar, t~iee-monthly passenger service to the East(:oast of South America.
DECEMBER, 1959
on the Morgan Line, no longer operat-ing. For years it has offered sailings forpassengers on freighters which carry 12persons or less. and an occasional pas-senger vessel has sailed from here onwinter cruises to the Caribbean.
"We are happy to be the firsl steam-ship company to provide Houston withregularly scheduled passenger service,"Captain Clark said. "We are confidentit will find an enthusiastic aeceptanee."
Under the new service, Captain Clarksaid, passenger embarkation will be car-ried on both at New Orleans and Hous-ton, but Houston will be the last port ofeall and the liners will sail for SouthAmerica from here.
Disembarkation of all passengersnorthbound will still be at New Orleans,he said. At present, all passenger serviceoriginates and terminates at New Or-leans and since 1957 the three luxuryvessels have been calling at Houston forcargo purposes only, prior to sailingfrom New Orleans.
First Delta vessel to sail with passen-gers from Houston will be the Del Maron January 14, sailing January 11 fromNew Orleans. The present schedule isfor sailing from New Orleans on Mon-days at 6 p.m. and from Houston onThursdays at the same time.
Captain Clark said the new schedulewill permit Delta Line to give shippersa more efficient operation on its EastCoast South America route. He said itis the latest in a series of moves by DeltaLine to improve its operations out ofHouston.
No stranger to the Port of Houston,the Delta Line has been sailing heresince it was established back in 1919. In1947 the company also inaugurated reg-ular service to West Africa from Gulfports, including Houston.
Delta Line’s passenger service sl)e(’ial-izes in cruises although manv of its pas-sengers arc one-x~ ay Iravelers,’also. tmundto South America for lengthy stays or
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FROM AROUND THE WORLD
Visitors See Houston’s Ship ChannelABOARD THE SAM HOUSTON
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Executives of ttansen & Tidemann, Inc., steamship operators, recently showed the Ship Channelto Jorge Ruiz, traffic manager of the Peruvian Steamship Corporation (Corporacion Peruana deVapores~. Left to right are Svend Hansen, Jr.: Byron W. White, general sales manager; Mr.Ruiz and Richard Paddon, vice president from New York.
A. H. Bohler of the New York office ofAmerlux Steel Products, right, was on theSAM HOUSTON last month to take a lookat local industry along with A. D. Cox of thofirm’s Houston office.
A group of Japanese industrialists visiting the United States underarrangements with the United States-Japan Trade Council ~ere inter-
ested Ship Channel passengers on the SAM HOUSTON. They areshown here, left to right: Messrs. Yutaka Nomura, American sectionof the economic affairs bm’eau of the Japanese Foreign Office: ShojiSuganami, president of the Nino Automobile Sales Co.: Sigio Matsu-moto, president of the Fujikura Ruhher Co.: 3". Ohshima, JapaneseConsul in New Orleans: Shigetaro Okamatsu. leader of the missionand president of Chiyota Kagyo Co. and prominent in Japanese Cham-her of Commerce activities: Robert Gilkey of the United States-.lapan
Trade Council: Chosaku Kohno, deputy director of the Overseas depart-ment of Hitachi, l,td.: lsamu Shimura, president of the Toyo CottonCo.; Hideo Nanri, president of Nanri Trading Co.: Tetsutaro Suzukiof the Ministry of International Trade and Industry; Ryuzo Nanri.director of the Nanri Trading Company in Houston and Hajime Koba-yashi, manager of Mitsui & Co. in Houston.
Two visitors from the Far East make friendswith "’Square-Knot," the mongrel mascot ofthe SAM HOUSTON before making an in-spection of the Ship Channel. They are Ung,Van Imong, government information officerfrom Saigon, Viet Nam, and Koh, Myung-Shikfrom Seoul, Korea, staff writer for the OrientPress.
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Visitors from the Mediterranean island of (~yprcss and front Mobile. Alabama, meet on theupper after deck of the SAM HOUSTON with George W. Altxater. right, general sales managerof the Port of Houston. Here with him are (;eorge Mitsides, in charge of television for theCypress Broadcasting Corporation, now in Houston under an exchange program, and L. H.Stuart, President of T. A. Provence & Co., freight forwarders, of Mobile.
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Just before sailing down the Ship Channel, chamber of commercepeople frmn two far-flung cities got together as Ragnar Uddenberg,second from left, general manager of the Gothenburg, Sweden, Chamberof Commerce, met his Houston counterpart in Marvin Hurley, left,executive vice president of the Houston Chamber of Commeree, seentogether with Mason Lockwood, president of the Houston Chamber ofCommerce, and Karl Henrik Andersson, sporting the Texas hat, SwedishConsul General in Houston.
Count Bernadotte, right, chats animatedly with Blakeley Smith, formany years a steamship operator in the Port of Houston, who pointedout many of the interesting aspects of the Ship Channel trip from thebridge of the SAM HOUSTON during the trip.
All three Scandinavian countries are represented here as Hon. Ber-nard Daugbjerg, right, and Mrs. l)augbjerg, next to him, chat withMrs. Sydney .l. Webster, wife of the honorary consul of both Swedenand Norway in Galveston, and Mr. Gosta Olson, director of the Gote-borgs Bank of Stockholm, Sweden.
Swedish nobility and industrial leadership is gathered here withGeorge W. Altvater, right, general sales manager of the Port of Hous-ton, on the fantail of the SAM HOUSTON. With him are CountessBernadotte and Mr. Assar Gabrielsson, chairman of the board of theVolvo Corporation. The Port of Houston is a principal port of entryin the United States for the Volvo automobiles from Sweden and Mr.Gabrielsson was an interested observer of the Port’s facilities.
DISTINGglSHED SWEDISHDELEGATION VISITS HERE
Swedish royahy and top industrial and business repre-sentatives visited the Port of Houston last month when CountLennart Bernadotte, nephew of King Gustaf VI Adolf ofSweden, his wife, and twenty-three leaders of the GothenburgChamber of Commerce went down the Ship Channel aboardthe SAM HOUSTON as part of a swing through the UnitedStates.
Throughout the boat trip the Count expressed his interestin the tremendous industrial development along the water-front and was echoed in his comments by the industrialistswho marvelled at the diversification of the industry, fromsteel plant to paper mill, to refinery to cement plant, to chem-ical company.
The Count and Countess were in Texas separately of theGothenburg Chamber of Commerce group, and while in Texashad their program arranged by Railroad Commissioner andMrs. Olin Culberson, with Messrs. Jack Mitchell, R. E. IBob)Smith and Gus Wortham participating locally.
His official host in Houston was Consul General Karl Hen-rik Andersson of Sweden.
Capt. Roy Faulkner of the SAM HOUSTON, left, welcomes aboardthe distinguished Swedish delegation. Shaking hands is Gustaf Terling,head of a marine machinery company in Gothenburg and directlybehind is Count Barnadotte, bedecked in Texas hat, and in between isJack Mitchell, Houston oil operator and one of the Count’s hosts whilehere.
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HOU$10N PORT BUREAU IS NOWFACING GREATE$1 CHALLENGE
By VAUGHN M. BRYANT
A CONCERTE1) effort by Great Lakes,
]~]asl and West Coast ports to oblainhmer inland freight rates in direct com-petition with Gulf ports is being stren-uouslv fought by the Houston Port Bu-reau which has ealh!d ol, other (,ulfports to do likewise.
Aeting to shield Houston from rateinequalities with emnpetitors and to de-velop position improvements, the Port]:hlreau is both watchdog and championfor the Houston shipper and sees in thisthree-pronged threat the greatest chal-lenge in the BuremFs history.
The Bureau ~xas organized 29 yearsago and is presently headed hx (,re~ "~.Perry, who has had a lifetime of expe-rience in traffic and transportation.
As a partner ~ith the sales develop-ment force of the Porl of Houstot}. it is~orking with thai force locally andthrough the regional sales offices in NexxYork. Chicago and Kansas City. To-gether the’~ are engaged in xvhat Perr~calls "the mosl extensive and dynamiccargo promotion effort in the history ofthe Port."
()the," ports have similar agencies or
traffic experts to protect and fight forbetter competitive rates and it is withthese agencies arm experts of other Gulfports that the Houston Bureau is alignedin its present contention.
Since 1930 the Gulf ports have en-joyed favorable inland freight rates overNorth Atlantic ports to and from tirearea of Cincim,ati and west. With theopening of the St. La~rem’e Seaway.this situation is threatened as Easternport railroads moxe to compete x~hhLake ports.
"No,a that the first year of Seauavoperations nears an end. ~e expect aflood of Eastern railroad proposals."says Perry. "’as the [~]aslern raihoads
haxe publicly ammuneed their intentionto publish Seax~ay-eompetitixe rates." Atthe same lime. he says. Lake ports areseeking Io~er rates from areas in theMid~.est ~hieh presently have loxxerrates to Ihe Gulf.
At Ihe last meeting of the Gulf PortsAssociation in Denxer, Colorado, the As-sociation’s Traffic Committee ~as giventhe task of ~orking out some commoncourse of aeliml by the Gulf ports tomeet the intensified regional eompeti-lion from east. north and west. WhileGulf ports may have their own local dif-ferences and argue among themselvesow’r eompetitixe rates within Iheir fav-ored territory, they are to present a so[idfront to this mutual threat from outside,Perry says.
The Interstate Commerce Commissionregulates the complex and e’,er-changinginland freight rates, but regulating ac-lions eomes into play only on protest orin apparent cases of unlax~ful publica-tion of rates. Perry explains. "Hox~-ever. the majority of rates published bythe carriers are the resuh of carrier ac-llon and ports must argue, persuadewith them. not the ICC. for" such ratesas are necessary to their interests."
Whal may seem Io one porl a fair andreasonable rate. may seen) unfair to an-other, he explains. "Rates xary hy com-modity, by oxerseas point of destination.are influein:ed bv whether there is bargeor truck competition and by myriadother factors.
The transportation ael of 1958 wasdesigned to implement competition be-t~.een common carriers. Perry explains."The effect of this act. hosteler, is asvet unknown, for the law is vague arrd{he ]CC uneerlain in its administration.
Creg B. ]¥rr.~. erudite general manager ofthe thmston Iq,rt |{tlrc.?au. is [ea(|ing t|le fightto obtain the best possible rates fro" ,drippersat the [h)rt of Houston.
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C ANADA.
The colored overlay on thismap indicates the states ~erved mosteconomically by the Port of Houston.
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One fact is apparent: persuasion hassupplanted technical argument by portrepresentatives, and the port possessingthe greater degree of rail-competitiveservices receives more favorable ratetreatment."
It is not only to the north and eastthat the Gulf ports must look, says Per-ry, but far west across the Rocky Moun-tains, as well. From there, numerouspropositions are before the Houston Bu-reau which involve West Coast portsseeking to equalize through costs withthe Gulf.
"This is a form of rate-making," heexplains, "where the transcontinentalrailroads coinpare aggregate costs, forexample. Chicago to Japan, of rail toGulf versus rail to Pacific ports, andocean costs from Gulf versus ocean costsfrom Pacific ports, and then publish aninland rail rate which results in equalityfor the West Coast with the Gulf to andfrom Chicago.
"It should be emphasized that we aredealing with spot commodity adjust-
ments here," Perry explains. "Our ratesare considerably lower to the Gulf thanrates to the Pacific Coast, and despite arelatively minor disadvantage in oceanfreight rates, we are in excellent positionto compete with Pacific Coast ports asfar west as Denver."
Aside from its diligent and never-end-ing fight to keep good rates, prevent un-fair situations and obtain better trans-poration arrangements, the Port Bureaudisseminates information to freight for-warders, steamship agents and others,and extends assistance where requested.Additionally, it serves the Houston Cot-ton Exchange by providing a trafficservice to its membership.
The Bureau also issues changes to thePort of Houston Tariff No. 8 and ad-vises the terminals of changes or de-velopments at other ports which affectHouston’s competitive position. Too, itengages in propositions involving ter-minal relations with the carriers.
In substance, the Bureau considers it-self to be an operation devoted, and
solely, to all affairs of a transportationnature affecting the Port of Houston,says Perry. "Our successes, or failures,influence cargo movements and hencewhat we do, and how it is done is amatter of interest and concern to thecommunity."
John C. Mayfield of the John C. May-field Company, is president of the Bu-reau; L. J. Snyder of Shell Oil Com-pany is vice president; J. P. Turner,general manager of the Port of Houston,is second vice president, and G. W.Ebanks, vice president of the NationalBank of Commerce is secretary-treas-urer.
Officers serve without pay arid workwith an executive committee includingthe four above named officers and J. J.Dee of Anderson, Clayton & Company;S. A. Dunlap, Sr., Texas Transport &Terminal Company, and H. C. Hix ofManchester Terminal Corporation. Illaddition to these there are eight addi-tional members on the Board of Dire,-tors.
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BRANCHES IN PRINCIPAL CITIES
PORT OF HOUSTON MAGAZINE
Two Japanese government officials visited Houston and the ShipChannel last month to observe the area’s agriculture and the industrialcomplex and transportation facilities. With Bill Moffett of the Port ofHouston they are, left to right, Mr. Shinichi Miyazae, vice governorof the Saga prefecture and Mr. Yasuyuki Seki, chief of the generalaffairs bureau of Fukuoka City.
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From Bangkok, Thein Mahapaurya, a mem-ber of the U. S. Information Agency Staffthere, visited the Port of Houston recently aspart of a tour of the United States sponsoredby the l)epartment of State. He will return toBangkok, Thailand, to help explain to the peo-ple of Southeast Asia the United States as hesaw it and interpret the nation’s foreign policyand world position.
The government of Mexieo sent Engineer Emilio Zorilla, left, toHouston recently as part of a study in connection with the building ofthe government-sponsored (;rand Central Truck Terminal in MexicoCity. Central Freight Lines of Texas ~as chosen by the govermnent asa model operation for study and Mr. Zorilla visited the company’sterminals here and in Waeo accompanied by Mr. David H. Knight,Central’s bi-lingual supervisor of export-import traffic. Part of his tourincluded a trip on the Houston Ship Channel aboard the SAM HOUS-TON, above.
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viewsWilliam H. Cormany, Jr., representing the
Port of Manchester, England, recently visitedthe Port of Houston and the Ship Channelaboard the SAM HOUSTON. Cormany pointedto the similarity of Houston with Manchesterin that both are inland, served by a channellined with industry and handle a great deal ofbulk cargo. His headquarters are in New York.
The Mediterranean Star Ifne recently established bi-monthly serwcebetween Houston and eastern Mediterranean ports with the arrival ofthe KLAUS LEONHARI)T, shown here loading flour at Wharf 13 ofthe Navigation l)istriet’s docks. The Greek-owned Mediterranean StarLint will offer bi-monthly service from Honston and other Gulf Portsvia New York and presently has an operating contract for 200,000 tonsof flour for the United Arab Republics. More than twenty voyages areplanned to handle this shipment with vessels at the same time availablefor other general cargo.
DECEMBER, 1959
Dr. Gnstavo Romero Orteta, de]egate of Ecuador to the United Na-tions and a leading attorney in the field of international commerciallaw, visited the Port of Houston enroute to the Assemhly from his humein Quito and presented the Port’s l)epartment of International Rela-tions with a copy of a book on Ecuadorean Commercial Law he hasrecently published. Here he is shown, center, ~ith Vaughn M. Bryant,left, Director of International Relations for The Port of Houston, andHon. Kenton Correa, Consul of Ecuador in Houston, is looking u~crthe hook in the Port office buihting.
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MARCHESSlNI LINEREGULAR INDEPENDENT SAILINGS TO
YOKOHAMA, KOBE, PUSAN, KEELUNG, HONG KONG, MANILA, BANGKOK
From Mobile Houston
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MOBILEFirst National Bank Bldg.HEmlock 2-6828
MISSISSIPPI SHIPPING COMPANY, INC.
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Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc.Offices at: NEW ORLEANS, HOUSTON, GALVESTON, NEW YORK, Beaumont,Brownsville, Chicago, Corpus Christi, Dallas, Kansas City, Lake Charles,Memphis, Mobile, Port Arthur, St. Louis, Tampa, Washington, D. C.OFFICES AND AGENTS IN PRINCIPAL WORLD PORTS.
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J. H. BLADES & CO.Marine Insurance
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ARRIVES ON MAIDEN VOYAGE--A reception for shipping officials was held in Houstonon hoard the T.V. Monfiore, newest ship put in operation by Navigazione Aha Italia (CreoleLine). Her sister ships are the T.V. Monbaldo and T.V. Mondoro, operating in the Gulf-Medi-terranean service. The turbine propels the ship at a service speed of 17 knots and she has adeadweight capacity of It,100 tons. Among those at the reception on the maiden voyage are,left to right, Sam Dunlap, vice president of Texas Transport and Terminal Co., Inc., agents forthe Creole Line: Dr. Aurelio Repetto, a senior director of the line; Vernon Bailey, assistantgeneral manager of the Port of Houston; Capt. Oscar Seechi, and Harold W. Roberts, executivevice president of T. T. & T.
Heiling Named V.P.For Sales By Katy
Frank J. Heiling, vice president-indus-trial development of the Missouri-Kan-sas-Texas Lines, has been appointed vicepresident-sales and service, Wm. N. De-ramus III, president, announced. Heil-ing succeeds J. F. Hennessey, ~ho willretire. Heiling’s headquarters will be inSt. Louis and Dallas.
Heiling, age 45, is a native of Texas,and ~.as educated in the public schoolsat Victoria, Texas, and Grundy, Vir-ginia. He attended Johnson Bible Col-lege at Kimberlin Heights, Tennessee.He began his railroad career in 1947with the Texas City Terminal RailwayCompany, Texas City, Texas, as a spe-cial investigator of the Texas City ex-plosions and fires. Promoted to assistantto the president and general manageras a result of his handling of the dis-aster matters for his company, Heilingserved in that position until June 1,195k when he was made president andgeneral manager.
Heiling came to the Katy on July 15,1956. as head of the company’s indus-trial development department, achievingan outstanding record of industrial lo-cations along the railroad sim-e thattime. He is a member of the Soeiety ofIndustrial Realtors and serves on theNational Industrial Committee of thatSociety.
AAPA Confab SetThe American Association of Port
Authorities, oldest of the basic maritimeand transportation organizations, willhold its 48th Annual Convention inPahn Beach, Florida, December 7-11.Headquarters will be the Palm BeachBiltmore Hotel.
This Western Hemisphere organiza-tion ranges wide in its interests and itsbusiness program cuts across all fields,including trade development, industriallocation, offshore and domestic ship-ping.
A full-scale exposition area will ac-company the business sessions, a recentdevelopment generated by the large-scale port construction programs goingforward in the United States, Canadaand Latin America.
The Port of Palm Beach is officialhost to this year’s session, which willbe chairmanned by Dudley W. Frost,AAPA President, who is Executive Di-rector of the Port of Oakland, Cali-fornia.
New Shinnihon ManSaburo lmamura has been appointed
United States Representative of theShinnihon Line to succeed Yuzo Goko,who is returning to Tokyo. Mr. lma-mura, who formerly represented the lineon the West Coast. will direct activitiesfrom the offices of Texas Transport &Terminal Co.. Inc., 52 Broadway, NewYork, general agents for lhe ShinnihonLine.
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AND OTHER PORTS AS CARGO OFFERSTO
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Port of HoustonScholarship Is
Awarded To YouthHoy A. Riehards, the first recipientof the Port of Houston scholarship intransportation, has written an interest-ing letter to Chairman Howard Tellep-sen of the Port Commission:
Dear Mr. Tellepsen:This is to express my gratitude for
your making possible mv entrance tograduate school through the Port ofHouston Scholarship in Transportation.
I first became interested in transpor-tation upon my graduation from highschool in June 1949, at which time 1was employed by the G.C. & S.F. Rail-way Company. I have remained in con-tinuous employment wilh this companywith the exception of my college daysand three years active duty wilh theU. S. Marines during the Korean War.
In May of this year I reeeNed myBachelor of Science Degree in Indus-trial Technology from Texas A. and M.and returned to work with the Santa l:e.At the time of my acceptance of tin,
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Port of Houston Scholarship last month,[ was supervising the installation of cer-tain phases of the centralized trafficcontrol syslem I signal system~ no~ be-ing installed on the Northern Divisionof the G.C. & S.F. Railway Company.
My present plans include doing re-search for my thesis in some phase oftransportation that will be of interest tothe Port of Houslon. [pon completionof graduate study | plan to return lo thefield of transportation.
Through my association with the Tex-as Transportation Institute while pursu-ing graduate work in Economics I feelthat I shonld receive a hetter under-standing of the Iransportation iudustryas a whole.
Since I ha’~e been chosen the firstrecipient for the Port of Houston scholar-ship I feel a special obligation towardthe attainment of certain academic goalsand ~ill. to the best of my ability, meetthe requirements of the scholarship.
Sincerely.Hov A. Richards
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seems "to belong," blending as it does into the mauve land-scape of Nazareth or the beautiful Sea of Galilee.
In Nazareth, you feel the Bible not only through the 24Churches and their resounding bells, but in the way of life.Veiled and barefoot women with long-flowing robes carryclay pitchers on their heads as in the days of 2,000 years ago.They stop to gossip at Mary’s Well, or to buy some spices atone of the tiny stalls that line the narrow, winding, cobbledstreets of the city. Donkeys, camels and chickens walk alongthe streets and courtyards as freely as do men, women andchildren. Past Nazareth, you come to Cana, Capernaum,Mount of the Sermon, Sea of Galilee and other landmarkswhere events of the New Testament took place.
In the Crusader town of Acre, there is a different mood.As in Nazareth, baggy, middle-eastern pants and turban-likeheadgear called "kefiyah" prevail. But in Acre, you find mensitting at cafes, playing a game of checkers called "shesh-besh." smoking their "nargillah" or water-pipe, while boyshustle across the streets shouting "sabra, sabra," name of thejuicy caclus fruit.
The sabra fruit is a favorite among all Israelis. As a matterof fact, new food habits reflect the fusion of the differentcultures here. While you find all kinds of restaurants fromthe Viennese to the Chinese--it’s the "felafel" and "glida"stands to which all Israelis flock, regardless of their countryof origin. "Felafel" is a highly spiced mixture of small pep-pers and pickled cucumbers served between the halves of aleaf-thin, round bread called "pitta." It has become the "hotdog" of Israel. And you may have guessed it--ice cream,called "glida" or "eskimo" and coffee expresso have becomethe other "national dishes."
The felafel and glida stands and outdoor cafes are particu-larly prevalent in Tel Aviv and Haifa, two cities that have thebeat of the 20th century. Both cities lie along Israel’s ll0-mile Mediterranean coast-line. Only sand and dunes 50 yearsago, Tel Aviv today is the home of the International Airportof Lod, of the Israel Philharmonic, of many theatres, dancetroupes, museums, beautiful shops. And while the music pour-ing from the outdoor cafes gives the city a flavor of Paris orRome, the movie marquees, neon lights and general tempo ofthe city remind you of New York.
Haifa, rising like a wedding cake from the Mediterraneanshore, is recognized as one of the most beautiful cities in theworld. It has luxurious hotels and gardens, excellent beachesand shops, breathtaking views and is the springboard for atour of the Galilee.
From Haifa you may go back to Tel Aviv and then on tothe Dead Sea, lowest spot on earth. Surrounded by fields ofsalt, you think that you have just missed the Destruction ofSodom and Gemorrah and are now witnessing the birth ofa new day.
Perhaps Eilat is Israel’s best symbol of a new era. To reachthis port on the Red Sea, you pass the fabled and awe-inspir-ing King Solomon’s mines. Today, new mines are workinghere again. In Eilat itself, the first building to greet you afteryour journey through Israel’s Negev desert, is the stream-lined Hotel Eilat. A lonely outpost two years ago, Eilat hasnew hotels, new homes, new schools, a new and active portand a beautiful beach. The Red Sea itself has a magnificentjungle of corals and some 8,000 varieties of fish, turningEilat into a favorite tourist mecca.
Perhaps the man who stood beside his son in Haifa 10years ago put it best. Weary from their long trip, the littleboy asked, "Is this the end of our journey?"
"No." the father replied, "the beginning."Today, tourists feel the same way, Israel is the beginning
of an exciting adventure through time and space.
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coming to the [-nited States from downthere. ]’he cruises take 44 days fromNew Orleans, 41 days from Houstonand offer sexeral days in port in bothRio and Buenos Aires.
The Houston office was opened byMississippi Shipping only last May withCharles Bran in charge, as a result ofthe line’s increased traffic: in and out ofHouston.
Parks Pedrick. vice president andmanager of the passenger department,together with Capt. Charles L. Spieer,x ice president in charge of operationsand Fred Wendt. assistant vice presi-dent. traffic, visited Houston to makearrangements for the new service andconfer with Mr. Ryan.
The completely air-conditioned Del:~:orte, Del Sud and Del Mar are thelargest passenger xessels operating outof the Gulf on regular schedules. All ac-commodations on the sister ships arefirst class and include staterooms rang-ing from 66 square feet in area to 33.1square feet.
All three ships have swimming poolsadjoining beach decks, and promenades,lounges, bars, play decks and deckcafes in addition to the main diningroom which features a cuisine with aNew Orleans and international flavor.Staterooms are designed for home-likecomfort and include casement ~indo~sinstead of traditional portholes.
Delta Line operates 1:1 ships on itstwo trade routes, and is presently under-taking a muhi-million-dollar replace-ment program.
Port Is FeaturedAt Council Meeting
The Port of Houston was featured atan International Toastmistress Clubsstate council meeting and banquet re-cently, ~ith a port banner hanging be-hind the speaker’s table as the principaldecoration motif and booklets and fold-ers on the port distributed at the tables.
The group, from Corpus Christi, SanAntonio and other South Texas areasus well as Houston, also made a tripdown the Shill Channel on the SAMHOUSTON.
HARRISON IJNE’S NEWEST--This is the M.V. Plainsman, newest ship in the HarrisonLine fleet serving Houston. A sister ship, the M.V. Administrator, has also joined the (;ulf-UKroute. Powered by a six-cylinder oil engine developing 6,800 h.h.p., the ships ha~e a servicespeed of 15 knots on 80 per cent power. With five holds, the ships have a capacity nf 11.450tons. LeBlanc-Parr. Inc., are agents for the Harrison lane here.
Newest LykesShip Launched
With an assist from 12,000 pounds ofgrease, the huge $10 million cargolinerJoseph Lykes, one of five ships beingbuilt at lngalls Shipbuilding Corp. forLykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc’., waslaunched in the singing PascagoulaRixer.
Despite her size 195 feet long theship slipped gracefully into the river totaste water for the first time. Tugs im-mediately took the ship into tow andshifted her to lngalls’ fitting-out dockwhere she will be completed. She isscheduled to make her maiden voyagenext spring.
The ship is named for Joseph T.Lykes, Sr., chairman of the Lykes com-pany, who witnessed the launching. Mr.Lykes is the last of the seven Lykesbrothers who founded the vast shippingorganization 60 years ago. The vesselwas christened by his daughter-in-law,Mrs. Joseph T. Lykes, Jr., of New Or-leans. Mrs. Lykes’ sister, Mrs. John B.Smallpage, also of New Orleans, was hermatron of honor.
The S.S. Joseph Lykes was the secondnew Lykes ship to be launched in 60days, with others scheduled to belaunched next January, March and
April. All five ships will enter serviceduring 1960 with the first one. the S.S.James Lykes. making her maiden voy-age to the Mediterranean in March.
Construction of the five ships by In-galls is part of the Lykes fleet replace-metal: program which calls for building53 new ships during tile coming yearsat an estimated cost of a half billion dol-lars, said by maritime officials to be oneof the boldest steps ever taken by acompany in the history of the Americanmerchant marine.
The S.S. Joseph Lykes was tile 202ndvessel launched in [ngalls history andcame less than 11 months after ~orkmenlaid the kecl for the ship. Several hun-dred persons were on hand for thelaunching ceremonies.
Speakers included Ben H. Guill. Wash-ington, vice chairman of the FederalMaritime Board; Monro B. Lanier, xicechairman of Ingalls; Solon B. Turman.president of Lykes Lines; Lykes Chair-marl Joseph T. Lykes, Sr., and FrederickJ. Mayo, president of Ingalls.
"Launching of this ship today on theshores of the Gulf of Mexico," said Mr.Lanier, "is in keeping with the Lykestradition which saw them pioneer world-wide shipping from the Gulf ports. Thesefine new cargo ships will make it possi-ble for them to continue providing de-pendable service to the American ship-ping public and to Lykes shippers andreceivers overseas."
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TOWING SERVICEBAY-HOUSTON TOWING CO.
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