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¯ The Port of Houston in the last 10 years has spent$38.5 million for capital improvements, includingthree general cargo docks now under construction.

¯ Houston, one of the country’s fastest growing cities.is the hub of a great industrial- commercial complex.

¯ Competitive freight rates, truck and rail. to all pointsin the Mid-West.

¯ 90 per cent of docks served by marginal tracks.¯ 147 general cargo lines regularly serve the

Port of Houston.¯ 4,000 ships call each year -- an average of

11 ships a day.¯ Port of Houston is a year round Port--

never frozen over.¯ Most modern Port on the Gulf of Mexico.¯ Facilities to handle every type of cargo efficiently.¯ Six trunk line railroads.¯ 35 Common Carrier truck lines.¯ Barge service through the Intracoastal Canal.¯ 90 Tanker Lines for liquid and bulk cargoes.¯ 14 Foreign Consulates General and 20 Consulates.¯ 42 Freight Forwarders: 14 Customs Brokers.¯ 18 Stevedoring Companies.¯ 13 Export packers.¯ A magnificent World Trade Building, where people

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Volume 9

Official PublicationOf the Harris County Houston Ship Channel Navigation District

April, 1967 No. 4

Directory OfPort Commissioners

And StaffFOR THE

Navigation DistrictHOWARD TELLEPSEN, ChairmanR. H. PRUETT, CommissionerE. H. HENDERSON, CommissionerW. D. HADEN, II, CommissionerW. C. WELLS, Commissioner

J. P. TURNER, Executive DirectorTRAvIs L. SMITH, III

Director o~ Engineering and PlanningGEORGE W. ALTVATER, Managing Director o/

Trade Relations and DevelopmentC. E. BULLOCK, Director o/ Port OperationsJ. L. LOCKETT, JR., CounselS. B. BRUCE, County AuditorVAUGHN n. BRYANT, Director o/ International

RelationsLLOYD GREGORY, Director o1 lnlormationRICHARD P. LEACH, Chie/ EngineerJ. R. CURTIS, Terminal ManagerK. P. RODEN,

Manager o] Grain ElevatorW. J. STAGNER, Manager, Storage WarehousesJ. W. HATCHETT, Superintendent,

Bulk Materials Handling PlantJ. K. HENDERSON, ControllerJ. T. WALL, Purchasing ManagerK. W. STEPHENS, Personnel Manager and

World Trade Building ManagerC. L. SHUPTR1NE, Chie] Security OfficerW. E. Rr.DMON, Maintenance SuperintendentT. E. WHATLEY, Administrative AssistantV. D. WILLIAMS, Administrative Assistant

SALES OFFICESEDWARD P. MOORE, District Sates ManagerFRANK WARD, Assistant

25 Broadway, New York, New YorkHUME A. HENDERSON, District Sales Manager

Board of Trade Building, Chicago, IllinoisJOHN R. WEILER, District Sales ManagerC. A. ROUSSER, JR.,

District Sales Representative1519 Capitol Avenue, Houston, Texas

EXECUTIVE OFFICES1519 Capitol Avenue at Crawford Street

Telephone CApitol 5-0671P. O. Box 2562, Houston, Texas 77001

Contents

$16 Million Bond Issue Announced For Houston .......................... 8

Consular Corps Welcomes Three New Members ........................... 10

New Ships Are Presented Maiden Voyage Plaques ........................ 11

Scene At The World Trade Club ..................................... 12

He’s National President of Propeller Club of U.S ........................... 13

Fabre Line Has Served Gulf Coast 70 Years ............................ 14

The Houston Port Bureau Reports ................................... 17

Two Friendly Warships Visit ....................................... 18

Houston Steamship Agents ........................................ 30

Port of Houston Shipping Directory ................................. 31

Sailing Schedule of General Cargo Ships ......................... 32

THE COVER

The M.S. MALAGA, one of the Fabre Line’s new ships, is busily handling cargoat a Port of Houston dock. To see a view of the same ship in Barcelona, seePage 14, where an interesting story about the Fabre Line starts.

The Port o~ Houston Magazine

TED SUMERLIN, Editor

Published monthly by the Harris County Houston Ship Channel Naviga-tion District, the PORT OF HOUSTON Magazine is distributed free to maritime,industrial and transportation interests in the United States and foreign coun-tries. This publication is not copyrighted and permission is given for the re-production or use of any original material, provided credit is given to thePort of Houston. Additional information, extra copies of the magazine oradvertising rates may be obtained by writing the PORT OF HOUSTON Magazine,2332 W. Holcombe Blvd., Houston, Texas 77025.

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$16 MILLION BOND ISSUE

ANNOUNCED FOR HOUSTON

Porl (:ommissioncrs and executives ofIhe Harris Cmunlv Houston Ship (;hawnel Navigation District met with civicleaders and nexus, radio and televisionmedia recently to announce plans for a$16 milli()n bond issue It) buiht morewharxes, sheds and other faeililies forthe growing Port of Houston.

(]tairman Howard Tellcpscn toht thegroup that the Navigati()n District overlhc last ten years has issued "in exct’ss()f S:{g million in revt,mw bonds ()f our( )~r I I " " and buih eight new ~har~cs, tran-sit slwds, a Wt)rhl Trade Buihling, hulk

ruth,rials handling 1)tanl. warehousesand transit sheds and expanded thegrain elevator, renewed ohl wharves andsheds and added tniles of new accessroads and rail tracks.

The lime has now come, however,~,tl(’r/’ the District must go to the peopleof Harris County to back them in $16million worth of l)ul)lic t)()nds to enablethe Port to continue its dy)tamic grow-ing program. The Navigatio)t Districthas. for the present, reached the capacityof its borrowing power and can issue noIllt)r(, rl,venue honlls until revellues in-

Happy over the prospect of a successful bond election are, from left, Port Commissioner

W. D. Haden, II; Wiley R. George, vice president and manager, States Marine-Isthmian Agency;Port Executive Director J. P. Turner; Port Commissioner W. C. (Willie) Wells, and T. J. (Whitey)

Bryant, president of Port Houston Shipyards.

Chairman Howard Tellepsen spoke earnestly and

forcefully to the assembled news media represen-tatives and business and civic leaders on thevital necessity for calling and carrying thebond issue.

crease further and present obligationsare reduced.

"But ~r (’ d(’slleratt’ly need more newdocks and other facilities to meet ourimmediate )weds." he said. "They willmean more revenue for the NavigationDistrict and m()r(, jobs and a greateri)leonle log ollr COll/nlullitv."

Other C(mmtissi()ners (’choed Chair-man Tellepsen in their appeal for publicsupl)t)rt of the bond election, which hasbeen called l)x the Harris (:otmtv Com-missioner’s Court for April 29.

"’Fhe economy ()f Harris Cotmty direetlv related to the I)ulse of tile Port,"said Commissioncr W. C. Wt,lls, whoix president of a h)ngsht)remt’n’s union."’\Ve must have lilt’ x isi()n t() vote forthese i>()nds if ~v(, are t() go ahead."

1{. H. Pru(’tt. Commissioner from Bav-town, said the Port aheadv is losinglonnagt’ ])(,caus(’ it (lo(’sn’l have docks to act’<)mmodat~" all ships wantingIo come ]lere.

E. H. Henderson. C,)mmissioner andl)ankcr, said that passage t)f the l)().dissue "will p(,rmit tilt’ port to tlnanceits o-rowth at a nit)re [av()ral)h’ rate interest." and Commissi,)ner W. 1).

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Listening to Gordon Turrentine, general manager of the Houston Chamber of Commerce, (right),are, from left, E. D. Vickery, attorney and national president of The Propeller Club of the UnitedStates; Travis Smith, III, director of engineering and planning of the Navigation District; FredHartmann, editor and publisher of The Boytown Sun; and Port Commissioner E. H. Henderson.

Port Commissioner R. H. (Red) Pruett, in hisenthusiasm to make a point and show graphlcallythe construction progress made in the last tenyears, hides Chairman Tellepsen with his chart.

Haden. 11. said that ttouston is in com-petition with 11 otht,r Texas ports andthat "cargoes will go x~here the best

facilities are provided."The last puhlie bond issue for the

Navigation 1)istrict was voted in ]957in lhe amount of $7 million xdtich pro-vided three ne~ ~harves and two tran-sit sheds. Since that lime. Port annualrexenues haxe more than doubled, ton-nage has increased hv at h’ast 50 percent and the District. itself, with theincreased r~’xemws, has been ahle 1oissue bonds of its o’t, vn [0 redeemthrough that re~,nue.

"But we must slop for breath nm~."said Exeeulixe Director J. P. Turner."and lttrn to the people of Harris(iountv.. Wc hope it uill he for the lastSin](, for n/ally, tllallv years. Once wecan get these additional facilities, weforesee our revenue increasing slilImr,re. This ~ill emdfle us again to lwin a position tu issue revenue bonds totinance huihting still more wharves antisheds and olhcr m,edcd facilities. Prog-ress does not sit)l), and the Port of Hous-toll is going 5,, haxe to COlllilltle to buihtand grow to tn,,eI its exer-inereasingtrade pi~tentia].’"

G. W. Altvater, second from left, ,managing director of trade relations and development, showsslides on the Port of Houston’s activities to, from left, P. E. Chimene, traffic manager of Gulf OilCorp.; Sweeney Doehring, attorney and civic leader, and Svend Hansen, president of Hansen &Tidemann, Inc., steamship agents.

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Leonard S. Patillo, left, business manager of the Houston Chamber of Commerce talks with DaveMorris, general manager of Radio Stations KNUZ and KQUE, and Mrs. Lester Swann, publisherof The Mirror.

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BelgiumThe new Consul General of Belgium

is a journalist, a lawyer, and a careerdiplomat who was telling Texas jokeswithin his first month of being stationedin Houston.

Herman J. Matsaert was born in 1927at Bulskamp, West Flanders, Belgium.He studied at the Universities of Ghentand Louvain where he received a Doe-!orate of Law and a degree in politi-cal and diplomatic sciences.

Matsaert worked for a year in hisfamily’s business after finishing schooland then served in the Belgian armyfrom 1952 to 1954. From 1954 to 1957 hewas a columnist on foreign policy withthe Brussels newspaper HET LAATSTENIEUVCS (The Latest News). He joined

Mr. MATSAERT

the Belgian Civil Service in 1957 andbecame a magistrate, serving until 1961,when he joined the diplomatic service.

His first diplomatic position was onthe common market desk in Brusselswhere he served until 1963. He wasthen named first secretary of theBelgian Embassy at Dar-Es-Salaam, EastAfrica.

From August 196l to August 1965,he was Consul at the Belgian Consu-late General in Bukavu, capital of theKixu Province in the Congo/Kinshasa(Former Belgian Congo), and in 1965was named Consul General in Bukavuwhere he stayed until being posted toHouston.

Matsaert is married to the formerChristine t’Joen and they have twoyoung children, Christine and Frank, whowill join him in Honston shortly.

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FranceA career of dedication to France

starting with military service in 1939that saw him serving in France, Eng-land, Central Africa, and North Africaall during World War 11, and servicein the French Diplomatic Service sincethen has characterized the life of thenew French Consul General in Hous-Ion, Georges A. MaeClenahan.

With the name, he might be ex-pected to be the Irish Consul, butMacClenahan says the family has beenFrench since one of his grandfatherslcf! the Auld Sod to marry a Frenchgirl.

MacClenahan’s first post was inFrench Equatorial Africa ~.here heserved from 1916 to 1949, when hewent back to Paris for home duty inthe Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Heremained in Paris until 1951, when hewas assigned !o the Consulate Generalin Kenya. He was transferred to the

Mr. Mac CLENAHAN

Ivory Coast in 1957, where he stayeduntil 1960 when he moved to theFrench Embassy in Lagos, Nigeria.

A change of continents in 1961 tookMaeClenahan to Brasilia, Brazil, wherehe opened a detached Chancellery inBrazil’s newly-built capitol. In 1963,he was transferred to the main FrenchEmbassy in Rio de Janeiro to be incharge of press information and politics.

Given an assignment in the UnitedStates with a choice between Denverand Houston, he quickly chose Houstonas being the more important.

MacClenahan is married to the formerMonique Durand and has three children,

Georges, Florence and Patrick. Georgcs,27, is a captain in the French army.Florence is in Houston and plans tostudy political science in an Americanuniversity next year and Patrick, 14,,is in school at Si. Gingolph in Switzer-land.

LuxembourgThe Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

has joined the list of countries withConsular representation in Houston withthe appointment of Albert D. Cox asHonorary Consul.

Cox, who is district representativefor Amerlux Steel Products Corpora-tion, New York, is a native of FortWorth, where he was born in 1920.He attended Fort Worth area schools

Mr. COX

and North Texas Agricultural College(Arlington State College) and then en-listed in the United States Marine Corpsin 1939.

Following World War II Cox workedfor Maxwell Steel Co. and in 1954joiued Amerlux Steel with offices inHouston Amcrlux is the United Statesrepresentatives for the Arbed Steel Millthat was established in Luxembourg in1925. The mill has had representationin Texas since the late 1920’s, Coxreports.

Cox’s appointment was made in Lux-embourg on October 12, 1966, and wasofficially recognized by the United StatesGovernment January 24, 1967.

Offices for the new Honorary Con-sulate are at 6822 Ridgeway.

Cox is married and has one daughter.

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The Scandinavian American Lines’ new cargo vessel and cadet trainingship M.S. ONTARIO loaded in Houston recently while on her maidenvoyage from the A. S. Bergens Mekaniske Verksteder yards at Bergen,Norway. The ONTARIO’s accommodations have been rearranged from thestandard on the Line’s other new vessels to have quarters and classroomspace for 18 apprentices and their instructor in addition to the regularcrew. Captain O. Ryager received the Navigation District’s maiden voyageplaque for his ship from Junior Chamber of Commerce member RobertMoore, right. Joe Gumina, Funch, Fdye & Co., Inc. and Mrs. NaomiWarren, International Trading Co., are to the left of the picture of HRHPrincess Benedikte of Denmark, who christened the vessel October 25, 1966.

The Norwegian ship M. V. VINGNES, sailing under charter ta theWallenius Lines, had Houston as one of her maiden voyage ports of callrecently. Taking part in the Junior Chamber of Commerce--Port of Houstonmaiden voyage plaque presentation to the ship were, left to right, RobertLarson, Gulf Motorships, Inc., ship’s agent; Captain N. Kalvenes, master;Chief Engineer K. Dahle; Junior Chamber of Commerce representativeFred Willhelm, and First Officer A. Svendsen.

The master of the new Scindia Steam Navigation Co., Ltd. ship, theM. V. JALARATNA, was presented with a plaque honoring his ship’s maidenvoyage at the Port of Houston recently. Making the presentation to CaptainL. R. Azevedo was Rudy H. Theobald, Jr., right as Frank van Heugten,Biehl & Co., ship’s agents, looked on. The JALARATNA was built in Scot-land and came to Houston in ballast before loading general cargo to India.

Captain G. A. Angus, master of the M. V. WORLD UNION, waswelcomed to Houston on his ship’s maiden voyage recently by British ViceConsul Charles O. Quinn, left. The WORLD UNION, owned by World-Wide(Shipping) Ltd., was under charter to deliver steel from the Far East Houston on her first voyage. Arthur J. Fritz & Co. were customs brokersfor the shipment and Ayers Steamship Co., Inc. were ship’s agents. Amaiden voyage plaque was also presented to Captain Angus by theHouston Junior Chamber of Commerce and the Navigation District.

Ne, v Ships Are PresentedMaiden Voyage Plaq, ues

Captain Roberto Egurrola of the new Nervion Line ship M. V. MARCANTBRICO was presented a maiden voyage plaque for the ship recentlyby Robert Moore, representing the Houston Junior Chamber of Commerce.Captain Egurrola also received a City of Houston Goodwill Ambassadorshipfrom the Mayor and City Council in recognition of his many visits to Houstonin years gone by. The Nervion Line is represented by Kerr SteamshipCompany, Inc. and offers regular service between the Gulf of Mexicoand the Mediterranean.

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Daniel L. Goldy, left, vice president of the Houston Oil Field MaterialCompany, Inc., told the Houston World Trade Club at a recent luncheonmeeting that the United States was facing a steadily declining balance ofexports in international trade if the U.S. government and business com-munity did not develop a more realistic and sophisticated approach infinancing, selling and tariff control. With Goldy are Joe E. Davies, center,vice president, States Marine-Isthmian Agency, Inc., and president of theWorld Trade Club; and John W. Hazard, president, International Bank.

When Captain K. Yagi (center) of the Mitsui-O.S.K. Line’s HOUSTONMARU came back to Houston on his second visit recently, he brought withhim a gift for the Port of Houston of an elaborate "Kabuto," the ornate,protective helmet worn by the warriors of ancient Japan. The "Kabuto"dates from A.D. 700, with variations developing down through the cen-turies and the addition of decorations of various kinds. Accepting thegift for the Port was Navigation and Canal Commissioner W. C. Wells,(second from left). Also present were Chief Engineer A. Ogawa of theHOUSTON MARU (left) and J. W. Allen, local manager of StrachanSteamship Co., agents, and Y. Yokoyama, local representative of Mitsui-O.S.K. The "Kabuto" will be on exhibit in a glass case in the WorldTrade Club.

It was Hail, and Farewell! for Captain Sverre Fasmer, center, masterof the NOPAL REX for LoL these many years, when he came into the Portof Houston for the last time in March. The venerable Norwegian skipperhad been on the Houston-Buenos Aires run for the Nopal Line for morethan 20 years and on his last voyage he was honored at a luncheonby Biehl & Company, a~ents, in the World Trade Club. He is shownwearing the cowboy hat given him by Biehl’s vice president, T. E. Dugey,right, who is holding a proclamation making the Captaln a goodwillambassador. Vaughn M. Bryant of the Port of Houston holds a plaqueof the Port while A. M. (Poppy) Alvarez, traffic manager for Nopal the Houston trade area, looks on.

UHrich Klimmey, right, in charge of the Gulf services of the NorthGerman-Lloyd line out of Bremen, was in Houston recently on one ofhis periodic visits to Gulf ports. He is shown here in the World TradeClub with John lisager, left, general manager of Biehl & Co., agents,and Henry Schurig, president of the freight forwarding firm of H. E.Schurig & Co.

The World Trade Club truly fulfills its mission when working membersof the international trade field such as John M. West, left, H. E. Schurlg& Co., freight forwarders; E. J. Glover traffic manager for Brown & Root,Inc., contractors; Mallen J. Meaux, assistant manager, Foreign Export,Sinclair International Oil Company; and Arthur T. Stanley, right, trafflcrepresentative, Honsen & Tidemann, Inc., steamship agents, met there todiscuss business, as they did recently.

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John M. Stevens, D.S.O., O.B.E., T.D., right, former executive directorof the Bank of England and presently Economic Minister at the BritishEmbassy in Washington, visited Houston recently to meet informally witharea bankers and businessmen and to speak to the Houston branch ofthe English-Speaking Union. He is shown here with British Consul GeneralGerald Simpson, during a press conference in the World Trade Club.

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Another In A Series Men Who Make The Port of Houston Hum

Meet Edwced Downtc.n V~ckevy

Htfs Naliunal Prnsidnnlllf Pru,pnller Elnh uf U.S.

By LLOYD GREGORYInformalion Director

E I)WARD I)OWNTAIN VICKERY. belier known as "Ed" to a

host of friends, is the first Texan and the first practieingattorney named national president of the Propeller Club ofthe United States. He is now serving his second term.

The Propeller Club is dedicated to building a strong U. S.merchant marine. There are around 11.000 members in 49American clubs, or "ports," and in seven foreign clubs.

Mr. Viekerv is a senior partner in one of the country’slargest and mosl reputalde firms specializing in admiralty andmaritime ]a~vv... Rovston. Ravzor & Cook, with offices in theSan Jaeinto Bt, ihling in Houston and in the Cotton ExehangeBuilding in Galveston.

The firm was founded in 1926 in Galveston bv Mart H.l~,ovshm, who had practiced maritime law since 1890. and bvJ. Newton Rayzor. Mr. lloyston is dead. but Mr. Rayzor isvery [l]lleh alive and inh’rested in his firm which he yet serves ,as counsel.

The 13 partners of Royston, Rayzor & Cook in order ofseniority are: M. L. Cook. C. A. Brown, E. D. Vickerv, Maw>J. Thompson. Carl O. Bue. Jr.. George W. Renaudin, BryanF. Williams. Jr.. Edward J. Patterson, Jr.. (;us A. Sehill. Jr..John Teed. Ben l,. Reynohls. Richard 1). Davis. Charles 1)iKennedy.

The firm represents lnawv foreign steamship lines and un-derwriters, as well as &me-rican.

Mr. Viekery was born in Fort Worth May 1, 1922.He mm describes himself as a baht-headed, pot-bellied

laww.r". It is true he has little hair on his head, and is a trifleplump, and is a far err from the slender, agile young athletewho was winning tennis letters and h’gal laurels at the Uni-versity, of Texas. He graduated x~.ith a }mehelor of law. with +honors, in 191.3. He was a member of the honorary scholastic ~legal fraternity of Phi Delta Phi.

Shortly after graduation, the affable Ed Viekerv slartedpracticing with Rovston. Ravzor & (~(,ok. He l)eeame a seniorpartner in Seplem[)er. 1955.

Many legal honors have come his ~av. but Mr. Viekeryis proudest of his coveted fellowship in the American College<ff Trial Lax~yers the men who live in the eonrl rooms.

As a member of the ports and waterways committee of theHouslon Chamber of Commerce, Mr. \:iekerv said:

"I can’t emphasize too much the importance of the Port ofHouston bond election of April 29. The grm~.th o[ this eom-tntmilv and of this entire section is al stake, l believe thepeoph~ <d Harris County will rally to support these honds."

Mr. Vickerv is a reember of the I{otarv Club, LakesideCountry Club. World Trade Club, World Trade Association,Mariners Club and Navv l,eague of the t:nited States.

He is active in the F’irst Presbyterian Church. serving asdeacon from 195P until he was made an ehler in 1965.

\|r. and Mrs. Viekerv ha~e lwo children. Mrs. Hal Stewm-son. and a son. Ed <])~;wnv) Viekerv. on the Meinorial HighSeh<,d baskellmll squad ~+hieh lost" the state championshipby one puint. 1[ pressed, they will tell you about their beauti-ft~l granddaughter. Beth Sh:venson. tl{ree years old.

The Vickervs lixe at 610 Wellesley. EDWARD D. VICKERY

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The Fortress of Monjuich looms high above a Fabre Line ship, theM.S. MALAGA, in the harbor at Barcelona.

Fa bre Line

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It was in 1897, seventy years ago, that the famed FrenchCompagnie Fabre, operators of the Fabre Line, began theirfirst service between the Mediterranean and the Gulf of Mex-ico. Since then, the Compagnie has had a long and honoredservice in both passenger and cargo traffic over this and otherMediterrancan-American routes.

However. the 14 voyages made in that year from the Gulfto the Mediterranean were only a small part of the sailingsof this Marseille-oriented service which, eightcen years earlier,had established its first service with the United States.

In 1881 the foundling firm sent its vessels FERIA andPATRIA between Marseille and New York to begin its oper-ations and in 1882 it branched far to the south to begin itsservice with the ports of the River Plate (Buenos Aires andMontevideo) with the LA PLATA and ROSARIO.

Then, in 1897 came the service to the Gulf--at that timeNew Orleans was the principal port--and these three Medi-terranean trade routes of the Fabre Line continued to growand prospcr one to the East Coast, one to the Gulf and oneto the River Plate.

In setting up this service the Fabre Line established quitea list of "firsts." It was the first company to link New Yorkwith liner service to and from Portugal and Italian ports. Itwas also first in giving liner service between New York andports of the Black Sea, Egypt and the Middle East.

As a result of these operations, the Fabrc Line by 1900was among the biggest transallantic operators, and had evenbranched out from its Mediterranean-Western Hemisphereservice to establish a run from France’s Channel ports of St.Malo and St. Pierre el Miquelon to New York. The BUR-GUNDIA and the GALLIA were the vessels in this trade~often harassed by the stormy weather of the North Atlantic.

The New York to the Mediterranean run the first linerservice of this nature to be established--proved highly suc-cessful and from three voyages in 1881 the sailings grew to

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12 ill 1883 and 20 ill 1889, with anywhere from 24 to 30voyages a year hv the turn of the century.

By this time the Mediterranean service had been extendedIo Boston, Bahimore. Providence and Philadelphia as ~.ell.In 1902 the RO/IIA went into service and she and vessels ofher class increased the Irips to more than 60 a year by theoutbreak of the tirst World War.

By 1900 the Line had developed two principal lines to tileU.S.. one the Italian service via Naples and the other thePortuguese serxice out of Lishon via the Azores. In 1904 athird service was begun out of Marseille, which included bothhalian and Portuguese as well as Spanish and North Africanports.

These early liners, as was customary of the times, carriedhoth cargo and passengers hut the outbreak of \Vorld War stopped the passenger traffic. The Fabre Line then began char-tering simple cargo vessels to handle the mounting volumeof ~merican exports to France and averaged more than 60vo.vages a year out of New York.

Following World War 1, the Fahre Line came ott strongin the passenger business as well as its cargo-handling inter-ests. In a typical post-war year it carried 70~000 passengersacross the Atlantic and 54,000 tons of merchandise betweenthe U.S. and Portugal, 35,000 tons with Naples, 72,000 tonswith the Middle East ILevantt and 200,000 tons with Mar-seille.

In the first post-war decade routes were extended or re-established to tile whole of the Mediterranean and the BlackSea t Poti. Bucarest, Constaneza, Beyrouth. Alexandria) andthe Compagnie also created and developed its maritime tour-ism by inaugurating group cruises and tours through itsTouristie Service.

Ahout 1930 the Fabre Line hegan to feel the pinch of theworld economic crisis. A Compagnie spokesman says U.S.Customs harriers were "toughening" and restrictions wereimposed on the number of immigrant passengers. From 61voyages to New York in 1930 the Compagnie by 1935 was

French made tires are unloaded at the Port of Houston for carsthroughout the Southwestern United States.

The famous Salazar Bridge over the Tagus River in Lisbon makes anattractive background as the M.S. MALAGA steams out to sea.

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making only 24--barely twice a month. ()ther routes weredown proportionately.

The New York service, however, managed to hold on be-cause of the cargo service and maintained sailings, althoughreduced, between Marseille, Naples, Spanish. Portuguese andNorth African Ports and New York, Baltimore and Philadel-phia. At this time Fahre Line inaugurated the first servicebetween New York and Casablanca, just when the FrenchProtectorate in Morocco was assisting in the development ofthe country.

Worht War lI brought a disruption to the Fabre Line ser-vices, hut its American Agents, James W. Elwell & Co.. main-tained the Line’s services under their own flag and thus per-mitted the Fabre Line to preserve its field of activity.

After the War, new management of the Fabre Line tookover its activities from American agents, under the controlof the French government, which had requisitioned all itsvessels. The, period of requisition ended in late 1945 and theCompagnie l"ahre again resumed the operation of its entirefleet, with the xessels VOLTA, FORIA, DL:QESNE, FON-TENAC and several Liberty ships.

It reinstated its service between America and the Mediter-ranean but had to abandon the service with the Middle Eastbecause of foreign competition. Howew~r, the Compagnie con-tinued its service between Italian. Portuguese, Spanish andNorth African ports and the East Coast and Gulf ports, andin 1951 established a line to the Great Lakes.

The Great Lakes service has increased and is now amonglhe important operations of this venerable French companywhich has played such a role in Franco-American trade, and~.~hich continues to call regularly at the Port of Houston onits trade routes to the Gulf.

3% the Fahre Line, more than to any other, goes the creditfor deveh)l)ing liner service from the Mediterranean portsto the U.S. East Coast and Gulf ports land, more recently,to the Grea! l~akes portsl, and to the least Coast ports ofSouth America.

Chipping and painting keeps part of the crew busy while a FabreLine ship is tied up at the Port of Houston.

Looking hack oxer the record, the Fahre Line’s vessels inits 86 years of service between Europe--principally the Medi-terranean and the New World, have made more than 5700voyages across the Atlantic. During that time the Line carriedmore than 10 million tons of cargo and two million passengers.

Vessels of the Fabre Line have been lost to war. fire, ship-wreck and many of their oflicers and crew have died in thisservice. Other thousands, both (lead and living, continue toreflect pride on the flag of the Compagnie Fahre. one of thegreat maritime institutions of French history.

This lighthouse on the rugged coast of Cape St. Vincent at the entranceto the Mediterranean Sea has been a welcome sight to many of theFabre Line ships which have made 57,000 voyages across the Atlantic.

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INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION, in I&SDocket 8353, has suspended and set for in-vestigation a multiple-car annual volumeexport commodity rate applying on soybeancake or meal from Redfield, Iowa to PortArthur, Texas. This new concept rate waspublished as $5.45 per net ton, minimumcarload weight 160,000 ibs., in bulk incovered hopper cars, subject to an aggre-gate minimum weight per consignment of 800net tons and to a volume minimum of notless than 90,000 net tons during a twelvemonth period. Rate did not include anytransit privileges nor port terminalcharges, except switching was included atorigin and destination. Other Gulf portswere not included as points to which therate would apply. There are no multiple-carannual volume export or import rates pres-ently applicable via the Gulf ports.

A RAILROAD APPLICATION, Texas LouisianaFreight Bureau No. 21-293, has been ap-proved to allow adjustments in computationof free time and storage (demurrage)charges on export shipments of bulk grain,bulk flaxseed, and bulk soybeans at Houstonand other Texas and Louisiana ports, whencause of delay in placement is due to rail-road error. Included in the allowance ruleare "run-around" cars and bad-order carsheld on repair tracks. In the event carsare ordered into the elevator by specificcar number, 24 hours delivery time will beallowed, computed from the first 7:00 A.M.following date of order, before an allow-ance or an adjustment takes place.

THE NATION’S RAILROADS announced thatRule 27 of Uniform Freight ClassificationNo. 8 will be amended on June i, 1967, toprovide consignee responsibility forclean unloading of equipment. Failure toremove from cars the lading, blocking,bracing, strapping, etc. will result in apenalty charge of $25.00 per car beingassessed against consignee. This rule,which will be applied at railroad pointsthroughout the nation, will not be involvedon cars which are unloaded by the Portof Houston for movement to ocean vessels,as the Port of Houston (Harris County-Hous-

ton Ship Channel Navigation District) un-loads these cars as an agent of the railcarriers and not as a consignee. Railshipments of grain moving through thePort of Houston public elevator are not tobe affected by the rule, either, insofaras the removal of grain doors, strapping,etc. is concerned.

HEARING BEFORE THE INTERSTATE CommerceCommission is scheduled to commence onApril 12, 1967, at the DuPont Plaza Hotel inMiami, Florida, on I. C. C. Docket 34736,Canaveral Port Authority, et al, vs. theAhnapee & Western Railway Co., et al. Thiscase involves a complaint filed by ports ofPort Canaveral, Port of Fort Pierce, Portof Palm Beach, Port of Everglades, andPort of Miami, Florida, against most of therailroads serving that part of the UnitedStates located East of the Rocky Mountains.In the complaint it is alleged that therail freight rates and charges assessed onexport and import freight to their portsfrom this territory encompassing most ofthe Midwest and Eastern states are unjust,unreasonable, and unduly prefer otherports, including the Gulf ports, to theprejudice of the Florida ports and are inconflict with the purpose of the NationalTransportation Policy. Houston Port Bureauhas intervened in this acase and willhave a representative at the hearing.

SEVERAL RAIL PROPOSALS of general in-terest to the port now under considerationinclude: a proposed rate of 30~ per i00pounds on iron or steel plate or sheet,minimum weight i00,000 pounds from Houstonto Reisor, Louisiana; a general reductionin the export rates on grain and grainproducts from Southwestern Kansas andEastern Colorado origins to Houston, repre-sentative of which are--Howell, Kan.,534 cwt., and Gano, Kan., 541/2¢ cwt.,minimum weight i00,000 pounds; reducedexport rates on rice from Louisiana originsto Houston, based on a distance scale ofrates; and a rail import rate applying fromHouston to Malaga, New Mexico on bagging orcotton bale covering of 60-~¢ per i00pounds, minimum weight 50,000 pounds.

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With her crew lining the rails, the DEUTSCHLAND is an impressivesight as she swings in the Port of Houston Turning Basin preparatory tonudging into her berth. A large delegation of Port, City, Naval and .......other dignitaries was on hand along with the ROTC band from theUniversity of Houston to greet the German school ship.

Two FriendlySh’ek. modern and sophistieau’d naval xessel

from Great Britain and ~-est Gernmny visite,the Port of Houston in \larch. with mm’h fallfare. flag-flying band-playing and an m erwhchring display of Texas hospitality.

First to arrive was tile 1.850-t,,n GermaTraining Ship DEUTSCllLA,’\D with her offie~.rand crew of some 400 cadets who will he Ihfuture officers of the (,erman Navx.

Under the command of Captain Ulrich ReMelthe DEUTSCHLAND and her ,rew spent sidays in Houston with a whirl of parties, dimwr~dances, soccer malehes, tours and similar el/t(qIainment.

Hard on the heels of the DEI.TNCIIL..tYIcame 11.;11.5. SdLISBURY of the l~oval Nay

Chamber of Commerce President, Newton Hoverstock, left, awaits theDEUTSCHLAND with Mayor Pro-tem Frank Mancusco, German Consul Dr.William Otto Denzer and Captain John C. AIIman, commanding theHouston Naval Reserve Training Center, who made many of the ar-rangements for the channel transit, docking and caring for both theDEUTSCHLAND and H.M.S. SALISBURY.

A plaque showing an aerial view of the Port of Houston is presentedto Captain Ulrich Rehder of the DEUTSCHLAND by Port CommissionerW. D. Haden, II, at a welcoming reception on board the vessel shortlyafter it docked. Captain Rehder was also made an Honorary GoodwillAmbassador of Houston and given a key to the city and a Texas cowboyhat.

It was only appropric*te that while visiting the Number One Volks-wagen Port in the Guf (more than 125,000 vehicles imported), theDEUTSCHLAND and her crew should have the use of one of the familiar .............................."small wonders." Here Captain Ansgar Bethge, one of the executiveofficers of the DEUTSCHLAND, accepts the keys from Albert Berry, ownerof Albert Berry Volkswagen Co., with Assistant Manager Barney Garverat left.

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,rarships Visit,i March 14. wearing |he broad pennanl o[.mmodore J. M. Townley. Senior Naval Officer,

~,~,-esl Indies, who had flown in from Bermuda tozreet the ship.

The SALISBURY, a 2A00-ton aircraft diree-i,m frigate carrying sixteen officers and 180hen, was under the command of CommanderHenry Ellis, and her officers and men, as those ofhe DEUTSCHLAND, were the center of a ~vhirl,f social, civic, and athletic activities during their,e~ en-day slay.

Both w’ssels were berthed at City Dock Threett the foot of 75th Street and were visited byhonsands of Houstonians whil," here. Photos onhose pages show some of the scenes at theirirrixa]. The H.M.S. SALISBURY swings slowly in the Turning Basin preparatory

to mooring at the Port of Houston, with her crew at attention to manthe lines. Contrary to the DEUTSCHLAND, the men of the SALISBURY werein summer dress, because of their West Indies duty, instead of the winterblues worn by their German colleagues.

Just before moving to dockside to meet H.M.S. SALISBURY, CommodoreJ. W. Townley, Senior Naval Officer, West Indies, of the Royal Navy, left,met in the offices of the British Consulate General with Captain J. C.AIIman, Senior Naval Officer, Houston, United States Navy, and CaptainW. D. Wright of the Eighth Naval District, New Orleans, who was inHouston for the occasion. Captain AIIman is commander of the NavalReserve Training Station in Houston.

Port Commissioner W. D. Haden, II, presents a plaque showing thePort of Houston Turning Basin to Commodore Townley and to CommanderHenry Ellis, commanding H.M.S. SALISBURY, at ceremonies aboard shortlyafter the vessel’s arrival. Chamber of Commerce President Newton Hover-stock, right, had just presented both officers Texas cowboy hats, whichthey proudly wear. The Robert E. Lee High School band welcomed thegroup ashore with appropriate British and American patriotic numbers.

The Union Jack is flying as H.M.S. SALISBURY moves alongside CityDock No. 3 on the south side of the Turning Basin and is made fast.The 180 men aboard were royally feted by Houston groups includingthe English-Speaking Union, Daughters of the British Empire, United ServiceOrganizations and others. They enjoyed cricket, soccer and darts matchesin addition to dances, brewery tours and trips to a ranch and the MannedSpacecraft Center.

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Home to England for a check-up and then a Continental tour goes the1933 Phantom II Rolls-Royce recently judged the most elegant Rolls-Roycein America at the Rolls-Royce Owners Club meet. Now owned by FortWorth resident Gerald A. Rolph, the $40,000 town car has an American-built body on its English chassis. The car will be sent to the Rolls-Roycefactory to be "buffed-up" and then to the Goodwood Auto Show fordisplay. Rolph will then tour Europe in the car. Shipping was handled byCommon Market Forwarders Inc. on board the Scandinavian AmericanLine’s M. V. NEBRASKA, Funch, Edye & Co., Inc., agents.

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