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water, land-locked, and _ storm-free. Based on the standpoint of actual cost, the total amount invested in the municipal wharf and dock facilities ag- gregates $1,640,282.90, subdivided, as follows: Land including 36.5 acres of waterfront property with river frontage of 4200 feet, and Harbor Island (29.58 BOVOR he eleva eins Asacek $ Wharves and docks in- cluding seven units totaling S000 lineal LOGE < eesissccses 1,003,473.07 Warehouses on waterfront, six in number, aggregating 106,800. square feet of floor space Cotton compress and ware- house unit (125 x 900 feet), exclusive of actual ma- CHINES Fiera cleo dicsiucataceees Loading and _ unloading equipment including Brown hoist locomotive, Lambert whirler steam crane, two electrically operated gantry cranes, and two electrically operated overhead conveyors 198,000.00 151,486.76 POH meee emer eee eee ee eeeeeeeeeeeeees 125,930.72 IN WATGROUSE S).55cceeiiscdeess 35,859.60 Trackage on aprons and behind warehouses (24,138 TOOU ys GC ARiiiasees densi olctoncuiccs 96,250.05 Fire protection equip- WONG ois eos scenesenciceiseacce eet 17,140.20 Shell fills and roads .... 11,192.50 The land on which these facilities are located is today valued at more than half a million dollars, so that the total investment at this time is more than $2,000,000. In addition to the above described properties, ma- chinery has been installed in the cot- ton warehouse at a cost of more than Photo by Steffens-Colmer Studios SHELBY WIGGINS Recently Appointed Port Director of Beaumont $90,000, to handle cotton shipments. The municipal docks and _ turning basin are located 49 miles from the sea. A dry dock of 3500 ton lift capacity and bunker stations are available. About a mile up the river above the municipal docks, located on an island in the Neches river, is the plant of the Pennsylvania Shipyards, Inc. At this time a bond issue of $150,000 more or less, is under contemplation, Filly, a an * 3 —e <te Se, a 6 a for the purpose of effecting the fol- lowing improvements: Construction of 300 feet of trestle to handle cargo for unloading steel from barges, with in- stallation of derrick to facilitate such handling; construction. of low-level wharf, 175 x 70 feet, for intercoastal canal trade; purchase of new loading and unloading equipment including electric magnet -and rice conveyer; concreting of open space: between waterfront warehouses; and extension of fire protection lines. In 1917 when Beaumont’s channel to the sea was 24 feet in depth, 674,058 tons of cargo moved through the new port. This figure, as well as that of 6,473,864 tons quoted for 1926, includes tonnage moved over the other docks at Beaumont; it does not represent exclusively figures for the municipal wharves. In fact, petro- leum products constitute the most im- portant export commodity at Beau- mont, and pratically all cargo of this nature moves over the docks of the Magnolia refinery. The Yount-Lee Oil Co. and the Sun company have recently constructed loading docks a few miles down the river from Beau- mont. A full time port director has been appointed in order to obtain more tonnage for Beaumont and to super- vise generally its harbor activities. Acting upon the recommendation of its dock and wharf commission, the City of Beaumont secured the services Handling Cargo from and to Ocean Ships at Municipal Docks, Beaumont, Texas. MARINE REVIEW—October, 1927 33.