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unloaded in a_ hopper, while flat bottom ears are unloaded by an over- head traveling grab bucket. The storage pile has a capacity of 25,000 tons. 4. Public vegetable oil handling plant for handling vegetable oil in bulk such as cocoanut oil, palm ker- nel oil and linseed oil. It possesses four pumps, pumping from ship’s tanks directly into tank cars, and it is possible to place 16 cars for load- ing simultaneously. 5. The port commission leased from the war department and_sub- leases in turn unit No. 1 of the United States army supply base which consists of three reinforced buildings with a wharf 400 feet long (at pres- ent being extended), and a railroad storage yard of 743 cars capacity. In the subleased unit are located on the upper floors, the Chase Bag Co., and the International Harvester Co., the lower floor being used as a ware- house. The port commission operates two fire tugs, one of them the DELUGE, is regarded as one of the most efficient in the country. The combined total pumping capacity of both tugs is 15,400 gallons per minute. In addition to all the above men- tioned facilities owned by the state under the jurisdiction of the board of commissioners, there are numerous other facilities owned by private in- terests. There are 27 private owned tugs and towboats for general public use (excluding government owned units) having a total of 23,530 horse- power. The floating derricks lifting capacity varies from 15 to 100 tons. There are a large number of wharves, sheds and storehouses, owned by private interests and operated by AUUTTTUUTUTRUUUTRLLLUGLUCOHALOLUAURUUUEAALOUEALUCCORUCLALUUCOALUCCOGEACOCGALUUGOALECOA COICO ULUOH AUC Why New Orleans Grows HE board of dock commis- stoners of New Orleans has a good slogan. It is—equal treat- ment for all; special favors for none! A port, a business, and even an individual will go far by holding to such a policy. The life, and get up and go dem- onstrated by this famous south- ern city has had quite as much to do with its success and posi- tion as second largest port in the United States, as the strategic location nature has _ bestowed upon it in making it the gate- way to the sea of the richest cer- tainly, if not the most fertile valley in the world, the Missis- sippt river basin. CUTLER LEE LUGALLCOULLEALUCALLUUAULORUUAAUUGALUUARLCOALUCAALCGAT COACH CEA CCO EGET various organizations and companies, such as American Sugar’ Refinery Co., Mangel Mahogany Co., Oversea Railway Inc., Standard Oil Co. of La., United States Industrial Alcohol Co., and others; altogether 36 wharves. The capacity of privately owned cotton warehouses in the port is 238,- 100 bales, making the total storage capacity in the port 787,500 bales, (public, private and railroad). New Orleans occupies an advan- tageous location on the old Indian portage. It is not only the logical point for the interchange of cargoes from river crafts to ocean going ships and vice versa, but the In- tercoastal canal crosses the Mississippi within its harbor limits. This canal connects the river with many bayous, canals, lakes of Southwest Louisiana, and through Lake Ponchartrain and Lake Borgne, with the northeastern coast of the Gulf of Mexico. Traffic originating on the upper Mississippi or its tributaries can be delivered on barges or self-propelled boats at Mo- bile, Birmingham, or any other inter- mediate point without transfer. In addition to several private barge corporations and packet services, the government operates the Mississippi Warrior service, Federal Barge line. The line owns within the heart of the city, two floating wharf boats and operates a fleet of electrically driven motor trucks and trailers. All the equipment of the barge line is modern and is built of steel, the lifting ca- pacity of the lower Mississippi barges being 2000 tons each. Towboats, whether sternwheeler or twin screw tunnel boats, are powerful and it is not uncommon for a 15,000-ton tow to be brought to New Orleans. Such a load constitutes the cargo for two ordinary ocean going freighters. Modernization to the dock board of New Orleans consists in keeping five Port of New Orleans Has 52 Miles of Harbor Front—Mississippi River Commission Yard MARINE REVIEW—July, 1929 43