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286 TEXAS ALMANAC.-1952-1953.
Commerce of Texas Ports
Below is given the commerce of the fourteen Texas ports, classified as to foreign and
domestic trade, for the calendar year, 1949, as reported by the district office, Corps of
Engineers, United States Army, Galveston (in short tons).
Domestic
-Fore --- ---Coastwise- ---internal--- Intrapor
Port- Imports. Exports. Receipts. Shipments.Receipts. Shipments. Local Total.
Houston .......... 1,390,495 4,913,093 1,041,242'17,198,932 1,921,254 3,689,941 6,732,531 36,887,488
Galveston .......... 253,070 4,920,967 70,004 801,178 502,881 478,503 3,305 7,029,908
Texas City .......... 247,189 321,888 994,811 6,268,677 2,506,629 676,710 .698 11,016,602
Beaumont ........... 6,680 435,149 1,290,18813,215,856 4,278,958 681,622 72,667 19,981,120
Port Arthur ......... 1,688,848 2,194,456 3,230,820 14,525,265 943,435 1,415,271 ....... 23,998,095
Orange .............. 3,401 45,470 .... 6,430 120,574 227,053 63 402,991
Sabine Pass ......... ....... ..... ...... 12,483 562,888 16,871 592,242
Corpus Christi........ 98,855 808,903 98,950 5,958,914 460,241 1,703,608 100,899 9,230,370
Port Aransas ........ ..... 115,267 6,653,343 161,299 1,280,575 ..... 8,210,484
Ingleside .................. ...... ...... 1,854162 16,575 175 ...... 1,870,912
Brownsville ......... 172,134 194,627 88,319 300,525 74,838 104,680 3,689 938,812
Port Isabel .......... 5,437 3,313 ..... 397,787 6677 1,970 415,184
Freeport .......... ..... 55,432 340..... 359 544831 79,934 3,236 1,733,792
Port Lavaca ......... ...... .... ...... ..... 2,674 253,479 47,790 322,943
Total ............13,866,109114, 08,56516,814,334167,521,428111,572,349111,864,43916,9837191122,630.943
Texas Ports-TrafficBelow is a brief description of each of the
fourteen Texas ports, with a recapitulation of
the vessel traffic tonnage of each in recent
years, according to the report of the district
office, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army, Gal-
veston. Statement of port conditions is as of
Jan. 1L 1950. Traffic tonnage figures are for
the calendar year. 1949.
Houston.-Houston Ship Channel extends from
deep water in Galveston Bay to Houston turning
basin, a distance of 50 miles; thence 7 miles
along alight-draft channel to the mouth of White
Oak Bayou.,
Controlling depth: 32.5 feet at mean low tide
from Bolivar Roads to Morgan Point; 34 feet
Morgan Point to Baytown; Baytown to turning
basin, 32 feet (depth in tunng basin 29 to 32
feet); and light-draft extension o Houston, about
six feet at mean low tide, Brady Island channel
about five feet
Project depth: 36 feet at mean low tide to turn-
ing basin; light-draft extension above turning ba-
sin, 10 feet; channel behind Brady Island, 10 feet.
Statement of traffic (short tons):
Vessel Vessel
Year- Traffic. Year- Traffic.
1940.........27,385,598 1945......... 23,869,878
1941......... 25,623,078 1946.. 31,837,453
1942.........17,661,447 1947.........34,323,833
1943.........15,047,871 1948.........38,904,464
1944.........16,956,538 1949.........36,887,488
Galveston.-Channel extends from Bolivar Roads
to 57th Street in the City of Galveston, Texas, a
distance of five miles.
Controlling depth: 35.5 feet at mean low tide
from Bolivar Roads to 43d Street, thence eight
feet to 51st Street, and seven feet from 51st to
57th Streets.
Project depth: 36 feet at mean low tide, Bolivar
Roads to 43d Street, 32 feet thence to 57th Street.
Statement of traffic (short tons):
Vessel Vessel
Year- Traffic. Year- Traffic.
1940.......... 4,098,371 1945..........4,280,098
1941.......... 3,386,342 1946.. .5,960,924
1942.......... 1,683,173 1947. .6,625,987
1943.........1,546,134 1948..........6,023,428
1944.... .....2,290,946 1949. .......7,029,908
Texas City.-Channel extends from deep water
in Galveston Harbor to the harbor at Texas City,
a distance of 6% miles.
Controlling depth: 33 feet at mean low tide.
Project depth: 36 feet at mean low tide.
Statement of traffic (short tons):
Vessel Vessel
Year- Traffic. Year- Traffic.
1940. . 13,300,946 1945........ 8,696,711
1941.. .12,595,189 1946....13,149,109
1942......... 7,648,984 1947. . I0,084,460
1943......... 5,771,176 1948......... 12,268,499
1944......... 7,095,281 1949.........11,016,602
Beaumont.-Channel extends from mouth of
Neches to turning basin at Beaumont; 20 miles.
Controlling depth: Neehes River, mouth to Beau-
mont turning basin 34 feet at mean low tide;
turning basin 34 feet.Project depth: Neches River 36 feet at mean
low tide and Beaumont turning basin 34 feet.
Statement of traffic (short. tons) :
Vessel Vessel
Year- Traffic. Year- Traffic.
1940......... 19,387,986 1945.........13,604,977
1941. 20,374,506 1946. . 23,052,108
1942......... 9,490,114 1947.........23,919,540
1943......... 7,786,000 1948.........26,907,277
1944........ 8,580.011 1949.........19,981,120
Port Arthur.-Channel extends from upper end
of Sabine Pass to Port Arthur docks at mouth of
Taylor's Bayou and to mouth of Neches River,
19 miles.
Controlling depth: December, 1949: Upper end
of Sabine Pass to and including turning basins at
Port Arthur, 29 feet at mean low tide; Taylor's
Bayou turning basin, 32 feet; Port Arthur turning
basin to mouth of Neches River, 32 feet.
Project depth: From upper end of Sabine Pass
to mouth of Neches River including turning basins
at Port Arthur and Taylor's Bayou, 36 feet at
mean low tide.
Statement of traffic (short tons):
Vessel Vessel
Year- Traffic. Year- Traffic.
1940.........18,520,546 1945......... 12,292,646
1941.. .19,191,879 1946.........20,177,288
1942.........10,833,401 1947.........23,392,655
1943......... 6,580,844 1948.........22,846,224
1944......... 7,673,935 1949.........23,998,095
Orange.-Channel extends from mouth of Neches
River to highway bridge at Orange, Texas, about
17 miles.
Controlling depth: Mouth of Neehes River to
mouth of Sabine River 31.5 feet at mean low tide;
Sabine River mouth to cut-off near Orange
Texas, 30 feet; Sabine River to Orange municipal
wharf 27 feet; cut-off to highway bridge, 25 feet.
Project depth: Mouth of Neches River to cut-
off in Sabine River including channel to Orange
municipal wharf, 30 feet at mean low tide; cut-
off to highway bridge at Orange, 25 feet.
Statement of traffic (short tons):
Vessel Vessel
Year- Traffic. Year- Traffic.
1940... ..... 65,202 1945........... 170,217
1941...:......95,185 1946......... 14,704
1942.......... 98,787 1947........... 268.558
1943........... 124,419 1948........... 326,964
1944........... 110,345 1949........... 401,966
Sabine Pass Harbor.-Channel extends from deep
water in the Gulf of Mexico to upper end of
Sabine Pass, Texas, 11 miles.
Controlling depth: Sabine Pass outer bar, 38 feet
at mean low tide; jetty channel 36 feet; Sabine
Pass Channel, including anchorage basin, 35 feet
at outer end decreasing to 36 feet at inner end;
Sabine Pass Channel, 36 feet and Sabine Pass
anchorage basin, 34 feet
Statement of traffic (short tons): Vessel
Vessel Vessel
Year- Traffic. Year- Traffic.
1940........... 644,680 1945........... 526.310
1941.........651 722 1946..... .... 368,311
1942.........573,930 1947.......... 257,709
1943...... 572,463 1948........... 150,835
1944.......... 661,586 1949......... 592,242
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