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TEXAS ALMANAC.-1949-1950.
City Station-
Lubbock. KFYO-FM.-258. 99.5 me. 18 kw, B.
Odessa. KECK-FM -248 97.5 me. 1.7 kw, B.
San Angelo. KGKL-FM --233, 94 5 me. 14 kw, B
San Antonio 5, KISS(FM).-258. 99.5 me, 170
kw, B.
San Antomnio. KONO-FM.- -225. 92.4 me, 4.3
kw, B.
San Antonio. KYFM(FM).---268. 101.5 me, 335
kwi, B.
San Antonio 6. WOAI-F.M.--273 102.5 me. 3.3
kw, B
Temple. KTEM-FM.-298, 107.5 me, 1.9 kw, B
Texarkana. KCMC-FM.-251. 98 1 me. 40 kw, B
Tyler KGKB-FM.-268. 101 5 mec. 27 kw. B.
Vernon, KVWC-FM -254, 98.7 me. i k", B
Wichita Fills. KTRN-FM.-247, 97.3 me. 28
kw. B
Wichita Falls KWFT-FM.--260. 99 9 mc. 9 7
k%. B
TELEVISION
There were six television stations in Texas
in operation or under construction as of Sept.
1, 1949:
Dallas, KBTV.-Channel 8: 180-186 me. 18.5
kw aur.; 35 kw %is
*Dallas, KRLD-TV -Channel 4. 66-72 me. 2 5
kw aur.: 5 kw vis.
Fort Worth, WBAP-TV -Channel 5. 76-82 me:
K 2 kw aur ; 17.6 kw %is
IHouston, KLEE-TV.--Channel 2. 54-60 me; 16
Kw vis , X.5 kws aur.
San Antonio. KEYL -Channel 5: 76-82 me:
17.9 kw vis , 9 kw aur.
tSan Antonio. WOAI-TV.-Channel 4. 66-72 me;
21 6 kw . is 108 kw aur
1Construction nearly complete as of Sept. 1.
1949.
tConstructliun permits granted and completion of
instructionn contemplated by Jan. 1. 1950.
STREET RAILWAY AND BUS LINES
Only three Texas cities-Dallas, El Paso
and Waco-had electric street railway sys-
tems in 1949 and each of these had supple-
mental bus service. Remainder of Texas cities
rely on buses for local transportation. Dallas
installed trolley coaches in 1946 as a third
medium. Data below on transportation sys-
tems. number of vehicles and mileage came
irin .L_ 4rA. e.uttion 01 e __ .as..from the 1949 edition of Mvlas
tion's Directory. Chicago.
Cit>-
Abilene, buses ....
Alice,. buses
Amarillo, baes ... . ..
Austin. buses. .. ........
Bay City, buses .........
Baytown. buses... ......
Beaumont, buses.. ........
Beeville, buses .
Big Spring, buses ...
Bonham, buses. .
Borger, buses .... .... ..
Brownsville, buses. .......
Bryan-College Station, buses ....
Coleman, buses..... ....
Corpus Christi. buses .....
Dallas, buses.. . .....
Dallas. streetcars. .... .
Dallas. trolley coaches .. . ...
Dallas total vehicles and mileage
Del Rio, buses .
Denton. buses . .. .......
Eagle Pass. buses.. ....
El Paso, buses...........
El Paso, streetcars
(See also Ysleta.
El Paso total vehicles and milea
Fort Worth. buses............
Gain v blle, buses..... ......
Galveston, buses ...............
Houston. buses..............
Laredo. buses................
Longview-Greggton, buses
Lubbock. buses..............
Lufkin. buses ........... ..
Marshall, buses ..............
Nacogdoches. buses...............Cit: - Vehicles. Miles.
Orange, suourban. buses.......... 18 240.00
Par , buses. .... 10 28.00
Port Arthur, bItses................ 25 47.00
San Angelo, buses . 22 59.10
San Antonio. buses .... . 304 185.00
Texarkana. buses.. ........... 30 35.00
Texas City, buses ................ 10 160.00
Tyler. suburban, buses........... 30 114.00
Uvalde. bu ses.. .............. ....*.. *
Vernon. buses .......... ..... 3 4.70
Victoria, suburban, buses. ...... 22 90.00
Waco. buses .... ...... ..... 52 100.00
Wac . streetcars.... .... ....... 5 t3.40
Waco total vehicles and mileage. 57 103.40
Wichita Fails, buses. .............48 102.00
Ysleta-El Paso Valle, suburban,
buses 15 68.00
Data unavailable. tMiles of track
TEXAS CONSTRUCTION AWARDS, 1948
Total construction awards in Texas during
1948 were $948,714,456, according to the Texas
Contractor. Dallas, construction news weekly
magazine which annually compiles statistics
on the construction industries. This record.
falling only a little short of one billion dol-
lars. was the highest in Texas construction
history. Total awards annually for the ten
years ended with 1948 was as follows:
Year- Amount Year- Amount.
1948 ...... 948.714,456 1943 .... $300.026,486
1947 . 646,850.733 1942 .. 825.704,245
1946 ..... 455746,429 1941 ...... 493.467,977
1944 . 152,795.810 1939 . . 138.258.283
Construction awards during 1948 reached
their peak hi October but dropped only about
seasonally at the end of the year. Construc-
tion by months in 1948 was as follows, ac-
cording to the Texas Contractor:
Month- Amount. Month- Amount.
January .. $68,726,813 August ... $90,110,014
February . 52.432.159 September.. 49,410,198
March .. 99,456.683 October ... 107.033,214
April ..... 75.347,446 November.. 93.993,636
May ..... 73.794.894 December.. 76,643,453
June .. .. 86,579,292 -
July ...... 76.186.654 Total ...$948.714,456s Transporta- Awards by Classifications.
Construction awards by three major classl-
Vehicles. Miles fications during 1948 were as follows:
20 . Class- No. Amount.
4 12.00 Engineering . ........... 1.123 $164.209,678
51 115.60 Nonresidential ............ 3,310 424,149,486
S89 158.70 Residential ...............40,387 360,355.292
2 5.00 Total . ..........44,820 $948,714,456
34 166.00 Analysis of Awards.
50 79.40 Awards during 1948 were analyzed by the
6 11.00 Texas Contractor as follows:
*. * Engineering Awards- No. Value.
6 * . Highways, streets, airports ..... 587 571.332,467
15 35.00 Bridges, overpasses, underpasses 59 20,006,154
. 12 30.00 Waterworks. sewers, sewage... 368 32.425,519
.* *.. Irrigation, drainage, channels.
. .100 259.80 canals, dams .. 50 36,227,644
. .322 180.00 Power lines (REA projects)... 50 3,797,432
..214 t96.00 Miscellaneous ................ 9 420,46'
.54 14.00 Total ....................1.123 5$164.209,678
-290 Nonresidential Awards-
.590 290 SchocIs ....... A ... 562 $92,691,812
* *. Churches, theaters, auditoriums 271 23.299,259
S15 14.50 Hospitals, hotels, dormitories.. 160 28,674,062
. . Public buildings.............. 232 20,033,201
2. 113.20 Industrial buildings ........... 12 20,348,000
17 t25.60 Business buildings...........2.066 238,098,651
Miscellaneous .............. .. 7 1.004.501
ge 99 1388 Total .. .............3,310 5424,149,486
99 138.80 Residential Awards-
.249 192.00 Residences costing less than
.0 6 $7,000 each ... . .36,645 $278,338,288
5 70 43.26 Residences costing more than
38 25.45 $7.000 each............ 3.222 54,473,107
" 8 2 Apartments i family units 3,270) 139 23.397.617
18 12.... Duplexes ..........381 4.146.280
31 120.10..................
.*.. * Total .....................40,387 $360,355,292
. 3 12.00 *Total family units all types residential con-
. 6 21.00 struction 43.899.314
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