1 ANCHO VOLUME 1 NUMBER 1 AUGUST 1959 PORTS AUTHORITY MPIIIP wSm N S SMlll S OPENING NEW HORIZONS Central of Georgia Railway Company ALLISON W LEDBETTER SAVANNAH GA CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD Fellow Citizens The recent purchase of the South Atlantics principal railroad operated port facility by the Georgia Ports Authority represented one of the most forward steps in the development of ocean commerce in recent years Including all existing buildings structures cargo handling equipment and trackage plus berthing facilities for a number of vessels the Central of Georgia and Ocean Steamship terminals have overnight made the Georgia Ports Authority a major competitor in the field of ports operation An intensive study to determine the engineering operational financial and general economic feasibility of this purchase by the Georgia Ports Authority was found by a nationally recognized engineering firm to have many mutual advantages In the case of Georgia Ports Authority it will enable this body to prepare a longterm program of progressive development and improvement and to provide for greater overall efficiency in the operation of the combined terminals under a single owner and operator With the help of Centrals thirtyfive freight traffic offices throughout the country plus its own representatives this purchase will place the Authority in a much stronger position with the necessary team work to meet the progressive competition of other regional ports We pledge our fullest cooperation in the continued progressive growth of our great State of Georgia Very truly yours Page Two ADVERTISEMENT GEORGIA ANGHO I VOLUME 1 NUMBER 1 AUG 1959 Official Publication of the Georgia Ports Authority P O Box 1039 Savannah Georgia Telephone ADams 61561 M 0 TJ C c o C II 1 0 3 M o c q G JC IS 4 4 o at c 4 b 3 5 4 o b o s u o mT u 0 o A J3 u E S C 3 O U V 3 i u 0 u kb J b 0 CL s E TJ GJ X rv u D a CP o U a S o 0J X 0 4 o X o c o V A 4 en City Terminal and Ocean Terminal of the Savannah State Docks and houses Savannah Georgia and Bainbridge State Docks Bainbridge Georgia wick State Docks Brunswick Georgia Augusta Georgia Columbus Georgia TABLE OF CONTENTS Page srnors Letter 4 d of Directors 5 a For Augusta Port 6 tors Letter 7 i Film Available 8 y ehall Purchased 9 u swick Plans Announced 10 Savannah Launched 11 O bridge Inland Port 14 fj ointments 15 gjj x to Advertisers 18 q ping Schedules 19 20 21 Z 5 ABERS OF THE OFFICIAL BOARD tc u CO Z O H Z ui X I CQ Q Z 3 O CQ Robert C Norman Augusta Chairman W D Trippe Cedartown Vice Chairman Thomas M Johnson Savannah A M Harris Brunswick Howell Hollis Columbus J W Taxi Smith Albany SecretaryTreasurer Anton F Solms Jr Savannah Attorney AINISTRATIVE STAFF J D Holt Savannah Executive Director James I Newsome Jr Savannah Director of Operations Sam J Gardner Savannah Comptroller Claude Newman Atlanta Director of Commerce Charles E Hooper Savannah Director of Public Relations York F Fitzsimmons 1298 26 Broadway York 4 NY hone BOwling Green 90970 OFFICES Atlanta Lovell Surber 1332 Healey Building Atlanta Georgia Telephone JAckson 51595 GEORGIA ANCHORAGE Asheville Tom R Talmadge 250 Kimberly Avenue Asheville N C Telephone ALpine 25718 Official Publication Georgia Ports Authority Jack D Holt Executive Director Published monthly by Whitson Murry and Associates Inc 118 East 35th Street Savannah Georgia Charles Hooper Editor Editorial Office Georgia Ports Authority Post Office Box 1039 Savannah Georgia Advertising Office Georgia AnchorAge 118 East 35th Street Savannah Georgia 4 STR1CHM SHIPPING COMPAIA STEAMSHIP AGENTS AND STEVEDORES OFFICES SAVANNAH GEORGIA BRUNSWICK GEORGIA PORT EVERGLADES FLORIDA PENSACOLA FLORIDA MOBILE ALABAMA NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA HOUSTON TEXAS GALVESTON TEXAS DALLAS TEXAS ST LOUIS MISSOURI KANSAS CITY KANSAS MEMPHIS TENNESSEE CHICAGO ILLINOIS CINCINNATI OHIO ATLANTA GEORGIA NEW YORK OFFICE 17 BATTERY PLACE NEW YORK N Y lIBRARzlSSre W GEORt ADVERTISEMENT Central of Georgia Railway Company ALLISON W LEDBETTER SAVANNAH GA CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD Fellow Citizens The recent purchase of the South Atlantics principal railroad operated port facility by the Georgia Ports Authority represented one of the most forward steps in the development of ocean commerce in recent years Including all existing buildings structures cargo handling equipment and trackage plus berthing facilities for a number of vessels the Central of Georgia and Ocean Steamship terminals have overnight made the Georgia Ports Authority a major competitor in the field of ports operation An intensive study to determine the engineering operational financial and general economic feasibility of this purchase by the Georgia Ports Authority was found by a nationally recognized engineering firm to have many mutual advantages In the case of Georgia Ports Authority it will enable this body to prepare a longterm program of progressive development and improvement and to provide for greater overall efficiency in the operation of the combined terminals under a single owner and operator With the help of Centrals thirtyfive freight traffic offices throughout the country plus its own representatives this purchase will place the Authority in a much stronger position with the necessary team work to meet the progressive competition of other regional ports We pledge our fullest cooperation in the continued progressive growth of our great State of Georgia Very truly yours Page Two ADVERTISEMENT GEORGIA ANCHO VOLUME 1 NUMBER 1 AUG 1959 Official Publication of the Georgia Ports Authority P O Box 1039 Savannah Georgia Telephone ADams 61561 i 4 f 1 Garden City Terminal and Ocean Terminal of the Savannah State Docks and Warehouses Savannah Georgia and Bainbridge State Docks Bainbridge Georgia Brunswick State Docks Brunswick Georgia Augusta Georgia Columbus Georgia TABLE OF CONTENTS Governors Letter Board of Directors Plans For Augusta Port Directors Letter Ports Film Available Whitehall Purchased Brunswick Plans Announced NS Savannah Launched Bainbridge Inland Port Appointments Index to Advertisers Shipping Schedules Page 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 14 15 18 19 20 21 4 MEMBERS OF THE OFFICIAL BOARD 4 Robert C Norman Augusta Chairman W D Trippe Cedartown Vice Chairman a Thomas M Johnson Savannah A M Harris Brunswick Howell Hollis Columbus J W Taxi Smith Albany SecretaryTreasurer Anton F Solms Jr Savannah Attorney ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF J D Holt Savannah Executive Director James I Newsome Jr Savannah Director of Operations 4 Sam J Gardner Savannah Comptroller Claude Newman Atlanta Director of Commerce Charles E Hooper Savannah Director of Public Relations OFFICES n 4 New York John F Fitzsimmons Room 1298 26 Broadway New York 4 N Y Telephone BOwling Green 90970 Atlanta Lovell Surber 1332 Healey Building Atlanta Georgia Telephone JAckson 51595 Asheville Tom R Talmadge 250 Kimberly Avenue Asheville N C Telephone ALpine 25718 v I GEORGIA ANCHORAGE Official Publication Georgia Ports Authority Jack D Holt Executive Director Published monthly by Whitson Murry and Associates Inc 118 East 35th Street Savannah Georgia Charles Hooper Editor Editorial Office Georgia Ports Authority Post Office Box 1039 Savannah Georgia Advertising Office Georgia AnchorAge 118 East 35th Street Savannah Georgia STMCHAN SHIPPING COMPANY STEAMSHIP AGENTS AND STEVEDORES OFFICES SAVANNAH GEORGIA BRUNSWICK GEORGIA PORT EVERGLADES FLORIDA PENSACOLA FLORIDA MOBILE ALABAMA NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA HOUSTON TEXAS GALVESTON TEXAS DALLAS TEXAS ST LOUIS MISSOURI KANSAS CITY KANSAS MEMPHIS TENNESSEE CHICAGO ILLINOIS CINCINNATI OHIO ATLANTA GEORGIA NEW YORK OFFICE 17 BATTERY PLACE NEW YORK N Y LIBRA RibBSee j georLX xecnttite department Atlanta S ERNEST VANDIVER GOVERNOR July 17 1959 Fellow Citizens Georgia more than any other southeastern state is blessed with natural waterways Not only does Georgia have two excellent seaports Savannah and Brunswick but it also has great river systems throughout the State which are now in the process of development Since its early founding Georgia and Georgians have been accustomed to the importance of water transportation There are many reasons why port operations and development in our great state are emphasized Port operations and development attract industry increase revenues and stimulate our economy and its growth thus serving business industry and agriculture thereby assuring jobs to every segment of our economy We in Georgia welcome inquiries from businesses industrial groups and agriculturists We are glad that we have the port facilities both inland and deepwater in Georgia to provide services to these important groups It is hoped that through publication of this magazine GEORGIA ANCHOR AGE you and others will become better acquainted with our services our facilities and our plans for expansion Sincerely S ERNEST VANDIVER Governor i DIRECTORS Georgia Ports Authority ROBERT C NORMAN Chairman J D HOLT Executive Director W D TRIPPE Cedartown HOWELL HOLLIS Columbus THOMAS M JOHNSON Savannah J W TAXI SMITH Albany A M HARRIS Brunswick ANTON F SOLMS JR Savannah Page Five We eiue Ue Poll TOWING SERVICE BY MODERN TUGS OPERATED BY SEASONED PERSONNEL ATLANTIC TOWING COMPANY 228 EAST BAY P O Box 136 SAVANNAH GEORGIA AD 28103 PLANS PRESENTED FOR THE AUGUSTA BARGE TERMINAL At the May meeting of the Georgia Ports Authority Mr Harry Zimmerman of Augusta Consulting Engineer presented plans for the construction of a new barge terminal at Augusta The Board unanimously approved in general the overall plan for development of the inland barge terminal and instructed Mr Zimmerman to complete the plans so that construction could begin as soon as possible The barge terminal which is 220 water miles upriver from Savannah is to cost an initial 40000000 Bids are expected to be let in about 60 days The Georgia Ports Authority will operate this terminal Local taxpayers in Augusta underwrote 22500000 of the cost and the remaining money was furnished by the State of Georgia and the Georgia Ports Authority Just a century ago Augusta was just a bustling inland port city the head of navigation on the Savannah River with berths for 10 huge paddle wheel steamers Today Augustas city government and its Chamber of Commerce are working closely with the Georgia Ports Authority to see that this colorful city regains its prominence as a river port Ample land along the river is already owned and some docking facilities have been built Plans call for the full utilization of the site with docks transit sheds warehouses and modern handling equipment all included in the final design for Augustas barge terminal Private firms have been using the Savannah River for years sending barge shipments down to Savannah with finished goods and bringing raw materials and other commodities back to Augusta Augustas very active Chamber of Commerce and committee of 100 have been able to attract to the area as a result of announced port plans such internationally known firms as B F Goodrich and Continental Can Company Numerous choice sites in Augusta are available for further industrial development Utilities services and water for production purposes are assured firms settling in the wide area to be served by the new Port of Augusta This aerial photo shows the Georgia side of the Savannah River in Augusta Georgia Note bridge under construction in foreground Page Six DIRECTORS LETTER The Georgia Ports Authority J D HOLT Executive Director Operating SAVANNAH STATE DOCKS AND WAREHOUSES Post Office Box 1039 Savannah Georgia J D Holt Director Dear Friends As you know one of the primary duties of the Georgia Ports Authority is to develop operate and maintain ports both inland and deep water In accomplishing this task we naturally deal in services This magazine Georgia Anchor Age is the first issue of any official monthly publication by the Georgia Ports Authority In this and future issues you will be introduced to ships seaports business agriculture warehousing industry and commerce Development and progress plans will also be presented It is our sincere desire for you to become better acquainted with our operations services and activities One of our means of accomplishing this is through Georgia Anchor Age If we can be of service to you at any time please feel free to contact us Sincerely JDHwh Page Seven For Complete Foreign Department Service Call on THE CITIZENS AND SOUTHERN NATIONAL BANK 22 Bull Street Savannah Georgia Phone AD 45101 CABLE CITSOUTH Member of Federal Deposit Insurance Corp foremost DAIRIES INC Serving Industry AND Maritime Trades WITH MILK AND ICE CREAM 2424 Drayton Street Savannah Georgia HEW COLOR FILM AVAILABLE TO CIVIC CLUBS There is a new look in Georgia today It is the proud look of economic and industrial success During the past decade our importance as a manufacturing center has grown tremendously Georgia is leading all other Southeastern states in industrial growth A major cause behind the growth is the resurgence of waterborne shipping a carefully planned program for expansion of Port facilities and a determined effort to use our inland waterways to bring prosperity to all of Georgia The growing prominence of Georgia Ports represents completion of a cycle for Georgia has been a maritime state since the days of its founding Since the days of great sailing ships pilot boats have been setting out to meet ships flying the flags of every maritime nation ships bringing raw materials to aid Georgia industry and agriculture ships about to take on Georgia grown and manufactured goods for distribution to peoples throughout the world A new color sound 16 millimeter motion picture that was released by the Georgia Ports Authority in January of this year has been used to better acquaint the citizens of Georgia with port operations proposed expansion of various ports and the benefits derived by the people throughout the state by expanded port operations Various civic professional and business groups in Augusta Savannah Bainbridge Statesboro Brunswick Valdosta Macon Atlanta Doraville Nashville Pelham Fort Gaines Blairsville Cartersville Canton Roswell Clarksville La Grange Warm Springs Attapalgus and other Georgia cities and communities have seen this film If you are interested in seeing this film please contact the Public Relations Department Georgia Ports Authority P 0 Box 1039 Savannah Georgia and arrangements will be made for the showing of it Hoyal ftelherlands Steamship Company 25 Broadway New York 4 N Y Regular FORTNIGHTLY sailings from SAVANNAH to GUAIRA PUERTO CABELLO and MARACAIBO Calling at Curacao as cargo offers Also Accepting cargo for Trinidad Georgetown and Paramaribo with transshipment at Curacao AGENTS Jacksonville Fla Savannah Ga Strachan Shipping Co Strachan Shipping Co Charleston S C Carolina Shipping Co Also Strachan Shipping Co Cincinnati Memphis Atlanta Chicago St Louis and Kansas City NEW YORK AGENTS FUNCH EDYE CO INC Page Eight Whitehall Plantation Property Purchased In Savannah This 388acre tract is ideally suited to large industries requiring large amounts of water Localed adjacent to the Garden City Terminals of the Georgia Ports Authority rail highway and water transportation are readily available On Friday May 29th the Georgia Ports Authority purchased the Whitehall Plantation in Savannah for 97000000 The Whitehall property is the last large undeveloped deep water dock site in the port of Savannah It is located adjacent to Garden City Terminal in Savannah operated by the Georgia Ports Authority Governor Ernest Vandiver made the money available to the Georgia Ports Authority from the States surplus funds Approximately thirty officials including Lieutenant Governor Byrd members of the Georgia Ports Authority Board and others gathered in the Governors office where the Whitehall deed was signed over to the Georgia Ports Authority by Mr Charles E Gay III of Savannah President of Midland Properties Companya subsidiary of the Central of Georgia Railway which owned the land Governor Vandiver stated that the purchase was a major breakthrough in Georgias determination to hold its position as a leader in Southeast shipping circles Mr Robert C Norman Chairman of the Georgia Ports Authority said that the transaction represented a forward step looking to the longrange future of our ports The 388acre riverfront tract is the logical area for port expansion It is ideally suited for location of industry Gratification and praise for the Governor for his foresight in allocating the money to the Georgia Ports Authority has been received from leaders in business industry agriculture and commerce Page Nine In Brunswick Let Us Solve Your Financial Needs The First National Bank of Brunswick P O Box 377 BRUNSWICK GEORGIA If Its Bordens Its Got To Be Good VICTORY DRIVE SAVANNAH GEORGIA Present for bid openings in Brunswick were left to right Sam J Gardner Comptroller J D Holt Executive Director and A M Harris Board Member Diamond Construction Loiv Bidder on Brunswick Dock On June 26th at 200 PM at the First National Bank Building in Brunswick Georgia bids for the construction of a new 500foot dock for the handling of general cargo were opened Present for the Georgia Ports Authority were Messrs A M Harris member of the official board J D Holt Executive Director Georgia Ports Authority and Mr Sam J Gardner Comptroller The B F Diamond Construction Company of Savannah was the low bidder Its bid was 136697000 Second and third lowest bids of the eight firms competing for the contract were T A Loving Company and the Atlantic States Construction Company of Atlanta Construction work on the new dock should begin within the next 30 days The new dock will be constructed on the Brunswick River approximately onequarter mile from the center of the business district of Brunswick The dock area at Brunswick will contain facilities and services similar to those at Savannah geared to the needs of modern shipping Attracted by the States plans for the Port of Brunswick new industries are already moving into the area The new 700000000 plant of Bestwall Gypsum is under construction located in Brunswick because of the planned dock facilities Many other firms in the coastal area such as Olin Mathieson and Hercules Powder plan to ship by water from the port There are more than a dozen choice industrial sites in Brunswick that offer easy access to the docks Operation of these new docks is scheduled to begin in the fall of 1960 Page Ten Requiring several more months construction before taking to the high seas it is expected that Savannah will be the first port of call for the N S Savannah New Era in Transportation LARGE DELEGATION ATTENDS N S SAVANNAH LAUNCHING The N S SAVANNAH Americas first nuclear powered vessel was launched July 21 1959 at Camden N J The New York Shipbuilding Company built the 595foot merchant ship States Marine Corporation will be the operator of the vessel under a General Agency agreement with the Maritime Commission and Matson Navigation Company will act as passenger agent for the vessel The N S SAVANNAH has a capacity of 9400 tons of cargo and a maximum capacity of 60 passengers Among those attending the launching ceremonies at Camden N J were Congressman Prince Preston of the 1st Congressional District of Georgia Mayor and Mrs Lee Mingledorff General and Mrs Henry B Sayler Mr and Mrs Robert C Norman Mr and Mrs Thomas M Johnson Mr and Mrs Alvah H Chapman Jr Mr and Mrs W E Dillard Mr and Mrs Hansell Hillyer Mr and Mrs L C McClurkin Mr and Mrs J R Lientz Mr and Mrs Joseph Stovall Mr and Mrs J J Bouhan Mr and Mrs F D M Strachan Mr and Mrs J W Middleton Mr and Mrs A K Dearing Mr and Mrs J D Holt Mr and Mrs Guy H Kissinger Jr Mr and Mrs Frank Jacocks Mr and Mrs Jack E Cay Jr Mr Irving A Metts Jr Mr George A Solomon and Mr Robert A Mayes It is believed that the N S SAVANNAH after several practice runs will make its initial voyage from Savannah recalling to mind the first steam powered vesselthe S S SAVANNAHwhich sailed on May 22 1819 from Savannah to Liverpool England Page Eleven Page Twelve Since even before the days of the sailing of the first steam ship Savannah the ports of Georgia have played a continuing and prominent part in world commerce western markets the ultimate usefulness of these ports can and will be gauged by the number of ships utilizing their facilities With completely modern facilities at its Garden City Terminals in Savannah with its recently acquired Savannah Ocean Terminals with facilities and plans well underway for ports expansion in Augusta Bainbridge Brunswick and Columbus Georgia will continue to lead the way in southeast ports development Shippers are fully aware of the savings and advantages Georgia ports offer in faster safer handling lower costs and reliable service All good reasons why ship captains are proud to say Im headin for Georgia ports Providing direct connections to the great southern and mid Address inquiries to J D Holt Director P O Box 1039 Savannah Other offices in New York New York and Atlanta Georgia GEORGIA PORTS AUTHORITY BAINBRIDGE INLAND PORT Georgias access to the worlds great trade areas is not limited to its deep water ports The achievements of modern technology are making it possible for us to put our many rivers to use again In southwestern Georgia where the Chattahoochee River joins the Flint to form the Apalachicola and a natural barge route to the Gulf the Jim Woodruff Dam has opened a new era in river transportation Shipments of fertilizer materials salt sulphur flour asphalt and propane gas keep the locks busy as barges enter the Flint bound for the growing inland port of Bainbridge Bainbridge is the model for Georgias inland port program The Bainbridge State Docks were the first in the State to receive cargoes and already tonnage has far exceeded expectations In addition to the Georgia Ports Authority operated docks three companies have already built their own private docks at Bainbridge They are American Bitumals and Asphalt Company General Gas Corporation and the Flint River Mills Inc The State and private river terminals serve a large surrounding area including the cities of Valdosta Thomasville Cairo Pelham Moultrie Albany Cordele and points in Florida and Alabama Nowhere does an inland port have better more complete handling equipment or better storage facilities for both imports and exports Facilities of the Bainbridge State Docks include a warehouse and transit sheds with 26000 square feet of storage area Second year traffic at the Bainbridge State Docks showed an increase of 119 per cent ahead of the first with adjustment to the fact that the facilities were open only six months the first year Several private companies are making additional studies for location in the Bainbridge area and the future for Georgias first inland port seems assured Page Fourteen APPOINTMENTS ANTON F SOLMS JR Attorney for Georgia Ports Authority Mr Anton F Solms Jr has been employed as the attorney for the Georgia Ports Authority in Savannah effective June 1st 1959 Mr Solms is a lifelong resident of Savannah He graduated from the University of Georgia Law School in 1938 and began his Law Practice in July of that year He has his own law firm in Savannah Mr Solms is a former vicepresident of the Savannah Bar Association and has served on the Board of Governors of the Georgia Bar Association His fraternal affiliations include Phi Delta PhiLegal Fraternity Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity the Shriners Elks and was Grand Master of Solomons Lodge F A M MR JOHN F FITZSIMMONS Mr John F Fitzsimmons was appointed April 1 1959 as the New York Representative of the Georgia Ports Authority He is located at 26 Broadway Room 1298 Mr Fitzsimmons is a native of New York He attended Fordham and Notre Dame Universities and received his BA degree in 1939 Mr Fitzsimmons has had considerable experience in traffic and transportation work He has worked for Norton Lilly Company lsbrandtsen Company Inc and Long Quinn Boylan Company all of New York WotiF W Wmffm MR L LOVELL SURBER Mr L Lovell Surber on July 1 1959 was appointed the Georgia Representative for the Georgia Ports Authority He will be located at 1332 Healey Building Atlanta Georgia Mr Surber attended public schools in White Sulphur Springs West Virginia and graduated from the University of Georgia with a major in Transportation After his discharge from the Marine Corps in 1946 he located in Atlanta and has worked in traffic and sales work for the past several years Mr Surber is a member of the National Defense Transportation Association American Legion LaVista Lions Club and Delta Nu Alpha Transportation Fraternity MM W I HK WAm Mil 811 I m y m M ISM1 hm a 8BBBHII B HIh 1 1HI mH iiMiiliiMii 1 t Wm COLONEL WILBUR A STEVENS Colonel Wilbur A Stevens has arrived in Savannah to become Savannah District Engineer U S Army Corps of Engineers He was formerly commanding officer of the Eighteenth Engineer Brigade at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri He replaces Colonel Robert Bahr IF ITS SERVICE YOURE WANTIN ITS HOHENSTEIN YOURE NEEDIN HOHENSTEIN SHIPPING CO STEAMSHIP AGENTS FREIGHT FORWARDERS 105 EAST BAY STREET SAVANNAH GEORGIA F M B No 2118 Phone AD 48886 J W FITZGERALD CO Lincoln River Streets Savannah Georgia Palmer 8c Cay INC No 1 Bull Street ALL FORMS OF INSURANCE MARINE INSURANCE SPECIALISTS SAVANNAH GEORGIA SAVANNAH PLANING MILL COMPANY Lumber and Building Supplies Since 1912 ADams 27168 Savannah Georgia Page Fifteen Savanah State Dock Warehouses jfftcer gvrop Gafi1 boo i de Ci I Sea Jfc aca ito be ik The A shrimp boat is being loaded aboard the SS AFRICAN STAR for shipment to the African East Coast Two 35ton gantry cranes at the Carden City Terminals of the Savannah State Docks Warehouses proved most effective in making the lift unusually long crate was completed by Griffin Contracting of Georgia export packers at the Savannah State Docks Warehouses This box is 47 feet long 9 feet wide and 8 feet high and contains complete portable conveyor that was being shipped to Afghanistan under the I C A program Mr E Storm Trosdal dr R Vice President of S track Shipping Company bids Mr Paul SCoht Norwegian Ambassador Heldig Snuhlen Bon Voyage Ambassador Koht Mr Koht and their children left for a visit to Norway aboard the ML V TASCO SERVING THE SOUTH CENTRIFUGED NATURAL LATEX Available in TANK CARS TANK TRUCKS DRUMS From Our Savannah Ga Facilities Rubber Corporation of America Hicksville New York Page Sixteen Mr Frank Peeples L Vice President of Steven Shipping Com pany had a a guest in Savannah recently Mr W H Farrell of Farrell Lines American cotton being exported by Anderson Clayton Company through the Garden City Terminal of the Savannah State Docks Warehouses Senuincj 7lie Pant Savannah SAVANNAH PILOTS ASSOCIATION Doing Business the Customers Way THE LIBERTY NATIONAL BANK TRUST COMPANY SAVANNAH GA Page Seventeen Every Southern Railway sales and service representative is a specialist in shipping matters Why not let him help you with your overseas shipments to and from the South He will be pleased to serve you SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM He Index to Advertisers Page Anderson Shipping Company 21 Atlantic Mutual Fire Insurance Co 21 Atlantic Towing Company 6 Benton Rapid Express 19 Bordens 10 Central of Georgia Railway Co 2 Central Truck Lines Inc 20 Citizens Southern Bank 8 City of Savannah 22 Derst Baking Company 16 Dixie Steamship Agency 20 Foremost Dairies Inc 8 Georgia Mattress Canvas Co 14 Georgia Ports Authority 12 13 Griffin Contracting of Ga Inc Back Cover Hohenstein Shipping Co 15 Johnny Harris 21 John S James 14 Jones Hill 21 Joseph Craig Son 21 J W Fitzgerald Co 15 Morgans Inc 14 Palmer Cay Inc 15 Reynolds Manley Lumber Co 21 Royal Netherlands Steamship Co 8 Rubber Corporation of America 16 Savannah Bank and Trust Company 20 Savannah Pilots Association 17 Savannah Planing Mill Co 15 Sealtest 17 Smith and Kelly Co 18 Southern Marine Supply Co Inc 17 Southern Railway System 18 Southern Shipping Co 18 Strachan Shipping Co 3 Superior Laundry 21 The First National Bank of Brunswick 10 The Kitchen 21 The Liberty National Bank Trust Co 17 Tradewinds Co 23 Yellow Cab 14 SOUTHERN SERVING SINCE 1870 SHIPPING SMITH KELLY COMPANY COMPANY OFFICES IN CHARLESTON STEAMSHIP AGENTS JACKSONVILLE STEVEDORING FORWARDING AGENTS SAVANNAH OCEAN STEAMSHIP CO BUILDING Steamship Agents Stevedores Cable Address Smikel Telephone ADams 23151 Freight Forwarders F M B No 999 TWX SV 4087 FMB License 1000 Main Office P 0 Box 1639 3226 TALLEYRAND AVENUE SAVANNAH GEORGIA JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA Page Eighteen SHIPPING SCHEDULES SAILINGS FROM THE PORT OF SAVANNAH Africa DestinationAgent andor OwnerVessel and Date Capetown Port Elizabeth East London Hohenstein Shipping Co Baron lino Lina Okishima Maru August 1 Durban Lourenco Marques Beira Hohenstein Shipping Co Baron lino Line Manashima Maru August 26 Capetown Port Elizabeth East London Durban Lourenco Marques Beira also West Africa via New York Stevens Shipping Co Farrell Line Inc African Star August 6African Crescent August 20 Capetown Durban East London Lourenco Marques Port Elizabeth Smith Kelly Co South African Marine Corporation Morganster August 8 South African Transporter August 19 Capetown Port Elizabeth East London Durban Lourenco Marques Beira British East Africa Strachan Shipping Co Robin Line Robin Sherwood August 25 Capetown Port Elizabeth East London Durban Lourenco Marques Beira British East Africa Strachan Shipping Co Robin Line Robin Hood September 8 Australia and New Zealand Adelaide Brisbane Sydney Melbourne Smith Kelly American Australian Line Rakai August 4Papanui August 24 Aukland Dunedin Lyttelton Port Chalmers Wellington Smith Kelly American Australian Line Whakatane August 31 Brisbane Sidney Melbourne Adelaide Fremantle Strachan Shipping Co Port Wanstead August 13 Brisbane Sidney Melbourne Adelaide Strachan Shipping Co Pioneer Surf August 26 The Caribbean Havana Tarver Shipping Co Garcia Line Corinto August 6 Havana Tarver Shipping Co Garcia Line Caribe August 6 Havana Tarver Shipping Co Garcia Line Corinto August 20 Havana Tarver Shipping Co Garcia Line Atlantico August 27 Laguira Trinidad Aruba Kingston Cristobal Hohenstein Shipping Co American Defense Line Stella Stromer August 7 Havana Smith Kelly Palmer Line Casa Blanca August 20 Central America Balboa Barranquilla Smith Kelly Grace Line Santa Rita August 15 Italy Portugal Spain and Mediterranean Casablanca Marseille Genoa Savona Leghorn Hohenstein Shipping Co Daido Line Kogaku Maru August 12 Civitanecchia Naples Sfax Piraeus Lisbon Hohenstein Shipping Co Daido Line Kokoh Maru September 3 Marseille Savona Genoa Leghorn Stevens Shipping Co Sidarma Line Vettor Pisani August 2Andrea Gritti August 23 Alexandria Genoa Piraeus Smith Kelly Co Khedivial Mail Line Mohamed Ali El Kebir August 4 Genoa Savona Naples Strachan Shipping Co Lipscomb Lykes August 20 Tel Aviv Haifa Strachan Shipping Co Shomron August 14 Lattakia Beirut Alexandria Jeddah Strachan Shipping Co Steel Surveyor August 16 Jeddah Aden Strachan Shipping Co American Export Lines Exchequer August 13 Jeddah Djiboreti Strachan Shipping Co American Export Lines Explorer August 29 SAVANNAH GEORGIA JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA 216 West Hull Street 3615 Evergreen Street Phone ADams 65734 Phone ELgin 30928 ATLANTA GEORGIA MACON GEORGIA 1920 Moreland Ave SE 2225 Waterville Road Phone MArket 77381 Phone 33791 TP 0 N SERVING GEORGIA AND FLORIDA OVERNIGHT SERVICE Rapid Express INSURED BONDED CARRIER 216 WEST HULL STREET PHONE ADams 65734 SAVANNAH GEORGIA Page Nineteen SHIPPING SCHEDULES SAILINGS FROM THE PORT OF SAVANNAH Continued India Pakistan and Ceylon India Pakistan and Ceylon Stevens Shipping Co Hellenic Lines Ltd Ravnaas August 19 Karachi Bombay Madras Rangoon Calcutta Cittagong Strachan Shipping Co Isthmian Lines Ltd Steel Surveyor August 16 Karachi Bombay Madras Calcutta Strachan Shipping Co Isthmian Lines Ltd Steel Vendor August 29 Karachi Bombay Madras Rangoon Calcutta Strachan Shipping Co American Export Lines Exchequer August 13 Karachi Bombay Colombo Madras Calcutta Strachan Shipping Co American Export Lines Explorer August 29 Japan Formosa Korea and Hong Kong Kobe Nagoya Osaka Yokahama Smith Kelly Co K Line Kimikawa Maru August 12 Yokahama Kobe Osaka Nagoya Strachan Shipping Co Akashisan Maru August 15 Yokahama Kobe Osaka Trosdal Shipping Co Arizona Maru August 16 North Continental Europe Antwerp Rotterdam Bremen Hamburg Stevens Shipping Co Ozean Stinnes Lines Sonderburg August 10Archum August 24 Newfoundland Stevens Shipping Co Avalon Shipping Co Flores August 4 Amsterdam Smith Kelly Co Independent Gulf Line Witmarsum August 5Loppersum August 29 Antwerp Smith Kelly Co Independent Gulf Line Loppersum August 29 Bremen Hamburg Rotterdam Le Havre Smith Kelly Co Independent Gulf Line Witmarsum August 5Loppersum August 29 Oslo Gothenburg Copenhagen Malmo Sdynia Stockholm Helsinki Strachan Shipping Co Tennessee August 20 Bremen Hamburg Rotterdam Amsterdam Antwerp Strachan Shipping Co U S Lines Co American Miller August 14 Bremen Hamburg Rotterdam Amsterdam Antwerp Strachan Shipping Co U S Lines Co Southland September 2 who knows SAVANNAH best From longest experience Savannah Bank knows Savannah and the Coastal Empire best When you need onthespot assistance in the Savannah area call on Savannah Bank and enjoy the difference SAVANNAH BANK Trust Co N C E 1869 MEMBER FD I C MEMBER FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Steamship Agents and Charterers Agents DIXIE STEAMSHIP AGENCY INC Offices in Savannah and Jacksonville for PERSONALIZED SERVICE Mntrahm CHECK THESE FEATURES 2000 mile private telephone network between all terminals Twoway radio dispatching V Reliable refrigerated service Prompt claim settlements vCO D returns remitted promptly y US Bonded Customs Licensed y Scheduled operations You know where your shipment is every moment when you use Central Our network of private telephone lines teletypes and twoway radio dispatching give you complete and persona service all the way So next timeCentralize j 30 Modern Terminals in GEORGIA ALABAMA FLORIDA MISSISSIPPI LOUISIANA CENTRAL TRUCK LINES INC GENERAL OFFICES 1005 JACKSON STREET TAMPA FLA PH 23902 SAVANNAH TERMINAL For Information Write Central Truck Lines Sales Dept P O Box 1411 Tampa 1 Fla 109 E LATHROP AVE Page Twenty SHIPPING SCHEDULES SAILINGS FROM THE PORT OF SAVANNAH Continued South America Buenavantura Cartagena Smith Kelly Grace Line Santa Rita August 15 Rio de Janeiro Santos Porto Alegre Brazilian Out Ports Strachan Shipping Co Moore McCormack Lines Mormachawk August 10 Rio de Janeiro Santos Montevideo Buenos Aires Paranagua Strachan Shipping Co Moore McCormack Lines Mormacswan August 17 Rio de Janeiro Santos Porto Alegre Brazilian Out Ports Strachan Shipping Co Moore McCormack Lines Mormacwren August 29 Rio de Janeiro Santos Montevideo Buenos Aires Paranagua Strachan Shipping Co Moore McCormack Lines Mormactide September 7 La Guaira Puerto Cabello Maracaibo Curacao Strachan Shipping Co Solon August 11A Steamer August 25 United Kingdom and Ireland London Belfast Dublin Liverpool Manchester Avonmouth Cardiff Glasgow Smith Kelly Co Manchester Liners Ltd Manchester Port August 21 London Hohenstein Shipping Co Mamenic Line Honduras August 26 London Strachan Shipping Co U S Lines Co American Miller August 14 Manchester Liverpool Glasgow Avonmouth Dublin IT S Lines Co Southwind August 22 London Strachan Shipping Co U S Lines Co Southland September 2 NOTE Every effort is made to insure accuracy in this schedule but Port Authorities cannot assume responsibility for errors ANDERSON SHIPPING COMPANY Federal Maritime Board Registration No 479 Associated with William A Yarber Customs Broker Foreign Freight Brokers and Forwarders Marking Recoopering American Building P O Box 794 Savannah Georgia CABLE ANSHIPCO SV4019 TELEPHONE ADams 60259 THE KITCHEN Savannahs Favorite Eating Place Opposite Georgia Ports Authority 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study and cooperative effort on the part of Centrals Industrial Development Department and Augustas Committee of 100 Miracle Mile makes Augusta a major competitor in bids for new industry the location of which will give an economic boost to all cities and counties comprising the Central Savannah River Area For Full Information on MIRACLE MILE WRITE WIRE OR CALL Harrell L Perkins Vice President Central of Georgia Railway Co Industrial Development Department 1212 Rhodes Haverty Building Atlanta 3 Georgia Central of Georgia Railway Company GEORGIA AN VOLUME 1 NUMBER 2 SEPT 1959 Official Publication of the Georgia Ports Authority P O Box 1039 Savannah Georgia Telephone ADams 61561 Garden City Terminal and Ocean Terminal of the Savannah State Docks and Warehouses Savannah Georgia and Bainbridge State Docks Bainbridge Georgia Brunswick State Docks Brunswick Georgia Augusta Georgia Columbus Georgia TABLE OF CONTENTS Directors Letter Garden City Bids Opened Bainbridge Inspection Miracle Mile Letters to Editor Tufted Industry in Georgia Brunswick Construction Dept of Commerce Column Shipping Schedules Page 4 4 5 6 7 9 15 16 17 MEMBERS OF THE OFFICIAL BOARD Robert C Norman Augusta Chairman W D Trippe Cedartown Vice Chairman Thomas M Johnson Savannah A M Harris Brunswick Howell Hollis Columbus J W Taxi Smith Albany SecretaryTreasurer Anton F Solms Jr Savannah Attorney ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF J D Holt Savannah Executive Director James I Newsome Jr Savannah Director of Operations Sam J Gardner Savannah Comptroller Claude Newman Atlanta Director of Commerce Charles E Hooper Savannah Director of Public Relations New York John F Fitzsimmons Room 1298 26 Broadway New York 4 N Y Telephone BOwling Green 90970 OFFICES Atlanta Lovell Surber 1332 Healey Building Atlanta Georgia Telephone JAckson 51595 Asheville Tom R Talmadge 250 Kimberly Avenue Asheville N C Telephone ALpine 25718 GEORGIA ANCHORAGE Official Publication Georgia Ports Authority Jack D Holt Executive Director Published monthly by Whitson Murry and Associates Inc 118 East 35th Street Savannah Georgia Charles Hooper Editor Editorial Office Georgia Ports Authority Post Office Box 1039 Savannah Georgia Advertising Office Georgia AnchorAge 118 East 35th Street Savannah Georgia FORWARD AUGUSTA Look at These Advantages A Transportation W All Forms FINE LABOR Good Working Conditions WATER Abundant Supply For Navigation Processing 2 GOOD LIVING Fine Schools Churches Recreational Facilities Address Inquiries to CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AUGUSTA GA Page Three BIDS OPENED FOR NEW PIER AT GARDEN CITY TERMINAL Bids for the construction of a new THead Pier at the Garden City Terminal of the Savannah State Docks Warehouses were opened at noon August 20 1959 Two Savannah firms submitted the following bids Erickson Construction Co13288900 B F Diamond Construction Co 12250000 Mr Robert C Norman Chairman of the Georgia Ports Authority stated that the new THead Pier was necessary in order to relieve congestion in unloading operations at Berth 51 With the addition of this new THead Pier Berth 51 can then be used at maximum capacity The new pier will be built adjacent to Brampton Road and will handle a variety of petroleum products molasses latex and petrochemicals At the August 28th meeting of the Georgia Ports Authority a contract was awarded to the B F Diamond Construction Company The new pier is expected to be completed within 150 work days Money for the payment of this pier will come from funds of the Georgia Ports Authority DIRECTORS LETTER J D HOLT Executive Director The Georgia Ports Authority Operating SAVANNAH STATE DOCKS AND WAREHOUSES Post Office Box 1039 Savannah Georgia J D Holt Director Dear Friends You will notice in this issue of GEORGIA ANCHOR AGE an article by Mr R E Hamilton Executive Vice President of theTufted Textile Manufacturers Association The tufted textile industry is located primarily in north Georgia and millions of pounds of jute backing each year enter the port of Savannah destined for use in this important and rapidly expanding business From time to time in our magazine we will be presenting additional articles on other industries in Georgia that are served by Georgias ports We are most appreciative of the numerous letters of congratulations and encouragement in the publication of our magazine We hope to be of continued service to all segments of our economy Sincerely Executive Director Quuutn With Annuita The First National Bank Trust Company Augusta Georgia Member FDIC IF ITS SERVICE YOURE WANTIN ITS HOHENSTEIN YOURE NEEDIN HOHENSTEIN SHIPPING CO STEAMSHIP AGENTS FREIGHT FORWARDERS 105 EAST BAY STREET SAVANNAH GEORGIA F M B No 2118 Phone AD 48886 Deck Engine Supplies Meats Provisions SOUTHERN MARINE SUPPLY COMPANY Inc SHIP CHANDLERS 202 W BAY STREET SAVANNAH GA A V RYAN A G VAN SCHAICK OWNERS OPERATORS Charts Publications Cigarettes Beverages Page Four Bainbridge Meeting PORTS AUTHORITY INSPECTS TERMINALS AT AUGUST MEETING IN BAINBRIDGE Members of the Ports Authority began their tour of the Bainbridge State Docks at 930 Friday August 28 Left to right Robert Wilson Augusta Robert C Norman chairman J D Holt executive director W D Trippe A M Harris Howell Hollis Directors and Anton F Solms Jr attorney Members of the Georgia Ports Authority held their August meeting in Bainbridge Georgia The first item was an inspection tour of the Bainbridge State Docks Among other facilities the Board saw the new 100 x 260 foot transit shed office building storm drainage system water tank and supply system and paved outdoor storage areas These facilities have been added to the local installation since the original contract was let for the docks Mr Robert C Norman Chairman of the Georgia Ports Authority presided at the August meeting of this group in Bainbridge Ga Friday August 28th A progress report on construction of the new docks at Brunswick awarding of a contract for construction of a new THead Pier at the Garden City Terminal of the Savannah State Docks Warehouses joint development by Georgia and Alabama of the Port of Columbus development of the Whitehall property at Savannah and other routine items were discussed at the meeting Mr Robert C Norman appointed a committee to represent the Georgia Ports Authority in preliminary and initial talks and discussions with Port Authority officials in the State of Alabama for the purpose of exploring the idea of joint development of the Chattahoochee River in regards to an inland barge terminal at Columbus The members of this committee are Mr Howell Hollis Columbus Georgia member of the Georgia Ports Authority Mr J D Holt Executive Director of the Georgia Ports Authority Mr J W Taxi Smith SecretaryTreasurer of the Georgia Ports Authority and Mr Anton F Solms Jr Attorney for the Georgia Ports Authority It is expected that other interested groups in Georgia will join this delegation in preliminary talks and discussions with Alabama officials The White hall property which was recently acquired by the Georgia Ports Authority was discussed It was decided that a survey would be made of this property to determine the best possible industries to be located there A topographical survey is also to be made and the Board gave its approval for the Chairman Mr Norman and Mr J D Holt Executive Director to enter into discussions with Continued on Page 14 Page Five We Sesute lUe Posil TOWING SERVICE BY MODERN TUGS OPERATED BY SEASONED PERSONNEL ATLANTIC TOWING COMPANY 228 EAST BAY P O Box 136 SAVANNAH GEORGIA AD 28103 Central of Georgia Railway Develops Industrial Park at Augusta Artists conception of Miracle Mile 400acre industrial park being developed by the Central of Georgia Railway in cooperation with Augustas Committee of 100 Recently an announcement was made of the creation in Richmond County of a 400acre industrial park This park as a result of work by the Augusta Committee of 100 and the Industrial Development Department of the Central of Georgia Railway is located approximately seven miles below the City of Augusta between the Old and New Savannah Roads The Central of Georgia Railway will sell or lease lots with the Committees help in the Miracle Mile for industrial use only The site lies immediately east of the 275acre tract the B F Goodrich Company purchased in 1957 for industrial use It is some four miles north of the site where Continental Can is building its 4500000000 plant The City of Augusta and Richmond County during 1958 enjoyed a most favorable growth period Four new industries and three major expansions of local industry accounted for 5500000000 in new capital investments employing more than 1000 persons and adding five and onehalf to six million dollars to the industrial payroll Major companies locating or expanding facilities in Augusta were the Continental Can Company a major distribution warehouse for the S H Kress Company the General Electric Television Tube Division Wilson Shirt Company with major expansions being made by Homestead Draperies Lily Tulip Cup Company and Murray Biscuit Company With construction work soon to begin on the Augusta State Docks by the Georgia Ports Authority another aid and service to industry will become a reality Metropolitan Augusta is and always has been a major distribution and warehousing point for the Central Piedmont area To show the importance of the development of Augustas port and waterways we quote a portion of a report prepared by Hammer Company Associates of Atlanta Georgia The introduction of the new factor of an efficient waterway connection with Savannah can be of great additional importance Linked with both the IntraCoastal Waterway and the ocean lanes of coastwise and foreign commerce Augusta can develop several new rolesas a distributing point for inbound shipments throughout the Piedmont as a collecting point for outbound shipments of raw materials semifinished goods and finished products and as a manufacturing or processing center utilizing raw or semifinished materials brought in by barge Augusta will represent the point of deepest penetration by water from the seacoast of any city in the South Atlantic states Its location will be comparable to Birminghams with its canal connections to the Gulf of Mexico From this strategic site Augusta can play a most important role shared by no other Piedmont city Page Six AUGUSTAS OLDEST LARGEST LEADING BANK Offering Personalized Service for 126 Years GEORGIA RAILROAD BANK TRUST COMPANY Member FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORP GEORGIA MATTRESS CANVAS CO MATTRESSES AWNINGS TARPAULINS CANVAS PRODUCTS 516536 W OGLETHORPE AVE SAVANNAH GA LETTERS TO EDITOR We are glad to publish a sampling of the response that we have received from the first issue of GEORGIA ANCHOR AGE Beginning in the next issue of our magazine we hope to devote a column to QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS If any of our readers have any particular questions please submit them to the Public Relations Department Georgia Ports Authority P 0 Box 1039 Savannah Georgia and every effort will be made to answer them have just received and have read with considerable interest Volume 1 Number 1 of the GEORGIA ANCHORAGE I wish to congratulate you and members of your staff in this excellent publication Best personal good wishes Sincerely yours BURTON J BELL Chief Technical Liaison Branch U S Army Engineer Division South Atlantic Corps of Engineers Atlanta 1 Georgia This is a most interesting informative and readable publication which should do much to help develop Georgia ports Sincerely yours J WALKER OWENS General Manager Elmira Association of Commerce Elmira New York I am sure that this will be another step forward in Georgias recognition as a seagoing state and if my office Continued on Page 8 who knows SAVANNAH best From longest experience Savannah Bank knows Savannah and the Coastal Empire best When you need onthespot assistance in the Savannah area call on Savannah Bank and enjoy the difference SAVANNAH 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contribute in any way we hope you will command us Yours very truly MERRILL C LOFTON Field Office Manager U S Department of Commerce Atlanta Georgia The publication will be an effective tool in telling Georgias story to the industrial leaders of the county and should be a great help in attracting new industries to our State If this Department can ever render a service to you I hope you will call on us Sincerely yours ABIT MASSEY Director Georgia Department of Commerce Atlanta 3 Georgia Just received Volume 1 Number 1 of Georgia AnchorAge your new publication May I compliment you on a very fine job I thought the editorial content as well as the layout was outstandingly good Congratulations and the best of good luck in this new undertaking Best personal regards Sincerely GERARD C EKEDAL The Journal of Commerce New York Congratulations to you and the members of the staff of Georgia AnchorAge for a fine publication This is certainly a most interesting and informative magazine and one which I shall look forward to reading each month With kindest personal regards l am Sincerely CHARLES F SWINT JR Aide to Governor Executive Department Atlanta For Complete Foreign Department Service Call on THE CITIZENS AND SOUTHERN NATIONAL BANK 22 Bull Street Savannah Georgia Phone AD 45101 CABLE CITSOUTH Member of Federal Deposit Insurance Corp JOSEPH CRAIG AND COMPANY Custom House and Foreign Freight Forwarders Joseph Craig Jr Manager Telephone ADams 69222 P O Box 1777 804 Realty Building Savannah Georgia SAVANNAH GEORGIA JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA 216 West Hull Street 3615 Evergreen Street Phone ADams 65734 Phone ELgin 30928 ATLANTA GEORGIA MACON GEORGIA 1920 Moreland Ave SE 2225 Waterville Road Phone MArket 77381 Phone 33791 BENTO N SERVING GEORGIA AND FLORIDA OVERNIGHT SERVICE Rapid Express INSURED BONDED CARRIER 216 WEST HULL STREET PHONE ADams 65734 SAVANNAH GEORGIA Page Eight The operator is threading one of the more than a thousand ends of yarn through guides to the needles of a tufting machine that produces 15foot carpeting Big Users of Port TUFTED INDUSTRY IMPORTANT ECONOMIC FACTOR TO GEORGIA AND PORTS OPERATION By R E Hamilton From far corners of the earth come materials for one of the states own industriesTuftingborn nursed and still growing in the mountains of North Georgia More than 52000000 pounds of jute backing from India Scotland and countries on the European continent were used in tufted carpets in 1959 and much of that destined for Georgia tufting plants came through the port of Savannah Carpet wools to be spun into yarns for tufting make up most of the remaining imported materials Originating as a handcraft in Whitfield County in 1900 tufting first made use of cotton a Georgiaproduced natural fiber Today synthetic fibers such as nylon acrilan viscose acetate and others are used in increasing quantities but in 1958 the industry consumed more than a hundred million pounds of cotton in manufacturing bedspreads rugs robes carpets and industrial fabrics Cotton still accounts for a third of all fibers used in the tufting industry Total value of shipments made by the tufting industry in the United States in 1958 was 382477000 with Georgia plants accounting for 243772000 of the total Virtually all carpeting in latemodel American automobiles and many airplanesis tufted And although you dont see it tufted materials go into journal boxes of freight cars as well as into various industrial and home uses All this was started by a Georgia farm girl who lives today in Dalton across the street from the modern Tufted Textile Manufacturers Association building Hand tufting probably was a skilled handcraft in colonial days Examples of tufted coverlets made in the late 1700s are preserved in American museums The art flourished particularly in the antebellum South After the Civil War the art was forgotten In the 1880s Catherine Evans a young farm girl skilled in needlework and quilting saw and admired an old tufted counterpane in the home of a relative She wanted one but no one knew the process by which it was made In 1885 she secured some singleply cotton yarn at a Dalton cotton mill and plied it herself into a heavy 12strand yarn At a local store she bought unbleached muslin and with a dinner plate and ruler she drew off a quilting design on the cloth With the largest bodkin needle she could find she sewed stitches along the pattern and last with scissors cut the heavy yarn between each stitch The bedspread was ready to be boiled in the family washpot in the back yard and hung on the clothesline Sun bleached the sheeting and yarn and Georgia breezes dried and fluffed the tufts she had sewn In 1898 Miss Evans made a second tufted bedspread again using a popular quilt design In 1900 her brother married and she made a third bedspread as a wedding gift In the home of her sisterinlaw at Trion Ga the bedspread was seen and admired by other women one of whom wrote and asked the Whitfield girl to make another for her So less than 60 years ago the sale of one tufted bedspread for 250 started a Georgia industry that will gross over 400 millions this yearand has spread around the world Continued on Page 12 Page Nine Progress Is Keynote 1 Page Ten Increasing Activity in Georgias Rivers and DeepWater Ports Spurs Improvement Program Present and planned facilities at Georgias inland and deepwater ports provide services second to no other South Atlantic state Industry recognizes the advantages in this fast growing area and many new plants are being located on choice industrial sites The Georgia Ports Authority welcomes your inquiry strictest confidence of course Model for Georgias inland port program Bainbridge offers complete handling equipment and storage facilities for imports and exports When multipurpose dams are completed on the Chattahoochee River Columbus will be the site for Georgias third inland barge terminal The Port of Brunswick is attracting new industry with present and planned facilities for handling general and bulk cargo 220 miles up the Savannah River Augusta is the site for another proposed inland barge terminal GEORGIA PORTS AUTHORITY Address Inquiries to J D Holt Director P O Box 1039 Savannah Georgia OTHER OFFICES IN NEW YORK AND ATLANTA Page Eleven Tufted Industry Continued from Page 9 One sale led to others and soon Miss Evans was selling all the spreads she could make Then she began to get neighbors to help her Some years later several women in Dalton began to have bedspreads made by rural home workers Sheeting with a design stamped on it and yarn was furnished to the worker Completed bedspreads were packed in Dalton and shipped to stores throughout the country Within two decades tufted bedspreads were being made by the thousands and during the depression of the early thirties hand tufting in the homes of North Georgia East Tennessee North Alabama and even as far as the Carolinas helped hundreds of families through lean years The first crude singleneedle machines came into use during the 1930s and with them a new termchenillefor the rows of fluffy tufts Handmade coverlets had been called Candlewick or just plain tufting Mechanization was hastened by NRA Machines required factories and soon what had been a handcraft carried on in the home became an industry with plants laundries inachine shops etc centered of course in Dalton Native mechanics quickly began to improve the machinery With great inventive skill they made better tufting machines with two needles four needles a dozen needles until the regular sewing machine could handle no more Machines also made possible the manufacture of small rugs bath sets and robes and housecoats World War II slowed down the industry with many factories turning to war work Shelter Halves pup tents fragmentation bomb parachutes and many other items were made for the armed services SOUTHERN SHIPPING COMPANY OFFICES IN CHARLESTON JACKSONVILLE SAVANNAH Steamship Agents Stevedores Freight Forwarders F M B No 999 Main Office 3226 TALLEYRAND AVENUE JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA The limitation in sewing width imposed on tufting machines made from old industrial type sewing machines was overcome by the building of an entirely new kind of tufting machinea yardage machine capable of tufting sheeting for robes or cotton duck for rugs 40 to 50 inches in width It was just another step although a big one to a 100inch machine for tufting entire bedspreads continuously This last development came right after the war Roomsize rugs usually tufted with cotton yarns but with wool by a few companies were made by tufting threeand fourfoot widths of heavy cotton duck and sewing them together A coating of latex sprayed on the back of rugs and cured in homemade dryers using banks of radiant heat lamps gave the rugs nonskid properties and increased sales The industry looked at the new wide bedspread machines and at all the bare floors in the country There were no looms wide enough to weave 9foot or 12foot duck backing no dye becks wide enough to dye such carpeting no latexing or drying equipment for these widths But the tufting industry still young vigorous growing rapidly and always indifferent to difficulties built tufting machines and finishing equipment to make 9 and 12foot cotton carpeting in 1950 The past decade has brought the greatest changes and growth Cotton carpets cut and loop pile spread across the floors of the nations homes Viscose pile was introduced Fifteenfoot width carpeting on jute backing came along Nylon acrylics and other manmade fibers took their place alongside cotton and wool Traditional carpet weaving companies most of them located in the East looked at cotton carpeting and saw little threat to wool velvet wilton and axminster carpets Within a few years they took another lookand started buying Continued on Opposite Page SERVING SINCE 1870 SMITH KELLY COMPANY STEAMSHIP AGENTS STEVEDORING FORWARDING AGENTS OCEAN STEAMSHIP CO BUILDING Cable Address Smikel Telephone ADams 23151 TWX SV 4087 FMB License 1000 P 0 Box 1639 SAVANNAH GEORGIA Page Twelve Tufted Industry Continued from Page 12 and building tufting plants in Georgia and other Southern states In 1958 more than half of all soft floor coverings sold in the U S was tufted and the tufted and woven carpet industry was oncentrated in the Southeast Tufted has become a fourth carpet weave The customer is interested in color texture wearing and cleaning qualities of her floor coverings and neither cares nor can usually tell how her carpet was made Tufting Machines are much faster and more economical to operate than looms They now are producing cut and loop high and low textures in an infinite variety of styles and patterns Tufting has brought prices well below that of traditional weaves and greatly expanded the floor covering market At the same time high styled and high quality tufted carpets and rugs sell well in competition with other kinds of expensive woven Oriental and handcrafted products In the lobby of the Tufted Textile Manufacturers Association in Dalton a portrait of the Georgia girl now Mrs Catherine Evans Whitener looks down on visitors And across the street the woman who unintentionally started a worldwide industry lives quietly and serenely happy that her needle began something that brought beauty into so many homes created jobs for thousands of people and made her home town the tufting center of the world Jute Backing that has just been unloaded at the Savannah State Docks Warehouses for distribution to plants in north Georgia Carpeting is inspected at the tufting machine and a number of other times before it is packed for shipment Missing tufts caused by yarn breaks are put in at this point Narrow carpeting coming from the machine at left will be made into floor mats for automobilesPhoto courtesy Cabin Crafts Inc All tufted carpeting has a coating of latex applied to the back Often a second backing woven of chemically treated paper or jute is applied over the latex This is the delivery end of a huge latex applicator and dryer Latex is applied at the opposite side and is cured during three passages through the 60foot drying chamber Photo courtesy Cabin Crafts Inc Tufted bedspreads are made on machines varying in size from a needlepunch machine held in the hand of a woman operator to a 120inch wide machine similar to the big carpet yardage machines It is however primarily a smallmachine operation in which women outnumber men Photo courtesy Cabin Crafts Inc STEVENS SHIPPING CO Steamship Agents Stevedores Terminal Operators OFFICES SAVANNAH JACKSONVILLE NEW YORK Serving PORT ROYAL S C to PORT CANAVERAL FLA General Office 26 EAST BAY STREET SAVANNAH GEORGIA Phone AD 38803 Cable STEVENS opeiuoi if LAUNDRY service that satisfies LAUNDRY AND DRY CLEANING SPECIALIZE IN SHIPS LAUNDRY SERVICE IN SAVANNAH HARBOR SAVANNAH GEORGIA Fay Spofford Thorndike Inc Engineers AirportsExpress Highways BridgesCommercial Buildings Industrial PlantsRiver and Harbor WorksPower Plants Waterworks Sewerage Drainage Incinerators Boston Massachusetts Page Thirteen Robert C Norman right shows Bob Wilson Chairman of the Augusta Port Authority Committee the new transit shed at Bainbridge that was recently completed Bainbridge Meeting Continued from Page 5 various engineering and plant location firms for the purpose of securing industries for the property The idea of a world trade conference to be held in Georgia in joint sponsorship with the Georgia State Chamber of Commerce and the Georgia Ports Authority was discussed and preliminary investigative work for such a conference has begun Business leaders industrialists exporters importers and shippers throughout Georgia would attend Among other things the Board approved the preparation of a new brochure on Georgias ports the preparation of a trade booth and display the setting up of a payroll operating account in the First State National Bank of Bainbridge to expedite payment of casual labor the approval of additional leases by business concerns and a discussion on a proposed impact study as to how the ports of Georgia affect the overall economy of the State The next meeting for the Georgia Ports Authority is scheduled for September 18th in Augusta Mr Robert C Wilson Chairman of the Augusta Port Authority extended an invitation to the Board to meet there Left to right Howell Hollis Columbus W D Trippe Cedartown and Anton Solms Savannah look over to the new docks at Bainbridge Georgia Page Fourteen first vesselan American President Lines shipis shown ready for loading at the new City of Brunswick docks Equipment and personnel are shown in the background at work on the new 500foot dock being constructed by the Georgia Ports Authority cnvsTitKTKiv mumm at mk Construction on the new 500foot dock for the Georgia Ports Authority at Brunswick Georgia began on Monday August 17th This new dock will be constructed on the Brunswick River approximately onequarter mile from the center of the business district of Brunswick The dock area at Brunswick will contain facilities and services similar to those at Savannah geared to the needs of modern shipping The B F Diamond Construction Company of Savannah is the contractor Work on this general cargo dock is to be completed by next summer A new office and administrative building for the Georgia Ports Authority at Brunswick has already been completed The City of Brunswick Port Authority has recently completed its new docking facilities On August 24th an American President Lines ship called at Brunswick to lift approximately 325 tons of steel for Thailand This material was shipped from the plant of Babcock Wilcox in Brunswick The agent was Southern Shipping Company and the export shipper was Westinghouse This is the first commercial shipment using the new city dock facilities at Brunswick focusing attention to the fact that Georgias second deepwater terminal will provide Georgia and Georgians with another access to the great trade markets of the world Artists conception of the new Brunswick State Docks STEAMSHIP AGENTS AND STEVEDORES OFFICES SAVANNAH GEORGIA BRUNSWICK GEORGIA JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA PORT EVERGLADES FLORIDA PENSACOLA FLORIDA MOBILE ALABAMA NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA HOUSTON TEXAS GALVESTON TEXAS DALLAS TEXAS ST LOUIS MISSOURI KANSAS CITY KANSAS MEMPHIS TENNESSEE CHICAGO ILLINOIS CINCINNATI OHIO ATLANTA GEORGIA NEW YORK OFFICE 17 BATTERY PLACE NEW YORK N Y Page Fifteen Foreign Commerce Trade Aids Editors Note Each month in GEORGIA ANCHOR AGE a column will be presented by Mr Joseph Stovall Manager of the Savannah Field Office of the Department of Commerce IFe look forward each month to Mr Stovalls column By Joseph Stovall The Savannah Field Office of the Department of Commerce Post Office Building Savannah is a port of call for foreign trade assistance many services and information to further Georgias interest in foreign trade These services include DIRECT CONTACTS BETWEEN AMERICAN AND FOREIGN BUSINESSMEN essential in developing and expanding marketsare promoted by Commerce Among the channels for this service are the Trade Listsnames and addresses of foreign manufacturers exporters importers wholesalers and distributors grouped by country and individual commodities Trade Lists also include important information about the relative size type of operation and the general business experience of the company Trade Lists are available at 200 each Among new lists are Naval StoresImporters Pakistan Australia West Germany Pulp and Paper Mills and Importers Argentina Brazil Japan Business Firms Bahamas Bermuda British W Africa Korea Camera Manufacturers and Exporters Japan LumberImporters Dominican Republic Costa Rica Mexico Australia PUBLICATIONSA few recent additions to the Field Office Library are World Trade Information Service Reports Foreign Trade of France 195657 20c World Trade Review as of January 195920c Basic Data on the Economy of Berlin10c Establishing a Business in Japan10c Preparing Shipments to United Kingdom10c BANK THE CUSTOMERS WAY AT AMERICAN MTIOML ACROSS FROM THE NEW POST OFFICE Brunswick Georgia Member FDIC Schedule of Sailings Continued from Page 17 Buenos Aires Montevideo Rio de Janeiro Santos Curacao La Guaira Maracaibo Puerto Cabello Curacao La Guaira Maracaibo Puerto Cabello Maracaibo Puerto Cabello Aruba La Guaira Strachan Strachan Strachan Hohenstein Mormacsea 920 Jason 99 Maron 922 Stella Stromer 928 UNITED KINGDOM AND IRELAND London London Glasgow Leith London Avonmouth Dublin Glasgow Manchester Liverpool Avonmouth Belfast Cardiff Dublin Glasgow Liverpool Manchester Avonmouth Belfast Cardiff Dublin Glasgow Liverpool Manchester Avonmouth Belfast Cardiff Dublin Glasgow Liverpool Manchester London Strachan Strachan Strachan Strachan Smith Kelly Smith Kelly Smith Kelly Hohenstein Southland 910 Southport 925 Southstar 918 Thomas Nelson 916 Manchester Trader 910 Barrington Court 912 Manchester Regiment 928 Liev Ericksson 924 COASTAL AND INTERCOASTAL Seatrain Lines Temporary schedule until further notice To New York every Saturday supplemented by sailings every other Tuesday To New Orleans every Sunday NOTE Every effort is made to insure accuracy in this schedule but Ports Authority cannot assume responsibility for errors Every Southern Railway sales and service representative is a specialist in shipping matters Why not let him help you with your overseas shipments to and from the South He will be pleased to serve you SOUTHERN R Al L W AY S Y STEM He Page Sixteen Schedule of Sailings From the Port of Savannah September 1959 Destination Agent or Owner Vessel and Sailing Date Destination Vessel and Sailing Date Agent or Owner AFRICA Karachi Bombay Calcutta Madras Colombo Stevens Hellenic Hero 913 Beira Br East Africa Capetown Durban E London Lourenco Marques Pt Elizabeth Beira Capetown Durban E London Lourenco Marques Pt Elizabeth Tomatave Capetown Pt Elizabeth E London Durban Lourenco Marques Beira Capetown Pt Elizabeth E London Durban Lourenco Marques Beira Beira Capetown Durban E London Lourenco Marques Port Elizabeth Capetown Pt Elizabeth E London Durban Lourenco Marques Beira Strachan Robin Hood 911 ITALY PORTUGAL SPAIN AND MEDITERRANEAN Strachan Stevens Stevens Smith Kelly Robin Gray 925 African Pilgrim 93 African Rainbow 917 Elin Haven 918 Casablanca Genoa Naples Savona Tripoli Alexandria Marseilles Savona Genoa Leghorn Marseilles Savona Genoa Leghorn Alexandria Genoa Naples Piraeus Casablanca Marseilles Genoa Savona Leghorn Naples Piraeus Strachan Stevens Stevens Stevens Smith Kelly Hohenstein Doctor Lykes 923 Hellenic Hero 913 Lazzaro Mocenigo 99 Francesco Morosini 924 Mohamed Ali El Kebir 923 Koiku Maru 915 Hohenstein Mishimu Maru 923 JAPAN FORMOSA KOREA AND HONGKONG Hongkong Keelung Kobe Nagoya Pusan Yokohama Kobe Nagoya Osaka Yokohama Kobe Nagoya Yokohama Osaka Kobe Osaka Yokohama Nagoya Kobe Nagoya Osaka Yokohama Strachan Strachan Trosdal Trosdal Smith fe Kelly Pioneer Minx 918 Awajisan Maru 99 Havana Maru 1015 Honolulu Maru 916 Kamikawa Maru 916 AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND Adelaide Brisbane Sydney Hobart Melbourne Adelaide Brisbane Sydney Melbourne Adelaide Brisbane Sydney Melbourne Auckland Dunedin Lyttelton Port Chalmers Wellington Strachan Strachan Smith Kelly Port Phillip 925 Pioneer Isle 928 Tyrone 911 Smith Kelly City of Lucknow 930 NORTH CONTINENTAL EUROPE Amsterdam Antwerp Bremen Hamburg Rotterdam Amsterdam Antwerp Bremen Hamburg Rotterdam Antwerp Bremen Hamburg Copenhagen Gdynia Gothenburg Helsinki Malmo Oslo Stockholm Copenhagen Gdynia Gothenburg Helsinki Malmo Stockholm Antwerp Rotterdam Hamburg Bremen Antwerp Rotterdam Hamburg Bremen Amsterdam Antwerp Bremen Hamburg LeHavre Rotterdam Strachan Southland 910 THE CARIBBEAN Strachan Strachan Strachan Strachan Southport 925 Southstar 918 Maltesholm 920 Thalatta 1020 Havana Havana Havana Havana Kingston Aruba Port of Spain Kingston Tarver Tarver Tarver Tarver Hohenstein Hohenstein Caribe 94 Rio Escandido 911 Caribe 918 Atlntico 925 Seeclipper 923 Stella Stromer 928 CENTRAL AMERICA Stevens Stevens Wuttemberg 910 Eise Hugo Stinnes 926 Barranquilla Buenaventura Cartagena Guayaquil Smith fe Kelly Casablanca 918 HAWAIIAN AND PHILIPPINE ISLANDS Smith fe Kelly Heelsu 929 Manila Strachan Pioneer Minx 918 INDIA PAKISTAN AND CEYLON Antwerp Rotterdam Bremen Hamburg Hohenstein Liev Ericksson 924 Bombay Calcutta Karachi Madras Bombay Calcutta Karachi Madras Bombay Calcutta Karachi Madras Strachan Express 911 SOUTH AMERICA Strachan Strachan Steel Recorder 917 Exhibitor 922 Buenos Aires Montevideo Rio de Janeiro Santos Brazilian Outports Porto Alegre Rio de Janeiro Santos Strachan Strachan Mormactide 96 Mormacreed 920 Cttp of Augusta Georgia OFFICE OF THE MAYOR MILLARD A BECKUM MAYOR Fellow Citizens Augusta today is on the threshold of an era of development and progress unexcelled in recent years Industry has favored us with new plants and others are coming Existing plants have expanded operations to meet the growing needs of a growing era This activity means more jobs for more people bigger payrolls and a steadily improving economy in our fair city Our transportation services are adequate for current and foreseeable needs Present and planned facilities on the Savannah River offer industrialists additional incentives to locate in this growing market Augusta is truly a wonderful place to live and work We welcome inquiries THE MAYOR AND COUNCILMEN City of Augusta Georgia Page Eighteen Looking for a New Home These National Concerns Found What They Were Seeking In Augusta Georgia f COKCCoMPAS xto w PER products o WVS GROUP BOX 1088 Augusta Georgia Ixc aes ll6 OE A cMHOOt 700 m citClRC V a S 1 PowW Cv SHE C SlPPUES rno Ml s 58 5TR6tr C since i94 I mJSEC0NDExsm C1vpleted wnsW SHIRT company ret A 0 n a V E N u E 2804 WILC AUGUSTA G tow Mi V0G J2cfs T T GUsefi Homestead R4Pk rc DRAP Jgf EARCESJ r s Augustas INTANGIBLES were as much responsible for bringing these national concerns as its TANGIBLES including Barge Transportation Abundant Soft Water 6 Major Railroads 30 Truck Lines 2 Airlines Native Intelligent Workers mm Good LaborManagement Relations Committee of 100 Suite 21922 SFC Building Augusta Georgia MAIL TODAY PROFIT TOMORROW i COMMITTEE f OF SUITE 21922 SOUTHERN FINANCE BUILDING AUGUSTA GEORGIA 100 f I Dear Sirs Sounds Great Send more details about Augusta NAME POSITION FIRM NAME I ADDRESS I CITYSTATE WHITSON MURRY AND ASSOCIATES INC 118 East 35th Street SAVANNAH GEORGIA BULK RATE U S POSTAGE PAID Permit No 294 Savannah Ga Acquisitions Division The University Libraries The University of Georgia Athens Georgia as SAVANNAH 4 t yHV PAV FREIGHT ON lumber DID YOU KNOW v I n to 40 Percent of Your Gross THAT Lumber Can Cost ou p We9ht rl tv Rate for the Extra THH you Pay Package Weight of Lumber save money on freight AT the PORT OF SAVANNAH LET US DO YOUR PACKING AT TH vriE phone or wto T rnFFlN CONTRACI R OF GEORGIA INC plant nnrKS ANDWREHuffy ctate docks ait g bib aa SAVANNAH SI A ns r 104 Al I W RHHMRRI HR Building 24A P o Box 104 Phone ADams 62474 ORK UrriE 35 K7 WYork5Phonreeeplaza 75427 New York New York Gf O R G I A Volume 1 Number 3 OCTOBER 1959 Official Publication of the GEORGIA PORTS AUTHORITY UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA OCT 2 b59 LIBRARIES The Hand that Gentles the Freight The quickest way to a shippers heart is through the fast safe and dependable delivery of his freight Safe handling is a familiar phrase at Central of Georgia where skilled engineers gentle their cargoes swiftly and surely to destination We are proud to deliver the heart of the South and through fifteen major rail connections we can supply your every shipping need We have thirtyseven freight traffic offices to serve you which means there is a Central representative nearby Call on Central of Georgia and ask about the hand that gentles the freight GEORGIA ANCHO I VOLUME 1 NUMBER 3 OCT 1959 Official Publication of the Georgia Ports Authority P O Box 1039 Savannah Georgia Telephone ADams 61561 Garden City Terminal and Ocean Terminal of the Savannah State Docks and Warehouses Savannah Georgia and Bainbridge State Docks Bainbridge Georgia Brunswick State Docks Brunswick Georgia Augusta Georgia Columbus Georgia TABLE OF CONTENTS New Ports Brochure Bainbridge Port Growth Assured Not Worried About St Lawrence Economic Study Being Made Dept of Commerce Column Progress at Brunswick Picture Page Index of Advertisers Directors Letter Port of Savannah Directory Shipping Schedules MEMBERS OF THE OFFICIAL BOARD Robert C Norman Augusta Chairman W D Trippe Cedartown Vice Chairman Thomas M Johnson Savannah A M Harris Brunswick Howell Hollis Columbus J W Taxi Smith Albany SecretaryTreasurer Anton F Solms Jr Savannah Attorney Page 4 5 6 7 8 9 13 14 15 17 18 ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF J D Holt Savannah Executive Director James I Newsome Jr Savannah Director of Operations Sam J Gardner Savannah Comptroller Claude Newman Atlanta Director of Commerce Charles E Hooper Savannah Director of Public Relations New York John F Fitzsimmons Room 1298 26 Broadway New York 4 N Y Telephone BOwling Green 90970 OFFICES Atlanta Lovell Surber 1332 Healey Building Atanta Georgia Telephone JAckson 51595 Asheville Tom R Talmadge 250 Kimberly Avenue Asheville N C Telephone ALpine 25718 GEORGIA ANCHORAGE Official Publication Georgia Ports Authority Jack D Holt Executive Director Published monthly by Whitson Murry and Associates Inc 118 East 35th Street Savannah Georgia Charles Hooper Editor Editorial Office Georgia Ports Authority Post Office Box 1039 Savannah Georgia Advertising Office Georgia AnchorAge 118 East 35th Street Savannah Georgia tyou TOilC BRUNSWICK a city of opportunities Through our Port we offer Gateways to the world Our harbor provides safe anchorage Our climate is conducive to year round plant operation Ready markets are nearby May we hear from you Address Inquiries to CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BRUNSWICK GA Page Three Ports Brochure Forthcoming A new duotone brochure THE GEORGIA PORTS STORY will be available for distribution within the next month With the use of dramatic photography brief descriptive copy and original art work the Georgia Ports Authority will highlight the port facilities available in the State Sections will be devoted to Savannah Brunswick Bainbridge Augusta and Columbus Additional space will be devoted to sites for industrial development A Tear Card is enclosed in this new brochure that interested people may return to the Ports Authority for additional and detailed information on a specific port or problem The Chambers of Commerce in these port cities have cooperated closely with the Georgia Ports Authority in making this new informative and colorful brochure possible by supplying photographs and copy This is another means of informing people throughout our entire affected trade area of our facilities and equipment If you are interested in obtaining a copy of this new brochure please write to Georgia Ports Authority Public Relations Department P 0 Box 1039 Savannah Georgia Qeanxfia Qulf Casijzaiaatt BAINBRIDGE GEORGIA Processors of Agricultural Chemicals Dusting Sulphurs Wettable Sulphurs Dry Concentrates Wettable Concentrates Liquid Concentrates Georgias Up and Coming Inland Port At Bainbridge Bainbridge is grateful for its Port We believe it means a brilliant future for us The Citizens Bank and Trust Company Bainbridge Georgia Member FDIC COME TO SEE US R A CHENEY GRIFFIN Mayor Shipping Skiing Fishing The City of ALDERMEN Hugh F Hart Carson N Hatcher Fred Lane Earle B May Sr Thomas Miller E J Perry Jr C O Powell Jim Prevatte Bainbridge Georgia Georgias First Inland Port The opening of Georgias first Inland Port on the Flint River in Bainbridge has meant much to the industrial and economical development of the entire area surrounding Bainbridge and Decatur County Industry has favored us with several new plants and several others are contemplating on locating within our boundaries Of course this means bigger payrolls and a steadily improving economy in our rapidly growing City With this additional transportation service on the Flint River we offer Industrialists many added incentives to locate in our City We welcome inquiries at all times Mayor R A Cheney11 Boating Page Four General Gas Corporations riverfront barge terminal at Bainbridge Ga presently stores over one million gallons of fuel at Tank farm BAINBRIDGE INLAND PORT ASSURED GROWTH BY SUCCESS OF LOCAL AND NEW INDUSTRY In the JulyAugust issue of Water Transport Economics Mr Philip Reavis Editor has presented an excellent article entitled Barges Build Business for Fuel Firm This article illustrates quite dramatically the importance of waterborne commerce in serving the people of the State of Georgia With Mr Reavis permission and because of the important aspects of this article we would like to present its interesting features We are most grateful to Mr Reavis and the staff of Water Transport Economics for the opportunity of using this material The General Gas Corporation of Baton Rouge Louisiana has devised an efficient economic transportation and distribution system that puts the product practically in the customers backyard Liquefied petroleum gas is the product and like all fuels it is sold primarily on the basis of price and ready availability To keep ample stocks on hand at the lowest possible cost General Gas opened a barge terminal at Bainbridge Georgia in January 1958 It is located adjacent to the Bainbridge State Docks operated by the Georgia Ports Authority Original capacity of this Flint River installation was 16000000 gallons and it was served by a single barge Today the terminal is being expanded to 30000000 gallons annual capacity and a fifth barge is to be added within the next few months Officials of the General Gas Corporation state that before the Bainbridge terminal was established it often took up to seven days to route a tank car from the Houston area to some Eastern Division plants In times of severe weather conditions this often meant short stocks of fuel at many bulk outlets This problem has been completely overcome It now takes their highway fleet no more than five hours to deliver substantial quantities of LPGas from the terminal to any of the Eastern Division bulk plants From those points it usually is a matter of less than an hour to the customer In effect instead of being seven days away the company has now put its source of supply within seven hours reach of any of its farflung customers The move enables General Gas to guarantee delivery to meet almost any type of emergency situation which is a factor of prime importance to purchasers of fuels Not only is the service faster and more reliable but these competitive advantages have been achieved without pricing the product out of the market In addition to the economies on transportation barging also lends itself to far more efficient handling in this type of operation The difference in the amount of time and manpower needed to unload one barge as opposed to 40 or 50 railcars adds up to some very significant savings More barge transportation and increased terminal storage has made the Companys future growth very promising The expanding usage of General Gas as an internal combustion engine fuel on the farm and in industry plus the growing number of household customers served by the firm require this extension of their barge service from Texas production points to Eastern markets The Bainbridge terminal is supplied by barges operating over the Gulf intracoastal canal and the Apalachicola and Flint Rivers The storage installation is operated by Propane Corporation a whollyowned subsidiary of General Gas whose entire Eastern Division activities are directed from regional offices in Macon Ga Page Five We Sesiue 74e Port TOWING SERVICE BY MODERN TUGS OPERATED BY SEASONED PERSONNEL ATLANTIC TOWING COMPANY 228 EAST BAY P O Box 136 SAVANNAH GEORGIA AD 28103 NOT WORRIED ABOUT ST LAWRENCE SEAWAY SAYS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Editor s Note Below is an article written by Mr J D Holt for the journal of Commerce newspaper concerning the effect of the St Lawrence Seaway on the ports of Georgia J D Holt Executive Director of the Georgia Ports Authority stated that the opening of the St Lawrence Seaway has had no effect on exports and imports to the Midwest via the Georgia ports In commenting further Mr Holt said In fact we are not particularly worried about the effect of the St Lawrence Seaway on our business First of all the tonnages handled through the Port of Savannah have been excellent and Savannah has been able to maintain its continued lead as the No 1 port in the South Atlantic on importexport tonnage The fiscal year 195859 was the second highest tonnage period for the Port of Savannah surpassed only by its own record tonnage peak that was obtained in 195657 We have great confidence in the continued growth and expansion of our ports As evidence of our confidence in increased shipments construction work has already begun on new docking facilities at Brunswick When these facilities are completed the State of Georgia will have still another deepwater port for the handling of general and bulk cargoes In approximately three weeks the Georgia Ports Authority will advertise for bids for the initial phase of a multimillion dollar inland port at Augusta The inland port at Augusta will represent the point of deepest penetration by water from the seacoast of any city in the South Atlantic states that will serve the entire Piedmont area Our inland port of Bainbridge continues to grow and expand and new warehousing facilities have just been completed to accommodate the increasing number of businesses and industries using the Port of Bainbridge As further evidence of our belief that the Port of Savannah will continue to grow and expand three months ago the Georgia Ports Authority purchased a 388acre site adjoining the Savannah State Docks and Warehouses This property is known as the Whitehall Plantation and is one of the largest remaining tracts of undeveloped waterfront property remaining in the Savannah area From these brief announcements of our expansions I think we illustrate positively that we are not too concerned over the effect of the St Lawrence Seaway on our business Other people recognize these facts too In Brunswick the Bestwall Gypsum Company has recently completed a multimillion dollar plant attracted there by our port facilities In Augusta Continental Can Company and B F Goodrich Company have purchased properties to build multimillion dollar plants They too were attracted by our port facilities Every attempt is being made to provide shippers with every available service and equipment Not only is the Port of Savannah suited for the handling of general cargo but it also has the equipment for the handling and rapid processing of bulk cargoes The transportation facilities from the Midwest to the ports of Georgia are unexcelled Five major railroads serve the Port of Savannah as well as fortytwo major truck lines Shippers throughout the affected trade area know that the ports of Georgia operate throughout the year They are unhampered by cold ice jammed waterways and inactivity for four months as will be the ports along the St Lawrence In summarizing Mr Holt said If the first few months of operation of the St Lawrence Seaway are any indication of the effect they will have on our ports we have no cause to be concerned and in any event with our numerous advantages that have been stated previously I do not believe that they will have any effect In my opinion Savannah and the other ports of Georgia will continue to grow and Savannah will continue to maintain its position as the No 1 port in the South Atlantic 66 Serving Southwest Georgia Since 1891f THE FIRST STATE NATIONAL BANK BAINBRIDGE GEORGIA MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORP Page Six Impact Study Being Made for Ports Authority Georgia State College of Business Administration 33 Gilmer Street S E Atlanta 3 Georgia OCTOBER 7 1959 Dear Sir You may have seen from recent articles in the Savannah papers that at the request of the Georgia Ports Authority the Bureau of Business and Economic Research of Georgia State College is engaged in a study to determine the importance of waterborne commerce to the economy of Georgia One important section of our report will deal with the direct impact of the port of Savannah upon the Savannah area in providing jobs and generating income and upon the entire State in providing taxes In accordance with the purpose of this study it would be most helpful if you would give us data for the questions asked below We would like to emphasize that this information will be strictly confidential and in the final report only totals will be publishednot data for individual firms If you do not feel free to divulge some of this information will you answer the sections that you are able to give Any explanatory applicable information will be appreciated Please keep in mind that the more complete the information you supply us the more complete and accurate will be our findings and undoubtedly the more impressive will be the total picture of the importance of waterborne commerce and the ports of Georgia upon the economy of our State Your cooperation will be greatly appreciated Please return this sheet and use the enclosed selfaddressed postagepaid envelope for your reply Very truly yours s Mary H Bowdoin Mary H Bowdoin Mrs Assistant Professor and Research Associate Bureau of Business and Economic Research A Estimate of percentage of total business derived from or associated with waterborne commerce Please be as accurate as possible B Average total employment for 1958 C Total payroll for 1958 D State taxes paid in 1958 Include state property income sales and use and corporation taxes i If your fiscal year is other than the calendar year please give data for the last fiscal year and so indicate On October 7th preliminary work was started by the Research Department of the Bureau of Business and Economics of the Georgia State College for an impact study on the importance of waterborne commerce to the ecenomy of Georgia This preliminary questionnaire has been mailed to hundreds of businesses and industries throughout the State At the September meeting of the Georgia Ports Authority the Board approved and awarded to the Georgia State College the contract for studying the effect of port operations on the economy throughout the entire State of Georgia This is the first time any such detailed study using actual dollars and cents has been made on the indices of our economy here in Georgia The report is to be completed by January 15 1960 and is under the direction of Dr W R Knight of the Georgia State College Dr Jack Blicksilver Associate Professor of Economics and Mrs Mary H Bowdoin Research Associate are making the study s Jack Blicksilver Jack Blicksilver Associate Professor of Economics FORWARD AUGUSTA Offering Personalized Service For 125 Years AUGUSTAS OLDEST LARGEST LEADING BANK GEORGIA RAILROAD BANK TRUST COMPANY Member FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORP ONE OF THE WORLDS GREAT NATURAL HARBORS The Port of Brunswick is attracting new industry with present and planned facilities for handling general and bulk cargo MAY WE SERVE YOU BRUNSWICK PORT AUTHORITY Address Inquiries to J L ASHER Gen Mgr P O Box 1039 Brunswick Georgia Page Seven Palmer Cay INC No 1 Bull Street ALL FORMS OF INSURANCE MARINE INSURANCE SPECIALISTS SAVANNAH GEORGIA SERVING THE SOUTH CENTRIFUGED NATURAL LATEX Available in TANK CARS TANK TRUCKS DRUMS From Our Savannah Ga Facilities Rubber Corporation of America Hicksville New York Foreign Commerce Trade Aids Editors Note Each month in GEORGIA ANCHOR AGE a column will be presented by Mr Joseph Stovall Manager of the Savannah Field Office of the Deparment of Commerce By Joseph G Stovall Ever ready to assist in the furtherance of foreign trade the Savannah Field Office of the U S Department of Commerce Post Office Bldg endeavors to keep those interested in the services which become available constantly AGENCY INDEX PROMOTES EXPORTSAre you taking advantage of a service designed to put prospective foreign buyers in speedy touch with local sources of supply for your products All you need to do is list the names and addresses of your oversea agents distributors or licensees with U S Foreign Service posts through the Bureau of Foreign Commerce Foreign Service officers handling commercial matters abroad frequently receive inquiries about how purchases of American goods can be made locally By having at their fingertips the names of agents and licensees for American concerns they will be able to place before prospective customers information on local sources of all U S products listed Buyers interested in a trademarked product or replacement equipment will be able to contact local representatives quickly and arrange to expedite delivery if the merchandise is urgently needed This steppedup service should stimulate sales of U S products Our manufacturers and exporters are invited to prepare 3x5 cards on their agents and licensees in each foreign country and send them to the Savannah Field Office These cards are not for publication and will be forwarded to Continued on Page 16 BRUNSWICK a City of Opportunities where BANKING is a PLEASURE THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK of BRUNSWICK MEMBER FDIC BRUNSWICK GEORGIA JOSEPH CRAIG AND COMPANY Custom House and Foreign Freight Forwarders Joseph Craig Jr Manager Telephone ADams 69222 P O Box 1777 804 Realty Building Savannah Georgia SAVANNAH GEORGIA JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA 216 West Hull Street 3615 Evergreen Street Phone ADams 65734 Phone ELgin 30928 ATLANTA GEORGIA MACON GEORGIA 1920 Moreland Ave SE 2225 Waterville Road Phone MArket 77381 Phone 33791 B N T 0 N SERVING GEORGIA AND FLORIDA OVERNIGHT SERVICE Rapid Express INSURED BONDED CARRIER 216 WEST HULL STREET PHONE ADams 65734 SAVANNAH GEORGIA Progress At Brunswick The second phase of construction of the Brunswick State Docks by the Georgia Ports Authority is well under way The dock area at Brunswick will contain facilities and services similar to those at Savannahgeared to the needs of modern shipping Wm Left the B F Diamond Construction Company of Savannah is well along on a general cargo dock in Brunswick to be completed by next summer Bight grading commences on the site for new warehouses at Brunswick The Georgia Creosoting Company formerly located on this site has been relocated Above a new administrative office building has already been completed and is now in use RUWSWiCK STATE OOCKS 60WA potS AUfHORUY SANEST V80R 60VE8N8 assisr it Page Nine 388 level acres fronting on the Savannah River 34 ft channel well above maximum flood contour of river Located 6 miles north of Savannah Georgia Vigorous industrial and consumer markets nearby Ample electric power and natural gas available Fast dependable rail highway and water transportation to all markets both overseas and domestic to service your every need If your industry requires large amounts of water plus efficient water transportation then this choice site is made to order Full detailed information including maps and other economic data is available on request kMm 38fe tract is ideally suited to large industries requiring efficient and economical ranfrrtation Located adjacent to the Garden City Terminals of the Georgia Ports ityhl highway and water transportation is readily available All juiries are handled in strict confidence Today call or write or wire for additional information Address Inquiries to J D Holt Director P O Box 1039 Savannah Georgia OTHER OFFICES IN NEW YORK ATLANTA AND ASHEVILLE Page Eleven A Great Place to Live and Work Bainbridge Georgias first Inland Port The Inland Port of Bainbridge pffers complete handling equipment and storage facilities for imports and exports Excellent industrial WATER sites with 114billion gallons minimum daily flow Served by two major railroads water transportation and two U S Highways Industrial and consumer markets nearby Inquiries welcomed Bainbridge Decatur County Chamber of Commerce The Hub of Southwest Georgia SOUTHERN SERVING SINCE 1870 SHIPPING SMITH KELLY COMPANY COMPANY OFFICES IN STEAMSHIP AGENTS CHARLESTON JACKSONVILLE STEVEDORING FORWARDING AGENTS SAVANNAH OCEAN STEAMSHIP CO BUILDING Steamship Agents Stevedores Cable Address Smikel Telephone ADams 23151 Freight Forwarders F M B No 999 TWX SV 4087 FMB License 1000 Main Office P 0 Box 1639 3226 TALLEYRAND AVENUE SAVANNAH GEORGIA JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA Page Twelve Private docking facilities are located in Augusta and have been in use for several years The private dock facilities of Merry Brothers Brick Tile Co Inc Augusta are shown left and loading operations of brick to be transported down the river are pictured One pleasant and important result of the construction of multipurpose dams has been the creation of unexcelled recreational facilities throughout the State Skippers at Clark Hill Lake above Augusta make ready for an afternoon of sailing In 1925 millions of bales of cotton were exported through the Port of Savannah Here is a scene of loading operations of cotton from barges to ships at Savannah Photograph courtesy Savannah District Authority Picture Paae Shipments of Caterpillar equipment from Illinois were loaded recently on the PIONEER ISLE for Brisbane Melbourne and Sydney Australia Loaded barges of brick tile destined for various points are shipped from Augusta down the Savannah River mamrnrn Page Thirteen Index to Advertisers Doing Business the Customers Way THE LIBERTY NATIONAL BANK TRUST COMPANY SAVANNAH GA Page Atlantic Towing Company 6 Bainbridge Chamber of Commerce 12 Benton Rapid Express 8 Brunswick Chamber of Commerce 3 Brunswick Port Authority 7 Central of Georgia 2 Central Truck Lines Inc 14 City of Bainbridge 4 City of Brunswick 19 Fay Spofford Thorndike Inc 15 Georgia Gulf Sulphur Corporation 4 Georgia Mattress Canvas Company 14 Georgia Ports Authority 10 11 Georgia Railroad Bank Trust Company 7 Griffin Contracting of Georgia Inc Back Cover Hohenstein Shipping Company 15 Joseph Craig Company 5 Morgans Inc 16 Palmer Cay 8 Rubber Corporation of America 8 Savannah Bank Trust Company 14 Savannah Pilots Association 16 Savannah Planing Mill 14 Smith Kelly Company 12 Southern Marine Supply Company 16 who knows SAVANNAH best From longest experience Savannah Bank knows Savannah and the Coastal Empire best When you need onthespot assistance in the Savannah area call on Savannah Bank and enjoy the difference SAVANNAH BANK Trust Co SINCE 1869 GEORGIA MATTRESS CANVAS CO MATTRESSES AWNINGS TARPAULINS CANVAS PRODUCTS 516536 W OGLETHORPE AVE SAVANNAH GA Southern Railway System 16 Southern Shipping Company 12 Strachan Shipping Company 17 Superior Laundry 15 The Citizens Southern National Bank 16 The Citizens Bank and Trust Company 4 The First National Bank of Brunswick 8 The First State National Bank 6 The Liberty National Bank Trust Company 14 MEMBER F D I C MEMBER FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM SAVANNAH PLANING MILL COMPANY Lumber and Building Supplies Since 1912 ADams 27168 Savannah Georgia for PERSONALIZED SERVICE I Centralize CHECK THESE FEATURES J 2000 mile private telephone network between all terminal Twoway radio dispatching Reliable refrigerated service Prompt claim settlements C O D returns remitted promptly U S Bonded Customs licensed Scheduled operations You know where your shipment is every moment when you use Central Our network of private telephone lines teletypes and twoway radio dispatching give you complete and personal service all the way So next timeCentralize 30 Modern Terminals in GEORGIA ALABAMA FLORIDA MISSISSIPPI I LOUISIANA CENTRAL TRUCK GENERAL OFFICES 1005 JACKSON STREET For Informotion Write Central Truck Lines Sales INC TAMPA FLA PH 23902 Dept P O Box 1411 Tampa 1 Fla SAVANNAH TERMINAL 109 E LATHROP AVE Page Fourteen DIRECTORS LETTER The Georgia Ports Authority Operating SAVANNAH STATE DOCKS AND WAREHOUSES Post Office Box 1039 Savannah Georgia J D Holt Director Dear Friends In the previous issues of GEORGIA ANCHOR AGE we have brought you news concerning our facilities our construction programs currently under way and our plans for continued progress for the Georgia Ports Authority We have attempted to supply our customers with information that will be of benefit to them In this letter I would like to call your attention to our field representatives We maintain a full time staff in New York to serve the eastern areaa full time midwestern representative located in Asheville N Cand full time representatives located in Atlanta Ga to serve the South These representatives are there to be of service and assistance to business industry and traffic personnel They will be glad to assist you in making savings with your shipments to tell you of land and warehousing space that may interest you and to supply you with every detail of information that will be of service Please feel free to contact the representative in your area I am sure that you will find them cooperative informative and always ready to be of assistance Mr Newman Mr Fitzsimmons Mr Talmadge and Mr Surber would welcome your inquiries You will find their complete addresses on the masthead of the magazine Thank you for your continued support and increased interest We hope always to merit your confidence and we shall continue to strive toward this goal Sincerely J D HOLT Executive Director Page Fifteen Continued from Page 8 the appropriate Foreign Service post Call your Savannah Field Office AD 24755 for copies of the index cards EXPORT AND IMPORT OPPORTUNITIES for lumber chemicals paper naval stores insecticides novelties hardware toys containers and many other items appear regularly in Foreign Commerce Weekly These are current trade leads to help place American merchandise on the foreign market and assist the U S importer in locating sources abroad for supplying commodities he desires to import WORLD TRADE DIRECTORY REPORTS provide current commercial and financial data on specific foreign firms and individuals Through this service you obtain the name and address of the concern type of organization method of operation lines handled size sales territory sales volume capital and the firms general reputation in trade Available at 100 each The U S DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE maintains a flow of business information to promote foreign trade Consult the Savannah Field Office in the Post Office Building Room 235 For Complete Foreign Department Service Call on THE CITIZENS AND SOUTHERN NATIONAL BANK 22 Bull Street Savannah Georgia Phone AD 45101 CABLE CITSOUTH Member of Federal Deposit Insurance Corp ITS FOR YOU Help for you on export 111 import shipping matters is as lj close as your phone Just call one of our sales and service representatives near youif your overseas shipment is to or from the South WQqq MmSOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM Page Sixteen PORT OF SAVANNAH DIRECTORY STEAMSHIP AGENCIES HOHENSTEIN SHIPPING COMPANY Arcade Building AD 37579 SMITH KELLY COMPANY Ocean Steamship TerminalsAD 23151 STEVENS SHIPPING COMPANY 26 East Bay StreetAD 38803 STRACHAN SHIPPING COMPANY Savannah Bank BuildingAD 46671 TARVER SHIPPING COMPANY Arcade Building AD 48829 TROSDAL SHIPPING COMPANY Savannah Bank BuildingAD 46671 STEVEDORING COMPANIES MARTIN W ROBERTS Arcade Building AD 48829 SMITH KELLY COMPANY Ocean Steamship Terminals AD 23151 STEVENS SHIPPING COMPANY 26 East Bay StreetAD 38803 STRACHAN SHIPPING COMPANY Savannah Bank BuildingAD 46671 FOREIGN FREIGHT FORWARDERS ANDERSON SHIPPING COMPANY American Building CRAIG COMPANY Realty Building HOHENSTEIN SHIPPING COMPANY Arcade Building JOHN S JAMES Savannah Bank Building D J POWERS American Building SMITH KELLY COMPANY Ocean Steamship Terminals STEVENS SHIPPING COMPANY 26 East Bay Street TARVER SHIPPING COMPANY Arcade Building COMMERCIAL BANKS THE CITIZENS SOUTHERN NATIONAL BANK THE LIBERTY NATIONAL BANK TRUST COMPANY SAVANNAH BANK TRUST COMPANY U S ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS DISTRICT ENGINEER 200 East St Julian Street u S DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE FIELD OFFICE Post Office Building Belgium Brazil Costa Rica Cuba Denmark Dominican Republic Finland France Italy Netherlands Norway Sweden Venezuela CONSULS E K Meredith Jack M Sayler E K Meredith Mrs Sigo Mendel Oscar M Hansen Jack M Sayler A G Van Schaick Edwin J Middleton Joseph M Cafiero A G Van Schaick E Storm Trosdal L Roy Riddick Ignacio M Van Grieken Consul Vice Consul Consular Agent Consul Vice Consul Consul Vice Consul Counsular Agent Counsular Agent Vice Consul Vice Consul Vice Consul Consul SAVANNAH DISTRICT AUTHORITY 42 East Bay Street AD 39604 SHIPPING COMPANY STEAMSHIP AGENTS AND STEVEDORES OFFICES SAVANNAH GEORGIA BRUNSWICK GEORGIA JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA PORT EVERGLADES FLORIDA PENSACOLA FLORIDA MOBILE ALABAMA NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA HOUSTON TEXAS GALVESTON TEXAS DALLAS TEXAS ST LOUIS MISSOURI KANSAS CITY KANSAS MEMPHIS TENNESSEE CHICAGO ILLINOIS CINCINNATI OHIO ATLANTA GEORGIA NEW YORK OFFICE 17 BATTERY PLACE NEW YORK N Y Page Seventeen Schedule of Sailings From the Port of Savannah October 1959 Destination Agent or Owner Vessel and Sailing Date AFRICA Capetown Pt Elizabeth East London Durban Lourenco Marques Beira Stevens African Planet 1024 Capetown Pt Elizabeth East London Durban Lourenco Marques Beira Hohenstein Tomishima Maru 1031 Beira Capetown Durban East London Lourenco Marques Pt Elizabeth Smith Kelly South African Merchant 1015 Beira Capetown Durban East London Lourenco Marques Pt Elizabeth Smith Kelly Morgenster 1031 Beira British East Africa Capetown Durban East London Lourenco Marques Pt Elizabeth Strachan Robin Locksley 1023 AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND Adelaide Brisbane Melbourne Sydney Smith Kelly Middlesex 1023 Auckland Lyttelton New Plymouth Pt Chalmers Wellington Smith Kelly Port Victor 1031 THE CARIBBEAN Havana Tarver Corinto 1014 Havana Tarver Rio Escondido 1022 Havana Tarver Corinto 1029 INDIA PAKISTAN AND CEYLON Karachi Bombay Calcutta Madras Chittagong Colombo Stevens Nordland 1030 Aden Bombay Calcutta Chittagong Karachi Madras Jeddah Rangoon Strachan Exchange 1019 Bombay Calcutta Chittagong Colombo Djibouti Jeddah Karachi Madras Strachan Exemplar 1023 ITALY PORTUGAL SPAIN AND MEDITERRANEAN Alexandria Stevens Nordland 1030 Marseilles Savona Genoa Leghorn Stevens Vettor Pisani 1023 Casablanca Barcelona Hohenstein Kohcho Mani 1020 Marseilles Genoa Savona Leghorn Civitavecchia Naples Piraeus Salonika Destination Agent or Owner Vessel and Sailing Date Haifa Tel Aviv Strachan Negba 1019 Naples Savona Trieste Tripoli Venice Strachan Aimee Lykes 1025 JAPAN FORMOSA KOREA AND HONGKONG Osaka Yokohama Nagoya Kobe Smith Kelly Kiyokawa Maru 1022 Hongkong Kobe Osaka Yokohama Trosdal Havana Maru 1023 NORTH CONTINENTAL EUROPE Antwerp Rotterdam Hamburg Bremen Stevens Husselburg 1022 Antwerp Rotterdam Hamburg Bremen Stevens Sonderburg 1024 Antwerp Rotterdam Hamburg Bremen Stevens Archsum 1031 Antwerp Rotterdam Hamburg Bremen Hohenstein Honduras 1027 Amsterdam Antwerp Bremen Hamburg LeHavre Smith Kelly Witmarsum 1020 Amsterdam Antwerp Bremen Hamburg LeHavre Copenhagen Gdynia Smith Kelly Ootmarsum 1027 Gothenburg Helsinki Malmo Stockholm Oslo Strachan Thalatta 1025 SOUTH AMERICA Brazilian Outports Buenos Aires Montevideo Strachan Mormachawk 1025 Paranagua Rio de Janeiro Santos UNITED KINGDOM AND IRELAND London Hohenstein Honduras 1027 Avonmouth Belfast Cardiff Dublin Glasgow Liverpool Leith Manchester Smith Kelly Manchester Port 1020 Avonmouth Dublin Glasgow Liverpool Manchester Strachan Southwind 1019 COASTAL AND INTERCOASTAL Seatrain Lines Temporary schedule until further notice To New York every Saturday supplemented by sailings every other Tuesday To New Orleans every Sunday NOTE Every effort is made to insure accuracy in this schedule but Ports Authority cannot assume responsibility for errors CITY OF BRUNSWICK COMMISSIONERS M A COPELAND MAYOR J RUSSELL TUTEN PRO TEM HUBERT W LANG HARRY D LONG W H SIGMAN BRUNSWICK GEORGIA H B LOVVORN CITY MANAGER B N NIGHTINGALE CITY ATTORNEY Brunswick is a city of energetic people who recognize the opportunities to be found in this progressive area and they are doing something about them Our schools are modern and there is a vital interest in education Spiritual sanctuary for all denominations may be found in this temperate climate conducive to good living A city of fine historical heritage Brunswick and the nearby Golden Isles of Georgia offer unsurpassed recreational facilities in a surrounding of unspoiled natural beauty Industry has recognized the natural and manmade advantages to be found in Brunswick and we welcome the opportunity to roll out the carpet for you Send for more details today THE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS City of Brunswick Georgia WHITSON MURRY AND ASSOCIATES INC 118 East 35th Street SAVANNAH GEORGIA BULK RATE U S POSTAGE PAID Permit No 294 Savannah Ga Acquisitions Division The University Libraries The University of Georgia Athens Georgia Can Cost You Up to 40 Percent of Your Gross THAT Lumber Can udsi Weght M Rate for the Extra I Cnpcific Commodity Kate that You Pay the Speatic Package Weight of Lum er save money on freight the port of savannah r let us do your packing a rCIKJ CON 1 RAV G R 1 f OF GEORGIA INC go H MM STATE EOCKS n Box 104 PFnnfi ADams 62474 NtW M 75427 WAIVt v New York Phone PLaza vannah BH m HBBBB New ui iim P O Boxl01Phone ADag illllll AjtZUELA vjrugum GEOR Gl A Volume 1 Number 4 NOVEMBER 1959 Official Publication of the GEORGIA PORTS AUTHORITY libraries INCLUDE Via Central TRANSPORTATION of Georgia and S A IN YOUR FUTURE Fine production facilities excellent workers and a strategic location are great Tthese advantages mean little unless a manufacturers products can be transported to his customers quickly and economically Thats why fast dependable rail transportation is a major factor in choosing a new plant site Its the one form of mass transportation you can count on to move goods safely and dependably day or night in any weather If you re looking for a new plant site put it where you can get all the essentials necessary to grow plus topnotch rail transportation in the expanding Southeast entral of Georgia and Savannah Atlanta plant location specialists who understand site selection problems are at your service Write call or wire for details in confidence of course Choice Industrial Sites yv CENTRAL GEORGIA Savannah railway I Atlanta The Right Way VOLUME 1 NUMBER 4 NOV 19 5 9 Official Publication of the Georgia Ports Authority P O Box 1039 Savannah Georgia Telephone ADams 61561 Garden City Terminal and Ocean Terminal of the Savannah State Docks and Warehouses Savannah Georgia and Bainbridge State Docks Bainbridge Georgia Brunswick State Docks Brunswick Georgia Augusta Georgia Columbus Georgia GEORGIA ANCHO I Page 4 5 9 12 14 14 16 16 18 19 MEMBERS OF THE OFFICIAL BOARD Robert C Norman Augusta Chairman W D Trippe Cedartown Vice Chairman Thomas M Johnson Savannah A M Harris Brunswick Howell Hollis Columbus J W Taxi Smith Albany SecretaryTreasurer Anton F Solms Jr Savannah Attorney TABLE OF CONTENTS Directors Letter Ports Ambassador to South America Twin Facilities Foreign Commerce Trade Aids Impact Study Progresses Editorial Support Given New Brochure Available Index of Advertisers Port of Savannah Directory Shipping Schedules ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF J D Holt Savannah Executive Director James I Newsome Jr Savannah Director of Operations Sam J Gardner Savannah Comptroller Claude Newman Atlanta Director of Commerce Charles E Hooper Savannah Director of Public Relations New York John F Fitzsimmons Room 1298 26 Broadway New York 4 N Y Telephone BOwling Green 90970 OFFICES Atlanta Lovell Surber 1332 Healey Building Atlanta Georgia Telephone JAckson 51595 Asheville Tom R Talmadge 250 Kimberly Avenue Asheville N C Telephone ALpine 25718 GEORGIA ANCHORAGE Official Publication Georgia Ports Authority Jack D Holt Executive Director Published monthly by Whitson Murry and Associates Inc 118 East 35th Street Savannah Georgia Charles Hooper Editor Editorial Office Georgia Ports Authority Post Office Box 1039 Savannah Georgia Advertising Office Georgia AnchorAge 118 East 35th Street Savannah Georgia We Sewe Ue W TOWING SERVICE BY MODERN TUGS OPERATED BY SEASONED PERSONNEL ATLANTIC TOWING COMPANY 228 EAST BAY P O Box 136 SAVANNAH GEORGIA AD 28103 Page Three DIRECTORS LETTER The Georgia Ports Authority Operating SAVANNAH STATE DOCKS AND WAREHOUSES Post Office Box 1039 Savannah Georgia J D HOLT Executive Director J D Holt Director Dear Friends You will find in this issue of the magazine a report of my recently concluded tour of South America with the Georgia Livestock Association This trip was made in an effort to stimulate and increase foreign trade through Georgias ports to and from South America and I am most enthusiastic and optimistic over the results I am most grateful to the various organizations and companies who made appointments for me Their help was invaluable South America according to all the economists promises to be the greatest trade center in the world within the next ten to fifteen years and we are determined that Georgia and Georgians shall receive their fair share JDHwh Sincerely J D HOLT Executive Director Page Four Pan American Flight No 771 for Bogota Colombia will leave in approximately ten minutes Passengers will please load through Gate No 11 I had already met several of the members of the Georgia Livestock Association who were taking an 18day trip through South America to promote and stimulate trade in cattle I was along to answer any questions that might arise concerning the shipment of these beef cattle through Georgia s ports This was one of my reasons for taking the trip At the same time I wanted to visit with industrialists commercial attaches steamship line officials importexport brokers bankers and other interested groups in an effort to try to stimulate more trade through Georgias ports To be perfectly honest I didnt know what to expect This was the first time a representative for Georgias ports had made a tour of a foreign country in an effort to increase business Although I had high hopes that the trip would be successful I realized that there were so many unknown factors confronting me As the plane winged toward Bogota I recalled the stories of the antiAmerican feeling that was growing iii South America I recalled the various articles that I had read stating that America was pricing itself out of the world market and I recalled also the prediction by economists in the United States that within the next ten years South America would offer the greatest trade opportunities of any section of the world There were so many unanswered questions concerning my trip that I was soon to have answered Bogota is partially encircled by Andean peaks Despite its proximity to the equator Bogotas altitude of 8660 feet above sea level gives it a cool and invigorating climate the year around The leading industries of Bogota are textiles food processing metallurgy pharmaceuticals and miscellaneous rubber products as well as oil The scenery was magnificent but aside from the grandeur and beauty of the city the thing I remembered most concerning my visit there was the conference with steamship line officials Two things impressed me as a result of this conference One was that the steamship companies were most anxious to be of help and assistance to us in developing trade through Georgias ports to South America and Mr Russell Goode Vice President of Grace Lines was the first to express optimism of the highest form concerning Colombias economy as well as that of South America My talks with businessmen and industrialists in Bogota gave me a hint of the extreme interest in increasing trade with the United States and Georgia that I was to find throughout South America We arrived in Ecuador on Sunday November 1st Army troops were patroling the City of Quito It was election day as well as a holiday and no traffic was allowed on the streets other than by special permitbut peaceful elections were being held Mr Latherman the Commercial Attache introduced me to various businessmen and other shipping representatives Again this Come same phrase of buiness confi with Me Page Five Here in His Own Words Is an Account of His Recent South American Trip by Ports Executive Director J D Holt Palmer Cay INC No 1 Bull Street ALL FORMS OF INSURANCE MARINE INSURANCE SPECIALISTS SAVANNAH GEORGIA GREAT DANE TRAILERS AMERICAS MOST CAREFULLY BUILT TRAILERS TANKS PLATFORMS SERVING INDUSTRY SINCE 1900 GREAT DANE TRAILERS INC Savannah Georgia Continued from Page 5 dence was expressed and South Americans as well as Americans that I talked with agreed on this point While in Quito I also visited an agricultural experimental station set up by the Rockefeller Foundation where they do work on the improvement of breed cattle and small grains In Lima in Santiago in Montevideo Buenos Aires in Sao Paulo in Rio de Janerio and in Caracas I found the same interest the same desire to trade and the same confidence in a soontobe stabilized economy Representatives of International Harvester Caterpillar Addressograph National Container St Regis CocaCola Creole Oil Anderson Clayton Company General Electric Westinghouseand hundreds of other American firms in South America spoke of this confidence Without going into specific detail concerning each country there are some observations and impressions that I received that I think are worth mentioning First of all I did not encounter any antiAmerican feeling in talking with South American businessmen industrialists and bankers It is my understanding that except for a few isolated sections of certain countries most South Americans recognize the fact that it is only natural and profitable for the United States and South America to have cordial trade relations The American Chamber of Commerce the International Cooperative Administration the Point Four Program the World Bank the ExportImport Bank and the Rockefeller Foundation have all done magnificent jobs in South America in meeting specific needs and problems Much to my chagrin I found also that most companies and business people when they think of the United States recognize basically just three ports New York New Orleans and Houston I found extreme interest by South Americans in using the ports of Georgia Just as anyone else these businessmen and industrialists are interestd in savings and when I was able to point out to them the savings that can occur by using Georgias ports they were most interested I found the feeling among the people whom I talked with that it wasnt so much that America was pricing its goods out of world markets as the fact that America and the United States Continued on Page 7 I SAW SOMETHING OLD SOMETHING NEW Page Six Being loaded for shipment to South America this vessel could well be the forerunner of increased trade with our South American neighbor Continued from Page 6 needed to make the hardsell pitch They point out further that plants industries and businesses are springing up throughout South America Construction of highways roads and bridges is at an alltime high This means that more people will be employed earn more money and be in a position to buy consumer goodsand the United States can certainly furnish these goods to them We have become so accustomed to a favorable balance of trade that we dont think we have to sell but believe you me other nations particularly Italy Japan Germany and England are making the hardsell and with excellent results They have trade missions and representatives in South America on a full time basis They have employed the hardsell in their activities In other words they have information readily available they are available for consultation on goods shipments rates and services I found also some slight criticism on the part of South American business people for the strict credit controls imposed upon them by various companies and organizations in the United States other countries are much more lenient I found an interest in Georgia in Georgias products as well as its portsand I speak most confidently of this When my plane left Caracas so many of my questions had been answered I no longer felt that I was dealing with the unknown With the interest shown to me in Georgias ports and its products with the fine and wonderful cooperation offered by the commercial attaches and American steamship line companies and representatives of American industry I am sure that we can look forward to increased trade through Georgias ports with South America My trip proved educational and promotional but we dont intend to stop there The commercial attaches in each country have provided for us the information the leads and the contacts and we intend to make use of them We are already sending out detailed information to various organizations and companies concerning factual data that they have requested We are preparing in Spanish a brochure to go to the various South American countries informing them of Georgia and Georgias ports We will continue to strive to see that this job progresses to the benefit of Georgia and Georgians See Map Page 13 FORWARD AUGUSTA Offering Personalized Service For 125 Years AUGUSTAS OLDEST LARGEST LEADING BANK GEORGIA RAILROAD BANK TRUST COMPANY Member FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORP Deck Engine Supplies Meats Provisions SOUTHERN MARINE SUPPLY COMPANY Inc SHIP CHANDLERS 202 W BAY STREET SAVANNAH GA A V RYAN A G VAN SCHAICK OWNERS OPERATORS Charts Publications Cigarettes Beverages GEORGIA MATTRESS CANVAS CO MATTRESSES AWNINGS TARPAULINS CANVAS PRODUCTS 516536 W OGLETHORPE AVE SAVANNAH GA Page Seven One of a great pair in Savannah the OCEAN TERMINAL operated by the Georgia Ports Authority provides marginal wharf shipside rail trackage modern handling equipment and many other features attractive to shippers Two 35ton gantry cranes a concrete marginal wharf with 46foot apron and shipside rail trackage make the GARDEN CITY TERMINAL at Savannah ideal for shipper needs Page Eight TWIN FACILITIES MAKE SAVANNAH MAJOR PORT CITY Since last fall the Georgia Ports Authority at Savannah has been operating dual facilities These two facilities are known as the Garden City Terminal and the Ocean Terminal formerly Central of Ga Terminal of the Savannah State Docks and Warehouses This pair located at the South Atlantics largest port provide continuing services to business and industry They are the two largest terminals at the Port of Savannah The Ocean Terminal of the Savannah State Docks is located one mile from the Garden City Terminal The growing prominence of Georgia s ports represents completion of a cycle for Georgia has been a maritime state since the days of its founding Since the days of great sailing ships pilot boats have been setting out to meet ships flying the flag of every maritime nation ships bringing raw materials to aid Georgia industry and agriculture ships about to take on Georgia grown and manufactured goods for distribution to peoples throughout the world Today a variety of goods and products pass through these two facilities coming from Georgia and other states throughout the affected trade area Petroleum fertilizers bagging paper and paper goods clay iron steel burlap nailsthese and hundreds of other goods keep these facilities operating at peak capacities Although differing in physical location these twin facilities at Savannah provide personalized service provide access to the worlds great trade areas and provide direct connections to the great Southern and Midwestern markets Shippers are fully aware of the savings and advantages Georgias ports offer in faster safer handling and reliable service Hi This diagram shows both the Ocean Terminal and the Garden City Terminal of the Georgia Ports Authority at Savannah Both terminals front a 34foot navigable channel m Rth A O o O o O o o O 0P o0u H Wk wmi Hill ll 0n 4e ce co Nv JOHHS ANVIL l I 1 ZE2ST50rT AJOiufrf i Royere ill feICAN OIL COMPANY im ma wm oOO oo so I B CAMP CORPORATION SUPPORT CAN COMNV cJCr PTc0aiNc DOC IBs OIL c industries termina SAVANNAH STat 8 oCKS F 4 I J OAMono CONSTRUCTION Z COMPANY pLAOif R hseIIoocks i Georgia Porti A ili I W ili i 1 t I Y a A me B Page Ten Over the years Georgia Ports have established an enviable record in all phases of ports operation Deep water and inland ports are geared to meet shipper needs All offer attractive industrial sites with true Southern production advantages plus direct access to the booming Southeastern and rich midwestern markets Smart shippers specify GEORGIA PORTS Smart manufacturers locate South May we serve you j inquiries are handled in strict confidence Today call or write or wire for additional information Address Inquiries to J D Holt Director P O Box 1039 Savannah Georgia OTHER OFFICES IN NEW YORK ATLANTA AND ASHEVILLE Georgias Up and Coming Inland Port At Bainbridge Bainbridge is grateful for its Port We believe it means a brilliant future for us The Citizens Bank and Trust Company Bainbridge Georgia Member FDIC COME TO SEE US WHO READS ANCHOR AGE The Most Influential People in the State of Georgia Write for Advertising Rates Foreign Commerce Trade Aids Editors Note Each month in GEORGIA ANCHOR AGE a column will be presented by Mr Joseph Stovall Manager of the Savannah Field Office of the Department of Commerce By Joseph G Stovall Savannah Field Office Manager U S Department of Commerce The following publications and reference material of interest to Southeastern exporters and importers are available at the Savannah Field Office of the United States Department of Commerce Room 235 Post Office Building Savannah Telephone 24755 EXPORT OPPORTUNITIESGermany Foodstuffs Edmund Brandau importing distributor manufacturers agent 30 Katharinenstrasse Hamburg 11 wishes to purchase direct and seeks agency for GEORGIA VEGETABLES canned pineapple apricots PEACHES canned and frozen poultry THE TWENTYFIRST REPORT COVERING WORLD PULP AND PAPER DEVELOPMENTS is available on request and with the growing interest on the part of most U S pulp and paper companies in foreign markets opportunities for branch plants overseas this report serves an important purpose in keeping the industry factually informed CHANNELS FOR TRADING ABROAD Designed for businessmen who are planning to enter the fields of exporting or importing for the first time or to greatly expand their trade abroad Continued on Page 14 For Complete Foreign Department Service Call on THE CITIZENS AND SOUTHERN NATIONAL BANK 22 Bull Street Savannah Georgia Phone AD 45101 CABLE CITSOUTH Member of Federal Deposit Insurance Corp SAVANNAH PLANING MILL COMPANY Lumber and Building Supplies Since 1912 ADams 27168 Savannah Georgia for PERSONALIZED SERVICE Centralize CHECK THESE FEATURES 2000 mile private telephone network between all terminals S Twoway radio dispatching Reliable refrigerated service Prompt claim settlements CO D returns remitted promptly U S Bonded Customs Licensed Scheduled operations You know where your shipment is every moment when you use Central Our network of private telephone lines tel etypes and twoway radio dispatching give you complete and personal service all the way So next timeCentralize 30 Modern Terminals in GEORGIA ALABAMA ft FLORIDA i MISSISSIPPI I LOUISIANA CENTRAL TRUCK LINES INC GENERAL OFFICES 1005 JACKSON STREET TAMPA FLA PH 23902 SAVANNAH TERMINAL For Information Write Central Truck Lines Sales Dept P O Box 1411 Tampa 1 Fla 109 E LATHROP AVE Page Twelve COLOMBIA PERU t PRINCIPAL IMPORTSIndustrial and agricultural lllpl machinery and parts automobiles parts and ac cessories metals and metal manufactures paper I and products textile fibers and manufactures plil chemicals and pharmaceuticals tobacco and manufactures food products and beverages PRINCIPAL EXPORTS Cotton sugar lead cop1111 per petroleum zinc vanadium bismuth tungsten i iron ore gold and silver alpaca and sheeps wool lllll hides and skins fish and fish oil coffee cacao lllll and castor beans rubber and other forest products CHILE PRINCIPAL IMPORTS Sugar and other foodstuffs machinery tools and implements cotton yarn and petroleum PRINCIPAL EXPORTS Copper nitrate iron wool beans rye and lentils VENEZUELA PRINCIPAL IMPORTS Machinery and instruments metals and manufactures food products glass and ceramics and chemicals PRINCIPAL EXPORTS Crude petroleum and refined products iron ore coffee cacao sisal corn old diamonds and hides BRAZIL PRINCIPAL EXPORTS Coffee raw cotton cacao pine lumber hides skins and leather carnauba wax tobacco vegetable oils sisal fiber oranges and minerals URUGUAY PRINCIPAL IMPORTS Minerals sugar machinery and textiles fuels and lubricants PRINCIPAL EXPORTS Animal products meat wool and hides natural farm products ARGENTINA PRINCIPAL IMPORTS Machinery vehicles iron and steel timber fuels and lubricants chemicals and drugs raw cotton paper fish coffee and rayon PRINCIPAL EXPORTS Meat cereal hides and skins wool and vegetable oils PRINCIPAL IMPORTSMachinery tools wheat chemicals and drugs petroleum fuel and diesel oils coal iron copper and steel manufactures vehicles paper and agricultural and electrical equipment PRINCIPAL IMPORTS Trucks tractors engines agricultural and industrial machinery electrical equipment copra cotton wheat chemical products fertilizers paper wool and malt PRINCIPAL EXPORTS Coffee petroleum bananas textiles steel cement gold platinum emeralds cotton sugar cane corn and salt ECUADOR PRINCIPAL IMPORTSMachinery and vehicles including automobiles and electrical industrial and construction machinery metals and manufactures wheat and prepared foods yarns and textile manufactures paper and paper products rubber chemicals and drugs minerals glass and ceramics PRINCIPAL EXPORTSCacao coffee bananas toquilla straw hats balsa wood castor beans ivory nuts kapok palm kernels rice and gold Listed above are the principal exports and imports of the South American countries that Mr Holt visited This by no means indicates all of the exports or imports for these countriesjust the major ones After glancing at this importexport map you can readily see the trade possibilities in South America Page Thirteen Impact Study Progresses Dr Jack Blicksilver and Mrs Mary Bowdoin of the Research Department of the Georgia State College of Business Administration have already completed preliminary data concerning the impact of waterborne commerce to the economy of Georgia The completed study will be available by January 15th We are most appreciative of the firms businesses companies and agencies that have cooperated in this undertaking Without their cooperation the study would be impossible Already preliminary data indicates that every county in Georgia is affected either through imports or exports by waterborne commerce at Georgias ports If you are interested in receiving a copy of this impact study when it is completed please write Georgia Ports Authority Public Relations Department P 0 Box 1039 Savannah Georgia Foreign Commerce Continued from Page 12 Provides a quick picture of the principal channels which successful foreign traders export or import their goods and outlines services in this field which are available from the Department of Commerce Field Offices throughout the United States 24 pages Price 25 EXPORTING TO THE UNITED STATES Contains basic information on a number of questions which continually arise in connection with import procedures and will aid those in the import business and newcomers entering the import field 80 pages Price 50 GUIDES FOR THE NEWCOMER TO WORLD TRADEThis booklet was issued for the purpose of helping businessmen to set a sound and intelligent course toward profitable exporting and importing It states some of the major problems involved in foreign trade and suggests methods of solving them Also provides a listing or reference to reliable sources of information and advice 20 pages Price 15f DR E BENDHEIM Foreign Trade Analyst of the German Office for the Promotion of Trade New York will visit Georgia under the auspices of Georgia State Department of Commerce Abit Massey director during late November While his plans are tentative the prospects for a brief trip to the facilities of the Georgia Ports Authority terminals are being contemplated by the visitor COMMENT GOOD ON PORTS DIRECTORS TRIP Editors Note Below is an editorial that appeared in the November 20th issue of the Savannah Evening Press newspaper Not only are we appreciative of this support but we are most appreciative of the support that has been given us by the various news media businessmen industrialists and government officials in our efforts to stimulate and increase business through Georgians ports The Sell Savannah trip made to South America by Georgia Ports Authority Director Jack Holt represents the sort of aggressive farsighted promotion that the Port of Savannah can well use He came back from his tour with optimistic views on the possibility of Savannah wooing away from rival eastern seaboard ports in a sizable share of South American shipping business principally in sulphur and cattle An overall promotion program carrying out an aggressive and positive trade stimulation effort was mentioned by the Ports Director We can think of little that could have more possibilities for the port the city the county and the entire state Increased business through the local port has definite effects on business and commerce throughout Georgia Georgia is still lagging behind its sisterstates of South Carolina North Carolina Alabama and others in the funds that have been earmarked for port development South Carolina to cite just one instance is spending some 25 million to improve facilities at its state ports and North Carolina and Alabama are not far behind Perhaps stimulated business and interest in the port brought about by such aggressive salesmanship as that demonstrated by Mr Holt will inspire Georgias lawmakers to pay as much attention to the value of their states ports as their colleagues in other states are doing For the good of all Georgia we hope so SHIP OVERSEAS WITH THE GREATEST OF EASE The Southern connects almost every major city in the fastgrowing South Whether you are an importer or exporter our traffic specialists may be able to help you save time trouble and money Page Fourteen Goliath dump trucks from the K W Dart Company of Kansas City are loaded at Savannahs Garden City Terminal for shipment to Central Elevtrica DeFumas at Santos Brazil SERVING THE SOUTH CENTRIFUGED NATURAL LATEX Available in TANK CARS TANK TRUCKS DRUMS From Our Savannah Ga Facilities Rubber Corporation of America Hicksville New York JOSEPH CRAIG AND COMPANY Custom House and Foreign Freight Forwarders Joseph Craig Jr Manager Telephone ADams 69222 P O Box 1777 804 Realty Building Savannah Georgia OVER 2500 IMPORTANT PEOPLE READ ANCHOR AGE WRITE FOR ADVERTISING RATES ONE OF THE WORLDS GREAT NATURAL HARBORS The Port of Brunswick is attracting new industry with present and planned facilities for handling general and bulk cargo MAY WE SERVE YOU BRUNSWICK PORT AUTHORITY Add ress Inquiries to J L ASHER Gen Mgr P O Box 1039 Brunswick Georgia Page Fifteen Doing Business the Customers9 Way99 THE LIBERTY NATIONAL BANK TRUST COMPANY SAVANNAH GA Member FDIC NEW BROCHURE AVAILABLE THE GEORGIA PORTS STORYa new 18page duotone brochure that has just been released is available to those who are interested in Georgias ports and operations Last month as a result of our announcement of this forthcoming brochure we received numerous requests for this publication If you have not received your copy please excuse our delay and be assured that it will be in the mail within the next week We are delighted to note that so many people are interested in our port operations in Georgia Thank you for your interest and we are always ready to be of service Index to Advertisers Page Atlantic Towing Company 3 Bainbridge Chamber of Commerce 17 Benton Rapid Express 16 Brunswick Port Authority 15 Central of Georgia 2 Central Truck Lines Inc 12 Fay Spofford Thorndike Inc 4 Georgia Mattress Canvas Company 7 Georgia Ports Authority 10 11 Georgia Railroad Bank Trust Company 7 Great Dane Trailers 6 Griffin Contracting of Georgia IncBack Cover Hohenstein Shipping Company 4 Joseph Craig Company 15 Palmer Cay 6 Royal Netherlands Steamship Co 17 Rubber Corporation of America 15 Savannah Bank Trust Co 17 Savannah Pilots Association 16 Savannah Planing Mill 12 Smith Kelly Company 17 Southern Marine Supply Company 7 Southern Railway System 14 Southern Shipping Company 17 Strachan Shipping Company 18 Superior Laundry 4 The Citizens Southern National Bank 12 The Citizens Bank and Trust Company 12 The First National Bank of Brunswick 16 The Liberty National Bank Trust Company 16 BRUNSWICK a City of Opportunities where BANKING is a PLEASURE THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK of BRUNSWICK MEMBER FDIC BRUNSWICK GEORGIA Senvlna lIte Pani ajf Savannah SAVANNAH PILOTS ASSOCIATION SAVANNAH GEORGIA JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA 216 West Hull Street 3615 Evergreen Street Rhone ADams 65734 Phone ELgin 30928 ATLANTA GEORGIA MACON GEORGIA 1920 Moreland Ave SE 2225 Waterville Road Phone MArket 77381 Phone 33791 BENI r N SERVING GEORGIA AND FLORIDA OVERNIGHT SERVICE INSURED BONDED CARRIER Rapid Express 216 WEST HULL STREET PHONE ADams 65734 SAVANNAH GEORGIA Page Sixteen I 1 who knows SAVANNAH best ym Wrn From longest experience Savannah Bank knows H Savannah and the Coastal Empire best When you need onthespot assistance in the Savannah area call on Savannah Bank and enjoy the difference 4 SAVANNAH BANK Trust Co SINCE 1869 MEMBER F D I C MEMBER FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM s Royal lelherlands Steamship Company A 25 Broadway New York 4 N Y Regular FORTNIGHTLY sailings from SAVANNAH to LA GUAIRA PUERTO CABELLO and MARACAIBO Calling at Curacao as cargo offers Also Accepting cargo for Trinidad Georgetown and Paramaribo with transshipment at Curacao AGENTS Jacksonville Fla Savannah Ga Strachan Shipping Co Strachan Shipping Co Charleston S C Carolina Shipping Co Also Strachan Shipping Co Cincinnati Memphis Atlanta Chicago St Louis and Kansas City NEW YORK AGENTS FUNCH EDYE CO INC i k I SOUTHERN SERVING SINCE 1870 SHIPPING SMITH KELLY COMPANY COMPANY OFFICES IN V w CHARLESTON STEAMSHIP AGENTS I JACKSONVILLE STEVEDORING FORWARDING AGENTS I SAVANNAH OCEAN STEAMSHIP CO BUILDING 4 r Steamship Agents Cable Address Smikel Telephone ADams 23151 Stevedores Freight Forwarders TWX SV 4087 FMB License 1000 F M B No 999 Main Office P 0 Box 1639 r 3226 TALLEYRAND AVENUE SAVANNAH GEORGIA 9 JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA Page Seventeen PORT OF SAVANNAH DIRECTORY STEAMSHIP AGENCIES HOHENSTEIN SHIPPING COMPANY Arcade Building SMITH KELLY COMPANY AD 37579 Ocean Steamship Terminals STEVENS SHIPPING COMPANY AD 23151 26 East Bay Street STRACHAN SHIPPING COMPANY AD 38803 Savannah Bank Building TARVER SHIPPING COMPANY AD 46671 Arcade Building TROSDAL SHIPPING COMPANY AD 48829 Savannah Bank Building STEVEDORING COMPANIES HOHENSTEIN SHIPPING COMPANY AD 46671 105 East Bay Street MARTIN W ROBERTS AD 48886 Arcade Building SMITH KELLY COMPANY AD 48829 Ocean Steamship Terminals STEVENS SHIPPING COMPANY AD 23151 26 East Bay Street STRACHAN SHIPPING COMPANY AD 38803 Savannah Bank Building AD 46671 FOREIGN FREIGHT FORWARDERS ANDERSON SHIPPING COMPANY American Building CRAIG COMPANY Realty Building HOHENSTEIN SHIPPING COMPANY Arcade Building JOHN S JAMES Savannah Bank Building D J POWERS American Building SMITH KELLY COMPANY Ocean Steamship Terminals STEVENS SHIPPING COMPANY 26 East Bay Street TARVER SHIPPING COMPANY Arcade Building COMMERCIAL BANKS THE CITIZENS SOUTHERN NATIONAL BANK THE LIBERTY NATIONAL BANK TRUST COMPANY SAVANNAH BANK TRUST COMPANY U S ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS DISTRICT ENGINEER 200 East St Julian Street U S DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE FIELD OFFICE Post Office Building CONSULS BelgiumE K Meredith BrazilJack M Sayler Costa RicaE K Meredith CubaMrs Sigo Mendel DenmarkOscar M Hansen Dominican RepublicJack M Sayler FinlandA G Van Schaick FranceEdwin J Middleton ItalyJoseph M Cafeiro NetherlandsA G Van Schaick NorwayE Storm Trosdal SweetenL Roy Riddick VenezuelaSr PrietoHopkins SAVANNAH DISTRICT AUTHORITY 42 East Bay Street Consul Vice Consul Consular Agent Consul Vice Consul Consul Vice Consul Consular Agent Consular Agent Vice Consul Vice Consul Vice Consul Consul AD 39604 STHicim SHIPPING IHPIN STEAMSHIP AGENTS AND STEVEDORES OFFICES SAVANNAH GEORGIA BRUNSWICK GEORGIA JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA PORT EVERGLADES FLORIDA PENSACOLA FLORIDA MOBILE ALABAMA NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA HOUSTON TEXAS GALVESTON TEXAS DALLAS TEXAS ST LOUIS MISSOURI KANSAS CITY KANSAS MEMPHIS TENNESSEE CHICAGO ILLINOIS CINCINNATI OHIO ATLANTA GEORGIA NEW YORK OFFICE 17 BATTERY PLACE NEW YORK N Y r I iT vi I fwf 9 1 Page Eighteen A Schedule of From the Port of Savannah Destination Agent or Owner Vessel and Dailing Date AFRICA Beira Capetown Durban East London Lourenco Marques Pt Elizabeth Smith 8c Kelly South African Pioneer 1222 Capetown Pt Elizabeth East London Durban Lourenco Marques Beira also British East Africa Cargo for West Africa accepted for transshipment at New York Stevens African Crescent 1210 Capetown Pt Elizabeth East London Durban Lourenco Marques Beira also British East Africa Cargo for West Africa accepted for transshipment at New York Stevens African Rainbow 1226 Capetown Pt Elizabeth East London Durban Lourenco Marques Beira Mombasa Tangu Zanzibar Strachan Robin Sherwood 124 Capetown Pt Elizabeth East London Durban Lourenco Marques Beira Tamatave Strachan Robin Hood 121 Lourenco Marques Beira DarEsSalaam Hohenstein Masashima Maru 1216 Mombasa AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND Adelaide Brisbane Fremantle Melbourne Smith Kelly City of Poona 122 Sydney Adelaide Brisbane Melbourne Sydney Smith 8c Kelly City of Birkenhead 1231 Auckland Dunedin Lyttelton Wellington Smith 8c Kelly City of Brisbane 1231 Brisbane Sydney Melbourne Adelaide Strachan Pioneer Gem 122 Auckland Wellington Lyttelton Dunedin Strachan Kildare 122 Brisbane Sydney Melbourne Adelaide Strachan Port Lincoln 1217 Burnie THE CARIBBEAN Havana Tarver Rio Escondido 128 Havana Tarver Caribe 1215 Havana Tarver Houston 1222 Havana Tarver Atlantico 1229 Havana Caiharian Paslelillo Stevens Hellenic Splendor 125 La Guaira Puerto Cabello Maracaibo Curacao Strachan Jason 128 HAWAIIAN AND PHILIPPINE ISLANDS Manila Trosdal Pioneer Main 127 INDIA PAKISTAN AND CEYLON Bombay Calcutta Colombo Karachi Madras Smith Kelly Jaladharma 1218 Lattakia Beirut Alexandria Jeddah Karachi Strachan Bay State 1217 Bombay Madras Rangoon Calcutta Chulna Chittagong Jeddah Aden Karachi Bombay Madras Strachan Exchecquer 1215 Rangoon Chittagong Calcutta ITALY PORTUGAL SPAIN AND MEDITERRANEAN Alexandria Beirut Genoa Naples Smith 8c Kelly Mohamed Ali El Kebir 1216 Marseilles Savona Genoa Leghorn Stevens Lazzaro Mocenigo 125 lings December 1959 Destination Agent or Owner Marseilles Savona Genoa Leghorn Stevens Francesco Morosini 1216 Tel Aviv Haifa Strachan Tappuz 123 Casablanca Marseilles Genoa Savona Hohenstein Kochi Maru 1217 JAPAN FORMOSA KOREA AND HONGKONG Hongkong Keelung Yokohama Pusan Kobe Nagoya Trosdal Pioneer Main 127 Yokohama Kobe Osaka Nagoya Trosdal Manjusan Maru 1213 Yokohama Kobe Osaka Hongkong Strachan Chicago Maru 1217 NORTH CONTINENTAL EUROPE Amsterdam Bremen Hamburg LeHavre Rotterdam Smith Kelly Heelsum 125 Amsterdam Antwerp Bremen Hamburg LeHavre Rotterdam Smith 8c Kelly Woltersum 1215 Amsterdam Antwerp Bremen Hamburg LeHavre Rotterdam Smith 8c Kelly Hilversum 1218 Antwerp Rotterdam Bremen Hamburg Stevens Learina 126 Antwerp Rotterdam Bremen Hamburg Stevens Hasselburg 1219 Antwerp Rotterdam Bremen Hamburg Stevens Sonderburg 1224 Bremen Hamburg Rotterdam Antwerp Amsterdam Strachan American Miller 125 Bremen Hamburg Rotterdam Antwerp Amsterdam Strachan Pioneer Cove 1216 Bremen Hamburg Hohenstein A Vessel 1220 SOUTH AMERICA Rio de Janeiro Santos Montevideo Buenos Aires Paranagua Strachan Mormacsea 1214 Port of Spain Belem Recife Salvador Porto Alegre Rio Grande Do Sul Rio de Janeiro Santos Strachan Mormacreed 1217 UNITED KINGDOM AND IRELAND Avonmouth Belfast Cardiff Dublin Glasgow Liverpool Manchester Smith 8c Kelly Manchester Regiment 122 Avonmouth Belfast Cardiff Dublin Glasgow Liverpool Manchester Smith 8c Kelly Gingalese Prince 129 Avonmouth Belfast Cardiff Dublin Glasgow Liverpool Manchester Smith 8c Kelly Manchester Shipper 1210 London Strachan American Miller 125 Manchester Liverpool Glasgow Dublin Avonmouth Strachan Southwind 126 London Strachan Pioneer Cove 1216 COASTAL AND INTERCOASTAL Temporary schedule until further notice To New York every Saturday supplemented by sailings every other Tuesday To New Orleans every Sunday NOTE Every effort is made to insure accuracy in this schedule but Ports Authority cannot assume responsibility for errors WHITSON MURRY AND ASSOCIATES INC 118 East 35th Street SAVANNAH GEORGIA BULK RATE U S POSTAGE PAID Permit No 294 Savannah Ga Acquisitions Division The University Libraries The University of Georgia Athens Georgia 0 SAVANNAH 64 THERES MORE TO IT THAN PACKING WE ALSO PROVIDE SERVICES IN plant removals rigging dismantling preservation ample free storage time OTHER SERVICES FOR INFORMATION on complet PACKING SERVICE CONTACT G K 1 OF GEORGIA INC savannah state docks and SAp o Box 104 I H ADaros 62474 PJavannahiGeoT rORK Utr ggffeBg 537 West 59tpStTepLaza 75427 at Vnrlc Phone riaza New York New P Volume 1 Number 5 DECEMBER 1959 Official Publication of the GEORGIA PORTS AUTHORITY Serving the World Through Inland and Deepwater Ports SEE ECONOMIC IMPACT STORY PAGE 8 Serving the HEART of the SOUTH Through fair weather or foulday or night365 days a yearCentral of Georgia wheels are rollingspeeding goods and passengers to their destinations Such dependable service is now taken as a matter of course Through the years shippers and passengers alike have come to know Central of Georgia as the line of dependable and courteous service Schedules are constantly being improved and through our thirtyseven traffic offices there is a friendly Central representative as near as your telephone Call and ask about the line that is serving The Heart of the South GEORGIA ANCHO VOLUME 1 NUMBER 5 DEC 1 959 Official Publication of the Georgia Ports Authority P O Box 1039 Savannah Georgia Telephone ADams 61561 Garden City Terminal and Ocean Terminal of the Savannah State Docks and Warehouses Savannah Georgia and Bainbridge State Docks Bainbridge Georgia Brunswick State Docks Brunswick Georgia Augusta Georgia Columbus Georgia TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Directors Letter 4 Legislative Committee Visits Ports 5 Savannah No 1 South Atlantic Port 5 Foreign Commerce Trade Aids 6 Seatrain Story 7 Economic Impact Study Progress 8 Index to Advertisers 14 West German Officer Visits Savannah 14 Shipping Schedules 15 MEMBERS OF THE OFFICIAL BOARD Robert C Norman Augusta Chairman W D Trippe Cedartown Vice Chairman Thomas M Johnson Savannah A M Harris Brunswick Howell Hollis Columbus J W Taxi Smith Albany SecretaryTreasurer Anton F Solms Jr Savannah Attorney We Sesute Port TOWING SERVICE BY MODERN TUGS OPERATED BY SEASONED PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF J D Holt Savannah Executive Director James I Newsome Jr Savannah Director of Operations Sam J Gardner Savannah Comptroller Claude Newman Atlanta Director of Commerce Charles E Hooper Savannah Director of Public Relations New York John F Fitzsimmons Room 1298 26 Broadway New York 4 N Y Telephone BOwling Green 90970 OFFICES Atlanta Lovell Surber 1332 Healey Building Atlanta Georgia Telephone JAckson 51595 Asheville Tom R Talmadge 250 Kimberly Avenue Asheville N C Telephone ALpine 25718 GEORGIA ANCHORAGE Official Publication Georgia Ports Authority Jack D Holt Executive Director Published monthly by Whitson Murry and Associates Inc 118 East 35th Street Savannah Georgia Charles Hooper Editor Editorial Office Georgia Ports Authority Post Office Box 1039 Savannah Georgia Advertising Office Georgia AnchorAge 118 East 35th Street Savannah Georgia ATLANTIC TOWING COMPANY 228 EAST BAY P O Box 136 SAVANNAH GEORGIA AD 28103 Page Three DIRECTORS LETTER The Georgia Ports Authority Operating SAVANNAH STATE DOCKS AND WAREHOUSES Post Office Box 1039 Savannah Georgia J D Hoit December 29 1959 Director Dear Friends This has been a year of important progress for the Georgia Ports Authority In every phase of our activity and business life we have had constructive growth Our new multimillion dollar port construction program at Brunswick is well underway and should be completed by the middle of 1960 The construction of a new Thead pier has begun at the Garden City Terminal of the Savannah State Docks and Warehouses Several new companies have leased warehouse space as well as land on the Georgia Ports Authoritys property at Savannah and Bainbridge Our trade and exportimport business has grown so that we are still the number one port of the South Atlantic We have progressed in other fields also Our solicitation force has been increased to meet the pressing demands of an expanding economy We have established a full time office in New York as well as the establishment of a full time Georgia representative These men along with our inland office personnel are better able to serve industry business and agriculture We are increasing our activity of informing the public as well as business and industry of our services and facilities A new color sound movie a monthly magazine various brochures and an impact study of the effect of Georgias ports on key indicies on the economy a foreign trade display and a business promotion trip to South America are just a few of the public relations activities for the year Savannah has been able to maintain the position as the leading Southeastern port of the South Atlantic Of this we are justly proud We are looking forward confidently to the future Sincerely j D HOLT Executive Director Page Four Legislative SubCommittee Visits Ports This is the first year that the house committee on Institutions and Properties has had a subcommittee on Ports Mr James Paris of Winder Georgia is Chairman of this committee Other members include Mr George Bagby of Dallas Ga Mr C H Odum of Albany Ga Mr Tom Hood of Cleveland Ga and Mr L G Hall of Leesburg Ga On Monday December 28 this group visited the Georgia Ports Authority at Savannah and conferred with port personnel A morning tour of the Port on the tugboat Savannah of the Atlantic Towing Company was made After the port tour an informal luncheon was held and Monday night the Chamber of Commerce and the Savannah District Authority sponsored a dinner meeting for this group Tuesday morning members of the committee conferred with Mr J D Holt Executive Director of the Ports Authority and other port personnel The committee left Savannah to continue its inspection tour at Brunswick State Representative James Paris stated he believed it was important that Savannah maintain its lead on the South Atlantic Mr Paris also stated that the natural resources and leadership were readily available to provide further benefit and gain Savannah Number 1 South Atlantic Port The United States Corps of Engineers annual report on water borne commerce in the United States showed that the Port of Savannah in import and export tonnage was far ahead of all other rival ports in the South Atlantic Once again the Port of Savannah is number one Tonnage figures show that Savannah imports last year totaled 1934444 tons Import figures for rival ports show Jacksonville with 1625067 tons Charleston 1336975 tons and Wilmington N C 490340 tons Exports for the Port of Savannah were 367621 tons The Jacksonville export tonnage was 250970 Charleston 258187 and Wilmington 179437 Page Five Palmer Cay INC No 1 Bull Street ALL FORMS OF INSURANCE MARINE INSURANCE SPECIALISTS SAVANNAH GEORGIA FORWARD AUGUSTA Offering Personalized Service For 125 Years AUGUSTAS OLDEST LARGEST LEADING BANK GEORGIA RAILROAD BANK TRUST COMPANY Member FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORP Foreign Commerce Trade Aids Editors Note Each month in GEORGIA ANCHOR AGE a column will be presented by Mr Joseph Stovall Manager of the Savannah Field Office of the Department of Commerce By Joseph G Stovall Savannah Field Office Manager U S Department of Commerce New aids for foreign trade are received regularly at the local Commerce Field Office Drop by Room 235 Post Office Building or call AD 24755 or AD 32675 for the following NEW TRADE LISTSNow on hand are these Trade Lists just released American Firms Subsidiaries and Affiliates India October 1959 Chemical Importers and Dealers Brazil October 1959 Building Material Importers and Dealers The Netherlands October 1959 and Photographic Supply Dealers Denmark October 1959 Oil Animal Fish and Vegetable Importers Dealers Producers Refineries and Exporters Fed Republic of Germany West Berlin September 1959 U S FOREIGN TRAVEL DATA Facts and figures on trips of U S residents abroad and travel of foreign visitors to the United States are contained in a new booklet released this month by Commerce United States Participation in Travel brings together data on U S travel abroad through 1958 by countries visited states of origin purpose of visit length of stay mode of transportation and average expenditures Available on request UNITED STATES IMPORT DUTIES ANNOTATED FOR STATISTICAL REPORTING now available becomes effective January 1 1960 to be used by importers or others in preparing import entries and withdrawals Its a reproduction of United States Import Duties 1958 in paragraph arrangement but annotated to include the statistical detail and the new 8digit statistical reporting numbers required to be reported on the entry forms starting January 1960 Issued in looseleaf form the cost of 400 per copy includes supplemental pages and bulletins for an indefinite period WORLD TRADE INFORMATION SERVICE RECENT REPORTS INCLUDE Establishing a Business in Jamaica Part 1 No 5843 10 cents Basic Data on the Economy of Republic of Panama Part 1 No 5961 10 cents Living Conditions in the Federal Republic of Germany Part 2 No 5932 10 cents United States Imports of Free and Dutiable Goods and Average Rates of Duty 1958 Part 3 No 5940 20 cents STMHI SHIPPM C0MP1NV STEAMSHIP AGENTS AND STEVEDORES OFFICES SAVANNAH GEORGIA BRUNSWICK GEORGIA JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA PORT EVERGLADES FLORIDA PENSACOLA FLORIDA MOBILE ALABAMA NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA HOUSTON TEXAS GALVESTON TEXAS DALLAS TEXAS ST LOUIS MISSOURI KANSAS CITY KANSAS MEMPHIS TENNESSEE CHICAGO ILLINOIS CINCINNATI OHIO ATLANTA GEORGIA NEW YORK OFFICE 17 BATTERY PLACE NEW YORK N Y Page Six JOSEPH CRAIG AND COMPANY Custom House and Foreign Freight Forwarders Joseph Craig Jr Manager Telephone ADams 69222 P O Box 1777 804 Realty Building Savannah Georgia GEORGIA MATTRESS CANVAS CO MATTRESSES AWNINGS TARPAULINS CANVAS PRODUCTS 516536 W OGLETHORPE AVE SAVANNAH GA OVER 2500 IMPORTANT PEOPLE READ ANCHOR AGE WRITE FOR ADVERTISING RATES SEA TRAIN CASE HEARING TO CONTINUEThe Interstate Commerce Commission will continue its hearings on the Sea Train Case at Savannah on January 4th and 5th in the Gold Room oi the DeSoto Hotel At this time representatives of the various railroads involved will present their cases Early in December hearings were conducted in Washington at which time officers of the Sea Train Line the Georgia Ports Authority Savannah District Authority the Savannah Chamber of Commerce city and county officials the Georgia Public Service Commission and other interested business men presented their cases and arguments before the Commission for the establishment of railwater rates lower than those for all rail service SHIP OVERSEAS WITH THE GREATEST OF EASE The Southern connects almost every major city in the fastgrowing South Whether you are an im ft porter or exporter our traffic specialists may be able to help you save time trouble and money who knows SAVANNAH best From longest experience Savannah Bank knows Savannah and the Coastal Empire best When you need onthespot assistance in the Savannah area call on Savannah Bank and enjoy the difference SAVANNAH BANK Trust Co IV SINCE 1869 MEMBER F D C MEMBER FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Page Seven 3 s YLi A 2 I j i 2 JI 2 if3 If g t3 OJ O 43 O I cS S S 4SS n Cfi n SSSH e3 g 2 ffg SPh HH k 1 sg O W d w PS 2 Sr O SQS w StH 4 M iJW 1 0 4 H 5 PS 69 Economic Impact Study Shows Effect on all Georgia The adjacent map shows the origination and the destination of imports for products and goods that entered or left the Garden City Terminal operated by the Georgia Ports Authority at Savannah A glance at the map indicates very clearly that every county and practically every city and town in Georgia is affected by water borne commerce This is just one of the many facts that will be revealed by the impact study now being concluded by the Georgia State College of Business Administration In a preliminary report Dr Jack Blicksilver and Mrs Mary H Bowdoin have released the following information It is with great pleasure that we take this opportunity to acquaint you with some of the principal conclusions we have thus far drawn in our study of the impact of the ports of Georgia upon the economy of the state Our approach has been to study first the direct impact of waterborne commerce upon the port cities of Georgia particularly Savannah in terms of employment wages and taxes paid to the county and state as products moving through the ports are handled and in some cases processed near the docks and then to broaden the scope of the analysis to consider the total impact upon the state by focusing attention upon the type and quantity of commodities shipped through the ports of Georgia and their point of origin or destination within the state On the basis of informed conservative estimates by the directors of business firms located in the Savannah area see Appendix 1 and the official figures of the State Department of Labor a minimum of 5900 employees and an annual payroll in excess of twentyeight million dollars can be attributed directly to the operation of the port not counting those employed by railroads and truck lines If we employ the somewhat lessexact criterion of whether the firms involved could be expected to survive in their present form without such transportation facilities available to support them the totals would be much higher A number of firms which rely only partly on waterborne commerce have informed us that they located at the port city primarily because of the location and efficient operation of the port The President of the Dowling Bag Company a recent installation in Savannah for example has authorized us to quote his statement that without Savannah as a port we would have to move To a large scrapmetal dealer the port is regarded the lifeblood of our business The large number of petroleum terminals asphalt processing plants food producing firms fertilizer and chemical makers and manufacturers of paper products all derive marked competitive advantages from direct access to cheap and efficient water transportation If we accept the standard of attributing to the impact of waterborne commerce total employment of firms deriving major benefits from the use of the port approximately 12000 employees and an annual payroll of well over fifty million dollars would be involved at Savannah alone In addition an increasing number of firms are being established which depend upon local waterbased concerns for their basic raw materials The growing significance of these tandem operations is making Savannah more than ever the principal manufacturing port city of the South Atlantic states Although we cannot yet make a firm generalization regarding county and state tax datasince this information is currently being tabulated for us by the State Revenue Departmentfrom the figures voluntarily supplied by representative business firms we have every reason to believe that this sum which of course directly benefits the entire state of Georgia will be equally impressive The information that we have received indicates clearly that a number of firms are eagerly awaiting the completion of the improved port facilities at Brunswick and that an increasing flow of barge Continued on Page 10 Continued from Page 9 traffic with resulting benefits to numerous firms located in Georgia can be confidently expected from the recentlydeveloped facilities at Bainbridge But of even greater importance to the economic development of Georgia than the employment and taxes generated through the location of firms directly at the port sites are the benefits received by business firms throughout the length and breadth of the state from an efficientlyoperated nearby port In a broad sense every producer and consumer in Georgia derives benefits since without the ports shippers in other states and those in charge of competing modes of transportation could establish their rates with impunity without facing the danger of potential competition More specifically our study of the movement of goods through the Savannah State Docks discloses that agricultural lumbering mining and industrial firms in well over 100 counties located in every section of the state are directly engaged in importing andor exporting an everincreasing variety and quantity of raw materials semifinished and completely processed products The ports of Georgia are powerfully facilitating the transition to a healthy wellbalanced economy and to a steadily rising per capita income In response to a questionnaire sent to firms throughout the state a copy of which we are inclosing for your information see Appendix II we have received numerous statements attesting to the benefits derived from the location of the ports and to their efficient operation by the Georgia Ports Authority While most respondents have requested that they remain anonymous the general tenor of their remarks has been that the ports gave them a competitive advantage in terms of speed convenience and cheapness of transportation For example a northwest Georgia carpet manufacturing firm importing burlap indicated that it enjoyed dollar savings of slightly over ten per cent compared to the nearest competing port as well as a delivery advantage of a full day in transit time A Cherokee County firm stated that it found a onehalf to one penny per pound freight advantage exporting from Savannah Letters in our file from companies located in Hall Carroll Muscogee Fulton and Wayne counties among others concur in stressing the advantages of using Georgia ports in terms of faster delivery and lower freight rates A firm which imports jute noted as much as a 55 per cent differential in rates over alternate ports and a much faster delivery as well A Morgan county firm which exports cowpeas and soybeans and imports fencing materials barbed wire and nails asserted flatly that it would be unable to do importexport business unless Georgia ports were available On the other hand we have learned from a number of firms scattered throughout the state that they would prefer to use the ports of Georgia and would benefit by doing so at the same time that they could pass savings on to their customers but were forced to use rival ports because of infrequency of Continued on Page 11 for PERSONALIZED SERVICE CMfoJjzeJ CHECK THESE FEATURES v 2000 mile private telephone network between all terminals Twoway radio dispatching Reliable refrigerated service Prompt claim settlements vCO D returns remitted promptly U S Bonded Customs Licensed v Scheduled operations You know where your shipment is every moment when you use Central Our network of private telephone lines telefypes and twoway radio dispatching give you complete and personal service all the way So next timeCentralize 30 Modern Terminals in GEORGIA ALABAMA FLORIDA MISSISSIPPI LOUISIANA CENTRAL TRUCK LINES INC GENERAL OFFICES 1005 JACKSON STREET TAMPA FLA PH 23902 SAVANNAH TERMINAL For Information Write Central Truck Lines Sales Dept P O Box 1411 Tampa 1 Fla 109 E LATHROP AVE Page Ten Continued from Page 10 sailings and in some cases by inadequate facilities for the handling of their particular product at Savannah It is our considered opinion on the basis of these replies that improved facilities at the State Docks in terms of additional berths and more adequate transit shed space would redound to the marked advantage of numerous firms throughout the state and would serve to encourage firms to locate in Georgia A snowball effect would surely develop as improved facilities would lead to more frequent and better service which in turn would result in additional steamship agencies and freight forwarders being located at Georgia ports which would eventuate in reduced charges improved handling service and an evergrowing number of firms that would use the ports One of the things which most impressed us in this study was the number of firms located in Georgia which would use the ports of the state and derive economic advantages in so doing were facilities improved and sailings made more frequent We hope to elaborate on this and other points in our full study which is scheduled for release on January 15th It would be most ungracious for us to close this brief report without paying tribute to the Department of Labor and the Revenue Department for their full cooperation in supplying us with official figures upon which we can confidently buttress our conclusions Very truly yours Jack Blicksilver Associate Professor of Economics Mary H Bowdoin Mrs Assistant Professor and Research Associate Bureau of Business and Economic Research JBMHBhl Enclosure For Complete Foreign Department Service Call on THE CITIZENS AND SOUTHERN NATIONAL BANK 22 Bull Street Savannah Georgia Phone AD 45101 CABLE CITSOUTH Member of Federal Deposit Insurance Corp SOUTHERN SERVING SINCE 1870 SHIPPING SMITH KELLY COMPANY COMPANY OFFICES IN CHARLESTON STEAMSHIP AGENTS JACKSONVILLE STEVEDORING FORWARDING AGENTS SAVANNAH OCEAN STEAMSHIP CO BUILDING Steamship Agents Stevedores Cable Address Smikel Telephone ADams 23151 TWX SV 4087 FMB License 1000 Freight Forwarders F M B No 999 Main Office P 0 Box 1639 3226 TALLEYRAND AVENUE SAVANNAH GEORGIA JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA Page Eleven 1 Page Twelve We Have What Vourc I SAVANNAH GA Seeking In Its the Whitehall Plantation One of Americas greatest plant sites awaits your inspection in Savannah Georgia Whitehall Plantation contains 388 level acres ideally suited to large industries requiring efficient and economical water transportation You will find here the market labor transportation utilities and natural resources including water essential to successful and profitable plant operation Send for FREE information today for profits tomorrow All inquiries are handled in strict confidence Today call or write or wire for additional information Address Inquiries to J D Holt Director P O Box 1039 Savannah Georgia OTHER OFFICES IN NEW YORK ATLANTA AND ASHEVILLE Doing Business the Customers Way THE LIBERTY NATIONAL BANK TRUST COMPANY SAVANNAH GA Member FDIC West German Trade Officer Visits Port Dr Eric E Bendheim Trade Promotion Officer of the West German Government recently visited Savannah While here he conferred with Mr Joseph G Stovall of the United States Department of Commerce Mr J D Holt Executive Director of the Georgia Ports Authority and personnel of the Savannah District Authority as well as other business industrial and civic groups Dr Bendheim stated that he would strongly recommend to a group of Rhineland industrialists that Savannah be considered for the location of noncompetitive industry when they visit the United States next spring Dr Bendheim declared that there were various reasons for his trip here to Savannah One was the increased trade between the Federal Republic of Germany and Georgia to see that all ports in the United States get a fair share of West German trade and to investigate the possibility of locating branch factories of West German Industry in Savannah Dr Bendheim stated that Savannah would be attractive to industry because of its steady labor force good labor relations ample water supply friendliness of the city and cultural background Dr Bendheim was a guest of Governor Ernest Vandiver and his tour was arranged by Mr Abit Massey Director of the Georgia State Department of Commerce in Atlanta SERVING THE SOUTH CENTRIFUGED NATURAL LATEX Available in TANK CARS TANK TRUCKS DRUMS From Our Savannah Ga Facilities Rubber Corporation of America Hicksville New York Georgias Up and Coming Inland Port At Bainbridge Bainbridge is grateful for its Port We believe it means a brilliant future for us The Citizens Bank and Trust Company Bainbridge Georgia Member FDIC COME TO SEE US SAVANNAH GEORGIA 216 West Hull Street Phone ADams 65734 ATLANTA GEORGIA 1920 Moreland Ave SE Phone MArket 77381 JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA 3615 Evergreen Street Phone ELgin 30928 MACON GEORGIA 2225 Waterville Road Phone 33791 BENTON SERVING GEORGIA AND FLORIDA OVERNIGHT SERVICE Rapid Express INSURED BONDED CARRIER 216 WEST HULL STREET PHONE ADams 65734 SAVANNAH GEORGIA Page Fourteen Schedule of Sailings From the Port of Savannah January 1960 Destination Agent or Owner Vessel and Sailing Date AFRICA Capetown Pt Elizabeth East London Strachan Durban Laurenco Marques Beira Mombasa Tanga Zanzibar DarEsSalaam Marmacmail 129 Capetown Pt Elizabeth East London Laurenco Marques Beira Tomataue Strachan Robin Locksley 131 Capetown Pt Elizabeth East London Durban Laurenco Marques Beira DarEsSalaam Mombasa Hohenstein Mishima Maru 116 Capetown Pt Elizabeth East London Durban Laurenco Marques Beira Also British East African Ports cargo for West Africa accepted for transshipment at New York Stevens African Pilot 18 Capetown Pt Elizabeth East London Durban Laurenco Marques Beira Also British East African Ports cargo for West Africa accepted for transshipment at New York Stevens African Lightning 121 AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND Adelaide Brisbane Melbourne Sydney Adelaide Brisbane Melbourne Noumea Sydney Auckland Dunedin Lyttleton Port Chalmers Wellington Auckland Dunedin Lyttleton Port Chalmers Wellington Brisbane Sydney Melbourne Adelaide Brisbane Sydney Port Kembla Newcastle Melbourne Adelaide Fremantle Smith Kelly Smith Kelly Smith Kelly Smith Kelly Strachan Strachan City of Birkenhead 13 City of Birmingham 115 City of Brisbane 12 Port Chalmers 131 Pioneer Star 112 Whangaroa 1 28 THE CARIBBEAN Havana Tarver Houston 15 Havana Tarver Caribe 112 Havana Tarver Atlantico 119 Havana Tarver Corinto 126 LaGuira Puerto Cabello Maracaibo Curacao Strachan Valeria 15 LaGuira Puerto Cabello Maracaibo Curacao Strachan Sarpedon 119 HAWAIIAN AND PHILIPPINE ISLANDS Manila Hohenstein Katei Maru 18 INDIA PAKISTAN AND CEYLON Aden Alexandria Bombay Calcutta Jeddah Karachi Madras Smith Kelly Jaladhanya 121 Latlakia Beirut Alexandria Jeddah Krashi Bombay Madras Calcutta Strachan Steel Recorder 114 Jeddah Aden Karachi Bombay Madras Rangoon Chittagong Strachan Express 116 Jeddah Djibouti Karachi Bombay Colombo Madras Chittagong Calcutta Strachan Exhibitor 122 Karachi Bombay Calcutta Madras Chittagong Colombo Alexandria Stevens Hellenic Hero 1 23 ITALY PORTUGAL SPAIN AND MEDITERRANEAN Genoa Savona Napier Tripoli Strachan Reuben Tipton 128 Destination Agent or Owner Vessel and Sailing Date Marseille Genoa Savona Leghorn Naples Piraeus Salonika Tel Aviv Haifa Marseille Savona Genoa Leghorn Hohenstein Strachan Stevens Koten Maru 19 Utsira 124 Vetlor Pisani 1 25 JAPAN FORMOSA KOREA AND HONGKONG Yokohama Yokkaichi Nagoya Kobe Osaka Pusan Inchon Keelung Yokohama Kobe Osaka Hongkong Yokohama Kobe Osaka Nagoya Keelung Hongkong Kobe Nagoya Osaka Yokohama Strachan Trosdal Hohenstein Smith Kelly Afoundria 1 7 Seattle Maru 117 Kotei Maru 18 Kamikawa Maru 113 NORTH CONTINENTAL EUROPE Amsterdam Antwerp Bremen Hamburg LeHarve Rotterdam Antwerp Rotterdam Bremen Hamburg Bremen Hamburg Rotterdam Amsterdam Antwerp Bremen Hamburg Rotterdam Amsterdam Antwerp Oslo Gothenburg Copenhagan Malmo Stockholm Helsinki Gdynia Antwerp Rotterdam Hamburg Bremen Antwerp Rotterdam Hamburg Bremen Antwerp Rotterdam Hamburg Bremen Smith Kelly Hohenstein Strachan Strachan Strachan Stevens Stevens Stevens Loppersum 131 A Vessel 128 Soulhslar 111 Southport 120 Vretaholm 1 29 Else Hugo Stinnes 112 Syllum 119 Barbara 130 SOUTH AMERICA Rio de Janeiro Santos Montevideo Buenos Aires Paranagua Strachan Mormachawk 110 Rio de Janeiro Santos Montevideo Buenos Aires Paranagua Strachan Mormactern 114 Arica Buenaventura Callaco Chanaral Guayaquil Puna Salaverry San Antonio Valparaiso Smith Kelly Santa Luisa 110 UNITED KINGDOM AND IRELAND Manchester Liverpool Glasgow Dublin Avonmouth Strachan Southwind 128 Avonmouth Belfast Cardiff Dublin Glasgow Leith Liverpool Manchester Smith Kelly Manchester Port 120 Avonmouth Belfast Cardiff Dublin Glasgow Leith Liverpool Manchester Smith Kelly Manchester City 131 London Hohenstein A Vessel 128 London Strachan Soulhslar 111 London Strachan Southport 120 COASTAL AND INTERCOASTAL SEATRAIN LINES Temporary schedule until further notice To New York every Saturday supplemented by sailings every other Tuesday To New Orleans every Sunday NOTE Every effort is made to insure accuracy in this schedule but Ports Authority cannot assume responsibility for errors WHITSON MURRY AND ASSOCIATES INC 118 East 35th Street SAVANNAH GEORGIA BULK RATE U S POSTAGE PAID Permit No 294 Savannah Ga Acquisitions Division The University Libraries The University of Georgia Athens Georgia SAVANNAH 64 SERVING the PORT OF savannah WE CAN PROVIDE ALLIED SERVICES Export pocking and crating service at the part for infarction and rates coil or write fCT1NG MBHI p O Box 104 Phone ADaros 62474 NNAH ST A i I Building 24A New 0 x Volume 1 Number 6 JANUARYFEBRUARY 1960 Official Publication of the GEORGIA PORTS AUTHORITY UN1VE Jjj V OF SGMW i FE960 t FEf 2S9 lBRARH9K IImI Governor Vandiver and Ports Chairman Norman Look at Ports Progress in Augusta Central of Georgias freight train schedules are coordinated with 15 major rail connections to provide shippers the quickest possible handling Further youll find experienced Central traffic specialists located in strategic shipping centers throughout America Contact the one nearest you and find out about the railroad thats FAST SAFE SURE Specify Central in 60 CENTRAL GEORGIA RAILWAY The Right Way SAVANNAH Atlanta f t y A 1 GEORGIA ANCHO VOLUME 1 NUMBER 67 JANFEB 1960 Official Publication of the Georgia Ports Authority P O Box 1039 Savannah Georgia Telephone ADams 61561 Garden City Terminal and Ocean Terminal of the Savannah State Docks and Warehouses Savannah Georgia and Bainbridge State Docks Bainbridge Georgia Brunswick State Docks Brunswick Georgia Augusta Georgia Columbus Georgia PUBLISHERS NOTE This special JanuaryFebroary issue of Georgia Anchor Age has been combined in order to present the enthusiastic response to Governor Vandivers message on Ports Expansion in Georgia TABLE OF CONTENTS Page We Get Letters 4 Directors Letter 6 Board Endorses Message 7 New Industry at Bainbridge 9 Bainbridge Traffic Increases 13 Dept of Commerce Column 14 Whitehall Brochure Completed 15 Port of Savannah Directory 18 Shipping Schedules 19 MEMBERS OF THE OFFICIAL BOARD Robert C Norman Augusta Chairman W D Trippe Cedartown Vice Chairman Thomas M Johnson Savannah A M Harris Brunswick Howell Hollis Columbus J W Taxi Smith Albany SecretaryTreasurer Anton F Solms Jr Savannah Attorney ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF J D Holt Savannah Executive Director James I Newsome Jr Savannah Director of Operations Sam J Gardner Savannah Comptroller Claude Newman Atlanta Director of Commerce Charles E Hooper Savannah Director of Public Relations 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PAGESPRICE five CENT Savannah Port Allocated 45 Million by Governor Budget Message Given Assembly Bv Bill V PADD Lpropriation Means Mow Berths at Port Lllocatton I Is Largest 1 n History BY billy par 1 nV7J I ATLANTA fjfseven new livannah actual 6 rf he fel PW3eS fesffK at the ifS vernor eft mentioned toIte at the SScbJ Iprovement Vigito 54 ileum vessel5 750000 pl Norman e allocated eatl one million dollar Whitehall I the history o are deeply the development 1 economy j the tutur ewjidustryj ate sold ahsr KBiil BiB 1 situation lipM U he I Central of Georgias IS to 1of aterfrnttcrminlyobsete ut the authn Savannah II some of the sakT7 3 r6neg0 I hat can sUrt l ermS WUh the Base reclaiming the bad i Bep FrmorsChcenrt I development since j purchase the Savam He smd ta titive position I nah Pri o JS Atlantic ports ah other aularP RP Nort the type Il iction represent jgJ 1 action 1 thinking iprcsw thinning toward Jf Georgia too 1 eventually pdPgrowthfromt lillElhroughout itoprogram M BStheV extremely gratified the ernors Uon t the new prog13 re state benefit smith secretary JW Tf authority iagriSMB lofmetowwillget ports business Uhe 1 had ten ytars 88 lH noted thato 1 exceed history 45 rnM alone far mendedi of the O the history w B thejSf He recalled form state doc lot ltie original pto twrby1 atterwardsand tSBOBB outlay purchase T fterwards ana purchases shLyitehall purchase the recent Whitehau rt have 1 Other purchases 3 thority itbeen financed by tne I sett malled that the only 1 1 Smith also reca es the state other port SS were government to ooo at Imillion at B 158000 at Au Baimbrtdge and fi WE GET LETTERS EDITORS NOTE Response to Governor Vandivers announcement on Georgia Ports development was met with enthusiasm throughout Georgia Excerpts from letters are presented herewith Gentlemen We were certainly pleased to learn of Governor Vandivers appropriation of some 450000000 to the Savannah State Docks to build additional facilities at the Garden City Terminals and to repair and rehabilitate berths at the Ocean Terminals This is certainly good news for it will help considerably toward keeping Savannah in its rightful position as the leading South Atlantic Port and will be of great assistance in the industrial growth of the entire state of Georgia Yours very truly HOHENSTEIN SHIPPING COMPANY John B Hohenstein Jr Savannah Ga By BILLY PARR ATI ir Pr Atlanta Bureau Gw Ernest Vandiver proposed exacmuesefnthif1hngai4500000 for Savannahs state port sslorothfceneArnTy31 nn 06 pening proDosbtnkhLthferPr0POSal is J4000000 h said he state docks b dg 1 fr W0 new carg0 berths for the He revealed he also wants to I tr j spend 425000 for building upTSfbythe governor the old Savannah terminal property purchased from the Central of Georgia Railway by the Georgia Port Authority in 1958 The governor listed the third Savannah expenditure as 75000 for another expansion at the main ports property He did not elaborate However Robert C Norman Ports Authority chairman has called a special meeting of his j WIC governor was 250 000 for construction and land purj chase at the new Augusta port Georgias ports have a tre mendous potential and the activity affects every section of the state 4 the governor told the legislature anH a statewide radio and tele audience nie docks at Savannah are jammed during De cember and the flow of commerce i sat full tide Our neighboring states of Ala1 bama and South Carolina recently Gov Vandivors appropriation actually moans avon now borths for tho Port of Savannah Storv on Pago 22 0rm h PAa fmeeting of his bama and South Carolina recently group here this afternoon for the plowed into their ports 33 000 000 cMBHr mi t0 Press It is ex added We must meet the com SSSJKSMl be petition and pull more trade into1 reveaiea on a new financial agree our own state harbors I nZrh tfuStaieS P3018 on1 The governor also had aword purdwse of the Central docks of support for Savannah and aU a iourtn ports proposal men of the larger cities on anofhpr j financial matter in an endorse1 I ment of the pending constitutional amendment proposal which would abow the state to make direct I grants on a formula basis j Pointing out that it is his policy to help counties and cities directly jand indirectly the governor said he sees no reason why any im pediment should exist in the Con1 istitution of Georgia to prevent the general assembly or future general I I assemblies from making such rants on projects of statewide1 importance ExlS CrUp MaPs expansion Plans uZeTatctB7u SaYannah rcmJl 400000 M Endowed with DKISKELL I wB portsd expanson Of the sUtli0US fe I W e SIaes deep Plans for j wafer and KM BH ports H or the sfatesi conference 0 his pre c Pansion ougm fayJh HU or 19606162 j h Yannahs MlRfi malain Sa lerre1 UMfl 198 h b I Si 11 H M and HH CarcK MM I B Hie tmm J fS at Dear Sir Many of us fail to realize just how important adequate port facilities are in our everyday life Continued on Page 5 7 Paw earninas resi wil 6 hat period r wW ttur71 Biun MWii H Wm ffaraled lhal the Jand uW She nave v 5fles ports I mnal a tnii rKaroen c Ihe economy f ffect on f Which are lJa l hs three I Gcoriria ery rmm i Dani leasew i l cee economy 0f cnect n Ul whch are il Gria PM just h y C0unj in I Panics he slid ihrei harlbs Ter nly four 1 of Sav 10 bis com iU nine and NC SC MSSr ooo Ernest VandiZZJ6 glre Gov I o of Ss Wllrnngton k Gearai BB he 136o be WEB IM H B BHHEi in parts a t combinod buriPr5Jram ln RH env Clly Local Fund of 30000 To Help Port Get Trade J DOROTHY LOWE scheduled for contraction at the L Eveloi Pres SUK Writer Garden City port A scant iwoh NormaSSbrolssPeertnbut u01 Bui 13 1S il IB Tbd IBMl 1 said 4000000houdrl5 Auffority vannahs d cJ anilities bnid three new sed 1 J t2s r8 11BM H T tstr B gJIBiliSi iw fmoW logged for Oal of Optent 1 facilitie j agencieen00nedin0he nto 8d ana as wel as ao lb Kl W Centra dnks inland port at aubt PlaS ithe eon 1 rtngusta and see to th continuing prosperity of n tidewater and Rat x F Brunswlck on ter and Bambndge on the Flint VatZat ieastalreCOnStrUCted by Goy herited banger the By DOROTHY luni EeJag Pres SUH Writer I Garden uiy JM tiiL million appropriation judge Henry Mayer vice Georgiaports Authority iaLan of the Chatham County Com HR announced today will be mission said the appropriation an jpplemented by a 30000 per nounced by the governor is c ear solicitation iun1 to be pro tainly a step m the right dircc IBM j year souuuniuu snvided by local bodies Mayor W Lee Mingledorff Jr said the city and county governments the Savannah District and been neglected ior many years I cements I H Lee Fulton Jr Coun ments the Savannah a Jude H Lee Fulton Jr O Authority and the avannah Comissio chairman who Chamber of Commerce had agreed yh group in arranging to provide 30000 t0 0wlt addiL he unds or solicitation of tional business for tne ports Ibusiness is out of the city today j The first solicitation fund will and could not be reached for com be provided for the year begin1 ment jning with July I960 the mayor L c Cclurkin chairman of said the District Authority hailed Gov idivers action a one of the I may aid the District Autnoruy naueu v Following the first year the Vandivers action as one of nayor said future funds for sohci best investments made by tation will depend on the success state in some time of the first years activities j We are indeed delighted by the governors action he said Lo Mayor Mingledorff said GoYi we e ect t0 continuo i0 Vandiver has done more lo iur y orate with the Ports Authority ther the port here than any P P cooperative ad vious administration The appro and comm m on announced today will alvcrtisin6 PORTS AETHoritv IIP LR Atorn CHECl The Weather Fair and Mild Today Wednesday VOLUME 110 NO 12 I Governor Announces Big Project ALSO READ SHI wort rkTPr JIMP reoetl I etiog ibot where H REkti I llfc 1 IrW lUT 4 scWui lie ampiiin Otlr J1 OUr itemi fa u bin IlSe fvanh elalc up until this VPar i j T Viir include y trnt1 Ml H former Central of he 00 eompletrf A I S Chairman Norman said We J iM confidence in filP Cnoush MiB Bffll MS de posthe auihori hNorman rrairhertih7fiv1e2 HI 5W Th cu Srsss frt ihe Christmas gift t0 the pr f Savannah by the governor clhef executive pSh e Hfl 01 lhe rmnf asj he aopplied nearly rpSifonrasJ Sfiesf e Projected l martenS tlappy occasion and rTg point 1 leeislar about Georgia Mrts i JohmTvicSr and Anton F Soims Jr counsel for the author Norman said whenever the au I MBBBEgji strict Senator RamsevYh i Jrepe oi wsmej 1 Hortung ww Edition SAVANNAH GA TUESDAY JANUARY 12 1960 18 PAGES TWO SECTIONS S45 Million To Be Spent in Savannah Work To Begin Immediately On Expanding State Docks A finance the Ml amount 392 Million Budget Asked by Governor BWiSm income tax withholduig plan Mter a year of yadieer Chered bmiourapas the govern ATLANTA UPIlThe 199 i outlined his spending PPf 1 General Assembly members pcated the governor will get pret d mosl ph of Got 1 hat he asked Vandivers program of anotver No one can predict with occur cy what the total revenue situatw will be next July ft or what th surolus total will be on that date Re public schools vandive proposed a budget increase slightly more than 19 mtUons finance a 68 million school bull tmance Year teach ing program a Vw 7 en anil nrovide mo of Continued from Page 4 and particularly should Georgia be proud Savannah With the proper stimulation Georgia can gain its rightful place with other Southeastern States in the promotion of world trade and travel and I wish you and all of the other Georgia Ports Authority personnel every success in your efforts toward this al Sincerely yours THE FOREIGN TRADE ASSOCIATION OF ATLANTA Walker N Pendleton Jr President lauded mosi pi ing program a J H Ernest Vandivers program ease and provide mo I Raise reorganiaatlon and progress f d or local systems LTwere not Monday Their comment later gg UniversU System xact details re forable 1 get an extra three millions to ut Vandiver reqp j rounds el ap 1 yjoooo construct pi e during hi minuu ad Eg provide aio sly 62 nulhM j P before the joint legislative I j units of the system rd of schools osp Spvfrai lawmakers considered jntensive Treatment hospita d prisons he remarks on segregation rep threc million cons d the Ugislature P I nUd ough stand ot ion rogram at the Grace Ttoitation of retreafn recptnring of the HosPta for mental defe P W and whatever sur1 initiative e accumulated tion program Hospital for mentally defe children and additional oper rfhe accumulated betliwwr Z A July 1 legislative to aid him in the 19tl year Hc Deparmeut some of his leg m out that mCreased collec other Expense cannot be apphed e otherrccorhmendatiomiin surplus until all current bills are K additionai m millions for paidin other words until the j to aJd SO troopers I beginning of each fiscal year e p3tr0i 9400 0001 to f I Thus for the 196061 fiscal f netf prisons and 947500 he would have nvat abea 1 state ports I equal to MSM9 collreWos phn dw Katever surplus U on hand J Pag Big Surplus He had a surplus of 30 mM0 Ttc Mmpele text of last July 1 and that he m g Vaniivers cot creased by d hudgel nm ISO income exceeihithe 0 numon M Page SA KstHpibt Present mdicaUons are n P SAVANNAH Dear Sir We were delighted at the action of Governor Vandiver in making available funds for rehabilitation and expansion of the State Docks property which is so badly needed The berth facilities as you know have been badly taxed to take care of the current flow of traffic through Savannah and the expansion and improvements contemplated will certainly go a long way in assisting the ships serving the port in the way of dispatch shippers and receivers of cargo vreat Day f0r l p and make the port and state more attractive for ne WiVG PREl aux mSM iC Edit Continued on Page 16 Port Gets Mns Angusta Attorney Bob Norml chairman of the Georgi Porta Authority plain ta detail Go neWAIlHtmil Ernest plani tor the Svere docks at PC ir Ibis afternoon Btltmore Hotel Bob Savannahs mBSSmm erfUooah ports future Bobs message at his press conference this afternoon comes nZZ end of his first year as chairman in Atlantas Thomas Smnnth Eviniitg Prut Monday Jan 11 1960State Ports Georgias ports have a tremendous potential and their activity affects every section of the State The docks at Savannah were jammed during December and the flow of commerce is at full I tide Our neighboring states of Alabama and South Carolina recently plowed into their ports 22000000 and 21000000 respectively We must meet the competition and pull more trade into our own State harbors To do this I propose to budget 4000000 for two new cargo I berths and 75000 for another ex pansion at Savannah Docks 425 000 for building up the old Savannah Terminal and 250000 for construction and land purchase at the Port of Augusta Wednesday Jan 13 1960 ttjf Htfanti Journal The Docks Redeemed THE GEORGIA Ports Authority now is in position to make a fresh start on an ambitious development program The group inherited a bad situation from the Griffin administration in the form of unrealistic terms of a sale to it of the Central of Georgias partly obsolete old waterfront terminals in Savannah But the authority partly has renegotiated some of the sale terms with the result that it can start reclaiming the bad purchase In addition it is one of the favored agencies mentioned in the governors address to the General Assembly and stands to come into enough state funds to enable it to add three more berths to its modern facilities upriver from the old Central docks as well as go ahead with plans for the new inland port at Augusta and see to the continuing prosperity of Brunswick on tidewater and Bainbridge on the Flint This authority as reconstructed by Gov Vandiver at least has alleviated the inherited hangover of the Central docks purchase 2 aor the Port Gergia 1 SSB WM colleague Wft hiri Uste Tyv 6ues On Wer MI entire ft i state MilHMjy SHHi Pwfe jbM love atlr GeoS UP t and 11 uSh our pol WWc our ead 0 Port e5a shall they T nor onVj an froni Votf 0 fhle f i0S Th aned aurcCvc ask thv d deTh p rUrs vvei Vr ave ac wa one enors rneLe We Georgi0 Drilling infifs a hole es and in is faed to diveifenc to savasgJ M and he Sa ereby fo sster ate Poris Kli sha HH00I Bocks 4xpnsn atd fJ5000 for and 1250000 firn B DIRECTORS LETTER The Georgia Ports Authority Operating SAVANNAH STATE DOCKS AND WAREHOUSES Post Office Box 1039 Savannah Georgia J D HOLT Executive Director February 2 1960 J D Holt Director Monday January 11 I960 was an historic day for the Georgia Ports Authority Governor Vandivers allocation of 4750000 will enable the Ports Authority to more than double its berthing facilities at Savannah and to begin construction of Georgias second inland port at Augusta In this issue of the magazine you will read the statement from the Chairman of the Board Mr Robert C Norman concerning the plans for the expenditure of this money and the new construction that will begin this year We shall always continue to strive to provide even better service and facilities for business industry and agriculture 1960 will certainly be a year of outstanding progress Sincerely J D HOLT Executive Director JDHwh Page Six Shown here are the members of the official board of the Georgia Ports Authority at a press conference held recently in Atlanta Left to right A M Harris Brunswick A F Solms Savannah Howell Hollis Columbus Robert C Norman of Augusta chairman Thomas Johnson Savannah W D Trippe Cedartown and J W Taxi Smith of Albany BOARD ENHORNES GOVERNORS PORTS MESSAGE Statement of Mr Robert C Norman Chairman of the Georgia Ports Authority at press conference in Atlanta Georgia on Monday January 11 1960 General Remarks Ladies and Gentlemen Governor Vandivers allocation of 4750000 to the Georgia Ports Authority program represents a most constructive progressive and positive approach in providing services economic gains and benefits to Georgias business agricultural and industrial life These funds that Governor Vandiver has made available are by far the largest sums ever provided for port facilities in Georgia With the previous allocation by the Governor of approximately 1000000 for the purchase of the Whitehall property in Savannah this brings the total moneys allocated by Governor Vandiver during his first years administration for port development to 5750000 We are grateful to the Governor members of the General Assembly the Port Committee of the General Assembly the Port Committee of the General Assembly the various civic organizations associations and Chambers of Commerceshippers businesses and industries for their support in an expanded port operations program Before I discuss with you a detailed analysis of how these funds will be spent and the plans we have made I would also like to extend my thanks to the news media throughout the State for their support We are indeed most grateful to all of the people throughout the entire State of Georgia who have spent so much time and effort in advancing our goals All Georgians benefit by expanded port operations even though they do not live in a port city In a study now being completed by the Georgia State College of Business Administration to be released within the next week businesses industries and agriculture in every section of our State either receive or ship goods through Georgia ports With these funds available the Port of Savannah which today ranks as the Number 1 port in the South Atlantic in exportimport tonnage will be able to maintain and increase its position of leadership Now because of these funds we can invite additional steamship lines to call at Georgias ports We can assure Georgias business and industries that their raw materials as well as finished goods can enter and leave through Georgias ports The farmer and agriculturist will have a close and ready extended outlet for his goods and products The thousands of Georgians who are dependent upon commerce generated through the port rail and truck lineswill benefit by increased trade Specifically let me discuss our plans with you for improving Georgias great est natural assetits deep water harbors and rivers Savannah Garden City Terminal You are familiar I am sure with the huge port expansion programs under way in neighboring and competing States South Carolina is spending 21000000 North Carolina 9500000 Yet the Port of Savannah which up until this year has received only 133701466 in aid from the State still ranks as the Number 1 port in the South Atlantic in exportimport tonnage according to a report by the U S Corps of Engineers We operate in Savannah as you know the Garden City Terminal and the Ocean Terminal Our Garden City Terminal has been in operation only five years yet in this relatively short period of time tonnage at this facility increased from 232920 tons to 870251 tons and vessels calling at this facility jumped from 46 to 431almost tenfold In five years we have reached 100 operating capacity at these facilities This past year alone although our Garden City facility operated at a maximum capacity and efficiency 28 ships were diverted from here due to congestion at the berths In order to relieve this congestion the 4000000 allocated by the Governor for new con struction at the Garden City Terminal will enable us to provide three addi Continued on Page 8 Page Seven Board Endorses Governors Continued from Page 1 tional berths These three berths will be built at the northwestern end adjoining the Garden City Terminal toward the Whitehall property 75000 will be spent in completing a second Thead pier at the southern end of the Garden City Terminal to handle a variety of petroleum products molasses latex and petrochemicals This will further reduce congestion and provide more available berthing space for vessels Careful and detailed study of the proposed plans for these additional berths has already been given by the staff and members of the Port Authority and preliminary plans have already been completed A contract for design of final plans will be awarded immediately and construction will begin as soon as these plans are completed We have set as a target date July 1 1960 Savannah Ocean Terminal Our other facility at Savannah the Ocean Terminal has been operated by the Ports Authority for just a little over a year This facility was purchased from the Central of Georgia Railway in November 1958 During our first year of operation tonnage handled per berth at Ocean Terminal increased 105 or more than doubled as compared to the previous year Our revenues available for the payment of interest have amounted to more than the interest accrued for this period For some time now negotiations have been conducted by the Georgia Ports Authority and our principal creditor the Central of Georgia Railway in an effort to make certain needed improvements We have received excellent cooperation from Mr A W Ledbetter Chairman of the Board of the Central and his staff Mr Thomas Johnson and Mr Anton F Solms as well as the other members of the Authority have worked closely with Mr Ledbetter and his staff in reaching the following agreement The Central of Georgia Railway has agreed that the principal payments due them by the Ports Authority in the amount of 218000 for the years 196061 and 62 will be deferred until November 1 1988 Under the agreement interest payments will be made if earned during this same period and if not earned adequate protection against default has been provided by the new agreement After 1962 any accrued interest not earned and paid will be prorated over the remaining twentysix years of the life of the bond issue We believe that under the new and expanded program at the Ocean Terminal made possible by the action of the Governor we will be able to make interest payments on schedule The grant of 425000 by Governor Vandiver will enable us to make substantial improvements to berthing and docking facilities and to construct storage and truck facilities at the Ocean Terminal The engineering study for the construction of these improvements has already been completed and work will begin at once and should be completed on or about August 1 1960 We look forward to greatly increased business at Ocean Terminal when these changes have been completed and expect our earnings to increase proportionately Under the program made possible by Governor Vandiver the new construction at Garden City and major improvements at Ocean Terminal will more than double our berthing facilities at Savannah Instead of five operational berths we will have twelve In addition we have three berths leased to private firms making a total of fifteen berths This is considerably more than our competing States The Ports Authority Continued on Page 12 BRUNSWICK a City of Opportunities where BANKING is a PLEASURE THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK of BRUNSWICK MEMBER FDIC BRUNSWICK GEORGIA JOSEPH CRAIG AND COMPANY Custom House and Foreign Freight Forwarders Joseph Craig Jr Manager Telephone ADams 69222 P O Box 1777 804 Realty Building Savannah Georgia SAVANNAH GEORGIA 216 West Hull Street Phone ADams 65734 ATLANTA GEORGIA 1920 Moreland Ave SE Phone MArket 77381 JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA 3615 Evergreen Street Phone ELgin 30928 MACON GEORGIA 2225 Waterville Road Phone 33791 BENTON SERVING GEORGIA AND FLORIDA OVERNIGHT SERVICE Rapid Express INSURED BONDED CARRIER 216 WEST HULL STREET PHONE ADams 65734 SAVANNAH GEORGIA Page Eight New Industry Seminole Shell Company Begins Operations At Bainbridge The Seminole Shell Company owned by Mr Albert Wier of Athens Ga will begin operations this month at the Bainbridge State Docks This company is engaged in the importation of oyster shells which will be processed in a new oyster shell crushing plant and then shipped by rail and truck to the poultry centers of the southeast It will be used for ruffage The processing plant consists of a large drumtype dryer and cleaner From the cleaner the shell goes to the grinding mill and then broken down into small sizes suitable to supplement the diet of chickens From the grinding mill the crushed shell moves to vibrators and separators and then into hoppers for storage and packaging Seminole is the only shell plant in the state and will utilize storage space in the warehouses of the Bainbridge State Docks The Seminole Shell Company uses bags supplied by the Union BagCamp Paper Corporation of Savannah and shells are transported to Bainbridge by the River Transit Company of Columbus Serial rr co TOWMOTOR Gerlinger Conveyors Platform Hand Trucks Dock Boards RENTALS Parts and Service What We Sell We Service Dial ADams 68206 Nights Sundays and Holidays ADams 30717 708 EAST BAY STREET Palmer Cay INC No 1 Bull Street ALL FORMS OF INSURANCE MARINE INSURANCE SPECIALISTS SAVANNAH GEORGIA FORWARD AIGISTA Offering Personalized Service For 126 Years AUGUSTAS OLDEST LARGEST LEADING BANK GEORGIA RAILROAD BANK TRUST COMPANY Member FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORP Page Nine Georgia and Georgian provement and expans accepted when the Gin facilities are here Jl organs must and will meet the challenge of the future that is imexpansion of inland and deepwater port facilities This challenge was he Governor earmarked 475 million dollars for ports development The e he industries are here there is room for more 3allG or write or wire for additional information tOIA PORTS AUTHORITY JD HOLT Executive Director OBOX 1039 SAVANNAH GA Board Endorses Governors Continued from Page 8 at South Carolina operates nine berths at Charleston the North Carolina Ports Authority operates four berths at Wilmington Brunswick During the past year construction was begun on new deep water facilities at Brunswick The Georgia Ports Authoritys 2000000 terminal at Brunswick is to be completed in June of this year Already cargo and ships are being attracted to Brunswicks new facilities and with its excellent deep water harbor Georgia can certainly be proud of its second deep water port Augusta 250000 has been allocated for development and construction of Georgias second inland port the Augusta State Docks as previously discussed with you in detail Conclusion With the planned new construction work and modernization program to begin in Savannah with Augusta becoming Georgias second inland port with completion of our new facilities in Brunswick in June with increased tonnage at our inland port of Bainbridge with our capable and enthusiastic staff and with the fine support of Governor Vandiver and members of the Legislature Georgia without a doubt has embarked on a new era of water ways development to provide gains and benefits to all Georgians Statement of Robert C Norman Chairman of the Georgia Ports Authority at press conference in Atlanta Georgia on Monday January 11 1960 Augusta I am delighted and gratified at the action of Governor Vandiver in allocating an additional 250000 for the development of the Augusta State Docks This represents a total of 400000 that has been made available by the State for the development of Georgias second inland port at Augusta We believe that with this additional allocation adequate funds are now available for the construction of the first phase of the Augusta State Docks In advising me personally of his decision to make this money available for the Augusta Port Governor Vandiver remarked at the excellent cooperation and initiative shown by the people of Augusta and Richmond County and more particularly by the Mayor Honorable Millard A Beckum The City Council of Augusta the Augusta Ports Authority the County Commissioners the Augusta Chamber of Commerce the Committee of 100 and the Legislative Delegation from Richmond County As an illustration of the enthusiastic attitude of all the people of Augusta and Richmond County and its surrounding area toward this important step in the development of the Savannah River the Mayor and City Council of Augusta deeded approximately 80 acres of river front land to the Georgia Ports Authority on the river side of the levee and just recently presented a deed to Governor Vandiver and to the State for an additional 19 acres on the land side of the levee for which The City Council of Augusta paid approximately 84000 It is believed that a conservative valuation of the land conveyed to the Georgia Ports Authority by the City of Augusta is 250000 It is this type of cooperation which has prompted the Governor to take this additional step at this time The members of the Ports Authority and the staff of the Georgia Ports Authority are bending every effort toward developing maximum tonnage on the river at the earliest practicable date Plans are now being completed for a concentrated solicitation trip to principal cities along the Eastern seaboard by Port officials and local representatives from Augusta during the month of January to further the development and growth of Augustas port The additional allocation of funds in the amount of 4 million dollars by Governor Vandiver for expansion of the State facilities in Savannah will likewise prove of great benefit to the deContinued on Page 15 SOUTHERN SERVING SINCE 1870 SHIPPING SMITH KELLY COMPANY COMPANY OFFICES IN STEAMSHIP AGENTS CHARLESTON JACKSONVILLE STEVEDORING FORWARDING AGENTS SAVANNAH OCEAN STEAMSHIP CO BUILDING Steamship Agents Stevedores Cable Address Smikel Telephone ADams 23151 Freight Forwarders F M B No 999 TWX SV 4087 FMB License 1000 Main Office P 0 Box 1639 3226 TALLEYRAND AVENUE SAVANNAH GEORGIA JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA Page Twelve Bainbridge Moves Ahead Barge Traffic Path To Port Tonnage for the month of January at Bainbridge State Docks exceeded all of the previous months of operation Six barges with a total tonnage of were received at Bainbridge A barge from New Orleans arrived with the first shipment of oyster shells for the Seminole Shell Company The barge SWAMP ANGEL arrived from St Louis Beats Steady Of Bainbridge with 15000 bags of flour for the Flowers Baking Company of Thomasville Two barges arrived from Galveston Texas with a cargo of sulphur consigned to Ashcraft and Wilkinson of Atlanta Two more barges of sulphur from the Texas Gulf Sulphur Company arrived and will be utilized by fertilizer mills in the Bainbridge area for PERSONALIZED SERVICE CMfoJjze CHECK THESE FEATURES 2000 mile private telephone network between all terminals Twoway radio dispatching Reliable refrigerated service Prompt claim settlements C O D returns remitted promptly 11 Bonded Customs Licensed Scheduled operations You know where your shipment is every moment when you use Central Our network of private telephone nes teletypes and twoway radio dispatching give you complete and personal service all the way So next timeCentralize 30 Modern Terminals in GEORGIA ALABAMA FLORIDA MISSISSIPPI LOUISIANA CENTRAL TRUCK LINES INC GENERAL OFFICES 1005 JACKSON STREET TAMPA FLA PH 23902 SAVANNAH TERMINAL For Information Write Central Truck Lines Sales Dept P O Box 1411 Tampa 1 Fla 109 E LATHROP AVE Page Thirteen INTERESTED IN DEVELOPING OVERSEAS BUSINESS TAKE ADVIAIsTTAOE OF OUR COMPLETE FOREIGN DE PABTME RTT To help Southern firms expand their businesses and markets into other countries of the free world the Trust Company of Georgia and its affiliated banks provide facilities for collecting foreign drafts issuing letters of credit transferring funds abroad buying and selling foreign exchange and many other services to important to overseas businesses All of these banks are interested in your firms expansion Consult the Foreign Department of any of them for complete information ATLANTA Trust Company of Georgia AUGUSTA The First National Bank of Augusta COLUMBUS The Fourth National Bank MACON The First National Bank and Trust Company NORTH ATLANTA DeKalb National Bank of Brookhaven ROME The First National Bank SAVANNAH The Liberty National Bank and Trust Company MEMBERS Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Page Fourteen Foreign Commerce Trade Aids Editor s Note Each month in GEORGIA ANCHOR AGE a column will be presented by Mr Joseph Stovall Manager of the Savannah Field Office of the Department of Commerce By Joseph G Stovall Savannah Field Office Manager U S Department of Commerce SOUTHEASTERN WORLD TRADE GROUP MEETING DATE ANNOUNCED Of interest to foreign traders in this area is the announcement that the second meeting of the Southeastern World Trade Group will meet in Atlanta on February 1516 at the Dinkier Plaza Hotel Mr Loring K Macy Director Bureau of Foreign Commerce Me E E Schnellbacher Director Office of Trade Promotion and Mr Robert E Simpson Director Office of Economic Affairs will lead the group The agenda will deal with Export Promotion Promotion of Exports by Transportation Companies Development Loan Fund Customs Administration Export Control and the overall U S Foreign Trade Situation and Governmental Policy Adjustments undertaken for the benefit of World Traders in the Southeast The initial meeting of this Group was held last March in Savannah and proved to be a great help to those engaged in foreign trade in this area THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANYS LATEST LIBERALIZATION OF DOLLAR IMPORTS is already paying off for U S exporters German imports of U S canned and frozen poultry have increased notably and dealers indicate they can sell much more Turkeys new to a surprising number of consumers are liked and gaining in popularity Of the liberalized nonagricultural goods two products show outstanding import increases kraft paper and ethylene glycol Georgia is the largest U S producer of fryers Last year the U S exported 9 million of this product to Germany and Switzerland BECAUSE FRANCE IMPORTS A LARGE QUANTITY OF LUMBER through the Port of Savannah news of a request from the lumber interests of that country the Exportateurs Importateurs Ngociants Industrielles et Commissionaiers des Bois Exotique Coloniaux and Amricains is of interest to U S lumber exporters The French ask for a change in their means of collecting by U S lumber shippers to France They want the reestablishment of the practice of shipping against sight draft payable on presentation of documents as was the custom in prewar days It is claimed that continuation of a NEW WHITEHALL BROCHURE COMPLETED A new 12page color brochure GOLD BY THE BUCKET FULL will be distributed to industrial prospects for the Whitehall property during the coming month This attractive brochure is crammed full of facts figures photographs and descriptions of this valuable industrial site For a copy of this brochure write to the Public Relations Department Georgia Ports Authority P O Box 1039 Savannah Georgia For Complete Foreign Department Service Call on THE CITIZENS AND SOUTHERN NATIONAL BANK 22 Bull Street Savannah Georgia Phone AD 45101 CABLE CITSOUTH Member of Federal Deposit Insurance Corp the present system used by this countrys exporters may necessitate French purchasers to turn in larger volume to purchases from Scandinavia and the Soviet bloc Since 1948 lumber shipments have been granted a free exchange license into France and the French claim there is no longer any need for the letter of credit system as this ties up the importers credit for a ninetyday or even longer period WORLD TRADE DIRECTORY REPORTS on private firms or individuals in foreign countries are available to qualified U S firms for 100 each These reports may be obtained through the Savannah Field Office Information given in a World Trade Directory Report usually includes lines of goods handled operation methods size of business capital sales volume trade and financial reputation and other pertinent business information GEORGIA PRODUCERS AND MANUFACTURERS If you have a product that might sell in some foreign country you can order a trade list of importers and dealers in any foreign country Consult the Savannah Field Office with offices in the Post Office Buildingprices 200 per list Board Endorses Governors Continued from Page 12 velopment of the Savannah River and the Port of Augusta The waterways connection between Savannah and Augusta can be one of Georgias most significant assets since it ties in the industrial Piedmont area of Georgia and South Carolina through Augusta with the deep water port at Savannah accessible to the great trade markets of the world and to the vast system of domestic waterways With the work of deepening widening and improving the channel between Savannah and Augusta now under way by the U S Engineers a nine foot channel open the entire year will soon he a reality The total sum of 4750000 allocated to Savannah and Augusta is the largest amount ever appropriated for Port development and improvement in the history of our State We are gratified that the Governor and the members of the Legislature recognize that an investment in port facilities and development is a sound investment in Georgias economic future which will continue to pay dividends in the years ahead and which will mean further expansion of commercial agricultural and industrial activity in our State STEVENS SHIPPING CO Steamship Agents Stevedores Terminal Operators OFFICES SAVANNAH JACKSONVILLE ATLANTA NEW YORK General Office 26 EAST BAY STREET SAVANNAH GEORGIA Phone AD 38803 Cable STEVENS Page Fifteei AUGUSTA MOVES AHEAD TRANSPORTATION All Forms FINE LABOR Good Working Conditions WATER For Navigation Processing GOOD LIVING Ideal Climate WRITE FOR DETAILS THE MAYOR AND COUNCILMEN CITY OF AUGUSTA GEORGIA GEORGIAS UP AND COMING INLAND PORT AT BAINBRIDGE i6 Bainbridge is grateful for its Port We believe it means a brilliant future for us The Citizens Bank and Trust Company Bainbridge Georgia Member FDIC COME TO SEE US We Get Letters Continued from Page 5 new industry either contemplating or definitely moving in The Georgia Ports Authority Governor Vandiver and all who had a part in making this wise decision are to be congratulated STRACHAN SHIPPING CO Yours very truly F D M Strachan Jr President Savannah Ga Dear Sir We are delighted that the Georgia Ports Authority has received such resounding support from the Governor and the General Assembly and further that substantial funds are assured for essential improvements and expansion of the Savannah State Docks Sincerely CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF SAVANNAH I A Metz Jr Executive Director Dear Sir Since and actually before the inception of the Georgia Ports Authority the Savannah District Authority has been a strong advocate of a State Ports Program The Savannah District Authority was established originally as the Savannah Port Authority in 1925 Shortly thereafter the Industrial Committee of Savannah Incorporated was formed in 1928 and as the Georgia Ports Authority took stature the two local organizations merged and under the local Port Authority Act and by Constitutional amendment the name of the new organization was adopted as the Savannah District Authority This name was taken in order to give distinction between the Georgia Ports Authority and the local body During the years we have endeavored to be of assistance to your organization in many ways through Board level cooperation staff assistance and generally in working together on mutual objectives Our work as you know is primarily concerned with industrial development for the Savannah area but we also have a vital interest in the maintenance and improvement of Savannah harbor which of course is essential to the operations conducted by the Georgia Ports Authority in the form of the Savannah State Docks Warehouses Garden City Terminal and Ocean Terminal It is with great satisfaction and appreciation that we take note of Governor Ernest Vandivers recommendations to the State Legislature that 45 million be made available for the future expansion of the Garden City Terminal and for improvement of the Ocean Terminal We consider this the most forward step yet taken by a State Administration and by the Georgia Ports Authority in the effort to develop the full potential of Georgia ports Sincerely yours SAVANNAH DISTRICT AUTHORITY L C McClurkin Chairman Georgia Ports Story Mr Ralph Penza news director of WSAVTV presented a 30minute News In Depth program entitled THE GEORGIA PORTS STORY Appearing on this TV show on Friday evening January 15 at 800 oclock were Mr Robert C Norman Chairman of the Board Mr J D Holt Executive Director and Mr Charles E Hooper Director of Public Relations Mr Penza served as moderator Page Sixteen I ALL WE SPECIALIZE IN DRY DOCKING AND VOYAGE REPAIRS GRAVING DOCK 540 x 73 FLOATING DRYDOCK 1000 TONS MWMI MACHINE mm co Lalhrop Avenue Savannah Georgia DOWLING BAG COMPANY MANUFACTURERS OF BURLAP COTTON AND OPEN MESH BAGS BURLAP TUBING SHEETS AND NURSERY SQUARES WATERPROOF PAPER LINED BAGS SUGAR BAG CLOTH AND COMPRESS PATCHES DOWLING BAG COMPANY IMPORTERS OF BURLAP DEALERS IN USED BAGS TWINES WIRE TIES TYING TOOLS Valdosta Georgia Savannah Georgia P O Box 890 P O Box 1157 Phone CHerry 40133 Phone ADams 22174 Page Seventeen PORT OF SAVANNAH DIRECTORY STEAMSHIP AGENCIES HOHENSTEIN SHIPPING COMPANY Arcade Building SMITH KELLY COMPANY AD 37579 Ocean Steamship Terminals STEVENS SHIPPING COMPANY AD 23151 26 East Bay Street STRACHAN SHIPPING COMPANY AD 38803 Savannah Bank Building TARVER SHIPPING COMPANY AD 46671 Arcade Building TROSDAL SHIPPING COMPANY AD 48829 Savannah Bank Building STEVEDORING COMPANIES HOHENSTEIN SHIPPING COMPANY AD 46671 105 East Bay Street MARTIN W ROBERTS AD 48886 Arcade Building SMITH KELLY COMPANY AD 48829 Ocean Steamship Terminals STEVENS SHIPPING COMPANY AD 23151 26 East Bay Street STRACHAN SHIPPING COMPANY AD 38803 Savannah Bank Building AD 46671 FOREIGN FREIGHT FORWARDERS ANDERSON SHIPPING COMPANY American Building CRAIG COMPANY Realty Building HOHENSTEIN SHIPPING COMPANY Arcade Building JOHN S JAMES Savannah Bank Building D J POWERS American Building SMITH KELLY COMPANY Ocean Steamship Terminals STEVENS SHIPPING COMPANY 26 East Bay Street TARVER SHIPPING COMPANY Arcade Building COMMERCIAL BANKS THE CITIZENS SOUTHERN NATIONAL BANK THE LIBERTY NATIONAL BANK TRUST COMPANY SAVANNAH BANK TRUST COMPANY U S ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS DISTRICT ENGINEER 200 East St Julian Street U S DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE FIELD OFFICE Post Office Building CONSULS Belgium E K Meredith BrazilJack M Sayler Costa RicaE K Meredith CubaMrs Sigo Mendel DenmarkOscar M Hansen Dominican RepublicJack M Sayler FinlandA G Van Schaick FranceEdwin J Middleton ItalyJoseph M Cafeiro NetherlandsA G Van Schaick NorwayE Storm Trosdal Sweden L Roy Riddick VenezuelaSr PrietoHopkins SAVANNAH DISTRICT AUTHORITY 42 East Bay Street Consul Vice Consul Consular Agent Consul Vice Consul Consul Vice Consul Consular Agent Consular Agent Vice Consul Vice Consul Vice Consul Consul AD 39604 STEAMSHIP AGENTS AND STEVEDORES OFFICES SAVANNAH GEORGIA BRUNSWICK GEORGIA JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA PORT EVERGLADES FLORIDA PENSACOLA FLORIDA MOBILE ALABAMA NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA HOUSTON TEXAS GALVESTON TEXAS DALLAS TEXAS ST LOUIS MISSOURI KANSAS CITY KANSAS MEMPHIS TENNESSEE CHICAGO ILLINOIS CINCINNATI OHIO ATLANTA GEORGIA NEW YORK OFFICE 17 BATTERY PLACE NEW YORK N Y Page Eighteen 4 V V J Schedule of From the Port of Savannah Destination Agent or Owner Vessel and Sailing Date AFRICA Capetown Pt Elizabeth East London Durban Laurenco Marques Beira Mombasa Tanga Zanzibar DarEsSalaam Strachan Mormawind 212 Capetown Pt Elizabeth East London Durban Laurenco Marques Beira Mombasa Tanga Zanzibar DarEsSalaam Strachan Robin Goodfellow 226 Capetown Pt Elizabeth East London Durban Laurenco Marques Beira DarEsSalaam Mombasa Hohenstein Tomishima Maru 220 Capetown Pt Elizabeth East London Durban Laurenco Marques Beira Also British East African Ports Cargo for West Africa accepted for transshipment at New York Stevens African Planet 24 Capetown Pt Elizabeth East London Durban Laurenco Marques Beira Also British East African Ports Cargo for West Africa accepted for transshipment at New York Stevens African Moon 218 AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND Brisbane Sydney Melbourne Adelaide Strachan Pioneer Reef 213 Adelaide Brisbane Melbourne Sydney Smith Kelly Whakafane 212 Adelaide Brisbane Melbourne Sydney Smith Kelly City of Melbourne 226 THE CARIBBEAN LaGuira Puerto Cabello Maracaibo Curacao Strachan Medon 22 Havana Hohenstein Oriente 26 LaGuira Maracaibo Puerto Cabello Smith Kelly Hachkamp 22 LaGuira Maracaibo Smith Kelly Majorka 219 Puerto Cabello Smith Kelly Majorka 219 Havana Tarver Weekly Sailings INDIA PAKISTAN AND CEYLON Laitakia Beirut Alexandria Jeddah Karachi Bombay Rangoon Calcutta Chittagong Lattakia Beirut Alexandria Jeddah Karachi Bombay Madras Calcutta Alexandria Beirut Genoa Laitakia Bombay Calcutta Colombo Karachi Madras Karachi Bombay Calcutta Madras Chittagong Colombo Alexandria Strachan Strachan Smith kelly Smith kelly Stevens Steel Chemist 214 Steel Director 228 Cleopatra 25 Jaladhanya 28 Hellenic Spirit 215 ITALY PORTUGAL SPAIN AND MEDITERRANEAN Genoa Savona Naples Tripoli Strachan Mayo Lykes 225 Tel Aviv Haifa Strachan Linda Scarlett 220 Marseilles Genoa Savona Leghorn Naples Piraeus Salonika Lisbon Hohenstein Kohka Maru 218 Marseilles Naples Piraeus Smith Kelly Cleopatra 25 Marseilles Savona Genoa Leghorn Stevens Vettor Pisani 234 Marseilles Savona Genoa Leghorn Stevens Lorenzo Marcello 211 Marseilles Savona Genoa Leghorn Stevens Andrea Grith 224 rrm lings February 1960 Destination Agent or Owner Vessel and Sailing Date JAPAN FORMOSA KOREA AND HONGKONG Yokohama Kobe Osaka Nagoya Strachan Ahagisan Maru 219 Yokohama Kobe Osaka Hongkong Trosdal Honolulu Maru 214 Kobe Nagoya Osaka Yokohama Smith Kelly Sachikawa Maru 28 NORTH CONTINENTAL EUROPE Oslo Gothenburg Copenhagen Malmo Gydnia Stockholm Helsinki Sirachan Toronto 23 Oslo Gothenburg Copenhagen Malmo Gydnia Stockholm Helsinki Strachan Topeka 221 Bremen Hamburg Rotterdam Amsterdam Antwerp Strachan American Miller 28 Bremen Hamburg Rotterdam Amsterdam Antwerp Strachan A Vessel 224 Antwerp Rotterdam Bremen Hamburg Hohenstein Guatemala 225 Amsterdam Antwerp Bremen Hamburg LeHarve Rotterdam Smith Kelly Loppersum 21 Amsterdam Antwerp Bremen Hamburg LeHarve Rotterdam Smith Kelly Waltersum 224 Antwerp Rotterdam Hamburg Bremen Stevens Barbara 268 Antwerp Rotterdam Hamburg Bremen Stevens Hasselburg 22223 SOUTH AMERICA Recife Rio de Janeiro Santos Montevideo Buenos Aires Paranagua Strachan Mormacyork 28 Port of Spain Belem Recife Salvador Rio de Janeiro Santos Strachan Mormaciark 28 Rio de Janeiro Santos Montevideo Buenos Aires Paranagua Strachan Mormacstar 222 Port of Spain Belem Recife Salvador Rio de Janeiro Santos Porto Alegre Rio Grande do sul Strachan Mormacreed 229 Barranquilla Buenaventura Cartagena Guayaquil Smith Kelly Casablanca 211 UNITED KINGDOM AND IRELAND London Strachan American Miller 28 London Strachan A Vessel 224 Liverpool Manchester Glasgow Dublin Avonmouth Strachan Southwind 24 Liverpool Manchester Glasgow Dublin Avonmouth Strachan Southport 213 Manchester Liverpool Dublin Avonmouth Leith Glasgow Strachan Thomas Nelson 220 London Hohenstein Guatemala 225 Avonmouth Belfast Cardiff Dublin Glasgow Leith Liverpool Manchester Smith Kelly Manchester City 21 Avonmouth Belfast Cardiff Dublin Glasgow Leith Liverpool Manchester Smith Kelly Manchester Shipper 227 COASTAL AND INTERCOASTAL SEATRAIN LINES Temporary schedule until further notice To New York every Saturday supplemented by sailings every other Tuesday To New Orleans every Sunday NOTE Every effort is made to insure accuracy in this schedule but Ports Authority cannot assume responsibility for errors WHITSON MURRY AND ASSOCIATES INC 118 East 35th Street SAVANNAH GEORGIA BULK RATE U S POSTAGE PAID Permit No 294 Savannah Ga Acquisitions Division The University Libraries The University of Georgia Athens Georgia 0 SAVANNAH 4 serving the port of SAVANNAH WE CAN PROVIDE ALLIED SERVICES Export pocking and crating service at the port for infarction and rotes coll or write TTiThTSoNffACTING OF GEORGIA INC York office and plant e INtw ror t 59th Street wnrifS AND WAREHOUSES SAVANNAH STATE DOCKS AN Buldin 24A SAArt Bnt 104 ADams 62474 ORK Urriui 7 5n37 WYeoSiUPhoneeepLaza 75427 New York New York r A letter was received the Ifetrch issueno7 from publisher April 25 1960 stating that was never published a INDUSTRY without a Railroad NEVER mm Ji CD cn CD m RIME industrial sites mean different things to different businessmen One may favor a choice water location Another may place emphasis on climate labor or market potential Still others look first for natural resources and raw materials But on ONE thing they all agree For an industrial site to be firstclass it must be located adjacent to a RAILROAD Central of Georgia and Savannah and Atlanta Railways have many choice zoned locations for your choosing The sites are here the industries are here there is room for more Contact your nearest Central of Georgia or Savannah Atlanta representative for details today CHOICE INDUSTRIAL SITES TENN NC HH x ALA A CENTRAL GEORGIA SAVANNAH r a i lway I Atlanta The Right Way GEORGIA VOLUME 1 NUMBER 8 APRIL 1960 Official Publication of the Georgia Ports Authority P O Box 1039 Savannah Georgia Telephone ADams 42403 Garden City Terminal and Ocean Terminal of the Savannah State Docks and Warehouses Savannah Georgia and Bainbridge State Docks Bainbridge Georgia Brunswick State Docks Brunswick Georgia Augusta Georgia Columbus Georgia PUBLISHERS NOTE Publication date of Anchor Age is being changed with this issue from the last of each month to the first of the month This change eliminates the March issue only TABLE OF CONTENTS Directors Letter Board Announces New Facility Passenger Service a Reality at Savannah Dept of Commerce Column Customs Important Role Splosna Plovba Inaugurates Service Progress Noted at Brunswick Ocean Terminal Bids Opened Port of Savannah Directory Shipping Schedules Page 4 5 5 6 7 9 13 15 17 18 MEMBERS OF THE OFFICIAL BOARD Robert C Norman Augusta Chairman W D Trippe Cedartown Vice Chairman Thomas M Johnson Savannah A M Harris Brunswick Howell Hollis Columbus J W Taxi Smith Albany SecretaryTreasurer Anton F Solms Jr Savannah Attorney ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF J D Holt Savannah Executive Director James I Newsome Jr Savannah Director of Operations Sam J Gardner Savannah Comptroller Claude Newman Atlanta Director of Commerce Charles E Hooper Savannah Director of Public Relations OFFICES Atlanta Claude Newman Lovell Surber 1332 Healey Building Telephone JAckson 51595 New York John F Fitzsimmons Room 1298 26 Broadway New York 4 N Y Telephone BOwiing Green 90970 GEORGIA ANCHORAGE Asheville Tom R Talmadge 250 Kimberly Avenue Asheville N C Telephone ALpine 25718 Official Publication Georgia Ports Authority Jack D Holt Executive Director Published monthly by Whitson Murry and Associates Inc 118 East 35th Street Savannah Georgia Charles Hooper Editor Editorial Office Georgia Ports Authority Post Office Box 1039 Savannah Georgia Advertising Office Georgia AnchorAge 118 East 35th Street Savannah Georgia ADams 42403 TOWING SERVICE BY MODERN TUGS OPERATED BY SEASONED PERSONNEL ATLANTIC TOWING COMPANY 228 EAST BAY P O Box 136 SAVANNAH GEORGIA AD 28103 Page Three DIRECTORS LETTER The Georgia Ports Authority Operating SAVANNAH STATE DOCKS AND WAREHOUSES Post Office Box 1039 Savannah Georgia FI Iftiri J D HOLT Executive Director March 15 I960 J D Holt Director Dear Friends This month has been one of rapid progress for us An engineering contract has been awarded and work has begun on plans for the three new berths at our Garden City Terminal at Savannah In an article in the magazine you will read of the construction work that is in progress at the Ocean Terminal of the Savannah State Docks and Warehouses Work is progressing toward the completion of our new State Docks at Brunswick and these should be ready for dedication and business by June of this year Work continues to progress on the final plans for Georgias second inland barge terminal at Augusta Our Bainbridge State Docks continues to do well and attracts new industry and business each month We are establishing at the present time an office of the Georgia Ports Authority in Chicago This was made possible by the fine cooperation of the City of Savannah Chatham County the Chamber of Commerce and the Savannah District Authority Never in the history of Georgias ports has there been so much progress to better serve business industry and agriculture We anxiously look forward to being of service to you Sincerely Page Four resent at the Georgia Ports Authority meeting in Savannah when the new petroleum facility was announced were 1 to r Mrs Hamp Clark Robert C Norman GPA Chairman J D Holt GPA Executive Director and Mr Hamp Clark President of the new company Georgia Ports Authority Board Announces New Oil Handling Facility at Savannah Another business in the form of an expanded oil products handling facility was announced recently by the Georgia Ports Authority Mr Robert C Norman Chairman of the Georgia Ports Authority stated that a five million gallon Shell Oil gasoline tank farm will be built at the Garden City Terminal of the Savannah State Docks and Warehouses Construction is to begin immediately and the facility is to be completed in approximately six months The 350000 gasoline terminal will bring the Authority a minimum land and service charge income of 6000 a year plus additional funds for dockage fees of tankers coming here Eight to ten ships a year will bring the gasoline and other light petroleum products The other facility is the Petroleum Terminal Company This company leased six acres of land and holds a oneyear option on the additional 53 acres Mr Hamp Clark president of the company attended the Georgia Ports Authority meeting in Savannah to participate in the announcement of the Petroleum Company Shell has in operation now at the Savannah State Docks and Warehouses the Savannah Terminal Company This company stores mixes and distributes asphalt and was completed a year ago The Terminals service area out of Savannah will reach as far north as Tourists from throughout the country will be arriving at Savannah this spring to take advantage of the numerous regularly scheduled passenger ships service to the Caribbean and for those who are seeking the enjoyment and relaxation of the islands we have a wide variety of sailings On April 15 the S S BERGENSFJORD of the NorwegianAmerican line will leave Savannah for St Thomas Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico The local agent for this vessel is the Strachan Shipping Company On April 22 the S S BERGENS Dublin and west to McRae Ga approximately 125 miles This ik another industry that has been located at Savannah at the Georgia Ports Authority property within the year FJORD will sail again from Savannah for another Caribbean cruise On May 9 the S S ARIADNE of the HamburgAmerican line will leave for a Caribbean cruise A second sailing by this luxury liner is scheduled for May 13 The local agent for this ship is Smith and Kelly Company Two sailings by the Italian liner S S ITALIA for the Caribbean are scheduled for May 14 and May 19 Strachan Shipping Company is also the local agent for this ship Passengers for these vessels have awaiting for them here in Savannah a Continued on Page 12 PASSENGER TRAVEL SERVICE A REALITY AT SAVANNAH Page Five INTERE STED IN DEVELOPING OVERSEAS BUSINESS TAKE AlDVAlISTTOE OF OTJIR COMPLETE FOREIGN XE PARTME NT To help Southern firms expand their businesses and markets into other countries of the free world the Trust Company of Georgia and its affiliated banks provide facilities for collecting foreign drafts issuing letters of credit transferring funds abroad buying and selling foreign exchange and many other services so important to overseas businesses All of these banks are interested in your firms expansion Consult the Foreign Department of any of them for complete information ATLANTA Trust Company of Georgia AUGUSTA The First National Bank of Augusta COLUMBUS The Fourth National Bank MACON The First National Bank and Trust Company NORTH ATLANTA DeKalb National Bank of Brookhaven ROME The First National Bank SAVANNAH The Liberty National Bank and Trust Company Foreign Commerce Trade Aids Editors Note Each month in GEORGIA ANCHOR AGE a column will be presented by Mr Joseph Stovall Manager of the Savannah Field Office of the Department of Commerce By Joseph G Stovall Savannah Field Office Manager U S Department of Commerce GEORGIAS CUSTOMS DISTRICT HANDLES NEARLY 200 MILLION WORTH OF FOREIGN COMMERCE IN 1959 Georgias customs district in 1959 handled goods bound to and from foreign countries valued at 1899 million according to the Savannah Field Office of the U S Department of Commerce Gains in imports to which the States customs district could point consistently during the year continued to prevail as 1959 ended resulting in a rise in total trading over 1958 by some 142 million Imports ran far ahead of exports shipments from other countries entering the State approximating 1029 million which compared with only 869 million on the export side a study of the Bureau of the Census monthly reports showed The 1959 value of exports was off around 200000 from 1958 a relatively small amount when considering the fact that other southern customs districts were showing losses of from 16 million in South Carolina to as high as 952 million in New Orleans By the same token the Georgia district could not boast of as big a gain in value of imports as other districts in the Southeast since its increase of 144 million over 1958 compared with 321 million in North Carolina 326 million in South Carolina 525 million in Florida 382 million in Mobile and 533 million in New Orleans FOREIGNERS SEEK SOUTHEASTERN SALES AGENTS The Savannah Field Office has been approached for direct agency connections in the Southeast in the sale of all types of merchandise West German exporters seeking exclusive agents in the Southeast area have written letters on the following 1 Plastic sheeting and leather cloths 2 Cold rolled steel pipes cables electric fixtures and household goods spectacle frames cutlery and scissors 3 Chemicals paints and pigments 4 Photo supplies 5 Figurines 6 Pianos 7 Belttype sanding machines 8 Stainless steel table cutlery 9 Tankless gas water heaters 10 Hand tools 11 Wines 12 Cement machinery 13 Brushes 14 Steel office furniture etc 15 Bicycles 16 Pruning knives and cutters of all types 17 Heat regulating Continued on Page 16 MEMBERS Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Page Six Savannahs Customhouse the oldest Federal Building standing in the State of Georgia was completed in 1852 Customs Plays Important Role In Daily Living We are grateful to Mrs Jessie D Sayler Collector of Customs for her article concerning the Customs Office entitled Mr and Mrs Traveler and All the Little Travelers This article is especially timely in view of the fact several scheduled sailings of passenger ships are leaving Savannah this spring Does Customs affect you The answer is Yesnot only in your travels but in your daily living Take a look at the ships in our river big ones small ones grimy ones many with beautiful and different foreign names They are bringing you various interesting importsthe coffee bean that makes you that delightful cup of coffee every morningor maybe the colorful glasses that you have on your shelf or the clay used in making your china The newspaper you are reading perhaps is printed on newsprint from Canada The tea that you drink and enjoy or perhaps the cane that produces the sugar that we use daily are imported Last year here in our Savannah we had approximately 1000 foreign ships call and we collected over 600000000 in duty The rates of duty vary according to the many different commodities Here at the Customhouse we have a most efficient laboratory that determines the contents of imports and an appraiser who determines their value During the years Congress has assigned a wide range of responsibilities to the Customs Servicethe movement of carriers goods and persons the navigation laws concerned with documentation ownership and trade of merchant vessels foreign and domestic fishing vessels and yachts and collection of tonnage tax We are charged with law enforcement the prevention of smuggling as well as prohibiting stowaways from entering Our patrol a group of nine officers covers the coast from Charleston to Jacksonville Our inspectors are busy releasing merchandise not only on the waterfront but at airports Hunter and Travis Fields and at the Post Office and Express office Our mostasked question from tourists is What can I bring back If you are returning from a fortyeight hour trip outside the United States you have an exemption of 20000 however you can only claim this once in every 31 days If the visit stretches to 12 days you are allowed an additional 30000 Continued on Page 14 Palmer Cay INC No 1 Bull Street ALL FORMS OF INSURANCE MARINE INSURANCE SPECIALISTS SAVANNAH GEORGIA For Complete Foreign Department Service Call on THE CITIZENS AND SOUTHERN NATIONAL BANK 22 Bull Street Savannah Georgia Phone AD 45101 CABLE CITSOUTH Member of Federal Deposit Insurance Corp Page Severi Progress in forestry PINE SEEDLINGS GROWING IN UNION BAGCAMP NURSERIESBELLVILLEGA 100 MILLION TREES Thats how many trees Union BagCamp has planted on its land since it began its forestry program back in 1936 If 100 million pine trees were planted on a single tract of land they would cover more than 133000 acres If one twoman planting crew had to plant 100 million trees it would take them 40 years to get them in the ground And if they were planted in a single row six feet apart they would stretch around the equator four and a half times Progress in forestry means putting back timber resources as they are used And because they are being replenished there will always be forests growing in Georgia and in the Southtomorrow and beyond Were also pleased that we have had the privilege of making available to our neighboring landowners 48 million pine seedlings for planting on their properties and without cost to them camp UNION BAG CAMP Page Eight Inaugurating a regular monthly service to Savannah the MV BLED above is the first of several vessels to provide service to Mediterranean and Yugoslav ports Hi IMS IS own at a reception in New York are Captain F Pucnik Master of the MV W ieyer President of Crossocean Shipping Company Inc the Chief Officer of the vesselCaptain T Tijan Commercial Director of Splosna Plovbathe Purser of the vesselMr B Snuderl General Manager of Splosna Plovba Attending a luncheon aboard the BLED in Savannah were Capt A Pezelj J D Holt Executive Director of the Georgia Ports Authority Capt Pucnik and Kurt Nanninga Manager of Smith Kelly Co in Savannah Splosna Plovba Inaugurates Monthly Service To Port of Savannah With the sailing of the MV BLED from Savannah on March 8 Messrs Splosna Plovba of Piran Yugoslavia advised of the inauguration of a regular monthly call at the Port of Savannah Commencing with the sailing from the port of Trieste on March 4 these owners inaugurate a Westbound Express Service calling at the ports of New York Philadelphia Baltimore Wilmington Charleston Savannah and thence to New York and outward Mediterranean ports of call will include Tangier Genoa Naples Trieste Rijeka and other Yugoslav ports with optional ports of call at Marseilles and North African ports if sufficient cargo offers In Savannah the Agents for the vessel are the Smith Kelly Company For the inauguration of this Express Service a reception and buffet was held on board the vessel in New York on Tuesday February 23 Serving as hosts for the occasion were Captain F Pucnik Master of the BLED Mr B Snuderl and Captain T Tijan Directors of Splosna Plovba and guests included Mr John F Fitzsimmons New York representative for the Georgia Ports Authority W L Durrett General Foreign Freight Agent for the Central of Georgia Railway Company in New York and Whitson and Murry Publishers of the Georgia Anchor Age In Savannah on March 7 a luncheon was held aboard the vessel for shippers and businessmen in the area Captain Pucnik served as cohost with Mr Kurt Nanninga of Smith Kelly Company Savannah agents for the line Guests included Mr J D Holt Executive Director of the Georgia Ports Authority Mr James I Newsome Jr Savannah Director of Operations and Mr Charles Hooper Savannah Director of Public Relations for the Georgia Ports Authority Page Nine SEAPORTS AND SHIPS go together in Georgia Blessed with both excellent deepwater and inland ports Georgia offers quick access to Southeast and Midwest markets at rates comparable to or cheaper than any other South Atlantic or Gulf port SEAPI SOIL has played a major part in Georgias economy since its founding in 1733 Georgia ports have opened access to world markets for virtually every county in this great state Uw SMOKE STACKS springing up all over the landscape in Georgia are rapidly bringing about a balance between agriculture and industry thereby providing for a strong economy in the years ahead Add them up and you have multiple reasons why shippers and industrialists are turning their eyes to Georgia the Empire State of the South Call or write or wire GEORGIA PORTS AUTHORITY JD HOLT Executive Director POBOX 1039 SAVANNAH GA T Passenger Travel Service Continued from Page 5 most welcome surprise Mrs Emma Hartridge Chairman of the Womens Committee of the Chamber of Commerce and Mrs Jessie D Sayler Collector of Customs working closely with Mr Irving Metz Executive Director of the Savannah Chamber of Commerce plan to distribute to the passengers souvenirs guide hand books and other material concerning the City of Savannah Private industries in Savannah have donated favors for the passengers and Girl Scouts in the Savannah area will serve as guides for the passengers A band will furnish music at the sailing of each vessel We at the Georgia Ports Authority are most appreciative to the Chamber of Commerce for these extras that they are providing in making the passengers visit and trip as enjoyable as possible Help on exportimport shipping matters that pertain to the South is just a telephone call away Phone the man from Southern for complete information about lowcost rail transportation to and from port facilities S SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA 2 Adgers Wharf Phone RA 22921 SAVANNAH GEORGIA Ocean Steamship Co Bldg Phone ADams 23151 JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA 3226 Talleyrand Ave Phone ELgin 57671 SOUTHERN SHIPPING COMPANY STEAMSHIP AGENTS STEVEDORES FOREIGN FREIGHT FORWARDERS Page Twelve Progress Noted On Brunswick State Docks Construction work on the new Georgia Ports Authority operated Brunswick State Docks is nearing the final phase of completion Dedication of these facilities is scheduled for June of this year The Brunswick State Docks will be the most modem and newest of any in the country Already business industrial and agricultural firms throughout a wide area have begun to make their plans to use Georgias second deepwater port the Brunswick State Docks for PERSONALIZED SERVICE Centralize CHECK THESE FEATURES 2000 mile private telephone network between oil terminals Twoway radio dispatching Reliable refrigerated service Prompt claim settlements V CO D returns remitted promptly vUS Bonded Customs licensed Scheduled operations You know where your shipment is every moment when you use Central I Our network of priycite telephone lines teletypes and twoway radio dispatching give you complete and personal service all the way So next timeCentralize 2 Modern Terminals in GEORGIA I ALABAMA fSWki ftis FLORIDA MISSISSIPPI ite LOUISIANA CENTRAL TRUCK LINES INC GENERAL OFFICES 1005 JACKSON STREET TAMPA FLA PH 23902 For Information Write Central Truck Lines Sales Dept P O Box 1411 Tampa 1 Fla SAVANNAH TERMINAL 109 E LATHROP AVE Page Thirteen Customs Plays Important Role Continued from Page 7 duty free purchases This exemption can only be claimed every 6 months Members of a family traveling together can pool their exemptions Residents of the United States even those under 21 are entitled to one gallon of liquor duty free Tobacco allowances are very liberal you can bring in up to 100 cigars and all the cigarettes you want A traveler abroad can send direct and duty free as many presents of less than 1000 each as he likes so long as the purchases are not made as an accommodation to others and never more than one a day to the same person The Customs officer wants cooperation and above all honesty His experienced eyes can usually spot the most accomplished smuggler so clever travelers dont try to fool him Any additional information desired is available at the Customhouse phone ADams 26154 JOSEPH CRAIG AND COMPANY Custom House and Foreign Freight Forwarders Joseph Craig Jr Manager Telephone ADams 69222 P O Box 1777 804 Realty Building Savannah Georgia GEORGIAS UP AND COMING INLAND PORT AT BAINBRIDGE Bainbridge is grateful for its Port We believe it means a brilliant future for us The Citizens Bank and Trust Company Bainbridge Georgia Member FDIC COME TO SEE US JESSIE DIXON SAYLER Collector of Customs UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE Savannah Georgia 1789 Congress passed Act to organize Customs Service 1790 The Customs Service was organized 1848 The cornerstone of the Customhouse was laid 1852 Customhouse was completed The oost of building 16749692 This includes cost of land Cost of land 2151460 38 feet above sea level Granite came from Quincy Mass by rail and vessel Columns weigh 15 tons each arrived 2 at a time lashed on sailing vessels transferred on rollers from vessels to site Raised with block and tackle required 2 months for each column Walls 32 inches thickbuilding fireproof excepting trim Walls are all granite rafters are iron floors are marble Greek architecture Oldest Federal Building standing in the State of Georgia The unusual stairway divides at onehalf height forming into circular stairs with no perpendicular supports Originally the Post Office occupied the ground floor United States Customs on first floor Federal Court and United States Marshal on second floor Federal Court and Post Office moved out about 50 years ago The building is now occupied by five Federal Agencies John Wesley preached first sermon on this site in 1736 In 1742 Oglethorpe pitched a tent across the street later rented a small cottage from a widow on this site and lived there Original Customhouse was located on the site of the Federal Savings and Loan Association on Bryan Street Burned in 1837 First Confederate flag was raised on the staff of the Customhouse Building March 8 1861 SERVING SINCE 1870 STEAMSHIP AGENTS STEVEDORING FORWARDING AGENTS MITH KELLY COMPANY OCEAN STEAMSHIP CO BUILDING P O Box 1639 Phone ADams 23151 SAVANNAH GEORGIA Page Fourteen Ocean Terminal Bids Opened Bids received at noon on Friday March 11 1960 in the office of Mr J D Holt Executive Director of the Georgia Ports Authority indicates that the Dixie Construction Company had a low bid of 16955640 This project represents the bulk of work necessary to improve the Ocean Terminal Facilities which were recently purchased by the Georgia Ports Authority from the Central of Georgia Railway Company Features of the work included in the bids will permit modernization of Warehouse and Transit Shed at four berths at the Ocean Terminal Outside grading and paving and abandonment of railway tracks will enable conversion of the facilities to accommodate truck transportation Interior track wells in the former Ocean Steamship Building are to be abandoned thus creating additional 100000 square feet of vitally needed usable storage area Large openings will be developed in the walls on the land side of the Ocean Steamship Building to accommodate truck wells and truck loading platforms Large door openings will also be created in the walls adjacent to the berths to permit passage of large cranes which are essential for movement of general cargo Repairs to Berths 1 and 2 at the former Merchants and Miners Transport Company area are also included in the work A contract previously let for Improvements to the Floor System is approximately 50 complete and an award of a contract for work included on the bids received today will assure early use of Berths 1 and 2 which are necessary to accommodate passenger service and general cargo Work has previously been initiated by Dixie Construction Company of Savannah Georgia on Berths 25 19 and 15 and the completion of this work which involves two bulk cargo berths and one general cargo berth is expected within thirty days The Engineers for this project Dan E Sewell and Associates of Savannah Georgia announce that another bid will be received on March 25 for Repairs to the Fendering System and Concrete Wharf at Berths 10 and 12 of the Ocean Steamship Building Disregarding unforeseen difficulties all work presently under contract and work contemplated in the present bid and future bid will be completed the first week of August 1960 TOWMOTOR Gerlinger Conveyors Platform Hand Trucks Dock Boards RENTALS Parts and Service What We Sell We Service Dial ADams 68206 Nights Sundays and Holidays ADams 30717 708 EAST BAY STREET SUHHa Potit dl Bo4MXUoU SAVANNAH PILOTS ASSOCIATION W W SPLOSNA PLOVBA L otfafifztf 7a Announce A Reculai Monthly Gall At Jhe PORT OF SAVANNAH Westbound Express Service Mediterranean Ports of Calling at Ports of Call Will Include Optional Ports NEW YORK TANGIER MARSEILLES PHILADELPHIA GENOA North African Ports BALTIMORE NAPLES If Sufficient Cargo WILMINGTON TRIESTE Offers CHARLESTON RIJEKA Savannah Agents SAVANNAH Other Yugoslav Ports SMITH KELLY CO Thence to NEW YORK and Outward CROSSOCEAN SHIPPING COMPANY INC General Agents STEAMSHIP AGENTS SHIP OPERATORS BROKERS Telephone Whitehall 41184 North America Cables Crossocean JuGOSLAVENSKA LlNIJSKA PlOVIDBA mi 1 XX E Yugoslav Line Rijeka NEW YORK 4 N Y Codes BoeLombard Page Fifteen Foreign Commerce Continued from Page 6 switches 18 Miscellaneous machinery of all types and 19 China The Commerce Department has a credit commercial report on a million or more foreign concerns known as the World Trade Directory Service Call on the Savannah Field Office with your foreign trade problems AD 24755 PROPOSED TARIFF INCREASE ON NAVAL STORES Congressman Prince Preston has alerted the Foreign Agricultural Services representatives and other Washington agents protesting the proposed placing of duty on naval stores going to the European Common Market six countries At present naval stores products an important export item in this area is imported into the European Common Market Countries duty free This proposed tariff increase of 5 to 8 percent is subject to the General Agreement on Tariff and Trade and hearings are expected to start in Washington some time later this year Naval Stores exporters are expected to protest the new duty schedule at that time COMPREHENSIVE EXPORT SCHEDULE The 1960 edition of Comprehensive Export Schedule just released is sold by the Savannah Field Office at 600 per copy This price includes Current Export Bulletins which are issued throughout the year to keep the Schedule up to date Take Home NEW APPOINTMENT Mr J D Holt Executive Director of the Georgia Ports Authority announced the appointment of Mr Paul Y Hughes as assistant traffic manager for the Georgia Ports Authority Mr Hughes will be stationed at the Atlanta office in the Healey Building Mr Hughes was formerly traffic manager of Mead PackingAtlanta Paper Company Division He brings with him a quarter of a century of transportation experience almost equally divided between industry and carrier He is a registered practitioner founder member of the American Society of Traffic and Transportation and actively associated with a number of shippercarrier groups His background and experience will augment substantially the services offered by the Georgia Ports Authority to shippers and receivers through the Georgia Ports facilities SERVING THE SOUTH CENTRIFUGED NATURAL LATEX Available in TANK CARS TANK TRUCKS DRUMS From Our Savannah Ga Facilities Merton Trading Co Inc Hicksville New York SAVANNAH MACHINE FOUNDRY CO WE SPECIALIZE IN DRY DOCKING AND VOYAGE REPAIRS GRAVING DOCK 540 x 73 FLOATING DRYDOCK 1000 TONS Lathrop Avenue Savannah Georgia SAVANNAH GEORGIA JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA 216 West Hull Street 3615 Evergreen Street Phone ADams 65734 Phone ELgin 30928 ATLANTA GEORGIA MACON GEORGIA 1920 Moreland Ave SE 2225 Waterville Road Phone MArket Phone 33791 B E N TT O N SERVING GEORGIA AND FLORIDA OVERNIGHT SERVICE Rapid Express INSURED BONDED CARRIER 216 WEST HULL STREET PHONE ADams 65734 SAVANNAH GEORGIA y m Page Sixteen PORT OF SAVANNAH DIRECTORY STEAMSHIP AGENCIES HOHENSTEIN SHIPPING COMPANY Arcade Building AD 37579 SMITH KELLY COMPANY Ocean Steamship TerminalsAD 23151 SOUTHERN SHIPPING COMPANY Ocean Steamship TerminalsAD 23151 STEVENS SHIPPING COMPANY 26 East Bay StreetAD 38803 STRACHAN SHIPPING COMPANY Savannah Bank BuildingAD 46671 TARVER SHIPPING COMPANY Arcade Building AD 48829 TROSDAL SHIPPING COMPANY Savannah Bank BuildingAD 46671 STEVEDORING COMPANIES HOHENSTEIN SHIPPING COMPANY 105 East Bay Street MARTIN W ROBERTS Arcade Building SMITH KELLY COMPANY Ocean Steamship Terminals SOUTHERN SHIPPING COMPANY Ocean Steamship Terminals STEVENS SHIPPING COMPANY 26 East Bay Street STRACHAN SHIPPING COMPANY Savannah Bank Building FOREIGN FREIGHT FORWARDERS ANDERSON SHIPPING COMPANY American Building CRAIG COMPANY Realty Building HOHENSTEIN SHIPPING COMPANY Arcade Building JOHN S JAMES Savannah Bank Building D J POWERS American Building COMMERCIAL BANKS THE CITIZENS SOUTHERN NATIONAL BANK THE LIBERTY NATIONAL BANK TRUST COMPANY SAVANNAH BANK TRUST COMPANY SMITH KELLY COMPANY Ocean Steamship Terminals SOUTHERN SHIPPING COMPANY Ocean Steamship Terminals STEVENS SHIPPING COMPANY 26 East Bay Street TARVER SHIPPING COMPANY Arcade Building AD 48886 AD 48829 AD 23151 AD 23151 AD 38803 AD 46671 U S ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS DISTRICT ENGINEER 200 East St Julian Street U S DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE FIELD OFFICE Post Office Building Belgium Brazil Costa Rica Cuba Denmark Dominican Republic Finland France Italy Netherlands Norway Sweden Venezuela CONSULS E K Meredith Jack M Sayler E K Meredith Mrs Sigo Mendel Oscar M Hansen Jack M Sayler A G Van Schaick Edwin J Middleton Joseph M Cafeiro A G Van Schaick E Storm Trosdal L Roy Riddick Sr PrietoHopkins Consul Vice Consul Consular Agent Consul Vice Consul Consul Vice Consul Consular Agent Consular Agent Vice Consul Vice Consul Vice Consul Consul SAVANNAH DISTRICT AUTHORITY 42 East Bay StreetAD 39604 mmm SHIPPING COMPANY STEAMSHIP AGENTS AND STEVEDORES OFFICES SAVANNAH GEORGIA BRUNSWICK GEORGIA JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA PORT EVERGLADES FLORIDA PENSACOLA FLORIDA MOBILE ALABAMA NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA HOUSTON TEXAS GALVESTON TEXAS DALLAS TEXAS ST LOUIS MISSOURI KANSAS CITY KANSAS MEMPHIS TENNESSEE CHICAGO ILLINOIS CINCINNATI OHIO ATLANTA GEORGIA NEW YORK OFFICE 17 BATTERY PLACE NEW YORK N Y Page Seventeen Schedule of Sailings From the Port of Savannah April 1960 Destination Agent or Owner Vessel and Sailing Date AFRICA Capetown Pt Elizabeth East London Lourenco Marques Beira Mombasa Tanga Zanzibar Durban DaresSalaam Strachan Robin Gray 48 Capetown Pt Elizabeth East London Durban Lourenco Marques Beira Tomatave Strachan Robin Hood 422 Capetown Pt Elizabeth East London Durban Lourenco Marques Beira DaresSalaam Mombasa Hohenstein Kunishima Maru 414 South East and West Africa Stevens African Rainbow 41 South East and West Africa Stevens African Pilot 414 South East and West Africa Stevens African Lightning 428 AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND Brisbane Sydney Pt Kembla Burnie Melbourne Adelaide Strachan Pioneer Surf 426 Brisbane Sydney Melbourne Adelaide Strachan City of Winchester 421 Adelaide Brisbane Melbourne Sydney Smith Kelly City Lucknow 48 THE CARIBBEAN LaGuira Puerto Cabello Maracaibo Curaco Strachan Kreon 412 LaGuira Puerto Cabello Maracaibo Curaco Strachan Jason 426 LaGuira Puerto Cabello Maracaibo Curaco Strachan Helicon 46 Havana Hohenstein Rio Caonao 415 Havana Hohenstein Rio Jibacoa 430 Havana Tarver Weekly Sailings INDIA PAKISTAN Lattakia Beirut Alexandria Aqaba Jeddah Karachi Bombay Madras Calcutta Strachan Steel Vendor 413 Alexandria Beirut Jeddah Aden Karachi Bombay Madras Rangoon Chittagong Calcutta Strachan Exchequer 410 Persian Gulf Red Sea Stevens Hellenic Sky 41 Persian Gulf Red Sea Stevens Ranee 45 Persian Gulf Red Sea Stevens Hellenic Torch 423 ITALY PORTUGAL SPAIN AND MEDITERRANEAN Genoa Savona Naples Tripoli Strachan Norman Lykes 425 Marseille Genoa Savona Leghorn Naples Piraeus Salonika Lisbon Hohenstein Kochu Maru 422 Marseille Genoa Savona Leghorn Naples Piraeus Salonika Lisbon Hohenstein Kochu Maru 422 Marseille Savona Genoa Leghorn Stevens Francesco Morosini 412 Marseille Savona Genoa Leghorn Stevens Veltor Pisani 421 Destination Agent or Owner Vessel and Sailing Date JAPAN FORMOSA KOREA AND HONGKONG Yokohama Kobe Osaka Hongkong Trosdall Philippine Maru 417 Manila Hongkong Saeki Osaka Kobe Nagoya Shimizu Yokohama Hohenstein Kohol Maru 45 Manila Hongkong Saeki Osaka Kobe Nagoya Shimizu Yokohama Hohenstein Katei Maru 423 Kobe Nagoya Osaka Yokohama Smith Kelly Kimakawa 413 NORTH CONTINENTAL EUROPE Bremen Hamburg Rotterdam Amsterdam Antwerp Sirachan Pioneer Cove 42 Oslo Gothenburg Copenhagen Malmo Gdynia Stockholm Helsinki Strachan Thalatta 421 Bremen Hamburg Rotterdam Amsterdam Antwerp Strachan Southwind 412 Bremen Hamburg Rotterdam Amsterdam Antwerp Strachan American Miller 424 Oslo Gothenburg Copenhagen Malmo Gdynia Stockholm Helsinki Strachan Thalatta 421 Antwerp Rotterdam Bremen Hamburg Hohenstein Honduras 424 Amsterdam Antwerp Bremen Hamburg LeHarve Rotterdam Smith Kelly Witmorsum 41 Amsterdam Antwerp Bremen Hamburg LeHarve Rotterdam Smith Kelly Oatmorsum 49 Amsterdam Antwerp Bremen Hamburg LeHarve Rotterdam Smith Kelly Loppersum 418 Antwerp Rotterdam Bremen Hamburg Stevens Else Huga Stinnes 41 Antwerp Rotterdam Bremen Hamburg Stevens Barbara 425 SOUTH AMERICA Rio de Janeiro Santos Montevideo Buenos Aires Paranagua Strachan Mormocreed 411 Port of Spain Belem Recife Salvador Bahia Rio de Janeiro Santos Montevideo Buenos Aires Paranagua Vie Belem Iquitos Manaus Soo Luiz via Recife Fortaleza Paramahyba Natal Casedello Maceio Strachan Mormacster 423 UNITED KINGDOM AND IRELAND London Strachan Pioneer Cove 42 Liverpool Manchester Glasgow Dublin Avonmouth Strachan Thomas Nelson 414 London Sirachan Southwind 415 London Strachan American Miller 424 London Hohenstein Honduras 424 Avonmouth Belfast Cardiff Dublin Glasgow Leith Liverpool Manchester Smith Kelly Manchester Progress 47 Avonmouth Belfast Cardiff Dublin Glasgow Leith Liverpool Manchester Smith Kelly Fort Avalon 420 COASTAL AND INTERCOASTAL SEATRAIN LINES Temporary schedule until further notice To New York every Saturday supplemented by sailings every other Tuesday To New Orleans every Sunday NOTE Every effort is made to insure accuracy in this schedule but Ports Authority cannot assume responsibility for errors A Decade of Good Eating from the Originators of frozen breaded shrimp For over 10 years the TRADE WINDS Company has produced a topnotch quality line of seafood products which have graced the tables of gourmets everywhere This quality control goes into every package of TRADE WINDS fresh frozen breaded fantail shrimp or PANREDI breaded fantail shrimp Look for the Good Housekeeping Seal of Approvalyour guarantee of quality The only breaded seafood Packer in the industry so recognized ft Guaranteed by Good Housekeeping ADVfUnStD JtoufoWktdL COMPANY Thunderbolt Georgia Plants Thunderbolt Georgia Brownsville Texas WHITSON MURRY AND ASSOCIATES INC 118 East 35th Street SAVANNAH GEORGIA BULK RATE U S POSTAGE PAID Permit No 294 Savannah Ga Acquisitions Division The University Libraries The University of Georgia Athens Georgia 0 SERVING the PORT OF SAVANNAH WE CAN PROVIDE ALLIED SERVICES Export packing and crating service at the port For intormation and rates call rrcbtTTRAC T t N G G R I F F 1 OF GEORGIA INC B MJL go plant iSIeMiSS W SA o b urne MAY 1960 Official Publication GEORGIA PORTS AUTHORITY XjWfERSlTY OF GEORGIA libraries IMPORTED COTTON BEING UNLOADED AT THE GARDEN CITY TERMINAL OF THE SAVANNAH STATE DOCKS AND WAREHOUSES Bay Onq Brandi Approved by thenXm u re i Guaranteed by od Housekeeping 4DVRTIStD X ii tHl I II o rV SI Look for this Good Housekeeping Seal on m s s safo ods TtoodeWindL COMPANY tolrML is Thunderbolt Georgia Plants Thunderbolt Georgia Brownsville Texas The Original Breaded Fantail Shrimp GEORGIA ANCH Official Publication VOLUME 1 NUMBER 9 MAY 19 6 0 of the Georgia Ports Authority P O Box 1039 Savannah Georgia Telephone ADams 42403 Garden City Terminal and Ocean Terminal of the Savannah State Docks and Warehouses Savannah Georgia and Bainbridge State Docks Bainbridge Georgia Brunswick State Docks Brunswick Georgia Augusta Georgia Columbus Georgia TABLE OF CONTENTS Directors Letter Passenger Service Returns to Savannah Propeller Club Honors Chairman GPA Brunswick Dedication Announced Chicago Office Opens Progress Report to Governor THead Pier Begins Operation Chairman Speaks Before Trade Association Port of Savannah Directory Shipping Schedules MEMBERS OF THE OFFICIAL BOARD Robert C Norman Augusta Chairman W D Trippe Cedartown Vice Chairman Thomas M Johnson Savannah A M Harris Brunswick Howell Hollis Columbus J W Taxi Smith Albany SecretaryTreasurer Anton F Solms Jr Savannah Attorney Page 4 5 6 7 7 9 13 15 18 19 ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF J D Holt Savannah Executive Director James I Newsome Jr Savannah Director of Operations Sam J Gardner Savannah Comptroller Claude Newman Atlanta Director of Commerce Charles E Hooper Savannah Director of Public Relations New York John F Fitzsimmons Room 1298 26 Broadway New York 4 N Y Telephone BOwling Green 90970 OFFICES Atlanta Claude Newman Lovell Surber 1332 Healey Building Telephone JAckson 51595 Asheville Tom R Talmadge 250 Kimberly Avenue Asheville N C Telephone ALpine 25718 GEORGIA ANCHORAGE Official Publication Georgia Ports Authority Jack D Holt Executive Director Published monthly by Whitson Murry and Associates Inc 118 East 35th Street Savannah Georgia Charles Hooper Editor Editorial Office Georgia Ports Authority Post Office Box 1039 Savannah Georgia Advertising Office Georgia AnchorAge 118 East 35th Street Savannah Georgia ADams 42403 We SeSuxe W TOWING SERVICE BY MODERN TUGS OPERATED BY SEASONED PERSONNEL ATLANTIC TOWING COMPANY 228 EAST BAY P O Box 136 SAVANNAH GEORGIA AD 28103 Page Three DIRECTORS LETTER The Georgia Ports Authority Operating SAVANNAH STATE DOCKS AND WAREHOUSES fl j Dear Friends You will find in this issue of the magazine a report that was submitted to Governor Ernest Vandiver by the Georgia Ports Authority summarizing the previous years growth and progress The report states that the year 1959 was one of tremendous growtha year of concerted business effort a year of service and a year highlighted by expansion to meet the ever increasing demands placed upon our port facilities We are most grateful as well as encouraged by the excellent support that we have received from all segments of our economy in connection with our expanded port program Again let me say thank you During the remainder of this year we anxiously look forward to several major items of importance Georgias second deep water port at Brunswick will be dedicated in August construction work on three new berths at the Garden City Terminal will be underway Our modernization program at Ocean Terminal will be finished and as a fitting climax to another years work in December a Governors Conference on Trade and Commerce will be held in Atlanta We look forward to a year of better and increased service to our customers Post Office Box 1039 Savannah Georgia J D HOLT Executive Director April 19 I960 Sincerely JDHeal J D HOLT Executive Director SAVANNAH HARBOR LAUNDRY AND DRY CLEANING SHIPS LAUNDRY SERVICE IN SAVANNAH GEORGIA SPECIALIZE IN TWXSV4009 HOHENSTEIN SHIPPING COMPANY STEAMSHIP AGENTS 105 EAST BAY STREET SAVANNAH GEORGIA STEVEDORES Phone AD 48886 Page Four Many Enjoy Cruise The SS BERGENSFJORD docked at the Ocean Terminal of the Savannah State Docks and Warehouses to begin a series of scheduled cruises leaving from the Port of Savannah Passengers are handled efficiently by the customs officials as they board the ship for a week of Caribbean sunshine rest relaxation and enjoyment Mr Fuller Callaway III and his new bride the former Jennie Ann Lindstrom sailed aboard the SS BERGENSFJORD for the first Caribbean cruise to leave Savannah this season Passenger Service Returns To Port Of Savannah With Several Scheduled Cruises Approximately 350 passengers boarded the luxury liner the SS BERGENSFJORD for a cruise to the Caribbean The SS BERGENSFJORD of the Norwegian American line left Savannah April 15 for St Thomas Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico The local agent for this vessel is Strachan Shipping Company On April 22 the SS BERGENSFJORD sailed again from Savannah for another Caribbean cruise On May 9 the SS ARIADNE of the Hamburg American line will leave for a Caribbean cruise A second sailing by this luxury liner is scheduled for May 13 The local agent for this ship is Smith and Kelly Company Two sailings by the Italian liner SS ITALIA for the Caribbean are scheduled for May 14 and 15 Strachan Shipping Company is also the local agent for this ship Page Five INTERE STED I3ST DEVELOPING OVERSEAS BUSINESS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR COMPLETE FOREIGN EE FARTME NT To help Southern firms expand their businesses and markets into other countries of the free world the Trust Company of Georgia and its affiliated banks provide facilities for collecting foreign drafts issuing letters of credt transferring funds abroad buying and selling foreign exchange and many other services so important to overseas businesses All of these banks are interested in your firms expansion Consult the Foreign Department of any of them for complete information ATLANTA Trust Company of Georgia AUGUSTA The First National Bank of Augusta COLUMBUS The Fourth National Bank MACON The First National Bank and Trust Company NORTH ATLANTA DeKalb National Bank of Brookhaven ROME The First National Bank SAVANNAH The Liberty National Bank and Trust Company MEMBERS Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ROBERT C NORMAN Propeller Club Honors Chairman The Propeller Club of Savannah at its meeting held at the DeSoto Hotel in April unanimously adopted a resolution praising Mr Robert C Norman Chairman of the Georgia Ports Authority for his work in port development The resolution reads in part WHEREAS Mr Robert C Norman has taken over the duties of chairman with enthusiasm and has diligently worked without compensation devoting a tremendous amount of time to the growth and development of the Ports of Georgia both inland and seaports and WHEREAS as a result of these efforts progress is being shown at Augusta Savannah Brunswick and Bainbridge and WHEREAS through the efforts of the existing Authority and their chairman Mr Norman the Governor of the State of Georgia has allocated over four and onehalf million dollars for further development of the Garden City Docks the Central Docks and the Augusta Docks and WHEREAS such expansion will redound to the benefit of all Georgians it is only fitting that some recognition be given to the diligent efforts by Mr Norman in his capacity as chairman of the Georgia Ports Authority NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE PROPELLER CLUB PORT OF SAVANNAH that this organization through unanimous vote of the membership does commend Mr Robert C Norman for the outstanding service that he has rendered the State of Georgia and the citizens thereof and that this organization pledges Mr Norman its support in his continued efforts to develop the ports system of this great state Page Six Dedication of New Brunswick State Docks Announced For Week of August 21st Mr Charles Gowen Chairman of the program for the dedication of the Brunswick State Docks announced that the dedication of the Brunswick State Docks would be tentatively set for the week of August 21 Several hundred guests are expected to attend the dedication of Georgias second deepwater port Members of various shipping lines representatives of railroad and truck lines Chambers of Commerce Boards of Trade customs press business groups and industry engaged in exportimport trade will be invited to the celebration The following committees to arrange the various phases of the dedication have been appointed and others will be appointed as plans progress 1 Shore Luncheon C V Abbott Chairman C K Curry Millard Copeland 2 Dinner at the Beach Club I M Aiken Chairman A M Harris A W Jones Ed Gaynor 3 Participation by Appropriate Navy Units W F Darby Chairman Harry duB Parker Joe Isenberg J D Gould Sr 4 Publicity Program Printing etc C H Leavy Chairman Tom Doughty Hugh Tollison 5 Traffic Over the Docks at Time of Dedication schedule shipping and sailings to coincide if possible George Bosserdet Chairman Ralph Carl Paul Orleman Bruce Smith The program will consist of a band concert a short welcome from local officials and speeches by Governor Ernest Vandiver and Mr Robert C Norman Chairman of the Georgia Ports Authority A shore luncheon will be held for all attending For Complete Foreign Department Service Call on THE CITIZENS AND SOUTHERN NATIONAL BANK 22 Bull Street Savannah Georgia Phone AD 45101 CABLE CITSOUTH Member of Federal Deposit Insurance Corp 1 Ilf I Palmer Cay INC No 1 Bull Street ALL FORMS OF INSURANCE MARINE INSURANCE SPECIALISTS SAVANNAH GEORGIA Page Seven SUDD E N SERVICE is no idle phrase at the Savannah State Docks and Warehouses Modern equipment skilled personnel ample warehousing and personal attention provide quick turnaround thereby cutting expenses and increasing profits Specify the Port of Savannah every time All inquiries are handled in strict confidence Today call or write or wire for additional information Address Inquiries to J D Holt Director P O Box 1039 Savannah Georgia OTHER OFFICES IN NEW YORK ATLANTA AND ASHEVILLE SERVICE t ha t co u n t si Progress and Activity Noted In Report To Governor By Georgia Ports Authority This past year 1959 has been one of tremendous growth It has been a year also of concerted business efforta year of service and a year highlighted by expansion to meet the ever increasing demands placed upon our port facilities It has been a year of changes in types of cargo affecting our operations as well as changes in procedure to provide more efficient operation EXPANSION AND CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM BRUNSWICK Several new and needed projects were begun this past year Of primary interest has been the awarding of a contract and actual construction of Georgias second deepwater port at Brunswick Construction of this new 500 feet pier with accompanying transit shed and necessary equipment is scheduled for completion in August 1960 Already ships are being attracted to Brunswicks new facility and with its excellent deepwater harbor Georgia can certainly be proud of its second deepwater port Plans for the dedication of this new facility in August of this year are being formulated now A committee to handle this program has already been formed and the Georgia Ports Authority is working closely with them GARDEN CITY TERMINAL At the Savannah State DocksGarden City Terminalconstruction of a new Thead pier to handle petroleum products molasses latex and petro chemicals was started This past year although our Garden City facility operated at a maximum capacity and efficiency 28 ships were diverted from here due to congestion at the berths In order to relieve this congestion the 4000000 allocated by you for new construction at the Garden City Terminal will enable us to provide three additional berths The services of an engineering firm are currently engaged in drawing final plans for these three berths Actual construction is scheduled to begin in August of this year OCEAN TERMINAL Our other facility at Savannah the Ocean Terminal has been operated by the Ports Authority for just a little over a year During our first year of operation tonnage handled by berths at Ocean Terminal increased 105 or more than doubled as compared with the previous year Our revenues available for payment of interest have amounted to more than the interest accrued for this period The grant of 425000 will enable us to make substantial improvements to berthing and docking facilities and to construct storage and truck facilities at the Ocean Terminal Contracts for this work have been let and the work should be completed on or about August 1 1960 BAINBRIDGE A new storage pad at Bainbridge was completed to add to the modern facilities there GENERAL Needed equipment for more efficient handling and operation has been purchased Our equipment is as modern as any on the South Atlantic Modernization of the administration building in Savannah was begun to provide the needed facilities to expedite shipments This will enable us also to provide better services to customers and more efficient conduct of business AUGUSTA At Augusta extensive engineering work is being done in an effort to finalize plans for the construction of Georgias second inland barge terminal Your grant of 250000 added to the 150000 that has already been made available will greatly aid construction at Augusta Numerous conferences have been held with engineers barge operators shippers and businessmen Based upon these conferences we hope that the first phase of the Augusta State Docks will soon become a reality OPERATIONS New highs in tonnage were experienced this past year at all of the Georgia Ports Authoritys operations Even in the face of increasing rising costs we have been able to maintain a modest yearend profit One of the things we recognized was that our charges were not realistic if we were to continue to be selfsupporting in our operations Numerous joint conferences with other Port Authority personnel in the South Atlantic area have resulted in new business like charges that have already gone into effect to help meet increasing rising costs The Garden City Terminal has been in operation only six years Within this relatively short period of time tonnage at this facility increased from 232920 tons to 870251 tons and vessels calling at this facility jumped from 46 to 431almost tenfold In six years we have operated in excess of 100 efficient capacity at this facility Certain sections of the bond indenture for the Ocean Terminal have been renegotiated to provide a moratorium for certain needed improvements to berthing and docking facilities there Under the program made possible by you the new construction at Garden City and major improvements at Ocean Terminal will more than double our berthing facilities at Savannah Instead of five operational berths we will have twelve In addition we have three berths leased to private firms making a total of fifteen berths This is considerably more than our competing States The Ports Authority of South Carolina operates nine berths at Charleston the North Carolina Ports Authority operates four berths ai Wilmington The maintenance and repair shops have been consolidated and completely reorganized GOVERNOR VANDIVER to provide savings as well as more efficient operations The Security Force has been reorganized to provide adequate protection of the properties as well as goods in transit PERSONNEL A fulltime representative for the Georgia Ports Authority in the important New York area was assured when the Ports Authority established a New York office with a complete staff We were able to establish this office by savings that resulted in the reorganization of personnel and adoption of better business procedures at our Garden City facility In order to provide better services and information to Georgia businessmen industrialists and agriculturists of our State and surrounding area a new Georgia representative was selected He will spend his time and efforts in acquainting Georgia businessmen industrialists and agriculturists with the savings and services that they can derive by shipping through Georgias ports Preliminary plans have been made for the establishment of a new Chicago office in the important trade area of the Midwest The establishment of this office was made possible by the donation of funds from the City of Savannah Chatham County Savannah Chamber of Commerce and the Savannah District Authority Departments within the Georgia Ports Authoritys organization have been consolidated and reorganized for more effective internal coordination PUBLIC RELATIONS AND PROMOTION The Public Relations program has been expanded in an effort to adequately inform all segments of Georgias economic life as well as business and industry in our affected trade area of the services and advantages accrued in using Georgias ports Approximately 200 speeches were made to various business civic and commercial groups by the Speakers Bureau of the Ports Authority For the first time in the Georgia Ports Authoritys history a monthly trade magazine was initiated to supply continuing information to our regular customers as well as to prospective new customersand this at no cost to the Authority Continued on Page 10 Page Nine GANEW WAY LAUNDRY 1160 WHEATON STREET Storage Vault at Main Plant WOOLS AND FURS Savannahs Only INDIVIDUAL Laundry ADams 31121 Progress and Activity Noted Continued from Page 9 A new color brochure describing Georgias complete port operations has been distributed An Impact Study on the effect of waterborne commerce on Georgias economy was completed Among other things this report shows that By applying the formula of the percentage of total business associated with or derived from waterborne commerce to state corporate income sales and use and license taxes paid by portdependent firms located at Savannah it was determined that 22 million dollars in state tax revenue can be attributed to portrelated activities Through tracing the origin and destination of all inbound and outbound railroad freight cars handled at the State Docks in Savannah for the period July 1 1958 to June 30 1959 as well as all truck haul movements through these facilities during July 1958 November 1958 and March 1959 it was disclosed that 118 counties situated in all parts of Georgia were directly engaged in waterborne commerce through Savannah State Docks Of these counties 106 received goods from foreign countries andor the states 59 shipped products through the port and 47 countries both imported and exported A regional breakdown on Georgia into nine sections which possess within themselves considerably physiographic and economic homogeneity and a study of the movement of waterborne commerce originating in and destined for the counties in these sections underscores the fact that the transition in Georgia to a more wellrounded diversified economy is being powerfully facilitated by the flow of goods through the ports of Savannah Brunswick and Bainbridge Statements of portusing businessmen in all nine regions who are engaged in agricultural lumbering mining and industrial activities attest to the fact that firms throughout the state derive economic advantages in using the ports of Georgia largely in terms of faster delivery better service to their customers and lower inland freight rates A new industrial brochure concerning the Whitehall Plantation property designed and prepared by the Georgia Ports Authority and the Savannah District Authority has been distributed A worldwide advertising program has begun Continued on Page 12 K LINEI KAWSAKI KISE KAISHA LTD FAST RELIABLE SERVICE SAVANNAH TO FAR EAST calling Yokohama Kobe Nagoya Osaka Bangkok Singapore MS GOSHU MARU JUNE 6 MS KUNIKAWA JULY 12 Loads Savannah State Docks SMITH KELLY COMPANY AGENTS Ocean Steamship Building Savannah ADams 23151 JjPerr steamship COMPANY INC GENERAL AGENTS 51 Broad Street New York 4 WHitehall 44450 SCOTT CONCRETE PIPE COMPANY INC P O BOX 2226 PHONE AD 22369 SAVANNAH GEORGIA SAVANNAH BRUSH CHEMICAL COMPANY JanitorsMaintenance Sanitary Supplies 247 Habersham Street Savannah Ga Phone AD 24446 DAVE BLOCK CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA 2 Adgers Wharf Phone RA 22921 SAVANNAH GEORGIA Ocean Steamship Co Bldg Phone ADams 23151 JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA 3226 Talleyrand Ave Phone ELgin 57671 SOUTHERN SHIPPING COMPANY STEAMSHIP AGENTS STEVEDORES FOREIGN FREIGHT FORWARDERS Page Ten Construction work on the modernization of the Ocean Terminal will be completed within the next six weeks Above is a picture of check that was recently received as part of Governor Vandivers announced program of 4750010 for expansion of our port facilities Executive Director Announces Opening of Chicago Office Mr J D Holt Executive Director of the Georgia Ports Authority announced that a full time office to serve customers in the Chicago and surrounding area would be opened within the next thirty days This new office was made possible through the fine Cooperation and contributions from the City of Savannah OVER 2500 IMPORTANT PEOPLE READ ANCHOR AGE WRITE FOR ADVERTISING RATES Chatham County Savannah District Authority and the Chamber of Commerce After returning last week from Chicago Mr Holt stated that an announcement would be made soon concerning the name of the representative and the location of his office WHO READS ANCHOR AGE The Most Influential People in the State of Georgia Write for Advertising Rates for PERSONALIZED Si SERVICE Centralize CHECK THESE FEATURES 2000 mile private telephone network between all terminals Twoway radio dispatching Reliable refrigerated service Prompt claim settlements CO D returns remitted promptly V US Bonded Customs licensed V Scheduled operations You know where your shipment is every moment when you use Central Our network of private telephone lines teletypes and twoway radio dispatching give you complete and personal service all the way So next timeCentralize 30 Modern Terminals in GEORGIA ALABAMA FLORIDA MISSISSIPPI LOUISIANA CENTRAL TRUCK LINES INC GENERAL OFFICES 1005 JACKSON STREET TAMPA FLA PH 23902 SAVANNAH TERMINAL For Information Write Central Truck Lines Sales Dept P O Box 1411 Tampa 1 Fla 109 E LATHROP AVE Page Eleven Progress and Activity Noted Continued from Page 10 Close cooperation with the news media is carried on A world trade booth display has been approved A new Spanish brochure in an effort to increase our trade with South America is now being prepared A trade promotion trip to South America by the Executive Director has already proved tremendously profitable Close liaison with industrial agricultural and commercial organizations has been maintained With your full and enthusiastic support a Governors Conference on Trade and Commerce is being actively sponsored and organized by the Georgia Ports Authority For the first time in Georgias history all segments of Georgias economic lifebusinessmen industrialists agriculturists exportersimporters and transportation groups will be brought together in an effort to stimulate and encourage the sale of Georgias goods in overseas markets ACQUISITIONS AND NEW BUSINESS As a result of the allocation of funds by you the Ports Authority acquired the 388 acre tract of land adjacent to the Garden City Terminal named the Whitehall Plantation Plans are proceeding for the attraction of new business and development of this property Extensive efforts have been put forth to completely fill warehouse space In 1958 there was approximately 800000 square feet of vacant warehouse space Today there is less than 200000 vacant square feet In January 1959 the new halfmillion dollar Savannah Terminal Inc a private concern dealing in the importation of asphalt was dedicated located at the Garden City Terminal at Savannah After long and careful deliberation and planning we have had located on our property at Savannah another industry Petroleum Terminal Company which will import fuel oils These new industries help us to increase our tonnage New business at Bainbridge has also been esablished ColumbiaSouthern Chemical Company and the Seminole Shell Company have located their facilities also in Bainbridge Plans and prospects for the establishment of more business and industry on Port property is more encouraging Continued on Page 14 JOSEPH CRAIG AND COMPANY Custom House and Foreign Freight Forwarders Joseph Craig Jr Manager Telephone ADams 69222 P O Box 1777 804 Realty Building Savannah Georgia GEORGIAS UP AND COMING INLAND PORT AT BAINBRIDGE Bainbridge is grateful for its Port We believe it means a brilliant future for us The Citizens Bank and Trust Company Bainbridge Georgia Member FDIC COME TO SEE US SERVING SINCE 1870 STEAMSHIP AGENTS STEVEDORING FORWARDING AGENTS SMITH KELLY COMPANY OCEAN STEAMSHIP CO BUILDING P O Box 1639 Phone ADams 23151 SAVANNAH GEORGIA Page Twelve Second THead Pier Goes Into Operation At Garden City Terminal A second Thead pier located at the Garden City Terminal of the Savannah State Docks and Warehouses was placed into operation on April 14 1960 to facilitate the handling of petroleum products molasses latex and petrochemicals The first ship to arrive was the YUKON discharging fuel The next day the JjYRIC arrived and it dis charged molasses and the following day the SPIRIT OF LIBERTY arrived and it was discharging fuel and chemicals In the picture above Mr James I Newsome Jr Director of Operations describes the operation of the Thead pier to Jean Kutchey Mary Hann and Ellis Dowd all of the operations department SesiuitUj Posit ojf Scuffinali SAVANNAH PILOTS ASSOCIATION SPLOSNA PLOVBA cMafifiy 7a Announce A Reyulal Monthly Gall At 1Ue PORT OF SAVANNAH Westbound Express Service Calling at Ports of NEW YORK PHILADELPHIA BALTIMORE WILMINGTON CHARLESTON SAVANNAH Thence to NEW YORK and Outward Mediterranean Ports of Call Will Include TANGIER GENOA NAPLES TRIESTE RIJEKA Other Yugoslav Ports Optional Ports MARSEILLES North African Ports If Sufficient Cargo Offers Savannah Agents SMITH KELLY CO CROSSOCEAN SHIPPING COMPANY INC General Agents North America JuGOSLAVENSKA LlNIJSKA PlOVIDBA Yugoslav Line Rijeka STEAMSHIP AGENTS SHIP OPERATORS BROKERS 17 BATTERY PLACE NEW YORK 4 N Y Telephone Whitehall 41184 Cables Crossocean Codes BoeLombard Page Thirteen Phone AD 22105 Warehousing and Pool Car Distribution Durrence Transfer Company INCORPORATED Cor Bay Street and Lathrop Avenue SAVANNAH GEORGIA Jack Durrence President Progress and Activity Noted Continued from Page 12 The morale and enthusiasm of the port personnel in all of our operations is high No operation can be successful without able intelligent enthusiastic personnel dedicated to the job without reference to time or effort We have such personnel With your allocation of 4750000 the Ports Authority can embark on the largest expansion program in its history We are actively working now to provide additional berths and facilities in order to maintain our present business as well as expand and invite new industries businesses and agricultural firms to Georgia With your active leadership and enthusiastic support the members of the Authority and personnel look forward to a second year of service with confidence in our efforts to provide increasing gains and economic growth for all Georgians BRUNSWICK a City of Opportunities where BANKING is a PLEASURE THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK of BRUNSWICK MEMBER FDIC BRUNSWICK GEORGIA Serving the South CENTRIFUGED NATURAL LATEX Available in TANK CARS TANK TRUCKS DRUMS From Our Savannah Ga Facilities Merton Trading Co Inc Hicksville New York SHAH M1CU11 k FflUDIY CO WE SPECIALIZE IN DRY DOCKING AND VOYAGE REPAIRS GRAVING DOCK 540 x 73 FLOATING DRYDOCK 1000 TONS Lathrop Avenue Savannah Georgia SAVANNAH GEORGIA JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA 216 West Hull Street 3615 Evergreen Street Phone ADams 65734 Phone ELgin 30928 ATLANTA GEORGIA MACON GEORGIA 1920 Moreland Ave SE 2225 Waterville Road Phone MArket 77381 Phone 33791 El N T N SERVING GEORGIA AND FLORIDA OVERNIGHT SERVICE Rapid Express INSURED BONDED CARRIER 216 WEST HULL STREET PHONE ADams 65734 SAVANNAH GEORGIA Page Fourteen Chairman Of Georgia Ports Authority Speaks Before Foreign Trade Association In Atlanta This is a speech that was delivered recently by Mr Robert C Norman Chairman of the Georgia Ports Authority in Atlanta Georgia to the Foreign Trade Association Because of the extreme interest and requests for this speech it is a pleasure for us to reprint it here for you To all of us tradition and custom certainly play an important role in our daily lives It has always been customary and traditional to have lemonade at a picnicto have hopping John on New Years Day to play a practical joke on our friends on April Fools Day and even break a bottle of champagne over the bow of a ship when it is being christened Each one of you here today I am sure can think of numerous customs and traditions that have a special meaning to you personally Tradition and custom certainly add meaning and color to our activities Now I suppose that some of you here are wondering why I have started my speech talking about traditions and customs By profession as you know I am an attorney and tradition and custom certainly has its place in the law profession Also since assuming my new duties last year as Chairman of the Georgia Ports Authority I have come to learn that tradition and custom play a role in port and shipping operations In talking with various business men steamship officials shippers people engaged in exportimport business and other operations occasionally you hear these expressions during the course of the conversation Traditionally we have always shipped our goods through Mobile It has always been our custom to use Charleston These remarks have been most interesting to me I would like to express my feelings on this matter of tradition and custom by giving you a quotation from Franz Boas It is as follows Conformity keeps tradition alive nonconformity breaks through tradition and if directed by reason helps to free us from the errors of the past The Port of Savannah itself has traditions and customs But the Georgia Ports Authority operations are relatively new Since we are new we dont have to change any old habits We can concentrate on forming new habits These new habits in turn I hope will become tradition and custom Let me give you some reasons why we think our habits are becoming tradition and custom We operate in Savannah as you know the Garden City Terminal and the Ocean Terminal Our Garden City Terminal has been in operation only five years yet in this relatively short period of time tonnage at this facility increased from 232920 tons to 870251 tons and vessels calling at this facility jumped from 46 to 431almost tenfold Last year at the Port of Savannah over 2000 vessels called In January of this year Governor Vandiver announced the allocation of 4500000 for the Port of Savannah This is by far the largest amount of money ever allocated for port expansion in Georgia With this money we will build three new additional berths at the Garden City Terminal and make major improvements in berthing facilities at the Ocean Terminal When this work is completed instead of five operational berths at Savannah we will have 12 In addition we have three berths leased to private firms making a total of 15 berths This is considerably more than our competing states The Ports Authority of South Carolina operates 9 berths at Charleston and the North Carolina Ports Authority operates 4 berths at Wilmington With these funds and the ensuing construction the Port of Savannah which is today ranked as the number one port in the South Atlantic in export and import tonnage will be able to maintain and increase its position of leadership According to the latest report issued by the United States Corps of Engineers on Waterborne Commerce Charleston had 1336975 import tonnage and 258187 export tonnage Jacksonville had 1625067 import tonnage and 250970 export tonnage Wilmington had 490340 import tonnage and 179437 export tonnage Savannah had 1934444 import tonnage and 367621 export tonnagelarger in both classifications than any other competing South Atlantic port As you know regular scheduled service is available from the Port of Savannah to all of the ports of the free world During the past year construction was begun on a new deepwater facility at Brunswick The Georgia Ports Authoritys new two million dollar terminal at Brunswick is to be completed in June of this year Already ships are being attracted to Brunswicks new facility and with its exceptional deepwater harbor Georgia can certainly be proud of its second deepwater port Let me tell you also about the ABCs of our inland port development program Augusta Bainbridge and Columbus The inland port at Bainbridge has been operating for approximately two years and new industry and increased shipments have characterized its spectacular growth This year Governor Vandiver allocated an additional 250000 for the development of the Augusta State Docks Continued on Page 16 Page Fifteen Continued from Page 15 This represents a total of 400000 that has been made available by the State for the development of Georgias second inland port of Augusta As soon as the multipurpose dams on the Chattahoochee have been completed Georgia will have a third inland port at Columbus Preliminary discussions are now in progress between the Georgia Ports Authority and government civic and other interested groups in Columbus In addition to the physical facilities our modern equipment warehouse space and operations are ready to serve the increasing demands by business industry and agriculture Last year a considerable amount of our time in promotional and public relations work was spent in an effort to better acquaint the people of Georgia concerning the benefits that they derive from expanded port operations This year we are beginning a second phase of promotion and public relations and that is to attract more business and more industry to Georgias ports In order to be of service to all groups in our affected trade area we have increased our solicitation force We have now a fullltime representative in New York we have a fulltime midwestern representative we have a Georgia representative we are establishing now a fulltime representative for the Chicago area and we have a Director of Commerce and a freight traffic rate expert in Atlanta These gentlemen are there to assist interested groups in every way possible Not only are they there to serve existing business but they are there to promote trade and commerce through our modern facilities Every effort will be made to further acquaint business men exportersimporters and agriculturists of the frequent regular sailings to all ports of the world of the savings and benefits that are accrued by using Georgias ports and of the freight savings made possible through the use of Georgias ports Rate structure on traffic through the South Atlantic and Gulf Ports is under constant scrutiny to make sure that no preference is given any other port and in addition potential tonnage for Sa vannah receives immediate and intensive attention to the end of establishing the most attractive rates possible by all forms of transportation There are some instances where Savannah is lower than either Charleston or Mobileas in the case of waste paper which is 28 cents to Savannah30 cents to Charleston and 33 cents to Mobile from Atlanta These efforts by all of us will make our new facilities become tradition and custom We are most actively interested in participating and sponsoring another new venture for Georgia which we hope again will become custom and tradition Approximately six weeks ago several organizations including the Georgia Ports Authority and the Foreign Trade Association with Mr Walker Pendleton as its representative met to discuss the advisability of a trade conference for Georgia Georgia has never had a conference on Trade and Commerce in its entire history As a result of these and other discussions in December of this year there will be a Governors Conference on Trade and Commerce There will be approximately 26 sponsoring organizations For the first time in the history of Georgias economic life all segments of business industry agriculture transportation and commerce in the State will attend and participate This conference will have outstanding speakers from throughout the world In this concerted effort to stimulate and promote Georgias goods products and materials in the ever increasing world market we anticipate an attendance of well over 600 people We are grateful to your organization for its active support and sponsorship and you can look soon for a more detailed announcement concerning this conference All of these things I have been talking to you about are new New notes of progress in construction in service in promotion and in trade development There is as you know a new look in Georgia todaythe proud look of economic growth and success We are indeed most fortunate in Georgia to have not only fine deepwater ports but excellent river systems for inland de velopment We have embarked on a program of progressive development of the ports Development that will stimulate and attract business industry and commerce The port authority operated docks in use the imaginative plans for expansion and improvement now going into effect are proof of our own faith in Georgias future proof that Georgians everywhere recognize the importance of the States natural wealth of waterways proof of our ample rivers our fine deepwater ports will continue to serve as Georgias Gateway to the World ships and barges leaving and entering the ports of Georgia ships and barges that tell the world of Georgias proud new economic and industrial success If you are not already fully familiar with our operation and facilities and our services I hope that you will take a look at our new look This new look that I hope will become tradition and custom for all of you Page Sixteen T H GUERRY LUMBER COMPANY Everything to Build Anything 123 West 45th Street Savannah Georgia AD 23128 SCHLITZ Distributed in Savannah By HOWARD BEVERAGE CO 515 West Hul Street AD 23819 P O Box 493 Phone ADams 38809 SAVANNAH OXYGEN SUPPLY COMPANY Oxygen Acetylene Carbide Welding Equipment 3235 West Bay Street Savannah Georgia t Phones Res AD 38429 Office AD 34578 f W A Porter Trucking Co i Dumps Flats and Winch Trucks W A Portor Owner Cenral of Georgia R R Yards SAVANNAH GEORGIA Phone AD 36631 Kutchey Auto Supply Complete Machine Shop Service 217 Liberty Street West SAVANNAH GA SAVANNAH RADIATOR COMPANY General Auto Repairs 315 West Bay Street AD 23118 CRITZ BUICK COc AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR BUICK d OPEL Sales and Service 3100 MONTGOMERY STREET SAVANNAH GEORGIA AD 43461 SHIP OVERSEAS WITH THE GREATEST OF EASE The Southern connects almost every major city I in the fastgrowing South Whether you are an importer or exporter our traffic specialists may be able to help you save time trouble and money Mj SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM ftoyal ilelfierlands Steamship tompang A 25 Broadway New York 4 N Y Regular FORTNIGHTLY sailings from S AV AN N AH to LA GUA1RA GUANTA TRINIDAD CD BOLIVAR GEORGETOWN and PARAMARIBO Accepting cargo for Curacao and Aruba with transshipment at Trinidad AGENTS Jacksonville Fla Savannah Ga Strachan Shipping Co Strachan Shipping Co Charleston S C Carolina Shipping Co Also Strachan Shipping Co Cincinnati Memphis Atlanta Chicago St Louis and Kansas City NEW YORK AGENTS FUNCH EDYE CO INC Page Seventeen PORT OF SAVANNAH DIRECTORY STEAMSHIP AGENCIES HOHENSTEIN SHIPPING COMPANY Arcade Building SMITH KELLY COMPANY Ocean Steamship Terminals SOUTHERN SHIPPING COMPANY Ocean Steamship Terminals STEVENS SHIPPING COMPANY 26 East Bay Street STRACHAN SHIPPING COMPANY Savannah Bank Building TARVER SHIPPING COMPANY Arcade Building TROSDAL SHIPPING COMPANY Savannah Bank Building STEVEDORING COMPANIES HOHENSTEIN SHIPPING COMPANY 105 East Bay Street MARTIN W ROBERTS Arcade Building SMITH KELLY COMPANY Ocean Steamship Terminals SOUTHERN SHIPPING COMPANY Ocean Steamship Terminals STEVENS SHIPPING COMPANY 26 East Bay Street STRACHAN SHIPPING COMPANY Savannah Bank Building AD 37579 AD 23151 AD 23151 AD 38803 AD 46671 AD 48829 AD 46671 AD 48886 AD 48829 AD 23151 AD 23151 AD 38803 AD 46671 FOREIGN FREIGHT FORWARDERS ANDERSON SHIPPING COMPANY American Building CRAIG COMPANY Realty Building HOHENSTEIN SHIPPING COMPANY Arcade Building JOHN S JAMES Savannah Bank Building D J POWERS American Building SMITH KELLY COMPANY Ocean Steamship Terminals SOUTHERN SHIPPING COMPANY Ocean Steamship Terminals STEVENS SHIPPING COMPANY 26 East Bay Street TARVER SHIPPING COMPANY Arcade Building COMMERCIAL BANKS THE CITIZENS SOUTHERN NATIONAL BANK THE LIBERTY NATIONAL BANK TRUST COMPANY SAVANNAH BANK TRUST COMPANY U S ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS DISTRICT ENGINEER 200 East St Julian Street U S DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE FIELD OFFICE Post Office Building Belgium Brazil Costa Rica Cuba Denmark Dominican Republic Finland France Italy Netherlands Norway Sweden Venezuela CONSULS E K Meredith Jack M Sayler E K Meredith Mrs Sigo Mendel Oscar M Hansen Jack M Sayler A G Van Schaick Edwin J Middleton Joseph M Cafeiro A G Van Schaick E Storm Trosdal L Roy Riddick Sr PrietoHopkins SAVANNAH DISTRICT AUTHORITY 42 East Bay Street Consul Vice Consul Consular Agent Consul Vice Consul Consul Vice Consul Consular Agent Consular Agent Vice Consul Vice Consul Vice Consul Consul AD 39604 SIMM smppim rim phi STEAMSHIP AGENTS AND STEVEDORES OFFICES SAVANNAH GEORGIA BRUNSWICK GEORGIA JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA PORT EVERGLADES FLORIDA PENSACOLA FLORIDA MOBILE ALABAMA NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA HOUSTON TEXAS GALVESTON TEXAS DALLAS TEXAS ST LOUIS MISSOURI KANSAS CITY KANSAS MEMPHIS TENNESSEE CHICAGO ILLINOIS CINCINNATI OHIO ATLANTA GEORGIA NEW YORK OFFICE 17 BATTERY PLACE NEW YORK N Y Page Eighteei u f f 4 4 4rmm V nw j r f 4 i i 4 l 1 Schedi From the Port Destination Agent or Owner Vessel and Sailing Date AFRICA Capetown Pt Elizabeth East London Durban Lourenco Marques Beira Mombasa Tanga Zanzibar DaresSalaam Strachan Robin Locksley 56 Capetown Pt Elizabeth East London Durban Lourenco Marques Beira Mombasa Tanga Zanzibar DaresSalaam Strachan Mormacwind 520 Capetown Pt Elizabeth East London Durban Lourenco Marques Beira DaresSalaam Mombasa Hohenstein Kunishima Maru 510 Capetown Pt Elizabeth East London Durban Lourenco Marques Beira DaresSalaam Mombasa Hohenstein Mishima Maru 524 Capetown Pt Elizabeth East London Durban Lourenco Marques Beira Shipments for West African points with transshipment at New York Stevens African Planet 512 Capetown Pt Elizabeth East London Durban Lourenco Marques Beira Shipments for West African points with transshipment at New York Stevens African Moon 526 AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND Adelaide Brisbane Melbourne Newcastle Noumea Sydney Smith Kelly Limerick 56 Adelaide Brisbane Fremantle Melbourne Sydney Smith Kelly Port Hardy 520 Auckland Dunedin Lyttelton Napier New Plymouth Port Chaomers Wellington Smith Kelly City of Edinburgh 5l Brisbane Sydney Melbourne Adelaide Port Kembla Burnie Strachan Pioneer Surf 52 THE CARIBBEAN LaGuaira Guanta Trinidad Cd Bolivar Georgetown Paramaribo LaGuaira Guanta Trinidad Cd Strachan Oberon 54 Bolivar Georgetown Paramaribo Strachan Doris 518 Havana Hohenstein Camaguey 510 Havana Hohenstein Oriente 525 LaGuaira Maracaibo Puerto Cabello LaGuaira Guanta Trinida Cd Smith Kelly Carlota Bolten 515 Bolivar Georgetown Paramaribo Strachan Poseiadon 518 Havana Tarver Weekly sailings INDIA PAKISTAN Alexandria Beirut Bombay Calcutta Colombo Smith Kelly Mohamed Ali El Kebir 520 Karachi Madras Aqaba Jeddah Karachi Bombay Smith Kelly Jalagapal 514 Madras Calcutta Chittagong Strachan Bay Slate 58 Lattakia Beirut Alexandria Jeddah Karachi Bombay Madras Calcutta Strachan Steel Recorder 513 J Y Destination Agent or Owner Vessel and Sailing Date ITALY PORTUGAL SPAIN AND MEDITERRANEAN Marseille Genoa Savona Leghorn Naples Piraeus Salonika Lisbon Barcelona Genoa Genoa Koper Naples Rijeka Tangier Venice Genoa Savona Marseilles Leghorn Genoa Savona Marseilles Leghorn Hohenstein Smith Kelly Smith Kelly Strachan Stevens Stevens Kohcho Maru 5X3 Mohamed Ali El Kebir 520 Bovec 512 Cecile Bovig 5l Lorenzo Marcello 512 Andrea Gritti 526 JAPAN FORMOSA KOREA AND HONGKONG Kobe Yokohama Osaka Hongkong Yokohama Kobe Osaka Nagoya Keelung Hongkong Manila Kobe Nagoya Osaka Yokohama Kobe Osaka Hongkong Trosdal Hohenstein Smith Kelly Trosdal Havana Maru 517 Kohka Maru 55 Kamikawa Maru 515 Laplata Maru 527 NORTH CONTINENTAL EUROPE Oslo Gothenburg Copenhagen Malmo Gdynia Stockholm Helsinki Strachan Sparreholm 523 Bremen Hamburg Rotterdam Amsterdam Antwerp Strachan Southstar 510 Bremen Hamburg Rotterdam Amsterdam Antwerp Strachan Pioneer Cove 521 Antwerp Rotterdam Bremen Hamburg Hohenstein Anna dland 525 Amsterdam Antwerp Bremen Hamburg LeHarve Rotterdam Smith Kelly Woltersum 512 SOUTH AMERICA Port of Spain Belum Recife Salvador Bahia Rio de Janeiro Santoa Montevideo Buenos Aires San Nicolas Paranagua TS Via Belum Iquitos Manaus Sao Luiz TS Via Recife Fortaleza Pamahyba Natal Cabedello Maceio Strachan Mormayork 57 Port of Spain Belum Recife Salvador Bahia Rio de Janeiro Santoa Porto AlegreRio Grande do suloptional Montevideo Buenos Aires Paranagua TS Via Belum Iquitos Manaus Sao Luiz TS Via Recife Fortaleza Parnahyba Natal Cabedello Maceio Strachan Mormacswan 528 UNITED KINGDOM AND IRELAND London Strachan Pioneer Cove 521 London Hohenstein Anna dland 525 Avonmouth Belfast Cardiff Dublin Glasgow Leith Liverpool Manchester Smith Kelly Manchester Port 510 Manchester Liverpool Dublin Glasgow Avonmouth Strachan Southport 510 London Strachan Southstar 510 COASTAL AND INTERCOASTAL Savannah to New Orleans Savannah to New York New York to Savannah New Orleans to Savannah SEATRAIN LINES Sailing Day Monday Tuesday Friday Friday WHITSON MURRY AND ASSOCIATES INC 118 East 35th Street SAVANNAH GEORGIA BULK RATE U S POSTAGE PAID Permit No 294 Savannah Ga Acquisitions Division The University Libraries The University of Georgia Athens Georgia SAVANNAH 64 c SERVING the PORT of SAVANNAH WE CAN PROVIDE ALLIED SERVICES Export pocking and crating service at the port For information ond rotes coll or write mmmmm 1 IHHHH bw a Volume 1 Number 10 JUNE 1960 Official Publication of the GEORGIA PORTS AUTHORITY CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAY Traffic Managers all over America have come to know Central of Georgia Railway as a progressive railroad actively engaged in providing transportation that is FAST SAFE SURE This spirit for progress coupled with the will to serve PLUS connections with 15 major railroads make the natural choice Central of Georgia Theres a friendly Central representative near YOU GEORGIA ANCHO C i VOLUME 1 NUMBER 10 JUNE 1960 Official Publication of the Georgia Ports Authority P O Box 1039 Savannah Georgia Telephone ADams 42403 Garden City Terminal and Ocean Terminal of the Savannah State Docks and Warehouses Savannah Georgia and Bainbridge State Docks Bainbridge Georgia Brunswick State Docks Brunswick Georgia Augusta Georgia Columbus Georgia TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Directors Letter 4 Chicago Office Opens 5 Savannah Traffic Club Elects Newsome 6 Group Tours Popular 7 Authority Meets in Columbus 8 Nitrate Officials Visit Port 10 Georgia Exports Increase 12 April Tonnage Sets Record 14 Port of Savannah Directory 17 Shipping Schedules 18 MEMBERS OF THE OFFICIAL BOARD Robert C Norman Augusta Chairman W D Trippe Cedartown Vice Chairman Thomas M Johnson Savannah A M Harris Brunswick Howell Hollis Columbus J W Taxi Smith Albany SecretaryTreasurer Anton F Solms Jr Savannah Attorney ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF J D Holt Savannah Executive Director James I Newsome Jr Savannah Director of Operations Sam J Gardner Savannah Comptroller Claude Newman Atlanta Director of Commerce Charles E Hooper Savannah Director of Public Relations OFFICES New York Atlanta Asheville Chicago 4i John F Fitzsimmons Claude Newman Tom R Talmadge John H Sykora j Room 1298 26 Broadway Lovell Surber 250 Kimberly Avenue Geo W Eggert V New York 4 N Y 1332 Healey Building Asheville N C 224 S Michigan Ave Telephone Telephone Telephone Chicago 4 Illinois BOwling Green 90970 JAckson 51595 ALpine 25718 Telephone j HArrison 78478 1 GEORGIA ANCHORAGE rt Official Publication Georgia Ports Authority i Jack D Holt Executive Director 1 Published monthly by Whitson Murry and Associates Inc 118 East 35th Street Savannah Georgia Charles Hooper Editor Editorial Office Georgia Ports Authority Post Office Box 1039 Savannah Georgia Advertising Office Georgia AnchorAge 118 East 35th Street Savannah Georgia ADams 42403 FF lre Seiue Pvd TOWING SERVICE BY MODERN TUGS OPERATED BY SEASONED PERSONNEL ATLANTIC TOWING COMPANY 228 EAST BAY P O Box 136 SAVANNAH GEORGIA AD 28103 Page Three DIRECTORS LETTER The Georgia Ports Authority Operating SAVANNAH STATE DOCKS AND WAREHOUSES Post Office Box 1039 Savannah Georgia J D HOLT Executive Director May 18 I960 Dear Friends August 25th will certainly be an important date for the Georgia Ports Authority On this day the Brunswick State Docks will be dedicated and Georgias second deepwater port will then be a reality We expect to have approximately 1200 invited guests at this dedication to see the newest most modern deepwater facility in the United States Georgias second deepwater port will provide another outlet for finished goods and products and will insure an additional gateway to the trade markets of the world We invite each one of you to visit this facility and to learn of our operations at Brunswick JDHreal Best regards Page Four Left to right John H Sykora George W Eggert Claude Newman J D Holt CHICAGO OFFICE OPENED BY GEORGIA PORTS AUTHORITY Mr J D Holt Executive Director of the Georgia Ports Authority announced the appointment of Mr John H Sykora and Mr George W Eggert as new representatives for the Georgia Ports Authority in the Chicago area The esablishment of a Chicago office by the Georgia Ports Authority was made possible through the donation of funds by the City of Savannah Chatham County the Chamber of Commerce and the Savannah District Authority The Georgia Ports Authority already has offices established in New York and Asheville N C and in Atlanta Georgia This is another forward step in the Authoritys concerted promotion effort to increase trade through the Port of Savannah Mr Sykora will serve as the fulltime Chicago representative and Mr Eggert will serve on a parttime basis Both of these gentlemen have a variety of experience in sales promotion and trade Mr Sykora is a graduate of Northwestern University He has been em ployed by J J Harrington and Company a concern engaged in industrial and commercial real estate Later he was employed as an industrial development engineer by the Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad Mr Sykora served on the Presidents staff doing industrial development work His duties will include sales solicitation of traffic through the Port of Savannah as well as the seeking of new industry for this area He is married and has two children He has been associated with the American Society of Planning Officials Association of American Geographers and the Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity Mr Eggert was formerly associated with the DelawareLackawanna and Western Railroad engaged in the solicitation of domestic and foreign traffic For the last five years Mr Eggert has operated a freight traffic sales agency in Chicago Mr Eggert is a member of the Traffic Club of Chicago and other allied organizations He is married and has one son His duties will be the same as those of Mr Sykora except on a parttime basis The new Chicago office for the Georgia Ports Authority is located at 224 South Michigan Avenue Mr J D Holt Executive Director stated The Georgia Ports Authority is indeed most fortunate in securing the services of these two very able and qualified gentlemen We look forward to increased business from this area On Friday April 29 a sales meeting of all Ports Authority representatives was held in Savannah Attending this meeting besides Mr Holt Mr Sykora and Mr Eggert were Mr Claude Newman Atlanta Director of Commerce for the Georgia Ports Authority Mr James I Newsome Jr Savannah Director of Operations Mr Jack Fitzsimmons New York representative Mr Lovell Surber Atlanta Georgia representative Mr Tom Talmadge Asheville N C midwestern representative and Mr Charles Hooper Savannah Director of Public Relations Page Five ColumbiaSouthern Chemical Corporation a subsidary of the Pittsburgh Piate Glass Company is one of the new customers at the Bainbridge State Docks operated by the Georgia Ports Authority Here you see 1000 tons of BenzeneHexachloride being unloaded by the modern facilities at Georgias inland port BenzeneHexachloride is an insecticide used primarily for control of boll weevil Hagai flelherlands Steamship Company 25 Broadway New York 4 N Y Regular FORTNIGHTLY sailings from SAVANNAH to LA GUAIRA GUANTA TRINIDAD CD BOLIVAR GEORGETOWN and PARAMARIBO Accepting cargo for Curacao and Aruba with transshipment at Trinidad AGENTS Jacksonville Fla Savannah Ga Strachan Shipping Co Strachan Shipping Co Charleston S C Carolina Shipping Co Also Strachan Shipping Co Cincinnati Memphis Atlanta Chicago St Louis and Kansas City NEW YORK AGENTS FUNCH EDYE b INC JAMES I NEWSOME Savannah Traffic Club Names Newsome President The Savannah Traffic Club held its annual banquet and dance at the Hotel DeSoto Saturday evening April 23 At the banquet the new officers and Board of Directors for the year 196061 were installed Mr James I Newsome Director of Operations for the Georgia Ports Authority is the new president He succeeds Mr P J Kelly Mr Newsome has had a variety of experience in the transportation field including over 18 years of actual experience He is a member of the Southeastern Shippers Advisory Board a Major in the Army Transportation Corps Reserve Director and Charter Member of the Evening Sertoma Club member of the Association of U S Army and a member of the Military Order of the World Wars Other officers and the Board of Governors include First Vice PresidentC L Adams Second Vice PresidentH D Luckett Third Vice PresidentE A Parrish SecretaryTreasurerJ H Powers Assistant SecretaryTreasurerE J Middleton Board of Governors Robert Hopper H L Baxter John McLaughlin Clem Darracott D B Fedderwitz J B Hohenstein Jr W F DeLoach Bates Bowers H H Cramer Page Six Group Tours of Ports Facilities Popular Item We are delighted at the number of groups that have made visits to our port facilities this past month Various civic groups schools college groups and trade officials have toured the Garden City Terminals and the Ocean Terminals The picture above is a group of eighteen graduate students in engineering from Georgia Tech Professor George F Sowers accompanied the group here The members of this graduating class visited the port facilities and toured the harbor in a tug boat provided by the United States Corps of Engineers Approximately half of this class was made up of students from Scotland Pakistan Rhodesia Germany Venezuela Brazil and Sweden These students were here to study first hand the layout and operations of a general cargo port facility If you have a group that is interested in touring the port facilities please contact the Public Relations Department of the Georgia Ports Authority P 0 Box 1039 Savannah Ga and arrangements will be made for you Palmer Cay INC No 1 Bull Street ALL FORMS OF INSURANCE MARINE INSURANCE SPECIALISTS SAVANNAH GEORGIA For Complete Foreign Department Service Call on THE CITIZENS AND SOUTHERN NATIONAL BANK 22 Bull Street Savannah Georgia Phone AD 45101 CABLE CITSOUTH Member of Federal Deposit Insurance Corp Mr A M Harris member of the Georgia Ports Authority Board and Mr Charles Gowen General Chairman of the Brunswick State Docks dedication notice the progress of construction at Brunswick Dedication of these facilities is set for Thursday August 25 Governor Ernest Vandiver and Mr Robert C Norman Chairman of the Georgia Ports Authority will be the principal speakers at the dedication Page Seven J USHER H R DELEGAL DIXIE MACHINE COMPANY Since 1922 Manufacturers Distributors of Industrial and Marine Equipment i 512 INDIAN STREET SAVANNAH GEORGIA SCHIRM SUPPLY and Specialty Company Building Supplies and Specialties For All Construction WALDBURG AT PENN AVENUE P O Box 3551 Stn B Savannah AD 30259 GANEW WAY LAUNDRY 1160 WHEATON STREET Storage Vault at Main Plant WOOLS AND FURS Savannahs Only INDIVIDUAL Laundry ADams 31121 Georgia Ports Authority Meets In Columbus On Thursday April 21 Mr Robert C Norman Chairman of the Georgia Ports Authority addressed the Annual Dinner Meeting of the Columbus Chamber of Commerce Shown in the above picture left to right Mr Howell Hollis member of the Georgia Ports Authority Board Mr Robert C Norman Chairman of the Georgia Ports Authority Mr Oscar Betts President of the Colum bus Chamber of Commerce Mr Roy Martin immediate past President of the Columbus Chamber of Commerce On Friday April 22 the Georgia Ports Authority entered into preliminary discussions with various officials in Columbus concerning the feasibility of constructing a barge terminal in this city CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA 2 Adgers Wharf Phone RA 22921 SAVANNAH GEORGIA Ocean Steamship Co Bldg Phone ADams 23151 JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA 3226 Talleyrand Ave Phone ELgin 57671 SOUTHERN SHIPPING COMPANY STEAMSHIP AGENTS STEVEDORES FOREGN FREIGHT FORWARDERS Page Eight Mr S J Mueller Traffic Manager of MooreMcCormick Lines Inc New York and Mr Harold C Auglebach Freight Traffic Representative in Atlanta for MooreMcCormick Lines Inc visited recently in Savannah Pictures left to right standing Mr Claude Newman Director of Commerce and Traffic for the Georgia Ports Authority Atlanta Mr Auglebach Mr J D Holt Executive Director Georgia Ports Authority Mr James I Newsome Jr Director of Operations Georgia Ports Authority Seated left to right Mr Mueller and Mr Eugene Meredith Strachan Shipping Company for PERSONALIZED SERVICE Centralize CHECK THESE FEATURES 2000 mile private telephone network between ail terminals y Twoway radio dispatching Reliable refrigerated service Prompt claim settlements V CO D returns remitted promptly v U S Bonded Customs licensed V Scheduled operations You know where yoOr shipment is every I moment when you use Central Our network of private telephone lines tel etypes and twoway radio dispatching give you completeand personal service all the way So next timeCentralize 30 Modern Terminals in GEORGIA ALABAMA i FLORIDA MISSISSIPPI I LOUISIANA CENTRAL TRUCK LINES INC GENERAL OFFICES 1005 JACKSON STREET TAMPA FLA PH 23902 SAVANNAH TERMINAL For Information Write Central Truck Lines Sales Dept P O Box 1411 Tampa 1 Fla 109 E LATHROP AVE Page Nin Left to right Mr Guillermo Ginesta General Manager Chilean Nitrate Iodine Sales Corp Mr John Peeples President Anglo Lautaro Nitrate Company John W Middleton President Smith Kelly Company J F Doetsch President Chilean Nitrate Sales Corp New York CHILEAN NITRATE OFFICIALS VISIT PORT Motors Rewound and Control Repaired New and Rebuilt Motors and Controls SAVANNAH MOTOR REWINDING INCORPORATED Troy Smith President Phone AD 63338 533 West Bay Street SAVANNAH GEORGIA Smith Kelly Company Savannah agents for the Chilean Nitrate Sales Corporation for the past seventy years had the pleasure recently of a visit from three of the organizations distinguished officials Mr Guillermo Ginesta a native of Chile is General Manager of the Chilean Nitrate Iodine Sales Corporation in Chile and is in charge of worldwide sales Mr John Peeples President of the Anglo Lautaro Nitrate Company is a native of Wisconsin and a mining engineer He has been associated with the company in Chile for the past forty years Mr J F Doetsch President of the Chilean Nitrate Sales Corporation has been with the company for a number of years and is an outstanding financial figure in New York During the visit they were entertained with a seafood dinner at the home of Judge John W Middleton President of Smith Kelly Company SERVING SINCE 1870 STEAMSHIP AGENTS STEVEDORING FORWARDING AGENTS SMITH KELLY COMPANY OCEAN STEAMSHIP CO BUILDING P O Box 1639 Phone ADams 23151 SAVANNAH GEORGIA Page Ten Mr J D Holt Executive Director of the Georgia Ports Authority recently attended in Washington D C a Board of Directors meeting of the American Association of Port Authorities While there he conferred with Mr E E Schnellbacher Director Office of Trade Promotion U S Department of Commerce Mr Schnellbacher will be in Atlanta in December to participate in the Governors Conference on Trade and Commerce OVER 2500 IMPORTANT PEOPLE READ ANCHOR AGE WRITE FOR ADVERTISING RATES WHO READS ANCHOR AGE The Most Influential People in the State of Georgia Write for Advertising Rates TOWMOTOR Gerlinger Conveyors Platform Hand Trucks Dock Boards RENTALS Parts and Service What We Sell We Service Dial ADams 68206 Nights Sundays and Holidays ADams 30717 708 EAST BAY STREET Sesivintj Poni ajf Savannah SAVANNAH PILOTS ASSOCIATION A SPLOSNA PLOVBA cMapfuj 7a Announce A Reculai Monthly Gall At lUe PORT OF SAVANNAH Westbound Express Service Mediterranean Ports of Calling at Ports of Call Will Include Optional Ports NEW YORK TANGIER MARSEILLES PHILADELPHIA GENOA North African Ports BALTIMORE NAPLES If Sufficient Cargo WILMINGTON TRIESTE Offers CHARLESTON RIJEKA Savannah Agents SAVANNAH Other Yugoslav Ports SMITH KELLY CO Thence to NEW YORK and Outward CROSSOCEAN SHIPPING COMPANY INC enerala Agents STEAMSHIP AGENTS SHIP OPERATORS BROKERS North America Telephone Whitehall 41184 1 JUGOSLAVENSK A LlNIJSKA PlOVIDBA DATTCQV DI A C Yugoslav Line Rijeka BATTERY PLACE NEW YORK 4 N Y Cables Crossocean Codes BoeLombard Page Eleven Phone AD 22105 Warehousing and Pool Car Distribution Durrence Transfer Company INCORPORATED Cor Bay Street and Lathrop Avenue SAVANNAH GEORGIA Jack Durrence President REYNOLDS AND MANLEY LUMBER CO Manufacturers of Pine and Hardwood Lumber Hopkins Street SAVANNAH GEORGIA Telephone ADams 28111 ALL MAKE RELIABLE TYPEWRITER CO Office Files Desk and Supplies Guaranteed Repairs on All Makes Office Machines Frank B Harris President 215 Whitaker Cor Hull Savannah Georgia DEPT OF COMMERCE REPORTS INCREASE OF GEORGIA EXPORTS According to the United States Department of Commerce shipments to other countries from Georgia amounted to 9800000 in January of this year a 34 increase over the corresponding month of 1959 Imports totaled 7300000 We at the Georgia Ports Authority are encouraged by this increased traffic For the entire United States exports are up by 11 in the same period and imports declined by 1 The most encouraging news from this release from the Department of Commerce is the fact that Georgia products have experienced a marked increase in exportation This is reversing the trend of the past few years when imports were higher than exports SAVANNAH GEORGIA JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA 216 West Hull Street 3615 Evergreen Street Phone ADams 65734 Phone ELgin 30928 ATLANTA GEORGIA MACON GEORGIA 1920 Moreland Ave SE 2225 Waterville Road Phone MArket 77381 Phone 33791 2 jj N SERVING GEORGIA AND FLORIDA OVERNIGHT SERVICE Rapid Express INSURED BONDED CARRIER 216 WEST HULL STREET PHONE ADams 65734 SAVANNAH GEORGIA Page Twelve Mr J D Holt Executive Director of the Georgia Ports Authority greets Lt Gov and Mrs Garland Byrd upon their arrival in Savannah aboard the MS Bergensfjord Lt Gov Byrd was the principal speaker at the Georgia Bankers Association convention that was held on this NorwegianAmerican Line ship Members of the Womens Division of the Savannah Chamber of Commerce met each cruise ship this past month and distributed a packet of information to each disembarking passenger Mrs Jessie Sayler Collector of Customs was in charge of this program Mr W D Trippe member of the Georgia Ports Authority Board and immediate past president of the Georgia Bankers Association is welcomed aboard the ship by Captain Bjorastad Phones Res AD 38429 Office AD 34578 W A Porter Trucking Co Dumps Flats and Winch Trucks W A Portar Owner Central of Georgia R R Yards SAVANNAH GEORGIA Phone AD 36631 Kutchey Auto Supply Complete Machine Shop Service 217 Liberty Street West SAVANNAH GA SAVANNAH BRUSH CHEMICAL COMPANY JanitorsMaintenance Sanitary Supplies 247 Habersham Street Savannah Ga Phone AD 24446 DAVE BLOCK Serving the South CENTRIFUGED NATURAL LATEX Available in TANK CARS TANK TRUCKS DRUMS From Our Savannah Ga Facilities Merton Trading Co Inc Hicksville New York mam me FOUNDRY CO WE SPECIALIZE IN DRY DOCKING AND VOYAGE REPAIRS GRAVING DOCK 540 x 73 FLOATING DRYDOCK 1000 TONS Lathrop Avenue Savannah Georgia Page Thirteen Miss Savannah Miss Lynda Smith presented bouquets of roses to Mrs Mills B Lane Sr Mrs W D Trippe Mrs Garland Byrd and Mrs R A Blanchard Left to right in this picture are Mrs Jessie Sayler Collector of Customs Mr and Mrs R A Blanchard new president of the Georgia Bankers Association Mr and Mrs W D Trippe immediate past president of the Georgia Bankers Association and Miss Savannah Mr Willard W Wagnon of Atlanta Ga presents Captain O Bjorastad of the MS Bergensfjord a State of Georgia flag Captain Bjorastad says that he is naming the Bergensfjord Official vessel of the Georgia Navy APRIL TONNAGE SETS RECORD FOR GA PORTS AUTHORITY April represents the largest tonnage month ever experienced by the Georgia Ports Authority at its operations in Savannah Mr Robert C Norman Chairman of the Georgia Ports Authority announced today that the month of April 1960 surpassed all other years of corresponding time in tonnage Tonnage handled by the Georgia Ports Authority at its facilities at Savannah in April amounts to 148044 tons with 71 vessels calling This is more than double the second highest April tonnage that occurred in 1955 when tonnage for that month amounted to 77785 April tonnage for 1959 was 61637 for 1958 50235 for 1957 59189 for 1956 77665 All items including exports and imports showed an increase in tonnage The fiscal year ending in June 1960 promises to be the highest tonnage record year of any experienced by the Georgia Ports Authority Kline KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA LTD FAST RELIABLE SERVICE SAVANNAH TO FAR EAST calling Yokohama Kobe Nagoya Osaka Bangkok Singapore MS OREGON MARU JUNE 20 MS KUNIKAWA MARU JULY 12 Loads Savannah Stale Docks SMITH KELLY COMPANY AGENTS Ocean Steamship Building Savannah ADams 23151 ERR STEAMSHIP COMPANY INC GENERAL AGENTS 51 Broad Street New York 4 WHitehall 44450 SCOTT CONCRETE PIPE COMPANY INC P O BOX 2226 PHONE AD 22369 SAVANNAH GEORGIA SCHLITZ Distributed in Savannah By HOWARD BEVERAGE CO 515 West Hull Street AD 23819 T H GUERRY LUMBER COMPANY Everything to Build Anything 123 West 45th Street Savannah Georgia AD 23128 P O Box 493 Phone ADams 38809 SAVANNAH OXYGEN SUPPLY COMPANY Oxygen Acetylene Carbide Welding Equipment 3235 West Bay Street Savannah Georgia Page Fourteen Thats how many trees Union BagCamp has planted on its land since it began its forestry program back in 1936 If 100 million pine trees were planted on a single tract of land they would cover more than 133000 acres If one twoman planting crew had to plant 100 million trees it would take them 40 years to get them in the ground And it they were planted m a single row six feet apart they would stretch around the equator four and a half times Progress in forestry means putting back timber resources as they are used And because they are being replenished there will always be forests growing in Georgia and in the Southtomorrow and beyond Were also pleased that we have had the privilege of making available to our neighboring landowners 48 million pine seedlings for planting on their properties and without cost to them mm campY UNION BAG CAMP Progress in forestry PINE SEEDLINGS GROWING IN UNION BAGCAMP NURSERIESBELLVILLEGA 100 MILLION TREES Page Fifteen its the SERVICE that counts W WMmm Mrnmm I SUDDEN SERVICE is no idle phrase at the Savannah State Docks and Warehouses Modern equipment skilled personnel ample warehousing and personal attention provide quick turnaround thereby cutting expenses and increasing profits Specify the Port of Savannah every time All inquiries are handled in strict confidence Today call or write or wire for additional information j Address Inquiries to J D Holt Director P O Box 1039 Savannah Georgia OTHER OFFICES IN NEW YORK ATLANTA AND ASHEVILLE Pase Sixteen PORT OF SAVANNAH DIRECTORY STEAMSHIP AGENCIES HOHENSTEIN SHIPPING COMPANY Arcade Building AD 37579 SMITH KELLY COMPANY Ocean Steamship TerminalsAD 23151 SOUTHERN SHIPPING COMPANY Ocean Steamship Terminals AD 23151 STEVENS SHIPPING COMPANY 26 East Bay StreetAD 38803 STRACHAN SHIPPING COMPANY Savannah Bank BuildingAD 46671 TARVER SHIPPING COMPANY Arcade BuildingAD 48829 TROSDAL SHIPPING COMPANY Savannah Bank BuildingAD 46671 STEVEDORING COMPANIES HOHENSTEIN SHIPPING COMPANY 105 East Bay StreetAD 48886 MARTIN W ROBERTS Arcade Building AD 48829 SMITH KELLY COMPANY Ocean Steamship TerminalsAD 23151 SOUTHERN SHIPPING COMPANY Ocean Steamship Terminals AD 23151 STEVENS SHIPPING COMPANY 26 East Bay StreetAD 38803 STRACHAN SHIPPING COMPANY Savannah Bank BuildingAD 46671 FOREIGN FREIGHT FORWARDERS ANDERSON SHIPPING COMPANY American Building CRAIG COMPANY Realty Building HOHENSTEIN SHIPPING COMPANY Arcade Building JOHN S JAMES Savannah Bank Building D J POWERS American Building SMITH KELLY COMPANY Ocean Steamship Terminals SOUTHERN SHIPPING COMPANY Ocean Steamship Terminals STEVENS SHIPPING COMPANY 26 East Bay Street TARVER SHIPPING COMPANY Arcade Building COMMERCIAL BANKS THE CITIZENS SOUTHERN NATIONAL BANK THE LIBERTY NATIONAL BANK TRUST COMPANY SAVANNAH BANK TRUST COMPANY U S ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS DISTRICT ENGINEER 200 East St Julian Street U S DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE FIELD OFFICE Post Office Building CONSULS Belgium Brazil Costa Rica Cuba Denmark Dominican Republic Finland France Italy Netherlands Norway Sweden Venezuela E K Meredith Jack M Sayler E K Meredith Mrs Sigo Mendel Oscar M Hansen Jack M Sayler A G Van Schaick Edwin J Middleton Joseph M Cafeiro A G Van Schaick E Storm Trosdal L Roy Riddick Sr PrietoHopkins Consul Vice Consul Consular Agent Consul Vice Consul Consul Vice Consul Consular Agent Consular Agent Vice Consul Vice Consul Vice Consul Consul SAVANNAH DISTRICT AUTHORITY 42 East Bay StreetAD 39604 STEAMSHIP AGENTS AND STEVEDORES OFFICES SAVANNAH GEORGIA BRUNSWICK GEORGIA JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA PORT EVERGLADES FLORIDA PENSACOLA FLORIDA MOBILE ALABAMA NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA HOUSTON TEXAS GALVESTON TEXAS DALLAS TEXAS ST LOUIS MISSOURI KANSAS CITY KANSAS MEMPHIS TENNESSEE CHICAGO ILLINOIS CINCINNATI OHIO ATLANTA GEORGIA NEW YORK OFFICE 17 BATTERY PLACE NEW YORK N Y Page Seventeen Schedule of Sailings From the Port of Savannah June 1960 Destination Agent or Owner Vessel and Sailing Date AFRICA Capetown Pt Elizabeth East London Durban Lourenoo Marques Beira Tamatave Capetown Pt Elizabeth East London Durban Lourenco Marques Beira Mombasa Sfrachan Robin Mowbray 63 Tanga Zanzibar DaresSalaam Strachan Robin Goodfellw 617 Capetown Pt Elizabeth East London Durban Lourenco Marques Beira also West African Ports with transshipment at New York Stevens African Crescent 68 Capetown Pt Elizabeth East London Durban Lourenco Marques Beira also West African Ports with transshipment at New York Stevens African Star 623 AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND Brisbane Sydney Melbourne Adelaide Strachan Port Vindex 65 Brisbane Sydney Melbourne Adelaide Strachan Pioneer Isle 614 Adelaide Brisbane Melbourne Sydney Smith Kelly Suffolk 612 Adelaide Brisbane Melbourne Sydney Smith Kelly Vimeira 625 THE CARIBBEAN LaGuaira Guanto Trinidad Cd Bolivar Georgetown Paramaribo LaGuaira Guanto Trinidad Cd Bolivar Strachan Telamon 61 Georgetown Paramaribo LaGuaira Guanto Trinidad Cd Bolivar Strachan Stentor 615 Georgetown Paramaribo Strachan Agamemmon 629 Havana Tarver Atlantico 62 Havana Tarver Caribe 612 Havana Tarver Corinto 616 Havana Tarver Atlantico 623 Havana Tarver Rio es Condido 630 INDIA PAKISTAN Jeddah Karachi Bombay Cochin Madras Calcutta Chittagong Strachan Steel Chemist 67 Lattakia Beirut Alexandria Jeddah Karachi Bombay Madras Calcutta Alexandria Beirut Jeddah Aden Karachi Bombay Madras Rangoon Strachan Steel Director 612 Chittagong Calcutta Alexandria Beirut Jeddah Aden Strachan Exchange 612 Karachi Bombay Madras Rangoon Chittagong Calcutta Strachan Exemplar 622 Bombay Calcutta Colombo Karachi Madras Smith Kelly Jaladhanya 620 Chittagong Chalna Calcutta Cochin Djibouti Alexandria Tripoli Stevens Hellenic Splendor 62 ITALY PORTUGAL SPAIN AND MEDITERRANEAN Tel Aviv Haifa Strachan Shomron 63 Genoa Kopar Naples Rijeka Tangier Smith Kelly Bled 66 Marseille Genoa Savona Leghorn Naples Piraeus Salonika Lisbon Hohenstein Kosho Maru 66 Genoa Savona Leghorn Marseilles Stevens Andrea Gritti 68 Genoa Savona Leghorn Marseilles Stevens Lazzaro Macenigo 621 Genoa Savona Leghorn Marseilles Stevens Enrico Dandolo 629 Destination Agent or Owner Vessel and Sailing Dale JAPAN FORMOSA KOREA AND HONGKONG Yokohama Kobe Osaka Strachan Akibasan Maru 610 Yokohama Kobe Osaka Hongkong Trosdall Miyotama Maru 62 Yokohama Kobe Osaka Hongkong Trosdall Mexico Maru 616 Kobe Nagoya Osaka Yokohama Smith Kelly Oregon Maru 619 Manila Hongkong Saeki Osaka Kobe Nagoya Shimizu Yokohama Hohenstein Kosei Maru 69 NORTH CONTINENTAL EUROPE Oslo Gothenburg Copenhagen Malmo Gdynia Stockholm Helsinki Strachan Texas 628 Bremen Hamburg Rotterdam Amsterdam Antwerp Strachan Southwind 612 Bremen Hamburg Rotterdam Amsterdam Antwerp Strachan American Miller 618 Amsterdam Antwerp Bremen Hamburg LeHarve Rotterdam Smith Kelly Witmarsum 614 Antwerp Rotterdam Bremen Hamburg Hohenstein A Vessel 624 Antwerp Rotterdam Bremen Hamburg Stevens Else Hugo Stinnes 68 Antwerp Rotterdam Bremen Hamburg Stevens Barbara 615 Antwerp Rotterdam Bremen Hamburg Stevens Hasselburg Late June SOUTH AMERICA Pt of Spain Belem Recife Salvador Bahia Rio de Janeiro Santos Montevideo Buenos Aires Optional after Santos or Buenos Aires Porto Alegre Rio Grande do Sul Paranagua TS Via Belem Iquitos Manaus Sao LuizTS Via Recife Farialeza Parnahyba Natal Cabedello Maceio Strachan Mormacdove 618 Barranquilla Buenavantura Cartagona Guayaquil Smith Kelly Casablanca 610 Buenos Aires Montevideo Rio de Janeiro Santos Smith Kelly Santos 614 UNITED KINGDOM AND IRELAND London Strachan Southwind 611 London Liverpool Manchester Glasgow Strachan American Miller 618 Dublin Avonmoulh Strachan Southport 628 Avonmouth Belfast Cardiff Dublin Glasgow Leith Liverpool Manchester Smith Kelly Manchester Trader 69 Liverpool Manchester Smith Kelly Fort Avalon 611 COASTAL AND INTERCOASTAL SEATRAIN LINES Sailing Day Savannah to New Orleans Monday Savannah to New York Tuesday New York to Savannah Friday New Orleans to Savannah Friday T V 3 A IIS Y r WTi J t Jt A t l A I THE ORIGINAL AND ONLY FROZEN BREADED SHRIMP AND OTHER SEAFOOD PRODUCTS APPROVED BY WHITSON MURRY AND ASSOCIATES INC 118 East 35th Street SAVANNAH GEORGIA BULK RATE U S POSTAGE PAID Permit No 294 Savannah Ga Acquisitions Division The University Libraries The University of Georgia Athens Georgia Opening Gateways toXorld Trade Call or write or wire GEORGIA PORTS AUTHORITY JD HOLT Executive Director POBOX 1039 SAVANNAH GA FROM TWO OF THE WORLDS BEST HARBORS SAVANNAH AND BRUNSWICK SHIPPERS HAVE FOUND SERVICE RELIABILITY AND SAFETY TO THEIR LIKING PERHAPS YOU TOO CAN OPEN GATEWAYS TO WORLD TRADE THROUGH GEORGIA PORTS INDUSTRIAL SITES ALSO AVAILABLE Volume 1 Number 11 Official Publi GEORGIA poWli AUTHORITY l tari o I GOVERNOR RECEIVES GOLDEN DEEDS AWARD PAGE 5 I he freshness of the deep blue sea is yours in every package of frozen breaded fantail shrimp by TRADE WINDS or PANREDI These famous products are available in both family and institutional packages the only frozen breaded fantail shrimp with the Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval Guaranteed by Good Housekeeping COMPANY r Thunderbolt Georgia Plants Thunderbolt Georgia Brownsville Texas GEORGIA ANCHO BBI Official Publication VOLUME 1 NUMBER 1 1 JULY 1960 of the Georgia Ports Authority P O Box 1039 Savannah Georgia Telephone ADams 42403 Garden City Terminal and Ocean Terminal of the Savannah State Docks and Warehouses Savannah Georgia and Bainbridge State Docks Bainbridge Georgia Brunswick State Docks Brunswick Georgia Augusta Georgia Columbus Georgia TABLE OF CONTENTS Vandiver Receives Golden Deeds Award Georgia ImportsExports Increase Columbus Men Appointed Whitehall Being Studied Governor Tours Docks Brunswick Dedication Set Trade Winds Imports Trinidad Shrimp Port of Savannah Directory Shipping Schedules Page 5 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 MEMBERS OF THE OFFICIAL BOARD Robert C Norman Augusta Chairman W D Trippe Cedartown Vice Chairman Thomas M Johnson Savannah A M Harris Brunswick Howell Hollis Columbus J W Taxi Smith Albany SecretaryTreasurer Anton F Solms Jr Savannah Attorney ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF J D Holt Savannah Executive Director James I Newsome Jr Savannah Director of Operations Sam J Gardner Savannah Comptroller Claude Newman Atlanta Director of Commerce Charles E Hooper Savannah Director of Public Relations New York John F Fitzsimmons Room 1298 26 Broadway New York 4 N Y Telephone BOwling Green 90970 OFFICES Atlanta Claude Newman Lovell Surber 1332 Healey Building Telephone JAckson 51595 Chicago John H Sykora Geo W Eggert 224 S Michigan Ave Chicago 4 Illinois Telephone HArrison 78478 GEORGIA ANCHORAGE Official Publication Georgia Ports Authority Jack D Holt Executive Director Published monthly by Whitson Murry and Associates Inc 118 East 35th Street Savannah Georgia Charles Hooper Editor Editorial Office Georgia Ports Authority Post Office Box 1039 Savannah Georgia Advertising Office Georgia AnchorAge 118 East 35th Street Savannah Georgia ADams 42403 We Sesute Ue W TOWING SERVICE BY MODERN TUGS OPERATED BY SEASONED PERSONNEL ATLANTIC TOWING COMPANY 228 EAST BAY P O Box 136 SAVANNAH GEORGIA AD 28103 Page Three INTERESTED IN DEVELOPING OVERSEAS BUSINESS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF1 OUR COMPLETE FORE IGrUXT 33E PARTME NT To help Southern firms expand their businesses and markets into other countries of the free world the Trust Company of Georgia and its affiliated banks provide facilities for collecting foreign drafts issuing letters of credit transferring funds abroad buying and selling foreign exchange and many other services so important to overseas businesses All of these banks are interested in your firms expansion Consult the Foreign Department of any of them for complete information ATLANTA Trust Gompany of Georgia AUGUSTA The First National Bank of Augusta COLUMBUS The Fourth National Bank MACON The First National Bank and Trust Company NORTH ATLANTA DeKalb National Bank of Brookhaven ROME The First National Bank SAVANNAH The Liberty National Bank and Trust Company MEMBERS Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Foreign Commerce Trade Aids Editors Note Each month in GEORGIA ANCHOR AGE a column will be presented by Mr Joseph Stovall Manager of the Savannah Field Office of the Department of Commerce By Joseph G Stovall Manager Savannah Field Office U S Department of Commerce Working cooperatively with the Savannah Field Office of the U S Department of Commerce on the Export Expansion Program of which Executive Director J D Holt is a member the Georgia Ports Authority is giving notable assistance to this nationwide program in selling our products abroad Traffic representatives of the Georgia Ports Authority have been alerted to active participation in the governmentbusiness export assistance program Jack E Cay insurance executive acting president of the Savannah Committee presided at the recent kickoff meeting held in Savannah During the orientation of the program Mr Cay outlined the fact that in order to alleviate the present unfavorable trade balance the United States proposes to increase its exports at a rate of about one billion dollars a year with an ultimate goal of a seven billion dollar increase by 1965 Those in attendance were Jack E Cay Jr J D Holt James Newsome James Lientz vice president Union BagCamp Paper Corporation L C McClurkin president Savannah Electric Power Company Fred Shearouse vice president Reynolds Manley Lumber Co Ralph Crutcher president Warsaw Lumber Trading Company Lawton Calhoun executive vice president Savannah Sugar Refining Corp Irving Metz executive director Savannah Chamber of Commerce William McGowan executive secretary Savannah District Authority Andrew Calhoun trade analyst Savannah District Authority and Joseph G Stovall executive secretary A general followup meeting possibly in the form of a oneday seminar will be set up at some future date at the Chamber of Commerce auditorium Plans are being made for a talk by topflight Washington officials on the purpose and scope of the program Firms interested in exporting should contact the Savannah Field Office Room 235 Post Office Bldg for trade opportunities Page Four Governor Vandiver shown receiving a clock from Mr Edward Middleton who made the presentation on behalf of the Savannah Maritime Association Savannah Exchange Club Names Governor To Receive Golden Deeds Award Governor Ernest Vandiver received the 20th Golden Deeds Award by the Savannah Exchange Club for his vigorous and foresighted support of port development and expansion It was the first time the presentation has been made to an out of town person The award was presented to Governor Vandiver by club president Richard E Evans Jr Ben Williams read the Golden Deeds citation Members of the Georgia Ports Authority were guests at this luncheon Prior to the luncheon meeting the Parris Island Marine Band serenaded the Governor from Johnson Square outside the Manger Hotel where the Club met During his stay in Savannah the Governor and his party toured the Garden City Terminal and the Ocean Terminal facilities of the Savannah State Docks and Warehouses Governor Vandiver called the port here a sensitive business barometer He stated that the multimillion dollar investment in the Savannah State Docks and Warehouses is one that will pay a rich dividend for the entire state He further stated that Georgia ports have a tremendous potential and its activities affect each section of the state Governor Vandiver promised that Georgia will more than meet the challenge of competition from ports in South Carolina and Alabama Mr Robert C Norman Chairman of the Georgia Ports Authority made the principal talk Complete text of Mr Normans speech follows this article Among other things Mr Norman announced that the contract for the construction of three new berths at Garden City will be awarded in July He said that with this and the modernization of Ocean Terminal facilities Savannahs berthing facilities will be more than double Instead of five operational berths there will be twelvemore facilities than any competing South Atlantic port Mr Edward Middleton presented Governor Vandiver a ships clock on behalf of the Savannah Maritime Association Speech Delivered By Mr Robert C Norman at the Exchange Club June 20 1960 Savannah Georgia Some 100 years ago one of Englands greatest prime ministers Disraeli had this to say about politics and people All power is a trusthat we are accountable for its exercise that from the people and for the people all springs and all must exist The real hope of any state nation or government rests in the honesty the integrity and the ability of its officials The administration of Governor Ernest Vandiver whom we honor today has been aptly described as one of honest sincere progressive and dedicated endeavor in all phases of governmental activity This has been a year and a half of outstanding accomplishments in Georgia After careful and painstaking study the government of our state has been reorganized and streamlined by the elimination of numerous overlapping and unnecessary boards and bureaus and the reassignment of functions of government The Purchasing Department of our state has been overhauled from top to bottom and businesslike methods of competitive bidding vigorously carried out resulting in precious tax savings of over 3 million dollarsthe first year alone Our state is now receiving higher quality goods at lower prices Continued on Page 6 Page Five K LINE KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA LTD FAST RELIABLE SERVICE SAVANNAH TO FAR EAST calling Yokohama Kobe Nagoya Osaka Bangkok Singapore MS MS KUNIKAWA MARU JULY 16 KIMIKAWA MARU AUG 12 Loads Savannah State Docks SMITH KELLY COMPANY AGENTS Ocean Steamship Building Savannah ADams 23151 1VERR STEAMSHIP COMPANY INC GENERAL AGENTS 51 Broad Street New York 4 WHitehall 44450 Continued from Page 5 During this year and a half moved by humanitarian concern and the aggressive leadership of Governor Vandiver long needed aid and assistance has been given to the thousands of mentally ill in our state and the entire program for mental health in Georgia is looked upon today as a model by our sister states A Budget Commission has been established and the General Assembly has once more become a partner in budgetary matters A new school building construction program of sixty million dollars will soon be underway Additional millions realized by sound economy measures has made possible increased salaries for our school teachers and increased aid to our university system Highway progress has continued and will continue Businesslike procedures have been established in the Revenue Department providing additional funds to the state for necessary services And all of this program of expansion and development has been accomplished without the first penny of tax increase to the citizens of this state In the first five months of this year alone over 418 new industries have located in Georgia partly as a result of sound fiscal policies by the state administration I could continue on this afternoon detailing sound and progressive accomplishments by Governor Vandiver and his administration I think however we could say this concerning all of his programs These programs put into effect will not just benefit people during his own term of office These programs that are so sound and constructive will continue to benefit the people of Georgia for years to come Today we are especially proud to make special recognition of another of Governor Vandivers programsthat of port development and expansion Governor Vandiver early saw the importance of port development to the economic and industrial growth of our state He recognized the truism that port investment pays dividends to the people of the state And he saw the urgent necessity of keeping ahead of our neighboring and competing states in the South Atlantic He caught the vision of what a dynamic aggressive port development program could mean to the future of our state And so it was that in January of this year Governor Vandiver allocated 4750000 to the Georgia Ports Authority program Four and a half milContinued on Page 7 SMMMH HI k MIRY 0 WE SPECIALIZE IN DRY DOCKING AND VOYAGE REPAIRS GRAVING DOCK 540 x 73 FLOATING DRYDOCK 1000 TONS Lathrop Avenue Savannah Georgia Page Six Shown with Governor Vandiver as he was serenaded by a Marine Band in a Savannah downtown park are Exchange Club President Ed Evans Vandiver Attorney Anton Solms and Authority Chairman Robert Norman Continued from Page 6 lion of this money is being spent here in Savannah Last year Governor Vandiver allocated one million dollars for the purchase of the Whitehall property here also making a total of 5750000 allocated to port development and improvement These funds that Governor Vandiver made available are by far the largest sums ever provided for port facilities in Georgia by any administration in the history of our state Because of these additional funds that Governor Vandiver allocated we can invite additional steamship lines to call at Georgias ports We can assure Georgias business and industry that their raw materials as well as finished products can enter and leave through Georgia ports The farmer and agriculturists will have a close and ready extended outlet for his goods and products The thousands of Georgians who are dependent upon commerce generated through the portrail and truck lines will be benefited by increased trade Modernization of the Ocean Terminal facilities here in Savannah will soon be completed and it is the hope of our Port Authority Board in July to award a contract for the construction of three new additional berths at our Garden City Terminal Under this program made possible by the Governor with the new construction at Garden City and the major improvement at Ocean Terminal we will more than double our berthing facilities at Savannah Instead of five operational berths we will have twelvemore facilities than any competing South Atlantic port Under this program Savannah will continue to be the number one port in the South Atlantic in exportimport tonnage and will continue to forge ahead Governor speaking for myself and for all of the members of the Georgia Ports Authority as well as our able and dedicated staff we wish to express to you on this occasion our deep appreciation for your vigorous and foresighted support of our program of port development and expansion We are grateful to the members of the Port Committee of the General Assembly to other members of the General Assembly and to all of the organizations associations and civic groups in the state who have worked so hard with us Our thanks go also to the news media of the state for their support We are especially appreciative of the financial support that has been given to us and will be given to us in the years ahead by the Savannah District Authority the City of Savannah Chatham County and the Chamber of Commerce so that we can take maximum advantage of these improvements at the earliest possible time And we are particularly grateful to you the members of the Exchange Club here in Savannah for honoring Governor Vandiver today who made all of our dreams of progress become realities Someone has well said A vision without a task is but a dream A task without a vision is pure drudgery But a vision and a task is the hope of the world With new hope and new vision we move forward to the task ahead to build our great and beloved state Palmer Cay INC No 1 Bull Street ALL FORMS OF INSURANCE MARINE INSURANCE SPECIALISTS SAVANNAH GEORGIA For Complete Foreign Department Service Call on THE CITIZENS AND SOUTHERN NATIONAL BANK 22 Bull Street Savannah Georgia Phone AD 45101 CABLE CITSOUTH Member of Federal Deposit Insurance Corp Page Seven GANEW WAY LAUNDRY 1160 WHEATON STREET Storage Vault at Main Plant WOOLS AND FURS Savannahs Only INDIVIDUAL Laundry ADams 31121 Georgia Leads All Customs Districts in Region In Per Cent of ImportExport Increase Below is an article that appeared in the Savannah Evening Press Georgia showed the way to all Southeastern customs districts in rates of gain recorded in world trading in the first quarter of 1960 as compared with the comparable period in 1959 according to the Savannah Field Office of the U S Department of Commerce The states advance of 31 per cent in value of both exports and imports passing through its ports of Savannah and Brunswick this year over last was ahead of all other customs districts in the region as well as its 45 per cent uptrend in exports and 18 per cent in imports All told the states ports handled goods to and from other countries in the first quarter of this year valued at approximately 539 million in exports and 244 million in imports The dollar value of all trading done was ahead of the first quarter of 1959 by 129 million Joseph G Stovall Commerce Department field manager said This overall gain he stated was divided into a rise of 91 million in exports and 38 million in imports The 31 per cent increase in the state in total trade compared with gains of 26 per cent in the New Orleans district 8 per cent in North Carolina 4 per cent in Mobile and 2 per cent each in South Carolina and Florida CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA SAVANNAH GEORGIA JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA 2 Adgers Wharf Ocean Steamship Co Bldg 3226 Talleyrand Ave Phone RA 22921 Phone ADams 23151 Phone ELgin 57671 SOUTHERN SHIPPING COMPANY STEAMSHIP AGENTS STEVEDORES FOREIGN FREIGHT FORWARDERS Page Eight CITY OF COLUMBUS APPOINTS TWO MEN TO NEGOTIATE FOR BARGE TERMINAL CONSTRUCTION Two Columbus officials City Commissioner Robert C Davis and Albert Stubbs member of the Columbus Port Advisory Commission have been appointed to represent the city of Columbus in negotiations with the Georgia Ports Authority for the construction of an inland barge terminal at Columbus They will be working closely with Mr Howell Hollis member of the Georgia Ports Authority from Columbus and other members of the port authority board A nine foot channel in 1962 will link Columbus on the Chattahoochee River with the Gulf of Mexico The Columbus Chamber of Commerce has developed a regional industrial development committee to assure the continued growth of Columbus and surrounding counties This group looks forward to the new port facility as a terrific aid to their program for PERSONALIZED SERVICE Centralize CHECK THESE FEATURES v 2000 mil private telephone network between all terminals S TwoWay radio dispatching Reliable refrigerated service Prompt claim settlements C 0 p retoms remitted promptly V US Bonded Customs licensed Scheduled operations You know where your shipment is every moment whenyouuse Central Our network of private telephone lines tel1 efypes and twoway radio dispatching giyeyou complete and personal service all the wav Sonext timeCentralize Terminals in GEORGIA ppl ALABAMA t Ivm J FLORIDA il MISSISSIPPI mIKm LOUISIANA CENTRAL TRUCK LINES INC GENERAL OFFICES 1005 JACKSON STREET TAMPA FLA PH 23902 SAVANNAH TERMINAL For Information Write Central Truck Lines Sales Dept P O Box 1411 Tampa 1 Fla 109 E LATHROP AVE Page Nine WHITEHALL IDEAL SITE FOR CHEMICAL PLANT SAYS RESEARCH ANALYST Motors Rewound and Control Repaired New and Rebuilt Motors and Controls SAVANNAH MOTOR REWINDING INCORPORATED Troy Smith President Phone AD 63338 533 West Bay Street SAVANNAH GEORGIA bixie QaniFhudioL 6amfiauf OF GEORGIA INCORPORATED CONTRACTORS ENGINEERS Savannah Georgia Phone ADams 42252 P O Box 201 Reprinted from the Savannah Evening Press Tuesday June 28 Whitehall Plantation at the Savannah State Docks may one day be the site of a chemical plant An industrial research anaylst Dr Kenneth C Wagner director of the Industrial Development Branch of the Engineering Experiment Station at Georgia Tech revealed in Savannah that preliminary studies of how the muchdiscussed property will be used point in that direction In a speech to the Optimist Club Dr Wagner stated that even now Gov Ernest Vandiver has under consideration a proposal to make a study of the state s industrial development program This study will include Whitehalls use It will also include making a survey to decide whether a steel industry would best be located on other Savannah waterfront property or on down the Georgia coast The Georgia Tech professor did not say whether the state has in mind a definite prospect for the Whitehall location He said the governors secretary had promised that Vandiver would announce today whether he will okay a goahead with the industrial development program survey Dr Wagner said at least 25000 will be needed to undertake the study The Georgia Ports Authority has a brochureGold By the Bucket Full which outlines advantages of a Whitehall location Write P O Box 1039 Savannah Ga SERVING SINCE 1870 STEAMSHIP AGENTS STEVEDORING FORWARDING AGENTS SMITH KELLY COMP OCEAN STEAMSHIP CO BUILDING P O Box 1639 Phone ADams 23151 SAVANNAH GEORGIA A NY Page Ten On his recent trip to Savannah Governor Vandiver took time out to tour the port facilities Shown with the Governor are left to right Board Member Thomas M Johnson Attorney Anton Solms Executive Director J D Holt Vandiver and Board Member Howell Hollis OVER 2500 IMPORTANT PEOPLE READ ANCHOR AGE WRITE FOR ADVERTISING RATES WHO READS ANCHOR AGE The Most Influential People in the State of Georgia Write for Advertising Rates SesuiitUf Posit off SauantiaU SAVANNAH PILOTS ASSOCIATION 1 1 W Jl SPLOSNA PLOVBA m 7a Annaiutce A Reculai Monthly Call At 74e PORT OF SAVANNAH Westbound Express Service Mediterranean Ports of Calling at Ports of Call Will Include Optional Ports NEW YORK PHILADELPHIA BALTIMORE WILMINGTON CHARLESTON SAVANNAH Thence to NEW YORK and Outward TANGIER GENOA NAPLES TRIESTE RIJEKA Other Yugoslav Ports AAARSEILLES North African Ports If Sufficient Cargo Offers i Savannah Agents 1 SMITH KELLY CO CROSSOCEAN SHIPPING COMPANY INC General Agents STEAMSHIP AGENTS SHIP OPERATORS BROKERS North America jugoslavenska linjska plovdba BATTERY PLACE NEW YORK 4 N Y 1 Yugoslav Line Rijeka Telephone Whitehall 41184 j Cables Crossocean j Codes BoeLombard i Page Eleven REYNOLDS AND MANLEY LUMBER CO Manufacturers of Pine and Hardwood Lumber Hopkins Street SAVANNAH GEORGIA Telephone ADams 28111 ALL MAKE RELIABLE TYPEWRITER CO Office Files Desk and Supplies Guaranteed Repairs on All Makes Office Machines Frank B Harris President 215 Whitaker Cor Hull Savannah Georgia PLUMRITE INC WHOLESALE PLUMBING HEATING INDUSTRIAL SUPPLIES Phons AD 43404 1804 Waters Avenue SAVANNAH GEORGIA BRUNSWICK STATE DOCKS TO BE DEDICATED ON AUGUST 25 The Brunswick State Docks Georgias second deepwater port will be officially dedicated on August 25 Governor Ernest Vandiver and Mr Robert C Norman Chairman of the Georgia Ports Authority will be the principal speakers at the port exercise This new two m llion dollar dock will contain the most modern equipment and fac lities of any on the eastern seaboard Mr Charles L Gowen Brunswick attorney who is chairman of the port dedication committee announced that approximately 5000 shippers transportation men businessmen and leaders in government are expected to attend the dedication The Navy has ordered two vessels the USS Hartley and the USS Perry to Brunswick to participate in the celebration A number of hgh sJool and service bands are expected to enliven the occasion Brunswick which boasts a great natural harbor was an active port some 40 years ago Shipping declined considerably during the post World War I era but began a strong comeback only a year or so ago when salt and gypsum rock began moving in the port The Hercules Powder Company has been moving a large volume of wood rosn through the port The Georgia Ports Authority has been given title to 125 acres adjoining the state docks for expansion The transit shed for the Brunswick State Docks is rapidly nearing completion so that the facility will be in operation by the time of the formal dedication Additional back storage warehousing will be built at Brunswick also Already shippers and transportation people have shown considerable interest in these new docking facilities and Georgias second deepwater port will be ready for business in August Phone AD 22105 Warehousing and Pool Car Distribution Durrence Transfer Company INCORPORATED Cor Bay Street and Lathrop Avenue SAVANNAH GEORGIA Jack Durrence President SAVANNAH GEORGIA JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA 216 West Hull Street 3615 Evergreen Street Phone ADams 65734 Phone ELgin 30928 ATLANTA GEORGIA MACON GEORGIA 1920 Moreland Ave SE 2225 Waterville Road Phone MArket 77381 Phone 33791 jj N T N SERVING GEORGIA AND FLORIDA OVERNIGHT SERVICE Rapid Express INSURED BONDED CARRIER 216 WEST HULL STREET PHONE ADams 65734 SAVANNAH GEORGIA Page Twelve The Port of Savannah saw an unusual shipment this month when the good ship Agamemnon delivered fifty thousand pounds of frozen green shrimp from Port of Spain Trinidad Destined for the Trade Winds Company at Thunderbolt Georgia the shipment was used to continue production until the local shrimp began running On hand to inspect and accept the incoming shipment was Trade Winds President Henry F Ambos kneeling and Plant Superintendent John Crabb left Georgia Locating New Industries at Rapid Rate Fortyeight manufacturing industries have located in Georgia during the first five months of this year Capital investment of the new industries totals 7132000 Jobs were provided for 1813 employees at payrolls amounting to 5472500 The pace of capital investment and total payrolls for the beginning five months of 1959 was slower than for the comparable period in 1960 Capital investment in 65 industries for the frst five months of last year amounted to 8970500 Employees for these industries numbered 1783 for annual payrolls amounting to 5570000 The power company reported that for May 1960 12 industries located on its lnes These represented 2875000 in capital investment 446 jobs and 1448030 in annual payrolls Ports Agent Dies At Asheville Mr Thomas R Talmadge of Asheville N C who was general agent for the Georgia Ports Authority died suddenly of a heart attack at his home n Asheville on Sunday June 12 Mr Talmadge had been associated with the Georgia Ports Authority for many years in fact since its inception He was a native of Forsyth Georgia and a graduate of the University of Georgia Prior to becoming associated with the Georgia Ports Authority he was for many years District Manager for the Pure Oil Company in Asheville He is survived by his wife a daughter Harriet and a son Tom Jr HOHENSTEIN SHIPPING COMPANY STEAMSHIP AGENTS STEVEDORES 105 EAST BAY STREET SAVANNAH GEORGIA TWXSV4009 Phone AD 48886 Page Thirteen PORT 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Lourenco Marques Beira Strachan Robin Hood 715 Marseilles Genoa Savona Leghorn Naples Piraeus Salonika Lisbon Genoa Beirut Alexandria Tangier Genoa Naples Raijeka Kopar Hohenstein Smith Kelly Smith Kelly Kochi Maru 77 Mohamed Ali El Kebir 71 Bohinj 76 Mombasa Tanga Zanzibar DaresSalaam Capetown Pi Elizabeth E London Durban Lourenco Marques Beira Also West African Ports with transshipment at New York Strachan Robin Gray 729 JAPAN FORMOSA KOREA AND HONGKONG Stevens African Rainbow 77 Yokohama Kobe Osaka Hongkong Yokohama Kobe Osaka Nagoya Trosdal Smith Kelly Tenko Maru 74 Kunikawa Maru 712 Capetown Pt Elizabeth E London Durban Lourenco Marques Beira Also West African Stevens African Pilot 721 Manila Bangkok Djarkarta Singapore Pt Swettenham Penang Belawan Smith Kelly President Grant 713 Ports with transshipment at New York PERSIAN GULF AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND Damman Bohrein Kuwai Abadan Strachan Limburg 75 Khoramshahr Basra Rasalkhajf Brisbane Sydney Melbourne Adelaide Burnie Strachan 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SAVANNAH AND BRUNSWICK SHIPPERS HAVE FOUND SERVICE RELIABILITY AND SAFETY TO THEIR LIKING PERHAPS YOU TOO CAN OPEN GATEWAYS TO WORLD TRADE THROUGH GEORGIA PORTS INDUSTRIAL SITES ALSO AVAILABLE Backbone of Americas TRANSPOR TA TION That the wheels of Americas Railroads serve as the backbone of American transportation goes unquestioned Dedicated to the economic and industrial growth of our country these railroads are proud examples of Free Enterprise based on principles which made this country great Central of Georgia and Savannah and Atlanta Railways are privileged to serve the growing expanding Southeast with transportation that is FAST SAFE X CENTRAL GEORGIA Savannah railway Atlanta The Right Way GEORGIA 2 Official Publication of the Georgia Ports Authority P O Box 1039 Savannah Georgia Telephone ADams 42403 Garden City Terminal and Ocean Terminal of the Savannah State Docks and Warehouses Savannah Georgia and Bainbridge State Docks Bainbridge Georgia Brunswick State Docks Brunswick Georgia Augusta Georgia Columbus Georgia TABLE OF CONTENTS VOLUME 1 NUMBER 1 2 AUGUST 1960 Brunswick Dedication August 25 Directors Letter Welcome Aboard Storage Facilities Nearing Completion Million Ton Mark Passed As Ports Go We Get Visitors Shipping Schedules 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 18 MEMBERS OF THE OFFICIAL BOARD Robert C Norman Augusta Chairman W D Trippe Cedartown Vice Chairman Thomas M Johnson Savannah A M Harris Brunswick Howell Hollis Columbus J W Taxi Smith Albany SecretaryTreasurer Anton F Solms Jr Savannah Attorney ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF J D Holt Savannah Executive Director James I Newsome Jr Savannah Director of Operations Sam J Gardner Savannah Comptroller Claude Newman Atlanta Director of Commerce Charles E Hooper Savannah Director of Public Relations New York John F Fitzsimmons Room 1298 26 Broadway New York 4 N Y Telephone BOwling Green 90970 OFFICES Atlanta Claude Newman Lovell Surber 1332 Healey Building Telephone JAckson 51595 Chicago John H Sykora Geo W Eggert 224 S Michigan Ave Chicago 4 Illinois Telephone HArrison 78478 GEORGIA ANCHORAGE Official Publication Georgia Ports Authority Jack D Holt Executive Director Published monthly by Whitson Murry and Associates Inc 118 East 35th Street Savannah Georgia Charles Hooper Editor Editorial Office Georgia Ports Authority Post Office Box 1039 Savannah Georgia Advertising Office Georgia AnchorAge 118 East 35th Street Savannah Georgia ADams 42403 We Sesiue 74e Posit TOWING SERVICE BY MODERN TUGS OPERATED BY SEASONED PERSONNEL ATLANTIC TOWING COMPANY 228 EAST BAY P O Box 136 SAVANNAH GEORGIA AD 28103 Page Three and the GOLDEN ISLES of G E 0 R G 1 A A historic event will occur on August 25th with the official dedication of the new 2milliondollar BRUNSWICK STATE DOCKS These modern facilities will herald an important step forward in the economic and industrial progress of this area Call on us for service We welcome visitors and inquiries This message sponsored by COUNTY O F GLYNN CITY OF BRUNSWICK BRUNSWICKGLYNN COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Page Four This ship shows capability of Port of Brunswick to handle deep draft vessels Facilities are available to handle both general and bulk cargoes LARGE DELEGATION EXPECTED TO ATTEND BRUNSWICK STATE DOCKS DEDICATION AUG 25 In 1739 a British Admiral stated that the harbor at Brunswick was so large that it could easily accommodate one thousand sailing ships The Port of Brunswick was created in 1792 by an act of Congress Earlier in 1789 George Washington signed a bill establishing Brunswick as a custom district and a port of entry Because of its near outlet to the ocean the Port of Brunswick became famous in the 1800s for the shipment of lumber and forest products Brunswick in 1785 was described as a little lumber town on the coast whose export growth at that time was valued at 500000 a year In August of this year when the hundreds of visitors flock to Brunswick for the dedication of the Brunswick State Docks they will not see a little lumber town on the coast Instead they will see a city with diversified industry with such industrial firms as Bestwall Gypsum Hercules Powder Company Allied Chemical Company Brunswick Pulp and Paper Company Babcock and Wilcox Company and beautiful golden isles that are attracting hundreds of thousands of visitors yearly Brunswick is one of the fastest growing cities in the Southeast Its population and industrial investments are increasing at a terrific pace Governor Ernest Vandiver and Mr Robert C Norman Chairman of the Georgia Ports Authority will be the principal speakers at the port exercise This new twomilliondollar dock contains the most modern equipment and facilities of any of the Eastern Seaboard Mr Charles Gowen Brunswick attorney and Chairman of the port dedication committee announced that approximately 5000 shippers transportation men businessmen and leaders in government re expected to attend the dedication Two Navy vessels the USS HARTLEY and the USS PERRY will participate in the celebration A number of high school bands as well as the United States Marine Band from Parris Island will provide music Shippers and transportation people have shown considerable interest in these new docking facilities and Georgias second deepwater port will be ready for business in August The Brunswick State Docks adjoin the modern bulk handling docks erected by the city and county government at Brunswick at a cost of several million dollars The Georgia Ports Authority has been given title to 125 acres adjoining the state docks for expansion Brunswick boasts one of the most natural harbors in the world and Georgias second deepwater port has a most promising future Mr Norman Gov Vandiver Page Five DIRECTORS LETTER The Georgia Ports Authority Operating SAVANNAH STATE DOCKS AND WAREHOUSES Post Office Box 1039 Savannah Georgia ry t r L J D HOLT Executive Director August 11 1960 Dear Friends Our fiscal year 19591960 ended June 30 We experienced a very notable increase in tonnage at Savannah The million mark was passed Over 1051349 tons of cargo moved over the Savannah State Docks and the vessels calling at the State Docks increased from 455 for the previous year to 753 We look forward to further increases in tonnage when our new berthing facilities are completed at Savannah Bids for the construction of this facility will be opened on August 9 On August 25 Georgias second deepwater port facility at Brunswick will be officially dedicated Governor Ernest Vandiver and Mr Robert C Norman Chairman of the Georgia Ports Authority will be the principal speakers Let me extend to each of you a cordial invitation to attend Sincerely Qnpetifh LAUNDRY Serving the South HOHENSTEIN service that satisfies CENTRIFUGED SHIPPING COMPANY LAUNDRY AND DRY CLEANING NATURAL LATEX SPECIALIZE IN j Available in TANK CARS STEAMSHIP AGENTS TANK TRUCKS STEVEDORES SHIPS LAUNDRY DRUMS SERVICE IN From Our Savannah Ga Facilities 105 EAST BAY STREET SAVANNAH HARBOR Merton Trading Co Inc SAVANNAH GEORGIA SAVANNAH GEORGIA Hicksville New York TWXSV4009 Phone AD 48886 Page Six WELCOME ABOARD This summer hundreds of Georgians and visitors from every section of the country have toured the port facilities at Savannah They have arrived by car train bus loads and planes We are delighted to have guests at any time and if you would like to arrange for a tour of the port facilities please write the Public Relations Department Georgia Ports Authority P 0 Box 1039 Savannah Georgia for further information You are always welcome ill Ninetynine 4H Club members from Cherokee County and their sponsors Mr George Moore County Agent and Miss Jan Sims Home Demonstration Agent toured the facilities of the Savannah State Docks and Warehouses These 4H Club members are staying for a week at Tybee at the Chatham County 4H Camp They range in age from 1017 Another group of 4H Club members and their chaperone watch the unloading process on board the vessel V1MEIRA Palmer Cay INC No 1 Bull Street ALL FORMS OF INSURANCE MARINE INSURANCE SPECIALISTS SAVANNAH GEORGIA For Complete Foreign Department Service Call on THE CITIZENS AND SOUTHERN NATIONAL BANK 22 Bull Street Savannah Georgia Phone AD 45101 CABLE CITSOUTH Member of Federal Deposit Insurance Corp Page Seven Milu MACHINE k roiiMiRV co WE SPECIALIZE IN DRY DOCKING AND VOYAGE REPAIRS GRAVING DOCK 540 x 73 FLOATING DRYDOCK 1000 TONS Lathrop Avenue Savannah Georgia STORAGE FACILITIES NEARING COMPLETION IN SAVANNAH Facilities capable of storing five million gallons of fuel products are due to be completed at the Garden City Terminals by September 1 The Petroleum Terminal Co has signed an agreement with the Shell Oil Co to receive store and ship gasoline kerosene and fuel oil Construction costs have been estimated at 350000 The four storage tanks are being erected on six acres of land at the terminals The terminal has an option on 53 additional acres for expansion purposes Hamp Clark president and general manager of the company said the products will be received from Shells farflung supply sources by boat The products will be transported within a 125mile radius of Savannah by truck and rail This area is now being served by Shell through rival ports Four persons will be employed initially at the terminal which will be virtually a pushbutton type operation The lease will bring the state 6000 annually in land and service charges plus about 2800 in wharfage fees CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA 2 Adgers Wharf Phone RA 22921 SAVANNAH GEORGIA Ocean Steamship Co Bldg Phone ADams 23151 JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA 3226 Talleyrand Ave Phone ELgin 57671 SOUTHERN SHIPPING COMPANY STEAMSHIP AGENTS STEVEDORES FOREIGN FREIGHT FORWARDERS Page Eight SAVANNAH STATE DOCKS CROSSES MILLIONTON MARK Mr Robert C Norman Chairman of the Georgia Ports Authority announced that a record smashing total of more than a million tons of cargo moved over the Savannah State Docks during the fiscal year which ended June 30 The number of vessels calling at the State Docks zoomed upward by 65 Seven hundred fiftythree vessels called during the fiscal year just ended compared with 455 vessels the previous year Mr Norman stated that he was especially gratified at the jump in general cargo tonnage at Savannah He estimated handling of such cargo at the State Docks was up 25 from the last year Mr Norman announced that bids would be opened at 1000 AM on August 9 for the construction of three additional berths at Garden City Governor Ernest Vandiver has earmarked 4000000 for this work In addition improvements at Ocean Terminal now better than 50 per cent completed will make several more berths available there Reviewing the last fiscal year Norman noted expansion of the solicitation forces of the authority This included Continued on Page 11 for PERSONALIZED SERVICE Centralize CHECK THESE FEATURES 2000 mile private telephone network between all terminals Twoway radio dispatching Reliable refrigerated service Prompt claim settlements CO 0 returns remitted promptly US Bonded Customs Licensed Scheduled operations k You know where your shipment is every moment when you use Central Our network of private telephone lines teletypes and twoway radio dispatching give you complete and personal service all the way So next timeCentralize 30 Modern Terminals in GEORGIA ALABAMA FLORIDA MISSISSIPPI j LOUISIANA CENTRAL TRUCK LINES INC GENERAL OFFICES 1005 JACKSON STREET TAMPA FLA PH 23902 SAVANNAH TERMINAL For Information Write Central Truck Lines Sales Dept P O Box 1411 Tampa 1 Fla 109 E LATHROP AVE Page Nine AS PORTS GO SO GOES GEORGIA Reprinted from the Savannah Morning News Wednesday July 20 1960 By handling whopping increases in volume in various categories the Savannah State Docks have moved into the milliontonperyear classification The tremendous rise in volume handled by the state docks here is a highly encouraging commentary on what the future holds for Savannah and the state of Georgia as the state ports operations continue to expand In the last fiscal year there was an increase of 65 per cent in the number of ships calling at the Garden City State Docks and Ocean Terminals General cargo tonnage was up about 25 per cent over the previous fiscal year This great increase in business at the state docks here in just a years time is most remarkable And further increases can be expected as new berthing facilities are completed here Ports Authority Chairman Robert Norman has said Three berths are to be added at Garden City and several more will be made available at Ocean Terminals when improvements are completed there Other improvements and additions to cargo handling facilities are planned as part of a 45 million expansion program It seems only yesterday that this newspaper and others in the state were carrying on a fight against an opposition to full development of the states port potential That opposition now apparently has crumbled and may have vanished Certainly the confidence with which the ports authority has tackled the expansion program has been fully justified and the major steps in that expansion program are yet to come The old saying that nothing succeeds like success is quite applicable to GeorContinued on Page 13 CRANMAN Insurance Agency MARINE DEPARTMENT Joseph Fogarty Jr Mgr ALL FORMS OF MARINE INSURANCE COVERAGE AND EXCESS BROKER 4 West Liberty St AD 25161 SAVANNAH GEORGIA DIXIE STEAMSHIP AGENCY INC STEAMSHIP AGENTS AND STEVEDORES 210210A Arcade Building Phone ADams 45358 Cable Address DIXIESAV SAVANNAH GEORGIA SERVING SINCE 1870 STEAMSHIP AGENTS STEVEDORING FORWARDING AGENTS SMITH KELLY COMPANY OCEAN STEAMSHIP CO BUILDING P O Box 1639 Phone ADams 23151 SAVANNAH GEORGIA Page Ten WESSON LIGHTER CLEARER AND POLY UNSATURATED For Your Most Convenient Means of Travel HERTZ RENTACAR 21 Bull AD 48256 Savannah Continued from Page 9 opening of a fulltime New York office establishment of a new Georgia traffic representative A trafficrate man was added to the Georgia staff New businesses at Garden City include Savannah Terminal Inc which has a 500000 asphalt terminal Petroleum Terminal Co which brings in fuel oil and American Export Packing Corporation of New York At Bainbridge Columbia Southern Chemical Company established facilities during the year just ended Norman said the authority is negotiating with several good prospects who desire to establish plants on port properties Phone AD 36631 Kutchey Auto Supply Complete Machine Shop Service 217 Liberty Street West SAVANNAH GA SebiUMG 110 Pori ri SauGiuuUi SAVANNAH PILOTS ASSOCIATION MA SPLOSNA PLOVBA faprfUf Ja Announce A Reyulal Monthly Gall At 1Ue PORT OF SAVANNAH Westbound Express Service Mediterranean Ports of Calling at Ports of NEW YORK PHILADELPHIA BALTIMORE WILMINGTON CHARLESTON SAVANNAH Thence to NEW YORK and Outward Call Will Include TANGIER GENOA NAPLES TRIESTE RIJEKA Other Yugoslav Ports Optional Ports MARSEILLES North African Ports If Sufficient Cargo Offers Savannah Agents SMITH KELLY CO CROSSOCEAN SHIPPING COMPANY INC General Agents North America JuGOSLAVENSKA LlNIJSKA PlOVIDBAYugoslav Line Rijeka STEAMSHIP AGENTS SHIP OPERATORS BROKERS 17 BATTERY PLACE NEW YORK 4 N Y Telephone Whitehall 41184 Cables Crossocean Codes BoeLombard Page Eleven WE GET VISITORS K LINE KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA LTD FAST RELIABLE SERVICE SAVANNAH TO FAR EAST calling Yokohama Kobe Nagoya Osaka Bangkok Singapore AUG 12 SEPT 10 M S KIMIKAWA MARU MS KAMIKAWA MARU Loads Savannah State Docks SMITH KELLY COMPANY AGENTS Ocean Steamship Building Savannah ADams 23151 VERR STEAMSHIP COMPANY INC GENERAL AGENTS 51 Broad Street New York 4 WHitehall 44450 PLUMRITE INC WHOLESALE PLUMBING HEATING INDUSTRIAL SUPPLIES Phone AD 43404 1804 Waters Avenue SAVANNAH GEORGIA Phone AD 22105 Warehousing and Pool Car Distribution Durr enee Transfer Company INCORPORATED Cor Bay Street and Lathrop Avenue SAVANNAH GEORGIA Jack Durrence President SAVANNAH GEORGIA 216 West Hull Street Phone ADams 65734 ATLANTA GEORGIA 1920 Moreland Ave SE Phone MArket 77381 Home demonstration agents and their families from Wheeler County were also recent visitors to the dock Recent visitors to Savannah were Mr R H Corbett of Norton Lilly Co and Mr W Mervyn Glover Director and General Manager of Montreal Australia New Zealand Line They are shown with Mr John W Middleton president of Smith and Kelly Co Mr J D Holt Executive Director Georgia Ports Authority and Mr James I Newsome Jr Director of Operations Georgia Ports Authority Mr Dennis Thompson Agricultural Exchange Student from Scotland was a recent visitor at the Garden City Terminal of the Savannah State Docks He is studying various agricultural methods in Georgia TARVER Shipping Company Steamship Agent Custom House Broker Foreign Freight Forwarder ARCADE BUILDING Savannah Georgia ADams 48829 BORDENS Serving Georgias First Port City Savannah 1615 Victory Drive JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA 3615 Evergreen Street Phone ELgin 30928 MACON GEORGIA 2225 Waterville Road Phone 33791 BENTON SERVING GEORGIA AND FLORIDA OVERNIGHT SERVICE Rapid Express INSURED BONDED CARRIER 216 WEST HULL STREET PHONE ADams 65734 SAVANNAH GEORGIA Page Twelve SCHLITZ Distributed in Savannah By HOWARD BEVERAGE CO 515 West Hull Street AD 23819 PROTECTION For People on the Go whether you travel to Muskegon or Madrid Nashville or Nagasaki Liverpool N Y or Liverpool England Youll Always Find a Friendly American Casualty CLAIM OFFICE NEARBY FLEETWOOD INSURANCE AGENCY 216 EAST BAY STREET SAVANNAH GEORGIA Continued from Page 10 gias development of its ports To the governor who pledged money for a ports expansion program to the legislators who supported the governor and to the ports authority members who are carrying on the work Georgians owe a vote of thanks As the port of Savannah grows through the Georgia Ports Authority program we expect to see even more investment in the state ports to boost the states economic and industrial progress And therein lies the biggest value of the whopping increase in volume at the state docks here the impact on the state has only begun when cargo is handled at Savannah or other state ports As a study by the Georgia College of Business Administration showed the shipping through the ports is only one part of the business pattern which finds commerce and industry throughout the state vitally dependent on the ships which daily give their fullthroated salutes in passing behind Savannahs City Hall Georgians should be happy to see the state docks here move into milliontonperyear classification It means not only that the state port of Savannah is doing a lot more business for a growing state economy but also that the port is playing a bigger part in helping Georgia commerce and industry grow Royal ftelfierlands Steamship Company 25 Broadway New York 4 N Y Regular FORTNIGHTLY sailings from SAVANNAH to LA GUAIRA GUANTA TRINIDAD CD BOLIVAR GEORGETOWN and PARAMARIBO Accepting cargo for Curacao and Aruba with transshipment at Trinidad AGENTS Jacksonville Fla Savannah Ga Strachan Shipping Co Strachan Shipping Co Charleston S C Carolina Shipping Co Also Strachan Shipping Co Cincinnati Memphis Atlanta Chicago St Louis and Kansas City NEW YORK AGENTS FUNCH EDYE CO INC SMPPIM COMI STEAMSHIP AGENTS AND STEVEDORES OFFICES SAVANNAH GEORGIA BRUNSWICK GEORGIA JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA PORT EVERGLADES FLORIDA PENSACOLA FLORIDA MOBILE ALABAMA NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA HOUSTON TEXAS GALVESTON TEXAS DALLAS TEXAS ST LOUIS MISSOURI KANSAS CITY KANSAS MEMPHIS TENNESSEE CHICAGO ILLINOIS CINCINNATI OHIO ATLANTA GEORGIA NEW YORK OFFICE 17 BATTERY PLACE NEW YORK N Y Page Thirteen Schedule of Sailings From the Port of Savannah August 1960 Destination Agent or Owner Vessel and Sailing Date AFRICA Capetown Pt Elizabeth E London Durban Lourenco Marques Beira Mombosa Tanga Zanzibar DaresSalaam Strachan Robin Locksley 812 Capetown Pt Elizabeth E London Durban Lourenco Marques Beira Tamatave Strachan Mormacwind 825 AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND Brisbane Sydney Melbourne Adelaide Geelong Strachan Port Lancester 85 Brisbane Sydney Melbourne Adelaide Strachan Pioneer Surf 828 Auckland Wellington Lyttleton Dunedin Strachan Port Brisbane 82 Melbourne and Adelaide Smith Kelly Belbetty 812 Brisbane Sydney Melbourne Geelong Adelaide and Fremantle Smith Kelly City of Johannesburg 816 Brisbane Sydney Melbourne and Adelaide Smith Kelly Whakafane 826 Auckland Wellington Lyttleton Dunedin andor Port Chalmers Smith Kelly Tyrone 829 THE CARIBBEAN Havana Tarver Weekly Sailings LaGuaira Trinidad Cd Bolivar Georgetown Paramaribo Strachan Morivia 824 LaGuaira Puerto Cabello and Maracaibo Smith Kelly Carlota Bollen 83 LaGuaira Puerto Cabello and Maracaibo Smith Kelly Karen Bolten 817 INDIA PAKISTAN Beirut Alexandria Jeddah Karachi Bombay Rangoon Calcutta Chittagong Strachan Steel Architect 88 ITALY PORTUGAL SPAIN AND MEDITERRANEAN Marseille Genoa Naples Leghorn Savona Piraeus Salonika Barcelona Hohenstein Karai Maru 88 Tel Aviv Haifa Strachan Deganya 85 Tangier Genoa Naples Trieste Rijeka and Kopar Smith Kelly Bovec 84 JAPAN FORMOSA KOREA AND HONGKONG Kobe Osaka Yokohama Nagoya Shimizu Manila Hohenstein Kohob Maru 820 Yokohama Kobe Osaka Strachan Mikagesan Maru 88 Yokohama Kobe Osaka Hongkong Trosdal Sanyo Maru 84 Yokohama Kobe Osaka and Nagoya a 4 A 0 v Smith Kelly I Kimikawa Maru 812 A f X Ct i Destination Agent or Owner Vessel and Sailing Date NORTH CONTINENTAL EUROPE Antwerp Rotterdam Bremen Hamburg Hohenstein Honduras 826 Oslo Gothenburg Copenhagen Malmo Gydnia Stockholm Helsinki Strachan Topeka 821 Rotterdam Antwerp Amsterdam Strachan American Miller 810 LeHarve Amsterdam Rotterdam Bremen Hamburg and Antwerp Smith Kelly Hilversum 82 SOUTH AMERICA Port of Spain Belem Recife Salvador Bahia Rio de Janeiro Santos Montevideo Buenos Aires Paranagua optional after Santos or Buenos Aires Porto Alegre Rio Grande Do Sul Transshipment via Belem Iquitos Manaus Sao Luiz Transshipment via Recife Fortaleza Parnahyba Natal Cabedello Maceio Strachan Mormacteal 815 Port of Spain Belem Recife Salvador Bahia Rio de Janeiro Santoa Montevideo Buenos Aires Paranagua optional after Santos or Buenos Aires Porto Alegre Rio Grande Do Sul Transshipment via Belem Iquitos Manaus Sao Luiz Transshipment via Recife Fortaleza Parnahyba Natal Cabedello Maceio Strachan Mormachawk 85 Cartagena Barranquilla Buenaventura and Guayaquil Smith Kelly Casablanca 88 UNITED KINGDOM AND IRELAND London Hohenstein Honduras 826 London Strachan American Miller 810 Glasgow Manchester Liverpool Avonmouth Dublin Strachan Southport 812 Manchester Liverpool Dublin and Glasgow Smith Kelly Fort Avalon 84 Manchester Liverpool Dublin and Glasgow Smith Kelly Manchester Trader 814 Manchester Liverpool Dublin and Glasgow Smith Kelly Manchester Progress 822 COASTAL AND INTERCOASTAL SEATRAIN LINES Sailing Day Savannah to New Orleans Monday Savannah to New York Tuesday New York to Savannah Friday New Orleans to Savannah Friday i t A Americas favorite producers of frozen breaded fantail shrimp packaged both for 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