The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-16

ecessary to properly describe dry
docking facilities
One only-length, $50 feet; ca
pacity, tonnage, 1000.
II. Anchorage area available with
N harbor, with depth at mean low
water Of the various area available?
This being an interior harbor-
distance from the Gulf of Mexico -
miles, to the terminous of the Gov
eminent Channel-there is DEEP
water, of from % to ITO feet ex
tending all that distance, and the
Atchafalaya river and the tributary
bayous affording ample anchorage
for innumerable shipping-the width
Of river and bayous is from 800 to
5000 feet-depth varying from %
to 10 feet.
u. Fresh water for boiler and
drinking purposes TT quantity avail
able and characteristics thereof?
Municipal owned plant lneXhaus-
tible supply for boilers and drinking
purposes Capacity 100000 gal
Ions each twenty four hours; Roberts
Mechanical Filter; report Of the State
Board Of Health shows PURE water
Can and would be pleased to 90 into
details as to the WATER question,
and furnish authentic reports from
the State Board of Health.
49, Quantity and characteristics
of electric current available, alter
mating or direct, voltage. phase, fire
ouency etc. and name and location
of producer?
Quantity, 450 X. V. A.; current,
alternating; voltage 10; phase. 3;
frequency, so cycles. Morgan City
Electric Company (private owner
ship, Morgan City, La.
IA. Principal industries with an
nual tonnage shipments?
Lumber, sugar, rice, molasses, moss
(Spanish), fresh fish and oysters. Lo-
Gated in the heart of the CYPRESS
belt-that is the principal export
commodity.
:. Number Of ships taking or dis
charging complete cargoes each year?
War conditions end channel out
let troubles have materially lessened
the number Of ships-in fact, since
the war the cleariAgs from this port
have been very sm"1.
16. Character of cargoes?
! Lumber from local mills $50 with
in radius of SO miles); same as to
sugar and molasses; moss from the
swamps; fish and oysters from the
rivers and bayous of this and adjoin-
ing sections.
| II. Coaling facilities; number and
, character of plants, number of tip
pies, maximum and normal. capacity
per hour, number of coal hoists and
how equipped capacity thereof; coal
! piers with maximum and normal ca
pacities thereof?
| None of modern construction.
| 10. Fuel oil facilities for bunk
ing purposes?
| Oil tank located on the river bank.
| Oil delivered to tank from barges.
Local companies have numerous
tanks in the vicinity Of Che river.
Oil delivered via water transporta-
ton, majority, from Port Arthur,
Texas.
| 49, Crane and derrick facilities,
number, location, -ype, capacity,
steam or electrically operated mag
net equipment? Floating derricks
size. type and capacity?
None in this vicinity outside of
Shipyard.
20. Tonnage statistics, covering
commerce of the port subdivided be
tween foreign and coastwise, inbound
and outbound?
At present writing this information
is not availablee
81. Steamship lines at present
using port regularly?
None at present time
%. Extent and ownership Of the
transportation terminals with full a.
formation regarding each terminal
covered or open, number and lengths
of berths, car capacity, freight hand
ling system trucks, tractors, etc?
| Eighteen hundred feet wharves,
covered; railroad switch Immediately
adjoining; forty feet water at pier
no berthing facilities; switch will ac-
commodate As ears; trucks only; no
modern facilities of any kind.
%. Bulk freight storage facilities
Covered wharves, 700x40x14 feet.
Adjacent to river and rail transpor
tation. Ample switching.
"a. Grain elevators and storage
facilities thereof?
No grain elevatora-storage as