San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-02
NEW PORT AID
IN BUILDING
S.A. TRADE
Huge Engineering Project
at Corpus to Be Open
Next Year.


As the city, made so famous by the
Alamo and history, swings opens its
doors to merchants Of South and West
Texas for the beginning of the Fall
Trade Season, August 5, San Antonio
enters another and more advanced
stage in its development. Prior sea
sons have caused merchants of this
district TO recognize this city as the
metropolis Of the Southwest.
This feeling has been noticed among
the business men Of San Antonio and
its trade territory and the optimism
Is Increasing. As business increases,
new industries grow.
But behind this great industrial
budding. which seems to be on the
verge of blossom, a great engineering
project is taking form. That is the
deep port at Corpus Christi.
AID TO s. A.
This shipping port will enable San
Antonio to get products from all over
the world at smaller costs than re-
ceiving them by rail from the main
ports of the nation. This port, $50
miles from the city, will make San
Antonio not only the center for bust
ness in its immediate territory, but
in the surrounding district.
Engineers have given out the esti-
mate that the port will be completed
by May, 1926. giving the Empire OF
West and Southwest Texas an open
ing through which will flow trade
with the unlimited markets of the
world.
What the port will mean to this
section of the state, according to
business men who are planning their
future development on its utilization,
is figured in hazy figures. running
into millions of dollars, almost too
large for comprehension. Far-sighted
men, however, have told of their
visions of the future. One of these is
]. NJ. OHara, sales manager of the
Federal Export and Supply Cora
pany, who for many years has been
dealing with foreign markets and who
now sees this section of the state tax.
ing its place in world trade.
NEW SYSTEM.
-The new port" Mr.. O'Hara said,
will mean an entire new transporta-
uon system that win open up those
sections of the state which before
have been almost entirely cut off from I
the rest Of the world. 1t will mean
direct dealing for the producers ana
consumers of the state who before
have been many stages removed from /
The largest business transactions.
There is no need for Texas mer-
chants TO buy tobacco, sugar, coffee, /
and other products of Mexico, Cen |
tral America, and the West Indies
New York or New Orleans.
Mr.. O'Hara said,sa-Bor is there any
reason that the goods raised and pro- 4
duced in this section cannot find a
leading place On the markets Of those
FUTURE TRADE.
An indication Of the future of the
Southwest as linked with the new
port, according 10 Mr.. O'Hara and
lther business men, is seen in the rail-
road activities OF the present time.
The big rail systems, for the first
Time, are really considering the deyel-
opment Of Texas, he said, and the
situation is now shaping itself until.
before long, sections Of the state that
have never been served before will
have the best shipping facilities.
And behind the mergers and the
ak OF new construction" Mr.. OHara
aid. lit is evident that the larger
'ystems are looking to the future
.rade that viii 60 through the deep
water port Of Corpus Christi"
TRADE TO INCREASE.
Some of tae, richest markets of the
world, Mr.. O'Hara said, are in the
West Indies and in the countries of
Central and South America. The
countries, though small, are wealthy,
le said. and will be so accessible to
Texas producers through the new port
-bat most of their trade can be
brought here.
Producers Of the state who are used
10 speaking in terms Of tons Of mer-
caandise, be said, viii soon be doing