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flying the flags of many countries are seen here Arthur’s tonnage has increased: Tonnage Through Port Arthur, Texas 1900 217,489 tons 1901 150,087 tons 1902 689,688 tons 19038 1,315,248 tons 1904 1,792,371 tons 1905 1,779,954 tons 1910 1,674,316 tons 1915 4,533,864 tons 1920 7,494,260 tons 1925 8,492,498 tons 1926 6,301,831 tons It would seem from the 1926 figures that Port Arthur decreased in _ ton- nage for that year, but this is due to a revision of the customs district, giving to other ports that tonnage which formerly was credited to Port Arthur, when, as a matter of fact, the tonnage really increased, with the Sabine district handling over 16,000,- 000 tons in 1926. John W. Gates began where Arthur E. Stillwell left off and did perhaps more than any other one man toward getting Port Arthur well started in its growth into a metropolis. Legend has it that John W. Gates first came to Port Arthur to hunt ducks. He also was interested in oil, and while shooting ducks, which abounded, and still abound in the marshes on the IIALANULUTTUNTELN TINT Cotton-seed Cake and Meal in shed at Port Arthur, Tex. Docks waterfront, he decided that this was ing, and at that time was the greatest an ideal location for a great oil re- oil field the world had ever known. fining center. Spindle Top was boom- Again the foresight of genius was ipping port—Ample space between piers with covered sheds MARINE REVIEW—January, 1928 35