Library HE •U52 The following is a complete list of port and transportation reports prepared jointly by the War Department and the Shipping Board. Those already published may be obtained from the Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., at the prices indicated: Port Series: No. 1. Portland, Me.. No. 2. Boston, Mass. No. 3. Mobile, Ala., and Pensacola, Fla. No. 4. Philadelphia, Pa.--- No. 5. New Orleans, La Price $0.35 1. 25 1. 10 .75 No. 6. Galveston, Houston, and Texas City, Tex____ · 75 No. 9. Charleston, S. C., and Wilmington, N. C....... No. 8. Jacksonville, Fernandina, Miami, Key West, Tampa, and No. 7. Seattle, Tacoma, Everett, Bellingham, and Grays Harbor, .75 1.70 1. 10 . 50 .75 No. 11. Portland and Astoria, Oreg., and Vancouver, Wash..... 1. 10 Francisco Bay, Santa Cruz, and Monterey, Calif. 1. 00 No. 13. Los Angeles, Long Beach, San Diego, and San Luis Obispo, Calif... No. 14. Port Arthur, Sabine, Beaumont and Orange, Tex.... 75 .75 1. 15 No. 16. Baltimore, Md., Washington, D. C., and Alexandria, Va....... No. 20. New York, N. Y. (in three parts, complete). No. 2. Transportation in the Mississippi and Ohio Valleys (in prepa ration)___ Location and railroad map, southern New England ports.. 62 View of State pier (east side) at New London Harbor, Conn............ New England Steamship Co. wharf at New London Harbor, Conn Port facilities map of New London, Conn.... 238 239 262 New England Steamship Co., wharf in Main Harbor, Bridgeport, Conn.. Wharf of the Crane Co., Cedar Creek, Bridgeport Harbor, Conn............ Naugatuck Terminal Co., wharf on Poquonock River, Bridgeport, Conn LETTERS OF TRANSMITTAL THE BOARD OF ENGINEERS FOR RIVERS AND HARBORS, Washington, D. C., June 21, 1923. Subject: Reports on the ports of New London, Bridgeport, New Haven, Norwalk, and Stamford, Conn. To: The Chief of Engineers, United States Army. 1. There are transmitted herewith reports by the board on the ports of New London, Bridgeport, New Haven, Norwalk, and Stamford, Conn., prepared for this department and the Shipping Board as a result of the cooperation prescribed by section 8 of the merchant marine act, and in furtherance of the objects entrusted to the War Department by section 500 of the transportation act of 1920. 2. The information contained in these reports relative to port and harbor conditions, port customs and regulations, port services and charges, fuel and supplies, and port and harbor facilities was compiled by the district engineer at Providence, R. I. The remainder of the reports was prepared by the statistical division of this office, under the immediate supervision of Mr. A. H. Ritter, chief statistician of the board. 3. Information regarding our ports has not heretofore been available in such form as to afford for a selected port all data essential to a vessel desiring to call or to enable a shipper to make a comparison of the facilities, services, and charges at one port with those at another for the particular class of business in which he is interested. The reports include information regarding the traffic movements through the ports and the development of foreign and domestic trade. On account of the value of the information to commerce and shipping interests, and to the successful operation of the American merchant marine, it is recommended that the reports be published with the accompanying illustrations. For the board: G. R. YOUNG, Resident Member of the Board. [First indorsement] OFFICE OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, June 21, 1923. To the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors, Washington, D. C.: Approved: LANSING H. BEACH, [Second indorsement] THE BOARD OF ENGINEERS FOR RIVERS AND HARE To the CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, UNITED STATES ARMY: For the board: DAN I. SULTAN, Major, Corps of Engin Resident Member of t [Third indorsement] OFFICE OF CHIEF OF ENGINE October To the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors, Washing Approved. EDGAR JAD Major General, Chief of E UNITED STATES SHIPPING Bo Mr. GEORGE PARSON, Acting Director, Bureau of Operations, United States Shipping Board, Washington, D. C. DEAR SIR: In carrying out their joint program of work by section 8 of the merchant marine act of 1920, the Operations of the United States Shipping Board and th Engineers for Rivers and Harbors, War Department, hav and published comprehensive studies of various Amer with a view to developing information of value to com shipping. This series, in connection with the series of foreign p undertaken by the Shipping Board in cooperation with t ment of Commerce, will enable the board eventually to public a complete series of world-port studies. As the volumes already issued have been well received been in great demand, it was determined to add to the seri on the ports of southern New England, in pursuance of I have the honor to transmit the attached report with mendation that it be approved. Respectfully, Approved. SAMUEL R. HOWELL, Bureau of Operations, U. S. Shippin GEORGE PARSON, Acting Director, Bureau of Operat |