There is no demand for bunker coal at the port of Beaumont, nor are there any facilities for supplying the same.

PORT AND HARBOR FACILITIES

PIERS, WHARVES, AND DOCKS

There are 16 facilities located in that portion of the harbor of Beaumont, Tex., which extends from the Magnolia Petroleum Co. wharf on the Neches River, 11⁄2 miles below the turning basin, upstream to a point approximately 3,000 feet above the junction of that river with Brakes Bayou, and including Brakes Bayou up to the foot of Magazine Street.

In addition to these facilities in the harbor proper, there are 12 facilities located on the Neches River below the Magnolia Petroleum Co. wharf, which are considered in this chapter as a part of the port of Beaumont.

The principal terminal developinent at the port is the municipally owned area at the foot of Austin, Milam, and Main Streets, which is operated by the Beaumont Port Commission and at which practically all of the general shipping, both foreign and coastwise, is handled. It is divided into seven wharf sections, although it consists of two continuous wharves, one of which has 1,417 feet and the other 2,000 feet of berthing space, with a depth of 30 feet of water alongside. Wharf No. 7 is of wood-pile and concrete-deck construction with a transit shed having 62,500 square feet of floor space, two surface tracks on the apron, and two depressed tracks in the rear of the transit shed. Wharves 5, 6, and 6-A are of wood-pile and timber-deck construction with four transit sheds which have a total floor area of 62,420 square feet, and are served by two surface tracks on the apron and six depressed tracks in the rear of the sheds. Wharf No. 4 is of pile and timber construction, has a transit shed with 28,944 square feet of floor area, two surface tracks on the apron, and four depressed tracks in the rear of the shed. Wharves Nos. 2 and 3 are of concrete bulkhead construction and support three transit sheds with a total floor area of 63,312 square feet. Each of these wharves has 2 surface tracks on the apron. No. 3 wharf has five depressed tracks in the rear of the sheds, while No. 4 has four depressed tracks. Wharf No. 1 is of woodpile and timber-deck construction and is an open wharf with two surface tracks. This wharf is utilized principally for handling bulk commodities direct between vessel and rail. The four rail lines which enter the ports serve all these wharves through connections with the port commission tracks.