Figures Show That Stockton Rapidly Becoming One of World's Great Ports--The Dalles Will be Next

Bv Jack Dionne

Col. B. C. Allin, of Stockton, California, whom I have known for many years, is really proud of the tremendous growth and steadily increasing service and importance of the Port of Stockton, California, of which he is Port Commissioner. Col. Allin was the creator and first Port Commissioner of the Port of Houston, Texas, and made a magnificent job of that opportunity. Now he is not only the manag'er of the already great Port of Stockton, but he is likewise Port Commissioner of the new port at The Dalles, Oregon.

The figures of the Port of Stockton furnish ample evidence of the propriety of Col. Allin's pride concerning that new Port, just past its third year of existence. Get a load of these figures, showing how the Port has grown and is growing, but also the splendid variety of products handled. both in and out:

In 1933, the first year of the Port's life, the total handle of freight, in and out, was 76,n2 tons; in 1934 it h,ad jumped to 2ffi,553 tons I and in 1935 it reached the splendid total of 422,944 tons; or 759,499 tons handled in the first three years.

In 1935 the total of. 422,944 tons handled consisted of 289,733 tons outbound, and 133,211 tons inbound.

Stockton is already an important lumber handling port. Most of the tonnage thus far is inbound, being Douglas Fir brought in from the Pacific Northwest for distribution in Central California territory. In 1933 the inbound lumber tonnage handled at Stockton was 13,654 tons; in L934 it was 21,886 tons; and in 1935 it was 58,175 tons, or nearly 94,000 tons handled in three years.

The outbound lumber tonnage is entirely Ponderosa Pine from Northern California and Eastern Oregon territory, moving into Stockton by rail and water shipment to the Atlantic seaboard. In 1933 this totaled 3,145 tons; in 1934 it was 4,559 tons; and in 1935 it was 10,153 tons.

That the handle of lumber through the Port of Stockton will increase steadily for years to come, seems to be a foregone conclusion. Gradually but steadily the facilities for handling lumber through this Port are increasing, and more and more people are using the Port as a lumber distributing service station. Col. Allin figures that when the Port of The Dalles, Oregon, is completed, which completion will depend on the construction of the new Bonneville Dam in the Columbia River, that much Ponderosa Pine produced in the East Oregon region will move by water into Stockton for distribution in California consuming territory, and at much saving in freight. The Dam will be completed in about a year, there will be some dredging to do, and then the Port of The Dalles, where splendid docks are now being built and equipped in advance of the opening of deep water, will be a very potent thing. It will probably be two years before all these things are accomplished.

But for the moment the Port of Stockton has many stout staffs of commerce and produce to depend on for its growth. Some of the items that are making the Port of Stockton a busy place today are, in addition to lumber, raisins, sugar, barley, beans, canned goods, wine, wheat, wool, hay, iron and steel, gold ore, and potatoes. All these products move in considerable volume through Stockton today. To give something of an idea of what some of these items amount to, witness the following figures:

In three years the Port has handled 82,974 tons of raisins; 67,707 tons of sugar ; ffi,248 tons of bafley (to England) ; 46,464 tons of canned goods ; 27,036 tons of beans; 20,6ffi tons of bailed cotton.

So the new and fast growing Port of Stockton is dependent on no particular line of business for its commerce, but enjoys the opportunity of handling an abundance of different lines, all of which contribute to its present importance, and point to its future greatness.

Col. Allin has much reason to be proud of his workmanship.

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