TABLE 71. - DISTANCES FROM PORTS ON THE PACIFIC; ATLANTIC, 

 AND GULF COASTS OF THE UNITED STATES AND PUERID 

 RICO TO THE PANAMA CANAL AND THE -.'/EST COfvST OF 

 COSTA RICA 



Balboa, Punt arenas. 



Canal Zone Costa Rica 



Miles Miles 



Los Angeles .. ....,.„..,.. o., . 2,913 ...... o = «. o .. o , o ... . 2,499 



San Diego ............ o »«„,.. . 2,843 .... o o .......... . 2,429 



San Juan, Puerto Rico .,o..... 1,036 ,. ..o ....... oo,. o... . Ij50? 



New Orleans 1,433 ... o ... o .......... c . 1,904 



Charleston, South Carolina. .. . 1^607 ... c ............... . 2,078 



New York ..................... 2,01? .................... 2. 438 



SOURCE; Distances Betweet\ United States Ports , United States Coast Pilot 

 Series, United States Department of Coimaerce, Coast and Geo- 

 detic Survey, Washington, 1938. 



GULF AND SOUTHEASTERN STATES 



The supply of amskilled labor at ports in the Gulf and Southeast- 

 ern States is adequate for considerable industrial ^-xpansion. There 

 is some competition for skilled labor but it is unlikely that this 

 would present any real difficulty tc t-he operation oi a tura canning 

 plant, the necessary ccmpleraent to fleet operation. Experienced super- 

 visory employees would have to be brought from the Pacific coast. The 

 cost of labor is somewhat lower in the Southeastern and Gulf States 

 than in the Pacific Coast States ^ 



Vessel maintenance costs are comparatively lew but facilities for med- 

 ium size vessels from fifty to five hundred tons are limited. There are sev- 

 eral deep-water ports on the Gulf coast that can acooiamodate even the larg- 

 est clippers. Galveston, New Orleans, labile, and Pensacola have dry-dock- 

 ing facilities. Repairs and maintenance not necessitating dry-docking are 

 available at Tampa and Pascagoula. Supplies for vessels of this size are 

 not ordinarily carried in stock, and repair yards in general are not experi- 

 enced in handling the repair and maintenance of large fishing vessels. At 

 the present time the cost of dry-.iocking, maintenance, repairs, and similar 

 services for a medium size tana clipper are lower in the Gulf area than in 

 other parts of the country, but, be cause of the small number of such vessels 

 handled, a longer time is required to complete the work and it is questionabl* 



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