Las Sabinas, Volume 6, Number 3, July 1980 Page: 27
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A considerable business has been developed
during the last year with Port Arthur merchants by the
Orange wholesalers. Large shipments go to that point
each week, being made via the Sabine River. Frequently
three large barge-loads, totalling some two hundred
tons, have been shipped in a single week by this route.
The opening of the Intercoastal canal has also brought
considerable business to the Orange jobbers, merchants
from towns along the lower Calcasieu River in Louisiana
sending their boats to this point for supplies at
regular intervals.
As stated in the first paragraph of this article,
however, the possibilites of development of Orange into
an important jobbing point are unlimited; the present
establishements, though creditable, have merely pointed
the way for what can be done.
Probably no establishment would succeed to better
advantage than a wholesale fruit and produce house. Rates
in and out on products of this nature are highly favor-
able; there is a large local demand that is , at present
entirely supplied by produce concerns of other cities. A
particular advantage that is available since the develop
ment of deep water here is, however, in the handling of
of cargoes of tropical fruits that can be brought to
this port by schooners that will load return cargoes of
lumber to West Indian, Central and South American ports.
These vessels must come to Orange for their lumber
cargoes - and will come. If an outlet is provided for
cargoes of tropical goods, that of course may include
other things besides fruits, then these products may be
brought in at extraordinarily low freight rates. Shippers
of lumber through the port of Orange stand ready to co-
operate with a man, or group of men, who are experienced
in this character of business and will establish such a
business in Orange. Extensive cold -storage facilities
are already available, and these could be expanded to
meet the requirements of such a business.
Favorable rates from Florida and California would
permit the handling of fruits and other products from
these large producing sections and distribute them over
a large territory in Texas and Louisiana. Especially27
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Orange County Historical Society (Tex.). Las Sabinas, Volume 6, Number 3, July 1980, periodical, July 1980; Orange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth255462/m1/34/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Orange County Historical Society.