At the 750-foot wharf the plant can take care of three ships at one time, with a maximum loading capacity of 800 to 1,000 tons an hour.
Other coaling facilities at the port are furnished by:
Illinois Central Railroad: Tipple with capacity of 300 tons an hour;
New Orleans Coal Company: Two tipples, capacity 150 and 350 tons an hour; floating collier to coal ships while freight is being taken aboard at the wharf, capacity 175 tons an hour; collier, capacity 150 tons an hour.
Alabama and New Orleans Transportation Company: Storage plant with loading towers on Lake Borgne canal, just below the city;
American Sugar Refining Company: Coal plant, capacity, 70 tons an hour, for receiving coal from barges and delivering it to boiler house;
Monongahela River Coal and Coke Company: Floating collier.
Fuel oil facilities for bunkering purposes are furnished by:
Gulf Refining Company: Storage capacity, 100,000 barrels; bunkering capacity, 800 barrels an hour;
Texas Oil Company: Storage capacity, 150,000 barrels; bunkering capacity, 1,500 barrels an hour;