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<br />. <br /> <br />...-.. <br /> <br />-- <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />ECONOMIC BACKGROUND (CONT'D) <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />TEXAS MUNICIPAL R~POR1S <br /> <br />jlU lliGIIT1 .SUNCD <br /> <br />The City of La Porte. 1970 population, 7.149, 1975 estimate <br />7.995 increasing 11.8~, is a residential and commercial center <br />located in the Houston Ship Channel industrial complex. <br />Several chemical plants are located in the city, one of which <br />employs over 500 persons. another over 250 persons. Other <br />principal manufacturers produce catalysts for oil refining. <br />steel drums, and heat exchangers. Dun and Bradstreet rate 193 <br />business establishments. Two banks held combined 12-31-76 <br />deposits of $34.491,623. Building permits, less federal con- <br />tracts, totaled $4.6 million for the year 1975. increasing 56~ <br />from 1974. <br /> <br />Any data on population, value added by manufacturing or pro- <br />duction of agricultural products or minerals are from US <br />Census or other official sources and in all instances repre- <br />sent latest data published. <br /> <br />*Copyright 1977. Sales Management Survey of ~~; <br />further reproduction not licensed. <br /> <br />PrinCipal Taxpayers <br />Name <br />~Houston Lighting & <br />Power Co.* <br />2. E. I. Du Pont de <br />Nemours Corp. * <br />3. National Distillers* <br />4. The UpJohn Co. * <br />5. Deer Park, Inc.* <br />6. Quaker Oats Co. * <br />7. Chemetron Corp. <br />8. Southwestern Bell <br />Telephone Co. <br />9. Nation~l Petro Chem* <br />10. Friendswood Develop- <br />ment Co. <br /> <br />Total (46.74% of Total A. V. ) <br /> <br />Type of Property <br /> <br />Electric Utility <br />Industrial <br />Property <br />Chemical Plant <br />Chemical Plant <br />Chemical Plant <br />Alcohol Mfg. <br />Chemical Plant <br /> <br />Telephone Utility <br />Chemical Plant <br />Subdivided <br />Acreage <br /> <br />1977 Assessed <br />Valuation <br /> <br />$19,523.623 <br />8,410,490 <br />8.226,230 <br />7.350,880 <br />3,832,840 <br />3,798,740 <br />3.645.110 <br />3.540,620 <br />3,438,420 <br />3,335.361 <br />$65.102.314 <br /> <br />*Also make Industrial District "In Lieu" Payments <br /> <br />FINANCE-CONNECTED OFFICIALS <br /> <br />Mayor . <br />City Administrator <br />Director of Finance ) <br />Tax Assessor-Collector) <br />City Clerk <br />Mailing Address: <br />Telephone Number: <br /> <br />J. J. Meza <br />Vacant <br /> <br />Vacant <br />Mrs. Margie Goyen <br />P.O. Box 1115, La Porte, Texas 77571 <br />(713) 471- 5020 <br /> <br />ST/Jcm <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />5 <br />CITY OF LA PORTE <br />