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o /! <br />~ • • <br /> <br />The trade potential population of La Porte is 22,035• ~ 1950 there were <br />1168 gas connections for the City and by 1960 there were 7096. This emphasizes <br />the rapid growth enjoyed by the area prior to the announcement of the Spacecraft <br />Center location. The industrial development in the area includes the following <br />firms; Celanese, Carwin, Texas Alkalies, Houston Lighting & Power, Tenneco, <br />Standard Oil of Texas, S & W Chemical Filter, Southwestern Plastics and U.S.I., <br />whose employment total exceeds 1000 presently with much expansion anticipated <br />by such industrial firms to account for even larger employment figures in the <br />future. <br />Though the prospective developers of this proposed apartment housing site <br />(the John E. Price, Jr., Trustee, group) are convinced of the potential offered <br />by the La Porte Area for such development and submit that this and future <br />developments of a similar kind proposed for the future will add materially to <br />the financial advantage and healthy business atmosphere of LaPorte and its <br />property owners and citizens, the Council will appreciate that ouch development <br />is on],y possible if the prsently existing restrictions imposed on this site be <br />removed by action of the City Council. Therefore, we respectfully request from <br />the Council favorable action on the application of Mr. John S. Kiibler for such <br />removal of restrictions. <br /> <br />:. <br />J 0. Huggins, J <br /> <br />