Kammala jumla mai zuwa: 'Yan ƙasar Harris County sun amince da ƙirƙirar tashar jiragen ruwa ta zamani a shekara ta 1909, suna gaskanta cewa tashar jiragen ruwa na cikin gida za ta fi dacewa da yankin bayan mummunar
Guguwar Galveston ta shekara ta 1900. Shugaba Woodrow Wilson a hukumance ya bude tashar jiragen ruwa zuwa zirga-zirga a matsayin tashar jiragen ruwa ta duniya ta Houston da Buffalo Bayou a ranar 10 ga Nuwamba, 1914. A cikin shekarun 1930 tashar jiragen ruwa ta zama cibiyar rikice-rikicen aiki, tare da wasu lokuta gwagwarmaya mai tsanani tsakanin masu yajin aiki da hukumomi, yayin yajin aikin Gulf Coast na 1935 da yajin aikin ma'aikatan jirgin ruwa na Gulf Coast na 1936 a tsakanin sauran abubuwan da suka faru.