The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1874-06-06
Our HOME INTERESTS
Tho Great Lumber Region oi
South Mlssissippi.
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though "na i've and 10 the name
boru," is astouishcd at The yastncs
pi this lumber rcgion-such bound
less forests Of the best pine timber
that grows; such
UNTOLD wEALTH
hidden away, not in uncertain gul-
chCs and canons of inaccessible mo IN.
tains, but standing Ioflily, grandly
upon nayigablc rivers and rolling
lands, accessible aud attanabIc, yet
until The past two years almost en-
tirely neglected. All southern Miss
issippi, and extending far back n 0
the interior, is one vat, unbroken
pine forest, whose wealth of timber
las as y bcen scarcely tapped.
Your core pondcnt has lately trav-
elcd the counties along the seacoast,
which form a part Of what is now
generally spoken Of as
THE GREAT IUNBGR REGION OF MISS
IssIPPI,"
with the special purpose Of noting
tie increase in this industry, the facil
tiles for shipping, etc. VIXEN ! say
that tree thousand miles OF river,
navjgab!c tor RATS, wind through this
"gl eat }nmbcr region" some idea may
be formed Off ; vast extent. At this
place, the PA cag0ula river dchoucncS
into the Gulf; or, lgo;e properly,
into the Mis-. issippi Sound. The
PaycagcuIa and its tributaries, all
navigable for RATS, drain al that sec
ton Of country, from the Mo lie and
the Tombigbce en- the east, and from
ucar the Pearl on the west, and as
far north as a county or two south Of
the Nicksburg and Meridian rail-
road. The Pearl liyer emptying in
to the Sound near Bay st. louis,
drains Harrison, Pearl, Lawrence,
Pie, ard two or three other counties;
and the Jordan and Wolf rivers,
cmptying into Bay St. ouis, extend
for more than one huLdrcd miles
into the interior. At Moss Point,
some SIX miles abvo this, at the
junction of the the Dog river with
tho Pascag ula, there ar now in OPP
erali)n
EIGHTEEN LARGE sAW-MILLS;
three or four below the point, and
few smaller ones higher up. From
these mills the lumber is transported
to the ships in the harbor upon
schooners, which generally carry
about 10000 feet each trip. The
average capacity of the exporting
vessels is about 100000 feet, or, say,
Of 200 tons, though some are as large
as $50 tons. The PaScagoula harbor
is considered the best on the coast.
1t is protected by Horn Island,
which lies off shore eight miles.
Just inside of the island, vessels can
load to the depth Of eighteen feet
while vessels drawing less than six
teen feet en- load within two miles
of the shore. There are no sew
eral foreign vessels in port, loading
for England and the continent, To
show the B..
GROWTH OF THE LUMBER BUSINESS
within the past Year: Ind that
from this District (Which includes
the ports of Shieldsboro and Pasca-
goula) that in January of this year
there we're 80 vessels cleared, Is for
foreign ports-Wcst Indies, Mexico,
south America, England, Belgium,
etc. and II for coast,wise ports
New York, Philadelphia, etc. These
vessels had a total tonnage OF 7,945.-
81 tons. and carried from our shores
Z 1876. 500 feet of lumber. In Feb"
ruary. March and April, there was
cleared an average OF IA vessels
o,ol, month. The lumber sells at the