The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1875-03-13
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port IN soriblsss BatfAsr, rather Than
10 cone ffcighled with rich cafgoes
Tor distribution throughout the land.
will readily become apparent upon o
psrusal Of the bill. Verify, IL vas q
very golden egg that the Pascagoula
goose was ~ihcubating under The manis
pulaiions Of said Collector, for his
especial profit, bat which, fortunately
for Us, spoiled before il was ha'ched.
With the Custom House at bis home
at the other end Of the District, and
vessels coming to PascagogIa In bal.
last, under requirement to discharge
il at their own expense, at such point,
as he, had the peculiar privilege OF
selecting; at sixty cents. per ton, for
twenty-five years, was q very good
thing for the Collector, whatever may
be said OF the vessels and the value OF
the arrangement to the port.
The bill sets out with an assertion
which is not true, or, at any rate,
should not be 20. Vessels have no
right to be, and should not be, and
would not be, if the Harbor Master,
was attending to his duty, "indiscrim.
inately unloading their ballast to
the detriment of the port. 1t is made
the duty of the Harbor Master to see
that vessels do not do so, and to point
out where ballast shall be placed, and
it Is q sad commentary on the manner
in which the Harbor Master is dis
charging his official duty, hal the
effect of a neglect Of it on his part, is
cited by him-another grantee to the
bill-in the preamble as an "impera-
tive necessity" for the protection of
the harbor. And to show that this is
so, we quote the very section 6 of the
act creating the Board of Pilot Com
m~issioners which the bill proposed to
SEQ. 6 Be it further enacted, That
Pilot Commissioners provided for as
Aforesaid, are authorized and empowered
elect or appoint q Hsrbor Master; and
is made the duty OF all vessels arriving
IN the port in ballast, to report to such
Harbor Master. who shall designate what
disposition shall be made OF the ballast,
to the rules and regulations that
nay be adopted by the aforesaid Commits
'ioners ; and any vessels failing to SO re-
bort, and make such disposition OF her
Hast as the Harbor Master directs, shall
10 fined in the sum of one thousand dol :
ars for the first offence and two thousand |
,ollars for each subsequent offence, COL !
ected before q court of competent juris- ,
lotion. i
The bill is loosely drawn up, and I
that it exactly provides is not very
Ballast may be discharged 30 /:
to form a breakwater enclosing q /,
arbor with deep water in which yes. +,
els might lie and load at perfect rest !
nd security, and this would be a 6
reat convenience to our lumber and q
mber ships, which would then find q
0 inconvenience even in the toughest i,
Gather. But this bill provides for /,
} such arrangement. There is no :
iarantee or security that anything =
II the good or benefit of the port /.
ould be done ; and 1t is reasonable Z
suppose that the grantees-two Of !,
HON at least, are not at all interes- !,
ID in the place, more than to make :
oney out Of it. and one of whom is a
Ten o non>resident-would take only :
lch steps as to make ae much money :
t as little expense to themselves as :
ossible, and there is nothing in the ;,
IL to prevent this being done, or to
ecure any benefit whatever to the .
ort, for as far as preventing any in
ary to the port, il is the duty asl
ve've said. Of our harbor-master 10 .
m IN that Roo;dco our~o-.