The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1878-04-12
P1SCAGOULA RIVER BAR.

P1SCAGOUL1 RfTER BAN.
That the bar at the mouth of
East Pascagoula river ought to be
cleaned out, is not at all questioned
by the citizens of this place, and
by those who own and run vessels
in this trade, bnt just how the
money with which to accomplish
this desired end is to be obtained,
is the question of the hour.
If Gov. Stone has sufficiently re-
covered from the terrible drubblng
at the hands of some OF u State
papers for refusing to sign the
Mobile and Ohio railroad compro-
mise bill, we would, in all due re.
spect, ask the attention of Il
executive for Il few minutes. Now,
dear Governor, You cannot be igno'
rant of the fact that the Legislature
of our State did, III the year OF our
Lord 1878, appropriate and set
apart the snug little sum of $4,000
to be used, under certain conditions,
in deepening the bar at the mouth
of the aforesaid river. Also, dear
governor, you + certainly aware
of the fact that those conditions
have been complied with, viz:
That the citizens of our much
abused and neglected corner of the
State of Mississippi and county Of
jackson, did raise in good and law
ful money of the United States,
the sum of $4,000, as required by
said act, and judiciously laid out
that amount, together with $25OO
additional, not stipulated in the
law, in improving and deepening
the channel at the mouth of the
river Pascagoula. Then, dear gov
ernor, beng in possession of all
these facts, does it not become you,
as the chief executive of the grand
old State of Mississippi, and as
chairman ex-oficio of the commits
sion created by that law to carry
out the objects of the same, to call
a meeting of said commission and
authorize the auditor of the State
to issue his warrant for $1,000 with
which to further prosecute this
very important enterprises We
say important, dear governor, but
would not inSinuate in the least
that this work is of very great i'm
portance to you, for from the man
ner in which you have treated the
people of this section of the State
land we do live in Mississippi, dear
%governor) in regard to opening up
navigation in Pascagouia river, 1t
would seem you regard it as of no
Importance at all. We are well
aware you were opposed to the
original appropriation when it
passed the senate in 1873, but then,
dear governor, the act became a
law, ard it becomes you as the COVER
nor of the whole State, to see that
the laws are executed, and the
governor who neglects or refuses
to do his duty is very sure to be
censured by the people.
The water on the bar at tho
mouth of the river, in low tide, is
about four and a half feet, and in
high tide about six and a half feet.
Should the channel be depend totem
feet. vessels drawing nine or ten feet
go up the river to Moss Point
and land opposite the mills, but as
it now is, vessels of nine and ten
feet draft are, to a certain extent,
debarred from entering this trade,
and consequently go elsewhere. to
the loss of our lumber interest.
While upon this subject there is
another matter to which We wish
to call the attention OF our dear
governor, which is this: Under the
law to which we have referred five
commissioners were appointed as
follows, the governor, secretary of
DR.. +. F. Griffin, s. Dodson,
ST., and j. NJ. McInnis. The latter
gentleman is now dead, and we
think the governor should appoint
some one to fill the vacancy. La
casting about for a suitable gentle
man we know of no n better
qualified for the position than Hon.
w. Denny, and would respectfully
suggest that Gov. Stone appoint
him as one of the commissioners.
THE Canton Mail thinks that if $500 is
good pay for a farm hand, it ought TO be