The Grenada gazette., 1888-03-24
OuK SENIORS LETT ER.
tooxrlsrKp rpon LAST wErK.,

Gulf and ship Island i. 4. Gu
Port is considerable town In poin
of area, is regularly laid oil in wi,i
streets and spacious avenues and n
| have just said is very considera
bic town, on paper only In reglit,
~ loint of population, Gulf P0r
reminds me of the Arkansas tow
that Was composed of three inhabi
tants, man, negro woman and dog
About fifteen miles of the Gulf nm,
ship Island road has been complete,
north from Gulf Port. Az thi'
road runs through piney Woo
wilderness. the travel over these fif
teen is very limited being confined
IN most Instances to the hands mh,
| 20 out III the morning on the WORT
train and return at night. The most
imposing edilice in The city Of Guli
Port /, a two-slory frame structure
thout thirty feet long by eighteen
wide, minus blinds or paint, on the
apex OF the roof and running pafal-
lei with the building, is fastened b
pine plank, that hears this familiar
legend, Board and Lodging Three
or four wooden shanties, OF one room
ana one story, scattered at wide in-
terNals complete the entire architects
ural proportions of the town. The
editors and proprietofs Of Gulf Port
claim tor 1t a good harhor and deer
water. The harbor NAV be there
ana the deep water also, but unfor.
iuhhlely for The future great the
latter Is about two miles from the
shore The only respectable harbor
mat Know anything about, between
New Orleans and Mobile, is at s'crau.
ION, at the m0uth Of the Pasc,lyut,ia
river. But it is more particularly III
the products and resources of This
country that wish to dwell upor
IN this article. Atthis tiDtc the urin-
'lpal products are lumber. fish and
'ysters. From the 18th of .Januar, |
aSt, to The 9Th of last month in less
nan one months time there wa,
'hipped from Pascagoula over six |
milton feet of lumber, and ncarI,
I'll OF IL to foreign ports. This wa,
he shipment from nHly one place
NJ the coast. The Iumber trade IL O,
lready enormous proportions. but
Increasing rapidly, and the supply
j long-leaf pine seems iHexhausu.
lie.
Next Id Importance to the lumber
rade, comes the fish and oyster hu-j.
ess. 1t does not require much ran.
al To invest in this business. bevou4
par ol stout arms %u0 suliiriesI
elbow grease To keep them aofE.
* smoothly. 1t is well known
Irt that there is no land or water IN
le Known world, that is the hshirai
a greater variety or finer qualite.o;
ie iilny tribe than this SANE rppian
lrinps, lobsterH, efabs, terrupfn4
40 tuftieS are also to be iag II,
with very little exertion
ne majority of the people here huvr ,
tif smoke house in the water
can ny 1Als expression, that when
ef they want any fresh meat, at n
ey nave to do is 70 go out Oh the +,
iter ana drop line or cast a npt :,
10 haui up dinner good enough F.,
KING The ease with which :
an can make a living here, and tbe
ry slight provision requisite for y
mild winter, renders this a h. d,
mans Paradise. One feature O, =,
timber business, which amount. +,
of dollars, anuuaiIv, is Il,
charcoal industry, TIE produc- 4
realizes about fifteen TO twenty n,
ats per barrel for IT, tits used In p.
isiderable quantities in New Or. -,
ns ana Mobile, for cooking and -,
'er purposes, and retails in the n
les at about thirty-five cents per =.
,,,l p,,;, y
Tfei' But II is as fruit and wine N
'htry, that this land Is destined to fo
me- rms seems to be natural Al