The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1890-06-27
THE REMOVAL or THE CUSTOM HOUSE
FROM BAY ST. LOUIS.

sippi City aud Handsboro held a
meeting at The Court House OF
Harrison county last week and re-
sOired tO move the Custom House
from Bay 81. Louis to Biloxi, or
1 The resolution read "sOme conve-
nient place in Harrison county,"
but of course, we believe the pa
tIiotic and disinlerrsied gentle
men meant Biloxi all the time.
The citizens Of Biloxi took up The
cry and sail 1--WE must have the
Custom House lehere it justly be-
longs" We have no objection to
our friends in Harrison fighting
Bay ST. Louis Tor the Custom
House, but whenever they succeed
in getting it away rom Bay s..
Louis. it will then come TO Pasca-
gouIa, Nhere ii certainly belongs, as
:he reports at our custom house
show that the lumber comes from
this place, Moss Point and Pasca-
goula. Biloxi, it is true, is nearer
Ship Island Ilarhor than Pasca-
goula, but erroneous impres <ions
has obtained IN the minds Of many
that is, that Ship Island Harbor
has advantages oyer that OF Pas
cagoula, though we emphatically
deny il and we are backed up by
the statements of those who are
engaged in the shipping and Ium.
ber trade at tins port.
That nine ten!hs of the car! oeS
loaded on vessels lying al Ship Is
land are furnished from Pascagou-
la 4; that the charts of The passes
leading into the Har6ors of Ship
Island and Pascagoula show the
same depth OF water, namely:
Three and One-fourlh ialhOms;
that the anchorage ground at Ship |
Island is altogether exposed on
the northwest, north and north
east, the directions from which all |
the stromy weather comes during
the lumber and timber season,
and that vessels while loading at
Ship Island experience great
deal of trouble on account of loss
of timber: whereas at Pascagoula
tue risk is so slight that merchants
do not insure their timber, while
at ship Island they are compelled
to do so.
A very material advantage in
favor of Pascagoula, is the differ.
ence in distance from the mouth
of the Pascagoula River-on which
the saw mills are situated-to the
anchorage ground in The Bay. 1t
is thirty miles from the mouth of
SAID river 10 the anchorage ground
at Ship Island, and only nine miles
TO the anchorage ground in Pasca'
goula Bay, and for such vessels as
take small lumber and deals, it is
only four miles. Then, the cost of
towing timber to Ship Island Is fif-
teen cents more per one hundred
cubic feet than il is on tow TO
PascagOula anchorage ground. 1t
costs $50 for The round trip to tow
IA lighter to Ship Island, anC $25
for The same work at PascagOula,
being difference of SIS per
lighter, and a difference in timber
on cargo of 41,666 cubic feet
(lhat being about the average car
go) of S62:49.
Then vessels laying at Ship Is
land, on account of the distance
from the mainland, about twelve
miles, have to pay $25 bumboat
expenses, which expense only Car.
ries the master to The mainland,
where they are then thirty miles
from their merchants, the Custom
House, and, if the vessel is a Span.
ish, Swedish, Norwegian or Dan
ish, from The c0nsuIates, as the
Custom House and the
before mentioned cOnsulates are
located at PascagOula, while at [
Pascagoula there is no expense at ;
tdched to The travelling back and
forth from vessel to mainland.
IT the master of a vessel does
not wish TO sail himself ashore, he {
has only to hoist a flag for a sieve '
lore's boat, and he will soon have {
some one to take him on shore, S
any charge. 6
Again: On account of distance,
Unsafe anchorage ground, and bad 7
Weather, which prevails during The {
imber season, masters of vessels I
aying at Ship Island have consid- /
,rable trouble with the merchants {
IN account Of delays, demurrage, {
,ic., which involves The vessel al [
Ways in expense for protests, de-
Iys, ETC., whereas here the distance {
S short, and The harbor is land !
ocked and safe for timber, and {
here seldom ever arises a dispute {
N account of delays, Gemurrage,
.tc. And, in view of the iOregO- ;
ng facts, why not anchor the yes
el at Pascagoula instead Of Ship {
sland.
The following is a recapiIulalion 6
# The cost of loading a vessel at E
Ship Island, in excess of charges a
or The same work at PascagOula
TO VESSEL.
SumDOat. 10 2
expenses by raIl and hotel
Charges ..................... - ,
DTotest and other expenst.s continUeut