The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1891-07-03
THE GULF COAST.
Vicksburg Herald.

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The attractions OF a country are
seldom AS much appreciated bf its
own inhabltanis as by Strangers.
and The Mississippi and Alabama
coast is no exception 10 This rule.
/ Were The case otherwise fewer
Southerners would spend Tie sum
mcr al Northern resorts when
greater pleasures and pnrer air, al
much less expense. await them
nearer at home. 1t is fact. how
ever, hat the numerous watering
places along the shores Of the Mex
lean gulf are comparatively neg
leCi ed by cur own people and es-
pccially by those Of The interior.
New Orleans pours its people by
the thousands every summer INTO
Pass Christian, Bay St Louis, Mis-
sissippl City, Biloxi, Ocean Springs.
Scranton and PasragOula. but
Vicksburc, Greenville, jackson
and similar towns only, as rule,
swell The crowd OF pleasure-seek'
ers al more distant resorts, and II
has been left largely to the citizens
of The northwest 10 bestow proper
appreciation upon our sunny coast :.
The development Of this beautiful
region has proceeded very rapidly,
however, under these auspices and
] the day Is evidently not far dis
! iant when The coast between Bay
1 St. Louis aad Mobile will be one
vast Summer and Winter resort,
not even yielding to The famous
Riviera in point Of ITS attraction.
These attractions are too numCr
ous to be caialogued within the
/ limits of a brief article. A few of
the greatest are the mild and
/ heallhful climate; the unequalled
sea bathing, unattended by any OF
the dangers thai prevail on The
Northern coast; The diversions at
torded by Yachting, fishing and
hunting on waters almost land
locked and of great extent, and
/ the low cost at which the pleasures
may be obtained. Moreover, the
proximity TO a large city and The
| facility OF transportation, afforded
R numerous trains, Is an advan-
tage not to be despised. II may
not be generally known that a
family in The interior desiring 10
pass he summer on the coast, can
on The shortest possible notice in
stall itself in home of lis own
and with no greater expense than
at It's ordinary residence. All
houses are rented completely fur
nished at all points. A brief cor
respOndence will secure one of
these, a short run by rail will put
you IN possession, nor need YOU
carry anything but your clothing,
tor everything necessary to house
keeping will await your coming.
If The visitor desires perfect free
dom from care and responsibility,
hotels and boarding houses offer
every desirable attraction, II he
prefers a home Of his own, lots
may be had at a low rate, building
is not so costly, taxes are low, aud
no better investment can be found
anywhere.
Within The past few years the
growth of this section of The cOun-
Try in wealth and population has
been surprisingly rapid. This de-
velopment is principally due TO
the liberaIily and wise policy Of
the Louisville & Nashville rail
road, which has neglected nothing
that can promote 1t, both In the
way of cheap local passenger rates
and OF advertising its beauty and
its healthlulne.s. Commutalion
tickets are sold in aud out of New
Orleans at so low rate that hun
dreds, perhaps thousands, have |
their houses on the coast and pur-
sue their daily business in New
Orleans, sixty ard eighty miles
away. Comfortable depots are 10
be found at all stations and at the
larger towns two or even more OF
lltSp, dllu VIC dCJbulilibtdAiOti i
Trains will stop anywhere to re-
ceive and discharge passengers. /
Under "A management displaying /
such foresight and so entirely rec !
ognizing the unity of its interests
with those of the people, it is not |
that The towns are ex
tending IN all directions, nor that |
day by day more attention is paid
this beautiful region.
The roads popularity is largely |
10 the brilliant man
agement of Superintendent Chas.
under whose direction
the Mobile and New Orleans divI-
sion has reached a perfection of
comfort and safety second 10 that |
of no other railroad in the country. |
Mrs. Elizabeth l.. Harrison, wild
ow Of The Presidents brother, has !,
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