The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-03-06
DEEP WATER HARB0R.
The Mississippi Legislators Reached
P~ascagoula.

the preparations Of the night before
were ample for the reception and ac-
c%ommodation of the Legislative 1n-
vestigating Committee composed OF
Hon. Jas. I. Harrison, c. h. Mitchell,
Alexander Price, Rev. Irving Miller,
W. A. Boyd, L, II. Somerville, A. I.
Wood, w. 7. Falkner, J. NJ. ByarS,
A. Lowenthal, from the Senate; NJ.
A. Dees, j. |. Bellinger, J.. c. Carroll,
j.. S. Eaton, w. Il. Johnson, j. +.
Allen, S. NJ. Shankle, j. S. Hicks and
L. G. Manuel from the House.
The powerful steam tug Leo left
Coles wharf at 10 O'Clock IA. NJ, hav-
ing on board the following well-known
business men of Moss Point, Scran-
ton and P~ascagoula: Messrs. f. II.
Lewis, G. S. Meriwether, j.. A. Miller,
w. NJ. CAVITY, W. w. F%arnsworth, II.
Bloomfield, ii. Gautier, Geo. Frentz,
Geo. w. Ladnier, w. II. Mcintosh,
ii. L. Krebs, W.. L. Ladnier, c. A..
Greiner, V. Brown, j. p. Fox, J.. f.
Clark, E. Castenera, j. L. Dantzler,
A. s. Denny, +. Bloomfield, L. NJ.
Evans, G.. W.. Howe, L. T. Belt, O.
Randall and S. S. Henry, who were
the joint committee appointed by the
Merchants Association Of Moss Point
and the %Pascagoula Commercial Club,
to join the U. S. Revenue Gutter
Seward and take charge of the dele
cation from Jackson.
The Seward was met off Horn
Island when the delegation boarded
the Leo. After partaking of an ele-
giant lunch, the Leo was headed for
Horn Island Pass. They began TAX
ing the soundings about aquartcr of
a mile west Of bouy No. 8, the tug
!, being headed cast by north, soundings
being taken every 500 feet. The first
sounding showed q feet Of water,
which suddenly shoaled to Is feet,
) then %dcepcned to q to % feet, then to
"a feet 6 inches. About a mile from
this point % feet was found. Here
) the water became shalloWer, sounding
: from 20 to 22t feet. A mile further
to the eastward there was IS feet Of
water, at the opening of the pass
b there was III to 20 feet for about !
mile, then it %deepened to q and &c
feet. After reaching the eastward
l spit of the Island the lead showed L
to 10 feet. At bouy No.t3, the open
t ing Of Horn Island pass first sound
. ing was 25 feet and several hundred
t yards further out to sea there vas q
: feet, the water for ! a mile further
varied from %, "a to 20 feet. On the
edge of the inside bar 22t feet and or
the bar proper "a feet which shoale(
! to q feet.
! 1t was very near dark when the tus
Leo and her guests reached Scranton
S After ~partaking Of a superb suppc'
provided by the Pascagoula CONNER
cial Club and the Merchants Associa
ton at Mr.. j. A. Miller's hotel, tn,
joint committees and the delegation
from Jackson adjourned to the court
house where there was a business
meeting of the citizens presided owe
by Capt. P. X. Mayors. The meetin:
was first addressed by Hon. Jno. NJ
Pelham, who illustrated to those pres
ent by maps and charts the advant
ages of Horn Island has over all othe
T. points on the coast. He was followe
a by Hon. NJ. A. DceS. who stated tina
e he was in favor OF the Horn Islam
H. enterprise, but thought it would b
ID more feasible to build a railroad fror
" Horn Island through Moss Point T.
10 Stonewall, Miss, and there connect
L. ing with the Gulf and Ship Islam
III Railroad, thence extending to Men
Of phis, Tenn. 1t is his idea to extend tn
is road to 20 feet Of water, which til
government could be induced to deel
S, en- to Is feet by dredging. He SUI
Or gested that the State issue 81, 000,0 C
in bonds, half OF which to be used !
c. building this road over the route h
ID proposed. Mr.. L. Bloomfield state
G, that it costs % cents more a thousan
feet to ship lumber to Ship Islam
e, than to Horn Island. Capt. S. I
lr Thompson also spoke, showing tina
it took nine miles to reach 20 feet c
I'd water at Gulfport, while the sam
depth of water could be found With
three miles of P%ascagoula. He wa
followed by Mr.. II. NJ. Evans, Of Mos
Point, who showed that every yea
" during the last five years, 96,64l ,0t
" feet of lumber was shipped from Pa!
IS cagoula.
At an early hour Saturday mornin
ie the entire party boarded the tug LIE
Or for a trip to Moss Point. All alon
$. the route tugs and schooners wei
DC decorated, while the visitors wei
IL saluted by the dipping Of flags an
Gu the blowing of whistles Of the diife
vi ent mills. On their arrival at Mos
III Point they were received by Messr
as L. N. Dantzler, senior and junior, ,
IL L. Dantzler, Robert Loughridge, Re
II. w. Adams, Mckay Cowan an
d Capt. John Alberts. The tug wa
le headed up the river through a bool
of logs four miles in length, valued q
SlO0, 900. Here the river became S
=; blocked with Iafts Of logs comm
=, down to the mills that the steamt
- was obliged TO return, thus proven
ing them from seeing another bool
four miles in length. They wei
shown the L. N. Dantzler Lumbt
=, Co.'s mill. which cuts 200. 900 feet