The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-04-10
PASCAGOULA DISTRICT.
Lumber Trade Journal.

Moss POIST. MIss.--Mcn, matters
and things Lcreabouts continue to
pursue the even tenor OF their way;
no rush, no boom, but continual
hum Of the circular a steady inc0nl-
ing and outgoing Of sail and steam
vessels, currying our manufactured
products to the four points OF the
compass. Such Is. Pascagoula from
January TO December.
European, South American and
c0astwise business Is somewhat better
than usual at this season OF the year,
but there has been and is considerable
falling of in the Cuban trade. owing
to the continued unsettled condition
Of affairs on the Island. This has a
tendency to increase stocks Of the
cheaper grades, as Cuba is our heaviest
buyer. However, indications point
that the war will soon be over and our
manufacturers are living in anticipa-
ton on that score.
From letter OF Hon. A. NJ. Dahl.
gren, collector Of customs OF this dis.
trict, published in the Biloxi Herald
Of March 2lSt, we take the following
excerpt:
All carrying cargocs Of yellow pine
timber and lumber-90 per cent. OF
which it is safe to assume came from
Pascagoula-tliough the vessels did
lay at anchor at Ship Island (or BiloSi)
harbor.
The report Of the legislative com.
mittec tlat recently visited US has
apparently stirred up considerable
enmity and bitter feeling among some
OF our neighbors.
There entered from foreign ports
forty vessels net tonnage amounted
to II .26O tons. There cleared for for.
cign ports twenty vessels with a net
tonnage Of l3. 1872 tons. Entrance from
domestic ports, onc vessel OF ISIS tons
net. Clearances for domestic ports
four vessels, aggregating 2203 tons
net.
The above business was divided as
follows:
Port or Bay st. Louis-Onc entrance
of lS0 tons, and no clearance.
Port Of BiloXi-Sixteen foreign yes
sells entered with Il net tonnage Of
IS, 195 TONS and five vessels cleared for
foreign ports with 6,032 tons net, and
one coastwise entry of l5l5 tons.
Port of PaScagoula-Twenty-four
vessels entered with net tonnage Of
9,l64 tons, and fifteen vessels cleared
for foreign ports with 100 tons and
four coastwse clearances of 2. 203 tons.
Bishop Galloway writes a letter,
indorsing Ship Island harbor, and
because our tiOatcr representative,
Mr.. Dees, sees fit to differ with the
learned Bishop, the Biloxi Herald is
very much out of sorts. II the writer
mistakes not, Bishop Galloway ac-
companied the committee as far as
Biloxi, they couNng to Pascagoula, he
returning to jackson, hence hc is in
position to give only one side OF the
case. We admit, under present condi-
tions, that Ship Island has more water
than Horn Island, but we do not
admit the anchorage is safer, or that
a trst-class harbor can be obtained
and maintained at less expense, but
Iexactly the reverse. We do not blame
the Ilcra!1 for booming Ship Island,
but it should also state that Of the
sixteen vessels entering and clearing
during the month of February, 90 per
cent. OF their cargOes come from Pas
cagoula, and NONE from Biloxi.
The mills are running on full time,
Moss Point Lumber Company having
started up again, after a few days
repair. Logs contiue to come, and al
things considered the outlook c0ult
be worse. X. Xxx.