The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-01-29
VISIT OF THE RIVERS AND HARB0RS
CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE.
A Hearing Given the Mississippi Coast
Delegation,

A Hearing Given the Mississippi Coast
Delegation.
The Rivers and Ilarbors Congress
ional Committee en- route for New
Orleans arrived at Mobile, Ala, Mon
day afternoon at 4 o'clock, by the L.
& \. II. r., direct from Washington.
The party numbered twenty'nine,
there being fourteen Congressman
and seven ladies in the party, which
includes the chairman Of sand com
mittce, Hon. W. b. Hooker, Of New
York, who is accompanied by his wife;
Hon. Richard II. Clarke, Of Mobile;
Hon. and Mrs. Benger Hermann, Miss
Hermann and Master Hermann, Of
Oregon; Hon. ), ). Stephenson, OF
Michigan; Hon. and Mrs. John f.
Rayburn, OF Pennsylvania; Hon. L.
+. Burton, OF OHIO; Hon. and Mrs.
Walter Reeves, Of Illinois; Hon, and
Mrs. Chas. A. Towncs, Of Minnesota:
Hon. and Mrs. h. b. DOvcner, Of West
Virginia: Hon. .Chas. n. Clarke, OF
Missouri; Hon. James A. Walker, OF
Virginia; Hon. A. 5, Berry, OF Ken
lucky; NJ. NJ. Gillette, OF New York,
civil engineer; II. Il. Rank, chief clerk
Of the committee, OF New York; ii.
A. Walters, Scrgcant-at-arms OF the
committee, OF Illinois; A. S. Berry,
Jr,, Of Kentucky; Hon. II. S. Alexan-
der, member-clect from New York;
Hon. Patrick Henry, member-clect
from Mississippi, and Gen. Adolph
Meyer, Of New Orleans, the Louisi-
ana Congressman.
They were met at the depot by a
joint committee Of the Chamber OF
Commerce and Cotton Exchange and
conducted to the Battle House, where
they were quartered for their visit.
An incident Of the evening was a
hearing given by the Rivers and Har-
b0rS Committee to a delegation from
Scranton, Moss Point and ~PascagouIa,
r Miss. The session lasted an hour and
a half, to the great qualification OF
the gentlemen interested. Hon. W
Il. Hooker, chairman VI the Rivers
and IIarbors Committee, presided.
The congressional gentlemen appear.
ed to be much interested, as well as
surprised at the vast amount Of tim
? Der business done in that section.
The Committee Of Mi>sissippians
comprised Mcssrs. +. II. Lewis, j. NJ,
Pelham, j. l.. Dantzler, J. |. Ford, c.
A Simpson, A. NJ. Dahlgren, collec.
tor Of the district; w. NJ. Canty, l.,
ID. Hcrrick, j. A. Miller, j. Y. Nor,
gan, NJ. A. Dccs, Chas. Sheriff, j. ii
Neville and S. S, Henry.
The gentlemen succeeded ia indu
} cling the committee to visit Scranton
J Pascagoula river, Horn and ShiI
Islands, and with this object in view
\ have altered their plans, the origina
intention being to reach New Orleans
. Tuesday night. They will leave Mo
bile on Wednesday morning at S;3O
O'Clock by a special train, proceedin,
to Scranton, where they will take tn,
new stcomer Georgia; thence up tn,
river to get a view OF the mills; theme,
returning, 60 down and out the rive.
t to Horn Island passes; thence to Ri
loXi, where they will be met by thei
special train. proceed on to New Or
leans, and arriving there Wednesda.
night.
Hon. W. NJ. Denny, Congressman
from the 9th district, and Hon. NJ, A
DccS, Representative from JackSoI
and Harrison counties, accompanie,
is the delegation from the coast an
urged the committee to visit the COaS
in the interest Of both Horn and Shi
Islands. The invitation Of the dele
II CATION was presented by Mr.. ].
III Ford, who also gave some interestin
facts to the committee on the grOWt
OF the business OF the port, which ha
m grown from no business with thre
feet OF water on the bar in the sever
is tics to $50, 000, 900 feet Of lumber.
Mr.. Ford was followed by Mr.. S. S
Henry, q lumber merchant Of Mos
n Point, Miss, who made an able pres
x entation Of the wants OF citizens an
lumbermen. He was entirely practice
'e and was often interrupted by question
from the members OF the committed
who become much interested as b
proceeded TO speak OF the
GREAT DEVELOPMENT
Of the section, the large extent OF tel
ritOry, twelve counties, to be beneflte
by the improvement OF P~ascagOul
is river from its present depth of 8 fee
1t to a depth Of II feet all the way t
r. the mills, and as recommended b
il Major ROSSell, Of the United State
d Engineer Corps in his report to Cor
greSS. He showed that in the las
twenty years the increase OF the e.
u port trade had risen from nothing i
ID the 70s to "A value Of 81, 632, 900 OF lun
Is Der, besides a large quantity Of nav
u stores, charcoal, etc. He spoke OF tn
. great advantage the deepening {
Horn Island pass and harbOr woul
g be to the people, a saving OF 81 or nor
% a thousand on lighterage. He aske
the government for Il feet at Hor
20 Island pass, There is now % feet i
Horn Island harbor. The appropri;
tiOn as estimated by recent survey re
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