The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1902-05-10
BILOXI.
Proposition TO Issue water Works
Bonds Carries.

Biloxi, Miss, May 7.-There
were two elections held here to-
day, one for alderman in the first
ward, and the other onlissuance
of $40, 900 bonds for creation of
water works and fire protection.
M. X. Pandella was elected alder
man, and the bond issue carried
by ninety majority. The total
vote polled was 30S. The election
was quiet, but the bond issue was
warmly contested.
The city council was assembled
in regular session Tuesday even
ing with all the members present
but one, and with the mayor pre-
siding. The city marshal report
ed for April AZ arrests, II white
persons and 25 negroes. There
were imposed by the police Justice
fines to the amount Of 500, and
collected of this $91.50. For toll
collections from Back bay bridge,
during April the bridge tender re-
ported $259,95. This is quite &C
improvement over former receips,
and the season for travel over the
structure is hardly begun. The
city public schools have outgrown
the present quarters, and the city
council has decided to erect
another building, and last even
ing appointed a committee to get
up estimates and report back to
the council. 1t is purposed to
have the new building ready for
occupancy at next session. This
has been very successful term.
with the public schools, and the.
High School department will gra-
duate several of its pupils the last
of this month. Elaborate prepa-
rations are being made for the
commencement exercises, and the
opera house has been secured for
the occasion. A feature of the
programme will be an address by
State Superintendent of Educa-
tion Fl. l.. Whitfield.
The city board Of health has
begun an aggressive move towards
having the city thoroughly clean
ed up before the hot summer
months are too far advanced.
The sanitary inspector has been
started on his round dis uuder strict
sanitary regulations, and the work
will be kept up until the city is in
a reasonably clean condition.
The oyster season is practically
over, and as the vessels how come
in from the reefs they are taken
out of the service. The exodus
of bohemians brought here to
work in the factories will begin
Saturday, and by the middle of
the week there will be few left.
They are brought from Baltimore
and each year in response to the
dfgsrr,d fhs season iii1G "' has ftis'' been a
very successful one for the fisher
men, but by reason of the
low range of prices hardly so
good for the packers. The
packers are fairly we'll salts
fed and look for higher prices,
now that the prices Of meat have
advanced so greatly. There were
two new factories to enter the
oyster packing business here this
season, but with this all have been
busy, and the volume of business
done has been very large.
Circuit court for this { Harri-
son } county will convene at Mis-
sissippi City Monday, with Judge
Anderson, of Vicksburg, presid-
ing for Judge Neville. The latter
judge will hold court at the same
time for Judge Anderson,in War
rem county. This exchange is
made by reason of the fact that
there is pending in the respective
courts cases in which each Judge
was interested while practicing
attorneys.