The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1902-09-27
OYSTER
CANNERIES.

L he IN. ". IlcaytlIe OF w eUneS-
day containe,, the following re-
garding the new oyster canncries
at the Rigolcts:
The erection of an oyster can
ming factory at Rigolets by Lopez
& Dukate, the Biloxi fishermen,
is an example that will be follow
ed shortly by two other concerns
operating canning factories in
Mississippi, G. w. Dunhar's Sons
and the Barataria Canning Com
,pany, Both of these concerns
are negotiating for building sites
at Lookout, where all tho availa-
bic land is owned BY the Louisvil-
lie aud Nashville railroad. 1t is
thought that it will be little
trouble in reaching satisfactory
arrangement, since the erection Of
these factories will mean the inn
mediate Investment Of some -
thing like $4,000, with the pos
sibility of a great deal more being
invested shortly after operations
are begun.
G. w. Dunbar's Sous operate a
canning factory in Bay st. Louis
and one in New Orleans. The
erection of another Lookout
will make this company the con
troller of thesa, since it j.,
the intention not to remove the
one from Bay St. Louis, but ID
operate an addition | one. This
action is due to the terms of the
Inv recently passed hy the Louisi.
ana legislature. Oysters taken
from Louisiana waters cannot be
carried to a Mississippi factory,
and it is to comply with this law
that the Dunbars are putting in a
plant at Lookout. This place is
located near the Louisiana marsh
es, which are capable of supplying
more oysters than any other SINH
lar region in the country. Oys-
tiers taken from the marshes can
be brought to the factory with
little expense, and the location of
the factory on the Louisville and
Nashville railroad will enable the
firm to distribute the manufacture
ed product cheaply and quickly.
The Dunbars expect TO operate
their own boats rs we'll as to buy
from oyster fishermen along the
coast. In addition to the factory
they will erect store, office
building, quarters for laborers,
etc., improvements amounting in
all to about $4,000 or 25, 1000.
The capacity of the factory will
be about $4,000 barrels of oyster
per day.
The firm has already taken adj
vantage of the privileges allowed
under the law, has leased about
200 acres of oyster lands. Most
of this is soft bottom, and inca
pable of producing oysters at pre-
sent, but by hardening the bottom
1t can be made as fine oyster-pro-
ducing land as there is in the
whole Louisiana region.
The plans of the Barataria Cam
ming company are similar to those
of q. w Dunbar Sons though not
near socompletion. This company
operates canning factory at BIZ
loxi, and the one erected at Look
out will be in addition to the one
already owned. The idea of the
Barataria Canning company also is
to comply with the law and to get
nearer the Louisiana marches.
Mr.. Isadore Hechinger, presi-
dent of the company, said yester-
day that he was negotiating with
the railroad for the purchase of
a site, and the arrangement Of
other matters; and could not say
when work would begin. The
amount expended will he about
the same as that invested by G. w,
Dunbar's Sons.
President Breaux, Chief Surve>
yor Smith and Attorney .Jno. Dy-
m0nd, have just returned from a
trip over the Louisiana marshes,
the great oyster district of Louis
lana. The commissioner has Sc
yeral patrols watching. the oyster
grounds, and the trip was taken
to see what the patrols were do
ing.
The representatives of the ccm-
mission found several Mississippi
and Louisiana boats fishing ovs-
ter on Louisiana territory, and
required all of them to dump
what they had overheard.
1t was decided to return the
Menefee, recently chartered, to
its owners, as it had been proved
unfit for service. The Naomi is
retained in service.
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