The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1919-03-01

! his support to the inter-urban. 9Th,
1 people of the coast" he said "shoult
not let up in their pursuance unit
this work is completed"
Mayor G.. E. Crawford, of Mobile
pledged the support of Mobile to thu
inter-urban. He said that Senator
John Craft has already introduced
an inter-urban bill in the Alabama
Legislature and the people of Mobile
will get behind it and press its pass
age. Senator John Craft of Mobile
followed Mayor Crawford.
This is a great project Senator
Craft said, "and we are going to put
! it through. | can pledge that the
! Alabama Legislature will put on its
statute books a companion bill to the
| Louisiana-Mississippi inter urban acts
! Public sentiment demands the con-
struction ofthe Inter-urban and the
/ Spanish Trail Highway"
Mayor John J. Kennedy, of Biloxi,
said Biloxi wants the 1nter-urban
built, and the people stand ready to
do their share in the work.
II. S. Weston, Of Logtown, said
there is no use in saying that the In
+er-urban cannot be built. The thing
TO do, said Mr.. Weston said, is to do
it.
L. c.. Irvine, of Dawes, Ala, said
that no section of the country has ad-
vantages superior to the Gulf Coast
and he believed that if the Inter-ur-
ban projects put on good business
basis there will be no doubt about it's
cess. Mayor Behrman then outlined
briefly to the convention what the
State of Louisiana and New Orleans
have done in the way of public owner
ship OF public utilities, pointing to
the great dock and wharf system at
New Orleans, the grain elevator, the
cotton warehouse and public Belt rail-
way, as examples.
Fl. E. Blakeslee, director general
of the Mississippi Centennial Expo
sition at Gulfport, said the Inter-ur-
ban can and must be built. He then
painted { word picture of the devel-
opment work and would follow the
completion OF the line on the coast.
K. A. Kramer, State highway engi-
neer of Mississippi, supported the in
ter-urban project as well as the early
completion of the Spanish Trail high
way. Mr.. Kramer told the conven-
tion that the three coast counties
would get an allotment of 100000
from the federal highway fund for
use on the Spanish Trail if they fur
nished similar amounts.
Route Recommended
Mayor G. R. Hayden of Gulfport
urged publicity to get public senti-
ment aroused to the necessity of
building the inter-urban and he
thought when the people understood
the question there will be no doubt
about the result of the election on
bond issues.
At 1890 p. m. the convention re-
cessed and the delegates marched to
the Woodmen Hall, where they were
entertained at luncheon by the citi-
zens of Bay St. Louis. Governor
Bilbo acted as master of ceremonies
After the luncheon the committee on
plans for organization work SUBMIT
ed a report recommending that the
route Of the inter-urban be from New
Orleans to Slidell, Waveland, Bay ST.
Louis, Pass Christian, Long Beach,
Gulfport, Handsboro, Biloxi, Ocean
Springs, Pascagoula, Moss Point,
Grand Bay and Mobile. The recon-
mendation was adopted.
The committee recommended an
other recommendation that the may
ors of the different municipalities
constitute an executive committee,
but this was later withdrawn and the
organization committee named at the
morning session was made the exc
cutive committee, clothed with full
power to do anything that may be
necessary to carry the inter-urban
project through TO success. The exc
cutive committee thus created COM
posed Of the following-na men:
New Crleans-Mayor Martin H.
man, f. J. Glenny, and Thomas L..
Willis; Mobile, Mayor G. E. Craw-
ford and L. G. Adams; Pass Chris
tan, Mayor Frank Sutter; Biloxi,
! Mayor John j. Kennedy; Gulfport
Mayor c. r. Hayden and E. ]. Bow
ers; Moss Point, Mayer George w.
O'Neill; Pascagoula, Mayor Frank H.
Lewis, H. B. Everett, T. G. Hibbler;
Long Beach. Mayor J. F. Galloway;
/ Wavelard, E. G. Schwartz; Bay ST.
Louis, Mayor R. w. Webb and Robt.
L. Genin; Sidell, C. NJ. Liddle;
! Ocean Springs, H. D. Cudabac;
Dawes, Ala, C. l.. Irvine; Baldwin
county, Alabama, DR.. Sibley Holmes
Hancock county, Mississippi, H. S.
! Weston; Harrison county, Isham
i Reeves, Mississippi Highway De-
partment, X A. Kramer, state engi-
neer.