The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1941-07-25
rAscAoouLA.s TolL BRIDon

During ths past sWu weeks nau1h printers INA ma
seen usse b. several q the eAlly and veek0 paper
ard several state and osaex officials naxs been YER
bssx eiesns aaas Interviews ard makine comments o.
usst snee ehsss 10 eAa jackson coansys RACKET
gons q them. h0zevsr. reveal sny u tns srps fScl'
aboas ne bridge one oonentatT te president o. ~
MlsAIMapp. A-ut0usohie Association. ssd that Il LaSi'
ana could afford 70 maze fires such bridges A. NE 90
ealsa Hury Loas Bridge 81 View Orleans the state q
m4s.lzslpsA could make free = anari bridge over .
canal
None Of lann takes into CONSIDERATION that pa
msnf q tog over ahe hfsdse Is Pa~esgoaia means pay
tna toll ossF saree miles Of road that i expensive 70
maintain also seven other bridges including tf on8-
e. ssetl bridge s. aausssF o. wesi SIDE
Jackson County uaa tns first SUBDIVISION q the
state taaf bals > cgcrete-paysa highway o. any
lenvta. prior 70 ae building u tina tse mrs. Tina
Of ts G S 7. thsrs ~aa no wsY fes vehicles % 0riTs
across ne county except ca mud roaaa that were
mpassabs IL wss weather. The only wa % gei
across the pascsFoala River wss b. . barge tosed oy
4 motor boat ana saeh transportation coz, five dol
lars and uas 3 slou. tedioua trip Through SIX o. sven
miles ot marhny Bayoah Then later until tne bridge
uas ereated. me county maintained 3 steam ferry the
fare beiae oulg ffty cents. with regular uipa every
half hour
Taf construction Of tie thlFtg o. Fnass miles Of
t4e Old Spanish Trail Ia jackson County va UNDER
1aken Is 3 bond issue without ans assistance from The
Highway Commission Or the State Of Mississippi II
cost nearly a million dellars and aas referred % as
the Aialoa Dollar Highway Some OF these bonds
are ailI outstanding H. addition, the county buhs
the eauseway d three miles between tha toll bridge
and tie steel bridge a. Gautisr Engineers and the
Highway Commission said TINS stnp Of roadway could
not - built 70 stand. Bui our county showed them,
and the three nile Of road stand As q monument 70
ths enterprise and foresight Of our board Of supersis-
ors The construction Of that piece Of road cost about
ninety thousand dollars. and l. expensive % maintain,
~ laefe are seven bridges Thar have 70 BE- kept up in
addition 70 ne two steel bridges The Highway Com
miAsl1a has consistently refused 70 take over that
tl4ree miles OF road. perhaps because 1t Is TOO expensive
20 maintain. Inc oniy money the Highway Commits
has spent N Jackson County N The las; twenty
years Is for about q third Of a mile on Live OAK street
N Pascaaoala and Highway g. between Escatawpa
md Lueedale. about forty miles Of Black Top
Nov. 70 get BACK 70 the toll bridge. jackson
County Is perfectly willing 70 make the bridge free or
II oser 20 the Highway Commission. provided We
ire sufficiently reimbursed for the cost Of the afore-
aid eauseway. and If the Commission vii take up the
outstanding bonds issued Tor The Million Dollar High
say III is true mat the county has made enough
su Of tells TO pay off the bridge bonds but not for all
.hese wears Of maintenance Of the nine bridges tn
- well - TIE three miles Of causewayl. This
me Commission has refused to do. saying it has not
the money. We ara not lawyers. bat have been In
formed b men vino are lawyers. that there are suf-
Ile.ent laus on the statute book Of Mississippi. to en-
able the Highway Commission to take over the bridge
80 4s.aa - sassss=ssaxa3 esaa - y 80 es@s sats "a
ae6. Il Il wants ne tolls taken of the Paseagonla
brhaer