The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1941-08-15
HUGE PROJECT DEMANDS
ADDITIONAL PROPERTIES
EXTENDING TO SOUTH
New Ways ard Mere 0stfttiag Docks As Wen - Bah.
kssAsng Iaeluded In Plans Fer
improvements

for Tia fngAih &zlpt1&l6fnE Cor
porafAnn paxt n PAscATou1A has
seen announced nnk wxek TIE en-
pazzztan pragxsm Gals fr uae can-
s<rucslon e * least tuo sddstkunni
aalpw1ya ard c-azEtructtun q enrea
e<alscng dacks ard sap3 ne en-
p2nzzon rrosrAz All cost SEverk
Elhcn ooEAx1 ! i Understood
MnHt &C ne exEazaN4nn 70 tmke
pace VII BE 70 9ae South ok the
present yards an1 astfiffzng eockz
and VII extend cEer 70 what wns
faruexty kxspNn - tie Old PNe-
et1s Potnt Tae prupsrxy involved
vAs surveyed several months Z
and the Land stAked cus mGxking
the pruposad ntes fw TIE snprUut-
Enentk
Arpl1cat30n for Lhe euuzwuctiun
& Ene ways and 6recEaug q the
channels fer the oukfltttng elpn
las been made - the war DepaFt-
ment United States EnEineer o.
fce At AohGle The Engkneers have
given pah1c nozce that 81 protests
asAsrss the Proposed Operations
fruxn the stAndpcnx a ~nAxzgAston
must be rec-zved ~ the Mohzle o.
ice not later than Mnndzy. Auguzs
isza
The construction @ 1t least twe
a16uon&I ship WAYS Win be mace
nnrth 81 the ex1sxtrg ways. accord
tng 20 TIA 0ffhcaAh II also has been
learned from nnnfficaA soarrez that
plans also are being mace tor the
construction q @serai additional
Ezys % the South o the present
wzyE. In the neax fuzurr
The Approaeh 70 the wayx u1n be
drcdsec 70 g depth of - feet al
s0x1rg ample oepeh for launching
ne vessels 70 BE constructed On
them
The yard a. the present has az
are being bull Two ADDITIONAL
wRES are being completed o 10
the North Of present one& Theee
are fox the Z. s NAVY and are BE-
Ing bulk N p~repAx1uon for the
Construction o. four submarine net
AAyerS for the q 3 Navy.
1he three outflxx1ng docks and
~1n 10 AzAlt % e. snu&h 81 Tie
5<esszz alp where the African
C0nez y ncw beanx ouzE1kted Zach
e These sips I'll ~ On the Old
FzzpzsEte point property which
ms been flied II vain sAud. re-
moved from the Quitting sip nov
nse1
me Eips vii Be linked With
h1Lknez1A They VII have an
prnacheS q feet oeep. which u
ample to take care Of vessels q TIE
present SIZE nOw being built and
eu1sracied for
The construction q the outf1trtne
lips x1A necessftzte the dredging
- an0<her drainage canal INTO
fzzoo Lake whlc1 had ben used
an tnner harbox for Local boats
u the past The canal VII be
drsdsec 70 . ceph q Il feet
Tne plans fox the proposed TN
p~roEen1enks cal for the nonatruc-
E1on q . bulkhea6 extending south
from the vest soc q the drEtnags
zanA across thk present sip into
he marsh point q TIE south ude
Part q the present ou.fzfttng ain
: % uHed Il. - % TIE bulkheAd
Saving roE1 fg eutflsEtng ons
zhip
The ~ bnlkheAd VII bs locAs-
g appruUnately hall way o. TIE
present alp The east end q the
1uikheAd VII connect w1En q leves
txkn6lng around the wesz Gaore q
lake Yazoo thence wesx along ne
PROPOSED drainage canal
Tne QUILTING kfzr4 according 70
ne pans v1E - 80 feet tone eaeh
Id 30 feet x1de. They are 20 ar
'9nge1 That Trey can zcconOdats
0utrtrtng q aven vsmes ak
zne time.
TrA1ka are 70 be Id t-hrDugtsDuf
ze area and eaeh quitting o1ck
- - CSC feet hone and e fest
Ha1s Tracks III y I'D q fhe
soe0 fx the Operation q EAntry