The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-09-21

Prospects . z general pro-
gram of private and public build
ing in the Pascagoula area grew
brighter this week as the gov
eminent removed all limits from
new construction effective Octo-
Der Is, and the Federal Housing
Authority. began accepting ap-
plications for the building-loan
program which was interrupted
by the war.
The familiar sight of sand and
brick piles, and carpenters and
masons at work on new construc-
tion-missing from the channels
Of private business during the
war years-was once more to be
observed in the downtown area
as the first projects got under
way.
OF the three. new construction
jobs undertaken in the downtown
area, two were authorized by
local governmental units and one
by a private operator.
The city began the work of
renovating the old water and
power building at the base 0
the familiar standpipe near the
L. and N, Railroad, in order to
increase its warehouse capacity
for water and gas system equip
ment and supplies.
The building is being rein
forced at several points and il
being given a concrete base. The
being given a concrete base. The
smoke stack which served when
the city was producing electric
power by steam has been taken
down. All machinery in the
building is now being run by cleo.
tricity. The city's power bust
ness was sold to the Mississippi
Power and Light Company sew
ersl years ago.
Courthouse Unit
At the court house a small but
sturdy brick structure is being
padded to the west wing to serve
as a filing room for the over
How of documents in the Office
of the chancery clerk. The struc-
ture is n story and measures
| seventeen bv nineteen feet. Fred
FAVOR, chancery clerk, said that
he unit was needed since the
BOARD of supervisors were of the
| opinion that a new courthouse
could not be undertaken in the
cear future.
The present building was
erected in 1875 and Mr.. Tayior's
Office was added as a wing about
1897. In l94l the board of su-
pervisors drew up plans for a
new courthouse on Ker street
where the ration-board is now 10.
Gated, but ahe outbreak of war
forced delay of the plans.
At present, structural steel and
ether materials are still hard to
get, Mr.. Taylor said. and costs
have so Increased that the fl
naneing plans of l94l no longer
hold good. 1t is hoped eventual
ly to get federal aid for the pro-
ject but this will not be avail
able in the neal future since gov
eminent projects of this nature
are to be assigned to areas where
there is heavy unemployment,
which is not true of Pascagoula.
At present every available
space and corner in the chancery
clerks office is piled high with
documents and ledgers, and it has
become impossible to file any
more material without the added
space.
Commercial Building
On the corner of South Pasea-
goula street at the railroad tracks.
Earl Amonette, operator of the
81 Bus Company, has begun con-
struetion of a commercial build
ing measuring 40 by go feet,
which will be divided into two
units. twenty feet wide: Heavy
reinforced concrete foundations
nave already been poured. The
building will be of brick. Mr..
Amonette said that he had as
signed one side of the building
to Harold Ezell for an automobile
arts and hardware business but
had not vet made contract for the
other side. He said that he also
hoped in the near future tokbuild
IN adjoining two-story bq lding
toward the rear OF the presdat bus
station.
The Pascagoula Moss| Point
bank this weel was authorized to
receive applications under the old
regulations of the Federal Hous-
.ng Au;tori.. ~ which the