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SOUVENIR CENTENNIAL EDITION,' HANCOCK COUNTY EAGLE
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irk^Advent' Of KT2T	^ Tfie Railroad
i	/v'Railroads, too, Just as thay kavo
?done lri other, 'pahs of these ' United 'Sutcs; played an impor-? tant p*rt In the development of this. ana. Ihe first railroad to .operate! In Hancoak County put j an end to the bringing of freight by barge from N?w Orleans and other' nearby points! This first railroad waa known as the New Orleans, Mobile & Chattaneoga Railroad, and was built and opened for operation in the year 1872. Hie construction of this
? ......	....- Railroad, as with others through-
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Lap ValftlAn . .great difficulties, not only in
[115 IjUIIIUII ' the bridging of the marshe; and i 1 the iwo-mile 'wide, Bay of St.
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riir Centennial Edition, upkeep. Worms and other sea ition of the Hundredth insepts would attack the piling
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and soon make them useless so that constant replacements, were required. This difficulty was finally overcome, however, by treating the piling with creosote. To Mi*. Charles Chadwick, af Waveland, went the honor, of driving the golden spike at the Rigolets, marking the completion
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mobiles and detrimental to life and limb. These people pay taxes as. well as those in other sections of town and are entitled to have their streets kept in,, good condition at all times. Also we could use another fire station-^one at either end of town, to provide quicker and better fire protection at all times.
__________________ Then-whatfabout a more adequate drainage system
Academy "actually'the '?ta be able;to carry off excessive water during and itive in our community, Rafter heavy, rains. This excess water, remaining in* n more than a hundred the streets for days qfter 4 rain, is not only a nuisance eg of many of the more J??6ut causes damage to. the streets, necessitating, costly r iital in the transforma- ' Repairs. Theft there is tho "sidewalk peddler? as we izy, sprawling, lindevel*. , call5them (We hope there are none in operation at i ed or more years ago,'",this time), .they are allowed by officials in charge, to
vant to give our readers e beginning of and dur-community. In reading nd stories of Saint Stari
will find stories of "the- - operate \iri,< opposition to permanently established ay- St. Louis, sketcjiea businesses, a practice which we think is grossly un-;ressive citizens .of'the "fair"to the legitimate 1 merchant, who spends his molding of the pattern1 hard-earned money to construct a building which ou wiu find stories of . he hopes will be a credit to his town, hires well-paid ich time our brave lads' personnel, and in general, contributes to the advancement of the community, and his business is encroached upon by these ?sidewalk peddlers? who contribute nothing but an eyesore to the town. Oh, we could go on and on, but the above are our main gripes and we would be more than pleased to see our city officials give some consideration to the above suggestions, now that they have the Centennial out of their hair?and their beards.
all of duty, just as our iw many of them gave s; call. You will find nade entertainment for >. and buggy days,? bees, airplanes, electrical lings and more of, the iu will, find in this edi-intensely proud. Proud ilished by our fathers aits we feel sure were mingly insurmountable ' of these deeds.
vish to take this oppor-5 City Commission Coun-' have .made'and we are . f' in our city' of today. , < lunicipallygowned water".? on.-system, hjas excellent ? ed streets, with mor<? to; rational facilities second ocery, mercantile, hard-, i'will find in cities many ;:. J Onr chui'ches, of every f ^can be found anywhere,;! A faithful congregations, : Sgh to keep their church- ^ Jl.times Transportation' equate?paved highways ? at N..Railroad operates
Of that part of the raAroad run* ning through this section.
This division was purchased In 1878 by the LouisviHe and Nashville . Railroad, by which name it is still known. A Bay St. Louis man, the late John Green, served the L. & iN. railroad as local agent and various other capacities, for more than fifty years, having been first employed by the company in 1874 and holding the position of agent from 1880, until hLi retirement f in 1932.
Many of the citizens of today still remember the Sunday and Wednesday dollar excursion trains running between New Orleans and Ocean Springs, and always filled to capacity with happy crowds out for a day of fun, rest and relaxation. Here at Bay St. Louis, It was always a thrill to meet the excursion trains in the morning and afternoon, and mingle with the crowds, watching the vendors running up and down outjldo the train, selling fried fish and oya-tor sandwiches, figs, magnoUas, and various other commodities to thft passengers through the 'train windows.*
Later, to meet the problem of increasing motor traffic, a two* mile long wooden highway bridge, spanning the Bay of St Louis, was built and opened to traffic in 1928, and thus ended the inadequate ferryboat service to Henderson Point. This bridge, becoming ntiquated, with the passage of time, was replaced in 1954, by the magnificent, $9 million dollar, four-lane concrcte automobile blidge, which now spans the Bay of St, Louis, ranking with some of the greatest in the country.
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