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VOL. 103, NO. 56 _______	BAY	ST.	LOUIS,	MISSISSIPPI
THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1994
Top genealogical library will move to Bay depot
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BY MARY G. SEILEY
A genealogical library of international fame is being donated to the city of Bay St. Louis - and is expected to be housed in the downtown depot.
Officials hope to put the L.W. Anderson Genealogical Library in the second story of the former CSX Depot.
The library, now housed at William Carey College in Gulfport, is ??"?ued at $1 million to $2 million, according to its owner, Ann ( erson.
Anderson said the library probably will be moved out of William Carey?s accommodations and open in temporary facility here sometime between Thanksgiving and Christmas, and await relocation to the depot.
Details of the arrangement were worked out recently among Anderson, Mayor Eddie Favre, and_ Charles Gray, president of the Hancock County Historical Society.
Favre said Wednesday the acquisition is a major plus for the city, and is due in large part to efforts by Gray. The collection had been sought by a number of other entities, including the University of Alabama.
Favre said the city now is scouting around town for temporary
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accommodations for the library, in the likely event the depot won?t be restored in time to house it by the first of the year.
The city has been trying to buy the old depot for months, in hopes of restoring it with a federal Department of Transportation grant. The purchase is tangled in a title question at this point, however, and city officials are racing to resolve the difficulties in time to qualify for the grant.
Federal, state and local officials involved in the purchase hope to iron out the problems in a meeting next week. Favre said he remains confident the depot deal will materialize, despite numerous frustrating delays.
As it stands, the city needs federal approval of an arrangement in which CSX would retain ownership of a small portion of the depot closest to the railroad tracks. The railroad is offering the city a ?perpetual easement" on that part of the building, and outright title to the rest of the property.
Federal officials have to agree to that arrangement befort releasing the restoration grant funds.
Another question concerns condemnation. City officials say the
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