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Bay St. Louis, Waveland, Diamondhead
considered a delicacy since each part of the turtle provided different exotic flavors.
The first telephone system in Mississippi was introduced at Vicksburg on January 10, 1881. On the Coast, the first telephone exchange on the Coast was installed in Bay St. Louis with 47 units in August of 1899 and in Pass Christian with 30 telephones in October of 1899.
Hancock Bank, the largest banking institution on the Coast, had its beginnings in August of 1899 with 19 Bay St. Louis citizens coming together to form the successful and progressive bank. Hancock Holding Co., the parent of Hancock Bank, recently reported to own seventy full-service banks in South Mississippi and Louisiana. Preparations are now being made to celebrate its first centennial in 1999.
The seawall was started in 1915 and completed in the 1920s. It was constructed from Bayou Caddy through Lakeshore, Clermont Harbor, Waveland, Bay St. Louis and around the Bay to the mouth of the Jourdan River where Casino Magic is located today. W.A. McDonald & Sons Feed & Wholesale, besides selling groceries, dry goods, and sundries, would also deliver one or two truck loads of cement bags everyday to be mixed by hand and by gasoline mixers for the seawall construction.
Artesian well water in Bay St. Louis was found from between 300-900 feet. Charles Sanger developed the first water works system to supply the local demand. More wells were soon dug, but the demand was ever increasing, resulting in the city buying Sanger?s interest in 1922. A bond issue was floated to provide for two reservoirs, a tower, a pumping station, and electric hydraulic pumps.
Dave McDonald, reporting on the history of Mississippi Power Electricity, recounted that the Power company's expansion took place with its purchase of the Stokoe Ice Plant in Bay St. Louis. Its overproduction of electricity was sold to other utility users.(4)
Bay St. Louis is a relaxed, easy-to-live-in sort of town with friendliness, the predominating trait of its people. They appreciate the contentment they find in this charming residential community with many churches, good schools for their children and work opportunities at easy commuting distances in all directions. Many people work in the town, where retail and service establishments offer all needed goods and services. The Bay St. Louis Chamber of Commerce was chartered on November 13, 1925, and later changed its name to the Hancock Chamber of Commerce.
The municipal school system, whose boundaries extend beyond the city limits, is made up of two elementary schools, a junior high school, and a senior high school. There are also three private schools, Christ Episcopal School, Our Lady's Academy for girls, and St. Stanislaus for boys, and two parochial schools, Our Lady of the Gulf and St. Rose De Lima.
Bay St. Louis has two shopping centers and several apartment complexes. There is also a business district in the vicinity of the courthouse. It is not an industrial city, but it is a plant location for an internationally known manufacturer of aluminum wire and cable, Alcan Cable Company.
(4)	Interview with Dave McDonald, President, Port and Harbor Commission
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