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Corps denies perrnij; for Cowand Point
A permit application by Cook Brothers, Inc. to construct a road and boat ramp on Cowand Point in the Bay of St. Louis, has been denied by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Brig. General John Cook Jr., of North Beach, Bay St. I>ouis, contacted Tuesday said the Cook Brothers’ application had been previously denied by the Mississippi Marine Resources Council, so a turn down by the Corps was more or less routine.
Gen. Cook said the application was made more as an investigatory move than anything else and designed as much to save the point from further erosion as it was to Drovide for a development.
“Cowand Point is gradually being blown and washed away,” Cook said.
before the Corps Feb. 27 hearing.
“The city took no action on the notice as no application for building permits or County Planning Commission recommendations concerning North Beach or Cowand Point developments by Cook Brothers, Inc., have been received by the city,” Carver said.
City records indicate riparian rights are not involved at Cowand Point. The three lots concerned are shown as being 16C - owned by J. J. McDonald, 19D - the property of Amilia B. Letellier and 20C - owned by Cook Bros. Inc.
Cowand Point is located outside the seawall, the next “point” into the Bay of St. Louis beyond, and to the northwest of Bay-Waveland Yacht Club.
“Our original intent was to apply riprap against further erosion,” Cook added.
He said no application for development of a small subdivision on lands owned by Cook Brothers, Inc., or any Cowand Point work had been filed with either the local planning group nor the city of Bay St. Louis.
Richard G. Simmons of Hattiesburg, consulting engineers for the project, also contacted Tuesday, confirmed the existence of some development plans but declined provision of details.
A concrete survey marker on the point, orice high and dry, is now under water even at medium tide, and a flowing well, cased and shown on all local navigational charts, formerly located high on the beach, is now several yards into the Bay. The point once housed a large shrimp and oyster canning factory, was home to a fleet of schooners, and boasted of a wide road running its full length.
The general said he was in contact with the other principals of Cook Brothers, who also intended to settle in Bay St. Louis, in an effort to determine their final direction.
“Nothing has yet been made final.
“When we have a plat ready to present to the planning commission and city council, we will move through channels,” the general concluded.
Also contacted in connection with the Corps release, Mayor Warren1 Carver of Bay St. "Louis verified he had seen the point development notice,