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-an^ Bradford's saw and planing mill on Back Bay has been established six years and during that time has not been idle as much Is JJur/.°yths altogether, though it has not all the time been run up to its full capacity vhen in operation. It has a capacity of 15.000 feet per day	of rough lumber and	20,000 feet per day of	dressed	lumber.
The value of	its daily output is	$250.
Biloxi has five canning factories, the products of vhich find their vay into every market of the civilized vorld. The first factory was established in 1881 sfitkxxxnjrHiirsixstBEkxEfxSrZS^'SSS ?nd the rapidity vith vhich this particular industry	has grown	is vonderful.
The Biloxi Canning Companyyvas	organized	in 1881 vith a capital	stock
of ^25,000. It cans oysters, shrimp and figs, and employs from 75 to 150 hands during the canning season. It is also a large shipper of bulk oysters.	Its canned shrimp	is principally	for the	export	trade.
W, M.- Gorenflo & Co. established its plant	in 1886	for the	canning
of shrimp and the shipment of bulk oysters, employing about 150 hands during the shrimping season. The company owns large oyster grounds..in ,; the Back £ay, and their average shipment of bulk oysters during' the season is 30,000 per day. The shrimp season covers tj&o_.months in the spring and two months in the fall.	~
The...E*lv<C._.Joullian Packing Company was organized in 18S1*. for the packing and shipping of gulf products and has a capacity of 20,000 cans per day. They can,dry pack, pickle	and spice	shrimp, and ship	raw	^
oysters. Capital invested in plant,	^UOjOOO.	(?) Employ from	200
to joo^&ands during the shrimp season. Their oyster shipments range from 10,000 to 100,000 per day.
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•** Lopez, Dunbar's Sons & Co. pack oysters, shrimp and fruits. It vas organized in 188*+, the capital invested being ^125,000. This company claims to be the largest single packers of cove oyster in the United States and the largest packing Viouse south of Baltimore. Its annual | sales range from ^,250,000 to ^500,000. During the busy season it emoloys about 600 hands. It owns its own oyster beds and employs steam__dredges in taking their products. The output of the plan averages atout 200,000 cases of can goods, assorted. The company does a large export business vhich is principally confined to shrimps. The company is composed of F. B. and G. H. Dunbar of G. W. DunbarVs Sons, New Orleans, and I.'Lopez and VI. K. V. Dukate of iloxi.
Barataria Canning Company vas established in 188W and is capitalized at £30,000 but frequently employs as much as £85,000.in its business. During the season it employs from 300 toJ+00 people, and its pay roll during the packing season amounts to from $6,000 to ?10,000 per month.
The company handles in all a product of ^>150,000 to J>200,000 per year in all its lines. It ships both raw oysters and terrapin in season.
The company ovns very extensive oyster grounds and claim the distinction of being the first to introduce oyster culture in the south as veil as the originators of the celebrated ready lunch shrimp.