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00016his is a handsome shoving for Biloxi from the canning standpoint but that does not cover the oyster, fish and crab industry by any means. There are numerous handlers of raw oysters, and the daily shipments duririg the season run avay up into the hundreds of thousands of dozens. Biloxi oysters and shrimp have a reputation second to none and, in fact, command Baltimore prices in a great many of the large markets of the vorld.
Three ice manufactories are located here, one tventy ton, one fifteen-ton,■and one five-ton. The artesian vater used in the manufacture of the ice guarantees a pure grade.
The Biloxi Electric Light Company uses a 120 horse-power engine, and the capacity of the dynamo 1200 lights. The plant is provided with all the modern improvements, and negotiations are now pending for the supplying of Ocean Springs, four miles east, with light from this plant. If consummated, expensive additions will have to be made. The company now supplies the city of Biloxi with sixty street lights of 32 candle power.
An extensive mineral water manufactory, two^ship yards, three lumber yards and a number of minor manufactories"" are located here.
The city has two banking houses. The Bank^oftBiloxi,, capitalized at "25,000, was opened for business on the 1st "of "Varch, 1893* John Walker is president and G. E. Park, cashier.
The People.1 s_ Bank, capitalized at $35,000, corr.menced business on April,.JL3»-~lS96This last named bank will soon commence the erection of a handsome banking house at the corner of Pass Christian and_Lameuse Streets, the busin ess_center of the city.	..
Two newspapers, the ^Herald" and the "Gulf Coast News", serve the local interests.
For fire protection the city has water works, a hook and ladder company and two companies supplies with steam fire engines.
In the mercantile line there are fifty^five establishments, while five_bakeries supply the denizens with the "staff of life."
In the way of hotels and boarding houses there are twenty-eight, and during the greater part of the year all are taxed t o ~TheITr utmost capacity by the visitors.
Improvements in the building line are constantly going on and the last year has witnessed the erection of many handsome residences and cottages. A company has been recently chartered for the erection of a ft250,000 hotel whibh will have all the modern improvements, including roof garden, etc.
The only art g pottery in the south is located here and its wares are the wonder of the visitor and tourist.