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W. II. BKLT.
J. W. ALT.MAN.
EDW’D MITCHKLL.	S.	R.	THOMPSON.
BUSINESS MEN OF SCI1ANTON.
MEXICAN GULF COAST ILLUSTRATE!
elegant residences and villas, some of which are the summer homes of m of wen 1th in New Orleans. The citizens of Scranton, mainly constate intelligent, moral, orderly and law-abiding community. As it is i(^Jhe i
mediate vicinage of the Port of jl’a^p^ioiii whence an immense exj>o,rt of lumbered ti ber is constantly jroing on to the foih^i"-'> ers of tlie globe, it is to be expected, th occasionally, a turbulent element crops <n But the efficiency of its legally constitut officers generally keeps the transient rubl in wholesome awe of the majesty of the la The resident citizens and population gener ly of Scranton are highly respectable. Amo its prominent citizens are W.M. Denj- (.’oi t.y and. Circuit Court Clerk, Frank, ^ew Sheriff.*?. K. Mavers, editor of the Deninrn .Star, Aid. S. R. Thompson, engaged in m cantile pursuits, Judge W. E. Chidsey, .1. Ford, attorney at law, H. R. Everitt, attorn at law, T. E. Evans, attorney at law, Aid. W. Allman, Edward Mitchell (firm of De.If
&	Mitchell), merchant, W. M. Canty, merohai it m ivKRs	J. D. OlfU'k, merchant, W. H. Belt, Secreta
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and Manager of the.Pascagoula Ice Company.*.
Tliere are several large saT/mTlfiTat Scranton, two ship yards, an factory, and other manufacturing industries. During the Fall, Winter a Spring the fish and oyster industry becomes an important factor in t business of the place.
On the west bank of thp.Pascagoula river, immediately west of Sera ton, is the village of ’West Pascagoula.' It has a large saw mill, "’id t creosoting works of	U.,,where the timbers used for ,	.s,	[
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ing and other’'constructions which reach and extend below the water-lii are treated, by a steam process to a creosote;.bath ; an effective means protection against, the ilesFriuiive attacks of the teredo, an insect whi hotiey-eonibs and eventually destroys timber thus used unless so protect*
MOSS POINT.
On the Mississippi coast Moss Point is the center of the lumber indi try, and the point of delivery for manyJ;housands of logs which feed t saws of its own mills, as well as of Scranton and West Pascagoula. It is