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tlx: firm, and his throe sons, W. T., G. A., and J. L. Harkness. The plant :ovoi\s a large area, and its equipment is extensive and very complete, em-jracing the very latest improved wood-working machinery. A special 'eature of the company's business is scroll and ornamental work for build-ngs, galleries, piazzas, equal in style and finish to the best made elsewhere, flie senior member of the company is an experienced contractor, architect wid builder whose ability in the business is attested by inanv of the finest niiidiugs 011 the Coast. These are so numerous and well known that to >arf icularize is unnecessary. Mr. Harkness has educated his sons to the .Hisiness, and in this firm the Coast has an organization of practical men, v'nioh is a guarantee of a thorough and satisfactory performance in their me, of whatever is entrusted to them.
The latest addition to the manufacturing industries of this thriving ity is the superb mill of the Biloxi Milling Company, manufacturers of ml dealers in high grade flour, meal, and mill feed of all kinds. They use : he full roller process, and the capacity of the mill is eighty barrels per day. 'ho machinery is of the latest and most improved kinds. It was made by >ie widely known houses of the Barnard & Lees Manufacturing Company f Moline, Illinois, and of Todds it Stanley Mill Furnishing Compaq, St. lOuis, Mo. The Cornelius Internal Boiler Mill system is employed. The tiii was planned by Mr. E. G. Burklin, a practical millwright of St. Louis, ho superintended its construction throughout. Four grades of flour are inde. The best product is a high patent flour equal to any in the United
■	tates. The proprietors are confident that in regard to yield and percent-go this mill can compete with any in the country. This is an industry
■	iat has long been needed on the Coast. Why, is at once obvious, and it is
i	ore than probable that this “ new departure’’ will be patronized not only v' Biloxi's population, but by many people at other Coast towns who will . iow where they can assuredly get flour and meal, fresh, sweet, and cou-
Jning no insects.
Hiloxi has an excellent hotel, the “Montross,” shown in the engrav-
■	g on page 18. It has recently been enlarged. Mr. Montross is widely jii favorably known to travellers and to visitors on the Coast. Mr.
. huyler’s efforts to anticipate and provide for the comfort of guests of the
ontross are proverbial. He is an enthusiastic sportsman whose conquests tii rod and gun are well known.
Mr. E. G. Burklin, recently of St. Louis, but now of Biloxi, has estab-'.hod an electric plant at Biloxi, which gives the place another valuable
1	quisition. Mr. B. has kept, abreast with the astonishing progress of
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f	electrical science in the application of that subtile agent to mechanical u
|	and is turning his knowledge to good account.	It will not be long. |>n
|	ably, before a uuinber of Coast towns will obtaiu light, and to some «‘xt.
Ji.\	heat and power from electric plants.
<	There	are several orange groves at and adjacent to Biloxi, tht Iarg
%	and most important of which is that of E. Bell, Esq., of New OrBCns.
has several thousand trees from two to six years old. A con.sideimilo mi %>■	ber have borne fruit two or throe years last past. The treo^jvero
§,*’•	destroyed in 1880, as was the case down to	the Florida CiuJ^. L;
I'	season Mr. Bell had a large crop of fruit. His	success is creditable to
'?*’	intelligence and courage as well. He has given the subject years of can
study and practical research.
The group of portraits given of some of Biloxi’s business men on prises the Mayor, three Aldermen and other well-known, substantial a highly respected citizens. Mayor John A. Bosquet, is one of the m< 5; .	active and energetic men in the city; whatever is calculated to prc 'te
interests and growth if feasible and practicable finds in him an earnest si porter. A man of enlarged and comprehensive views, the betterment of t municipality and the good of its inhabitants addresses itself to his willi Is	understanding. His popularity is wide and deserving. Mr. T. H. Gleas
is a member of the City Council and Coroner of Harrison county also. ] is a photographer, and has few if any superiors as an operator in t United States. Mr. Dulion is an Alderman, and the proprietor of t largest livery establishment in the city. Another member of the City Cm iV	cil is Mr. J. A. Bradford, who is a lumber manufacturer, with a mill of 1
eral capacity. Mr. Neilson is the leading jeweler and watchmaker in t city; he has also a well-patronized photograph gallerv. Mr. Burklin a recent addition to the city’s population, having resided there a f j(r!;	months only; long euough however to show that lie is a thoronghgoir
|	progressive, and practical businessman. As elsewhere noted lie is maki
a specialty of introducing electricity for light, heat and power on the Com Biloxi is the Summer residence of a considerable number of po ms *L	wealth in New Orleans, among those who have fine places here ani essi
%	George Dunbar, F. T. Howard, H. T. Howard, E. Bell, L. Valle, -T.Vando
£	August Bohne, J. B. Blakemore, Judge Tisso.
West of Biloxi is Beauvoir, which was the home of .Jefferson Davis the time of his death. On the beach near by is the elegant summer home Maj. W. H. Morgan of New Orleans.
At DeBuys, a short distance westward, the following gentlemen fro the Crescent City have beautiful summer residences: J. M. Winship, Jam |f.	DeBuys, Jas. Peuch, John S. Rainey, S. M. Moody and J. J. Curtis.
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