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BILOXI FTRST ARTESIAN WELL PLACED AT THEN CITY HALL IN 188?
—	WATER ANALYSIS OIVEN IN I93I+
Biogfaphles of Mississippi Coast - Souvenir Golden Jubile Number Commemorating 50 Years of Newspaper Service by the Daily Herald"
P. 9
The first artesian well ever put down in this vicinity Was sunk in front of the City Hall (then at Main Street and Howard Avenue) in Biloxi in l887j a gift from Frank T. Howard.
The next well was sunk a few years later at the corner of Howard Avenue and Lameuse Street, a gift from Harry T. Howard.
Both wells are important parts of the city water system; the former furnishing drinking fountains for man and beast at the City Hall (and Market). The other is diverted into the city mains and covered with street paving now.
This fine water analysis is:
MISSISSIPPI COAST ARTESIAN WATER
Sulphate of soda
Chloride of Sodium (Common Salt)
Carbonate of soda
Phosphate of soda
Bicarbonate of Magnesia
Bicarbonate of lime
Bicarbonate of iron
Alumina
Silica
.75
2.b2
12. M+
.13
.73
.38
.Ok
.05
.7k
17.30