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biloxi ".r.r.-'. b- i :x juwr. 187^ 1500 to 2300 people ::: ’v-inter
5000 to 6000 PE'. PI.E IN SP-'l^R 22 HCIFES BUILT DURING WINTER
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"f.tar of Prscagoula", June 6, l3>7l+
3 column article "Our Seacoaet — Biloxi as It is"
(perhaps by O.V. of Vicksburg Herald)
The first thing that strikes a visitor to Biloxi, particularly if he has visited beforehand our other coaet watering -l^ces, is its compactness. Th^re isnothine straggling in its s^^Gsrsnc0 j evervt Int7 seems tc te "voji in hand."
The -ioteTs, dwellings, saloons, stores, etc., are mostly immediately upon the teach road; and the vharves are onlv 75 to 100 yards Ion?, tn 5 feet at lov vater, the rain channel coming to vithin a little over 100 yards of the main shore.
Dcor Isl-nd is only three-fourths cf a mile dist-nt running parallel v,ith the shore, and isa sutstantial breakvater, vitnin vhich the smallest vessels can ride outin safety the most violent storm.
The corporate limits extend for four miles alone the teach, although of course the tack village does not keep pace vith this extension, tut is - snug, pleasant looking village ty the sca.
I he numter of inhabitants ’-’3^ ertimated variously at from 1500 to 2000, btrt judging from the v=ry spirited bidding viich occurred at a meetinr of the Board, during cur visit in regard to taking the Census--vhen the lovest tid vas tc take it for nothing—ve presume the 7,7.ttr± exact figures vill soon te ascertained. These are the permanent inhabitants. In summer the visitors run up the onpulation to between five and sir thousand: and ve vere glad to ascertain, this ’■’«ek, that the visitors vere cumins in rapidly and the prospects cf a tusv and prosperous season vere most promising.
The most ^mple acco^mo^a tons have t0 e p provided. There are six hotels an-’ many private toardinr houses, and there are several eligibly situated houcr;c- for rent at reasonable prices.
vill'-re contain? a Catholic, an Episcopal, and a 'ethodist Church and to shov that Biloxi is surely groving, ’-’e understood that 2? house? ■"ere bui"'* by the permanent citi?ens l^st vinter.
The situation *~t Biloxi is fine and osp^rser great natural vater fsci lities r-r.A advantages. It is u^on th*5 seavard facc cf a peninsula vhich is net	~ile	vide c~ d ninp "il^s long.
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