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OFFICE
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Notis 0f Public Hearing
To Whom
it iiay Concerns
HE River and
Harbor
Act approved
by
Ithe President
~of
the
United
States
June
5,
11920 directs
that
a
prelimin.
ary
examipation
be made
of
“"Harbor of
Christiansted,
Saint
Croix
Viecipg
Jls
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lands’’.
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A public
hearing
will be given
in the
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Government
House,
Saint
Croix.
Viegin
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Islands
at ‘lO
A.
M., Janusry
6th,
1921
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to.
-consider
the
improvemen:
desired.
All interested
pariies
are ‘invited
to
be
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present
and
express
their
views,
while
for
accuracy
of
record
imporfant
acts
and
.argumenis
shoald
be
submitted
in
writing,
oral
evidence
will
be
heard.
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Information
is
particularly " invited
on
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the
following
points
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1..- What.is
the
geographieal
position
of
the.
port
and
what
are
ihe
maa;[est
ports
each
side of it ”
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2.
What
are
the facilities it
now jof-
fers navigation
in wiith of channel \'.;o
depth
at
mean
low
water,
tidal
range,
terminals
and transfer
apparatus.
3.
What
ave
the
corresponding
tacili-
ties of adjoining
or
competitive
poris
?
4.
What
are
the popuiation,
banking
intevests,
business
and
maosufacturing
activities ot tie port
unoer
consideration
and
towns
contributory
thereto
and
ol
its
nearest
competitors
?
5
a
What®
lines
of
communication
including = railivads,
highways.,
rivers
and
oversea
or
coastwise
steamship
or
sailing
lin:s
termipste
at
or
connect
with this
port ?
D.
Describe
the
class
of vessels
on each
route,
the
character
of
the
traf-
fic including the
point
oforigin, the kind,
the
quantity,
its
destina.ion
and
use,
value
per
unmit..
and
the
freight
rates
affecting
its
transporiation
as
now
ex-
isting,
Give
the
same
information
as
to rail and
other
trafiic
to and
from
the
port.
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6.
In general.
what
1s
she territory
now
tributary
to
the
port
and
what
is
produced
and
consumed
there
?.
Where
does
this tonnage
originate
"nd
by what
routes
docs it move
7
What
reasons
in-
cluding
the
freight
rates
-dictate
the
routes
along
which
movement
takes
piace.
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What impmwrm:.:)t
g
now desired?
N What
will-be
?‘;'s-»'“‘5)'1'5;_‘:11_&:%(: affect of
the
improvemen:?
Will
it
reduce
the
-
¢ost
-or
ronder
wmwdre
convenient
the
handlingof
existiny
business?
If
so
why
and
10
what
extent?
Will
pew
business
be
attracted
or cresred.
Will
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this
new business
be
diverted
{rom
some
.
pther port and if so.why
?
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9.
How
should
the improvement
be
!
ecoordinated
with
tne
development
of
.
port facilitics
so
as
to
insure
maXimum
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profitable
use of the
cioarnels
created
at
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the expense
of the Unite't
States
and
to
'
.gvoid
the creation
of littie nazaded
faniit-
ties.
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10.
How
and
to
whnat
extent
would
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public or pativnal irterests
be beaefitted
by the proposed
improvement,
11.
What
loeal cooperation
can
be
ex-
nacted
J.
C.
SANFORD,
Colonel, Corps of Engineers.
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hereby
wade
kpown
ihat
the
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Carriaze
and-Bcat
-Tax for the
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first nalf
vea:
1921 will be received by
the Policemasters
in
Christianstad
2naq
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Frederiksied
[rem
the
20t5
Junuarv
to
'
the
10th of February
1921, both
days
in-
t
cluded,
-after
whicn
the
list
ot arrears
"
will be
transmitied
to the
same
authori-
.
ties ior (uriher
iaeasures,
;
;
Each
debitor of tax will
be subject
to
&
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\
fine
Fres.
1.00 if the
tax
be under
Fres.
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25,00
3nd Fres.
2.00 if the tax
be
Hrus,
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95.00
or above,
beside
the ordinary
levy
{
expenses.
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Governm:nt
of
the
Virgin
Islands
of
the
-United States of-America,
St. Cruix,
.
December
30,
1920.
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FROM
THE #QLICE.
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ANSELMO ANDUZE, 26
years
of ago,
'f
about
5
{t. 6
inches
in height,
light
brewn
coleur,
ciean
shaven.
When
last
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seen.on
the
road
between
Est.
Mary’s
.
Fancy
and
Est.
Bonne
Esperance
ahnut
,l
midday
on
December
25th-
a.
¢.
wus
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wearing blue serge
trousers,
while uhi.
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and brown shoes,
without jacket
or
ean,
.
has
been
missing
since
the
abovemer.-
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tioned
date.
;
Anycne who
can
give information
of
|
his
whereabout-
wili
pleade
communi-
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ca’> with the Polive through
the
jearest
|
Police
Station.
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F. COULTRR,
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Director of i’oiice.
December
3Gth
1920,
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riamgcation
VYROM THE POLICE.
LLL owaers
of dogs
are
enjoined
with-
‘
Aiz;
the
ending
of January
month
to
,
procure
from
the
Police
Oifce
(for
Kir'g{?xill Distriet
from .Kingshii! Police
St- tign)
the signs for dogs prescribed
by
the Police
Regulations.
whizh
acrording
to same
must
aiways
be
worn
by
tae
'
dog, and for which
Franes
10.00 must
be
paid for
dogs
in
town and
Franes
2.00
for dogs
'n the country,
.
Afror said
time dogs
mat . not
wearing
|
the
siza
for 192!
wiili
ba
eaughi
and
'
broaghi
to
the
Pslice
O Fice
(Kingshiil
.
Poiiee
Station) and
detained
for3 timos
.
24 hoars,
when
it
wiill
be killed, snless,
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the owner appears
tn eiaim
the dor, navs’
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.a
fine
of, Fraaes
15.00. and
eventually
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proeuares
Lhe
required sign.
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Christiansted’s
Police Office,
St.
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tha 29th December
1920,
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F. COULTER