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The Pier Boom H«>iii«*ihIh>i* niton (lu*r«* was only Kure'N? \om there* ari< 2 1 and шау- Ье more I» b<- buill. Hu oi.i> tki in.»: The Pithing pier business must be а good one. Everybody in it teems ю like il pretty well, and damaged piers arc repaired as quickly a* possible. I remember when there was only one i Carolina kure's. he a couple of dozen, d you count the smaller -Hind picrv An»l more are on the way. In Wilmington recently. Jock Far¬ rell ol the Southeastern North Caro¬ lina llcuch Association, lundesl me a memorandum on the рк industry and we Jive il lo you jusi as be pave it to "Alter Hand, we will have when all arc completed this year. 1 1 Pishing piers, and with one contemplates! lor Holden Beach, the total will be 12. taking into consideration that the old lishmg pscr at Fort Fisher will not be Orrctl new pier at Fort Fisher "Fishing piers is big business, These new and better and stronger piers arc costing complete from SftO.OOO to S 100.000. Minute study . surveying lo. _ bcsl employed by owners, and contractor, especially skilled in building lishmg piers lire being employed lo do the "”<i • M« 0Ч-М »..<» • AllMtk Icoik work, taking into consideration the minimum damages which could be caused by high water and moon tides, strong gales from the northeast and also hurricane force winds or pales. “Recent surveys by me of five piers indicate that they average about 900 ftvhcrmcn using each pier on Satur¬ days and over 1.000 on Sundays. Other I С H.— Mf tl .<tS • 24- t— « ck—rf <«*»“ IS. TnaU-tM Ы>. b«l week days, vary from 300 to 600. at SI. 00 admission charge per person per day on Surf City pier. All others charge 75c Fitch fisherman (average) spends minimum of SI.50 while on pier for bail. food, drinks, tackle, etc." In addition to the piers listed be¬ low by Jack, there are several moee. At Nag» Head arc three: Jennet te’s. with cottages and other facilities; The Fishing I'ier. owned by Gaston Mann; and the new Kitty Hawk Pier, owned by EHon Aydlctt and John McMuIbn ol Elizabeth City. All apparently arc I hey catch -omc At Atlantic Beach the Triplc- Fss has been built back larger than ever. Incidentally. S. S Steven¬ son. of Henderson, who owns this pier, had it insured and I am told that l.loyds of London paid for a НЫ mV 1.Л <~,kt » «n « -H, l.*~> TW L’nwt M .=! <«,.« rfl IW W Cr, r«. wo m. Sn'.tmo repair bill S. X told me that before Hazel the premium was 4 per cent annually and few operators would pay it. Rather take a chance with the weather. Ssnce Hazel й has gone up lo 6 per sent Or so I am told West of Atbnric Beach, at the new Fmcrald Island development, there к a new ocean fishing pier opening up a brand-new fishing territory. Sound fishing piers arc coming, loo. There are two on the Morchcad- llcach causeway and two n the Morchead Beaufort Aho one on the head of a hay east of Beaufort on US 70. and of course the one Irish Fulcher built hack at Cedar IsLmd at the end of the highway. She has cottages and re¬ freshment stand, too. Here’s another little story ahout the P*» hnsmes, BUI Finch propvtcd hn f*er at Money Island (Atlantic Beach) last year. However, properly owners in the vicinity protested and the neces¬ sary permit was held up It came through two days alter Hazel, and so Mr. Finch's reluctant neighbor, prob¬ ably saved him between S 50.000 and SIOU.OOO by dcla; Al Ward m Wi how Hazel benefited the Surf City Pier This one. built of steel, didn’t suffer a nickel’s worth of damage. It had been built over the old wooden pilings and plans had been made lo pull up the old pier and float away the pieces. JULIUS T. HERBST YACHT BKOhIK \iiili.Kt»«.l t hrn-Cnti l>ral if Atlantic Yacht Ba.in IlilJu. Norfolk 4. V,. lifcpHm libert, 7-5*01 тис Бтдтс. juu a. io*a