The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-01-06
DAYTONA-ORMOND BEACH
FINEST In THE WORLD
Magnificent Stretch of Hard Sand Where
Automobile Races Will be Held
This Winter.
tDaytona Gazette-News)


wide reputation is located here for
the winter In 1900, he brought one
of the first motor cars to Florida and
had many queer experiences with the
native crackers, who at that time
were much opposed to these new fan
gled machines" One. whose horse he
had frightened, called his automobile
a HELL cart" and threatened to shoot
him If he did not get out of town in a
hurry. Behold the developments.
This man still resides here and now
runs a motor car himself, at least
tries to run one. Recently being on
the beach something went wrong with
the reversing gear and the car backed
into the ocean, where it remained I'M
til his old reliable white hose called
Rock of Ages pulled it out. In the
meantime some boys printed a pla-
card, Rock OF Ages | Cling to Thee, -"
and fastened it on the rear of the au-
tomobile, greatly to The amusement of
the spectators.
FlagIer Interested.
H. NJ. Flagler, FIorida's liberal ben
efactor, became interested in motor
cars during the past summer in the
White Mountains, and has a new
steam touring car of popular make
and has also ordered a heavy gasoline
car Recently while on his way South
| on a special train, he stopped at Or
mond, and accepted an invitation to
ride in Mr.. Hathaway's automobile,
| having been promised to beat his train
&c the Daytona station, which was
done by two minutes, Notwithstanding
the fact that the distance by the beach
| is more than a mile farther than by
| railroad. He expressed himself as
T, having the most delightful ride of his
life and said, now l understand why
! the automobilists are so enthusiastic
over the beach"
c. G. Burgoyne. of Daytona, who
has been indefatigable in his efforts
\ to make the Club a success, and has
contributed literally of his time
means and physical strength to fur
tier the interests of the Association
resigned recently solely on account o.
his health. Mr.. Edward NJ, Steck. the
well known auto enthusiast of Phila
] delphia, his successor, has purchased
a winter home in DaytOna. and will
his family is located here for the sea
son. He owns fine Mors tOurinS
car and has entered his S0-horse pow
e. Darrac for the races, in January
He has also purchased another house
On Ridgewood avenue which is beinl
used as an auxiliary club house b!
the F. E. c. A. A. until after the rae,
meet. BY a singular coincidence thu
number of the house is "39," the fig
ures for the worlds mile record, made
last January by w. K. Vanderbilt. Jr
Mr.. Steck is ambitious to make Flor
ida the winter automobile playground
of the world.
i Many Recent Changes.
Great changes have. taken plac
here during the past five years an
there are more automobiles in DaytC
ma now than in any other town of it
: population in the world.
= During the past summer the F1orid
East Coast Automobile Association
has erected a most attractive AM
= commodious club house on the beac
directly opposite the half way post c
, the twenty mile course. The club ha
, membership of two hundred an
J among them many prominent and we
, known people, w X Vanderbilt, Jr
II. NJ Flagler, Howard Gould, Joh
, Jacob Astor and many others.
Daytona has erected two new hotel
} and nearly all of the over two scor
t of others have made extensive in
: provements and all will be filled. A
; Ormond three hundred men have bee
busy on the addition to the great hOte
( and a new railroad bridge across tn
: Halifax river, so that passenger train
u can be run to the very portals Of tn
hotel. A large garage has been erect
: ed. with all modern conveniences an
/ q chaffeurs' club house, with a con
: Portable room and thirty sleepin
r rooms. At the hotel on the beac
| substantial additions and improve
ments have been made in preparation
{ for the rush of the races. First-clas
; hotel accommodations will also b
found at ST. Augustines palatial ht
tells from which the railroad compan
will run excursions to Ormond an
Da~tona during the race meet.