The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-07-15
MILLIONAIRE HAS BUILT VILLA
ABOVE THE SEA AT AT
LANTIC CITY, N. J.
ONCE A MONEYLESS FISHER
wonderful Home With Gardens,
Lawn and Statuary, Where the
Owner Can Fish Out of His
Window. All Lit Up
With Electricity.
With Electricity.

ATLANTIC CITY, N. IA palace
nm the ocean, yet not ship. A won
darful home, with gardens, lawns,
beautiful statuary, with the latest re-
fnement that a millionaire could de-
mand, yet 50 close to old ocean that
its owner could fish out of its Win
d0ws, if he wished.
This is the dream that Capt. John
Young has realized at Atlantic City.
The palace, for it would be hard
to describe this impressive building
by any less pretentious name, is
located on the new million-dollar
pier that is the site of some of the
amusement ventures that have been
the basis of Mr.. Young's great
wealth
In a sense it is a tribute of affec-
ton for it was built to crafty the
desire of Mrs. Young to live away
from land, out over the ocean, i'm
mune from mosquitoes, from noise
and heat and every other cause of
summer inconvenience at a crowded
watering place.
Mrs. Young had had a taste of
the comfort Of such a home in a mod
est little building that her husband
constructed for her on his first pier
at Atlantic City.
When he conceived the idea of the
new pier Mrs. Young Immediately be-
came enthusiastic over the idea of
building a magnificent home, which
should be just as imposing as any
that could be built on land. The re-
suit is the present structure, which
is the wonder of everybody who goes
to the island by the sea.
Putting up a place of this preten-
sion a couple of hundred yards out
to sea was a project of no small
difficulty.
Safety Carefully Tested.
The pier itself, the foundation
for the home, has been stanchly
built of steel. and is able to with
stand even the fierce Atlantic storms
that must assail it from time to time
But even with all this excellence
IN the building of the pier no man
without taking due precautiOn, wants
% put his home on a site which is al
the mercy of the wind and wave.
The first thing that Mr.. Young
had to look to was that he should
not unduly add to the weight al
ready borne by the pier. He had
experts make tests. He told them
that he wanted to build a home OF
Italian marble, They investigated
the underpinning and reported that
the pier would support such a place
without any strain or danger What
ever.
But the dreamer of this palace
above the waves only wanted tC
Know how far he could go without
FISK. He had no intention of try
ing the limit
Uses Near-Marble.
Fortified with the report that
even marble would not unduIy tax
ehe foundations, he had plans drawn
TOT a house of steel and concrete
winch would not only have the ad.
vantage of being far lighter, but
winch should also be better adapted
10 outstanding any vibration that
might be caused by wind or wave.
but the idea of marble was suffi-
GENTLY in his mind to make him want
nome which should suggest mar.
PIE, the reproduction, in short, of an
isa.Ian villa, with even the grounds
@a1 gardens beloved of architects in
the sunny Tuscan country.
Although his house and grounds
were conceived on a most elaborate
pan there was lots of room for them
Ioe olg pier is the largest construc-
O-Jh OF its kind in the world and even
%Ll7F space on one side had been sub
Oaeted for the home and its little
laIA there was still abundant room
'Jl the skating rink, dancing pavil-