The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-17
VIRGINIA BEACH,
WHERESURGES.R0[L
Finest Sea Beach in the
World, Say People Who
Have Travelled.
SPLENDID COTTAGES;
MANY ADVANTAGES
Miles Of Board and Granolithi,
Walks Magnificent Drives
Through Pine Forests-Wide
Awake Town Govern
ment-The Mosquito
Conquered.
NY FRANK $. wooDsoN,
Industrinl Editor.

q
Industrial Editor.
VIRGINIA BEACH. May 1s.-vir-
ginians, and Southerners generally.
have always been accused OF a prone
ness to neglect or overlook their own
advantages and their own resources.
Ei}ginians, and other Southern folks
generally, who have money to spend
for summer and winter enjoyment have
been perhaps too much in the habit OF
going to the coast of Jersey and Of
New England in the summer and Of
Florida or Texas in the winter, aprar.
emily ignorant OF the fact that they
have on their own seacoast the finest
resort to be found anywhere in tho
world. coast that is seasonable all
the year around.
A good lady. who happens to be tha
wife of prominent naval officer. and
as such has Travelled the wide world
over. and visited every seaside resort
on the earth, declares that Virginia
eeach beats them all. She has packed
her Judgment by investing here and
building on this magnificent beacha
10000 cottage, which she makes her
home
Tho Princess Anne
The destruction by fire last fall Of
the Princess Anne Hotel was some.
blow In that there are so many one
Flea people in the world. especially in
Virginia. These one-idea folks had
somehow gotten the notion into their
heads that the Princess Anne was all
of Virginia Beach, and when that went
up in smoke there was but little, IL
anything. left OF the Beach. con-
TESS that was somewhat of that opin-
ion myself. but that was simply be-
cause I did not know anything worth
knowing about the situation. A three
days sojourn here has convinced mo
| that my ignorance was very dense.
but perhaps not more so than that of
/ the average iYirginian and others who
have not troubled themselves to obtain,
Information. have troubled myself
| to get information, and / propose to
print 1t with the view Of straighten-
ing out my brother and sister igno,
ramuses.
The Dcnch as It Is.
Virginia Beach is an incorporated
town OF about 500 or more permanent
inhabitants. and a more active and
energetic population is not in any
town on the map of Virginia or any
other State.
Within the corporate limits there are
more than two miles of the finest
bathing to be found on any sea coast
in the world, and beyond the towns
limits both ways there are miles upon
miles of equally as attractive aud
equally as safe beach and surf. except
that within the towns limits there are
Improvements In the way OF board
walks. granolithic walks, she'll -oads.
pine forest drives, fire protection.
llfe-saving service, protection from
: far hot oil 1y,I rnf
tage accommodations, police pro-
lection, and in fact everything that
| goes to make life safe, comfortable
and enjoyable.
the town Of Virginia Beach a perma-
nent population OF from 500 to 1000.
but In the spring and summer season.,
which extends from, say, March LIST to
| the last Of October. the people who live
and move and have their being here
vary In number all the way from $500
to 5000.
Winter sojourners.
The winter population. which is
growing rapidly as the advantages OF
the place as winter resort are becom-S
ing better known. varies from 1.e00$to
|l.5OO-thatfis to say. the winter visit
tors who have found out the advan-ys
|tages of the Beach. number at present
all the way from 400 to 100 It should
be said right here thatsi is only within
the past few years that the Northern
folks have been finding out the advan-
tages Of the Beach as a winter resort
The Indications are that as this in
formation permeates the Northern mind
Virginia Beach will vie with Florida
Iresorts as a winter home for the North
erner who may be suffering with weak
lungs or what not. The Beach has all
1.-THE advantages of any far South re-
sort and a good many more as
The reports OF the United States
Weather Bureau for the past half
decade show that the temperature here
| is more favorable to the weak-lunged
Individual than either Atlanta or
Macon. Ga. S35
The mountain ranges OF the western
| part OF the State Keep Oft the harsk
western winds and the frigid Snows
storms. while the salt water breezet
and the Gulf Stream warmth tempers
temperature OF Virginia Beach rarely
gets to the freezing point
a blessing In Disguise.
So far from the destruction by fire
1 of the Princess Anne Hotel being
disadvantages to the Reach. 1t may In
the end prove blessing.
The Princess Anne was n good
enough hotel In its way, but 1t was
,[susceptibls to Improvement, and II Ia
.Iamong the certainties that when new
|hotel goes up on the site OF the burned
4 hostelry, or on some other site, as Is
sure to be the case. 1t Will be a hlg
4 Improvement on the old stand. This
comes along naturally. for since the
A days of the Princess Anne many new
devices for tile comfort OF the weary
traveller and the seasons sojourner
fIhave been invented and developed, and
lit may be sure that Virginia Beach Is 1
Keeping up with all of these Improve
[ments and win take alvantage of then
las rapidly as thcS come aleng XVI INV
8Rut, as before Sintimatedfthe Princesia
Il 5Anne was By no means all OF sWtrs 4