The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1909-12-29

progressive towns on the Hall
| fax Peninsula, are geographically one
although incorporated as separate
municipalities. The towns parallel
the peninsula north and south for a
distance Of from three and one-haIf
TO four miles, and extend east and
west from the SURFING seas of the
Atlantic Ocean TO the Halifax River.
the beautiful tide-water stream that
sets them apart from Daytona with
which they have close communion
by means Of three bridges, as well as
a half-hour ferry service
Seabreeze and Daytona Beach are
essentially summer and winter re-
sorts and are making hundreds Of
new friends every year among those
who desire to escape the discomfort
/ ING extremes Of heat and cold, and
their hotels and boarding houses
are now receiving splendid patron
age from the most discriminating
class Of tourists.
The mean average temperature. 80
DEGREES IN the summer and 20 degrees
n the winter, with an occasional
extra rise or drop Of a few days dur
alton. marks this as one Of the most
healthfuI locations IN any section Of
. the country, north, east, south or west.
The ocean itself, with its marvellous
beach. hard as macadam and smooth
as a foor. is the greatest attraction.
although earth and air and sky seem
to have entered into a combination
to enhance its every charm The
. beach IS the famous automobile race
course where every worlds straight
away record has been made, and all
these records 1t continues to hold
without rivalry.
The sand Of this famous speedway
IS composed largely Of the shells Of
the cOquina clam, which are about
one-haIf inch long and very thin.
For ages Nature has been rolling
them up, washing them back into the
surf and Pulverizing them. Examined
under the microscope each particle
IS round, unfit for mortar. builders
say, because its smoothness prevents
its holding together, yet. strange to
contemplate, the very moment a wave
leaves the wet, apparently soft beach
these round particles settle down
into a cement almost as hard as as
Phalt, beyond the comprehension Of
one who has not seen it. Repairs are
unnecessary, as twice each a hours
IT IS entirely rebuilt b. the tides
The beach has a width Of 500 to 500
ie-t and san 5e used from two hours
after until two hours before high tide.
thus giving an average OF seven or
eight hours for autouo5iIlna some
part Of each day
Seabreeze and Davtora Beach each
have a permanent population Of ap-
prozimately 1900 Sanitary o-di-
nances are strictly enforced. streets
and sidewalks are we'll kept. and
new streets are being opened as fast
as the increasing population de-
mands. Besides hotels and boarding
houses there IS ample cottage accO-
mediation for all winter visitors.
Seabreeze contains a handsome
opera house and a Congregational
Church; at Daytona Beach is a NJ. E. I
Church An excellent high school
IS situated near the division line BE-
tween the two towns. Both towns
have enterPrisins business establish .
Eshments, as is evldcr-ct b. the
advertisements on tt- Is-- and right .
All the attracIvcncss @. Sca-r1.z5
applies to Dayton Beach. CHI. .a,
tcr1s being 50 similarly situated
The development. OF Da..-.- 6-l--
la, been fully as rl----... us ITS
sister Oh The north and -... wear
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