The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1910-02-02

eO"AS Oh the Hall.
fax Peninsula, are geographically ON.
although incorporated as seuar,k.
municipalities. The towns parz1l.,
the peninsula north and south To- !,
distance of from three and oue-h,I.
to four miles, and extend east an,
west from the surging seas Of n.
Atlantic Ocean to the Halifax Rive,
the beautiful Underwater stream th,,
sets them apart from Daytona vim
which they have close ccmmun;.,,
by means of three bridges, as wen :,
half-hour ferry service.
6reeze and DaytOna Beach -.
essentially summer and winter :.
sorts and are making hundreds =
new friends every year among tho.,
who desire TO escape the discomfor,.
ing extremes of heat and cold. ana
their hotels and boarding house,
are now receiving splendid patro,.
age from the most discrimin,f;-.
class of tourists.
The mean average temperature a
degrees in the summer and 20 desc.
IN the winter, with an occaS;on,i
extra rise or drop of few DAYS DIR.
alton, marks this as one of the mos,
healthful locations in any section Of
the country, north, east, south or west
The ocean itself, with its marveIou.
beach, hard as macadam and smooth
as floor, is the greatest ATTRACTIONS
although earth and air and sky seem
to have entered into a combination
to enhance its every charm. The
beach is the famous automobile rae
course where every worlds straight
away record has been made, and all
these records it 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-half inch long and very thin.
For ages Nature has been rollins
them up, washing them back into the
surf and Pulverizins 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
as twice each "A hours
It is entirely rebuilt by the tides
The beach has a width of 300 TO 500
Ieet, and can be used from two hours
after until two hours before high tide,
-hus giving an average of seven or
light hours for automobilins some
part of each day.
Seabreeze and Daytona Beach each
lave permanent population of APP
oroximateIy 1900. Sanitary ordi-
lances are strictly enforced, streets
nd sidewalks are we'll kept, and
lew streets are being opened as fast
S the increasing population de-
hands. Besides hotels and boardinet
lOuses there is ample cottage acco-
notation for all winter visitors.
Seabreeze contains a handsome
Pera house and a Congregational
,hurch; at Daytoua Beach is a NJ. z.
.hurch. An excellent high school
situated near the division line be-
ween the two towns. Both towns
ave enterPrisin8 business establish
shments, as IS evidenced by. the
advertisements on the left and right
All the attractiveness of Seabre re
pplies to DaytOna Beach, the two
'Wns being 50 similarly situated.
he development of Daytona Beach
as been fully as phenomenal as its
ster on the north, and each year 1
lere is a substantial growth, The I
eat sand dunes have been leveled
Id handsome homes have been
lilt for both winter and aIl-yeAr- i
'ud occupancy. FloWerins shrubs \
i've been planted, which are covered Il
18th wealth of bloom both summer :
Id winter. i
Work of rebuilding the Clarendon
'tel is now in progress. This mag
hcent fre-PrOOf structure, which IS
contain $50 rooms, when COM
eted will be the peer Of any hotel
Florida. The site IS Immortality |
nth OF the clubhouse Of theFl0ridA
-st Coast Automobile Association. II
The Ocean Pier IS a great attraction
fishermen and it is lined summer
d winter with enthusiastic disci-
IS Of Iziak Walton, who find 1t
thing unusual to land fish weigh ,
several hundred pounds. :