The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-02
CEABREEZE and ma
= BEACH. two enterprise

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although incorporated as e.:
municipalities The towns -
the peninsula north and soufh !
distance of from three and s..
to four miles, and extend e1.f
west from the SURFING seas s. -
Atlantic Ocean to the Halifax RI,
the beautiful Underwater strezn, s &
sets them apart from DAYTON. -.
which they have close commur;.
by means of three bridges, as welI s.
half-hour ferry service.
Seabreeze and Daytona Beach =.
essentially summer and winter 3.
sorts and are making hundreds 81
new friends every year among tho..
who desire to escape the discomfor,
ing extremes of heat and cold -
their hotels and boarding hou..-
are now receiving splendid patr,n
age from the most discriminst;a<|
class of tourists.
The mean average temperature "a
degrees in the summer and 70 dea-.s.
in the winter, with an oceas;,,-,
extra rise or drop of few DAYS. dn-.
alton, marks this as one of the ,ro.t
healthfui locations in anv section =
the country, north, east, south or uest
The ocean itself, with its marvelon.
beach, hard as macadam and smoo&,,
as floor, is the greatest attractioo
although earth and air and skv Sem
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 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 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 wave
leaves the wet, apparently soft beach,
these round particles settle down
into cement almost as hard as as.
Phalt, beyond the comprehension OF
one who has not seen ii. Repairs are
unnecessary, as twice each "a hours
it is entirely rebuilt by the tides.
The beach has a width Of 800 to 500
feet, and can be used from two hours
after until two hours before high tide,
thus giving an average OF seven or
eight hours for automobiline some
part of each day.
Seabreeze and Daytona Beach each
have permanent population OF ap-
proximately 1900. Sanitary ordi-
nances are strictly enforced, streets
and sidewalks are we'll kept. AID
new streets are being opened as fast
as the increasing population de-
mands. Besides hotels and boardins
houses there is ample cottage acco.
mediation for all winter visitors
Seabreeze contains handsome
/ opera house and a Congregational
Church; at Daytona Beach is NJ E
Church. An excellent high school
IS situated near the division line be
tween the two towns. Both town.
have enterprising business establish
lishments, as IS evidenced by ths
advertisements on the left and right
All the attractiveness OF Seabreez'
applies to Daytona Beach, the tax
towns being 50 similarly situated
The development Of Daytona Beacf
has been fully as phenomenal as it
sister on the north. and each yea
there is a substantial growth, Tn
great sand dunes have been levelec
and handsome homes have beer
built for both winter and all-year
roud occupancy. Flowering shrub
have been planted, mich are covsree
with a wealth Of bloom both sunms
and winter.
! Work Of rebuilding the Clarendon
hotel is now in progress. This mag
nifcent e-proof structure, which
to contain $50 rooms, when com
Pleted will be the peer Of any hote
in Florida. The site IS Immediately
north OF the clubhouse Of the Florid'
East Coast Automobile Association
The Ocean Pier is a great attraction
to fishermen and If IS lined summe
and winter with enthusiastic discl
pies of Iziak Walton, who find
nothing unusual to land fish weigh
| ing several hundred pounds