The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-07
EABREEzE ana
- BEACH. two ent

progressive towns 81
fax Peninsula. are eeor,1 q
although incorporates s
municipalities. The Co.;
the peninsula north ana 2
distance of from three 49,
to four miles, and exf.r3
west from the surrins -
Atlantic Ocean to the H.I;S
the beautiful tide-water =
sets them apart from DavfS
which they have close 81. |!z5
by means of three bridees
half-hour ferry service
Seabreeze and Daytona 81
essentially summer and w;r,.
sorts and are making hun.I.
ne" friends every year amon
who desire to escape the di.cos /
ing extremes Of heat and cola
their hotels and boarding s.,
are now receiving splendid 81,
age from the most discrim;,.s.
class of tourists. ~
The mean averaee temperatur.
degrees in the summer and 70 a.
in the winter, with an occ,.;.
extra rise or drop of few days, \,
alton, marks this as one Of fbe s.,
healthful locations in any secf;os
the country. north, east, south 8 e.
The ocean itself, with its n,,rv.,. 3
beach, hard as macadam and e.,,,.l'
as floor, is the greatest aff,,e,;<
although earth and air and skv4 9.
to have entered into comhin,f; z
to enhance its every charm. 8
beach is the famous automct,i1e -
course where every worlds sfx,,6
away record has been made, ,nd
these records it continues q -
without rivalry.
The sand of this famous speedrSs'
is composed LARGELY of the she1l, 81
the coquina clam, which are sboSf
one-half inch long and verv thfr
For ages Nature has been ro]l;s5|
them up, washing them back info q
surf and pulverizine them. Exsm;ned
under the microscope each particI<
is round, unfit for mortar. builder,
say, because its smoothness prevenfs
its holding together. yet, strange Is
contemplate, the very moment wsye
leaves the wet, apparently soft beach
these round particles settle down
into cement almost as hard Is ~
phalt, beyond the comprehension 81
one who has not seen it. Repairs art
unnecessary, as twice each a hours
1t is entirely rebuilt by the tides.
The beach has width of 300 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 automobiling some
part of each day.
Seabreeze and Daytona Beach each
have permanent population OF APP
Proximately 1900. Sanitary ordi-
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 ali winter visitors.
Seabreeze contains handsome
opera house and Congregational
7 Church; at Daytona Beach is a NJ E.
Church. An excellent high school
/ IS situated near the division line be-
| tween the two towns. Both towns
have enterprising business establish
lishments, as is evidenced by the
advertisements on the left and right
All the attractiveness OF Seabreeze
applies to Daytona Beach, tae two
towns being so similarly situated.
The development of Daytona Beach
has been fully as phenomenal as ITS
sister on the north, and each year
there is substantial growth, The
great sand dunes have Seen leveled
and handsome homes have been
built for both winter and all-year-
roud occupancy. F1owering shrubs
have been planted, which are covered
with wealth of bloom both summer
and winter.
Work of rebuilding the Clarendon
hotel is now in progress. This mag
nihcent hre-proof structure, wkicn IS
to contain $50 rooms when COM
pleted will be the peer of any hotel
in Florida. The site is Immediately
north of the clubhouse of the Florlda
East Coast Automobile Association
The Ocean Pier is great attraction
o fishermen and it is lined summer
and winter with enthusiastic disci-
pies of Iziak Walton, who find u
nnfhina ,,p,.c,,aI - Ia.I 6sb weigh