The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-18
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fax Peninsula, are geoeraphicsllv
although incorporated as ser,r,,..;,
municipalities. The towns .ns,-5Szz|
the peninsula north and south a.
distance of from three and oue-b,1s|
to four miles, and extend east
west from the surgine seas az ~
Atlantic Ocean to the Halif.r 81.
the beautiful Underwater STREAM ~
sets them apart from Dayton, ,.,tss
which they have close commun;s
by means OF three bridges, as wen g
half-hcur ferry service.
Seabreeze and Daytona Beach - 8
essentially summer and winter :.
sorts and are making hundred. s.
new friends every year among tho,e
who desire to escape the disccmforts
ing extremes of heat and cold AMI
their hotels and boarding hons.
are now receiving splendid patron.
age from the most Discriminating.
class of tourists.
The mean average temperature, e.
degrees in the summer and 70 desre..
in the winter, with an occas;on.1'
extra rise or drop of a few DAYS dur.
alton, marks this as one of the mos
healthful locations in any section 81
the country, north, east, south or wes,
The ocean itself, with its marvellous
beach, hard as macadam and smootb
as floor, is the greatest attraction
although earth and air and skv seem
to have entered into a combinaf;a..
to enhance its every charm. The
beach is the famous automobile -
course where every worlds straifht,.
away record has been. made, and II
these records it continues 10 hold
without rivalry.
The sand of this famous speedw,v
is composed largely of the shells of
the coquina clam, which ere. abouf
one-half inch long and very th;n
For ages Nature has been rollint
them up, washing them hack into he
surf and pulverizing them. Examined
under the microscope each particle
is round, unfit for mortar. builder
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 a.
phalt, beyond the comprehension Of
one who has not seen it. Repairs are
unnecessary, as twice each "a hours
1t is entirely rebuilt by the tides.
The beach has 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 automobilins 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 all winter visitors.
Seabreeze contains a handsome
opera house and 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 towns
have enterprising business establish
hshments. as is evidenced by the
advertisements on the left and right
All the attractiveness of Seabreeze
applies to Daytona Beach, the 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 a substantial growth, The
great sand dunes have been leveled
and handsome homes have been
built for both winter and all-year-
roud occupancy. Flowering 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
nifcent hre-proof structure, which 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 Florida
East Coast Automobile Association.
The Ocean Pier is great attraction
to fishermen and it is lined summer
and winter with enthusiastic disci-
pies of Iziak Walton, who find II
nothing unusual to land fish weigh
ing several hundred pounds.