The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-04
CEABREEZE and ne
~ BEACH, two enterprise

cSSise towns on TIE
tax Peninsula, are geoeraphieaII
although incorporated e
municipalities. The town. -:
the peninsula north and soufb
distance of from three and IN
to four miles, and extend e,.l
west from the surgins seas =
Atlantic Ocean to the Halifax 81,
the beautiful Underwater stress
sets them apart from Daytons ,si
which they have close comr..,.I
by means of three BRIDGES, as VIZ
half-hour ferry service.
Seabreeze and Daytona Beach
essentially summer and winteS =
sorts and are making hundre5z
new friends every year amont 4
who desire to escape the discomI
ing extremes of heat and cold
their hotels and boardins No..
are now receiving splendid pafre
age from the most discrimin,t;.
class of tourists.
The mean average Temperature s.
degrees in the summer and 70 desrs.s
in the winter, with an occa.;c,>r
extra rise or drop of a few DAYS d,,
alton, marks this as one Of the 49,, g.
healthful locations in any sect;o, .fI
the country, north, east, south 81 w>s4 /
The ocean itself, with its marv.lc..s
beach, hard as macadam and smoofk
as floor, is the greatest attracts.
although earth and air and skv see.,
to have entered into a combin,fsc
to enhance its every charm. ~
beach is the famous automobile ~
course where every worlds straitbf.
away record has been made, and I'll
these records it continues to Mia
without rivalry.
The sand of this famous speedwsx
is composed largely of the shells of|
the coquina clam, which are abouf
one-ha1f inch long and very thin
For ages Nature has been rollinf
them up, washing them back into fhe
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 as
phalt. beyond the comprehension Of
one who has not seen it. Repairs are
unnecessary, as twice each "A hours
it is entirely rebuilt by the tides.
The beach has a width of 300 to 500.
feet, and can be used from two houry|
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 ap.
proximately 1900. Sanitary ordi-.
nances are strictly enforced, streets
and sidewalks are well kept. and
new streets are being opened as fast
as the increasing population de-
mands. Besides hotels and boarding
houses there is ample cottage acec-
mediation for all winter visitors.
Seabreeze contains a handsome
opera house and a Congregational
Church; at Daytona Beach is a N. p
Church. An excellent high school
is situated near the division line be-
tween the two towns. Both towns
have enterprising business establish-
| llshments, 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 IT'S
sister on the north, and each year
there is a substantial growth, The
great sand dunes have been levefeo
and handsome homes have been
built for both winter and all-year-
roud occupancy. Flowering shrubs
have been planted, which are covsied
with wealth of bloom both summer
and winter
Work of rebuilding the CLARENDON
hotel is now in progress. This mag
nihcent fire. proof structure, when =
to contain $50 rooms, when CON-
pleted will be the peer of any Iossi
in Florida. The site is Immediately
north of the clubhouse of the fioriue
East Coast Automobile Assocsatiol.
The Ocean Pier is great atfraction
to fishermen and it is lined summer
and winter with enthusiastic oisei-
pies of Iziak Walton, who ma =
nothing unusual TO land fish welgn-
ing several hundred pounds.