The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-05
CEABREEzE ana Z,
- BEACH, two ens<r

II uu1SA pdllt1eS- The fomx1
the peninsula north ana ~
distance of from three 50
to four miles, and exte.
west from the surfin< So
Atlantic Ocean to the H,I;l@@
the beautiful tide water o.
sets them apart from Dayi
which they have close con
by means Of three BRIDGE
a half-hour ferry service,
Seabreeze and Daytona
essentially summer ana N
sorts and are making hun
new friends every year ana
who desire TO escape the diseo
ing extremes of heat and cofd
their hotels and boarding
are now receiving sp1endid na,,
age from the most discrimip,e;.
class of tourists. nj
Inc mean average Temperature I
degrees in the summer and 20 az,
IN the winter, with an occ,sis1
extra rise or drop OF few DAYS
alton, marks this as one of fhe -
heaithfui locations in any section oI
the country, north, east, south s. -,
The ocean itself, with its m.rve1....
beach, hard as macadam and smc-s,.
as floor, is the greatest aftr.cf;oI
although earth and air and skv =.
to have entered into comhinef;o.
to enhance its every charm. n
beach is the famous automobile -.
course where every worlds str,itht-
away record has been made, ana II
these records it continues to hold;
without rivalry. ~ II
The sand of this famous speed~,s
is composed largely of the shell. &
the coquina clam, which are shouf
one-half inch long and very thin
For ages Nature has been rolling
them up, washing them back into IL
surf and pulverizine them. Examined
under the microscope each particle
is round. unfit for mortar, builders
say, because its smoothness prevents
its holding together, yet, strange Is
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 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 a 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.
SeaL1eeze contains a 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 towns
have enterprisine business establish
liShments, 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 IFS
sister on the north, and each year
there is substantial growth, The
great sand dunes have been leveled
and handsome homes have been
built for both winter and all-year-
roud occupancy. Flowering shruos
have been planted, which are covered
with a 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 hotei
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 ind u
nothing unusual TO land fish "eign-
ing several hundred pounds