The National tribune., 1911-03-16

Now that the preliminary work has
given form to the town and cleared
streets and avenues open vistas from
one end of the townsite to the other,
the OWNERS of lots and land who are
coming daily to the town express the
liveliest satisfaction with the site. the
energetic activities of the company and
the brilliant prospects. This satisfac-
ton was universal even when an un-
cleared site was all there was to view
and to approve, but now that tangible
evidences of progress and growth show
on every hand and from day to day
this satisfaction is superseded by
deeper sense of appreciation. and pur-
chasers are Congratulating themselves
at the good fortune which went hand
in nand with their judgment when they
made their original investments at the
low prices of the first offers.
The present offer of the company is
very low, when one considers the prog
ress in town-buiIding that has been
made and the number of earnest and
able people who are now interested in
the future of Lynn Haven. and it can
not be expected that the price can be
held at the present low level much
longer.
This is conceded by many on the
ground who have not yet purchased.
bur who are anxious to share in the
growth that is sure to come and it's
attendant prosperity. They logically
argue that the eyes of the whole coun-
try are turned towards Florida, that a
movement which has shown so large a
growth in population in this State in
the decade from 1900 to 1910 must
needs increase land values in all parts
of the Commonwealth. They say that
they and their friends are getting tired
of the cold and rigOFous Winters of the
North. and want homes in a State
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least for the Winter months if not for
he entire year, and what they hear in
their own immediate circles eonvinceS
them that the movement to Florida has
not much more than begun
At Lynn Haven they find not only
the climatic characteristics which they
desire in a home. but also commercial
possibilities which mean profitable OPP
portunities to all who are willing to
grasp them. 1t is this feeling and the
movement of population that is super
induced by it that is increasing land
values and making money for those
who have invested wisely. And values
are increasing in all parts of Florida,
even in places less advantageoUely sit
uated than Lynn Haven. The values
are not booming feverishly or wildly,
but are undergoing a sane, conserva-
tive and steady advance, which means
nothing but safe and handsome profits
for all who invest at the present levels.
The st. Andrews Bay Development
Co. is deserving of infinite cOmmenda-
ton for holding its prices as low as it
has, but it has given out that these
prices cannot DE held much longer I'M
der the present active conditions. aGd
that an advance will be made on the LIST
of April.
Even now offers for lots obtained un-
der the first assignment are being made
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of the company, and shrewd investors
are picking up choice locations from
original purchasers at big advances.
One of the larger improvements
planned by the company is large aId
absolutely modern hotel, located on
site that commands a beautiful view OF
! the Bay. The plans for the hotel are
being drawn at the present writing. and
it will be built as soon as the plans
! have been approved. AS sumptuouS
| hosiery as can be built is contemplate
ed, with every modern Improvement for
the convenience and comfort of the
guests and with features that will adapt
it to the enjoyment of tourists in either
the Winter or the Summer. St An
drewS Bay, be il known, is not only a
Winter resort. but for years has been
Summer resort fer people living in
Southern cities. like Atlanta. Birming-
ham and Montgomery. who have found
4 surcease from the heat of the sum
mer months on the breeze-swept shores
of the Say With the Thermometer
never exceeding 90 degrees in the Sum-
mer and with daily breeZeS that como
sweeping over hundreds of miles of the
cooling waters of the Gulf of Mexico 4
more delightful resort in Summer could
not be imagined You can better real
iZe it when you remember that the
thermometer at Atlantic City, at yari-
Gus resorts on Long Island Sound and
even on the shores of New England
will often climb to over 100 during the
breezeless dog days of August
The ideal motor-boat conditions on
| the Bay, together with the fishing and
shooting to be had at all seasons. are
features that will appeal to tourists
when suitable hotel accommodations
are afforded, and the Lynn Haven no.
| tel promises to supply these in a man
ner to make the famous East Coast
caravanseries Of Florida look after their
larrels.