The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-08-11
Houses Have Been Erected
at Rate of One a Day
Since It's Birth.
CITY OF $500 SOULS NOW AP-
PEARS WHERE FOREST STOOD
SEVENTEEN MONTHS AGO-lT
IS THOUGHT MORE THAN FIVE
THOUSAND PEOPLE Will /
SPEND THIS WINTER THERE.

Occasionally one reads Of com
n1unity building church, school build
ing or even a dwelling in one day by
the combined service Of whole neigh
borhood. Upon reading Of such in
dustry the reader becomes impressed
with the energy, determination and
cooperation of the people where the
building takes place and thereafter has
a good impression of the community
and its people.
Erecting a building I'm one day IS IN
deed task, but when It comes to
erecting one every day for almost
four hundred days you must admit
that Is a record for any city to say
nothing Of a new town to be proud Of.
Lynn Haven has such a record, and
the houses built would be ornaments
to cities Of twenty thousand inhabi-
tants. Palatial residences and sub
stantial brick buildings with plate
glass fronts now stand where pine
saplings gracefully swayed to and fro
with the gulf breezes seventeen
months ago.
Twenty hundred persons spent
last winter in Lynn Haven. Half
that number were so pleased with the
location, climate and opportunities
that they decided to remain there al
ways and this summer, their first one
IN the south, they declare has been
one Of the most enjoyable and prof1ta-
bic ones ever spent.
Eight thousand lots have been pur-
chased in Lynn Haven and before the
chilling winter winds Of the north an
nounce the arrival Of winter no less
than five thousand souls will have
taken up their abode at Lynn Haven
Buildings are being prepared to &C
commodate them; contractors are
erecting handsome bungalows and cot
tages on lots the people have never
seen and win be ready to receive them
when the winter season opens.
When April 1 comes around, the sec
ond anniversary of the beginning OF
Lynn Haven, no less than a thousand
buildings will have been erected, sur
passing the rapid bundi lg record az
ready established.
A personal visit is necessary to gain
any conception of what is really taking
place at Lynn Haven. Houses have
been built and are being built before
the pine trees have been cleared way
The streets have been laid out ant
large sums Of money are being ex.
pended to grade the streets and built
board walks for the people, yet herr
and there and everywhere are stand
ing large and small trees
1t Is city unlike any other. The
lots are sufficiently large for a Aouse
with ample front and back yards fol
poultry raising or gardening, conse-
quently the city extends over a large
territory. From the business section
one may look in any direction and as
far as the eye can reach new houses
will be seen. Some are finished and
present a home-nke appearance, while
others are only partially completed.
On account of the rapidity with
which the city has been built, one
naturally gains the impression that the
growth Is Of a mushroom kind, but
such Is not the case. twenty-five
hundred people located there the first
year; as many others have signifie6
their intention Of going there this win.
ter. OF this number not more thar
one per cent have been disappointed
while on the other hand the 80 per CEN
are doing all they can to induce theil
friends to give up their places in tn,
various states to spend their days a
Lynn Haven. on the shores of st. An.
drews bay.
With Ave thousand persons Their
during the coming winter It is prac
tically certain that double the numbe1
VIII be there the following winter, anC
with a similar increase from year t.
year. Lynn Haven is certain to be
come a city of no mean Importance
No one can tell whether 1t Will be tn