The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-01-15
HOLLY HILL
SHOULD eIV|E
Up CHARTER
OR ELSE KEEP UP IT'S R0lD
SUGGESTS 4 WINTER RESIDENT
THAT TOWN As WELL As KINGS
TON AND BLAKE. Should sE
suRuRB OF PRETTY CRY or
pAYToNA.

Concerning the statement from
C. s. Harris. clerk of the town Of
Holly Hill concerning the eondftion
of the Daytona Ornond road. which
was published recently IN the Daaay
News. tourist resident OF Iaytona
makes suggestion that q the town
of Holly Hill can not do It's rart 10
ward keeping up the roads Il flhoa,ld
be annexed TO the city OF Dfytoua.
along With Kingston and Blake, and
thai more concerted effort should
be made by the residents OF 4his
vicinity to keep the reads ia nood
condition as am ildgnemen& for tOakr-
lists and winter residents to bring
their automobiles here during the
winter months.
The letter, which is WRITTEN by a
Wei known winter resident. 10 ffhe
Daily News is as Follows:
Editor Daily News:-The Or.
mond-Dayt0na roads ape now prac-
thcally impossible. except tor amarle
teams. which can pull through hub
deep mud. No automobile can or
would try to wallow for miies
through such mire.
"A recent communicative from
~ S-~A - "a AA0A1J I1AAa 4SHlN0tHfI<NkE,8
the horrible condftion OF both The
roads to Ormond, by the river way
and by Ridgewood avenue, and prac-
tically says to the tourists they must
build the roads themselves, II they
care to drive to Ormond. an the
town of Holly HhA is too poo. to do
anything about it. The statement II
made that the towns total tax levy
is less than $70O. Then why ct
tempt to amy longer exist ea a
separate town? I don't see how
salaries of town officers, the main
tenance of schools and many
other expenses can be paid, let
alone keeping the roads Inn repair. I
think the town should be Indicted
and its charter annuNled by decree
OF the count, or that the charter
should be voluntarily surrendened
Holly Hill should be ward seven
of Daytoaa, Kingston should be Ward
six and Blake should be ward five.
Holly Hill would be the most beau
tnll suburb of the most beautiful
city in Florida, and as a part OF
Daytona would prosper, property
Vaifues would increase and such an
annexation would tend to make q
bigger, better and busier' Degtcna.
Oaytona Is I'M the resort business,
and Well in it, too, and aackf but
little to keep at the head OF the
class. 1t has one good road south,
and should have as good one north
Tourist with automobiles, and thar
families, spend from 81 900 to 81, 600
every winter i'm Daytona- That Is a
good business. and it could and
should be increased by givine, pass
| able roads to the tourists
| Don't tell them they must bIYfad
| their own roads after they get here
| as that would not help boost DAY.
| tona
There are fine roads in Porto
Rica, Bermuda, jamaica, ETC.. and
IN some cases steamship companies
carry automobiles free for passen-
gers, while it costs from siO0 to
$500 from the north for some resi-
| dents of Daytona, not to mention
bad treatment by transportation COM
panies.
''Daytona has an able city gov
/ ernment, hotel mems association and
board of trade and patriotic and
i liberal business men-too liberal
Il when they blow iR SO 500 for the
baaIble of an airship exhibition. which
benefited Daytona about 80 cents
and nobody cared anything about
and about alb Daytona lacks row In a
good mari roads to Onmond, no
oyster shells to cut auto tires.
which cost $50 to $50 each.
Yours very truly,
TOURIST"