The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1921-02-01
Tourist Suggests
Reasons for One
Large City Here

Saginaw, Mich, with daughters, Ger
lalaine and Pauline. are spending a
few weeks nj the Beach AMI are among
4 the many recent arrivals at the Sea
side Inn. He was here about five
years ago and was so well Impressed
then that he has brought his family
with him This time He thinks this
/ Is a city Of wonderful possibilities.
but is sorry that there is not more
lactive cooperation between the three
municipalities hereabouts
| Mr.. Kirby is by profession a lawyer
and was in active practice for 20 years
or more, but for The past four years
has been the manager of the Board
lof Commerce OF his city With refer
cnce to what his organization has
been able to accomplish he said to a
News representatives:
Within the four years VIC have
drought to Saginaw eighteen million
dollars worth of substantial indus
tries and added $4,000 names TO the
roll Of employees. Formerly we had
five so-cailed public organizations. in
Guiding Board of Tratie. business
Mems Association and similar sepa-
lrate associations in West, North and
South Saginaw. They were composed
in the main of good men. but they put
their entire efforts in working for
their own particular section As re-
isult. no one of them Was able to raise
sufficient funds to accomplish any
thing worth while. and the entire city
was ut a standstill for years There
YVES practically 10 Industrial expan-
sion whatever. After campaign of
two weeks We succeeded in having the
charters OF all OF the five organizations
slrrendered and all of them amalga-
mated into one central force. Then
we began to cooperate and then we
began to accomplish things that
Isscmed impossible before We had
1890 members with membership
fee of s25 each. which gave us an inn
mediate working fund OF 1872 500 We
have raised and spent since we got
going IN this way $lS.0000 00 for the
good OF our cities. and now there is
mo stopping its growth. Our expert
ence is that every million dollars
properly expended added one thousand
men to the eity's pay roll and that
every $1,000 spent right. added one
man. This, looks like a big price. but
lii pays well in the end We held
seven elections to raise funds for a
satisfactory water supply and failed.
but at our eighth trial we succeeded
when we tunneled out to Saginaw Bay
a distance OF "A miles. and now We
have one OF the best water plants in
the country and all the first class
water we can use We won the last
time by 6 to | vote One OF the oh
stacles we had to contend with is
similar to the one YOU have here
our city is divided by river. But We
finally secure enough hearty coop
GRAFTON until we induced all Of our
best citizens to imagine that this river
had been filed up and as soon a w6
We're able to wipe ont in the minds OF
all sections Of the city this imagiu
AIRY boundary line we were able TO &c
ahead and get things for every local
ity of the city. We have succeeded
in bringing To Saginaw u class Of in
dastrics that are successful aud per
mancnt. We had nothing to do viii
ay by night concerns
Referring to this observation Of 10
cal conditions. Mr.. Kirby said Il
locs seem to mo these three elite
ought 10 have one name, one corpora
mon and one purpose 10 bcautily an'
|bcueHt every foot of these attractive
acres Tor miles about for which gener
Gus nature has done 50 much an
surprised that the progressive men o
your city have not long ago seen g
that ali along your matchless beat.
within the corporations Of both Day
tona Beach aud Seabreezc il has bee
An attractive beauty spot or sho'
lplacc. How grand it would look COY
Tered with green aud flowers. It cout
easily be made ouc Of The most bean
tiiul spots in lte world aud at a nom
nal cost Another thing, your -
bridges are an awful nuisance an
cannot help but retard the growth an
interfere with the prosperity OF the7
cities Il is not 80 much the price
the ton hut III these busy aud hustun
automobile times people do not like
he ineonyenieucad in being held u
when they are in hurry These eil'
can well afford to do away with the