The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1921-03-25
Mayor kenney of Seabreeze
Suggests Improvements for
the Identification of To,pn

/ Settlng ms stakes to give
r,sssr. 2 wise and economical ad-
amlss ,ratian OF her public affairs. His
oaaeiai rome appears TO become him
49, ne Is already giving considerable
49,. ana sttentaon to the affairs of the
Wien asked by a News repra-
es sssaAise now he found the towns
a&1,actai condition. he said:
ne are n very satisfactory shane
stfset improvements are we'll
t.one we have enough cash in our
4e11kai usid for the current expenses
( 49, 49, Vul Improvement Indebtedness is
telRk nicely taken care of with the
EeAssssmeni certificates, so. that we
Esse uothihg To worry about along
what improvements are YOU hop
eng Tor during your administration p,
Vas asked OF the new mayor.
FIRST, / want to see the owners of
vacant property keep 1t in better shape
anu eitner improve il or offer it for
SAFE e q reasonable price. l1know
OF quite little property that is finely
located, that is allowed TO lay and
LOOKS like wild land This sort of
He4aect INJURIES the sale anl value of
property al about it. There should be
some way 70 induce lot owners to put
their holdif IS in presentable shape. /
Know Of one particular plot that is in
q desirable location. but it looks as
Wild as 1t did before the town was
laid out u is owned BY a non-resi-
dent and when price has been asked
on II the reply has invariably come.
Not interested--it is not for sale
! Now the assessment on these lots are
an hC al
long as the taxes charged against
Ethem are very low he does not need
! to worry about their appearance or i'm
fprovement. For one I shall favor ma
terially raising the assessment of all
vacant property and lowering. if pos
sible. the taxes on improved property.
/ ! am not one who believes people
/ should be punished for improving
| their property with high taxation, but
I | do thiak that vacant property should
| be assessed at the value which the
| owner asks for it. and | think the
assessment of vacant property should
/ be high enough to discourage the own
er from holding ii at an exorbitant
| price. Very often | hear people ccm-
| plain of high prices here who them
selves are holding lots which they
| own and which should be beautified
and improved. far above reasonable
market price am anxious to see
/ real community spirit prevail through
OUT our town SO that every resident
will SO plan his improvements that
| they will insure. not alone 10 the m
divhlual benefit. but TO the general
welfare as we'll
In speaking further of the future OF
ISeabreeze. Mayor Kenney said: There
/ is no question as to her future. II Is
| as certain as the rising of the morning
/ sur. Right now a hundred thousand
dollars worth Of improvements are IN
progress. The new homes that are be-
ing built are an ornament, and every
new one seems To call for two or
three more. Before the season is over
Grandview avenue alone VIA have 90
new and modern homes. built for COM
fort and convenience as we'll as APP
pearanee. We have had wonderful
winter. and people who have spent the
Time with us have been delighted, and
we can confdently depend upon many
laf hem coming back. Nature has
4 done 80 much. for us here that people
ara not disappointed when they come
i've have the climate and we have the
fbeach. aud they can be depended upon
Tnen we have the best kind of people
coming 10 see us. so that those com
ing this way are always certain TO hhu
inst what they are looking for. have
every reason to believe that the mum
her of our winter residents VIII srao
iuallv and continually increase IRON
wear TO year. and that Il VIII De u
10 us to keep pace with the procession
land get ready for them by all possieit
progress and Improvement.
Miss Nellie KEYS of Lincoln. III.
here and is located at zIe GfahasieN
avenue.
AZ Aa Mrs. w. NJ oliphant o
River Forest, H.. are recent arrivals
Thev are registered at a local hotti
1fissas Autoinette Erwin and Mar
E,r,vin of Peoria, H.. are here an
nleasantly located at $40 Halifax ave
nue., Seabreeze.
Mr. and Mrs. Chester \. Matthew
of evanston. H., are here ana ar
nicely domiciled al III Whd oiiV
street, Seabreeze-
are loci Pitcher. with her daugl
IA. Miss Theodore Pitcher of Wayne
Y. are among those recently
arrive They have a pleasant apaT
ment at go Halifax avenue.
Mrs. Augusta Moran OF Manhatta
Reach. New York. has arrived to tas
]. q look at the most wonderful OF
beaches. She is registered at ioc
hotel.
IT e Blythe, the well known eas
hall umpire. who has spent the WI
} ter with his family at the Beach al
who has been an active factor IN pr
J moting all sorts OF local sports ne
for the amusement and edifieation
the entire population. has been ask
|, to umpire the game in Daytona :.
Monday between the locals OF {
|. Elorida league and the Washingtons
) sha American league. MIR. Blythe "
! - one Of the regular umpifes IN