The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1922-04-14
ECHOES FROM THE SOUTHLAND.
753 S. w. LIST St., Miami, Fla.
April 6, 1922.


1853 S. w. LIST St., Miami, Fla
April 6, 1922.
Dear Opinionites:
Perhaps the things which is engag.
ing our minds the most at present is
the coming departure from Miami
Our plans are arranged so that we
| will leave Miami the morning OF
April 18th, going to Palm City, a
distance of one hundred and ten
miles that day. We will stay at
Palm Villa for the night and the
next day. the 18th, go to Cocoa, nine
ty-one miles, and spend Wednesday
night at the Cocoa House. The 18th
will take us the seventy miles to
Daytona and we will stay at Orange
Villa that night, going to st. Angus
tine, distance of seventy-three
miles, the Nth. We plan to spend
the night at The Monsoon Saturday
morning we will go to Jax, which is
only run of forty miles, getting
there in season to put the car on the
Arapahoe for New York We will
spend Saturday night at the Senaca
in Jax and leave Sunday morning
for Florence, S. c., where we will
spend the night. Monday night, the
18th, we expect to be in Washington,
where we will spend two or three
days at The Continental. Our next
stop will be in New York for a day
or two and some time the last week
in April we will be getting to Brad
ford.
The reason we are making such a
leisurely trip to Jax is that Jerome
Hale will be with us and we are
anxious to have him see the East
Coast towns this being his first trip
to Florida.
Up in your section, Florida is a
winter resort but down this way they
maintain that it is equally as good
for a summer resort Their con-
tentions seems to be winning APP
proval as we hear special tourist
rates are this year to be offered by
the Atlantic Coast Line for the
summer months. The East Coast
beaches are mighty attractive for
summer bathing, they tell u.s.
The winter season is formally
closed as Pryor's Band gave it last
concert. Saturday night. 1t was a
wonderful program with many selec-
tons from the Operas. Fully four
teen thousand people gathered for
this last appearance and rounds Of
applause greeted each number on
the program. The death of Hal Mel
son, which came without warning
early Wednesday morning, cast
gloom over the hearts of the band
for he has been with the organiza-
ton over thirty years and was
popular with all the members. Mr.
Pryor who is building a home at
Hialeah, says that now when he gees
north to fill concert ems" GER ents he
is going away from home, for home
is Hia1eah.
We hear the same story about
Miami from every side and the
strange part Cf it is that is is true.
William c Freeman had an inter
view in the Saturday Herald and l
am going to copy part of it for it
says in few words what every visit
or says after being here long enough
to look around.
Mr. Freeman says:
"You are growing very fast and
you will continue to grow fast. |
Nothing can stop you.
81 don't care what has happened |
during the past 25 years. The next |
% years are to be the best yet. You
are lust beginning your real progress.
''Of course it is a bit thrilling to |
me to stand in front of a store &C.
cupying SO foot frontage on Flag
Ter street and to be told that this
lot cost $50 net 25 years ago and
that today offers are constantly be-
ing made for it at the rate of S. 900
a front foot or a total of S250,000
The real thrill is that the owners
will not sell at this figure.
"The Flagler street of TODAY will
extend as RAPIDLY as Broad
vav. N. Y. did from 42d street north
ward during the past 25 years.
81 cav upper Broadway. N. Y,
ROW from goat pastures to a magni-
icent thoroughfare lined with great
otels. stores, theatres and apart
nent buildings.
'The length of Broadway N. Y.
rom the Battery to the Bronx is
bout nine miles. The length of
'lagler street from Biscavre Bay
rontage to the developed part of the
is about nine miles.
"Do you doubt the extension Of
'lagler street and all other streets
aralleling it, as far as the develop
tent of the Everglades in the next
ew years?
Cant you picture it as replica
{ Broadway, NJ Y. with its way
trough 2 wonderful CITY?
"Less than ten months ago, I let
~ imagination picture the future
.iami. l recall fixing the city
mensions at about fourteen miles
ong Biscayne Bay and extending
bout nine miles westward-an area
126 square miles.
"Tcday | am inclined to extend
lese dimensions and also to picture
le Greater Miami as being connect
by irterurban lines with sections
lirty forty, fifty miles distant. \
az see your Miami of a few years
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