Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-06-26
REHOBOTH BEACH
IN FORWARD STRIDE
Resort Showing More Real De-
velopment Than for
Years.


Rehoboth, June 26.-Timc and again
In years gone by Rehoboth has ex-
pcrienced so-caled BOOM" and the
hope has been created that the resort
was to soon double in population and
! take It's place as one OF the real ocean
resorts along the Atlantic coast. But
somehow or other these "booms' were
only temporary and never lasting
Either the ocean has slipped In on
northeast storm and taken away tho
boardwalk and n cottage or two or
destructive fire has left its mark of
devastation. And Rehoboth imme-
diately slipped back where II WAS be-
fore until Its regular colony and the
hundreds of Delawarcans who love
the old place have wondered II II
would over actually become anything
more than II was ten or twenty years
ago.
Today II looks az II Rchoboth was
really about to take a long step fof-
ward-to undergo development
which II has not experienced I'm all the
years that have gone before. II Is
without real boardwalk. 10 be sure
or less rregular--usually more--en-
ables visitors 10 walk along tho en-
tire front with perfect safety. One
OF the rows of pliug to protect the
beach front against storms and con-
sequent damage. has been completed
and the others are under way. If
these constructions do the work
the engineers claim they will Re
. hoboth's beach front Is safe for the
future. The pIllng now completed In
| front of the BelhRven Hotel is even
now making a new and deeper beach
front and If the others do as vel
many persons believe that the resort
. Will In a few years-possibly months
? have Il finer beach front than II hac
l twenty or thirty years ago
Another factor that is giving Re
hoboth tremendous impetus just nov
- is the good highway the length OF the
u state--tO HarbesOn, the end OF th'
concrete read through Georgetown
one isn't inclined TO boast about tn,
. dirt road below IIarbeson and on dowr
;, TO Rehoboth. Il miles in all. Tho las
five, from Five Points TO the shore
would. many folks believe. be reason
|, ably good. II the road builders woul'
use reasonable gumption in scrapint
n II and putting it in shape. There hav
Il been some cruel things said abou
n the road from Five Points. tand tn
L. mon who have been repairing % H.
c but IL In not SO bad az il was tw
@ weeks ago. and Is improving all IN
e while. When the concrete road
extended from IIarbeson TO Rehoboti
as It Will be- in a year or two, auto
cl mObilists viii have "A straight hundre
ID miles Of splendid highway from WI
mington TO Rehoboth.
~ Year after year there has been tn
rumor OF new hotel with moder
appointments. We hear II again tn
=, year-and PERHAPS that will come 1
time, like the "breakwater" IN cours
:, OF construction. and the improve
20 highway. There are numerous fair
20 comfortable hotels. and the two MOI
w pretentions-the Belhaven and u
m Henlopen-can take care of sever
od hundred guests without difficulty. TT
ut BelhaVen is having the best Jul
IN business in It's history, and on Satu
day night the porches. ball room al
he guest quarters were comfortably fl
ne ed The Henlopen is open and It
ne understood has numerous bookings.
er. The bathing has been fine all &
~, week, and more and more are entoyil
ny the surf every day
,al Numerous Wimingtonians were
OF the boardwalk Saturday night. o.
Purdy and his wife are down for
On indefinite visit. Julian h. Robinson a
ny wife are here for several weeks. Tn
'a' will occupy their new cottage duri
the coming week. having been quartz
ed at the Belhaven until It was COZ
:, pleted.
~ Charles G.. Guyer. of Wilmingtc
oo was a week k-end visitor.
~ y. ID. Warner, Jr.. came down I
III, the week His family have