Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1925-06-20
FLORIDA MAKES
BID FOR SUMMER
VACATI0NISTS
Clyde Line And Hollywood
By-The.Sea Announce
Special Excursions

Florida, the state Of winter play,
has no intention of conceding sum-
mer's crown to Atlantic City, Asbury
Park and other Eastern watering
PAGES and retreats.
With temperatures according to
government figures comparable for
cool comfort to those existing along
the Jersey shore and a beauty Of
scenery new to the Northern eyes, the
east coast of Florida, and particularly
the southern portion comes out with
a bid for summer vacationists as
tempting as Brooklyn's offer to it's
Florida charmed pitching star, Bill
Doak
Jointly the Clyde line and the tour
ing department of Hollywood-by-the-
Sea, resort city so mics south CT
Palm Beach and - miles north of Mi
ami, have announced excursions from
New York to Hollywood-by-the- Sea.
These vacation specials will consume
IA days. Six days will be passed at
sea, three on the outward bound trip
and three on the homeward journey,
the remaining eight at Florida's new
est Of all your resort cities, Holly
wood-by -the-Sea. Clyde line steam
ers will carry passengers southwark
to Miami, whence they will be taken
by motor along the famous ocean
drive to Hollywood-by-the-S Sea. That
the north may be convinced econom:
caiiy til~t the charms of Florida are
as great in summer as in winter, the
cost Of this fourteen days excursion,
including boat, hotel, and meals afioat
and ashore, has been set at 500.
Hollywood-by-the-Sea is the newest
Of all the all year resort cities Of
Florida. 1t is less than four years
old and has been developed by Joseph
w. Young, one of the present Florida
developers.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS is directly on
the Atlantic Ocean. In fact, it has
seven mills of Ocean Beach on two
miles of which is a 80 foot cement
Boardwalk electrically Illuminated.
Hollywood by-the-Sea has surf bath
ing every day Of the year, partly be-
cause the gulf stream which is but 3
miles out. 1t has many beach activl-
ties, including a new bathing casino,
one of the finest of it's kind and
swimming pool, especially built for
Aquatic events. Some swimming e
vents will be held in the pool next
winter during the Florida social sea-
son which will bring some of the
great swimmers Of the world, male
and female into competition.
On the beach at Hollywood is now
under construction a 100000 hotel
of 500 rooms, which is promised to be
one of the finest resort hotels in A.
merica This hotel will be ready for
the opening of the next winter season,
January l..
Not far from the Hollywood beach
is an 10 hole golf links with an ornate
club house. Gene Sarazan, former
national open champion and Leo Die
gel, Canadian open champion, both Of
whom showed so we'll in the recent A
merican open at Worcester were pro-
fessionals at Hollywood by-the-Sea
last winter and represented that city
in the Florida golf league. They won
first in that organization
Hollywood by-the-Sea has two 9TH
err hotels, the Hollywood and the Great
Southern, at which summer vacation
lists will be guests. The city, has
broad streets and boulevards; public
utilities, apartments, business places,
churches, schools-all done in Spanish
type architecture. Hollywood-bythe-
Sea has the two largest artificial
lakes in Florida which will serve as
yacht basins.
General George Washington Goe-
thals, builder Of the Panama canal is
chief consulting engineer in the con-
struction of a deep water harbor at
Hollywood by he-Sea. This harbor
will cost s15,OOO,OOO, according to es-
innate, and will be the finest harbor,
it is said, between New York and the
Panama Canal. The building of the
harbor is part of plan of Joseph w.
Young, builder of Hollywoodby the
Sea to develop the industries, agricul-
ture, and production for Florida by
Offering better and cheaper transpor.
tation, thus opening larger markets
to Florida products.