The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-10-08

on the North OarOllua coast WI
The acquisition Of thousands "f
acres of coastal lands from Corolla
to IlatteraS hy Northern capital has
been gUin. on quietly for months.
Gallop & Sawyer. Elizabeth City
realtors have negotiated the pur-
chase of 5000 to 5000 Of acres in-
cludin. Martins Point. about five
Inile> north Of Kitty Hawk. for i'll
trrcStS whose identity they are not
ready to reveal.
Allen II. Heuth of AShury Park.
y. ]. and Frank Stick. Of Inter
lakrn. y. J. have acquired title To
more than 10000 acres OF beach
land. one tract OF which embraces
o:;nD acres, includes Kill Devil Hill.
They have acquired 5000 acreS he
tween Nays Head and Oregon In
let and S.OtN acres between ore
"ou Inlet and HatteraS banks. pay
i'm. as high a> $50 IN acre for eX-
ceptiunal properties.
Jewish interests are said 10 be
negotiatin. for 1000 to 1000 acres
near Oregon lulet.
And now that these biz interests
have acquired practically every
thing on the coast. Northeastern
North Carolina may look forward
10 the biggest coastal resort deHe-
lppmcnt ur the biggest real estate
fizzle between New Jersey and
Florida.
Would Bridge Currituck Sound
The first open move made hy the
promoters Of these coast develop
uentS came this week when W. y.
Worth representing the Gaiiop "
Sawyer interests and Frank Stick
reprcSentin. the New jersey inter
pstS. appeared before the Beard "f
/ commissioners uf Dare County ana
n oSkpd that body Ia consider joining
with Currituck County unter the
n G., Toll Bridge Act AID build
= bridge across Currituck Sound.
conncctin. the coastal region ot
Dore with the mainland OF Curri-
/ tuck.
So early rs two years ago any
onr would have stood aghaSt al
such n proposal. but the CommlS-
. SionerS of Dare not only jumped
ot the suggestion but went on re-
cord rs favOriug another bridge tO
connect Roanoke Island with the
coast by bridge To connect from
, R,,uoke tn Nays Head. putin.
Roanoke Island >quareiy on the
State Highway system and making
! thr island accessible 10 motorists.
The next step will be joint SeS
Sinu of the Commissioners ot Chr
rirurk and Dare tn consider lht
building Of Il Currituck Souho
bridge under the Toll Bridge ACT
the counties lending their credl'
70 the enterprise.
/ The proposed bridge across 'ur'
riturk Sound would cost. 1t Is S'llo
only S2JO. ONO. Engineers have beei
: working it out and have lo'liio
mint i'm Currituck Sound that i
lint little more than two and hai'
miles wide. between Hog Qdarfe'
Landing i'm Currituck and Martins
Point in Dare.
Currituck Sound is shallow cxI"r
in its channel. being generally only
two 10 four feet deep. Engineers
say that the sound can be bridget
hv uSiu- suction dredgeS to throw
INN 4 cauSeway of sand AMI cia!
from either shore and paving thl'
,causeway or fill with cement. Onl!
200 70 400 yards of actual briaS'
wnr,ld bp necessary. No one seemed
Ito have thought about it before.
The Lure of Cheap Land
Ri" speculative developments ar
undertaken by capital where lan'
i cheap. Biz capital is not lntei
eSted i'm developing Il section Wher
land values have been determine"
The Tufts spent millions at ilne
! hurst and made it one of the "oilu
, notable resorts because they bOuSh
= the land for Il dollar an acre. l
the land had been priced sou IL
; acre To start they wouldn't hav
touched it.
But to make IA 20 of any coaSta
r development. that development mus
: be accessible to motorists from ID
} mainland. That is why big interest
, are now demanding II bridge acroS
} Curri,urk Sound. They must &c
+ that bridge before they can pre-
= recd with schemes tn spend million
2 tp turn the eyes of the co'htr! u
L ward the North Carolina coast.
r And they probably will get IN
Il bridge. Dare sees its opportunity
-cr ON the map and Currituck
inst aS anxious to embrace SON
II enterprise that would improve ne
o Isolated lot.
Ub, il hehind il all and jus