The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-07-13

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A spacious pavilion with dance
floor. dining room, and refresh-
ment stands; bath houses for men
and women: II roomy and comfort,
able hotel and various amusement.
devices will lie provided with the
opening Of the bridge to he built
by the Currituck & Dare Bridge,
Corn. over Currituck Sound from
Point lIarbor. to Kitty Hawk.
A War Department permit to.
bridge Currituck Sound was obtain
ed too late this summer for the
promoters TO get the bridge con-
structiOn under way. Before bonds
Gun be issued on toll bridge pro
ject traffic survey satisfactory
TO the bond buyers must be made3
The traffic survey for the proposed
bridge has just been completed by
the Highway Engineering Bureau,l
of Washington. ID. G., and 1t Is con-,
fidently expected that the Bureaus
report to be made shortly will en-
able the promoters to sell their
bends in any market.
The promoters of the Currituck
Sound Bridge and Kitty Hawk
Beach resort development have been
encouraged by the immediate and
remarkable financial success Of theI
Atlantic Beach development near
NIorehead City. Atlantic Beach,
opened to the public on June 10 Is
already proving the liveliest beachi
development ever attempted on the
North Carolina coast. n,
TIE Atlantic Beach Success
A group Of young business men
In Morehead City and Beaufort aci}
quired about 1900 feet of ocean
front on the, beach above old Fort
Macon across from Morehead City
From the best Information obtain
alle by this newspaper. the locai
men actually invested only about
$4,000 cash In their venture, find
Ing New York bankers who have
financed them to date to the extent
of about $9s0,000.
With a total investment Of $500.
600, the M6fehead Cit-Beaufort
group, backed BY the New York
bankers. built a 5000 foot bridge
over Bogue Sound and a 1900 fool
cement surfaced eauseway Ito tleii3
property. The bridge and causeway
cost them in tho neighbourhood Of.
$22J.OO0.
On the barren sands Of the beach
they spent approximately $50.O00 II
constructing a substantial and att
tractive pleasure pavilion. 1h4
pavilion contains Il ball room36x18t
feet bath houses to accommodate
more than 1000 bathers; cement
paved parking space for nearly 1,0Ot
automobiles; pavilion dinint
room: board walk and various
amusement devices, including {:
merry -go-round and ferris wheel.
A Low Bridge Toll
A toll Of 80 cents il charged f0r
an automobile and driver over the
bridge for the round trip. plus 1S
cents for each additional passenger
The fifty cents bridge toll includes
admission to the dance Pavilion
On July Fourth more than 1.9U
automobiles paid toll over the new.
bridge; Saturday and Sunday
crowds bring 500 TO 1000 automoI
biles over the bridge. Hundreds o.
cars pass over the oridge ever.
afternoon and night. 1t has Oeei
necessary to double the number o.
bath houses and provide more ant
more parking space for automobiles
Pleasure seekers come from point
as far West as Greensboro. HigI
Point and WinSton-Salem. There3
no hotel Oh the beach: a hotel Il
planned for next season. ~ :
George W. Huntley, manager O.,
the Atlantic Beach enterprise al
mits that his company Is making
money and forsees a great future
The truth Of the matter is, Nortl
Carolinians have been UP against i.
for a beach resort; miles and mile
of the finest ocean front in Amer
lea have been inaccessible to tn,
people living In the interior because
the beaches are separated from ths
mainland by sounds and marshes
North Carolinians seeking a sea-
shore resort had to 20 to Wrights
vile Beach near Wilmington whert
the days are insufferably hot nns,
the surf too rough for landlubbers
or they went to Virginia Beach u
pay high prices and mix Wit
strangers. w
The promoters of Atlantic Beacl
have piovided North Oarolipian
within a radius of 100 to $50 mile
with seashore dancing, surf bathinl
and seafood dinners. And now Eltz|
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