1664-2 Real Estate, Commerce, & News tl U jFroni' Il1iy `Notebook �, !� ' l 51[k.)1[BEACH C. OF U.
. By HEL•
EN RICH ss ; >�A ORiiEt�fy�1[Li. Hic.......
HE`HERALDv MIAMI, FLORIDA
_.. _ ., City Then Had Population of
SUNDAY MOIJIING, DECEMBER 3. 1959 , 650 and5Hotels,ButLots
.+s— — _ of Hope Courage ✓.,
Committee o/One Hundred To Meet There Organization andf the u Miami Beach
THE members of the Committee of One Hundred (of which Mr. Chamber of Commerce was first
`,,a Honeywell is president) will get their first good}look ateBoca •
panned on July 13. 1925. when
Chita this winter when the annual outing Thomas J.Pancoast Lambert Rook,
1 !ty� i•The ones who are Interested in treasure hunts are going to , A J. Zoller. Line Hanger and
f,�\� r \x!/ `' • Charles W. Chase, jr., met to dis-
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cuss love the of the long story
cannon too long
find aintoehere,abut
VVVnce
to the harbor. It's i long atony . long gocuss ..the institution which had
rg aided materially in making the clip
sthe`substance of It is that,last summer two ne roes, Sam Lynch
.'sod Jacob Monroe, had•some engine trouble while out fishing • known throughout the civilized
'and•paddled to Elliott's Key where Charles M. Brookfield has a world.
i. Miami Beach then had a popula•
• ;'10dge, get under way I tion of 6.50 persons. There were
• y2ti .`Mr.Brookfield refueled them and helped them lion hotels, nine apartment houses,
hand:is return for his kindness Sam and Jacob they^hadm to a foundeeo t tw•o grocery stores,one drug store.
G'oft.Casey's Fort Ree[ near Keyone filling station and three ba king
l'dence of old wreckage. casinos.
yc
* * * On Jul 22, nine da t later, the
1t,AER looking the situation over with the aid of a glass•bottomed civic body was formedlard bylaw s
• b•ucket,Brookfield contacted Charles H. Baker,jr.,\Wade Stiles adopted at a meeting at Smith's
Pancoast,W.E.Brown.Afr.Hanger,
• - and Samuel Fales and together they all went to Hugh Matheson, station. Charter members were Mr.
who supplied them with diving sults and derricks and all equip John, L. Cris[,J. H. Bow•lm. J. Ar-
went necessary for the salvage. •thus Pancoast,F.R.Humpage, Dr.
•
They brought up 28 cannon (including this one at Boca Chita) :
Duran,f Ft. A.uCoachman,yxsoK. R.
i,Davis, Oliver P. Searing, W. A.r
`numerous rare old coins and a Bible which they sent to the World's Scott, J. J. Brozzo, G. A. Jones.
I •;;;;Fair.One of the cannon had fallen on it and crushed it so tight
••that the water had never aped in and it was perfectly readable ii Avery C.Smith,Frank H.Henning,`•
D t the bottom of the sea for more t William Harrison, A. L. Andrews,
;i Sn arts) even tho' it had•beP ti George Reagan,C.A Taylor,C. B.
Floyd, F. O. Van Doren, Leon De-.
than 200 years. * * .Leon, George W. Dickens, C. W.
.w'•• * a Tomlinson E.E S alnhour,\1'.W.
•s^, P
'��`;'^ LENGTHY report of the find was sent to the British admiralty
� Itardie, F. C. Dlckev, FL L Ellis,
14.•. and after'careful investigation Lord Stanhope, through the ;Guy [Weaver, F. D.Davis.Gus Zol•
.'t a Belle Mr.Rook and is r.Chase, jr.
admiralty librarian,replied that the wreckage had been identified ler, George W. Babbitt, H. H.
as belonging to HMS. \Vlnchester which had been lost September The first board of governors coo-
24, 1695, off the Florida Keys while en route to England from slsted of Thomas J. Pancoast, Mr.
Humpage,Avery C.Smith.Mr.Har
i ti die,Mr.Zoller.Mr.Harper and Mr.
Jamaica. - * ,* ! Rook.with the late C.W.Chase,Cr.,
I as secretary. Headquarters were in
I the office of thea
Carl G. Fisher
ii' Beach Building, Breaksas
cthen at the corner of
j Washington avenue and Lincoln
1 ''''K:. road.
Record During uarter Membership Reaches 350 •
Within two months the member.
•
•••. /' ship was increased to 305 and In
rJL,•�?,. ).,'.1 / December, 1921, more than 350
7R_
I members were enrolled. This num.
Figures Show Period of 1939 Better Titan Any In Five !her was more than one-half of the
$� ' community's population.
151 •-�fyears;Winter Construction Restrictions BringAbout The board of governors selected
the entrance to the county cause•!.
1' Booutlet During April, May and June whey, Fifth street and Anon road.
as the site for the chamber building.
Miami Beach ended the second quarter of 1939 with a greater
This site was considered more
g adaptable than others and was
,i total value of construction for the three-month period, April 1 to ideally located for meeting tourists
June 30,than at any time in the last five)'ears,E.E.Keefer,press• and visitors. Money for the build•
dent of the Miami Beach RealtyBoard, said Saturday. Ing was raised quickly and while
construction was under way a store
\Winter season restrictions on building,which went into effect • counter, surmounted by a colored
1' during the early part of 1915, cut into the first quarter building beach umbrella, was placed across:
the Street.for use of the secretary
1. permit totals for this year and rtl til iv " n .o. 'nl a halon. and his assistant in greeting pew
1 year, but the half-year total for 10 <ommeraai nuudinu.r`Tot.t ewidmg arrivals to Miami Beach. This was
1 eo s1.ta.et. the first Information bureau In the
Ii} 1939 is soaring toward the peak sii0„s-ta,,,,,0,. •,4944‘a,a',,•e�umon community.
years of building. 1936 and 1837, t3 commrru.i eallam... oll Sudamg ; Northern limits of Miami Beach
u. s1 ed..t21. , were near Fifteenth street and
III Keefer said, following a study of }snt1 r<•�den°^•t•°•••<•r•<°•t of designated by a wall, known as
til comparative figures released bythe rtsuo. 4 hot•L. 11 so,rtmnt buddlnn
P 8 u co bl euudms.. Total building .• Fisher's wait North of this the
board. re,i. i].Sa9.p{. : section Was known u Alton Beach.
`.•The figures were gathered as part I sl..9 to tats There were not more than two or
'� of the services of the listing bureau tars—a= r.+�a<or,. l .n .<r.sr r t [}tree houses north of the Pancoast
or Sit ii S. a houla. it w•rlmenl Sa id.
w•hich,issues daily bulletins to its mu.1<ornmrr,,ai buudinr.. Toui Saud- residence,•and tam
o drive as far u
• members carrying pertinent Info',1 i"S97a-39�t•:�e:nil:.t.n•r.r•re wet of the present Firestone estate was
C- oration regarding properties and ao- se...os. n linin.. n .e.rlmenl euitdt5.,- ¢oing fat out Into the country.
tivitles In:Siam!Beach.During1938 { <em a euumn... taunt ba ding
? <o,l. ra iii»{ Dairy on Pine Tree Drive
the bureau mailed 25.000 bulletins 15)5 Prat le(e. me°llu, Lot 61 5i iii:is{ono I s There was a farm, a dairy and a
5 Iwt •' •• i.n i.sot.ao . mango grove near what is now Pine
to members. leis .. •• •• u1.21a.od Tree drive.and,where the cattle at
• Yearn Are Shown iit.urmuom In.tt,ii that time grazed are •now,onl 13
•
The comparative chart of build• lotg h.,ot i,it ontas•t;0.1{sioi:o ts:os years late more alau• Din e i
j i Ing at Miami Beach from 1935u1e .k {.1n.{noe (t'—^her. m —p• h
19n a szi.iss.se `and estate 01 millionaires than can
throuch 1939 follows: •te 1.sp.ile0o
-
4.,.22„,.. .be. found In any other city of its
1 •' re sin¢of Dflam!"�ea�ch�
i in Northern net►rpa and maga-
zines.the digging of a 25-foot chap-
net between Miami and Miami
Beach, the placing of lights on the
.causeway,' the toning of Miami
Beach earlier than In any other
• ;Florida city, the constant reminder
-, ____r_ - .to all map-makers that Miami Beach�a110V1 ,O
d. e,Jpcluded with the names
lot other Important cities, and the
issuance and mailing of Miami j
1 Beach booklets to tourists and pen L
pie of means,was part of the work
of the chamber. .. , t.,a'