1664-26 Real Estate, Commerce, & News 1
THE 1QA)[I HERALD,SUNDAY,FEBRUARY 16,1920. ••
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Some of the Improvements We Exl)ect to
Complete at Miami Beach Before
January First,- 192.E
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• We expect to have the Street Car, Electric Light,Power House and Cold Storage Plant completed and in full operation within
ninety days from today.
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We expect to open the FLAMINGO HOTEL by December First.
We expect to complete some fifteen houses that are now under the course of construction, ranging in price front $10,000 to
$100,000=and have them ready for sale by.the first of January.
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We expect to complete the large apartment house now being built on Dade Boulevard.
We expect to complete at least 21/=miles of bulkhead on the new Bay Shore Subdivision. We expect to have pumped into this
Snbdivisign not less than three million yards of fill by January 1st.
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1 We intend to complete the new 18-hole Golf Course on the Bay Shore Company grounds,just north of Collins Canal.
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We epect to have completed by January 1st a first class theater—in fact,this will be the best theater in Florida or the entire
South.
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We expect to have completed and in operation a first class Bank and Trust Company at Miami Beach inside of four months
from this data
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We expect also to have built and completed,in connection with the FLAMINGO HOTEL,one of the finest garages to be found
• .any place in the entire South—completely equipped with not less than 25 Packard and Cadillac touring cars for the use of Fla-
mingo guests.
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• We hope to see the completipn and opening of the JAMES A.ALLISON AQUARIUM, some time in April or May of this year.
.The ALLISON AQUARIUM will be one of the finest Aquariums in the world and will be one of the big visiting points on the
.South Atlantic Coast.
Weetto have completed :' ; •'
ON STAR ISLAND
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,byMay orluue of this year five of the handsomest residences in southern Florida, all with water front. A ccomplete boulevard
system onStarIsland,and one-third of Star Island will be a Park for the benefit of the residents of Star Island.
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We have received the Permit from the►War Department for the filling of the Flagler Memorial Island. The contract for
'-building the shaft of-the Flagler Memorial has been let for over four months. We expect to see this Island and shaft completed
betbre January first of next year.
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• We expect to build and complete over six miles of boulevard on the Bay Shore property,and over nine miles of bridle paths.
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Within three months from this date we expect to have our Dairy—which we believe will be the finest Dairy in southern
Florida.--completed and ready for full operation next January.
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We have-let the contract for the building of a complete little city for the exclusive use of the colored employes at Miami
Beach. The initial contract calls for twenty-five separate houses—two rooms, kitchen and bath—with septic sewer tank sys-
• tem;paved street in front of these cottages,and a centrally located church,meeting hall and moving picture auditorium"will be a
pariof for this colored city. We want our best laborers,cooks and assistants to live centrally on this peninsula
-,and we have laid aside 50 acres of property for this little city. We are going to try and make it the most ideal city of its kind to
be found in America. This city will always be under the control of the Bay Shore Company.The houses will be lease under rigid
roles and reotiatiims. The houses will all be.built of concrete block,stucco and first class construction throughout,and with this
class of house and equipment,we expect to be able to hold and keep here the very best class of colored servants and laborers.
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Two miles of Ocean front property north of the Snowden residence will be bulkheaded and filled some timA,during 1920 and
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the early Spring of 1921.
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tWe believe we have MORE IMPROVEMENTS UNDER WAY FOR THE YEAR 1920 AT MIAMI BEACH THAN WILL BE
Mil=WAY IN ANY OTHER CITY IN THE UNITED STATES OF LESS'THAN 100,000 POPULATION.
Thiais our program for 1.920.
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• Foiatite past three years these companies have been in the habit of announcing their yearly program. We are pleased to refer
< to ourpas ascend for completing the jobs we have undertaken.
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� CH� `ROVEMENT COMPANY �1fIAMI OCEAN VIEW COMPANY
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PENINSULA TERMINAL COMPANY
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