1668-59 Economics, Development, & Real Estate 1927-1945 i-- _-
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On Indian Creek•are the superb
I ,ii ' ) homes of Gar\Vood, famed sports-I
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man;Fred Snite,Chicago financier Beach
whose con. Fred, is the famed
"Boiler Kid;" Herbert \V. Hoover.
—Canton.Ohio, vacuum cleaner man.
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f II I. - Face Biscayne Bay
I. a Other homes equally well known
:l.i 200 New Hotels Pierce belong to lark C.Honeywell,pruce
dent of the Committee of 100;Bruce
Dodson. Laurence Schwab, N. L., •
• Nathanson,Hertert Mendelson,Roy
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lt Ever Chall�lll� Shvhne McKenna, N. B.T. Roney. Au-1
stint Batista. the estate of the!
., late Elmer H. Maytag. Leo Cern-'
t ✓ gross,Sebastian Kresge,George W.1
Mead and C. P.Price. ' '
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4pit :'.Population Doubled As Construction Soars Two beautiful estates on Indian! •
Creek Club Island belong to Harold I
To $67,500,000; Accommodations For 85,000 s.Matzinger and Peter Miller.
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' Facing Biscayne bay are many
I '•.Miami Beach can back up its claim to the title of"America's ' ether beautiful estates. Including;
A' , . Fastest Growing City" during the past six years. those Davis,ned by r D. , George
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Without dispute. Miami Beach� Earle of Pennsylvania, Showman
)1 has more than doubled itself since , Always an interesting item in the Harry Richman, Jorge B. Sanchez I
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1936 In population, accommodation city's financial statement is the tax of the Cuban sugar family;Fred A.1
space for visitors, construction of 'levy and the percentage o ci otlec. Poor,James H. Hammond, Charles:
I !•• t additional stores, theaters and tions.The year ending Oct.;11,1941, Coryell,Charles M.Thorp, Howard'
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! 1 churches, parks, playgrounds. pri' shows that only S7,134 out of a W. Young, J. C. Horning. George
vete building,public improvements. 81,685.408 roll was uncollected, or Gale Foster, \\'alter H. Baker,•
• and in every other way except only.04 per cent delinquent. Charles Bohn. Hope Hampton. A.I
boundary lines. All of Miami BeacK's growth and B. Howard and The Herald's (and.
' • Six years ago Miami Beach had' stability Is easily traced to sound Miami's) Damon Runyon. 1
• approximately 100 hotels and other business judgment on the part of ^ ."Popeye"Home Here
'1 accommodations for about 40,000 investors and to the citizens'ability Sunset Islands boast such show
'people.Today there are more than to select dependable officials" The .places as those of Mrs.F.D.Crigler,'
.I 300 hotels in the city, which now council and the entire administra• S.A.Lynch.Mrs.Herbert W.Ward.
'1 ,can accommodate 85,000 people, .•tion always has striven to operate en.Robert W.Gifford,Lindsey Hop-
. i ,: The official atatb census of Miami the city on a safe and sound basis. kins,jr., Irving J.Reuter.Ross\V.
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I. Beach In 1935 was 13,330. In 19401-- - ---.. Judson, Mrs. Peter Doelger,James
,the federal census showed a normal ( Parkhill, Julio E. Sanchez. Roy F.
', I, 'population- of 28.012. In 1930 only • Hartz, Ernest Martin, Edmonds.
'' 6,494 were ceunled. Hunt, Mrs. N. A. McMillan and 1
New construction In Miami BeachBeach Rafael Sanchez.
during 'the past six years has • Fine homes on LaGorce Island In.!
. .}'eached the phenomenal figure of ,elude those of Don A.Davis.Charles
567,500,000. This, with an equal, -• A. Cummins. Robert Slater and
I' gmount•spent for land,furnishings R• Robert'Armstrong.
(r and landscapin f, means that 5335,•,,,Bi Estates ( I Max Fleischer, c eater of movie
b00,000 has been spent by privatecartoons Including "Popeye," and• nveztor3,principally for investmentWilliam D.Fawley, the world-wide.
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urposett. 7 cltlzen, have estates facing Sunset
Public lmprovemcuu,Keep Pace De wLake. Others are Capt. William
i In addition to the constantly in. Sparks, George Trumbull, Richard
'creasing construction program, it' i • Massey, Val Duttenhoffer, John G.
was been necessary for the city to jjany People Set Out \foods.John W. Went orth.D. M. •
• keep apace with public improve- .Edwards,A. C. Schaefer and Fred
'rents and in many cases to andel- . • By Auto To Inspect C. Peters.
1 i; - 'pate future needs far in advance. ' The North Bay road estate of Carl
e••;• I I This has been done without mate, ' '.IVaterfront.Dtwellings ', Fisher, founder of Miami Beach,is
i i • rially increasing the bonded debt.' owned now by Mrs.John Sargeant; •
• .. Nearly one-half of all public im• A SOURCE of'never-ending sur- Near by are those-of William H.
lit provements In the last six years) f1 prise.toe visitors to Miami Cane and Norman Peters.
j I have been completed from current i Beach are the lavishly beautiful es• ------
funds.
1 I Miami Beach?las grown rapidly! tales which line the bayfront. In• Beach Is Denied
In recent years without any(antes- ellen creek and the ocean,all built
P, , tic fanfare;any real estate or build- on land which' once was a sandy ....;41/
ing boom, or abnormal expansion. p✓ n (SYIy}r
• s .1 ,� - It was simply a matter of providing mangrove jungle. • New tial l I VUI I
• i Some of [he most enthusiastic
more accommodations each year for
] sightseeing In the area is done by
- ,s . more visitors. .
• 1 . 1 t I • Claims Proven private automobile, by people who
- In 1936 there were only 13.875 set out to enjoy the sight of costly Circuit Judge Arthur Gomez.
,! telephones in Miami Reach, and at .homes,handsome grillwork,carpet- Monday denied the city of Miami
` h: I the peak of last season there were smooth lawns,artistically set palm Beach a new trial of the suit won
F ill 31,7�2 incidentally, more tele-
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ele- trees and a riot of tropical flowers.
t IIPi+ One ocean-front home worth view- by Albert G. j iickland, Miami
1t. phones Than permanent residents. ing Is Harbel Villa,the'esta.e of the Beach employe, on June 10. Hick-
' I 1, Water consumption for the year' late Harvey S.Firestone,named for
of 1936 was 1,154.000,000 gallons as land gained reinstatement to his
I� him and his wife, Idabeile, w'ho Is
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.y " compared with 2,231,000,000 in 1940. nationally known as a music com- 5190-a•month Inspector's job and
;t>' I/� Postal receipts In 1936 amounted to poser. back wages $5.890 In a decision
t i Il t $233.160, and in 1940 they jumped This Villa includes a number of
: (� ( to $489,817. Gas meters in use In guest houses.annually occupied by ,handed down by Judge Cameo last
` I 1936 were SS76 as against 10,048 in .executives of the Firestone Tire& •month, which held that City Man-
t. Rubber Co.of Akron,Ohlo. ager Claude A. Renshaw had lg •
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•i ;191 tI Inquiries received by the chain. .•
Also'Big Names' noted civil service regulations by
'( be of commerce by potential North• I.
ernvisitors totaled 11,856 in 1936 ; Others equally beautiful are those falling to give .Hickfand written
'and 29,098 last year.The public 1S- of the Warner brothers of m6vie notice of his dismissal, including
brary loaned 67,000'books In 1936
;fame;Nicholas Schenckamotion plc• •reasons for it. Hickfand had been
f. II 'and 106,000 In 1940. The'Florida :
Lure magnate;Walter O.Briggs,au•�employed as a taxicab inspector
to Power and Light Company reported tomoblle officialan
owner Wrlght'i from 1935 until August, 1938, when
7,950 customers In.5936 and 13.500' Detroit Tigers; ji city ordinance turned cab In-
F whose racingstables.at Calumet
est year-.
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Fer_m_i include the Derby winnler a othe depezt-
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