1640-38 Causeways "'�.,�.`. '( i ti yq ;t t t�•y 4• G: of an outer layer,as in t e mo
++"- Z� •: ars ,a ,,,��"�"f ) --'�- ern hada teacher act.)
fiw �� ti.,'- �•, 'II ' ` T��'" ,r. A new word Is needed I
• ;,;, until a good one comes in.t
f pompotides.These are not or
a _ +. ,/ 'Par..- objects:Bill Finlay of Dorche
..a.+- • •''tis... • �„` ?�t **4-•R';'" ... • --- New York Times objecting u
fir,6,Cyrammu•.w.w:++a. ' la44
�� Z - '• ` � ' boateto repin a lace the wordltu 1
•-4.1111,1p) • ; Q4. M e'er ' companies are towboat,notg
•. ai n a t ;t. �' ail their yellow-pages listings.
y t- ships,scows,etc.They do rk
•a
F "� ,44.ftt**,. �� when your car is disabled.
-:''.1:7 __�+ s•f tr"`;,igl •O• - ".• • ' �rtrI �440- ` "`• i a truck? (d) The word tugboa
' ''.' " "e"'"""'n ..,.,, aw , ..,.... along with choo-choo trains a
ide by F.C.H. LeGro,vice president of Bay Biscayne Improvement Co., shows Collins Bridge looking east from what now His suggestion is a drag:E
scion of Bay Shore Drive and NE 15th Street. Dredging already has begun in this Jan. 9, 1925 photo for the new Vene- ed in the Indo-European ba:
away.The building at right is on property that now is location of the building housing The Miami News and Miami Herald. which turned out In Latin u
tains of these vessels to Insist
Ift of picture is site of present-day Plaza Venetia. a tow on the heartstrings.
The Miami Daily News • - . • (From The Miami Daily News A third type of euphemis
,tropolis, Jan.11,1925) • - ..-- and Metropolis, March 15,1925) century go human
�bs Mrysub
_ a
LONGEST WOOD ; fore that,bosom was the wi
TINS BRIDGE .. not bring themselves to ape
t•, cover-up was further veiled t
`' BRIDGE PASSES recent notebecause they are u
BE CLOSED with matters unmentionable
)TIL AUG. 1
j • INTO HISTORY company
ms,Whatevearoocmameu;
•------ - _ ..,mss"s'te tss ,4- "sa-ae'-.^.. , . Across Biscayne bay workmen A political example of th
• 4,,--,,,-, are at work fast tearing down one for which a word is urgent!'
bridge, over Biscayne 9'`„"fit! S"?. ; of the greatest advertisements Madrid Conference to moni•
ren the mainland and •,n Miami ever had -Collins bridge. Helsinki Final Act. (Strange
Venetian Island No.1),isBut the workmen are tearing down Helsinki ever reopen?)A bet'.
d tomorrow morning and r a •,"!,".„,"•:,‘`.1•,.: only to build a greater structure. tlon in terms not too titillati
In closed until Aug. 1 `" The"Venetian Way"which is being not want to mention"(reeds
e construction of the new � � • erected by the Bay Biscayne Devel- ing to reduce some restrictk
Venetian Way. An- •-- ." opment Co.at an estimated cost of cordingly,the phrase chosen
it to this effect was made • sr'' «
M tw.r 21500,000, will supplant the old dissemination of printed matt
by the Biscayne Improve ,......,i—r...7,- _ ,. ,,, lite wooden bridge by a system of Is- In rusin a DARE list
his period Rivo Alto may atis� _ land causeways and arched con- comes up on your head wher
e ,,, .,t.,..rV y,; ,, crete viaducts. knock-1 noticed a curious
I from the Miami Beach , /0--144..j..• k•— '' "drr. The new bridge is planned 40
.fter Aug. , theplan is, C Z_ +• P 4` phenomena are curious.) M<
B• _ feet wide with a 36 foot roadway knot,bum or Dose a but
Venetian Way will be Eli ► z : � '-• and a four-feet sidewalk.Short fills G B egg,
im the west onto Rivo �-- '" - +• •+.t...r„i •`� will be made half way between Hickey? People who cal
e the eastern section of • .- hickeys
.ra.• each of the Islands to afford vegeta- ys don't know the was
an Way is under con- s 'u "-; tion, making the Venetian way a hickey in several dictionane
,•^ . . ++ .. f structure of beauty as well as utili- horror, that this word (pro
assembled Its equipment d.•-W "'*' hickey.n..rtix, -• .a151.� � •- ty. Like Collins bridge, the new y.a doodad or gizmo)s
d its office on Bay Shore :.r.• - ;1_3..ti_s... bridge will be operated by toll.Two fined as "a pimple." That's
e approach to Venetian - - � - r'"'?'„""" drawbridges will afford openings pimple has for the last 20 yea
Raymond Concrete Pile From 1913 to 1925, Collins Bridge was longest wooden over the same channels that pass • person with a proliferation o
w York, which has the bridge in world through the draws of the causeway. playmates a crater-face or piz
,r the 12 concrete bridges In 1912, Miami, with a popula-
the filled portions of Ve- A hickey's primary mean
Potion of a few thousand persons,was
:.is ready to begin actual ( . scarcely known beyond the limits red mark left on your neck•
in s of the state and Miami Beach was a partner of your::decides to e
.etian WayIs to be com- i � visible souvenir a pgirls
bout one ile of fill,one .. jungle of mangroves, Miami cos B girls th.
•-�' , �:F. - c scarf sales to teenage it
•t. . r „_ conutgestin and etics. But Miami was
rocrete bridges. and one L' 1--- destined to be heralded to the"ends
and crossing,making to- es r s =1 u i t �.A . of the earth"when, with a strong
tat is expected to be a r'= {! r'r` .' 'i, , ...... faith In the future Miami and the
N exquisite beauty and ' .w t• 40( , . - ( "I -•=4 possibility of a great resort and
Senior f o r u m
e filled portions grading { r commercial center at Miami Beach. Kent Collins
;, which will be carried �— t' 1, r/, • ) . '�g John S.Collins.first
permanent set-
nporaneously with the a •�1 if• . " 1- ' 1`j., ', Y 7 tier across the bay, conceived the Rocks Call
the bridges. ,. 4,i 1 ,r ,;,t j :.t.',•-",,,•„...„•‘ y Idea of a practicable communication
nary bridge is to be built 1 �� a., td the peninsula which would sup-
, Alto to DI Lido(Island J,, 0 plant the terry boats which invaria• to happy r(
facilitate the carrying on I . M',1 ' j �l dt n . :Y ble broke down in the middle of the
mance on Di Lido,which r__ -""•� bey•
ng graded preparatory to 4 ' * t .1 -+a^- This conception was a wagon The retired California ma
of sweet pavement and i�, a ��
a .c-•s-y, bridge to extend nearly three miles should publish any of this pit
-
The work of completing �! "' — across Biscayne bay. Mr. Collins as we still have to live here.
t'ements on Rivo Alto is '�_ - —— drew up plans for the undertaking. He does not like it. His
r way and will be prose- - '" + <,,.:[ "'�s Friends tried to discourage him and • ence could be valuable to
trously, according to the !tl = :,•-•‘4... ....0.4.- others who heard of the plans rtdi• planning to move when they
��fiir.��, cuffed them.But Mr.Collins was not
:company. ->•�`�t i. "You have decided to n
it -*"e:- to be discouraged. In August of you and Momma decide to
Stanley is the designer of 1912, the construction was begun and move to a small tow
Vay,and is in charge of Roadway for Venetian Causeway(right)begins to take shape under contract by George F. Cook search for weeks to find just
in. alongside old Collins Bridge . and J.L. Conklin.supervising engi- fect community . with r
. . neer. good fire and police protect]
1 For 10 months the bridge build- a good bus line.Next you pit
ere worked. Real estate on the self a condo.Who wants to c
+ beach started to boom. Dredges any more?"our writer asks.
- filled in the swamp on the west side But the facts of life soor
,a of the peninsula.On June 12, 1913,
y�'I`-• '+,. 'r J` 1, the longest wagon brtdge In the dream is spoiled by all the
.. } ;:h.. 't world was completed at a cost of into a new home."
,,• .1 s $150,000,a sum which then seemed This couple found that th
_ r , _ - many times as great as it does in wouldn't hold all the furnitu
a --.este",. + ..•°G • comparison with Miami construe- old homestead had accommo,
34 q i"' tion toda attic,no basement.
'C `� .'t a i,V 7., , •_yam . ...•'� today.
_ rk„ ,?i+ -,^•Cr: ,y v,at- Second."the bus you sass
dial-a-ride bus that costs an a
� r (From The Miami Daily News and •
•r *.+,+ `�i, A--, t ^• Sfetropolu,M1fonday,March 1,1926) Third,there are a couple
otherwise friendly neighbors
y^ , .a V� z 1' VENETIAN WAYjoker� � s a, you everyOtime you go to ht
b•,•'-a • 4- . '-- trash cans.He ambushes yot
._,� -r t •'w°�` ' GOES INTO USE they go by on
the women u
"'^• r'rte" ^ f y s stream of snuff spittle is dlsg
" "Or;, Y"` 's s'' L.. �% Another link between Miami and
,,,,• ••. .. u� fji t,' Miami Beach was effected Sunday Fourth,the condo manag,
- t ''''',41', when Venetian way,new causeway days drinking. "Their respor
r `• through the Venetian Islamic was door is smartmouthed and it