The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 15, 1926, Page 5

MONDAY, MARCH 15, 1926. ° ee ee Peecccocccsooecccs Mallory Boat’ Arrives The Mallory steamship Concho, Captain McIntosh, arrived in port yesterday morning from New York en route to Galveston, with pas- Passing Day Peoececcocoososocoeeoece | Called To Jacksonville | Mrs, Thomas Sawyer left re-| cently for Jacksonville, having! been called to that city owing to the illness of her daughter-in-law. sengers and freight on board. Mrs. Thurman Sawyer. * 9 * i rae aes Train Arrives At Noon | The morning train of yesterday cinto is due to arrive in port to-| arrived at the noon. hour, having night from Galveston, en route tej}a large number of passengers on New York, with passengers and} board, most of whom went through freight on board. | to Havana, o.Fece a bl ® Many Havana Passengers | Warbler Returns The steamship Northland arriv-|- The wrecking tug Warbler ing in port yesterday afternoon! Captain Snow, arrived in port yes- from Havana had a large number|terday afternoon from New Or-) of passengers on board. Many of/ leans, where the vessel was called| those arriving remained over in| some time ago to render assistance Key West for several days’ visit.| to a vessel reported in distress. s+ * | es £ 8 Cuba From Tampa | Heavy Freight On Ship The steamship Cuba, Captain) The Mallory steamship Concho William M. White, arrived in port) arriving in port yesterday from this morning at an early hour from| New York, had a heavy freight on! Tampa. The steamer left again| board for Key West. The steamer during the day en route to Ha-| left again in the afternoon for) vana. | Gaiveston. | San Jacinto Due Tonight The Mallory steamship San Ja- .* 6 2 San Jacinto Delayed | Steamer Leaves The Mallory steamship San The oil tank steamer Pioneer,| Jacinto is due to arrive here at | Captain Naber, which arrived in| 12:80 in the morning from Gal-| port yesterdfy with a load of oil,| veston en ‘route to New York, |left. again last evening en. route} 4s |to Tampico. ‘The steamer was con- Postpone Meeting “‘\signed to Everett Russell, agent _ ‘The literary meeting . of, the | of the Standard Oil Company at Woman’s Club, which was to | this port. have been held Tuesday evening, | LMe aie, is postporiéd until next month out | Lumber Ship Léaves of deference to Dr. and Mrs.| The steamship J. R. Gordon, Warren. | Captain Crocker, which arrived at * * * | this port several days’ ago with Returns To Miami ja load of lumber, left today for| Mrs. D. T. Pierce and children,|) Sabine Pass after unloading the who’ had been visiting here forjcargo at this port for shipment several weeks, left on Sunday for/to points up the East Coast. ‘their home in Miami. | They are * * 8 former Key Westers who have | Meeting On Tuesday “been making their home in the; The postponed meeting of the Magic City for the past few years,|ladies -of the Congregational . 7% Chureh will be held tomorrow af- Entertainment Friday ternoon, beginning at 4 o’clock in There wil! be an entertainment|the recreation rooms adjacent to ‘ given on Friday evening at the the edifice. High School building on White] Meas street under the auspices ‘of Troop| Dance At Cuban Club 4, Girl Scouts.~ This troop is un-| Arrangements are going for- der the leadership of Mrs. A. H.| ward for a dance to be given at Mcinnis, scoutmistress, who is at-|the Cuban Club on Tuesday. eve- tending to the arrangements in| ning; March 16, under the direc-| connection with the members of} tion of William A. Dooley... Two “the organization. An enjoyable) evening is promised all who at-) tend. * i wesecce ; Personal OCOOCOOHSS ESO HOSESESOOCESOCCCEOEOOSEOLOOEOEE Mrs. ©. H. Elsworth, who had | been spending a short visit in Key | - West, was-a passenger yesterday on the steamship Concho | en route to Galveston. Thos. H. Gato, of the E. H. » Gato Cigar Company, who had | been spending several days’ visit | in Havana, returned to the city | Saturday afternoon on the FP. & O. steamship Cuba. Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Finn, of New York: were. included. in the arrivals here yesterday on the steamship Concho, and will spend several weeks’ visit in the Island City. . Charles. Silver, who had bee a short visit in Key West, was included in the passen- | gers leaving yesterday on the! Mallory steamship Concho for | Galveston en route to Los Ange-| Jes, Calif. i George H. Garthside, son of | Mrs. Ima Garthside of this city,| was included in the arrivals her yesterday over the Flagler Sy: tem from points in Georgia where | he is now engaged in civil engi neering. E. H. Gato, Jr, of the E. H.| “Gato Cigar Company, who had) been spending-a few days’ visit | in Havana, was included in the | arrivals here Saturday afternoon ‘on the steamship Cuba. Ralph W. Pierce, who had bee | spending several weeks visiting in Tampa and other points, was in- eluded in the arrivals here this morning on the steamship Cuba. J, L. Roberls, who had been spending several weeks visiting in Tampa and other points on the west ‘Coast, returned to the city this morning on the steamship Cuba. Thos. E. Roberts, cigar manu- facturer of Key West, who had been spending a few days’ busi- ness visit at Miami and other points up the East Coast, return- ed to the city this morning over the Flagler System. G. A. Porter, business man of Galveston, who had been spending a short visit in Key West, was a passenger leaving Sunday on the Mallory steamship Concho en route to his home in the Texas city, leaving |gers arriving here yesterday on }home on Margaret street, route to the Magic ¢ prizes will be awarded during the event. The general public is in- vited to attend, Mention Miss M. Fairbrother ‘of New York was included in the passen- the steamship Concho, and will spend several weeks’ visit in the Island City. Miss Hannah Lazarus, connect- ed with the reportorial staff of The Citizen, was a passenger leaving Saturday evening over the East Coast for Miami, where she } will spend a few days’ ‘visit. Lee Pinder, accompanied by his daughter, Miss Florence Pinder, who had been spending a few days’ visit in Key West with Mr. and} Mrs. Epgene L. Albury at their were passengers leaving over the East Coast. Saturday evening for their home in Matecumbe. Mrs. Anthony Johnson and two | children, Wilbur and Lucille, af- | ter several weeks’ visit in Key West with Mr, and Mrs. J. A. Wil- liams, were passengers leaving | over the East Coast Saturday | night for West Palm Beach where hey have been making their j home for the past few years. — | | Mr. and } Isadore Gazou and | ily will leave tonight on the | Mallory steamship San Jacinto or New York, where they will re- | main indefinitely. Mrs. Gazou | was formerly Miss Lucy Kemp, | daughter of Mr. and Mrs, W. J. } Kemp, of 310 William street. | Harold Lowe, employed in the! }mechanieal shops of the Florida East Coast Railway Company at | Miami, was an arrival in the city | Sunday over the Flagler System. | Irma Pinder, Misses Laura Albury, Knowles and Beulah formed a party of Key Westers leaving here Saturday night over the East Coast for Miami where | they will spend several weeks} visiting relatives and friends. Harry Tompkins was among} the arr in the city yesterday | on the Mallory steamship Concho from New York, and will spend several weeks’ visit in the Island City. Everett Saunders, who is em- ployed by the Florida East Coast | Railway Company at Miami, after spending a few days’ visit in Key | West w , left yester- day over Pingter System en} BUILDING IN SOUTH SHOWS HIGH LEVEL’ G. L. MILLER BOND COMPANY COMPILES REPORT GIVING DETAILED ACCOUNT OF CONSTRUCTION (Special to The Citizen) ATLANTA, Ga., Building in the south continued at a high level for the month of Feb- ruary, reports from 139 cities in 16 states totaling $65,904,467 for the month, according to figures compiled by the survey depart- ment of G. L. Miller and company, nationally known southern invest-' ment house specializing in building securities. | This total represent a gain of) | 13 per cent above that of the same} cities for the month of January;) and a gain over February, 1925, of two per cent. The gain over the same month last year would) have been 28 per cent had the bor- der cities of Baltimore, Washing-| ton, Louisville, St. Louis and Kan-} sas City been omitted. These five) cities all showed marked losses,| amounting to almost 50 per cent. The feature of the month was the rise of Atlanta to the top of the list of cities, after having, trailed for the past year. The! Georgia metropolis, the leader in| 1923, is again in the midst of a | March 15.—| P. & O. S. S. Northland, Capt. Crosby, arrived from, Havana at 5 p. m. yesterday with 100 pas- sengers. F. E. C. Car Ferry Joseph R. Parrott, Capt. Harrington, ‘sailed for Havana at 11 p. m. Sunday with 26 cars of various exports. F. E. C. Car Ferry Estrada Palma, Capt. Hansen, sailed for Havana at midnight with 26 cars of various exports. ~ 3 P. & 0. S. S. Cuba, Capt. White, arrived from Port Tampa this morning with 71 passengers and sailed for Havana at 9:30 a. |m. with 146 passengers and U. S. mail, 5 P. & O. §. S, Governor Cobb, Capt. J, J. Phelan, will arrive from Havana this afternoon with pas- sengers and U. S. mail and will sail for Port Tampa at 7:30 p. m. with passengers. FP. E. C. Car Ferry Joseph R. Parrott, Capt. Harrington, will ar- |tive from Havana this afternoon with cars and will sail for Havana at 11 p: m. with 26 cars of vari- ous commodities for Cuba. FP. E.-C. Car Ferry Estrada Palma, Capt. Hansen, will arrive heavy expansion program, and the’ from Havana tonight with cars. February record surpassed five and a half millions. Two large indi-| vidual permits accounted for much| “organ office building at Wichita of this, the three million dollar! Sears-Roebuck distributing plant.) and the $1,750,000 Macy story, building. | Atlanta’s showing raised Geor- | gia to a position of third in'the list} of states, following Florida and} Texas. Missouri was fourth North Carolina fifth, and then fol-| lowed Louisiana, Virginia, Ala-' bama and Tennessee in order. Florida continues to set the pace in the south with a total of twenty! millions, This is a gain of 40 per} cent over last year, but the state! lost half a million from the Janu-| ary totals. Texas, with a ten mi lion record, also gained 80 per cent over last year, but lost half} a million from January. Missouri was the largest loser among the states over February of last year,| this amounting to 50 per cent, although gaining slightly over) January. Second only to the showing of Atlanta was that of New Orleans, which had more than two and a) quarter millions for the month,) three large office buildings ac-| counting for $1,483,527 of this sum. Other large individual per- mits “include* the Security office, building, Miami, $800,000; -the; Southern railway .station te Greensboro, $800,000; the million! dollar Bankhead hotel, of Birming-| ham, listed in the permits at $555,-| 000; a magnificent municipal! building for Danville, Va., $450,-) 000; « church at Asheville, $335,-| 000; the DeGeorge hote!, of Hous- ton, $330,000. the remodelled; 1 Rey. West |Pensa¢ola . Falls, $225,000; a school at Fort Worth, $125,000; a new municipal building and a Masonic Temple each $100,000, at Abilene, Texas. | -Florida 1926 1925 | Bradenton .....$ 132,443 -$ 211,125 Clearwater . 232,700 209,712 {Coral Gables ... 2,043,200 3,115,333 Daytona Beach 559,400 118,680. Delray... / 119650 112,600 Ftg Lauderdale 1,211,628 112,525 Fort Pierce 392,100 69,925 Gainesvitte 73,000 32,643 Hollywood - 383,830 328,597 Haines City ... 142,769 Jacksonville. .... 1,436,530 38,000 693,440 254,730 =. 121,258 . 4,163,663 630,925 37,091 692,167 58,040 739,916 1,682,600 404,620 713,925 Lakeland 226,650 Lake Worth Melbourne . Miami... Miami Beach Ocala ....... Orlando 3,716,990 274,250 319,659 27,421 54,785 2,453,200 St. Augustine .. St, Petersburg... PHONE 348 JOHN C. PARK Plumber and Supplies IN NEW LOCATION 328 Simonton Street Buick is More Expensively Built But it Costs Less | ° Buy one CARS IN STOCK RIGHT NOW COME IN AND PLACE YOUR ORDER Antonio Garcia’s Garage PHONE 471 Whea Better Automobiles Are Built, Buick Will Build Them. EXTREMELY ILL pe (By Associated Press) PLYMOUTH, Vt., March 15.— The end seemed nearer today for Col. John C. Coolidge, 80 year though he maintained his cheer- fulness, his vitality was ebbing slowly, and Dr. Albert M. Cram, of Bridgewater, his physician, de- clared that the weakiess of his patient was extreme. Yesterday saw the patient con-, tinue to fail, and sedative were administered to relieve suffer- ing. . Heart action grew slower, although pulse and __ respiration were normal, Dr. Cram indicated that only Mr. Coolidge’s great vitality was prolonging his life. The patient was able to take only a little liquid nourishment, and*that with difficulty. COLLEGE HEADS ARE REELECTED (My Associated Press) TALLAHASSEE, Fla, March 15.—Presidents of the four state institutions of Florida were re- elected for the 1926-1927 term at the monthly meeting here today of the board of control. They are University of Florida, Gainesville, Dr.-A. A, Murphree; State College for Women, Tallahassee, Dr. Ed- ward Conradi; the Florida school for the deaf and the blind, St. Augustine, Dr. A. H. Walker, and Florida A & A College for ne- groes, Tallahassee, J. R. Elee. The Bes? . Spring Tonic Seccececeoooocsesesooes PYTTIrTTiItiiitiiiiiiiiiiiir rrr rrr CORNER GREENE AND SIMONTON, STs. old father of the president. Al-} eoePocccccecososooosseee } (By Associated Press) } PASSAIC, N. J., March 15.—| Heavy guard was ordered thrown around the National Silk Dyeing Company’s plant at East Paterson today in anticipation of demon- stration of striking textile workers who are seeking the silk workers support. Information on Key West Hotel Casa Marina, American plan, single $11, double $20. La Concha Hotel, European plan, single $5 td $7, double $7 to $12. On large parties of 75 or more, special reduced rates. Oversea Hotel, European plan, single $2 up, double $4 up. Population of Key West, 18,000. “ Municipal Golf Links—a sporty course, extending from Gulf to Ocean. Rates, green fees $2.00 per day $35.00 plus tax for season. Wa Bathing Beach and Tennis—Casa Marina Hotel Grounds. Also public tennis and bathing beaches. Free Band Concerts in Bayview Park Sunday after- noons and every evening except Saturday. Ke Fishing! Over 600 varieties. See hotels for boats. Free Aquarium, east end of Flagler street. Marine’ curio shop on Margaret street, Taxi Stands at railroad station and hotels. See ft Key West. Ocean Boulevard, to encircle city, by Monroe county. Over-Sea Highway, from Key West to the mainland, One-third distance completed, balance of roadway con- tracted. Steel toll-bridges to span the long water gaps, Take a taxi spin out over the Ocean, from the city of Key West. “ Pipe — es — waterworks soon to be laid rom mainland. lenty of fresh, pure wat West and the Florida Keys, 8 se White Ways now being installed thi > ness districts. Z aeeeoecte- Building permits and Bank deposits rapidly increas- ing. Another new bank has just received charter. , Key West postal receipts for Feb., 1926, increased 44 pers cent over same month, last year. natural harbor in Florida. orts-im: reach $47,000,000.00 annually. « ~- _ Key West Foundation Company’s beautiful Sub- division at easterly end of the island is daily repo. “Progress.” Several new houses under construction. Graders, scarifiers, roadrollers, draglinés, and motor trucks in active operation. now being built 25 ft. business lots on Flagler Street, $100 per front foot, or $2,500. 50 ft. residential lots, $75 per front foot, or $3,750. Terms 20 per cent cash, balance 1, 2 and 8 years; e interest 6 per cent per annum, payable semi-annnu- ally. All titles insured by New York Tigle-and Mort- gage Company: Certificate of Title Insurance delivered to purchaser with contract. : Valuable Corner Southard and Elizabeth - -- Streets 69. feet 6 inches on Elizabeth 100 feet 6 inches on Southard Price $15,000 One-fifth Cash, remainder in one, two, three years Address P. O. Box 536 0000000 00000000000000000080000000 089605 S8S OSS ESSOOSS COD OOS EOS OSESEDOSESSEESSSESS