The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 24, 1951, Page 4

t is you for our ‘ax- dif- t of rhe nds the sled . Ine pers! iblic in- else pa- tax- een be-!* efty, end, s in-: 5 it 7] Darn- igher e in- IN atres yn of t for rrams prob- igs in were wn in vefore isting, would ous ag neces: affect is put ear it. enevel rith us “Sage cit t over. verba “AGH FUUN THE KEY WEST CITIZEN ok OVERING TELLS - THAT WILL CUT 73 MILES FROM oe. PETERSBURG TO KEY WEST About Two And One Half Miles Have Been Dredged FE he Y ear” Into Position PALMETTO. When Trans-Bay Causeway connecting St. Petersburg with the mainland a Ciea island is finish- it will present automobile route, miles, to West; and from the trip by from Tampa, 53 miles. new cast of Ter: ed a few years from now, cut 73 miles from the 417 Key thway _ J Tou * tne saps show the present mile- ' » between Key West and Tam- ta be 397. A ferry between Pinellas Point, outh of St. Petersburg, and Man- tee County at Piney Point, now approximately the same age reduction. Great suction dredges are pull- ing sand from the bay bdéttom be- low St. Petersburg and far out in Tampa Bay, and as they work pe around the clock, a slender sand-+ spit is being of the marine survey. 242 Miles Completed At the present time about 2% miles of the highway base have been dredged into position, and the work goes forward atthe rate of a hundred feet cach day on the Trans-Bay Bridge ‘cause- way which will rival the Gandy Bridge ind Davis Causeway oss Ola Tampa Bay further north on the Pinellas peninsula, | By October 1 it is expected the present dredging operations will have carried the project 442 miles . When the program d, motor travel will from 74th avénue and Hi unes road in Pinellas county above St. Petersburg,. and. run aight south several. miles to Pinellas Point. Gandy bridge traffic will merge with the road automobile tour. stt now shown on maps as Route 600, and this road will extend straight south to Point, east of Bird Key. nere it starts to swing east of t from the vicinity of Mullet Key, end reach out for the Manatee county. The ‘causeway will span Terra Cica isiand and 1 the mainland after its three mile .course,/on Manatee. county soil with another short causeway. Mile Into Tampa Bay Within a few days the first sec- tion of the causeway fill, nearly am will have been finished into Tampa Bay. This section ends at the channel for the inland waterway. Another section has fiecn’ finished. It is 8000 feet in length. Work is progressing on a third section, half a mile long. The third part of the present dvcdging contract is to run 7600 feet into the bay. Future work hinges on the ac- geptance of bids, to be based on ations and contractual terms atthorized by recent vali- dation of a bond issue secured by anticipated tolls after the cause- way is épened. Bids will be called for later thisssummer on the giant main’ trestles, three in number, each end and the third the middle of the project. south trestle will carry the way actoss Terra Cica island the Manatee county mainiand. Parallel with the causeway on the north er Pinellas end, will run i ghannel from the inland way to the”new half-finish- smiont-Tampa channel. Cost of seawalls has not been included in any bids so far ac 1, nor of any bulkheading, h riprap will be dumped : the margins of the fills Sppreeching the bridges. to gMe Neat “<viear omy hig aval rai _ Above, the ocean-going main- ship channel a bridge 149 feet nfl is comtemplated. This will rival that on the Overseas High- way to Key West at Bahia Honda. It will be four miles long from the north to the south trestles. Crossing the channel it will span 800 feet. In other sec- tions it will be carried on piers 5 feet apart. ‘ No Sea Walls Reason why sea Walls are not contemplated 35, the construction cpicsen.ative, C. E. Anderson raid, because most of the water is (PRE HRELOUUEUUE FOR SALE Newsprint Second Sheets 500 0 35c, ,3 Pkgs.. —+THE—. ‘Attain Press CITIZEN BUILDING spun along the lines} | been recéived resentatives at. Bradenton. $1.00 | Navi al Activities ‘Are Commended C. Adell, “FF ak oF | Captain C. comman @ | der, Naval Base, Key West, prats- | ed the naval activities in the Key | West area for the part they played in making Armed Forces | Day on Saturday such a fine :| success. | In a Cispatch sent by him to | ajl naval activities in Key West, he said, “All hands may feel sustly proud of their fine per formance and conduct on Armed Forces Day. It was extremely gratifying to com ider, Naval ! Base, to witness the splendid re- ' sults achieved by the cooperation and voluntary effort of those taking part. Well done.” | Sports Calendar SOFTBALL | (Bayview Park) | Night Play Island City Softball League | THURSDAY— 7:30-—Home Milk vs. Coca-Cola i : () Wirephoto 9:00—OpDevSta vs. Sea Cats. u. s. SENATOR ESTES KE- —— FAUVER. Democrat of Ten- RASEB: ALI. négsée; shows his happiness in iNew York after being named “Father of the Year”. by the Nati nal Father's Day commit- e former chairman of the LITTLE LEAGUE Bayview Park—Night Play FRIDAY— Rotary vs. VFW. Elks. Sencho Crime Investigating Kiwanis vs. Committee is the father of four SATURDAY— childten,; The Father's Day Lions vs. VFW committee said he was chosen Rntase wa: JusGees fot. the awatd “because his i i aa ng high. principled leadership of the Senate committee has dra- matically aroused public con- sciougness ‘and morality.” ISLAKD CITY WINTER BASEBALL LEAGUE (Afternoon Play) Oceanview Park To be announced. shallow in the area and _ little damage by erosion is expected. The highway itself will be six feet above high tide, or ~ seven feet, four inches over mean low U.S. NAVAL STATION BASEBALL LEAGUE To be announced. water. Work/gn construction of the Sea OR? highway “bed upon the dredged SHUFFLEBOARD Bayview Park Morning, Afternoon and Night) Datiy and Sundav pilav fill cannot start until the fill had- settled. The road will be 24 feet wide .with . eight-foot shoulders, and about 125 feet of sand beach to the water’s edge. FIDO ON THE LINE At the east approach to the MARION. _IL.—().—“‘Number Gandy Bridge, at Rattlesnake, please?” the Marion operator contractors for the two’ small! asked. “Woof, woof,” came the bridges to earry traffic across the reply three filled sections, are prefabri- cating concrete for their job. Use of the prefabricated material has, not yet been started on the cause- Way itself. The, greater part of the cement piling’ and bridge decking will be Her second try brought barks again. On a hunch, she had the sheriff listen and the telephone woofed back at him too, Sheriff Ora Kirby drove to the tele- phone's garage location. He found made at Rattlesnake and trucked it locked. A bird dog was be- to the preiect, side the telephone which it ap- Cost, $21,250,000 parently knocked from a table. Thé completed Trans-Bay Kirby called the owner who unlocked his dog. Mail The Citizen to . Friends an es- Bids have for building the north apfroaches to the viaduct, end eertain small relief bridges. bric.se projéct will cost timated ~ $21,500,000. Jung. 26, bids for the lower FISHING CAMP Tampa Bay span will be opened by staté “road department rep- Now Open Under New Management New Johnson Outboards, Inboards and Skiffs BAIT and BEER At All Times CAPT. BOB and EUNICE JOHNSTON Invite You To Come Up and See Them Anytime a “ATHLETES FOOT GERM BPOeVecrTo KILL IT IN ONE HOUR CUMASED. your We back uw from nov dtuset Vy made for HIGH sor ‘ OF CAUSEWA pone Laden Allied Plane C rashes In Keres FIRE AND SMOKE rise from a shattered South African Air Force fighter plane that cra into the wreckage of a B-29 and a Corsair at end of runway on a Korea: was taking off with a napalm The pilot was killed. JAPANESE P.O.W.s STUDY ENGLISH SINGAPORE— (4) serving sentences in Changi prison are making time count—40 of them tudving English and chanics. With their they are buying lish dictionaries to help them in their studies. Commander G. E. W. W. Bayly, Commissioner —Japanese Singapore's prison Japanese-Eny- ing made to get lecturers from the University of Malaya and de- bating societies to come to Chan- gi and talk to the prisoners. service. their | are} radio me-}| earnings, | of | Prisons, said efforts now are be- | 1 Electric Rates Favor Complete: Use Everyone Knows A Peck of Apples Costs More Than A Quart... but the Price The cost for each. apple goes down even more when you buy them by the bushel. While electricity isn’t sold by the quart or bushel. the price of each kilowatt hour.does go down as more electricity is used. When you already have lights, other small appliances and a Refrigerator, it costs very little to use an electric Range. When you have added an electric Range. you can use an electric Water Heater at a very low rate. 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