The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 3, 1952, Page 10

‘THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Saturday, May 3, 1952 BUILDING PERMITS ‘The month of April proved to be @ big month for the issuance of building permits. |“Royal Palms” is being built be- Nine new residences accounted|tween Ist. and 4th. Streets, | for a total of $77,700. Two apart-; Roosevelt Boulevard and Patter- . * {son Ave. The ninety-eight units ret edition permite, 941,352, {Will be entirely CBS duplexes. areal amount issued “for the| They will have two bedrooms, | month was; $138,052. living room, dinette, kitchen, Following are a few of the latest bath, and large storage space. permits to be issued during April: Gas refrigerators and stove will Mr. and Mrs. J. Alvarez, 2328 | alse pe farnished: me Sh. . Addition sent build- cali posed negra “daa should cost $93 including lawn Conrado Rainado, 117 Duval. Re-|Service but not utilities. Joe Si- build storeroom, $200. rugo, President of the Roosevelt! Miss Hilda Cunniff, 402-404 South|Blvd. Holding Corp. says that street. Painting roof and sides,|they hope to open the first units $900. by June 15. Key West Housing Authority, Ad- “Key West is still underbuilt,” ministration buildinf, end of White | stated Mr. Sirugo. “Dade County &t., Porter Place, $12,000, that is now _ spreadin into San Carlos Theatre, 516 Duval| Broward is a good barometer of St. Remodel. $15,000. what we can be here in town. Mr. and Mrs. F. Gonzalez, 1216] “Our b'ggest drawback in the Varela street, building, $6,000. past has been lack of foresight, Noel Baker, 916 Fleming street,| initiative, and capital. We have build carporte, $100. these three things now.” Wh. B. Lainer, 912 James. Build) Two new streets will run wash house. $100. through the “Royal Palms” pro- John W. Thompson, 1123 Von/ ject. They will be named: Roose- Phister. Remodel home to be mov-|velt Drive and Bay Street. ed from 1230 1st St., $6,000. Anyone may rent the units so John J, Coleman, 511 Olivia st., this should be a boon to those vemodel residence. $800. people who lack sufficient prior- The Situation---Both Good And Bad “ROYAL PALMS” HOMES WILL OPEN IN JUNE Home-hungry residents here on the Island have another hope of finally getting a roof over their heads — A new subdivision known as : Wilbur Johnson, 421 William | ity or are otherwise not eligible street, new roof to existing|for Sigsbee Park or Peary Court building, $500. units. Harry Osterhoudt, 409 Mar- garet street (rear), repair roof,| The interior of continents $400. usually have greater extremes of heat and cold than do islands George Barber, 330 Peacon surrounded by the sea. Lane, repair to porch, $200. Louis Gonzalez Sierra, Angela, building fence, $50. Mr. and Mrs, H. B. Johnson, 1212 |§ ——_—________—_ 2418 Seidenburg, construct resi- dence, $7,000. Fer Accomplishment of Much Needed County Improvement Pull Lever 27-A For County Commissioner FIRST DISTRICT J. M. FERNANDEZ, JR: ee Oo - = “IOE” Citizen Staff Photos Paid Pol. Adv. THE THREE PICTURES ABOVE are representative of how Key Westers handle their garbage disposal. Top: A view of a resi- dential area showing sixteen cans that must be placed in front of homes due to the lack of service alleys. Many tourists and sightseers comment on the unusuainess of this condition. Center: Overflowing containers that lack covers could easily present a serious health problem. Bottom: An example of how one home- lover so an trond lawn, Small compartments are provided with Screening would also help. ves the problem of putting garbage cc latched doors. For Any Type of Building §. H. DRUDGE GENERAL CONTRACTOR ‘For Key West Homeowners Limited Space Prevents * Service Alleys On The Island ! leys. We are simply too cramped |for space. T Jenger tr orable ¢ nts have been h Key West's oldest, continuous. contractor. Established 22 years. By Bill Gibb k t. iat , since these ACKS re a in Over 700 contracts completed without a forfeit. Including, Motels, || Where do you keep your garbage Sein: DERE TEE ER RO Store fronts, Homes, Apartments, Roofing and Remodeling. containers? | One per evidently disagreed. If you're like most Key Westers, | When qu ed | 3410 AVE E PHONE 2087 you put the ugly old cans out in Scavenger s¢ wi J the front yard and hope that some called it perf day we'll have backyard pick-up scavengers all over t they the service! At least, that is what Citizen Photographer Ellis Finch and this reporter decided after = ri around town observing the garb situation. (See pictures on this page.) Few residential sectioi island are blessed with ser jual EQUIPMENT TO RENT Conceret Mixer... Wheel Compressor and Hammer . . oo Hoist... Pump etc. Barrows ... . Tar Ke on the ice al , | that Navy enlisted personnel were \COMPLAINT ON NAVY HOUSING | The following letter was received by The Key West Citizen editor |and was “borrowed” for this page | because of its interest to home; | seekers. | | Editor, The Citizen: | I read with interest of the wife phoning your paper and saying not welcome at Sigsbee Park; for several of us navy wives are won- dering just what is brewing about | |housing in this “critical housing area”. When we check on the Pro- | gress of our number on the Navy | priority list we find ourselves mov- ing backwards by several numbers | rather than forwards. And, a few/ jenlisted men have commented} | about how very much difference is; made in the finishing of the walls: and floors of the multi-units and the lush officers’s single units and) | duplex units (for civilian workers | and officers only.) { | It's most difficult to understand i why the officers and civilians are hurried into these Sigsbee Park| {homes from “shedding their equi-' ties in the Sunshine homes behind | them” and from the little Navy ' Housing existing in Key West be- fore the time of Sigsbee Park and the enlisted personnel continually | postponed. For most of the enlist- ed reportedly have been paying! much more cash each month in! | cramped, termite-eaten, reach-in-' fested, rat-run Key West housing! than these officers will pay in Sigs- bee Park for beautifully designed hurricane and fire-proof individual | | homes. I understand the older Navy} housing units are being cleared of | | officers to furnish the enlisted per- sonnel with cheaper units—a won- derful idea! But, I say the enlisted | man still deserves a fair chance at living in shiny new quarters—es-! pecially when Sigsbee Park receiv-| ed such favorable comment from both the recent congressional hous-; ing investigations and our Under- secretary of the Navy, Francis Whitehair. I recall the visiting con- | gressmen thought it likely that the government would be able to great-! ly reduce Sigsbee Park rentals by | buying up the builders’ mortgages. | | At that future date will Sigsbee Park be occupied by only officers! and civilians? Congratulations, Mr. Editor for) your coverage of news concerning | the service from seaman to admi-| ral. I enjoy This Rock Of Ours for I'm interested in finding out every- thing possible about the histary of | Key West and my carrier boy told me this article would carry such interesting data from time to time. Susan McAvoy has a nice style of writing, and I always sean your daily editorial. Maybe Key West could be much improved if people bothered to air their opinions more in this American newspaper. Sincerely, | A Navy Wife) (Editor's note: Navy authorities | when questioned with regard to the | above matter gave the following | explanation: single and double) | junits at Sigsbee Park are being | assigned to officers because they! fall into a higher pay bracket and can more easily pay the rent. Civi- | lians are allowed the duplex hous- s for the same reason. | Enlisted personnel will shortly begin to move into the multiple! units. There has been no prefer- Jence shown toward “officers” as/ such—it was simply that the con-| tractors were able to finish the; smaller type units first, H Peary Court is reserved entirely; for enlisted personnel. Forty units will be opened soon at that loca-! tion.) j | to hear from you if you can offer some constructive criticism. i} Anawakened public might realize how trash cans in the front yard destroy the town’s beauty—not to speak of the effect that loose gar-{ ht have on the health of | jof Carl Bouplon, found by Navy Of Owner. Bouplon The honorable Naval dischar Ketchum, attorney, on Thursday was retrieved by Mrs. Bouplon yesterday, he said. Ketchum found the discharge lying on William street and brought it into The Citizen. A story ran on it in Thursday's | paper informed Mrs. Bouplon of li the discovery of the discharge. She called Ketchum and was de- lighted to claim her husband's vital paper. AT Discharge | | Claimed By Wife | SERVING MI 3 to 5 P. 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