The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 6, 1952, Page 7

\ eaturday, ecgtember 6, 1952 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN 7 City Electric's $3,000,000 Plant Nears Completion x k xe x kk he kee x kek $260,800 dy. Warranty Deeds Filed In Clerk Adams’ Office T bis Week First Federal Savings And Loan Association Assets Have Risen To More than $250,000 assets and the issuance of 32 loans outstanding form part of the up and coming picture of the First Federal Savings and Loan Associa- tion of Key West, at the end of its first four months . of operation today. Fred Dion, President and Robert H: Garrison, Execu- tive Vice-President and Secretary are well pleased with the strides made by the new group. “We have savings ac- count members totalling more than 200. They are the association, They run_ it and they put up the money for. it,” said Garrison. On June 30; the Loan Association paid its first divident to members at the rate of three percent per year. The next dividend period will end on Decemper 3ist, at which time it is* expected that another dividend of not less than three per- cent iat be paid again. All vlog fd loans made so far for buying and repairs and reanony of existing mort- to home owners, Garrison The borrowers pay six per- cent interest on’ the loans, which is lower than the legal rate. The assets of the association have more than doubled since January when the charter was poco Now $250,000 is the a- mount. A liquid reserve of six percent is required by law. ‘The balance of the association's capitalization, of the association’s.; capitalization, mortgages to nelp people own theif Loans to homeowners are insured up to $10,000 by the Federal Saving and Loan *ainacinad corporation a government agen: The. poring of ‘we association is be yt nd the fact that on a single. day, last Tuesday, more $250,000.00 than $22,000 in new savings were received.” When. the. association grows fur- ther, it will be able to make loans to veterans at four percent. At present, Garrison says, it is im- possible to pay members a three percent dividend and make loans at such low rates of interest. “1 want to stress that the mem- bers who invest their money run the association,” Garrison declar- ed.” “Mr. Dion doesn’t run it, | don’t run it. A board of directors is elected by the members.” Membership rfleetings. are held the first of every year. Persons who borrow money as well as those who invest money become mem- bers. The borrowers have one bote for their loan account. The inves- tors receive one vote for each $100 in savings accounts, reachifig a maximum of 50 votes. All decisions are made by votes of the mem- bers. Garrison who with Dion has worked for almost two years to organize the association concluded: “I gambled on this thing, be- cause I believed in it. My faith has been more than justified. I say that-on the basis of experience working with building and loan as- sociations elsewhere.” Rate Increase Is Needed TAMPA (®—Officials of Penin- sular. Telephone Co., say the util- ity needs a rate.increase to help it borrow money and sell stock. Peninsular, turned down for a rate increase in February, again is asking the State Railroad and Publie Utilities Commission for a rate boost. The hearing opened Friday: The telephone company, which is asking for a complicated sys- item of.new: rates, is. basing .a great deal of its arguments around the point its -present: net return ‘on investment is not enough. The commission. said: in Febru- ary that Peninsular was making a little over: six percent and that was sufficient. Peinsular said a company. of its kind needs seven per cent. STRUNK LUMBER YARD SALE ON WOOD JALOUSIE DOORS 2— 2°39” 2— 2°38” x 68” x 70” 3 — 2°10” x @ 10" 2 — 3°0” x 68” Regularly $50.60 to $54.40 This Sale $35.00 Each seinen STRUNK LUMBER YARD PHONE 816 120 SIMONTON ST. The Royal Palms APARTMENTS Accepting Applications Now Furnished and Unfurnished 2 Bedroom Apartments FIRST STREET and PATTERSON AVENUE kk * Plant Is Equivalent To 6-Story Bldg. By SUSAN McAVOY The $3,000,000 steam electric plant which is going up.at Caroline and Grinnell streets is nearing completion, if not by the November 18 deadline, soon after, it was learned today. La Van Warren, Field Superin tendent for J. F.@Pritchard con tractors has a crew of 135 men on the job now. The equivalent of a six story building, the modern 10,000 KW plant will materially boost Key West’s electric power. It will pro bably not be sufficient in itself for the growing population, however, and the old plant will have to be utilized also. When we toured the plant this week we could see that much of the big equipment has already been installed. Warren and Kenneth Ward, resident engineer for R.W. Beck and company, consulting en gineers ‘to City Electric system showed us around. ‘The huge generators will gene rate 13,800 volts. No. 1 and No. 2 boilers, already installed, reach @ temperature of 850 degrees with 750 pounds of pressure. There are two of everything boi genera ters, condensers. Warren showed me the control panels which regulate the equip ment in the plant. These. are on the second story, as are most of the vital pieces of equipment. A series of lights on the west wall of the plant go on in any emergen cy. Orange, yellow,blue and white according to the part of the plant concerned. There is also an emer gency lighting system should the generators go off. The steam electric plant would use 2400 gallons of wacer a day if the amount of electricity consumed: in that period were ¥,0Uv KWH. Should any serious water sfort age preciuae city water, the piant as a system for evaporating salt trom sea water and proaucing 32,000 galions of water a aay. ‘then inere is a rain storage tank with a capacity for 106,000 gallons. A fuel oil dock for unloading Bunker “C“ oil which will be barged in, is being built by the Paul Smith Construction com- pany right across the street from the plant. A huge overhead crane has lifted the equipment from the ground to the various positions on the second floor. It is still in place, and as Warren said is strong enough to haul anything in the place. . Fans, six of them exhaust, will cool the plant as much it is can be without refrigeration. Warren and Ward both tried to explain to me in simple nontech nical language what will happen in the steam electric plant to bring more electricity to Key West. It seems there is water in a boiler: Steam from that drives the turbine which is the prime mover. This drives the generator which produces the electricity. After the steam goes through the turbine it passes through a condenser and is | condensed back to water and pump ed back to the boiler. Then the whole process continues. The workings of the plant take place in a building of reinforced concrete and structural steel under a tar and gravel roof which is bonded for 20 years. On the job in putting up the second highest building in Key West (next to Le Concha) have been boilermakers, millwrights, iron workers, brick masons, | | steam fitters, carpenters and day laborers. Warren who has been in the con | struction business for 37 years is INDUSTR Bethel Home Sold For $47,000 By Local Bank The Livingston Bethel home on Duval street was | sold for $47,000 to Miami Beach entrepreneur Sey- mour Rubin, according to a deed filed in the office of County Clerk Earl Adams. The Citizen disclosed the pending sale weeks ago, but did not have the sale price which was not released un- til today. and the valuable site from the Florida National Bank. He plans to set up chain store outlets in the one-story building he will erect. The old house cannot be moved to a new site through Key West streets because it is too large. it will be torn down instead. Across from La Concha hotel it has been unused for the past few years. The deed of sale is made to Mrs. Rubin and her husband. Other deeds of sale recorded in the office of County Clerk Earl Adams last week were as follows: Mr. and Mrs, E. L. Nungesser sold for $19,600 property in the Ocean View subdivision of Upper Matecumbe. The buyers were Mr. and Mrs. Sydney Beards of Isla- morada. The sale includes Lots 3, 4, in Block two of Ocean View, and Tract 31, according to the plats of the Russell estate. A sale for $10,600 of Key West property was made by Mr. and Mrs. Donald Mathison Sahiman to Mr. and Mrs. Robrt E, Garrison 1908 Patterson avenue. Another Key West sale was made by Mr, and Mrs. Jack F. Flood for $10,300 to Mr. and Mrs. William J. Harrison, A sale for $9,800 by Mr, and Mrs. Barl Price to Mr. and Mrs. Herbert D. Norviel of 2205 Fogarty. Avenue was filed last week. A $6,500 sale by Mr. and Mrs. Frank Oldham tq Mr. and Mrs. Herman Anthony Demeritt, 1022 Washington Street also transferred Key West land. Hudgins and Alfonso sold for $3,000 Lots 25 and 26 of Summer- land Estates, subdivision, to Earl A. Ross, of Chicago. Mr. and Mrs, John A. Gautier and Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Martin have sold for $2,500 Lot 1 in Drift- wood estates to Mr. and Mrs. Alex Karson; Jr. of Marathon. The Riviera Corporation of Rivi- era village has sold ten lots to Mr. and Mrs. James Hayes, Jr. of Mi- ami, for $1,000. At the same time the Riveria corporation bought one lot for $500 from Mr. and Mrs. ; Cecil M. Bellous, Sr. The deed of sale for. $150,000 of land for the new Key West-Havana ferry dock on Wall and Whitehead Streets was also filed last week. Gulf-Atlantic Transportation sold the land to the City of Key West. The Florida corporation then paid j off its mortgage held by Agwil- ines, Inc. a Maine corporation. The sale includes all buildings | and privileges. If you want to cook a whole }— head down — in cold salted | water for at least one-half hour. | Serve with a butter-lemon sauce and sprinkle minced chives or parsley. @ mechanical engineer. He has worked in every state east of the Rockies. “My next job is in New Mexico— we're building a plant five times | this size,” said Warren. “We're hoping to finish here on time since we have to get going to the next.” FEN IES, INC. SERVING MIAMI SINCE 1830 AT KEY WEST 219 Elizabeth St. Phone 588 For All That's Best in EVERY KIND OF ROOFING ALL TYPES OF SHEET METAL WORK AIR CONDITIONING, VENTILATION SOLAR WATER HEATERS, BOOSTERS POURED-IN-PLACE GYPSUM ROOF DECKS small head of cauliflower, soak it| Rubin bought the old landmark - le “even greater. | board motor. | fand. A larger fishing boat pro $22,550 Issued Permits This Week By City Building activity for the month of September started off briskly in Key West with the granting of a permit to the Edward Ambler Construction Company for the erec- tion of a clubhouse for the Key West Chapter of the Fleet Reserve Association at 920 Caroline Street. The CBS structure will cost $18,000 roseapers to the permit Bre to- y: Other permits issued by City Building Inspector Ralph Russell were as follows: In Building M. Malone, 1118 Cathering Street, repairs, $1700; L. Terego, 206 Du- val Street, repairs, $400; J. W. Albert, 1500 Flagler St., repairs, $200 and Marvin H. Kemp, 2832 Seidenburg Ave., repairs, $150. The CBS Construction Company will remodel a garage owned by W. Barrons at 1419 Reynolds Street at a cost of $1500. Percy Curry, Sr., 321 Peacon Lane, repairs, $300; and Neil Know- les of 312 Margaret Street, repairs $300, Lower And Upper Keys Boom Apparent On Weekend Trip To Summerland, BEST SUMMER ON RECORD CLAIMED BY KEYS RESIDENTS By SUSAN McAVOY The busiest summer sea- son on record has been true of the Keys as well as Key West, I learned over last weekend in a trip that took me to Summerland Key, Is- lamorada and Key Largo. The landscape has chang- ed in the eight months since | I last travelled the highway. Numerous motels have sprung up where mangrove stood before. New restau- rants and stores dot the highway, and off the high- way the development is Ff My adventures included seeing Munson Island the beautiful key owned by Sam Anderson, dining ; at the Caribbean Club on Key Lar go, and swimming in a cool natur | al ocean side pool built by the! Peter Kossodo’s in front of their on Beach club at Islamora- ee Island is really a part of Newfound Harbor Key off Ram | fod and Summerland Keys. Care taker Edison Cruz welcomed us as we arrived in Henry Hudgins’ out- Though the main house is board | ed up for hurricanes, the low ram | bling lines with the bright red shut ters stood out as we approached. | A complete community for its own | er and family, Munson Island is | the showplace island of the Keys. | The Andersons reach their island | Paradise in @ matter of minutes | by fast outboard from the main | vides more teisurely trips in search of big fish either in the ocean or in Niles Channel. Lootie Trevejo, former caretaker of the | place built his cottage for his wife and child with his own hands. Now he has moved across the channel te Summerland Beach where he is planning to build a house. i back across Niles channel the Hudgins boat I could see mushrooming of develop merland Beach. Land are not waitig to live there they build their houses. Some moved in trailers their | tree: to the profusion ing through the Keys at sun FOR & Et “ }ada or Summerland a gush of | Islamorada set is a magnificient experience. Despite the fact that it was Labor Day weekend I found little traffic Sunday evening to slow my ride. Bridge fishermen standing perilous. ly close to the traffic, however, did slow all drivers. With gay a- bandon. they step back from the railings of the bridge on to the highway trusting fisherman’s luck to save them from a sudden end to their sport and their lives, I was glad to reach the ocean again at the Kossodo’s beach club. I pulled in just as the Mosquito truck did. The big chang_ in Islam orada between this summer and last, aside from its growth, is the diminution of the galley nippers. Nature aiding the mosquito truck in the form of a strong breeze swept all insect life away on Mon. day and I was able to swim. in comfort in the Kossodo pool, dyn- amited out of the ocean bottom with high marl supporting walls. The sea water in the pool is con- stantly changed py the tides I almost felt <onely swimming in water without barracuda. Grate ful though I was for the respite from the séa tigers it seemed odd swimming with miy mask and see ing no snarling barracuda faces come near. They and other large fish are kept out of the Cocoloba pool by the steel net covering the entrance of the pipe to the open sea. Only baby fish get through and grow to about six inches or more. The Caribbean Club, where we dined Sunday night, was filled with yachting parties from Fort Their steak was almost a8 good as the one charcoal broiled, by Mary Hudgins the night before at Sum- nerland Key. Try as | wourd | could not see Humphrey Bogart ‘or his prototype | | in the restaurant or bar. The din | ers in fact jooked well fed and | happy instead of lean and loaded | with a past as the film “Key Largo.” Though water shortage may be | slowing up building on the Keys, present pressure is greater than | any I have felt in Key West. When | you turn on the shower in Islamor | | through an 18 inch pipe. water comes out, startling to a| Key Wester who is used to a slower trickle. West Virginia U's basketball team scored 100 points twice and 99 once during the 1951-52 season. | All three wins were on opposition | courts. one PLASTERING, STUCCO AND PATCHING No Job Too Small - Free Estimates KEYS PLASTERING CO. PHONE 1948 632 N. Beach Drive, Apt. A BEAUTIFYING THE OLD BUILDING THE NEW—IT'S M. E. BENNETT CONSTRUCTION CO. RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION ... REPAIRS TIMATES ARCHITECTURAL SERVICE AVAILASLE ™ DUVAL cast roof slab, concrete block and concrete brick walls. 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