The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 11, 1952, Page 7

ecturday, Oetcbor 10,1952 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Page 9 Work Progressing On Navy s $2,000,000 Key West Waterfront Improvements x*e x k * xk * kkk 5 ae ee x * * x wk &* x * * KEY WEST KENNEL CLUB PURCHASES LAND COSTING $100,000 RENT [Strunk Lumber O’Bryant To Build $4,500 House Addition Largest building permit of the week was issued to Horace O’Bry- ant, for an addition to his house at! 9401 Ave. E, to cost $4,500. Second largest permit went to Saunders Wholesale Grocery for re-roofing and repair at 800 Whitehead St., for $1,500. Other building permits are as follows: Aerovias Q, S. S. Airway, 522 @outhard, neon sign, $700. Marie Sanchez, 506 Louisa, minor repairs and painting, $100. D. Perez, 316 Southard st., porch and painting, $600. Church of Living God, erect tent (ne charge). Tamarco Perez, 2412 Seidenberg ave., shingle $300. Hotel La’ Concha, Duval and| Fleming, replace windpw, iaint building outside under and around marquee, $800. Mario Viera, 645 South st., ration and repair, $500. Dr. Ralph Herz, 420 Simonton, paint and build four foot fence $300. F. Bartolone, 218 Simonton st., remodel boiler room, ‘$200. George Keys Sun and Sand, roof- ing on building, $294. Carmen Solano, 800 Whitehead st., re-roof and repair, $990. alte- Odio Brooks, 312 Petronia, build- ing in rear, $700. NEW HOMES SI Filling Station | Sold To Shaw Oil Co. By F. Russell Shaw Brothers Oil company have bought for $28,500 the Frank J. Rus sell’s filling station on Stock Island and three lots ‘in Sun Crest subdi- vision, according to Attorney Allan B. Cleare, Jr. who represents the company. The Shaw Brothers are planning one or two more land purchases in Key West, Cleare said. They nave | been active in business on the Keys for more than 17 years with filling stations in Marathon and elsewhere on the highway. They own the filling station at the corner of Truman and Francis st. at the present, where they sell FP. Oil products. Henry O. Shaw is president of the company, Army Officers | Are Arrested BELGRADE, Yugoslavia # — The semi-official Yugoslav news agency Tanjug last night said unconfirmed reports _ indicated | hundreds of Army officers have been arrested in Communist Czech- ; oslovakia as plotters against the | government. Figures varied from | rt hg “about wand the agency | sai OR OLD IN GOOD REPAIR,.. MAKE OUR CITY BEAUTIFUL THE M. E. BENNETT CONSTRUCTION CO. RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION ... REPAIRS TIMATES ARCHITECTURAL SERVICE AVAILABLE - 214 DUVAL PHONE 2187 STRUNK LUMBER YARD HEADQUARTERS FOR THE THINGS YOU NEED WHEN YOU BUILD oR @ Upson Board @ Celotex Board @ Sheet Rock @ Enameled Tile REPAIR IN KEY WEST @ Masonite Presswood Gold Bond Board @ Asbestos Wall Board Johns Manville Products BPS (Patterson-Sargent) Paints And Anything Else You Need for Your Building Requirdments STRUNK LUMBER YARD PHONE 816 etre ene ae eee 120 SIMONTON ST.” OR Oo Tke Royal Palms APARTMENTS Accepting Applications Now Furvished and Unfurnished 2 Bedroom Apartments FIRST STREET and PATTERSON AVENUE kk * Largest Project Of Its Nature In Past Ten Years Here By SUSAN McAVOY The Navy has not only the biggest payroll West but it is the biggest) | builder on the Keys and in Key West. Right now it is in the midst of the largest water- front improvement project in ten years, ‘according to) Lt. Comdr. P. N. Blasin-| game, deputy resident offi-| in Key! cer in charge of construc-| | tion. | Totalling more than $2,- | ,000 in costs the present waterfront improvements in- clude a contract for about | $1,200,000 to Paul Smith | | for constructing three fin- | ger piers at the Naval Ord- | nance Unit, a new marginal | wharf on the outboard side | of the mole at the Naval | Station, rehabilitation of five submarine piers at the Naval Station and repairs of the mole, at the Naval Base. In addition to this giant construc- tion program, which is just begin- ning, major dredging operations amounting to $1,250,000 have been done by the Atlantic, Gulf and Pa- cific company for the turning basin at Boca Chica, the three finger piers at NOU and for the marginal | wharf at the Base. Finally, a more than $650;000 job is being completed by M. F. Comer | Bridge and Foundation company over at the Operational Develop- | ment Station. This has involved the complete rebuilding of a pier de- stroyed in the 1948 hurricane. Com- er’s staff of 30 or more workmen will finish the new 750 foot long} pier of steel sheet piling by the} end of this year. { Work began in July 1951. Tt was necessary to remove the old piling and rebuild the pier, install the utility trench and. pave the pier, Lt. Comdr. Blasingame said. De-} stroyers and other Navy ships will) be able to tie up at the pier in the) near future. Dredging for the Boca Chica turning basin brought up more than) one million cubic yards of marl) which are going to make 50 acres; | of new land out at Boca Chica for various installations. Dredging for cubie yards of fill which are being} stored for future use at the File- ming Key stockpile. The Naval) station dredging has produced 50,-| | 000 cubic yards of marl. | The NOP finger piers will pro- | | wide mooring for small craft. | | Smith‘s contract for these piers | | | runs te about $300,000 or $400,000, | of the total $1,200,000 waterfront | improvement job. Dredging for | | this job will be complete in a | f)) few days. This will mean the | | end of the detour over the terme | | pipe which carries the mari te | | Fleming Key. All Navy construction jobs come the NOU piers has created 200,000 il 11% Acres On Channel Key Sells For $12,500 The $100,000 purchase of land for the Stock Island Dog Track by the Key West Kennel club was consum- mated last week and the deed filed in the County Courthouse, Sidney | Aronovitz, secretary of the Club in- formed The Citizen today. Aronovitz said that the purchase made from the Toppinos was re- corded at 4:30 last Thursday. More than four of the eleven and one- half acres have been filled already. Work is starting on the lake. Archi- } tects Steward and Skinner of Mia- mi are now making preliminary sketches for the track. Actual cons- truction will start. shortly, and be rushed through in time for the | track’s opening on February 1. Channel Key, Inc. has sold eleven and one half acres on that Key for $112,500 to Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Ehr- hart, according to a warranty deed filed at the office of County Clerk Earl Adams last week. Other sales recorded last week are as follows; Mr, and Mrs. Chester Tingler have sold for $4500 to Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Williams of Marathon land on Key Vaca. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Anderson have sold for $5,000, 23 lots in Key Largo to Melvin F, Mann of Atlan ta, Georgia. The lots are in Thom- son’s sub-division, Three sales of interest were made by Mary McDougal Axelson | as trustee and free dealer. All these acres are on the mainland, The first is for $2,000 to Mr. and Mrs. Louis D. Goldberg of Miami and includes 320 acres, The second is for $1,000 to Mr. and Mrs, Harry Woidowsky of Mia- mi, and includes 160 acres, The third sale recorded by Mrs. Axelson is for $1,900 to William B. Gentry, Bartow, Fla. It comprises 320 acres, Paula Jean Carbonell has sold for $1,200 land at the corner of | South and Whalton streets to Yg- nacio D, Carbonell. Mr, and Mrs. J. Y. Porter, Jr. have sold for $1,100 three lots on Stock Island to Frank Toppino and Benjamin Bernstein, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Aronovitz have sold for $1,200 land at the cor ner of Flagler avenue and Second street to Mr. and Mrs. Faustine Rendueles. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Gibson have sold for $1,000 a.lot in Crain’s sub- | division of Grassy Key to Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Schofield, Jr. of Poin- ciana Place. Mr. and Mrs, D. A. McDougal INDUSTR FORUM A landlord must satisfy the Rent Office that he is aeting in good faith when he seeks an_ eviction certifieate, Rent Director, Freeman L. Knight, declared Friday. “It is not enough,” Knight said, “for a landlord to petition for a certificate on grounds permitted by law. He must also show that he actually will use the certificate for the reasons stated and he must con- ce us that he isn’t retaliating against his tenant.” As an example of this, the Dir- ector said that an eviction certifi- cate sought by a* landlord soon after his tenant has entered a complaint with the Rent Office could be questioned for its “good faith” and might be turned down for that reason, Explaining the importance of de- | termining a landlord’s intentions, Knight said: “Put yourself in the tenant’s position. If you can’t feel secure against unjustified eviction you’re not likely to make a com- plaint to the Rent Office, no matter what grounds you may have for complaint. “Nor can this requirement be called a hardship on landlords,” he maintained. “‘We don’t prevent a landlord from obtaining posses- sion of his property. On the con- trary, the Rent Regulation lists numerous grounds for eviction. What we do require is that the landlord give us satisfactory evid- ence that his action to evict a ten- ant is in ‘‘good faith.” “Information has reached our office indicating that owners of cer- tain housing accomodations have prevailed on permanent tenants to vacate so that they may rent to seasonal tenants at rates’ in ex- cess of the legal maximum rent. This constitutes a violation of the Rent Regulations and the Federal Eviction Regulations. Tenants with knowledge of sush practice should immediately notify the Office of Rent Stabilization, 216 Federal Building,” Knight said. have made two sales recorded in the last week. The first sale was. for $1,900 to Mr. and Mrs. William B. Gentry of Bartow of 320 acres. The second is to Ilene Weckstein of Coral Gables for $1000, of 160 acres. This land is in the mainland part of the county, not on the Keys. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Gwynn have sold to Dr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Groom of Miami, for $1,000 Tract 22 of Sans Souci, a subdivision of Grassy Key. IES, INC. SERVING MIAMI SINCE 1930 AT KEY WEST 219 Elizabeth St. For All That's Best In Phone 588 EVERY KIND OF ROOFING ALL TYPES OF SHEET METAL WORK AIR CONDITIONING, VENTILATION SOLAR WATER HEATERS, BOOSTERS POURED-IN-PLACE GYPSUM ROOF DECKS junder the Navy Public Works Of-| : ficer. These contracts began i | Comdr Conrad Grohs who has just | been relieved by Corfidr. J. C. Lup- | Asks Tenant To Move; Is Killed BLUEFIELD, W. Va. ‘#— State police said a strapping, six-foot Negro housekeeper has admitted she hacked up her employer with a boy scout ax after an argument because he wanted her to vacate the house. Cpl. E. D. Bazzie identified the 200-pound woman as Arizona Love, 2. The victim was Sonny Marshall @-year-old retired ra d brake man. His dismembered torso was found last Sunday at a nearby dump. Says Ike Trying To Sell America WASHINGTON —Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey of Mipnesota says Gea. Dwight D. Eisenhower is try- Sad te sell the American people : sugar ¢ape eulure te the Americans, For Any Type of Building S. H. DRUDGE GENERAL CONTRACTOR Key West's oldest, continuews contractor. Uistablished 22 yeers. Over 706 contracts completed without « ferteit. lestading, Metei, Stoce trons, Memes, Apartments, Roofing and Remedefing. 3410 AVE E. PHONE 2087-} To Erect Four Bldgs. In ’53 Will Be Constructed At Corter Of South And Simonton Streets Strunk Lumber Yard will erect four fire proof buildings on their newly acquired land on Front and Simonton streets in the next year, E. A. Strunk, Jr. announced today. The $25,000 site which has 100 feet on Front and 300 feet on Simon- ton will be used until then for an out-door storage place for brick, sewer pipes, sand, rock and other building materials, Strunk said. An eight foot high galvanized wire fence will enclose the property shortly. Grading is taking place next week. Strunk is closing in only two-thirds of the property, since there are old cisterns on the re- maining third. The president of the lumber yard bought the valuable site from Wm. Curry and Sons, of which A. Mait- land Adams is president. Adams is doing considerable renovating at the adjacent Curry and Sons build- ing, but prefers to wait three weeks before announcing his specific Plans on that property. Strunk meanwhile is preparing his site for the fire proof ware- houses which will cost about $25,- 000. His own company will erect them. A veteran in the lumber business, Strunk started his career back in 1919. He established his own com- pany in 1938. His son Edward Strunk Ill is secretary-treasurer. Offices of the company are and will remain at 120 Simonton street. Strunk said that he did not pur- chase any waterfront land from Wm. Curry and Sons. That property will undoubtedly be developed by Adams within the coming year. Wholesale Trade Leaps 200% Here In 9-Yr. Period An analysis of retail trade, whole- sale trade and the service — in Florida as disclosed , dat ty promulee tea bor the direction of George B. Hurff of the Bureau of Economic and Busi- ness Rearch, College of Business Administration, U. of Florida, at Gainesville. Monroe County is listed as fifth ‘in the 20 counties with the largest : | $33; automotive group, $40; gains in population. Monroe was al- so one of those with a per capita retail sales above state average of $901 per capita. Per capita sales by major types | of retail establishments in Florida | counties (1948) put this county in | the following category: food, $183; eating and drinking places, $113; general merchandise, general stores, $37; apparel group, $47; furniture, furnishings appliances, gaso- line service stations, $22; Lumber building, hardware $70; drug and proprietary, $26. The wholesale trade in Monroe leaped from $1,412 in 1939 to $4,533 in 1948 or a 221 per cent increase as shown in a table. Receipts per capita from amuse- ments, hotels and tourists courts for Monroe fell between $36 and $39. Receipts from service trades per capita in Monroe County were list- ed in categories according to these tabulations: personal business and repair services, $26.21; amusement sey hotels, $20.05; tourist courts, Retail sales bounded from $2,756 in 1939 in Monroe county to $16,112 in 1948. Per capita sales increased from $196 to $601. Percentage . change in those years was 485 a- mount of retail sales and 206 per centage change in 1948. The popu- lation change was 90.8 per cent. Weekly pay per employee under an operating ratio of whole sale es- tablishments was $49.39. Key West Floor Covering Co. ' ANNOUNCES A Complete Stock of Armstrong Vinofloor Linoleum Also Kentile and Armstrong Asphalt, Rubber and Cork Tile Formica and Plastic Wall Tile INSTALL. IT YOURSELF or Expert Guaranteed Installation Call 1454 — For Free Estimate Key West Floor Covering Co. 132 DUVAL STREET EXCLUSIVELY The MAXWELL COMPANY The Maxwell Company The C.B.S. Jalousie Co. wishes to announce their ap- pointment in Monroe County as Factory Represtative for Weathermaster Jalousies & Window Co., Inc., mak- er of a complete line of fine metal & glass Jalosies. As our introductory offer we are making available an extruded glass jalousie door with removable screen for the amazingly low price of . 4 $39.49 909 Fleming $1. Phone 682 NOTICE! Stop by for an inspection at 517% Duval Street — 10:00 A.M. — 3:00 P.M. PHONE 1798