The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 22, 1952, Page 8

Pa THE KEY WEST CITIZEN WHO OWNS THE WATERFRONT AT S.1.? Here are.the waterfront and bay bottom owners of Stock Island, part of which is in the City of Key West and part of which is unincorporated. ‘The northern half of Stock Island is largely owned by the City of Key West. Bay bottom area near the city dump is city-owned; as is the golf course. Monroe county owns the area on which the Clifford Schumacher owns lots 29 and 30. Joseph and Anna Buck owns lots 31 and 33. Shaw Brothers Oil company owns lot 34. Frank J. Russo owns lots 35 and 36. Mary M. Johnson owns lot 37. George W. Adams owns lot 38. George W. John owns lot 39. Harry H. Johnson estate owns lots 40, 41, and 42. Wylks’ Incorporated owns lot 43, David H. Nason*owns lost 44 and 45. Bay bottom facing Sun Krest subdivision, egcept for that own- ed by J. J. Trevor, is owned by the Florida Internal Improvement Board. Harry W. Fondrie owns all of Square 39 which is on the water- front. South of that Ida Maloney of Homestead, Florida owns the west half of Square 51 which is on the waterfront. Clem Price owns lots one through 9 on Square $2. plus almost an acte of bey bottom north of the square, and 3.19 acres of bay bottom on the west side of the square. This ownership runs 527 feet out into the water. Joe Sirugo’s Sunshine Construction company owns from lot 10 through 20 in Square 52. Sirugo also owns lots one through the west half ef séven in Square 59, which is the site of the new drive-in thedter now under Construction. Josephine Cash estate owns from lot 1 threugh 9 im square 583. Ida Maloney owns lot 10 in square 83, Frederick J. Harlfinger of East Nassau, N. Y., owns the eastern half of lot 8 in Square $8 and lets 7, 8 and the west half of §, plus two acres of bay bottom extending 500 feet out into the water, Benjamin Bernstein owns the eastern half of lot 9 in squate 59. Edward Toppino et al own lots 10 and 11, plus 2.87 acres ef bay bottom running $00 feet out inte the water from Square 58. The bay bottom is 250 feet in width. Toppine owns lots one through 4 and 4.50 seres of bay bottom in Square 58. This extends 500 feet eut inte the water by 400 feet. A. Maitland Adams and Archie Lowe own iets five thrpugh 10 of Square 68. The 14 acre deg track bought by the Key West Kennel Club from Toppine occupies part of Square $7. The Toppines still own most of this square and 42 acres of bey bottom. Lewis E. Pierce owns lot one in Square $7 and J. M. Renedo owns lot five. The rest of the lots and bay bottom are Toppinos’ | Saturday, November 22, 1952 aan SSE TOCK ISLAND'S WAR | &dward Toppino et al own lots two through 13 of land and the 2,000 feet out into the water of bay bottom. This tract of submerged land is 897 feet wide. Part of this tract is now being filled for the dog tract. jamin Bernstein, pattner of the Toppinos, owns two Squares, 55 and 56, plus 50 acres of bay bottom feet by 2,000 feet out into the water. Square 46 the only owner of bay bottom revealed Joe Sirugo who owns 8.26 acres in a tract of sub- 1200 feet by 300 feet. Sirugo also owns lots 22, im Squares 46 are as follows: waterfront there are six unnumbered lots in Square 46, right next to Front Street. Three of these are owned by Navarro ; one by Katheryn Hitchcock and twd by Thomas estate. numbered lots in Square 46 begin on the waterfront with Ruth Galey owns lots 29 and 30 which are on the water, plus five lots in back of the waterfront. Dave King owns Square 60 with the corner lot on the ‘waterfront and 55.42 acres of bay bottom in front of his '. Arthur Gomez estate owns lots 2 and 3 in Square 60. Thomas Ness owns lot one in Square 61. Virginia Paterson owns lot 2. Benjamin Weinstein and Henry Brickman own lot 3. The U.S. Government owns lot 4. Abe Wolkoff owns lots 5 and 6 in Square 61. Amparo Cobo estate owns lot 7. Square 45 runs from Square 61 up to Second Avenue. Rose Rabin Segal owns lots 1 through 12, at Second Avenue and Maloney Avenue. Lot 1! is on the waterfront. Lloyd Christopher owns lot 15 in Square 45 and half of lot 16. Sunshine Construction company owns half of lot 16 and half of 17. Aloysia Van Goidtsnoven owns half of lot 17. OF THE WATERF IN SALES OF LIVE MARKET CONTINUES ON UPPER AND LOWER -KEYS PROPERTY \ Arthur Kimmel has bought 641 lots in Key Largo park subdivi- sion for $41,209 from the South Pa- cific corporation, atcording io a *| deed filed with County Clerk Earl Adams this week. D.C. Coleman and his wife have sold for $25,000 more than 37 acres on Key Largo to Harbor Shores, Inc. of Miami. Another big transaction this week was the sale for $76,000 of 86.5 acres in the county by Mr. and Mrs. Huge E. Curry to the Wala$h corporation. This is a sec- tion of Angel Fish Keys near Tav- i | ernier, off the highway. Mr. and Mrs. M. Ignatius Les- ter have brought for $14,700, six lots in Key West from Mr. and Mrs, Hugh McGinn. Other sales of interest last week include the following: Jack E. Clarke to Alice Adell Clarke on Sugar Loaf Key, one lot for $1,000; and another lot for $500, Alice Clarke sold to Lillian Gay Speas three lots for $1)500. Robert Dion and John B. Dion have sold to Mary E. Parrish seven lots in Crain’s subdivision of Grassy Key for $4,000 Musby Matcovitch has sold to John E. Bollinger for $4,500 part | of a lot on the Keys. Tom Watkins and his wife have sold to Marce A, Mesa, Jr. for $5,000 part of a tract on Johnson and White streets. Mr, and Mrs. James White have sold for $7,500 to Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Scheneman and Mr. and Mrs. Herbert W. Stone, four lots in South Marathon shores sub- division. . Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Howel have Race Tracks And Bordello Mansions And Drive-In Movies Mix On Vanishing Shoreline By SUSAN McAVOY Real Estate Editor Stock Island's waterfront lists owners ranging from brothels to bank presidents, from race tracks to city officials, according to the tax books of Monroe county, “i Largest owner of bay bottom off Stock Island is none of these, however; it is instead the combine of Toppino and. Sons and Benja- min Bernstein. As a group they own 100 acres | of bay bottom off Stock Island. | Second largest owner of bay yet for the Keys. The Stock Is- Toppinos and Sirugo’s companys . jhas the responsibility with Com- bottom is anonymous. He bought i rich little Island- for the future. 40 acres of bay bottom and 2 | say should belong to the public at mangrove island, northwest of | mission approval of laying out this Stock Island through his attorney |large, belongs on Stock Island a: Paul Sawyer. |in Key West to private individuals Other bay bottom owners are/who have bought it from the In-| Joe Sirugo’s Sunshine construction | ternal Improvement Board of the company, Clem Price and Edward | state of Florida, Woodson. | The exact:amount of bay bottom Stock Island which obtains its | already in private hands is im- name from the fact that the larg- | possible to determine, since some | est original owner, Walter Malcney | of the purchases have not as yet ( kept stock there, is now a pot filed in the courthouse. Pour of bars, brothel, dog track, | “Those purchases that are already | | Key West. KEY LARGO BOOM SHOWN $66,209 sold for $8,000 tract 13 of Square 36 of Crain’s subdivision of Grassy have sold to Edmuna L. Pinder and Ester Pinder for $1400 a lot at the corner of Caroline»and Mar- garet street, commencing 230 feet from. the southwest corner of Caroline and Margaret and running northwest along Margaret street. Mr. and Mrs. Douglass C. Pear- son have sold for $1,400 to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Parra a lot in On 12 Homes Here The construction of twelve CBS homes is underway in the United States area by the Porter Wagor Russell Company of Coral Gables, 53 Dr. Julio dePoo and his wife Olga have sold for $19,000 a one- half interest in Ramonin’s restau- rant and property at Duval and Angela streets to Jose Valdes. The Ugnacio Coba estates has sold for $13,000 to the trustees of Ley Memorial Methodist church, the house and land known as the old Maloney house at the corner of Truman avenue and Georgia sts. TODAY'S — BUSINESS | MIRROR By WAYNE OLIVER (For Sam Dawson) NEW YORK (#%—Many labor unions are becoming partners in industry by buying corporate stocks. It's a trend that has developed rapidly in the past year, particu- larly in connection with welfare funds provided by fringe benefits. The extent of union investments BARRETT §&. 1. S$. ROOFING, i : GREI-N, — BUILT UP ROOFING in common stocks is cioaked : the same privacy that perssatt'f WITHOUT HEATING ASPHALT purchases by private investors. REGULAR $3.16 2OLL One securities dealer said the $2.40 Sage have been very substan- > in ft ee ene aallars, although | LAIN AND HORIZONTAL TILE BOARD, BEAUTIFUL still minor in relation COLORS, YELLOW, GREEN, BLUE AND PEACH — REGULAR 4c 8G, FT. dic CYPRESS CASEMENT SASH IN PAIRS, OLD KEY WEST SIZES TO REPLACE DOUBLE HUNG WINDOWS — 50% OFF STRUNK . LUMBER YARD 120 SIMONTON ST. PHONE 816 trust for benefit of members. The object of such. investment for welfare funds is to increase the returns, enabling them to pro- vide more liberal benefits for the workers for whom they're held in trust. A survey of securities firms that have handled transactions for la- bor unions indicates a heavy pro- portion of investments have been in mutual funds, which hold di- | versified lists of stocks and bonds. Dr. Alexander 8. Ni York, who acts as enn both unions and industry on matters, estimated in a survey years ago that the net worth national and local unions was more than three billion dollars. said today this probably has increased to four billions. As for welfare funds, he said it’ virtually impossible to estimate how much they contain. He auded | that estimates of all fringe bene- fits for all labor range from four | to 20 billion dollars a year, includ- | ing pensions, sickness, vacation and various other benefits, / Dr. Lipsett has been advocating | greater investment of welfare; funds in industrial stocks both to} provide more liberal benefits to workers and to provide capital for development of industry create more jobs. A spokesman for the Wall BUILTIN... |firm of Kidder Peabody and said union investments in Key West Floor Covering ing Co. Otis Carey owns the other half of lot 17. | Armando Sosa owns lots 18 and 19. Robert H. Garrison owns half of lot 19 and all of lot 20. | ‘The next four lots in Square 45 are called Waters Edge sub- | division. | Frank J. Russon owns lots one and 2. i Abe Wolkoff owns lots 3 and 4. { Samuel L. Lowe wons lots 24 through 28. | Genevieve Warren owns lots 29 through 31. | E. L. Cash owns lots 32 through 34. } Ida Maloney owns lots 35 through 37. | Benjamin Weinstein owns lot 39. There is no lot 38. j E. L. Cash owns lot 41. Ida L. Von Paulsen of Homestead owns lots 42 through 46. The Florida National Bank owns the entire Square 44 whic! is between First and Second Avenue on the waterfront Edward T. Woodson owns all of Square 33 and two acres of bay bottom next to Square 44. Bay bottom is 740 by 125. His property has five lots of which two are the waterfront. Yvonne D. Snide owns all of Square 32 whi twe ate on the waterfront. mond G. Navarro owns all of Square 23 which has six | ith two om the waterfront. He also owns four acres bottom ‘measuring 800 feet into the water by 290 whi Muc bos vos vegas sg known indicate that there are more | the advent of a drive-in theater € d | meant for grazing of stock genera- | another parcel recently sold by; full view. | ed, except for one U. §. Govern- build homes for themselves has | pointed by the Monroe esunty com- | from looking at the zoning Here the City Until recently the waterfront |)... r | was fairly immune from the effect See consummated but. unre-| of metropolitan living. Now with | vealed at present. | The waterfront of little island on 01 wa arcel ow by Sirugo, g track OM tions ago has become today like| . Key West a battle grou: the Toppinos to the Key West Ken- | moters and speculaemen to nel club, the commericial future 35 of Stock Island’s waterfront is in At present every inch of water: | front on ‘the half of Stock Island's | south of U. S. 1 is privately own- ment lot. | Some of the small-seale owners | of one or two lots undoubtedly of the waterfront, however, already been zoned commer’ a spe zoning eommittee ap- mission. A detailed. sotry on this | zoning will appear |, } Right now it is apparent just} that the future of Stock Is 8} waterfront not much brighter than Key West's freed of any respo vanishing sh: INSTALL IT mostly through ANNOUNCES A Complete Stock of Armstrong Vinofloor Linoleum Also Kentile and Armstrong Asphalt, Rubber and Cork Tile Formica and Plastic Wall Tile YOURSELF or Expert Guaranteed Installation Call 1454 — For Free Estimate has 21 lots of |” Key West Floor Covering Co. 132 DUVAL STREET