The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 21, 1953, Page 8

ip oe BLACKWATER ==] Plantation Key Busy With Real Estate Sales BY SUSAN MCAVOY REAL ESTATE EDITOR Key Largo, largest of the Florida Keys, 29 miles in length, has the two largest landowners on the Keys R. E. Crane, who holds 25,000 acres on all the Keys, and Key Farm Land Company. The latter firm holds 6,931 acres on Key Largo alone overshadow- ing even Crane who holds 3,084 acres on the long island. Part of the Crane land is held in the name of Raymond E. Crane, Elger Co., Ford City, Pennsylvania, Part is written in the tax books as merely R. E. Crane et ux. Crane bought most of his Key Largo acreage from the Island Holding Company. The number of owners of pro- perty in Key Largo fill many pages in the tax assessment books. This week only the holdings of the two big owners, Crane and Key Farm Land, were computed a job that took two hours. Next week the other major owners of this booming Key will be listed. Interest in Key Largo has been heightened by the test- ing being done by major oil companies in the area. Sub-divi- sions are springing up and com- mercial buildings are under con- struction. Closer to Key West is Planta- tion Key below Key Largo. Here the big owner is Edwin C. Luns- ford who holds more than 350 acres. Lemberg Development company holds more than 166 acres on Plan- tation. Other Plantation Key owners of size are: Richard I. Berenson, 29.25 acres; _ | McKee’s Museum of Sunken Trea- surer, 21 acres; Charles F. Tift, *|36 acres; H. S. McKenzie and J. County Building Permits Up To $133,400 Last Month .“2GE HOUSES la CONSTRUCTION | mack in the month of January, ie ae aac \he reported today. MATECUMBE One of the largest permits was ASE) FANNY KE taken out by Irving R. Eyster to KEY | build a $20,000 house in Matecumbe Ise than $133,400 in building | Ocean Beach, subdivision, on Low- = . jer Matecumbe. The dwelling will I a were” tamed “by |be of concrete block construction. Ccunty Building Inspector Don Cor- | Another large permit was that on Monroe An Aluminum STORM STOP AWNING SHUTTERS Safe and comfortable in sun, rain or hurricane. Protects dropes and furniture from damage. Permits open windows during rain. Closed in @ moment for ossured safety. Key West Venetian Blind Co. Awnings .. . Jalousies Venetian Blinds 123 DUVAL STREET Lass LOVER WiRBOWS by CLEARVIEW ® Featuring exclusive LOC. TITE control, fomous fer “one — frames & Meri~ cone apprend Easy monthty payments " Phone 2-5531 “ws Key West Venetian Blind Co. 123 DUVAL STREET issued to Howard Hall for a $16,500 CBS dwelling on Fanny Key. He is also building a $6,000 house on Fanny Key. Beal Perrine will build a $15,000 CBS house also on Fanny Key. Warner Kolb will build a $16,000 CBS house on Fat Deer Key. L. D. Pendleton took out an $8,000 building permit for a CBS house in Islamorada. Ruby. Rost is building a $3,200 structure at Holiday Homesites, Key Largo. William Mattull is building a 'CBS structure at Pirate’s Cove, Key Largo. G. N. Pierce took out a permit for a $4,800 CBS dwelling at Bay Harbor, Key Largo. Eddie Sweeting is building a CBS house for $5,000 in the Edney Parker subdivision of Islamorada. Jerry Egan is building a $9,000 CBS house at Matecumbe Ocean Beach, Lower Matecumbe, Robert Towson is building a frame shed in the Edney Parker subdivision, Estimated price is $2200. Peter Denger is building a CBS structure at an estimated cost of $8,500. John Mohn is building a frame house for $6,000 on Key Vaca. George R. Stonaker is building a $3,000 CBS dwelling in Hudgins’ subdivision at Summerland Key. David Nason has taken a per- mit for a CBS addition valued at $2,000 in Sunkrest subdivision, Stock Island. Charles L. Moody, is repairing and altering a frame building on Stock Island at a cost of $1,000. Edwin 0, Swift, Jr. is building a frame structure at an estimated cost of $1,200 in Marathon. 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Bids are receivable at the office of the Resident-Officer-InCharge of Construction, Building 91, Front Street entrance, U. S. Naval Sta- tion Key West. The work includes exterior paint- ing of*one two story concrete block stucco building, two one story concrete block buildings and one two story frame building. Specification No. 36877 and other bidding data may be obtained upon application to the Resident Officer-In-Charge of Construction, PO Box 1045 Naval Station Key West. Deposit of a check for ten dollars payable to the Treasurer of the United States is required as securtiy for safe return of each set of bidding ‘data. Air Conditioning Bids Called For Sealed bids for air conditioning the injector test and repair room of Building No, 137 at the U. S. Naval Station will be received un- til March 5, 2 p. m. at the office of the Resident Officer-in-Charge of construction, Building 91, Front Street entrance. The work consists of providing all plant equipment, labor and materials necessary for the in- stallation of a ten ton air con- ditioning unit including diffusers, | | grilles, electrical connection, re- heating unit, water lines and drains, carpenter work and paint- ing. Hilarious, a large race horse (17 hands high) owned by | Phipps, is nicknamed “Tiny”. Ogden | 1 | M. Woods, 24 acres; Paul Schmitt, 110 acres; Plantation Yacht Har- bor, 12 acres; Plantation Key Pro- perties, 35 acres and Fred Ely, 21 acres, William H, . Suteliffe owns 46 acres; Lester B. Dubell, 15 acres; E. K. Ludington, 86 acres; Eugenia Semple, 42 acres; Elinor Gautier, 13 acres; Rosa G, Camero, 53 acres; Mildred V. Keoskie, 15 acres; M. H. Tallman, 20 acres; Ross Kellum, 31 acres; Joseph Cohen, 17 acres; Malcolm R. Al- bury, 16 acres; Robert H. Albury, 15 acres; Alex A. DeBrocq, 31 acres; Tavernier Enterprises, 20 acres and Florida Internal Im- provement Fund, 60.75 acres. Tavernier Key lists J. O. Web- ster as owner of 20.75 acres. Dove Key is owned by Ray- mond E. Crane et ux, four and one-half acres. Rodriguez Key is owned by Crane. It has 122.50 acres. Pumpkin Key is owned by M. | D. McCormick who holds acres. Angel Fish Keys lists big own- ers, Seaboard Properties, Inc. which holds 252 acres. a7 Walash Inc. owns 86.50 acres on | Angel Fish. Largest owner on Palo Alto Keys is John Aozanne, who holds 153 acres. Key Farm Land Company holds 87 acres; William H, Turner holds 73 acres; Seaboard Proper- ties owns 92 acres; Arthur Davis, 63 acres; Bert A. Linderman, 17 acres; A. C. Browner, 14.50 acres and E. B. Beardsley owns more than 14 acres, ROBERTS OFFICE SUPPLIES & EQUIPMENT 126 Duval Street Phone 2-564 Royal Typewriters Portables and Standards SALES - SERVICE RENTALS ) Choose from our quality febrics to reuphol. ster of slip-cover your furniture for Spring. We do quolity work ot low cos? 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