The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 27, 1953, Page 8

PAPY BUYS 69 ACRES OF BAY BOTTOM Huge Submerged Land Purchase Made By State Rep. At Long Key By SUSAN McAVOY, Real Estate Editor State Representative Bernie C. Papy has bought more than 69 acres of bay bottom off Long Key, from the Trus- tees of the Internal Improvement Fund, according to a deed filed in the office of County Clerk Earl Adams. He paid $2,800 for the submerged land on January 10. Owners’ Handiwor ee Ee EME Zi THE HOME OF MR. AND MRS. J. L. RICHARDS, 1307 Laird Street, is the work of two persons. Mr. and and then took construction into their own. basic plumbing, Enforcement Of Building Laws Urged Will Prevent Slum Areas, Says U.S, Chamber Proper enforcement of building, fire and sanitary codes can do’ much to eliminate city slums, ac- cording to the Chamber of Com- merce of the United States, « In a city where the building in- spector winks when he finds four times the legal number of occu- pants in a slum apartment, or the fire inspector doesn’t inspect at all for fear of what he'll find, the! slums get worse and worse. The owner of slum property in such a city can afford to hang onto it, so long as he doesn’t have to put up money for repairs and so long as the housing market is tight enough that people will rent anything. The slum property is usually close to an office or factory dis- trict and the owner is hoping that the area will be rezoned for indus- trial building. If this happens he can sell or rent the land for a much higher price. But whether the area is rezoned or not, the land is probably too valuable for any- one to put up a low-cost housing development on it. It was this situation which led Congress to pass a law in 1949 per- mitting the federal government to te-pay cities two-thirds of the cost of acquiring such high price slum land. The housing act of 1949 would, it was supposed start a real estate rush for investors who sould get in*on this low cost land and build attractive and profitable mo- dern residences. But it didn’t work out that way Four years later not a single re- development has been finished un- der the 1949 Act. News of the fed- eral subsidy has held prices on slum land in many areas, Slum land owners now have other pos sible high-price buyers for their land in addition to the ones who would have bought if the slum area were rezoned for industrial buildi As long as the health, dards is lax owners can enforcement of building ase cities fore a hig when build ners to do ee. | Bol their own hands, xception of Mrs. Richards bought the property, designed the building Over a period of two years, the couple has turned a swamp land into a home that anyone would be proud ‘to call Even the slump bricks were made by hand, on the spot, and coloring was added where and when needed. With the e: a part of the wiring and four hands combined to make a home for which the Richards were offered $35,000 before the roof was even completed.—Finch, Citizen Staff. Business Gets Ready For Its Summer Siesta A Letter From BILL LANTAFF NEW YORK #—Business is get- ting ready for its usual summer siesta. The question this year is: At what level will it start up again in September? A number of important industries will largely close down during part or all of July for the annual va- cations. This practice is spreading through industry, Each year more plants join the vacation shutdown. And this year some plants have announced they are extending the vacation closings 4 week or two longer, because new orders aren’t too abundant—one of the increas- ing signs that the economy may be backitig™aWay from the peak activity of the long boom. A summer slowdown, of course, doesn’t go for all industries. Some expect to boom as never before. ‘These are the ones that cater to America-on-the-move, Resorts, shipping, airline and | auto industries anticipate their big- gest summer. Gasoline dealers, busy at the moment raising prices, |expect to sell more than‘ever be- | fore. | But while vacationists are gad- ding, their home factories will be | idling. The index of industrial | production is due for a slide. | In itself this won't mean too much. The question will be how | much it recovers in late August {and early September. Most busi- hessmen are waiting to see the strength of the fall pickup before | making any predictions on whether {the boom has topped out and a jmild recession is coming. | The industrial production index, and several other statistical as- uring sticks, won't be too indicative this summer for still another rea- son. For the next two months, com- parisons with year ago figures will have a much too rosy hue. That's because the big steel strike of last | summer put industrial production | at an unusually low level. In many places the?strike also lowered re. tail sale. figures. This happened | not only in steel making centers but in other industrial communi ties where layoffs were caused by steel shortages Also likely to complicate this summer's business picture is the muddled and confusing view of in- | ternational affairs. World unrest and uncertainty is an old story by now to businessmen | and everyone else. But the present | rhubarb in Korea and the tantaliz- | % possibilities glimpsed through ~ | rifts in the Iron Curtain of troubl Russian sat mer's busi bard to judge brewii ites make this # outlook unusually HOME OFFERED POLE CASSELBERRY #®—Capt Cwiklinski, who ieft the €, sh ship Ra ry for years and bave Dear Neighbor: } The progress of Florida and man} kind has been geared to the pro- peller-pitch of aviation, This year we are celebrating the } Fiftieth Anniversary of Powered Flight. This half-century period i: probably the most momentous era | in history. What has been the paral- lell- progress of aviation and Flor- ida? Florida has contributed many} firsts to the pages of history of | aviation, The first regulation in hte | world which pertained to aircraft | was drafted in Kissimmee, Florida | on July 17, 1908, The first wireless in an aircraft was installed at Palm Beach in 1911. One of the earliest airports was [cent of established on what is now the. Mi-| ami Springs Golf Course. The first | Marine Air Force was created and trained at this field during World War 1. During that conflict 15 per the Governmeht airfields were located in Florida. The Sun- shine State was the sole source of military pilots immediately after | the war, with Pensacola the first Naval Air Station, known as ‘he “Annapolis of the Air” and Carl-| strom Field the “West Point of the | Air.” The annals of history reveal} many more first contributions to | aviation by Florida. The first guid- | jed missile experiments were con-| jducted in our State in 1919, The! southernmost aviation facility was! established at Dry Tortugas that year, The first catapult launching of a plane from a vessel took place at Pensacola. Naval Air photogra- phy was born in Florida. The first International Airport was establish- ed at Key West and the first sche-| duled airline service in this coun- try ran between St. Petersburg and Tampa, Florida’s contribution to aviation, and that industry’s asist in the growth of Florida, could fill a book. One need only to look about our state to see how closely aviation and Florida have progress- ed together. The Miami Internationa! Airport, the “Air Hub of the America’s” and our Nation’s busiest air facil- ity, is an existing monument to this state’s contribution to the fifty years of air progress. Certainly in this anniversary year our industry and the part that Florida has play- ed in making this half-century the momentous of history. Sincerely yours, BILL LANTAFF The bay bottom includes five parcels, all Key. Largest single parcel is 69.20 acres. Another bay bottom purchase of * four acres, was made by Mr. and Mrs, Kirby LaRue* McClain, Jr. E The submerged land is at the in- tersection of the center line of U. S. 1 with the West end of Boca} Chica viaduct, according to the deed. They paid the State of Flo- rida $80 for this bay bottom. The McClain’s have also bought 1.6 acres of bay bottom from the Il Board in the same area for $292. Edward Woodson has bought 2 acres of bay bottom off his pro- perty at Stock Island for $300 from the Internal Improvement Board. Hudgins and Alfonso have bought h@lf an acre of Bay Bot- tom off Little Torch Key, where they own property. Price paid the I] Board was $92. : Other sales. of interest last week were by Nancy Gillette to Mr. and | Mrs. Samuel Gleaman for $20,000 of 1.4 acres in Marathon. :| Another large sale made last yi week was by Mr. and Mrs. Max | Swartz, and Mr. and Mrs, Joe/| Swartz to Boot Key Harbor Pro- perties, for $20,000 of land on Key Vaca. Mr. and Mrs. H. S. McKenzie have sold for $4,000 to Mr. and Mrs. Paul C. Bridgham, Key Lar- go land on Key Largo, Sunset Cove, | Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Coomshave sold for $1,000°to Albert R. Scho- | field, Jr. lot 2 of Block 60 of Cra- in’s Subdivision of Grassy Key. The Dee Jay Inc., The Cori ne Corp. and the Hillary Corp. have sold to Mr. and = Mrs. George Travis of Marathon for $9,000 lot 2 in Block R, part c | of North Marathon Shores sub- | division. Mr. and Mrs. Milton Locken. |back have sold for $4,500 to Mr. jand Mrs, Herbert Wood and Mr. } and Mrs. Herbert C. Wood of Ma-} rathon, a part of lot 1, Block 2, Sherryl subdivision in Marathon. | Mr. and Mrs. R. Gaylord Wil- \liams have sold to Mr. and Mrs. Walter B. Harrison for $3,000 lots 32 and 33, Block 2, Mandalay. Mr. and Mrs. Anthony F. Gargan | of Tavernier have sold to Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin R. Saunders, Mia- mi, Florida, Lot No. 50, Block No. 1 of Bay Harbor Subdivision, Kye Largo. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond 4H. Morton héve sold to Mr. and Mrs. Arnett B. Taylor, 2022 Sta- on Long All five total 27.77 acres. ples, six lots in Key West for $14,500. Mr. and Mrs. Berlin A. Sawyer have sold to Mr. and Mrs. Ray A. Corwin a lot on Key Largo for Ed R. Neff has sold to John Butler, Marathon, for $4,500 land in Marathon. Concepcion Vasquez, tessor has jleased to Mr. Peter Estenoz and | $3,000 cash. for the first year’s rent. _ The lessee beginning to pay there- after on May 12, 1957 at the rate of $250 a month. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil 0. Keith, Sr. have sold to Mr. and Mrs. John W. Castell, Jr. of Marathon for | $1,000 land on Key Vaca. Vic Vet says WORLD WAR IT VETS! (F YOURE IN TRAINING UNDER THE GI BILL, YOU CAN INTERRUPT YOUR COURSE ONLY Antonio Estenoz for ten years a strip of land in lot 18, Square 4, on Duval Street at a term rental of $1,000. Delio Sanchez has leased to Blas Zarate, Shorty’s Bar, also known as the Blue Goose, 416 Petronia Street at $250 a month, payable Page 8 TH © KEY WEST CITIZEN Saturddy, June 27, 1953 TO A, CAREFREE, VACATION Let our services help safeguard your vacation fun. Protect the valuables you them in one of our safe-deposit boxes. leave behind by storing Make your travel cash 100% safe by converting it into American Express Travelers Cheques. These cheques are cony able anywhere, cheques in the world, Wh refund if they're lost or st So before you're pleasu They're the most widely enient as cash and spend- accepted at’s More you get a quick olen. re-bound this year, make sure you're pleasure-protected. 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