The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 12, 1953, Page 6

Modern Efficiency Apartments To Be Constructed Above Duval St. Shops Site Of New Apartment Building page DWICHES —emmange WO Bennett Co. ome: . 2 New Floors | Above Chuck's The midtown business district is 4. getting a face lifting with the ad- dition of a $60,000 elevator apart- /}ment building. Construction of the new building at Duval and Southard Streets al- ready has been started by the M. E., Bennett Construction Co. Two, new floors are being added above the existing one-story structure that ‘« houses Chuck’s sandwich shop. e) 20 Apartments | | When. completed, there will be 1/1. efficiency apartments on each lof the two new floors, making a) |total of 20 apartments. In addition, each floor will have one hotel room. 1 | Starts Work On Very few warranty deeds were Mr, and Mrs. William H. Sut- cliffe sold Monroe Councy land to Li week. wir. and Mrs, Erwin J, Kershaw Adam recorded during the past Few Warranty Deeds Listed In Past Week : d Son sold a lot ia to Lettie Solomoa 101 Casa Marina Court, Ss ttle Ve Those on file in the county clerk's for $5,500. office were: Frankie B. Emerson, of Dade County, sold two lots in Camp Lea- sant for $1,000 to George Ander- son, of Miami. A Key West lot was sold by Mr. and Mrs. Jacob F. Weber to Mr. and Mrs. Irving B. Bush for $1,800, Two lots in Bay Haven were sold by Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Miller to Edward J. Evans for $1,000, A lot in Point Pleasant was sold by Mr.; and Mrs. Adolphus Ste- wele@ews | All apartments will have a spac-|Pehsn to Mr, and Mrs. Fleix Ches- ious closet. The two new floors will be served by an ‘automatic! elevator. | The apartments will consist of one large room, 13 feet, 10 inches iby 15 feet, which will serve as a/ ter of St. Petersburg for $5,000. A lot in Riviera Village was sold by E. L. Cotton, Inc., to William H. Cauley and. George W.. Martin for $300. A ten-cent token stamped mark- DONSON STACK CHAIRS For Easy Storage-- STACK EM! Genuine Firestone Plastic Webbing Assorted Combination of Colors . . . BY THE END OF FEBRUARY, « 20-unit apartment building will be completed on the corner of Duval and Southard Streets. Chuck's sandwich shop will remain and two floors will be added above the shop. The new elevator building will contain 10 effi- ciency apartinents and a hotel room on each of the two new floors, M. E. Bennett Construction Co. is the builder, ‘combination bedroom, living roomed the deed transferring a lot in jand dining area. The all-tile bath-|Marathon Heights from George rooms each will contain a stall/Jones, of New York, to Mr. and Building Permit Totals To December, 1953 Building permit totals for Key West for the first 11 months of 1953 are| occupants of two cars which col- broken down in the following table: New New Home Apt. Const. Const. $ 76,000 $ 10,000 95,000 51,700 49,500 93,800 85,100 55,500 54,800 66,416 141,000 114,828 Rigen TOTALS— $883,644 New Comml. Const. $ 42,000 33,000 Other Const, $ 19,060 23,804 43,510 42,270 37,545 43,227 35,130 30,394 22,175 23,560 28,025 Month— January ————__. February’ ——.—__ March April May * June July, — August September October . November 2,000 13,800 6,000 69,000 228,700 57,834 28,400 279,653 26,000 5,000 3,500 $ 34,300 $770,587 $348,700 Page 6 VENETIAN BLINDS EXCLUSIVELY WITH The MAXWELL COMPANY @ duilt to Fit Any Size Window! “Aluminum Slats Easily Removable! Precisivn - made te fit your windows perfectly ... choose from decorator inspired colors ... or contrasting tapes. either matching PHONE Us FOR FREE ESTIMATE The Maxwell Company 909 Fleming St. WAL 2.6031 _ FINANCING aT. MIKES PLUMBING Take Time To Pay... MODERNIZE SOLVE THAT SEWER PROBLEM There's NO _ DOWN PAYMENT! You THAT BATH or KITCHEN KOHTER OF KOHLER FIXTURES have three years to pay. Come in and learn about this easy payment pian Opportunity is knocking at your door. add that extra Bathroom. We sell, service and install quality products. We'll be giad te give you a FREE cost estimate! Recondition, remode! or 800 Whitehead Street Phone 2.3031 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Saturday, December 12, 1953 NO TICKETS GIVEN SAN FRANCISCO —All three lided at an intersection here were| off-duty policemen. The cop driv-| ing the first car said he’d been Totals ‘directed by an officer at the inter- $ 152,710/ Section to make a left turn—into 215,719| te path of the second cop's car. 153,000 Nobody got a ticket. 346,849 Vale Trees Legalized 312,600| ; 407,077| MEXICO CITY Mexico is go-| 97,970jing to have at least 112,019 legal 157, 793| Christmas trees this The 134/591 | Agriculture Department has issued 458,743) PeTmits for the import of that "oaa|many foreign-grown trees so far. 185,263) The government forbids the cut- | | ting of trees in Mexico, It’s trying} $2,520,310|to build back depleted forests. Twenty-Four Building Permits Are Issued In City This Week City building permits jumped New Miscl. Additions Building $ 5,650 63,915 57,790 145,079 19,605 33,850 7,340 14,665 17,090 9,235 12,910 78,850 16,200 100 500 300 $387,129 $ 95,950 Ave. — Wardlow’s Landscaping,' contractor jish kitchen facilities. shower. | Murphy Kitchen A Murphy built-in unit will furn- Each unit contains a stove, sink and refrger- ator. When not in use, the kitchen; units will be enclosed. All interior walls and ceiling will be plaster. The interior stairwa: will be terrazzo with a wrought iron handrail. The stucco exterior of the building will be painted. The entrance and lobby on South- ard St. wil be faced with marble below a big plate-glass window. All other windows in the building will be the aluminum awning type. The M. E. Bennett company es- timates that the new apartment building will be completed about the last of February. D. S. C. Corp., of Miami, is the owner of the steel-reinforced CBS building. Borry and David, of Miami Beach, are the architects. Permit To Set Beacons Asked Application has been made to the| Department of the Army by Flor- ida Keys Electric. Coperative As- sociation, Inc., c-o E, P, McLean Engineering Company, Moultrie, | from only 14 the previous week to } 25 last week. On file at city hall }were the following permits: i } Sinclair Refining Co., Sam | Drudge, contractor, remodel ser-| | vice station at Roosevelt Blvd, and| | North Beach Road, $14,000, Charles Lewin, 2916 Harris St.,| Paint house, $30. i CBS Construction Co., 1628 South | St., build residence, $8,000, | Key West Venetian Blind Co, — CBS Construction Co., contractor — remodel store building, $15,000, Mr. and Mrs. Romera, 1020 Du- val, — Johnson and Curry, con- tractors — build CBS home, $15,- 000, J. Torres, 516 Louisa St., build V. Vinson, 1306% Virginia St., re! Pairs, $300, M. Frager, 735 United St., en-| large porch, $200, Ray Knoppf, 217 Ann St., break <ey West Congregation of Je- jhovah’s Witnesses, 2309 Harris, \build CBS church, $13,500. Bert Garnett is the contractor to| move two houses — one for Peter} Estenoz at 1212 Von Pfister and the other for J. Estonoz at 1208 Von Pfister, | Franquilino Castillo, 828 Eliza- beth St., break curb and build block fence (two permits) $400. Harold Russell, 716 Southard St., repairs, $300. 1129 Fleming . Paint house, $100, Seymour Rubin, 707 Duval St., CBS Construction Co., contractor) — build store building, $28,000. Sidney Pepper, 510 Fleming St. — CBS Construction Co., contrae- tor, new canopy, $600, T. Knowles, 200 Elizabeth St., re- roof porch, $75. f. j E. Matthews, 305 Catherine,! re- roof house, $200. * 3 Marion Welch, 1614 Washington} St.. build car port, $100. Charles H. Smith, 1209 White, re. Place steps, $75. Jeff Broadbend, 600 Amelia St.,! seal interior of house, $90. Santa Clara Motel, 621 Truman Jalousie, Awning and Window Service Repairing, Servicing I and Cleaning ALL TYPES OF JALOUSIES -| AND WINDOWS x All Work Gnharanteed Your Satisfaction Is Our Success PHONE 2-3923 After 5 P.M., 25702 | | sane nen ie resmnmersrrcmecneennet — build link fence, $250, Georgia, for a permit to place nine G. H. Jones, Roosevelt Blivd., day beacons as aids to navigation, build car port, $200. jin Boot Key Harbor, northerly The D.S.C. Corp. of Miami —)shore, Marathon? Vaca Key, Mon- M. E. Bennett Construction Co.,,roe County, Florida. The beacons contractor — to add two stories to would be located along the chan. building at 537 Duval St., $60,000. {nel leading from deep water in ‘Home Building | |Boot Key Harbor to the property Government To Encourage New WASHINGTON \?—A president-| ial advisory committee is polish- ing up a major recommenda- tion to continue basic govern-| ment housing aids aimed at en-/ couraging a million new homes a| year. The 23-man committee headed by Albert M. Cole, federal housing! administrator, worked. 24 months to get its recommendations into shape, Government, industry and labor sources said the recommendations | would cover these major points: 1, Federally subsidized public! housing for low-income groups| lot the applicant on the northerly shore of sai: harbor. The proposed | timber single-pile beacons would be equipped with approved finger pointers and reflectors and painted as required by the United States Goast Guard. Plans of this work may be seen at the office of the District En- gineer, Corps of Engineers, 575 Riverside Avenue, Jacksonville, Florida, and at the office of the} Resident Engineer, Corps of Engi-| neers, foot of Collins Avenue, Mi-| Mrs. Claude E. Shull. Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Peeples sold a lot in Sombrero Subdivision to ‘Mr. and Mrs. Joe Lance of Mara- |thon for $17,000. | Mr. and Mrs, Chester F, Tingler sold Monroe County land to the Work Begins On New Subdivision Work on Key West's newest subdivision—Seaside Lohans jan yesterday, acco’ to Sibert 4d. Mills, developer and realtor. The new subdivision, lying along the Atlantic Ocean be- tween First St. and Atlantic Bivd., is divided into 28 100-by- 100 foot lots. Seaside Park is restricted to residences costing a minimum of $12,000. “Key West needs another good residential subdivision,” Mills seid, “that will be deed restricted to keep it so.” Plans already are in the works to build 16 three-bed- room, two-bath CBS homes in Seaside Park. These homes will cost about $14,000 and work is scheduled to begin on them Yesterday, grading was under- way. ROBERTS Office Equipment 126 Duval Street Phone 2-5634 Royal Typewriters Portables and Standards — SALES - SERVICE | RENTALS ami Beach, Florida. must be continued. 2. Mortgages should be liberal- ized, both for low and higher priced homes. Maximum mort-} gage insurable by the government | should be raised from the present $16,000 to $20,000 and, in lower price brackets, they should run up| to 40 instead of 30 years, to lower payments. : 3. The Federal National Mort-| gage Assn. should gradually be| liquidagee and replaced by a cen-| al’mortgage reserve bank operat- | ed. with private funds in goopera- tion with the Home Loan Bank beard. Considerable opposition to this recommendation was reported in the advisory committee, partic: warly among builder - members| favoring continued buying of mort- | gages by = government agency. 4. Existing programs for mod- ernization of old housing should be expand reportedly from the present, @ree to possibly 10 years, and, doubling the $2,500 maximum ‘;amount the government can in- sure. 5, Government « insured mort- gages for the purchases of old houses should be liberalized. The mortage on a new house costing 7,000 can be insured up to 95 per cent. If the house is old, the in- surat.ce now can’t exceed 80 per cent of the mortgage. 6. The interest rate on Federal | Housing Authority and Veterans. should follow a formula pegged to variations in the yield of long-term government bonds. PermaGleam Aluminum Tubing . . . Non-Corrosive Lasting Finish! SPECIAL OFFERING Narrow -_— B | Wide ) Webbing... Atlantic Dredging Corp. for — \ = Use Our Layaway Plan for Christmas Giving! Key West Venetian Blind Co. ‘AWNINGS DOORS - JALOUSIES WINDOWS 123 DUVAL STREET PHONE 2-5531 within the next week or two, | CIO MOOD OOOO asa ass. IT'S HERE! 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