The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 7, 1954, Page 1

, ‘The Key West Citisen <== tenants or workers... Just. f° DIAL 2-5661 or 2-5662 Today AA call for bids on the construction of a state building on Simonton Street, is expected to be _. ‘That information was released today by Ross ‘C, Sawyer, trustee. The new building will be located ‘between Catherine and Louisa Streets on Simonton. “Covering the entire block, the building will fea- ‘ture, two “drive-in” banking windows, a “walk-in” ‘window and parking space for 68 cars. Announcement of the formation of the new bank made September 15, when its proponents met ito Inspection Fee sduced To 50 Cents ‘Hont For Exe. Tug Survivors §T. "PETERSBURG, Fla. mw — ‘The Coast Guard Air Station here today intercepting a mes- which indicated a Coast cutter had picked up 10 vors-from the tug Bertha R ch safk in rough waters of the iif of Mexico. air. station reported it got ‘of: a message exchanged be- tween the cutter Cartigan and the tug Abbie B to the effect that 10 men were aboard the Cartigan, Radio operators at WPD marine radio station in’Tampa confirmed the message interception. NEW ORLEANS w—A fourth Tescue ship joined the search early today for a raft carrying the sur- vivors of a sunken tug’s 11-man crew in the choppy waters of the 8 or luring night, of it later in the waters. The plane ed people were on the raft. ° Coast Guard cutter Carti- , the SS Almeria Lykes and tanker Bradford Island scanned during the night for rafts crew members of the tug R- of Tampa, Fla. The aR sent out distress signals P.m, yesterday and pre. sank after radio with the Coast Guar’. iMate F ? i 2 a i 5 E Porter Uses Higher Math A bit of higher mathematics on the part of City Attorney J. Y. Porter was responsible ticular figure. Porter replied that he calcu- are not pregnant. His conclusion: Four per cent The search was hampered by the choppy waters with planes re-| $1. porting waves six. to eight feet high, whipped by winds about 25 knots. Air temperature was re- ported at 58 degrees, and the water temperature was 77. — The Coast Guard said one of the had to return to its Biloxi, Miss., base for a mechanical check- up while another returned to St. Petersburg, Fla., for refueling. Another ship, the Marine Cour- ier, was due at the scene momen- ‘The Cartigan, in charge of res- .Jcue operations, reached the scene at 3:30 a.m. KITCHEN AND BATH TILE AT Strunk Lumber 120 SIMONTON, Near Coca Cola THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER KEY. WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1954 IN THE U.S.A. PRICE FIVE CENTS Key West-Miami Run Service Starts Jan. 15, Shipping Official Says By JIM COBB The plans of the P and O Steamship Co. to resume operations here include a weekly Key West-Miami run, The Citizen learned Monday. Acting on the recommen- dation of their ‘attorney, M. Ignatius Lester, the city ap- proved the settlement to | }avoid going to court to try and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. . Ninety-five per cent .of the stock in the bank has been sold to Key Westers. There are 250 stock- holders. A total of 18,520 shares of stock have been sold, making the overall capitalization. $500,040, divided as follows: Capital, '$370,400;. Surplus, $100,000 and undivided profits, $29,640. The articles.of incorporation of the new bank have been adopted and will be filed ‘soon. The by- laws of the corporation have also been adopted. The city commission ;re- duced the fee last night for atito inspections to 60 cénts. City Commissioner Jack. c : Delaney made the motion); asking that the fee be 1 from $1.50 to 75 cents. But city _ commissioner Louis Carbonell asked De- laney to re-word his motion: to 50 cents. Delaney did. Two Opposed City Commissioner Delio Cobo joined them in voting for the drop, but Commissioner Paul R. Roberts and Mayor C. B. Harvey opposed the reduction. “What tax are you going to raise to make up for the loss in revenue? asked the Mayor. “The property owner is going to be socked a- gain.” But Carbonell pointed out that the Florida supreme court has rul- ed ‘it illegal for municipalities to make a profit on auto inspections. It was brought out during the dis- cussion that the city has made $100,000 in the past five years on uto inspections. The $1.50 proce- Gare costs the city 29 cents, they _ Sult Basis ' He added that it would not have been necessary to settle a $42,500 suit brought against the city if the city had mot been charging ‘the 50. fee. The suit had been ‘brought by a Jocal man who was injured at the inspection station. Carbonell explained that if the city nad operated the inspections on a non-profit basis, it would have ‘been considered a “governmental” function and the city would not have been liable for damages. But the fact that the city made a profit, resulted in the ingpections being classed as a “ ig function and the city had no im- munity from. suit. The city settled thé suit last night for $7,600. COUNCIL TO MEET The Juvenile Council meeting-at 8 p. m. today will hear the com- mittee report on comic books. Joan Knowles, high school senior, will discuss comic books. The meeting will be ‘in the county health department building. Persons Jailed | Won’t Go To Cells “Th practice ‘of tossing Key West citinens in Jall-eells when they. are arrested for ‘was or- dered to be ended last night by the }* Mayor’, B. Hatvey, advanced a ‘motion that’ the practice be ended, ing) out, that .séveral; substan- h to arrange for bond. ~ Harvey said that oniy where re- straint is necessary in cases of |drunkenness, should they be plac- ed in‘celis. The motion met with enthusais- tic. response from the balance of 'the commission and City. Attorney | J.\¥. Porter was instructed to Graft a set of instructions for the police chief concerning such cases. Porter said that it would instruct the chief to place those.arrested in célls “only in cases.of drunken- ness, moral turpitude or a breach ‘of the peace.” “ Commissioner Louis‘Carbonell al- so asked that a provision be in- cluded that well known citizens be released on their own recognizance when arrested for civil violations. ; problem. the cases, The largest settlement, $7,600, went to Joseph L. Menendez, who had sued the city for $42,500, al- leging that he had suffered a permanent injury to his right eye in an aecident Sept. 18, 1952, while hhis car was. being inspected by the city, Altorney’s Fee The commission voted to pay Porter $500 for his part in the negotiations. Former City Attor- ney M. Ignatuis Lester represent- ed the city also. The other suit, one brought by Moise and Ernest R, Mansfield, asked damages of $135,000 as the result of injuries allegedly in- curred when Mrs. Mansfield fell on Francis Street, Feb, 27, 1951. the suit re- eould not agree on the amount of ‘damages to be awarded. Mrs. ity | improvements forthe next} 2 Damage Surts Settled By City Two suits againgt the city amounting to $177,500 were settled for $11,100 by the city commission last night. City A pproves Of Refunding Bond Proposal Commissioners Balk At Firm’s Terms Monday The city commission a- greed tentatively to enter into an agreement with a Miami bond brokerage com- pany to refund the city’s $900,000 bond issue, but re- fused to go along with an agreement which ‘would have given-the firm the right to arrange for financ- ing ‘of possible municipal ‘years. |. The tirmy the “Atwell Co. has For Its Offices The possibility that city admin- istrative offices may/be moved to When the commigéion was ask- ed to approve a three year lease for the USO, commissioner Delio Cobo commented that it was “‘a good chance for the city to nego- tiate for possession of the building.” It was purchased four yelrs ago for use as a city hall and later leased to the USO, , Commissioner: Louis: * suggested that the. USO given the present city hail after Commis- sioner Jack Delaney ‘had tinted out that*fit is very necessary that rectors of the USQ to discuss the 13 Years Ago Today Thirteen years ago today at 1:25 p. m, (EST) the, Japs bombed Pearl Harbor and plunged the United States into World War Il. More than 100 Jap planes along with midget submarines struck at the 86 U. S. Navy ships riding at anchor in Pearl Harbor. = The battleship Arizona was a total loss, Four other battleships, three destroyers, one target ship, and one. minelayer were severely damaged, Three battleships, three cruisers, a “seaplane tender, a repair ship, and a drydock were damaged - but later repaired. The Navy lost 80 planes and the Army 97. The Navy shot down, 28 Jap planes; the Army accounted sunk, z United States casualties that day were: Navy — 2-117 officers and men killed, 960 missing, 876 wounded. Army — 226 officers and men killed, and 396 wounded. the commission that they can ‘t least one per cent on the «gi the, city is now on bonds, resulting in a sa of $197,000 over the 23 year average life of the bonds. Exclusive Agents Their agreement, sent to City At- torney J. Y. Porter and’ read to the commission last night provid- ed, however, that they would be “exclusive agents for the city for three years.” They said that they would under- take a survey to determine the ci- ty’s need for improvements and “analyze the financial history of The commission, however, asked that these points be stricken from the agreement. Copies Asked Then, Commissioner Jack Dela- ney asked that copies of the do- cument be furnished to each com- missioner. Attorney Porter pointed out that there is not -much time remaining in which to act, since the recall EXPERIENCED ~ REPUTABLE SHORTY’S DINER 6 DUVAL STREET . In a letter addressed to the city commission, a ¢om- Pany official has set the date for the start of service ag January 15 and the schedule he released shows that the ship will sail from Key West to Miami each Wednesday and from there to Havana the following day. LS _—_—___ Police Report Is In Error A mistake by city police re- sulted in the erroneous news 4 story yesterday which said Mrs. Ester Pinder, 1021 Angela, was being held in city jail in connec- tion with the stabbing of her husband, Maitland. Mrs, Pinder was not jailed. Civil Service Rules Being Prepared Here City Commission Deplores Action’ Of Department Heads A new set of civil service regulations for city employ- ees are being prepared by Robert Valdez, a member of the city ‘civil service board, the city commission was told last night. Victor Lowe, executive secretary ot the civil service board passed that information on to the commis- sioners during a discussion of civil service practices here. Practice Deplored City Commissioner Louis Car- bonell said that he had learned of a practice of some city depart- ment heads keeping workers on the Payroll but failing to recommend them for probationary appointment. Carbonell deplored that action, saying that it takes away the in- centive to do a good job for the|” city. “Tf they are good enough to work for the city a year or more, they ought to be hired on a permanent basis,” said Carbonell. i He said that he knew of city workers who have been employed for more than a year but are still classed as temporary workers and have no ciyil service protection. Prebation Period Lowe said that the lav, holds that after a six-month probationary per- jiod workers automatically become anent employees. if Pet it was brought out during the discussion that department heads are responsible for putting .em- ployees on the permanent list — and that they don’t always do that, Lowe then said that Valdez has been working on the new rules for more than a year and that they will be finished shortly. City To Ask For Ferry Co. Land The city commission voted last night to petition officials of the Caribbean Ferry System to relin- quish a portion of their property at the foot of Simonton St. to allow the Key West Charterboatmen’s Association to construct a marine railway there. The boatmen had asked the city for land there, but Commissioner Louis. Carbonell asked that action on that request be tabled until the ferry company is contacted. The ferry system leased the wa- terfront land, from Simonton to Duval St., for use as the Key West terminus of their line. The official, K. A. Os- borne, vice president and general manager of the cori- cern, said that the 885 foot ship, the SS Denali, will cary: ry 200 passengers in state- rooms and can accomodate an additional 174 deck pas- sengers on a weekly days light voyage from Key West to Havana, The ship has a freight capacity of 1,600 tons and can‘ carry automobiles. be- low decks. Bought In Seattle The Denali was purchased last week in Seattle by the P and O Co. In drydock for repairs, it will be placed in commission today and will sail tonight for British Colum- bia to pick up a load of lumber consigned for’ Puerto ‘Rico. - It is scheduled to arrive in pa Jan. 13 to begin» service tween that city, Key West, na and Miami. Osborne told the commissien his letter that he will be in Key West shortly to begin for a lease on the city - Clyde - Mallory dock for use as a Key West terminus of the line, hope tat sntlaa pspatiy “T hope that may be made to the dock go that the vessel can start calling there about the middle of January,” said Osborne. ‘. The city commission; however, may ask that the steamship com- pany make the repairs a i They have held yh ee sions with attorneys for the Water- man Steamship Co., who have ex- pressed interest in starting coast- wise freight operations between east and gulf coast ports and Key West. Schedule Planned This is the tentative P and O Schedule as released by Osborne; Ly, Ar. a.m. od Tampa Monday, 2:00 p.m. ' Key West Tuesday, 10:00 Lv. am. Ar. Key West Tuesday, “11:00 Havana Tutdday, 6:00 p.m, Havana Wednesday, 12:00 Key West Wednesday, 7:00 Ly. noon. Ar. p.m. Ly. p.m. Ar. lv. Ar. Key West Wednesday, 8:00) Miami Thursday, 8:00 a.m, Miami Thursday, 4:00 pin. 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