The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-12-05
KEY WEST IN
DAYS GONE BY


| DAYS GONE BY
Happenings Here Just 10 Years
Ago Today As Taken From
The Files OF The Citizen
Monroe county highway and
bridge bonds were sod this after
noon to Warren Watkins, repre-
senting Marx Company of Birm-
ingham, Ala, for 95 cents net to
the county, the commissioners
said. This is the best price that
51a e bonds have been sold for
in Florida for some time. 1t was
SAID that $4,000 of the sale
price will be wired to Key West
today to take care of the imme-
diate needs of the highway pro-
gram. The bonds sold today rep
resent only a protion of the orig
inal $2,635, 900 issue for the con-
struct' on of the road and bridges
from Miami to Key West, which
vast project stands seventy per-
cent finished today. Bonds to the
amount of $48O,OOO yet remain to
be sold only as the money may be
needed to finish the project.
Three perfectly good automo-
bile tires disappeared from the
garage of Eddie Villareal at Pc
tronia and SimOntOn streets. This
happened some time ago and has
not been fully exp aimed as yet.
I'm another unexplainable way, the
! tires, have found their way to the
back yard of a colored man NAM
Fed George Allen. Sheriff Cleve-
SIaird Niles found them in the yard
Restefdag, Allen will be given a
l,hdaringe this afternoon before
lJddge, High Gum, who will give
| him an opportunity of explaining
why he did not buifd his back yard
fence high enough to exclude wan
dering automobile tires.
The amount of fines collected as
result of activities of the police
department of Key West during
the month of November tota,s
1894 so, according to the books
of Sergeant V. Vinson. The No
vember showing only falls a few
dollars short of the showing of
the previous month, when $3.50
were collected. The grand total
of the months show $1,S53.50,
which is considered good by police
officials.
Steamship Saco went ashore at
80 O'Clock this morning one mile
south of Loggerhead Key in three
fathoms of water, according to a
message received from the Coast
Guard Boat 295 at the Coast
Guard Station. The master of the
vessel stated that he believes she
will float at high tide tonight. A
report received from the Cutter
said that the anchors of the Saco
had just been run out and the YES
sci will make an effort to free her
self in this way.
Mayor Leslie A. Curry, Chief
of Police Ivan ElwOod and Sher-
if Cleveland Niles are being high
~ complimented for the splendid
progress being made in the clean
up campaign inaugurated some
time ago by the mayor. Sheriff
Niles volunteered the use of the
county prisoners which combined
with the force from the city Jail
formed hard working organiza-
ton which has worked wonders.
If this work continues with the
same thol oughness manifested in
the first period. it was said, Key
West will become one of the best
kept and cleanest cities in the
south ai7osea
-lRq e1o.
|oH The local Marine football eleven
I,retnraed this morning from Hol-
Ilywo6a where they yesterday met
and defeated by score of Is to 3
the Florida Guards eleven of that
city Yesterday when the game
Estatted the Marines made the first
score on the Hollywood aggrega-
ton, something which has not hap
pened this season until yesterday.
&.
Editorial comment: One good
way to cut overhead costs is to
watch the advertisements appear
ing in The Key West Citizen.
Base Is, u. S. Coast Guard, re-
ports the seizure of the Lugger
A-1O77 at the lower end of Chan
dler Sound. The vessel had on
board so sacks of liquor and two
sacks of alcohol.
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