The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-05
Council Hears Housing
Authority Board Report
Various Other Matters
Taken Up At Regular
Meeting OF City Council
Last Night

The City Council at its regular
meeting last night heard q report
prepared by Fred J. Dion. chair.
man of the Housing Authority.
and Wallace Bryant Kirks. also o
member Of the unit. relative to
activities being carried on at
Jacksonville. from where they
recently returned after attending
a meeting of the Florida Housing
Authority. >
The report submitted covered
various activities and accomplish
mems throughout the state.
After a discussion of the mat.
Ter relative TO carrying out Key
VESTS program in connection with
the housing authority plan. il was
decided TO have the council meet
with the Key West Housing Au..
thoritY members in the near fu.
ture for the purpose of adopting
some workable plan in eonnsc.
tion with the proposition.
A document was read from the
Trumbo Properties. Inc. signed
by T. z. Price, attorney, relative
TO an easement in the matter Of
installing sewer pipes across 4
portion of their holdings, which
was a matter of an agreement to
be entered into with the city in
order to have the work carried
on. -.
1t was ordered that the ease.
ment be executed by having the
proper officials sign the docu-
ment. The motion for acceptance
of the agreement was carried 4,
to 3. with Doughty. Archer, Mon
salvatge and Jim Roberts voting
yes. and Freeman, Will Roberts
and Adams opposed.
Ask For Funds i
A letter was read from Maria
GutSenS. matron of the Mercedes
Hospital. requesting that a dbna-
ton be made to the institution.
which it was claimed is badly in
need of funds to carry on the
charitable work.
Council ordered that arrange
ments be made to allow Mrs.
Gutsens to cash some of the city
warrants that are now in her pos
session.
Jonathan Gates, owner of the
property occupied by the Pritch-
ard Funeral Home, addressed the
council and requested that the
tax assessment on the property
be reduced as he felt it was "a
Their excessive at this time. The
matter was referred to the tax
committee.
1t was ordered that the services
of Gideon Curry, assistant care
taker at the Tropical Aquarium,
be dispensed with during the
summer season as the funds did
not warrant the employment of an
extra man at this time. Joe Ca
nero. caretaker, will take up the
work that has been carried on by
the assistant.
To Screen Jail
II was ordered that the bull
pen" portion of the city Jail be
screened, as il was shown that
the prisoners have suffered great
ly in the past several days from
mosquitoes.
Mrs. Ethel Kimball, represent
ing "Kim's Guide To Florida.
addressed the meeting and So
licited page advertisement in
the booklet from the city at a
cost of $295. The matter was re-
ferred to the printing committee.
Councilman Archer, chairman of
the committee, stated, however.
that he. felt the city was not
financially able at this time to
make any contribution, although
the matter would be taken up by
the committee for consideration.
Anent Water Mains
A discussion was entered into
relative to persons connecting UP
with the city water mains, and
il was shown that at the present
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