The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-06-25
Overseas Highway Repairs Given
Approval By Army And Navy Units
Announcement Made To-
day By Attorney Julius
F. Stone On Return From
Washington

War and navy departments
have approved repairs to Over
seas Highway, either for a 100
per cent federal grant or for
construction by a division of rs
per cent federal money and Is
per cent from the state road de-
pertinent, julius F. Stone, Jr..
county attorney, announced to-
day.
Stone said he was assured by
Thomas Macdonald, admins
traitor of the Federal Bureau of
Public Roads, that army and
navy support for the Florida key
project is adequate to insure
federal money for its compile
ton.
Stone. who visited Washington
and Chicago with County Clerk
Ross Sawyer and Carl Bervaldi.
chairman of the county commits
sion, said prospects are good for
an early start of work on the
road, the key identification
project and the Boca Chica air
port.
Describing the road situation,
Macdonald told Stone the Over
seas Highway proje has been
included in a nationwide road
building program TO cost the
federal government s257 900. 900
VIII Require Stale Aid
Originally intending TO spend
the entire $257 600, 900 in 100 per
cent grants for road building. the
federal bureau since has revised
the program, Macdonald explain
ed. setting 500, 00O, 900 aside for
pairing with Is percent expendi
lures from the states.
Thus the key road, although
slated for federal aid. may or
may not be placed ON the list Of
those to be built entirely by the
government Macdonald point
cd out, however, that Florida
already has $4.500.ooo Of federal
road building credits available.
which could be used for Over
seas Highway.
Construction Of the eight miles
between Key West and the pro-
posed Boca Chica airport, Stone
was told, is virtually certain Of
getting priority as defense
project, with 100 percent financ-
ing bv the government,
Craig Mission Success
County Commissioner r. w
Craig. who was appointed by the
commission to get approval for
the project from local army and
navy establishments. as wels as
from corps area and district
headquarters, had completed his
assignment and placed the ap.
psoving letters in the road de-
partnent's files before Stone ar
rived in Washington. he said
Checking up on delays III tire
start AZ work on the Boca Chioa
airport, Stone said be waa IN
formed by Col Isucitls Clay. as
sistant ~ the administrator Of
Civil Aefonanties Adminiafra.
ton, that only minor difficulties
IL the army engineers office st
jacksonville had prevented open
ing Of bids
Colonel Clay. who had return
ed ~ Washington from London
the previous DIS aboard an army
horri1es, told Stone he had cheek
ed the Boca chica airport file
and learned that only the as4es
ton uf i workers wage scale.
under study AZ Jacksonville. had
delayed the bud opening
Electric prniscs Gei
Several technical details - ~
have prevented = start on The
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TIE papers were returned e.
Washington immediately
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