The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-12
The
OBSERVATION
POST
BILL LEE


West Martello Tower should be
g gift to Key West and Monroe
County. in the opinion of many
Key Westers, who know what the
city and the county have done for
both the Navy and the Army.
MANY streets, such as Eaton,
Fleming. Thomas, Emma and
Front and Southland, were given
the Navy for the base" said j.
Frank Roberts, assistant county
tax assessor. 1.-THE city paid for
the paving, for water, for sewers
on those streets. 1t represented
many thousands of dollars.
"Then the Navy and the Army
own many hundreds of feet. yes
thousands of feet. on the finest
parts of our Waterfront. Of
course, they needed the property
when the city gave it to them, but
II seems to me that now, when
the county is seeking West Mar
tello Tower for beach, the gov
eminent ought TO make it an out
right gift"
County Commissioner Gerald
Saunders. who overheard the
conversation. said he would
write the War Assets Admins
tration at Jacksonville. point
ing out what the city had given.
the Army and the Navy.
II have already pointed out that
fact in conversation with Senator
Pepper and the WAA officials in
Washington" said Saunders.
An appraiser for the WAA was
here ten days ago estimating the
price the WAA should get for the
West Martello Tower property.
Il + 4
Harry Dongo, clerk of Criminal
Court, lost a pair of pants when
he chased a man who broke a
parking meter the other night.
Il fell and ripped them," ex-
planned Dongo. expressing the
hope the city might reimburse
him for the pants.
Harry didn't get a penny of
$3.50 the man paid for breaking
the parking meter. The ordinance
formerly read that 500 of the
$3.50 fine should go TO the person
who caught the parking meter
smasher in the act.
"The pants cost me $l0," said
DOngo ruefully.
II h
u is doubtful if anyone in Key
West could locate all of the city
streets and lanes, according to
Robert Dopp, head of The city's
public works department.
You can take Goat alley. for
instance. Know where that is?
Neither did we. until it was
pointed out on a city map. It's
between William and Margaret
streets.
Know where Pohalski Village
lisp II lies between Olivia and
Division streets. Then there is
Garfield lane, in between Mar
garct and Grinnell streets; Nassau
street, where once Hicks Dairy
was and wheres cows pastured
running off Fleming street near
Overseas hotel
What about Temperance lane
there's one for the Key West book
II runs off Thomas street. Sschip-
pens lane, which is off Fleming
street; Peerless court is off Olivia
street; Loco lane-oh, that's a
beautiful one, too-is off Petronis
street. And Eneas lane, that's
right off Division street.
Bet there aren't half dozen
people in Key West, outside the
residents of the streets involved
on the mailmen, can name all The
streets and lanes in the city" sale
Dopp. viewing the map on the
wall of his office.
You take a little man and pu
INN into a little job and he'll &C
as though he is a big man in ;
big job.
You could see the man a mil,
away. He came down here from
Miami recently as marshal a
q trial in court. He struttet
around as though he owned tn
courtroom. He shouted at tn
top of his voice when the iudg
came in. The same when he let
court.
How he loved to strut his stuff
before reporters. there to gather
news of the trial. He told the