The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-02-08
Allen Yarns That
Money Will Haze
To Be Found For
Hospital Support

HOSPttut support
Monroe County Commissioner
last night accepted the $4,000
cubic yards of mari that the Ma.
Wy had offered them. The county
VIII try 10 have the Dredgers
Key operation started as soon as
possible.
The offer was made by Cap
tain c. c. Adell, USN, command
ing officer of the u. S. Naval
Station.
City Commissioners had made
the request at a special meeting.
All mari is to be taken out by
March /, and the maximum
amount that can be had is Is 00O
cubic yards.
From July, 1949 to January,
1850, some 95.393 cubic yards
have been sold by the Navy fo.'
10 cents yard, The amount sold
each month is as follows:
July, Z 45l; August, 9,807; Sep
TENDER, 1889; October, l4,445;
November, 1926; December, TO-
524; January, 2O,792.
Captain c. e. Adell stated in a
letter to City Manager Ralph
Spalding: 1T is obviously not to
the Nays interest to sell ma
terial it now owns for 10 cents
per cubic yard, and in the future
find it necessary to purchase
dredged material at much
higher price"
Commissioner Joe Allen voted
for acceptance of the Adell offer,
but Allen thought that it was
just prolonging the agony, He
reasoned that thirty days from
now, the public would be in the
same fix.
Allen maintained that it was
the City Commissioners who
forced the county to go out of
the mari business. Allen said
that the county and Navy could
have worked out an agreement,
had not the city blocked the
move.
Allen stated that he could see
that the city wants Garrison
Blight dredged, and this way they
may get il done. But, added the
Commissioner, What is more
important, dredging the Blight, or
keeping the hospital going"
The hospital, warned Allen is
still running in the red" and
the deficit will have to be assum-
cd by the taxpayers now that the
county is out of the mari bust
ness.
Hudgins, of Hudgins g. Alfonso,
Told the Board that no contractor
other than Joe Sirugo would take
the city proposition in Garrison
Blight, Hudgins said that Sirugo
CAL only handle the deal, be-
cause he mas a short haul.
contractor Sirugo was then
given the floor. Said Sirugo: II
need 100000 yards to complete
the building program my COM
pany has planned. II will cost me
sbout 80 cents a cubic yard to
GET mari out of the blight. only
pay the County 25 cents a yard
Ton the mari from Dredgers' Key,
So | more than anyone else will
be hurt by the closing of Dredg-
erS' Key. II Will cost me SOS, 1000. ,
Approve Plat
Grassy Key Beach plat was APP
proved by the Commissioners. A
new road has recently been built
on that Key, and will allow prop
cry owners to reach their land
aud improve their properties.
Charley TOPPING Is
Low Bidder
Charley Toppino's low bid of
$3.50 so. yd.. for the Chamber of
Commerce road IN Marathon was
accepted
Alonzo Cothron's bid of $270
So yd.. for a road on Upper Mate
cumhe was accepted
Bids are also to be asked for a
road on First street at Big Pine
Key.
Wants Road Built
AZ Marathon
G NJ Walker of Marathon was
spokesman for a group of tax
PAYERS who want the county tc
build a road on the south portion
81 Hog Key. Marathon.
Questions $3.50
Expenditure
As Clerk Earl Adams was read
lng cut long list of bills for the
Commissioners approval. One
Oh OF $3.50 was singled out by
Commissioner Harry Harris.
SAID Clerk Adams: "WKWF
Sl5o"
Why2" Questioned Harris.
HMeuthly charge replied Adj
ans
'For how long?"
sFhey get $3.50 every month"