The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-01-25
Fix Boulevard:
May Also acquire
FIagIer Auenue

4 LuStcI HU6flLt9
Monroe County will have 1895
500 to spend on road building in
the next three years. The staqger-
ing figure was made public YES.
terday afternoon at a special
meeting of the County Commits
sioners.
The near half-million dollar
construction figure can best he
realized when compared with
present county road construction
figures.
The county has spent on an
average of $4,000 yearly on
roads. 1t will have available in
1850 over $184.300 for road con-
struction alone.
Roosevelt Boulevard on the
Atlantic side that was heavily
damaged by a hurricane of years
past will be repaired under the
present plans.
Monroe County Clerk Earl Adj
| ans was instructed to call AL
fonso & Hudgins construction
firm on Summerland Key and ask
them to meet the County Com
mission relative to cancelling the
present contract to repair a por-
ton of the boulevard.
County Commissioners are also
| considering the acquisition OF
Flagler avenue as state road
and having it repaired under the
near half-million dollar construc-
ton allotment.
This suggestion was quick tc
bring response from Commission
er Joe Allen. Said Allen: From
now on, we must plan our road
building one year in advance
There should be no more building
roads from County budgets. We
should reduce taxes"
Representative Bernie c. Papy
''It is not the function of the
| county government to buile
streets for municipalities from
surplus funds. County is doing |
lot that the municipal govern
ment should do. l think thG
county is doing very cooperative
| job"
The $495, 500 is estimated to b.
derived as follows:
100000 9th cent gas tax, 80%)
$104, 800 Federal Aid Secon
Diary Roads,,
500 To Attend
March Meeting
Five hundred visitors will poul
into Key West when the Stats
Road Department holds its meet
ing here. There are only fiv'
members on the state road depart
ment, but the vast majority o
the others will be interested il
the actions of the department.
! For at that time, the letting o
construction contracts will be an
nounced. These contracts ma,
we'll run into the hundreds o
thousands of dollars.
1t is possible that at this time
the $4,000 contract tosbui1d tn
Perky road on SugarIoaf Ke,
will be let out. This new Perk,
road will cross the 106 acres tina
the Department Of Interior
Bureau of Land Management i
leasing for homesites.
Approve Labrada's Bond
A bond for Deputy Sheriff
Gerald Labrada was approved b,
the County Commission. Labradi
was appointed by Sheriff Berlin
A. Sawyer.
To Contact England
A committee of Commissioners
Clarence Higgs and Joe Aller
! were appointed to contact Super
visor of Registration, John End
land relative to having England.
office remain open a halliday or
Saturdays.
The Commission has been tolc
that many residents are not nov
able to register, and can only do
so on Saturdays. England will
| OnIV he asked to have hiC off;o,
remain open. He is within thu
law by closing on Saturdays, a.
do other offices in the county.
The state law allowing closin.
of county offices was passed a
the last session of the Legisla.
ture.
Refer Request To
Beach Committee
| A request from Rev. Lyle of the
Church of God to use the ares