The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-06-29
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Approved May Is, 1900
N. G. PALMER, Mayor.
Attest: ALBERT E. BlCKroRp.
City Recorder
Report from committee on streets, a)leys
and sidewalks:
Virginia, Winn. May 16, 1900. |
10 the President and common council Of
the Ctv OF Virginia.:
Gentlemen:
We, the undersigned committee to whom
was referred the petition of F. J. Rinnert
for a crossing on Central avenue beg leave to
report the following.
That the street commission er be and "a
hereby instructed to place said crossing q |
soon as possible.
Ole Halverson.
Committee. |
Report from licenee:
Virginia, May l6. 1900.
We, the undersigned committee on licen-
ses, do hereby notify the council that we |
have considered the matter of transferring
the liquor license Of Mary Cariari to sante |
Forte and do hereby instruct the Recorder to !
so transfer the same.
Respectfully.
Ole Halverson.
Peter Shipley,
Committee.
Report from the finance committees:
We, the undersigned committee to whom
W VA re referred we beg leave to say hat the
Il Il F. F. s %nSso'' Committee
The bondsmen Of Ida Krause and Jacob e.
Matson we're accepted.
Bond of A. Belanger as chief OF police.
with Chas Gronberg and Jos. Backus 40 sur .
cites. was accepted.
Liquor bond of John Anderson with John
Peterson and Elmer Matheisou as surettes
was accepted.
Bond of Chas. Gronberg as patrolman.
with A. Hawkinson and Elmer Matheison As
sureties was upon motion accepted
A notice from H. +. Helsel was read, COM
ing through Brady & Son, lawyers. at H,b-
bling. notifying the common council that he
preferred damage charge against the city of
Virginia as the result of sprained ankle
sustained on the 9th day OF April. last, and
stating that the sprain was from the direct
fault Of defective sidewalk
The matter was referred to the city attor.
ney.
Applica ton of John Peterson & Co.. for H.
quor license was read and referred to COM
nittee on license, who ordered it published
The location was given as the west room of
the opere house block.
Applications of Jacob Johnson and Herman
Eiano'a for city scavanger were read.
Moved by Alderman Donnelly supported by
Alderman WATSON that a formal ballot be
| taken for scavenger.
Carried.
President appointed Aldermen Shipley and
HalverSOn as tellers.
! Result of ballot was
Johnson received4,
Eianola /.
Jacob Johnson having received a majority
OF ballots cast he was declared elected.
Petition of j. J. Booth and others for the
restoration Of the arc light at the corner Of
| Chestnut street and Lake Boulevard was
| laid over for one week.
! All bills brought against the city up to the
10th of May, not allowed. were referred to the
finance committee.
| In regard to the building Of d sewerage
system from the proposed new hotel, by the
! city, Mayor Palmer as chairman of the COM
mit,ee appointed May 10 to look the matter
! up, reported that they would recommend the
! system to be constructed by the city at any
time the hotel proposition was an assured
! fact.
Moved and supported that the street COM
missioner be aud is hereby instructed to have
| the digging and other necessary work done
toward connecting stand-pipe with the city
mains at the corner of Maple street and Me-
sable avenue the same to be used in filling
citp sprinkler.
Carried.
FIRE Chief Chittenden asked council for
permission of placing eight patrolmen On the
fire department. He stated that they were
really needed to properly handle all ap-
paratus at Il fire. They are not to draw any
salary but would be allowed S1.0O per hour
in case of fire, and when a vacancy was
caused in the department proper, a member
of the patrol would be placed in such vacan-
cy, and the entire eight could be disposed OF
by the council at their command
Moved by Alderman Shipley and supported
by Alderman Donnellv that fire chief be au-
thorized to place eight men on fire patrol.
Carried,
In regards TO a new city hall and Jail it was
moved and supported that committee OF
five aldermen be appointed to act in conjunc.
ton with the mayor who is chairman of the
committee, to look up the site and details
looking toward the erection of the same.
| Carried.
President appointed on such committee AL
derman Helverson, WATSON, Shipley, St. Oyr
MIR. Presdent.-5
Moved and seconded that council meet fol
| regular meeting every Wednesday evening
at o'clock from now until July IS, 1900
| Carried.
No further business appearing the council
upon motion adjourned until May Is, 1900.
| Carried.
Approved May 16, 1900.
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