The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-04-18
NeigbboriDg Notes.

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Emil Taipale opened new pho
tograph gallery at Sparta on Sun
day. A promising field. ,
A new 400 horse power Nordberg
engine IS being installed at the vii
la re Light and Water plant at Hib-
biag.
The Genoa Iron company has re-
celved steam shovel, and stockpile |
shipments from the property have
commenced.
The Vermilion again begins to at
tract the explorer, and a boom for
the old range is predicted for the
coming summer.
Stripping operations have been
resumed at the Biwabik mine, the
work being confined to the north
end of the property. Shipments
from the property will start about
May 1st.
Burt A. Rowe. for several vears
past chief accountant for the Drake
q Stratton company at Fayal, has
been promoted to similar position
at the Mesaba headquarter Offices
at Hibbing.
Harry Weekly, for the past year
salesman for a Duluth packing
house, has resigned his position
and returned to the employ OF the
Drake & Stratton company, as chief
accountant at the Fayal office.
Albert Hill, Finnish miner at
Eveleth, had Eric Forsberg, village
marshal, on the carpet before Judge
Edison in municipal court at Du
luth on Stature lay on charge of
having robbed him of $40 while ar
resting him on February 10th.
The Saginaw Iron company is the
name OF new corporation which
hled articles of incorporation with
the register of deeds on Saturday.
The capital stock is $4,000, the in
corporators being William Elder,
Arthur Howell and r. Frankentield.
Work on the raising of No.4is
progressing rapidly now, the con-
tractors having received the timber
which was tied up in the blockade
on the western roads. Because of
this delay the work will not be com
Pleted in the contract time, May 1st,
out 1t is now certain, if nothing un-
toreseen occurs, that the dock will
be ready for ore by July 1st.-Two
Harbors News.
The Northern Pacific railroad
company has won it's suit against
the bond of the late Geo. F. Chester
az clerk of the court, to recover. 80
tar as the bond goes. the money
lost by the company among funds
that we're missing when Mr.. Chester
died. The amount of the company
loss was $1,000, of which but 81 600
will be recovered, that being the
amount of the bond.
President F. E. House, of the Du-
luth d Iron Range, endeavors to in
crease the load of ore trains from
16oO tons, which has heretofore been
the maximum, to 5000 or $500 tons.
Inc steep grades have always inter
fered with the size of trains. but it
is the opinion of Mr.. House that
they should not prevent the pro.
posed increase in tonnage. Push
engines will be used on the grades,
and the big road engines worked to
their capacity on the level.
The Cloquet Lumber companv
has filed an answer to the proceed
lngs begun some time ago to en- :
force the payment of delinquent
taxes. The assessment objected to
was for $500 worth of logs banked
at Ely lake, near Sparta. The de-
PENDANT states that the logs were ,
piled there to be floated down IN .
where the mill of the de- !!
endant company is located, and
hat the taxes were paid in Carlton
county. 1t is also alleged that the
eason for the logs still remaining :
n Ely lake was that the water a, i
ne outlet was too shallow to permit 7
II floating. The assessment comes a:
o $10S.75. ~ III