The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-10-16
PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
COUNCIL
of the.
CITY OF ELY.

ELY, mibH.3 OCC. Q, lSOO.
Special meeting of the City Council
1880 O'Clock pm.
Meeting called to order by Mayor
NJ. Weinzierl.
The city clerk being absent, George
Westcott was appointed clerk pro
TEN.
Roll call: Present, Aldermen Grab
owsky ,Porthan, Ellefsen and Knutson
Absent, Aldermen Skala and White.
Proof of the issuance and due ser
vice on all OF the above named alder
men except Jas. Fl. White, who was
not served by reason Of his being out
of town, was then made, of the notice
calling said meeting, said notice be-
ing in the words and figures following:
NOTICE..
To A. d. Ellefsen, Olaf Knutson.
Martin Skala, Chas. Grabowsky, Jas.
H. White aud John Parthan, Alder
men of the City of Ely, MINI.
You are hereby notified that there
will be special meeting of the City
Council of the City oa Ely, Mimi,
held at the Council chambers in said
city this evening October 9Th, 1909,
at 1880 O'Clock pm, at which you are
hereby notified to be present. Said
notice is called for the purpose of con-
sidering and passing upon matters in
connection with the procuring of a
grant of the right to cross the right Of
way of the d. & 1. r. Railway COM
pany with the city's water mains and
electric wires and to make necessary
notifications 10 the contract with
Runquist & Engle with the city.
Dated, Ely, Mimi, Oct. 8, 1903,
(Signed) NJ. Weinzierl. Mayor.
The Council then proce eded to con-
slider the matters named in said
notice and on motion of Grabowsky,
supported by Ellefsen it was moved
as follows:
Moved that the Mayor and City
Clerk be instructed to execute the
pending contract for right-of-way.
already executed by the railroad
company, granting theseight to the
city to cross the tracks of the Duluth
and Iron Range railroad at certain
points herein named and upon con-
ditions herein named, said contract
to be executed in duplicate. one of
the same to be filed with the city
clerk and to become record of the
city, and the other to be sent to the
railroad company, said contract con-
sisting of principal contract, dated
September oath, 1908, and supple
mental contract, modifying the same
dated October Sth, 1903.
On roll call the motion was carried.
Ellefsen, Porthan, Knutson and
Grabowsky voting Yea. Nays none.
Moved by Grabowsky, supported by
Ellefsen that the contract of Run
quist & Engle with the City for the
laying of water mains be modified
by a subsequent contract so as to
provide as follows:-That the said
Runquist & Engle agree to do all
necessary work and furnish the mater
ial for the same in the excavation of
culvert under the embankment of
the D. & I. r. railway, where the
water mains of the city are to cross
the right-of-way of said company, of
sufficient dimensions to permit the
laying inside of the same of a per-
manent culyert constructed of 12xl2
timbers, 3X4t feet in the clear, on
the inside, and to timber the same
with temporary timbering, if neces.
sary, to pr event caving, and that
they receive the regular contract
price per cubic foot. for all earth as
we'll as rock removed to the full
width OF said culyert, the city agree
ing TO follow up said work at once
with the permanent culvert. or as
soon as possible, in order to save so
far as possible. temporary timbering.
Carried. Yeas 4. Nays none.
On motion the meeting adjoined.
GEO. WEsTCoTT,