The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-05-11
VIRGINIA COUNTY MINNESOTA, FRIDAY MAY ~ 1906
PROPOSE WATER EXTENSIONS.

Committee Submits Communications
for Seventeen Additional liydrants.
3 At thesneeting Of the city council
Tuesday evening the. light and wa
ter committee submitted a report
recommending many water exten.
sions to meet the requirements of
the growthsof the city and for the
necessary protection Of property,
the total Of new mains considered a
necessity at this time aggregating
"a blocks. The extensions as rec
commended are describeds ss follows:
From Virginia avenue west on
Poplar street, six blocks. >s:.:.s:@. .-.1
From Cedar street south three
blocks to Beech; street on Central,
Cleveland, Wyoming and :Mesaba
avenues, together with connections
of all avenue ends on Beech street.
From Wyoming avenue to Mesaba
avenue on. Magnolia street, thence
north two blocks to connect with
present main at corner of Mesaba
and Oak. >.'-&,s. - ) ~. -. ~.
The committee reported that the
Light & Water Company would
make these extensions provided
they were allowed seventeen addi-
tional hydrants. The report was,
upon motion of Alderman Byrne,
laid over for one week, but it's adop-
ton is certain, as the necessity of
the Improvements can not be
doubted. Ii, -. ~: 3, l..
F. c. Whiting was granted permit
for the erection of a solid brick
building, 24x102, on Central avenue,
on lot II in block "a. !.
An application for license in the
Golden Gate Theatre building, after
some discussion, was referred to
thelicense committee to be reported
upon atthe next meeting. = +
The report of the municipal court
of fines collected during April was
submitted and accepted. This re-
port showed two fines of $500 each
collected from houses of ill-fame,
while the greater part of the balance
of the total of $3.50 was. paid in by
the owners Of slot machines. ..r>
An application for the transfer Of
the liquor license Of Cox & Win
chester to George Beresford was
read, and upon motion was laid
over for future consideration. :
The amendment to the fire limit
ordinance, as amended, extending
the fire limits south from Chestnut
to Poplar street on Central avenue,
was passed by unanimous vote. 1t
is now up to His Honor, the mayor,
to again veto the measure in order
to make his word good. .>..-.
A petition to have, Locust street
opened and for the laying OF side
walk on same street was read and
referred back to be drawn in more
eXpllClt form. ..@
An application from F. J. Rinnert,
city assessor, for the appointment
of an assistant, was brought up and
elected a spirited discussion among
members of the council, but upon
motion the request was denied by
unanimous vote. = "a,
City Engineer Johnson submitted
blue print showing the, grade of
Chestnut street and the elevation of
buildings thereon, which was ac-
cepted and ordered placed on file.
The mayor, realizing that one
hundred cents still make a dollar,
suggested that the city engineer be
instructed to make plans and speci-
fications for the paving Of Chestnut
street. i:<% <.t1= @ .. + s9s Is s.~.s@ s.s.'
. Alderman Mesberg moved that
the city engineer be SO instructed,
land that plans be made for a 6-inch
concrete base, with a brick, sand
stone or creosote block covering,
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but expressed the belief that after
bids for the various materials were
submitted the taxpayers should be
called into consultation in the mat
ter. s35 :54. 4 !: s q ): Il ,z5 >} II. ~
a proposition from the superin.
tendent Of the Lincoln. mine that if
the city would build sidewalk to
the city limits the mining company
would build a walk the balance of
the distance to the mining property
was submitted, and on motion re-
fferred to COMMITTEES. /.
], Welded q 'vadena. d
Alfred Staff and Miss Hilda Stroll
berg were united in rf1arriapeatst the