The Virginia enterprise., 1908-12-11
COMMERCIAL CLUB WANTS ROAD TO
GILBERT.

Iost;eate Movement Which wiz Pot
This City ia Closer Touch With
! East End Communities.
| AT the meeting of the Commercial
Club Friday evening last an attend
anCe of some forty of the prominent
business men of the city indicated
that the body had become imbued,
with new life. and the vigor with
which a number of new measures
looking to the welfare of the city
were discussed gave evidence OF the
interest in the future welfare of the
city by those present.
The most important measure be-
tore the meeting was the building
OF direct road from this city to the
new village of Gilbert, a distance
of some three and one half miles
between the business centers of the
two communities, although the
boundary lines of Virginia and the
| prosperous new town to the east
Join for about a mile.
In connection with this matter
committee composed of Messrs. ].
A. Kennedy, H. J. Sigel and Alex
ander Reid was appointed to inter-
! view the city council at it's Tuesday
evening session and request that
an appropriation of sufficient size
be made to cut out winter road
and survey permanent road to the
new town, the committee appearing
before the council as per schedule
and their mission meeting with ap-
provat and prompt action by that
body.
The formation of a free ice rink
for the use of the schoo! children
and young people of the city was
brought up by J. W. Murphy, and
committee comprising Messrs. J. A.
Kennedy, +. NJ. Tredway and Will
liam Rooney was appointed to see
the council on that point and ar.
range with the school board for the
use of the Roosevelt Park tor such
purpose. This committee also at.
tended to the work entrusted to
their care, with the result that per-
mission was granted by the school
board tor the use of the grounds,
that the Light & Water Company
offered the use Of necessary water
for flooding and that the council
ordered the street commissioner t.,
forthwith put a crew of men on the
work, which was done on Wednes-
day. This move will be a popular
one with the young folks, and re-
moves the danger always attendant
upon ice skating on the lakes.
The site for the proposed agri-
cultural school of St. Louis county
was brought up and discussed at
length, and the sense of the meeting
favored site near Wolf Junction,
| with site in the Little Fork valley
| near Ashawa as second choice. If
desired by the county board to TO-
| cate the new institution in the north
country +. J. Hughes made offer of
the donation of an eighty acre tract
for such purposes. 1t was the sense
OF the meeting that committee be
appointed to interview the county
commissioners on the point, and
President Lenont took the appoint
! ment of such committee under ad-
visement.
As an auditing committee ap-
pointed at previous meeting w.
+. Hannaford and D. w. Stebbins
submitted a report which was ac-
cepted. This report also recon-
mended the adoption of systema-
tic method of bookkeeping, and
Messrs. d. w. Stebbins and F. +.
McGray were appointed as com
mittee to formulate same before the
opening of the new year.
! The Club has paid mem bership
of upwards of one hundred, and it
is hoped this number may be great
ly increased the coming year, and
that the apparent interest mani
tested at the last meeting of the
organization may be maintained.
There are questions to come before
such body at any time, but it takes
the interest of all to make of such
an organization working force
and potent factor.
Closing Out. The Bliss Variety Store.
All goods over 10 cents, by Jam
uary 1st. This store will open about
January 10th with new line of goods
under new management, and all
goods over 10 cents must go before
that time. We have the largest line
of XMAS goods in town, which will
be sold at cut prices. Give US call
and save money on Holiday goods.
The Bliss Variety Store, only 10 cent
counters in town. Opera House
Block, phone No. 337, Virginia,
MINI.
Erect New Shaft House at the kej)ooo.
Nels Anderson, head carpenter
for the New York State Steel Co.
went to the Kellogg mine Monday
for the purpose of commencing the
construction of the new shaft house
at that mine.
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