The Virginia enterprise., 1908-02-28
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The long. drawn out query 40 ,te
who would land t..e position [ot
chief engineer of the Visxint% are
department was again settled On
fpesdsy evening, the winner in ,l.<
lfqntesty being e. dark hoEse-A. F.
I*rhayer. whose, application, waa
handed the clerk on .Tuesdays even:
ing.
The apppint.nen. Vas, The Tesult
Of lhe sex~n,h baI'otW the evening.
Mr.. Thayer receiving no. vote On
the frat baIlo. aud hn1s one yYte On
each of the succeeding four ballots.
AT This Stage h,s stock began TO
take rise,. tie RECEIVING three votes
On tue slxth ballot and ou the sey-
enth was accorded the supppr, Of
five out OF the six a!dermep, the
other vote going to la.nss Sullivan.
mr.. Ihayer was selt oIto explain
to the counril bis 'nlenlions as 70
the care Of the department.. and in
his statrrnen. said that the frat
thing to be attended 10, was the tor.
nation OF. q system to, the depart:
meut. after which other matters
would have to be taken up; that he
| did not expect to devote his. fuu
attention to the duties Of the poei.
|tion, although for the first several
weeks, it would doubtless demand
his full attention.
The question Of salary vas next
taken up, and while James Sullivan.
one of the defeated aepirants. spoke
in favor of $l25 per month and was
heartily supported in his contep.
ton that this salary was not too
much by 8. A. Nelson. the council
voted a salary of go per month tor
the position, aud placed the salary
of the assistant chief at SIS per
month. Az chief engineer Mr..
Thayer will also, under the ordiu.
ance, act - fire warden, making Il
incumbent to devote . considerahle
amount of time to the duties of Tie,
position throughout the year.
! The bonds OF William Mclean
and Axel, Is. Lund % patrolmen
were presented and accepted. These
two were placed on the roll to d,i
vacancies caused by the resigpa-
ton Of two of the first appoiutee9.
Upon recommendation liceueee
were granted to sE. G. Rudd. Lean
der kuoppaia and August Wal
berg. ;$z,ak.;;,'s, = 1..,~>....,...:. -. -.
The committee on light and, ,xater
reported that in their eetimalipa
the present light near tse east end
of the iron bridge should be lett
where 1t 10, and that later another
light should be. estebllehed on, the
opposite side. This report wac &C.
cepted, the recommendation meet.
ing With the, approval of the body.
The street commissiouer vac In.
Istructed to purchase three inch
plank TO cover the new bridge,
which IN H.. present condition 10
none too cafe, aud also purchase
necessary additional lumber for
culverts. He reported: his ability
to get such lumber at a cost of not
more than go per thousand laid
down, from Q small mill to the
north, and was authorised to pur-
chase 10000 feet.
The fire committee reported favor
ably on team now had on trial
from the sales stables of K. Ham.
mel 4 Co.. at @62o. the team being
guaranteed for = term of three
years. The price of the the team
preciuded . purchase without ad.
vertising for bids, which the clerk
was instrufte to do.
A samPle eeetion III Of the new cast
iron calvert patented BY. the Vir-
ginia FopndfyA 4 Machine Go. vac
exhibited b. Prseideat Qeborn and
ito inertia :, generally edmitted by
the aldermen and & l. not unlikely
that some Of the productions of the
foundry in this line, will be, PLACED
the coming season, although 40 q
member of the council and q part
owner in the Foundry 4 Machine
Co. President Osborn stated that
he presumed he would be preclud.
ed from selling came to Virginia.
Representatives of the company,
however, will make other Minneso-
J ta, Wisconein and Dakota towns the
coming eummer, and it 10 likely
that the: patent will mean the ad-
dition Of many. men to the force of