The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-27
GEAR OF BONDED INDEBTEDNESS.
City Couacil Orders Paymoat Made o.
last Co9poee Of Road lse0e :.
Of 1898,

The council 90 Tuesday evening
ordered the issuance of warrants in
payment of coupons No. 81 and 81
of the bond issue Of $4,000 made in
1898, aud with this payment the
city 10 again beyond the pale Of
bonded indebtedness of any de.
scription "A condition which en-
titles her to the envy of every range
city and of almost every city in
northern Minnesota. In addition to
having available funds for the re.
tirement of this last certificate Of
indebtedness the city funds are all
in good shape, the recent receipt
from the county treasurer of an ap-
portionment of upwards of $4,000
placing every fund in the clear and
with q comfortable cash balance to
ito credit.
In view of the proposed etreet
improvements the city clerk was in
structed to notify the Virginia
Light & Water Co. to put in service
pipes up to the curb line on all
streets and avenues where such i'm
provements are to be made at any
future time, such work to be done
on the various avenues where curb
and gutter have already been or
dered within thirty days.
Mayor Hawkinson made q num-
Der of new appointments on the.
Library Board, which were con-
6rmed by the council 40 follows:
For the term ending April 30th,
1912, r. c. Pickering, Mrs. W. f.
Hanuaford and Mrs. o. P. Johnson;
tor the unexpired term of D. w.
Freeman, expiring April 30th, 1911,
S. W. Giipin, and for the unexpired
term of +. N. Tredway, expiring
April 30th, 1911, Mrs. c. N. Doorway.
Clerk Bickford read a response
from the National Surety Company
to letters written regarding the p.
Mcdonnell paving contract and the
which will be necessary to
such work to make of same a first
class job such as the property own.
ers paid for, the communication
stating the matter would be taken
up with the contractor at once.
The bonds of $4,000 on the contract
do not expire until 1912, but the
making of necessary repairs at this
time will not only save money for
the Contractor in-the long run but
will give Virginia street such a.
was paid for in the meantime.
A number of petitions for new
sidewalks in the South Side Addi-
ton were presented and referred to
proper committee, and will doubt
less receive favorable action at the
next meeting.
The city attorney was Instructed
to take immediate steps to aecure
decide to all lots included in the
park site purchased in Block
3O1 0SAok SOSD " 90, 0ObA A0SAAUAV9s
The repaira or remodeliug of the
city hall wac given slight discus-
sion, but the council evidently fails
to see where the city vould be just
flied in the expenditure of 40 large
sum as the proposed repairs
would cost, and will temporarily
content themselvea with the patch.
ing of the roof of the building,
which gives evidence of being on
the watered etock list.
The street and alley committee
was instructed to again take up the
matter of securing a right.of.way
to connect with q viaduct croaainG
over the Missabe tracks on the road
to Gilbert, which road 10 being
improved from both ends of the
line and will shortly be an apprec-
liable thoroughfare to the buainesa
interests of the city.