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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-01-01
Attest:

The clerk informed the council that the
mayor had on the 18th vetoed resolutions
Nos. 81. 2a2 and 49, passed by the council
on December 8, 1908. and the clerk read the
vetoes to the council each of which cited
ment.
No action was taken on the passing of
the resolutions over the mayors veto.
On the clerks desk were two resolutions.
one being identical with resolution 81 with
one minor change. and the other was a
resolution authorizing the appointment of
five appraisers in condemnation proceed
inRs of the lots desired to be purchased by
the city in Block AZ
Alderman Mattson offers resolution No..
2Sl and Twas read by the clerk. but as
there was no motion to have the resolution
adopted the resolution was understood to
be not offered.
Moved and supported that the matter of
commencing the purchase of Lots 4 to q.
inclusive, in Block 43. by purchase or con-
demnation be referred to the ent tire council
and that the council be given one week in
which to report.
Carried.
The committee on fire and fire depart
inent. to whom was referred the petition of
the Oliver Iron Mining Company. by NJ. 8.
Hawkins. General Superintendent in the
matter of furnishing fire protection to that
company's dwellings on the Shaw Mining
Location and situated just east of the
Aissabe depot in this city. reported that
the committee deemed it right and proper
that fire protection ahould be offered this
eompany's property inasmuch as the
buildings were in such close proximity to
the city limits and could be given by so
little effort in case of fire.
Moved and supported that the property
of the Oliver Iron Mining Company. just
East of the Aissabe depot and facing ON
East Chestnut street and Maple stteet be
xiven fire protection by the city when
needed and that the city clerk be instruct
ed Nj. HsWlkins thst 1t - The wish
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all t"berculous cases under proper
care, to wipe out all insanitary
spots where the germ thrives, and
to provide everybody with proper
nourishment and properly ventilat.
ed and sanitated quarters the com.
plete conquest Of consumption
would be a matter of months, in
stead of years.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-01-01
Council Chamber. City of Virginia, Mimi.

Council Chamber. City of Virginia. Minn
December q. 1908
Resolution No. 245. 1908.
Resolution authorizing the payment on
general fund bond of 1895. together with
interest to Dec 2Sth, 1908.
BY Alderman Mattson.
Resolved. BY the City Council of the City
of Virginia. That the city clerk be and is
hereby authorized and instructed to draw
a warrant on the city treasurer. in favor OF
the First National Bank of Virginia.. Min
nesota for the purpose of paying the follow
ing Indebtedness and in the following
manner:
$4,000. the same being in part vayment
of the general fund bond. issued in the
sum of $4,000, in the year 1895. and which
was due and payable on April Is. 1903, with
interest at $50 and which was taken up and
paid by the above bank. on the above date
and
SOL SO, the same being interest at the rate
of $50 per annum on $S,0O.0O at so from,
October l3. 1905 to December q, 1904. and
Resolved further. that the warrant be
drawn on and payable out of monies in the
general fund bond and interest fund OF
the city treasury.
Moved by Alderman LaViOlette, support.
ed by Alderman Boylan, that above res
olution be adopted.
Ayes:-Aldermen Laviolette, Elmquist,
Boylan, Mcneil. Mnttson. Mr. President-G.
Nays: None.
Adopted December q. 1903.
A. G. OSBORN,
President of the city council
Approved December %, 1905
A. HAWKINSON,
Mayor.
Attest:
ALBERT E. BICKFORD,
City Clerk.
Presented to the mayor December ~. 1908.
Returned by the mayor December q. 1863.
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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-01-01

AAe CAeEk VI inc NOn1Clpal court reported
fines collected in that court for the week
ending December 10, 1903, in the sum OF
$780,
Moved and supported that the report be
accepted and ordered file
Carried.
The Virginia Light & Water COMPANY
petitioned the council for the vacation OF
the following property. just North of Block
q:
beginning on an imaginary line extend
ing from the north side of the first alley
south of Chestnut street intersecting the
Lake Boulevard and extending south OF
said Lake Boulevard to the point where the
Lake Boulevard is intersected by Ohio
Avenue"
The petition cited several reasons why
this small piece of land should be vacated
by the company and the purposes for which
1T would be used or maintained and was
signed in the name of the company by 0.
H. Griggs manager.
Accompanying the petition was sur
veyor's plat, and designated in red ink the
land to be vacated.
Moved and supported that the petition
be referred to the committee on streets,
alleys and sewers.
Carried.
James H. Fleming submitted a $1,000
surety bond, the same being in connection
with his city license to conduct an employ
ment agency in this city.
Moved and supported that the bond be
accepted and after approval by the mayor,
ordered filed.
Carried.
Joseph Ahearn submitted bond in the
sum of $4,000 with p. A. Cofey and H. J.
George as sureties, the same being in con-
nection with the permit granted on the
18th inst, for the removal of the frame
building from the Commodore Mine to Lot
9. Block H.
Moved and supported that the bond be
accepted and after approval by the mayor
ordered filed.
Carried.
Moved and supported that the clerk be
instructed to write w. A. McGonagle, of the
Duluth, Missabe & Northern Railway Com
pany for permit for crossing that company's
railway tracks at the crossing which will
be made by the city in extending a road to
Gilbert and that the city engineer be in
structed to furnish the clerk with a copy of
the proposed route to Gilbert and indicat-
ing where the crossing will be maintained.
Carried.
Moved and supported that the City Clerk
be appointed weighing master for the city
with full power to weigh the various loads
OF commodities which are placed on the
city scale. and for each load weighed. ex-
ceptinG the weight of the wagon or sleigh
he charge 1Oc. and that he make monthly
report to the council and turn over all fees
collected to the treasurer monthly.
Carried
Council Chamber, City of Virginia. Mimi.
nonnr.a1%or IOno
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Official
Publication of
Proceedings
The
City
Council

Council Chamber. Virginia. Minn,
December e. 1905
Regular meeting.
Council called to order by the Pres
ident.
Roll call.
Present-Aldermen Laviolette Elmquist.
Boylan. Mcneil. Mattson. Mr. Presidents.
Absent-None
Reading minutes of previous meeting,
Moved and supported that the minutes
be approved as read.
Carried.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-01-01

Council Chamber. City of Virginia. Mimi.
December 2, 1905.
Resolution No. 243. 1908.
Resolution instructing the Virginia Light
! & Water Company to install two arc lamps
at the Roosevelt park skating rink.
BY Alderman Elmquist.
Resolved: BY the City Council of the City
of Virginia. That the Virginia Light &
Water Company be and is hereby author.
lied and directed to install two arc lamps
at the Roosevelt park skating rink in such
locations as shall be selected by the COM
mittee on streets, alleys and sewers.
Resolved further, that the city clerk is
hereby directed to execute a certified copy
of this resolution and forward the same to
the Virginia Light & Water Company. this
copy being the company's order for the
placing in of such lights.
Understood, these lights are to be placed
in the above location for and during the
skating season of 1850. only.
Moved by Alderman Boylan. support
ed by Alderman Laviolette. that above res
olution be adopted.
Ayes-Aldermen Laviolette. Elmquist,
Nays: None.
Adopted December q. 1903.
A. 6. OSBORN,
President of the City Council.
Approved December q. 1908.
A. HAWKNSON,
Mayor.
Attest:
ALBEIT E. BICKFORD,
City Clerk.
Presented to the mayor December q. 1903
Returned by the mayor December&. 1905
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Resolution authorizing the payment of
extra clerk hire in the office of the city
clerk.
By Alderman Boylan.
Resolved. BY the City Council of the City
of Virginia, That the City Clerk be and is
hereby allowed the sum of 10000, as pay
ment for extra clerk hire for the year 1909.
the same to be paid in equal monthly pay
nents of 5000 each and to be allowed by
resolution as salaries are allowed and pay
able in the same manner.
Moved by Alderman Laviolette support
ed by Alderman Eln,quist. that above res
olution be adopted.
Ayes - Aldermen Laviolette, Elnuuist,
Bovlan. Mcneil. Mattson, Mr.. Presidents.
Nays: None.
Adopted December 2. 1903,
A. c. OSBORN.
President of the city council
Approved December g. 1903.
A. HAwKINsoN.
Mayor
ALBERT E. BICKFORD.
City Clerk.
Returned by the mayor December %. 1908
(sEAL)
Council Chamber. City of Virginia. MIMI.
December e. 1908.
Resolution, No. 242. 1908.
Resolution authorizing the payment OF
$4,000 to the Howe Scale Company of III.
for the city scale.
BY Alderman MattsOn.
49, Il,
City of Virginia. That the City Clerk be
and is hereby authorized to issue warrant
on the city treasurer in favor of the Howe
Scale Company. of Illinois. in the sum of
$4,000, the same being in payment of the
scale. recording beam. steel for frame OF
hangers pillars, shelf and hangers. Howe
patent extension lever and the 1000 pounds
of U. S. Standard test weights, the same
having been contracted for by the city of
Virginia and as of record in the Office of
the City Clerk of Virginia, Mimi. and that
said warrant is to be made payable out of
monies in the general fund of the city
treasury.
Moved by Alderman Boylan. supported
by Alderman LaViolette. that above resolll-
ton be adopted.
Ayes - Aldermen Laviolette. ElmQuist.
Boylan. Mcneil. Mattson. Mr.. Presidents.
Nays: None.
Adopted December q. 1903,
A. G. OSBORN,
President of the City Council.
Approved December q. 1908.
A. HAWKINSON.
Mayor.
Attest:
ALBERT E. BICKFORD,
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Council Chambers, City of Virginia. Minn..
December q, 1908.
Resolution No. "a, 1908.
Resolution authorizing the payment of
interest on Chestnut street paving warrant
Nos
BY Alderman Laviolette.
Resolved: BY the City Council of the City
of Virginia. That the City Clerk be and IL
hereby instructed to issue warrant On the
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Council Chamber, City of .Vireinia. Mimi
December e. 1908.
Resolution No. N. 1903
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ALBERT E. BICKFORD,

City Clerk.
Presented to the mayor December %. 1908
Returned by the mayor December q. 1908
(SEAL)
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-09-24
THE LATEST OFFER.

Each new subway offer that the PETERBOROUGH
Rapid Transit Company makes being better
than its predecessor the present offer is its best
thus far The first was an impossible one of
only two tracks on the East Side and two on
the West Side. The next was of four tracks.
but the route sprawled over Lexington and
Third avenues in such way as to close them
for future subway development.
The new proposal is not open to these OBJ
jections. nor is 1t subject to conditions that
the public might properly be unwilling to
grant When it is compared with the Bradley
Gaffney- Steers offer It still seems TO fall far
short Of being the most advantageous to the
city. 1t does nothing substantial for Brooklyn.
and tic is a serious defect. The readiness Of
the Bradley -Gaffney-Steers Company To Oper-
ate the subway loop, completed in Brooklyn, as
a part OF its system renders its proposal par
ticularly attractive, and TO this attractiveness
the cOmpanys further willingness to operate
the Fourth avenue subway distinctly adds. On
the other hand the marlborough plan would
give rapid transit TO The Bronx sooner than
would the Bradley Gaffney- Steers proposal to
build the Broadway Lexington avenue com
pletc. The disadvantages TO which we have
referred the marlborough may be disposed 10
correct after the public has had a chance to
compare its route with that proposed by its
rival; for we do not suppose that this third
offer is necessarily final or the utmost that
the company is willing TO do.
Even If the Interborough's proposal should
now be regarded as equal, or should suisse
qucntly become equal. TO the rival offer in other
respects. II would still be at one disadvantage.
The public, think. is disposed TO believe
that subway development i'll the future will be
furthered by the existence of competing sub
way systems and impeded by the existence of
u monopoly. For the prevalence of this opinion
the policy of the InterbOrough has been re-
sponsible
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-09-24
About PEOPLE and Social Incident,

James j. Van Allen entertained with dinners A..
evening.
Miss Annie Leary gave her last Thursdav as..
noon reception at Park Gate. this being the 49,
social affair OF the day.
John r DTexel. r.. was operated upon for =.
Dendicits az the home OF his parents on Wednsg5.-
He was reported as being comfortable TO-DAY
Miss Edith Deacon has returned 70 New Yorr
Mrs. William II. Sands is the guest OF Mrs Jam,
2. Kernochan.
Mrs. BeecNman Lorillard has returned from NJ.
York.
Or. and Mrs. John Ridlon have closed their "a,
son and returned to Chicago for the winter
Providing satisfactory arrangements can be usas.
the Newport Golf Club Is to buy the grounds vgs,~
for a number OF years 1t has leased from the Nsv
port Country Club A conference committee A..
been appointed TO effect the transfer.
EsertOn l. Winthrop departed to-day IN his sgr
mobile for New York.
Z. Pennington Pearson registered at the Cas,u,
to-day
Mr. and Mrs James A. Swan have gone to Ma,
York
The Outer Fountain Fishing Club had an ou,,u,
to-day The party returned with a large catch =
blacSfish
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-09-24
WHOLESALE FPsTD.

The circumstances surrounding the Tam
many theft of the Independence League or
ganiZatiOn all point responsibility on the part
OF some one high in authority In Tammany
Hail. The wholesale and systematic way in
which the theft was perpetrated precludes the
possibility that ii a trick spontaneously
evolved Joy local Tammany men According TO
the estimates Of tie Hearst men, IN thirty out
Of the thirty-1ve Assembly districts the regl-
lar tickets OF the Independence League were
beaten and Tammany men chosen, and this
without the leagues district leaders knowing,
until il was all over, that there was any oppose
ton or that opposition tickets were in exist
ence. Tickets containing the names OF Tam
many men are said TO have been secretly pre-
pared for practically every district in the city.
They were printed on paper exactly correspond
ing 10 the paper On which the regular tickets
were printed. No such extensive preparations
as these could have been made without the
c0gnizance of the men higher up in Tammany
Hall.
The Tammany tickets are said 10 have been
kept out Of sight until just before the polls
closed, So as to catch the Independence League
managers mapping This assertion is apparently
based upon some investigation that Represen-
tative Bennett made. Late ia the evening these
tickets were put into the ballot boxes Whether
they were simply stuffed in, were voted by
Tammany men enrolled as Independence
Leaguers for that purpose or were voted 10y
Tammany foaters who personated enrolled
leaguers does not appear. But the allegations
are most serious. IN some cases il is asserted
that the votes in ballot boxes exceed the total
enrolled membership Of the league for the dis
trict. In others it is said the whole member
ship was voted, although il is known that few
members went 20 the polls. Cases Of intimida-
Uon OF members Of the league who attempted
10 vote the regular ticket are also reported Al
together the charges are of the gravest char
acter and call for investigation. which II is To
he hoped will result in the punishment Of the
primary election officers who permitted The
criminal practices and those higher up who
Planned the outrage on the primaries aud had
me Iammany ballots printed
however II Was accomplished in detail il is
perfectly obvious that the organization OF the
league In thirty out Of thirty-hve Assembly
dlsu1cts ala not pass over into Tammany's con-
troll without gross frauds on Tammany's part.
WHAT has Justice Gaynor to say? VIII he hold
hla TONGUE about Tammany's ballot box stuflin.,
A7~ d FeiuDiy damns the Committee OF One
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-09-24
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN-A Madrid dispatch said the
rumor from Melilla Of a Spanish reverse is
army organ. the .'AIiiitar wochenbiatt.'' criti-
cised favOrably the aeroplane flights OF Orvine
Wright. == Bernhard Dernburg German
Colonial Secretary, sailed for the United states
10 investigate cotton culture here. = Jan
BlOckx, the Belgian composer, is reported pre-
pairing a new opera. 10 have its first production
In New York. == II was rumcred in Monterey,
Mexico. that General Bernardo Reyes is about
20 leave Mexico -= The Pacific Mail liner
Siberia left Manila for san Francisco with two
million cigars part of her cargo. = The
cruiser Pennsylvania, Of the Pacific squadron
took first honOrs in the speed test off the coast
Of Maui. II. l.
DOMESTIC President Taft opened the great
Gunnlson irrigation tunnel in Colorado, the
governments most important reclamation prof.
ect. - President Taft appointed Lee Nc
Chung treasurer Of Vale University, 10 be
United States Treasurer succeeding Charles H
Treat - Secretary Dickinson spoke al Nash
Will praising President Tafts policy in the
South and discussing the race question. =
territory al Nanceboro, Ne, and joUrneyed 10
Portland by rail, warmly greeted at every
stop along the route: formal receptions were
accorded him at Nanceboro. old Town, Bangor.
Waterville and Portland. == Governor Hughes
spoke al the Otsego County Fair at OtsegO.
N y his subject being Direct Prima ries. 9"
ClTY-Stocks were heavy. == The Repub-
lcan city Convention nominated otto T. Ban
nard for Mayor, William a. Prendergast for
Controller and John Purroy Mitchell for Presi-
cent OF the Board Of Aldermen. == The Arc
nc CLUB OF America gave a dinner TO Or. Fred
erick A Cook - The Democratic Union
nominated Justice Gaynor for Mayor -
Crowds visited the battleship fleet anchored in
the Hudson, which viii be completed by the
arrival of the German squadron and the fag5-
ship Of the Italian feet The Public SER
vice Commission disarproved the plan of the
bondholders' committee for reorganization Of the
Third Avenue Railroad Company by the issu-
6lce OF Nbe,5lb,6OO OF stocks and bonds. -
John Dickinson OF the bankrupt brokerage
house Of John Dickinson & Co came back 10
New York and his lawyer said he would try TO
affect a composition with his creditors -
James d. Smile, the artist, provided in his will
for the destruction Of his works which lacked
merit == Patterns activity and the poor crop
reports caused big rise in options on the
Cotton Exchange some advancing more than 50
a Dale. -= Investigation in several election
districts in Queens showed that more votes
were counted at the primaries than there were
enrolled voters and II was said the matter would
be taken into court
THE Observation-Disclosures for TODAY.
Showers The temperature Yesterday: Highest
IS degrees; lowest. 60
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-09-24
THE CRY OF THE CHILDREN.

The treasurer of the Tribune Fresh Air Fund
needs $1,000 to close the season without n debt
Six persons have given $1,000 each to this In
teresting work this summer, and Mr.. Henry
Phipps sent q second gift of $500 in order to
have the books clear for next year. The man
ager hopes to secure four more friends who
will supplement their first gifts or send $1,000
each but in addition he needs q considerable
number Of smaller gifts. The books are ready
to be audited as soon as the remaining $1,000
has been received.
The work of the fund has been unusually
successful, one home being added to the list
and the capacity Of another being doubled. The
special work for convalescent children and for
the children of tuberculOus parentage has COM
mended itself to all who have heard OF it.
About nine thousand children have been bene-
fitted by the generous gifts of larger number
of contributors than in any previous year.
The charitable societies and missions and
settlements will have fewer doctors bills than
usual to pay Three hundred little people who
had been exposed TO tuberculosis in their
homes have gained sufficient resisting power TO
have "a fighting chance" with the white
plague 1t would not be just to close the year
with a debt. -Four large checks and good
many smaller ones will make that unneces-
SarV.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-09-24
RISKS OF AERIAL NAVIGATION.

The unhappy fate of Captain Ferber while
testing an aeroplane near Paris is the more
remarkable because he was not an inexperienced
aviator and because the accident which re-
suited in his death occurred when he was near
the ground Ordinarily, capsizal near the sur
face of the earth might be expected to have no
more serious consequence than fall of a few
feet causing merely uncomfortable bruises.
Captain Ferber it seems, was crushed by the
motor of his airship, mischance which might
not attend q sOmersault like his once in hun
dred times
Exceptional as was the manner Of his death.
however it must be admitted that in some re
spects the use of the heavier-than-air machine
is more perlous than that of the dirgble bal
loon. In neither kind of airship can a pilot
afford to go TO sleep. Perhaps no immediate
harm would be anticipated if the power should
be shut off from the engines of such o craft as
Zeppelin III or La R6publique. Under the same
circumstances much more skilful handling Of
the steering gear of a machine like Captain
Ferber's would be demanded TO avert disaster.
Not long ago. in speaking of the limitations 10
the distance an aerOplane could travel, one of
the WrightS remarked that in addition to the
quantity of gaSOlene which could be carried for
fuel it would also be necessary to consider the
tax on the pilots nerves. Great concentration
of attention is needed to insure safety in man
aging the heavier than-air machine.
Still, il is obvious that the lesson to be drawn
from Captain Ferbers death has already been
pretty we'll learned. In proportion to the num-
Der Of aeroplanes which have been publicly and
privately tested in the last two years the fatal
accidents have been remarkably few.