The Virginia enterprise., 1909-11-19
WOULD HAVE POPLAR STREET VACATED

WOULD HAVE POPLAR STREET VACATED
School Board Desires Street Ground
As Addition to Campus.
A petition presented to the city
council Tuesday evening on behalf
of the Board of Education of the
Independent School District of Vir
ginia asked for the vacation of tina,
portion of Poplar street lying be
tween Central and Virginia ave.
nues, the petition setting forth that
the school district owned the land
on either side of the thoroughtare
at the point mentioned, and that
while closing the street to team
travel the board would permit a
walk tor toot traffic through the
grounds should the vacation be
made for the benefit of the district.
As a member Of the school board
Mr.. c. E. Moore was in attendance
to urge favorable action on the Pc
tition, stating that the additional
ground was desired for campus pur.
poses, and that unless the schools
were granted this tract they would
be forced TO purchase additional
grounds elsewhere at probable
expense of $4,000 to $4,000 for an
athletic field, and that the board de.
sired to not be forced to this extra
expense in view of the enormous
outlay at this time for building pur-
poses.
In case of the vacation being made
as asked Mr. Moore stated that the
board was agreed that no further
concessions would be asked from
the city and that i'll case further
concessions should be asked the
vacated portion would revert to the
city for street purposes.
Clerk Fleming Of the board also
spoke in behalf OF the granting of
the request, citing additional rea-
sons for the desire on the part of
the board for the vacation of the
plat. and O. A. Poirier, as legal ad-
visor of tine board, advised relative
to the legal methods to be employ.
ed in vacating the portion of the
street asked.
The petition was upon motion re.
ferred to the committee on streets,
alleys and sewers, and will likely
be reported on at the next meeting.
1nasmuch as Poplar street is the
"main STEM to the big plant of the
Virginia & Rainy Lake Co. as we'll
as to innumera BILE homes in the
district to the west of the school
grounds, it is considered highly
improbable that the petition will
be granted; and while a refusal on
the part of the city, in an endeavor
to foster the interests of company
whose plant is OF supreme import
ance to the welfare OF Virginia, may
necessitate an expenditure on the
part of the school district for ath-
letic grounds there are but few who
will deem such expenditure hard.
ship in consideration of the assess
ed valuation Of the district, which
is approximately twenty-five mil
lions of dollars.
Another communica ton from the
school board asked for the closing
of the immoral houses in the re.
Gently plated Anderson Addition
aid near which a new ward school
has Just been erected, but that the
demand of this section of the city
had been anticipated was evidenced
by the statement of the mayor tina,
due notice had already been served
on the keepers of these places to
close up. 1t is we'll that civilization
makes an occasional advance,
The city at this meeting, after sew,
eral futile attempts, succeeded in
ridding itself of the old pest house
property, five bids for the property
being received. The bid of the Vir
ginia & Rainy Lake Company, $37:
for the lot and $225 for the building
including hardware, was found tt
be the highest and the bid was &C
cepted, the mayor and clerk being
instructed to deliver a deed upor
upon payment of the combined
amounts.
Bids were also received for thu
purchase of the buildings on lots II
and II of block 43, park property
Chief of Police Walsh bidding il
the house on lot II for $3.50, and O
A. Poirier being awarded the build
ings on lot II for $4O5. A wide rang.
of figures was exemplified in tn,
prices bid for these houses, which
are to be removed within a specified
time from the park property.
mitcheN-Poirier Announcement.
The St. Cloud Daily Times of No
vember 18th contained the follow
ing announcements:
"Mr. aud Mrs. w. B. Mitchell hay,
announced the engagement of thei