The Virginia enterprise., 1909-12-17
RAILROAD ORDINANCE AeRfEO UPON
Street RaiIsxay SeaaCaise as Ame0ded
Meets WITH ApQroxal Of Cou0Cil-
men ood Cjt1e0s.

ties, together With members of the
Eveleth city council including Pres.
ident Eatt Doyle, Aldermen Tim
Shea, Ed Loye and Elisha Andrews,
D. P. Mcintyre, clerk, and James p,
Boyle, attorney. we're in attendance
at the meeting of the Virginia city
council Tuesday evening for the
purpose of jointly considering the
terms and provisions of the new
franchise az asked and the var.
ious amendments thereto deemed
advisable by the members and le.
gal advisors of the civic bodies.
Attorney Boyle outlined q mum.
Der of amendments to the ordinance
as originally drafted aud presented
desired by his community, which
amendments had been reduced to
writing and submitted to represen-
tatives of the company and practi-
cally agreed upon as acceptable,
while as chairman of the ordinance
committee of the local council Al
derman Mcneil submitted report
embracing recommendations on
several salient points looking to-
ward the protection of the city's in.
terests in the premises. The primal
object of the joint meeting was for
an interchange of ideas with a de
sire to formulate a blanket ordin
ance acceptable to the various com
munities, and many of the sugges~
tions and amendments made at the
behest of those participating in the
discussion we're formally lncorpor-
ated in amended ordinance submit
ted to the council and members of
the Virginia Commercial Club last
evening, at which meeting Mr..
Prindle was also in attendance, the
provisions of the revised document
meeting with mutual favor by the
representatives of the promoters
and citizens present.
The ordinance as amended also
meets with favor by the Eveleth
council and will receive its second
reading in that city Monday even-
ing, and will doubtless be accorded
its second reading by the Virginia
council the Following evening". >
The franchise az amended seems
an extremely fair one to either par
ty to the contract, and we believe
the granting of same and the full.
filling of it's conditions will prove a
source of qualification to Virginia
citizens as a whole and the bust.
ness element in particular. The
car line as provided by the ordiu.
ance will traverse Central and
Chestnut streets, and under the
provisions of the document not less
than one mile of such line must be.
completed within one year, one
third of which shall be within the
city limits, and within two years
such line must connect with Eve
leth and Gilbert.
The promoters are men with
means aud experience in the line of
work and have thus far expended
considerable monyy az we'll az time
and energy in working out the pre-
liminaries, and it is anticipated
that if franchises are to be had the
line will extend not only to the
eastern end of the range but will
also of necessity be built to the
west, connecting Virginia with Hib.
bing and the hustling intervening
towns.
A report made at the Tuesday
evening meeting was that the Vir.
ginia Electric Power & Water Com.
pany had agreed upon a certain
number of hydrants to be installed
in the line of the proposed water
main extension to the North Side
Addition, and a resolution will be
drawn and presented at the next
meeting granting the concessions
asked, which are in keeping with
the provisions of their franchise.
Regarding the bill of the same
company for some $500 for main
connections on Maple street the
body decided the city was up
against something and would be
liable for same, but in order to
avoid any future trouble of like
nature the city attorney was in.
structed to prepare and have in
readiness for presentation an ordin.
ance covering the installation of
water mains and service counec.
tione.
The resignation of HI. b. Bacon
from the sewer commission was &C.
cepted, and the naming of a a sue.
cessor was taken under advisement
by the president for one week.
Several liquor license applica.
tions were granted and other work
transacted.
Puts 6oee@oat Ueder os;ldisa.