The Virginia enterprise., 1909-08-06

VIRGINIA.. ST.. LOUIS
RECEIVE s.OSfOR HALL ADDITION
But Do Not Award Coetrect, Acttoa on
Same 8eiaa Deferred Tor
One Week.
The council, at the regular meet:
ing Tuesday evening, received bids
for the proposed addition to the
city hall building and the remodel.
ing of same In compliance with the
plans and specifications submitted
by Radcliffe 4 Price. Duluth archi.
tects, for the Recommendation of the
range court and the proper housing
of the city Offices, but after the
same were read action on the &C
ceptance or rejection of the Offers
40 submitted was deferred for one
week.
The bids on the building proper
included one from James. Sampson
in the sum of $28il36o, and one from
jacobson Bros., Duluth, in the sun
of $a5,9oo.O0. For the wiring: Of the
building the Hartley Electric Com.
pany submitted bid of 9973O0; and
the Burgess Electric Co. of Duluth,
q bid of $4,000. For the painting
hut one bid wac received, that of
Peter Wicklem in the sum of S58O.65.
For the necessary plumbing the
bid of the Virginia mbing &
Heating Co. was $4,000, of the Vir-
ginia Hardware Co. $aa65Oo, aud of
A. c. Schirmer of Hibbing $4,000.
Each of the bidders stipified that
the city would be credited with all
old material now in the city build
ing which could be used in the
work.
For the heating plant, which un-
der the specifications 10 to be the
Van Auken system, H. J. George
submitted a bid of $4,000, the Vir-
ginia Plumbing &. Heating Co. a
bid of $3sl0OO, and A. c. Schirmer 4
bid of $35O5OO. Each of the bidders
stipitied that in case it was decided
to install a natural temperature
regulation system the sum of
$4,000 would be added to the bids
submitted in either case.
President Osborn, of the council,
reported that OWING to unseen OBJ
stacies it would be Impossible for
one of the aldermen - William
Moore-appointed at the previous
meeting, to qualify, and that it
would be necessary to fill the posi-.
ton thus left vacant. A short re-
cess was taken and the members
conferred, but without avail, and
the matter of selecting an alder
man from the 5th was left over un-
til anoti1eF Faaeeting.+ =
The committee on streets, and
alleys. to whom was referred the
petition of the North Side Realty
Co. for the vacation of certain al
leys in the new North Side Addi-
ton, reported a recommendation
that the company be requested to
prepare for presentation to the
Council plat showing the desired
changes.
The. city attorney, responsive to
an inquiry az to whether or. not he
had prepared an: answer to the
threatened suit for damages of +.
Matheson, resulting from the back
ing up of the sewer into the base-
ment of his livery, replied that he
had not; that both himself aud
Arnold & Pickering, who represent
Mr.. Matheson in the matter, had
been busy in district court through.
out the week.
The report of the city health
officer relative to the iicensine of
vendors of milk or cream Or both
milk and cream, ETC., showed the
issuance of twenty.seven licenses
tor this purpose in the city to date.
A communication from the newly
appointed Police aud Fire Commis.
sion, which formally organized
Monday evening, was received and
read, the commission desiring the
turning over to that body of all
remaining monies in the fire and
police funds, in accordance with
the provisions of the new Home
Rule Cha rter uuder which they are
appointed. This will be looked IN
and the remaining funda turned
into the proper channel in com.
pliance with the charter provisions;
The city engineer reported that
he is getting line on those who
have their roof drains connected
with the sanitary sewer. and will
give each such offender against the
city ordinance strict orders to re.
move such connections forthwith.
A communication from the Du.
luth 4 Iron Range relative to the
erection of loading platform fo,
the new fire engine, in case of a de.
sire to load same for transportation
to adjoining cities in case of con.
flagrations demanding assistance
stated that the company was ready