The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-30
SPECIAL ASSESSMENT roll !.
ACCEPTED BY COUNCIL
ereat Northern Railway Company |nterposes
Only Objection Of Note to Figures Of
Commission. 5 ::

The special assessment commis.
sion appointed by the council some
time since finished their labors on
Tuesday when they sat in special
session at the city hall to hear com.
plants, if any, to the assessment
for permanent improvements on
the various contracts referred to
them, and while number of inter-
ested citizens were in attendance at
the meeting to ascertain how the
amount of assessments had been
derived but little trouble was ex-
perienced from any and the assess
ment as made was referred and
certified to the city council, duly
accepted and ordered certified to
the county auditor.
The greatest objector to the as
sessment as made was the Great
Northern Railway Company, sue
cessors to the Eastern Railway
Company of Minnesota, appearing
through W. L. Schoettler, tax agent,
who contended the comm ssion was
in error ir respect to the assessment
for the Willow street paving abut-
ting Block A, claiming such block
fronted upon Lake Boulevard in
stead of Willow street. But mas
much as Lake Boulevard has pass
ed into state of inocuous disuetude
from point at the southwest cor
ner of Block A northerly along the
west side of said block, and in con-
sideration of the further fact: that
the Great Northern, by usage, has
made the Willow street frontage of
said block the actual frontage of
same the commission could not see
their way clear to change their
original attitude in respect thereto.
Had the change been made as de-
sired the railway company would
have escaped all special assessment
taxation for the paving of Willow
street, which would have been
palpably unjust in consideration of
the fact that such Company is per
adventure the greatest beneficiary
of the improvement as made.
The city attorney submitted the
draft of an ordinance amending Or
dinance No. 20 relating to the issu-
ance ot liquor licenses, and provid-
ing for license fee of $1,000 per an
mum instead of $500 as at present.
This ordinance was given it's first
reading, and also elected consider
able comment on the part of the
counciImen as to when it's provis-
ions should become effective, and
Of the possible inequality between
the license tees under which certain
saloons were permitted to exist
until time had so nended the breach
that all would be placed ON an
equal basis. In the absence Of City
Attorney Poirier, Attorney Archer
was in attendance at the meeting
and advised the council in the
premises, but due consideration of
this and other points desired to be
inculcated in the new ordinance
will be given the document by in
dividual members before it appears
for it's second reading.
A petition from Harry Solberg,
asking for permit to erect canopy
front for the Tower Hotel property,
was granted. 1t is understood Mr..
Solberg plans many and substantial
improvements to this property in
the near future, making of same
more modern hotel:
The clerk of the municipal court
submitted reports covering the
weeks ending December 18th and
December oath, the first showing
fines and costs amounting to $79.85
and the latter amounting to $lS5OO.
The city clerk was instructed to
advertise for bids for the city print
ing tor the ensuing year, such notice
appearing in this issue of the En-
terprise, which paper has been the
official city paper since January
last.