The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-01

Reading minutes of previous meeting.
Moved and supported that the minutes
be approved as read.
Carried.
Surety bonds in the sum of 100000 each
were submitted by James P. Carey and r..
Z. Pickering. Judge and Special Judge of
the municipal court respectively.
Moved and supported that the bonds be
accepted and after approval by the mayor
ordered filed with the Secretary of State,
according to the municipal court act.
Carried.
The clerk of the municipal court reDOrted
fines collected in that court for the week
ending March 10Th, 1910. and amounting
to se2O7.
Alderman Boylan requests the reading
OF the report and the same was read by the
clerk.
Moved and supported that the report be
accepted and ordered filed.
Carried.
Alderman Mcneil takes his seat in the
council.
The meat inspector submitted the follow
ing report.
Virginia, MIMI, March q. 1910
To the Honorable CITY Council. VIRGINIA.
MINI.
Gentlemen:
The following is my report for the week
ending March the 22nd. Paid my usual
visits to the markets of your city and found
them in good condition.
On March the 22nd condemned and de-
stroyed muttons weighing 6S lbs. Shipped
by Swift and COr,Danv D,,l,,%l,
Respectfully submitted,
J.P. CHALMERS.
Meat Inspector.
Moved and supported that the report be
accepted and ordered placed on file,
Carried.
NO. Snyder and others petitioned for
the construction of a sidewalk commence
ing at the termination of the sidewalk on
the North side of Locust street and being
on the West side of Virginia avenue. thence
extending south from Locust street to the
southeast corner of Block 100
Moved and supported that the petition be
referred to the committee on streets, alleys
and sewers.
Carried.
Hans IsaaCson and others DetitiOned the
council for construction of a board side
walk along the north and south sides of
Sage street, between Cleveland and Gen.
trail avenues.
This petition was referred to the commit
tee on streets. alleys and sewers
John Byrnes and others petitioned the
council for reconstruction of board sidewalk
on the east and west sides of Ohio avenue.
south of Poplar street.
This petition was also referred to the
committee on streets, alleys and sewers.
The city engineer submitted plans and
specifications for the paving of Maple
| street from Virginia avenue to the Missabe
| railroad track, west Chestnut street, from
Central avenue to Lake Boulevard. certain
blocks on Central avenue and block North
and South of Chestnut street on the differ
ent avenues.
Upon request the president granted a
recess for the purpose Of looking over the
| plans and specifications submitted.
The president called the council to order
Moved and supported that the plans and
specifications for the paving of the various
streets and avenues in question be referred
to the committee on streets. alleys and
sewers for one week.
! Carried.
The committee on streets, alleys and
sewers reported favorably upon the con.
struction of a sidewalk on the west side OF
cleveland avenue. from Locust street to
beech street and on the north side to
| Beech street, between Central and Cleve.
land avenues and requested resolution
to be prepared and presented.
Chairman Mattson, of the Board OF
Health. stated that he had inquired into
the matter of the granting of plumbers
license to Emil Oianpa. and stated that
after careful investigation he found Mr..
OJanpa to be competent workman and
recommended that the permit be granted.
Moved and supported that plumbers
license be granted to Emil Ojanpa, the
bond of $4,000 accepted and after approval
of the mayor ordered filed.
Carried.
1.-The committee on city property, to whom
was referred the matter of leasing a triane-
ular piece of ground between the steel
bridge and the Great Northern Railway
tracks, reported that Mr.. Savage desired a
lease of one Year with the privilege for ex-
tension if the ground is not being used at
that time, this being for the purpose of fix
ing the land for enclosing his COW.
The matter was referred for another
week.
Moved and supported that the city at
torney be instructed to proceed by con-
domination proceedings to acquire thirty
three feet of the southern portion of Block
100, of the South side Addition, said land
being owned by w. P. Veitch of Eveleth,
Minnesota,
Carried.
Moved and supported that the committee
on city property be instructed to secure a
new site for the city pound as the present
location OF the pound does not meet with
the favor of those who live in that territory.
Carried.
several members of the Park Board ap-
peared before the council and stated that
II Is understood that the sum of S5OM.O0
was to be turned in to the city treasury
ana desired to know if this amount was to
oe placed in the Park Fund or what DISPOSE
ton the council intended to make of the
proceeds which the County of St. Louis and
the board of appraisers had granted to the
c1tV IN condemning Block No. 43, for court
house purposes.
Those who appeared before the council
were President Costin and Secretary Poir-
Ter, and Henning Erickson of the Park
Board and DR.. Lenont, who was one of the
appraisers appointed by the County.
The matter of the disposal of the fund for
gong into the city treasury was left in the
hands of the finance committee.
The clerk informed the council that this
was the meeting at which was to be settled
the matter of accepting or rejecting of the
proposal submitted bv W. NJ. and E. NJ.
Prindle, in the matter of the purchasing of
certain street railway franchise and for
winch proposal in the sum of $1,000 had
oeen submitted on the 18th of March, 1910.
1here was some discussion relative to
the manner in which the railway comnanv