The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-18

COUNTY. MINNESOTA. FRIDAY
CouNCa HAS BUSY SESSION
listeo to Gas frsechise logic, Certif,
Election Returos sed Irsa.sct
Mach A,;aor 9ss;aess. -
The session of the city council
Tuesday evening was: replete with
work for the city fathers, several
matters coming before them which
were unavoidabIy laid over owing
to the fact that no meeting was held
on the Tuesday eveuinx previous.
Is. A. Ferrin, who, represents the
Gas Machinery Company of Cleve
land, submitted a revised ordinance,
after con nsultation With members of
the body, and in support of his ap.
.piication for a gas franchise made
a lengthy aud logical address to
the BODY. augmenting his state
ments on many points as to the
relative cost in various communities
aud the sliding scale rates by
figures from the latest reports. The
company has had an engineer on
the ground, as also financial agent.
aud Mr.. Ferrin states his company
's in position to Immediately com.
mence the work of Construction a.,
any time permission may be grant
ed.
In his statements to the council
Mr.. Ferrin also asserted that it was
the intent Of the company, If found
practical from an engineering
stand point. to furnish Eveieth with
xas from the 10 al plant, giving the
consumers in the two towns tn.
ben~fi, of reductions to accrue upon
the increased consumption.
His company at present installs
several plants at various Minnesota
and WISCONSIN points, and seeks =
franchise in this city and at Hib.
hing, where they consider the pres
ent population and prospectiv,
growth warrants the investment.
The charges as specihed in the
franchise de-ired are on a slidin,
scale, $165 per thousand feet ne,
upon an annual consumption of
less than 100000 feet, $1.55 Pc,
thousand on consumption of be
tween 100000 and 100000, $l.45
net when the consumption passes
the 20,OOOO 900 ma : k and $1.25 net when
it shall have passed the 25.O0OOO
mark. No definite action has been
taken on the proposition, but Mr..
Ferrin is in hopes he may be abl'
to come to an agreement and Az
am ica bic adjustment OF any poiu,
which may interfere with the grant
ing of the franchise;
Figures presentsd by.@Mr. Ferrin
inciod.ded the avtSage consumI,
tion in Minnesota of gas users dur
ing the past year, per family, show
ing the same to be 1881 feet, max
ing the average cost per family to,
light and fuel $500.
The council made an official can
vass Of the votes of the late munic
ipaI election. declaring the result.
as noted in the election return.
given publication in the Enterpris,
OF last issue.
Six liquor license application
were granted. and renewal of Ii
crnses to J. p. Chalmers as bill
poster, J. r. Krogdahl's emp'oymen
bureau and Boylan &, Co.'S plumb
ing we're granted. A license wa,
also granted A. Rohrer for auction
eer, for a period of ten days.
A petition for a sewer in Distric
No. 81 was presented, being vel
signed, and referred to proper com
mi,tee. This district includes blocks
los and 100.
The matter of fra ming ordinance
creating sewer districts sc, 3H an.
l3I was referred to committee o,
ordinances and to the city attorney
i The report Of the municipal cour
for the weeks ending February
and February IL were submitted
and accepted, showing that busines
in the court line has been slow dur
ing the past fortnight.
i A permit was granted Andrev
Grande, contractor, for the erec,io,
Of solid trick tuilding on lot 8
of block l8, the I'D Finch corner, tn
building to be two story and base
ment, 25xl20 feet.
The fre aud police commission
through the clerk of that body, sut
mitted a communication recon-
> mendinx the institution ofa curfe,
ordinance, the communication b<
ing referred TO committee and tn
city attorney for immediate actic,
The reports of the city clerk an
city treasurer for the month of Jar
uary were submitted and read, tn
clerks report showing a balance o
February 1st of 7,722 IS.
z Saw the BiQ fellow.
j. 1t is estimated that upwards {
j. two hundred Virginia sports too