The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-10
AWARDED PAVING CONTRACTS

AWARDED PAVING CONTRACTS
II. [. Bartlett Co. Get Maple and Cen-
traI Avenue and p. Mcdonnell the
Ayeaue Leads.
The fact that Virginia was to
award paving bids was made ap-
parent on Tuesday by the bunch of
contractors from the four winds
who struck the city and proceeded
to camp while awaiting the meet.
ing of the council in the evening,
but OF all who came but one lugged
off anything-and even that may
still hang in the balance if the let
ter of the new Home Rule Charter
is lived up to.
The bidders represented the H. L.
Bartlett Co., city, Warren Bros. Co.,
Boston, o. F. Doyle, St. Cloud, Ru-
dolph S. Blome Co., Chicago, E. A.
Dahl, Duluth, Pastoret-Lawrence
Co., Duluth, c. c. Butler, city, and
P. MCDONNELL, Duluth, the fret and
last being the successful bidders,
the council awarding the Maple
street and Central avenue paving
10 the H. L. Bartlett Co., tor Btu.
lithic pavement, at $3.50 per square
yard, and the avenue leads from
Chestnut street to P. Mcdonnell,
creosoted wood block pavement, at
SIC per square yard.
Section 1O7 of the city charter pro.
vides, among other things, that the
council "shall let no contracts to
any party in default to the city in
the performance or by reason of
any other contract" Under this
provision the award to Mr.. McDon-
nell has been questioned, inasmuch
as the paving put in on Chestnut
street three years ago and paid un.
der duress by many of the property
owners, is still in need of repair,
despite the fact that Mr.. Mcdonnell
shipped couple of men and a
wheelbarrow to the city some few
weeks ago to "repair" the pavement
AS result of notification that un.
less such repairs were made the
city would do same and hold the
bonding company for the cost. We
have heard naught of these "re-
pairs" being accepted by the city
as yet, and it would appear Mr.. Nc
Donnell was still "in default" in ac-
cordance with the provisions of the
charter. 1t is evident, however, that
himself and coterie of friends do
not so consider it, inasmuch az they
have been doing the town since the
award and threatening all kinds of
dire things if the entire contract is
not thrown Mr.. McDonnelPs way.
Virginia has a city council, how
ever, who are prone to do things on
the square, and it is more than prob
able Mr.. Mcdonnell be allowed to
accept the part which came his way
or not.
The Eveleth road spur, IN front of
the Veitch barns, was formally &C.
cepted and named "Cook" street, in
| honor of the man to whom Virginia
owes so much from an industrial
point, w. H. Cook, and an ordinance
adopting such name was given it's
first reading.
A communication from the Mesa
ba Telephone Co. announced that
the present. Chestnut street lead
would be removed within the next
sixty days, in order to vacate the
street for the installation of the
"White Way" on which formal con.
tracts will be awarded next Monday
evening.
The Board of Health submitted a
communication relative to their
visit to the Duluth incinerator and
recommended the council invite DR..
D. D. Murray of Duluth to appear
before the body to explain points of
necessary knowledge of such a
plant. the recommendation of the
Board being accepted and the clerk
instructed to invite DR.. Murray to
appear before the council at the
next regular meeting.
The ordinance esta tablishing the
proposed new sewer districts 81 and
81 was given it's second reading,
and the ordinances governing parks
and park-ways and for the preven-
ton of cruelty to animals received
their third and final readings.
The committee on streets, alleys
and sewers, to whom had been re.
ferred the matter of accepting the
plat of the new Pillsbury Addition
reported that investigation showed
the Addition in good ehape as to
roadways and preliminary work
and upon their recommendation the
plat was accepted.
Fourth Annual Promenade.
i The Alumni Association of the
Virginia High School will hold
their fourth annual promenade al
the Roosevelt Auditorium on Fri