The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-11

ltaRe' h1mDa1. Nolan. E. T.. A. Johnson,
Mr.. PRESIDENT.
Absent Aldermen Staff, H. O. Johnson-2
Reading minutes of previous meeting.
Moved and supported that the minutes
be approved as read.
Carried.
Alderman H. o. Johnson takes his seat
in the council
Moved and supported that the city clerk
be instructed to execute, in duplicate, on
blanks furnished by the Great Northern
Railway Line, applications for crossing
over this company's tracks at the Alpena
location, and forward the same to the as
sistant road master at Kelly Lake, Minn.,
also request the company to place a CROSS
ing sign at tt is CROSSING
Carried.
The city attorney in a written COnlmun-
ication to the council, and reporting on the
matter of extra cement billed for by p. Nc
Donnell. on his paving contract of 1910.
recommended that this bill of $2236O.53 be re-
jeCted and payment of the same refused.
Moved and supported that the commun-
ication be accepted and ordered filed.
Carried.
the council begged the council to have re-
main at it's present location the barn build
ing now on Cherry street and for the coun-
Gil to take no action until the spring of 1911,
at which time he promised to remove the
same.
Moved and supported that the co1nn.un-
ication be accepted and ordered filed and
that Mr.. Anderson be allowed to have his
building remain where it is until spring or
until the council takes further action.
Carried.
Moved and supported that the application
for renewal of liquor license of Axel PAX
kala at 203 Chestnut street. be granted and
the surety bond in the sum of $2OOOOO &C
cepted and ordered filed and that resolr-
ton be drawn covering the matter.
Carried.
The meat inspector submitted his report
of inspections for the week ending Nov. LIST.
1910, reporting all meat markets. hotels.
bakeries, groceries and the Mountain Iron
meat markets in good condition.
Moved and supported that the report he
accepted and ordered filed.
Carried.
NJ. r. Guidinger was granted permit to
erect and maintain a stairway to his base
ment through the sidewalk abutting on
lot 81, block IS, provided that he installs
and maintains in good condition an iron
railing and that the opening be not more
than three feet wide.
The clerk CT the municipal court eported
fines collected in that court for the week
ending Oct. %, 1910, the same amounting to
$71.0O.
Moved and supported that the report be
accepted and ordered filed.
Carried.
Residents and property owners in the
vicinity of the corner of Poplar street and
Virginia avenue petitioned the council for
the installation of an arc lamp at that
corner.
Alderman kimball at this time reported
much needed arc lamps at the corner of
LarCh street and Mesaba avenue and also
at the corner named in this petition, also
the light under advisement of the council
at the corner of Birch street and Central
avenue.
Moved and supported that arc lamps be
installed at the corner of Virginia avenue
and Poplar street, Central avenue and
Birch street and Larch street and Mesaba
avenue and that resolutions to this effect
be drawn and presented
Carried.
The ordinance relating to permits for
constructions alteration and removal of
buildings within the city of Virginia was,
upon request. given its second reading.
Moved and supported that the word,
One at the end of the second line of Sec.
?, and the words and numerals Hundred
($lOO.O) Dollars, in the above ordinance
be amended so as to read Three Hundred
($s3OO.OO) Dollars'.
Carried.
Moved and supported that the words
"One ($1.O0) Dollar" and contained in line
seven of Sec. ?, of this ordinance be amend
ed so as to read Fifty (5Oc) cents"
Carried.
Moved and supported that the following
be added to and become part of Sec. 2 of
this ordinance;
That the fire warden at the end of each
and every month shall turn over to the city
treasurer all monies received by him as
fees for inspection under this ordinance,
receiving from the city treasurer duplicate
receipts therefor, one of which shall be
turned over Immediately to the city clerk
and the other retained by himself for
record. The fire warden shall also report
on blanks to be furnished to him. all mat
tiers, in detail which shall be transacted in
his Office, each and every month, the nat
ure of the report to be the application num-
Der, name of applicant kind Of work, the
date of application and the fee paid.
Carried
The ordinance amending Ordinance No.
81, and the same being entitled; An ordi-
nance to establish building lines along GER
tain streets and avenues in the city of Viz
ginia, Minnesota. was upon request given
it's second reading.
Moved and supported that that portion
of Paragraph 2. of Sec. l, of this ordinance
pertaining to the east and west sides of
Mesaba avenue from Elm street on the
north to Cedar street the south be
amended so as to read as follows:
That the building line shall not cover
nor include Mesaba avenue, from Elm
street on the north to Locust street on the
south, nor space IS feet east and IS feet
west of said Mesaba avenue between said
Elm and Locust Streets.
An ordinance creating Sewer Dist No. f.
was upon request given it's second reading.
Moved and supported that a certain