The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-29
A Total of $685., 10000 Estimated
as the Needs Of the City to
Provide for Necessary
Running Expenses and
improvements.

penSeS, ObllgatlOnS or llaDllltles
existing or authorized by law, fo>
the following purposes and in the
following amounts:
General Fund-Current ex
penses Of city government, open
ing and maintaining public
grounds, government and con
struction Of buildings and of i'm
provements of a general charact
er, such as paving and curbing OF
streets and avenues, maintenance
of streets, sewers, opening and
construction, maintaining and re.
pairing roads, highways, streets
alleys, and for other purposes for
the good order and cleanliness OF
the city and the protection
against disease, $193,000.O0.
Police and Ere Fund-For the
protection against crime and fire
and the maintenance of both
police and fire departments as
enumerated under Chapter 9 OF
tile city of Virginia, $36, 10000.
Park tund-For the purchase
of necessary land or parcels OF
land for public parks and for the
Opening and maintaining of pub
lie parks and boulevards for the
year 1912, $25 100000.
Permanent improvement Fund
-tor the purpose Of defraying
| the first cost of contractor war
rents in the improving of streets
alleys and highways, as enumer-
ated in Section l25 Chapter 7 OF
City Charter, $l5,0O0.00.
Library tund-For the main.
tenance of the Public Library OF
the city Of Virginia for the year
1912, $8,OOO.00.
interest Fund-For the pay
ment of interest due or to become
due on warrants against the city
Of Virginia during the year 1912
$5,UOO0O.
The levy is decided reduction
from that OF the past year, al
though many improvements for
the coming season are in pros.
pect, including additional needed
paving, many petitions for which
are already filed.
| Bids for the construction of a
sanitary sewer to connect with
the proposed incinerator and
through certain portions of the
Great Northern Addition and
streets of the North Side Add.
tion to the city were submitted
that of William Danforth of ST.
Paul being $1O,9l8.O5, of Pastor.
ct-Lawrence Co., of Two Harbors
$l0,Ol490, of II. l.. Bartlett Co..
$9,79l.75, and Of G.. C.. Butler
/ $9,269.75. The bid of the latter
contractor was accepted and the
! clerk and mayor authorized by
resolution to enter into contract
Cement sidewalks were ordered
laid on the east side of Cleveland
avenue between Maple and
Spruce, on the east side of lot
block 81, on the east side o1
Cleveland avenue between Cedar
and Locust, on the north side Of
Poplar between Cleveland anC
Wyoming and on the west side o,
Central between Poplar ant
Cedar.
The city clerk was instructed
by motion to write the Duluth
Missabe & Northern Railway Co.
to ascertain what disposition ha<
been made of the matter of tn
construction of the overhead
crossing by this company over it
tracks leading from the south ent
of Mesaba avenue to the Gilber
road. This matter has been pass
ed upon some time, and it woul,
appear the company was derelic
in it's agreement. The attorne,
, was also instructed to draft an,
have in readiness for presentation
at the next meeting a resolution
in this matter requiring such con
struction within a specified time
! The city attorney stated tha
J he was prepared and would re
!. port if desired ON the petition an
ordinance submitted at a specia
meeting of the council on tn
evening of September 21st, rels
tive to the appointment of
Especial light aid water commi.
sion, but the council did not wis
to hear the report at this tim
and the matter was upon motto
laid on. the table for one weel
This ordinance is the one give
publication, together with the a
tached list Of voters, in our issu
t0f Sentemhnr 15fh ho;nc ~