The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-03-03
RAILROAD SEEKS
RIGHT Of Way
Duluth, Rainy Lake & Pacific Would
Build Through City to Connect With
Canadian Northern System.

While the intention of the Duluth,
Rainy Lake g. Pacific to build
through the city to connect the line
under construction from this point
to Duluth with the Canadian North
ern system has been a matter of
some knowledge for several weeks:
past, the first formal move toward
acquiring a right-of-way was made
on Tuesday evening when petit
tion for the granting of municipal
permit was presented to the council
in the form of an ordinance, Messrs.
W. D. Bailey of the firm of Bailey,
Washburn & Mitchell, and II. T..
Hazen, chief engineer OF the new;
line, being in attendance at the
meeting to explain any point to the
body.
According to the ordinance as
presented the company would enter
the city near the northwest corner
of the original plat, extending to
and crossing Silver Lake at point
near the steel bridge, thence follow
ing the east shore of the lake in a
southerly direction, going out of
the city through blocks 80, Al, 81 and
7G.
In connection with this request
was presented protest from resi-
dents along Lake Boulevard, by
Judge Montague, setting forth the
disadvantage to property values
along the boulevard and asking
that the ordinance be held up or
killed.
The matter was referred to the
Railroad Committee, composed Of
Messrs. Staff, Osborn and Heritage,
the ordinance being given an in
formal reading.
The ordinance relating to the
storage of gasoline and other ex-
plosives in the city, given its first
reading last week and referred to
committee, was not reported out
and will be taken up at the next
meeting.
An ordinance amending ordin-
ance No. 100, relating to building
lines and affecting certain block
on Central avenue, was given it's
first reading.
Richard Rice, owning lots on
south Central, presented com m un-
ication through Judge Montague
relative to the freezing of the water
mains on streets where the grade
had been changed the past year,
the matter being referred to CON-
mittee. In this matter the state
ment was made that steps to remedy
the fault were already in progress
and that water would be furnished
shortly.
| Two liquor licenses, Leander
kuoppala and Harry Gillian, we're
presented and received favorable
action. These are the first two to
"get in on the ground floor" with
the $1,000 license fee, although it is
safe guess that either would have
been pleased to have got in with
the last bunch receiving licenses
under the former $500 fee.
The municipal court showed that
| spring business was starting with
a rush, the receipts of the court for
the past week being $292OO
The matter of extending the main
sewer system, with view to event
ually remodeling the entire main
line sewer, was brought up by Alder
man Edw. c. A. johnson. The prop.
osition is to extend the system to
Three Mile Lake, three .fourths of a
mile from the present outlet, the
statement being made that an eig ht
foot drop was to be had in that dist.
ance. Such drop would make a
big difference to the system, and
when rebuilt would permit Of IN uch
deeper Easements in the city. The
matter was referred to committee
for future report.