The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-12

Inspecting public imp oyements must
first Ale their application with the
city clerk. No application for such
position will be entertained from
non-residents. The city engineer
and the street committee will pass
jointly ON the qualifications OF APP
plicants and are hereby empowered
to accent or reject any application
they may see fit, and after the selec-
ton by this committee such appli-
cants must be confirmed by the city
council before they can be employed
by the city engineer and in the or-
der OF these applications. The sal
airy of such inspectors must not ex-
coed four ($4.00) per day and time
returned only for actual time en-
ployed. Inspectors service to be
discontinued by city engineer upon
completion or suspension of any work
he may be engaged upon. Rainy
days not to be paid for. All time to
be taken and turned in monthly by
the city timekeeper.
The president ordered roll call
of ayes and nays on the adoption of
this motion.
Ayes: Aldermen Harvey, Lund-
strom, Keller, Ketola, McGhee-5.
Nays: Aldermen Heritage, Moi
Ian, Coffey, Mr.. President.
Carried.
Moved and supported that the
$25OO.OO which is held by the city
treasurer as guarantee money that
the Fairview Realty company would
make improvements as outlined and
suggested by the city council in Fair
view addition to Virginia be released
and that upon rendering 20 the city
clerk of a certified check of $780,
90 that the warrant TOT S250O.0O be
granted to the company, the $4,000
being as a guarantee that the work
under way will be satisfactorily COM
pleted and that resolution be drawn
and presented covering the trans
action.
Carried.
The light and water committee de-
sired one more week in which to in
vestigate and report on the matter
of extension of water mains on Ash
street as petitioned for and the same
was granted.
Mr.. McGhee of the light and water
committee reported that he had Sc
cured price of approximately
$4,000 for 1000 copies of the Burns
& Mcdonnell report on pamphlet
form.
Moved and supported that the
matter of having the report of Burns
& Mcdonnell printed in pamphlet
form for distribution be deferred
until some future time.
Carried.
Moved and supported that the city
attorney be instructed to secure in
writing for record that the Virginia
Electric Power & Water company is
not now charging property owners
the sum of $500 for tapping wa
ter mains in extending the same to
the curb line.
Carried.
Moved and supported the city at
torney be instructed to notify the
Mesaba Railway company that the
city intends to at once proceed to
paving Wyoming avenue and that the
city expects the company to make
preparations to doing their part of
the paving along their proposed
street railway route on this avenue
with the same material and accord
ing to the terms Of their franchise.
Carried
The committee on city property
and buildings was given power to
Of in, Tho of 0nnn00tin0 cfQn6-
ard pipe in the city hall and to
equip the same for fire protection
and to repair the rooms on the Sec
ond floor as is found necessary.
The street committee and the
street commissioner was instructed
to make tour of the city and as
certain where new sidewalks are
needed or old sidewalks repaired and
report at the next regular meeting
SO that resolution may be prepared
covering the entire work.
Moved and supported that the mat
ter of repairing damaged garbage
cans be referred to the assistant
health officer with power to act.
Carried.
Moved and supported that the mo-
ton previously made at this meet
ing relative to the awarding to c. c..
butler the contract to construct Gre
osoted wood block paving on certain
streets and avenues in the city dur
ing the year 1912 be rescinded.
Carried.
COUNCIL CHAMBER.
Resolution No. $40.
City of Virginia, Mimi,
July End, 1912.
Resolution authorizing granting
liquor license to Frank Babic at 115
Chestnut street.
By Alderman Heritage:
Resolved, By the City council of
the City of Virginia, that the appli-
cation of Frank Babic to sell intox-
icating liquors in the front room on
the ground floor of the two-story
brick building situate No. 115 Chest
nut street, in said city, be and is
hereby granted, and that the surety
bond in the sum of 100000 be and
is hereby accepted and ordered filed
after the approval of the mayor.
License to be for one year from
July End, 1912.
Moved by Alderman Coffey, sup
ported by Alderman Harvey, that
above resolution be adopted.
Ayes: Aldermen Heritage, Har-
vey, Lundstrom, Keller, NOLAN, Ke-
tola, McGhee, Coffey, Mr.. President
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Nays: None.
Adopted July End, 1912.
Approved July 9Th, 1912.
COUNCIL CHAMBER.