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Carried.
The city attorney stated that &c
had met with the shealth COMMITTEES
and William Bruneau, father 81
Ethel .Bruneau, who received IA.
1uries by falling on. q defective
sidewalk, on the 14th day Of June
1912, and In which case Mr.. Bruneau
desired the sum Of 10000. o Q. The
city attorney stated that he had
made q, compromise with Mr.. Bru.
neau and that upon payment to this
party the sum Of $4,000 q release
OF the action would be secured and
the case terminated. The city attor.
ney desired to know what the coun.
ellis instructions should be.
Moved and supported that the re.
port OF the city attorney and health
committee be accepted and that the
city attorney draft a resolution au-
thorlztng the payment to Mr.. Bru.
neau the sum of $4,000 for dam.
ages to his daughter Ethel by falline
on q detective sidewalk and also &C.
cure legal release and present the
resolution at the next regular meet
ing.
Carried
Moved and supported that the
matter of investigating defective
sidewalks and for the reason why
dewalks are not repaired when
necessary be referred to the commit.
tee on streets for report.
Carried.
The street committee reported "a
vorably on construction Of cement
Sidewalk on south side Of block Z.
Anderson's: Third Addition to Wiz.
GINA, this being on Sage street be-
tween Central avenue and the Eve
leth road.
Moved and supported that the re-
port Of the committee be accepted
and petition ordered filed and that
q proper resolution be drawn and
presented ordering this work done.
Carried.
Mayor Murphy stated to the coun-
Gil that his attention had been called
to the fact that the North & South
Side Realty company had purchased
considerable property in the First
Addition to Virginia and which ef-
fected Mesaba avenue for two blocks
north Of Elm street. AS this is the
case and council has awarded con-
tract for paving on this avenue along
this particular location he desired
to have the council take some &C.
ton In the matter OF cutting off this
part Of 1912 paving, as the work
would be useless in the future, as
test pitting and drilling would be
carried on by the owners of the
and the avenue vacated in
the future. The owners of the prop
erty have consented to grant q new
north of Elm street along
Railroad avenue.
Moved and supported the matter
OF paving two blocks of Mesaba ave-
nue. north of Elm street be referred
to the committee on streets for rec
ommendation.
Carried.
Mr.. Murphy also stated to the
that some action should be
taken at once to acquire as a road
way Railroad avenue, as the railroad
company would undoubtedly so con-
struct the tracks and warehouses
that the alleys at the end of each
block along this avenue would be
rendered useless to property own
ers.
Moved and supported that mat
ter be referred to the committee on
streets and city attorney for recon-
Carried.
Moved and supported that the
president appoint a committee of
three city officials to visit Duluth
to investigate the workings of the
street flushers in that city and also
to visit St. Paul and Minneapolis
to Investigate the running of the in
plants in these cities and
the street flushers used there, the
expenses OF the committee to be
borne by the city.
Carried.
The president reserved his ap-
pointment until a later date.
The city attorney appointed
Of the committee to confer
with the Mesaba Railway company
relative to the changing Of material
Of poles to be used by the Mesaba
company on Wyoming ave-
nue.. stated that the company's Of
fetal in this city still maintains
that he was living up to the ordi-
nance as It was adopted and accept
ed and that until such time as the
council would pass an ordinance pro-
overhead wiring that he
would stick to the ordinance. One
more week was granted to the CON-
mittee for further investigation.
Moved and supported that the
light and water committee inter-
view the local officials of the Wiz:
ginia Electric Power & Water COM
pany so that the committee and
council could receive more definite
answer to the proposition to pur-
chase the plants as made to the
on July 8th, 1912.
Carried.
COUNCIL CHAMBER.
Resolution No. 662.
City of Virginia, MIMI,
August 9Th, 1912.
Resolution authorizing granting
a liquor license to johnson & Mar
tin at No. 306 Chestnut street.
BY Alderman Heritage:
Resolved: BY the City Council
Of the City Of Virginia. that the ap-
plication of johnson & Martin to