The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-11-29
Official
Publication Of
Proceedings
The
City
Council
COUNCIL CHAMBER.

COUNCIL CHAMBER.
Virginia, Mimi, Nov. 10, 1912.
Regular meeting of the City
Council of the City of Virginia, Min
| nesota.
Council called to order by thu
president
Roll call.
Present: Aldermen Heritage, Har
vey, Lundstrom, NOLAN, Mattson
McGhee, Coffey, Mr.. President-8.
Absent: Alderman Keller.
Reading of minutes of previous
meeting.
Moved and supported that the
minutes be approved as read.
Carried.
A. B. Coates submitted a suret,
bond in the sum of $4O,OO0.00 con.
ditioned that he would save the city
harmless from damages Of all kinds
in the matter of using a portion OF
Elm street during mining operations
at the Madrid mine.
Moved and supported the bond be
accepted and ordered filed after be.
ing approved by the mayor and city
attorney.
Carried.
There being some dispute as to
the adoption of this motion, the
president ordered the clerk to call
the roll of ayes and hayes on the
motion and the same was as fol-
lows:
Ayes: Aldermen Heritage, Har-
vey, Lundstrom, NOLAN, McGhee
Coffey, Mr.. PRESIDENT.
Nayes: Alderman Mattson-l.
Upon the foregoing vote the pres
ident again declared the motion
adopted
A communication from the Tax
payers association of this city rela-
tive to matters pertaining to special
election for bond issue to acquire
the light and water plant in this
city was read to the council.
Moved and supported that the
communication be accepted and or
dered filed.
Carried.
The clerk OF the municipal court
reported fines and costs collected in
that court for the week ending No.
vember 10th, 1912, the same
amounting to $51.05. The report
was accepted and ordered filed.
The special committee of the
council having in charge the pro-
ceedings to deal with the light and
water company and the making OF
concessions to purchase, submitted
its second report. This report dealt
at length on the manner in which
the sum Of $492,0OO.OO was arrived
at in connection with the purchase
OF the company's plant.
Moved and supported that the re-
port of the committee be accepted
and ordered filed and that the same
be published in both of the local
newspapers in their issue of the
present week.
Carried.
The meat inspectors report for
the week ending November ;9.h
1912, was read, accepted and order
ed filed.
John P. Norwik, proprietor Of the
Gopher Shoe Repairing company, ap-
piled for permit to erect and main
tain an electric sign over his place
Of business on Central avenue north
the same being accompanied by a
diagram showing the manner in
which the sign Is to be hung to the
building.
Moved and supported that the
permit be granted subject to the fl
ing with the city treasurer OF fee
of $500 and that the sign when
erected shall be inspected by the
electric inspector.
Carried.
A communication from the chair.
man of the Township of Nichols
relative to return Of the IL ton
road roller was read, accepted and
ordered filed.
Independent School District OF
Virginia in communication granted
permit to the city to erect temp"
orary stand pipe on the schoo
grounds of the North Side school tc
accommodate the people in that
vicinity.
Moved and supported that the
communication be accepted and or
dered filed.
Carried.
Moved and supported that thu
account of $1,000 for sidewalk con
struction in the North Side Addition
be forwarded by the city clerk e
the proper officials and state tina
unless the assessment is paid within
thirty days that the same will b
placed against the company's prop
erty and collected as taxes.
| Carried.
The city engineer submitted thu
first and final estimate of amour
due Thor. Risberg for sanitar!
sewer construction in Anderson
Third Addition to Virginia, the esti
mate amounting to $1,057.20.
Moved and supported that tn
estimate be granted and that res
olution be drawn authorizing tn
payment of same.
Carried.
The city engineer submitted tn
! final estimate for work done unde
the 1912 paving contract and il
favor Of Warren Rrothsrs company