The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-10-04
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Virginia. Mimi, Sept. 24,s1912.
Regular meeting Of the city .coun-
Gil of the city of Virginia, Minnesota.
Council called to order by the vice
president. 49,. =
Roll call. -~,.. =, d..
Present, Aldermen Heritage, Har-
vey, Lundstrom, Keller, @Mattson and
Coffey-6.
Absent. Aldermen NOLAN, McGhee
and Mr.. President-3.
Reading of minutes of previous
meeting.
Moved and supported that the
minutes be approved as read.
Carried.
Aldermen NOLAN and McGhee and
Mr.. President take their seats in the
council. -. .::,>...'- )
Jonas Walden. a street laborer. in
written communication to the
council requested that the council
allow him for IA days Of lost time in
August, 1912, on account of injury
which he claims to have sustained
while in the city's employ, also S.. 90
in addition for doctors bill.
The communication was referred
to the city attorney and street COM
mittee.
A communication from Warren
Brothers company, relative to finish
ing up of paving contract the pres
ent season, was read, accepted and
ordered filed.
City Attorney Morgan submitted q
letter to the council in which he
stated that he had notified Poole &
Whitman and Stein & O'Rourke to
disconnect roof drains with sanitary
sewer and that both parties decided
to comply with the request.
The communication was accepted
and ordered filed.
Letters from the city attorney and
the Oliver Iron Mining Co.,, relative
to granting a permit to the city to
use a portion of the incinerator plant
site for municipal slaughter house
were read, accepted and ordered
filed.
Property owners on the north and
south sides of Hemlock street, from
! Railroad avenue to Virginia avenue
petitioned the council that this street
be paved the coming season and the
petition was referred to the commit
| tee on streets
Poole & Whitman petitioned the
council for permit to connect roof
| drain leading from the building on
lots II and II, block Is, with the
storm sewer in Chestnut street and
the same was referred to. the COM
The Virginia Electric Power &
Water company, in a communication
stated that the stockholders of the
company had held a meeting at Du-
luth on September goth, 1912, and
the president of the company was
requested to write the council and
ascertain If the city council would
grant compensation for all the i'm
provements which had been done by
the company on water main extern
sion and water and electric equip
ment at the plant during the present
season, in addition to the offer al.
ready made for the company's plants
Moved and supported that the
communication be accepted and re-
ferred to the light and water com.
mittee.
The president. ordered a roll cal
of ayes and nays on this mot ion.
Ayes: Aldermen Heritage, Keller
NOLAN, Mr.. President-4.
Nays: Aldermen Harvey, Lund.
strom, Mattson. McGhee, Coffey-5
Motion declared not adopted.
Moved and supported that the
communication be- accepted and or.
dered filed.
Carried.
Moved and supported that the
| city attorney be instructed to make
q written demand on the officers OF
the Virginia Electric Power & Water
company for definite answer to the
offer to purchase as contained in
resolution No. 548 and that reply
be forthcoming from the company al
! the next regular meeting, the city at.
torney to ask the company II it will
accept the original offer made by the
council If 1912 improvements, plus
10 per cent, be added thereto.
Carried.
| JONI MdZuEdu a. 49, NuO9Iuut
street made application to the coun-
Gil for liquor license and presented
a 100000 surety bond.
Moved and supported that the
license be granted, the bond accept
ed and ordered filed after approval
by the mayor and city attorney and
that a resolution be drawn accord.
ing to the transaction.
Carried.
The clerk stated to the council
that this was the date set in his
advertisement for proposals to re-
ceive proposals for the sale TO- the
city of 1000 20-gallon galvanized
iron garbage cans and that on his
desk was one proposal.
Moved and supported that the
proposal in the hands of the city
clerk be opened and read.
Carried.
The proposal was opened and read
and proved to be from Farwell, o.
nun, Kirk & Co., St. Paul, for the
sum of $3654.99, +. o. b. cars Vir-
ginia.
A certified check of $550.OO &C.
companied this proposal.
Moved and supported that the
proposal on garbage cans opened al
this meeting be submitted to the
health committee for investigation
and report.