The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-09
MAYOR MURPHY WOULD
!''eRlB" RAILROAD |llIl AVENUE
Informs Council Thai city Should
Take Steps at Once to. Lesalize
That Thoroughfare as q Public
Highway.

The old idea Of acquiring Rail-
road avenue as city property was
renewed Tuesday evening by Mayor
Murphy, who is home from his fish
ing trip, by lineIof advice to the
council that the city should own and
control that thoroughfare, the may
or stating at the close Of his ad-
dress that the city should take
steps to at. once legalize that thor
oughfare and grab" the same.
In a brief discussion of the idea
following it was evolved that the
thoroughfare has been a private one
since it's opening, some eighteen
years or more ago, and that any
improvements which may have been
made on same have been made by
the owners, the Duluth, Missabe &
Northern Railway Co.
A year or more ago discussion
of the acquisition of this street as
city property was had in the city
council, and at that time legal inn
pediments to the action were found
to be of a nature which might and
probably would preclude the city
from acquiring same without the
consent of the railway company, and
we doubt if these conditions have
changed since that time. The mat
ter was, however,. upon motion of
Alderman McGhee, referred to the
street committee and city attorney
for future report, which will likely
be made at the next meeting.
Bids on the furnishing of a street
flusher to the city were received
from the Kindling Machinery Co. Of
Milwaukee, the Studebaker Bros.
Co., the D. F. Bowler Equipment
Co. and the Sanitary Street Flushing
Machine Co., the prices ranging from
$1,250 down to $780,. A short dis
cussion Of the merits of the Stude-
baker and Sanitary machines was
INDUCED in by Representatives of the
two companies, following which a
vote OF the council5 showed Aive IA
vorable to AN irpressure machine
as against three favoring a power
machine, but formal action was de-
ferred upon motion for one week.
Following this the mayor suggest
ed a committee of three or five
be appointed to visit Duluth and
the Twin Cities, at city expense, to
look into the relative merits of the
machines, which was promptly ac-
quiesced in by the members. Presi-
dent Boylan has not at this writing
made appointment of such COM
mittee, but it will be done in time
that report may be made at next
meeting, when the deal will or
should be closed.
Property owners on Maple street
entered petition for the establish
ment and extension of fire limits
to that street, and the city attor-
ney was instructed to prepare an or
dinance for such extension in readi-
ness for next Tuesday evening.
A bill and communication from
the township of Nichols for 5000 for
gravel taken from the township pit
on the Mud Lake road, allegedly
taken by the city and park board,
was referred to the street commit
tee. A communication from the
park board accompanying the
same showed the park board had
used 233 loads, and the street COM
missioner stated the city had also
had some gravel from this place.
Property owners in blocks and
10 of Anderson's Second addition
petitioned for the installation of a
sanitary sewer, the matter being
referred to proper committee.
Property owners in block 104
asked for the extension of water
mains to that section, same being
referred to light and water COM
mittee for future report.
A communication from the park
board stated that oil for roadways
in the park was now being used and
asked that the city use oil on the
road to the park. The matter was
referred.
A we'll signed petition from resi-
dents of the Second ward protested
against the operation Of the Madrid
mine, alleging that the blasting in
lnat property was dangerous to
property The matter was referred
TO the city attorney and street COM
mittee for report.
A communication from the North
and South Side Realty company to
the effect that said company had
acquired all property north of Elm
street was presented, together with
request that all paving on the ave-
nues north of Elm street be delayed.
This communication was accepted
and filed, and any proposed paving
on such avenues in the district