The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-09
COUNCIL CHAMBER.

Resolution No. 419.
City of Virginia, Minn., JAM 3Oth, 1872
Resolution providing for vacation Of
certain public avenues and places required
as right-of-way for the Duluth, Rainy
Lake & Winnipeg Railway Company.
BY Alderman Kimball:
Resolved, by the City Council of the
CITY of Virginia, that
Whereas, The City Council has duly
investigated the petition executed by the
Mayor and City Clerk on behalf Of the
City of Virginia, and by the Duluth
Rainy Lake & Winnipeg Railway Com
pany, together with the plat attached to
said petition, asking for the vacation of
the public alleys, streets, avenues, boule-
wards, roadways and places as hereinaf-
ter described, and having given due no.
tice that said petition had been filed, and
stating in brief It's object, and of a pub
lie hearing as to said vacation proceed
ings, and having heard the testimony and
evidence of all parties Interested and
appearing before the counsa at the time
and place fixed for said hearing, and hav-
ing duly considered and Investigated said
matter,
And Whereas, It appears that said
petition has been duly signed by a ma
jOrity of the owners of the property
frontage upon said public alleys. streets.
avenues, boulevards, roadways ana places
sought to be vacated, and also by the
owners of majority of the land and i'm
provements fronting thereon, based upon
actual value.
And Whereas, The City Council, un-
der Ordinance No. 40 Of the City Of Vir-
ginia, covenanted and agreed to vacate
for railway purposes cer:ln portions OF
Fairmont Drive, together with certai,,
public roadways, alleys and places ~
ing north Of said driveway as hereinaf-
ter described, and to further vacate and
convey by good and merchantable title to
the Duluth, Winnipeg & Pacific Railroad
Company the portion Of Lake Boulevard,
Chestnut street and Virginia avenue here
matter described, together with certain
adjoining land.
Now, Therefore, it is Hereby Resolved,
BY the City Council of Virginia that said
petition be, AND the same Is hereby ac-
cepted and granted as herein specified,
and the plat attached thereto Is hereby
approved as corrected, and that the fol-
lowing described public alleys. drives.
roadways and places be, and the same
are hereby vacated and discontinued as
public roadways, said vacation and dis
continuance to be in force and effect 80
long as the following described premises
are actually used and occupied for rail-
way purposes, the same being situated
in the County of st. Louis and State OF
Minnesota, described as follows, to-wit:
All Of Putnam Place; all Of Mary flace;
all of Oliver Place. and all that part OF
Fairmont Drive which lies northerly OF
the southerly line of lot nineteen (lS)'
block thirty-seven 60, EXTENDED easterly
to line extended southeasterly across
said Fairmont Drive from the east end
Of the south half of said block thirty
four GU. and all the alleys in block
thirty-five (35) and block thirty-six co.
and the alley In the westerly half OF
block thirty-four ca in the City OF Wiz
GINA, according to the recorded plat
thereof. a-& 7
Be it Further Resolved, That the fol-
lowing described portion of Lake Boule-
ward, Chestnut street and Virginia ave-
nue. be vacated and discontinued, VII.
Commencing at the point Of intersection
OF the west linz. OF Virginia avenue with
the north line 81 the east ana vest alley in
heck tuenty-thrse CD extsaded; sxesnd-