The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16

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Il ance to resi- ents and alsos being Dot.
i rimental to bull ings through loosen.
Ing Of plaster on the walls and 9th.
erwise injuring the property.
The petition was referred to tho
committee on streets and city attor.
ney. ..~~,
Property owners in block 3,4 and
8 of the North Side Addition to Vir.
ginia desired in q petition to have
the council take immediate steps to.
ward commencing vacation proceed.
ing so as to rectify the mistake
which was made at the time of the
Encouragement of the North Side Ad-
dition plat under date of September
21st, 1909. =:
! Moved and supported that the Pc
tition be referred to the committee
on streets and city attorney.
Carried >~".
The clerk of the municipal court
reported fines and costs collected in
that court for the week ending
August 3rd. 1912, and amounting in
all to $128.55, and the report was
accepted and ordered filed
The clerk stated that this was
the date set In his advertisement
for proposals to be received, opened
and considered on the purchase of
a street flusher and that on his
desk were four proposals.
Moved and supported that the pro-
posals on street flusher on the desk
OF the clerk be opened and read.
Carried.
The proposals were opened and
read and proved to be from the fol-
lowing firms:
D. F. Bowler Equipment CON-
pany, Minneapolis. One 6OO-gallon
water flushing machine, t. O. b.,
Oregon, Ill.,, and being power
tank run by 12-horse power, double
cylinder gasoline motor. for the sum
Of $4,000.
Studebaker Brothers company Of
! Minnesota, one 60O-gallon steel
tank street flusher Of the pneumat-
tc model, I. o. b. cars Virginia. COM
plete and ready for service, for the
sum Of $4,000.
Studebaker Brothers company of
Minnesota, one 75O-gallon galvan-
lied steel tank, pressure produced
by IL horsepower, gasoline marine
engine located in rear and being of
the power pattern, in the sum of
$4,000, t. o. b. cars Virginia..
kindltng Machinery company of
Milwaukee, one 500-gallon capacity
tank and machine, known az the
Squeegee machine and being an air
pressure tank design for the sum of
$4,000, I. o. b. Virginia.
Sanitary Street Flushing Machine
company, St. Louis, Mo-, one 500
gallon steel tank air pressure
Studebaker Brothers company and
according to specifications attached
to proposal, for the sum of 100000,
I. o. b. st. Louis, Mo.
The president declared a recess
that the council may confer together
as to the machine to be selected II
possible.
The president called the council
to order.
Mr. . Hadley, representing the
Studebaker B rothers company and
M. w. Turner of Duluth, represent
ing the Sanitary Street Flushing
Machine company of St. Louis. Mo-.
were both granted permission to ad-
dress the council and explain the
merits of the machines which they
represented.
Moved and supported that an in
formal ballot be taken so as to de-
eide whether the council desire to
purchase a gasoline pressure or air
pressure tank.
Carried.
The president appointed Akler-
men NOLAN and Ketola as tellers.
The ballots were spread and the
tellers announced the vote as fol-
lows:
For power machine-3.
For air pressure machine-5.
Moved and supported that the
council purchase power pressure
machine.
The president ordered the clerk
to make record of the vote by
ayes and nays and the result was
as follows:
Ayes: Aldermen Heritage. Lund-
strom, McGhee, Mr.. President-4.
Nays: Aldermen Harvey, NOLAN,
Ketola, Coffey-4.
The vote being a tie the president
declared the motion not adopted.
Moved and supported that the
matter of selecting a street flushing
machine be laid over for one week.
Carried.
The city engineer presented
statement of pay roll in favor of
l.. R. Simons as inspector of curb
and gutter for 3 1-2 days in June,
1912, at $500 per day, total, $14.0O,
and Hank Boyle, rodman days at
$3.50 per day, total. $500.
Moved and supported the state
ment Of the city engineer be &C.
cepted and ordered filed and war
rants ordered drawn for the proper
amounts.
Carried.
Moved and supported the pay roll
Of employees at the incinerator plant,
for the hauling of garbage and for
helpers on the wagons be allowed
and ordered paid, the total for the
month being $662.50.
Carried.
Moved and supported that the pay
roll of street employees and for team
work for the month of July, 1912,
as submitted by the city timekeeper,
approved by the street commissioner
and finance committee. be allowed
and ordered paid and warrants
drawn on the city treasurer In pay
ment Of same.
Carried.