The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-19
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COUNCIL HOLDS PElCElBLE|
SESSION TUESDAY NlGH7
Mayor and Concrete Work Inspector
Disagree-Mayor Also Says Too
Much Was Paid for Lumber by the
City-Deed for Market Place
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The Tuesday evening meeting of
the city council was one of the most
quiet sessions of the new body, but
an amount of routine work was at
tended to in short order.
An application from Morris Stein
for license to peddle, without fee,
owing to his crippled condition. was
referred to license committee with
power to act.
Several applications for saloon IL
censes, up for hearing, were referred
to proper committee, and will likely
come up for final disposition at the
next meeting.
The ordinance relating to hawking
and peddling, up for it's second read
ing, was referred to the. ordinance
committee and city attorney for fur
Their consideration before such read
ing was granted. The ordinance re-
lating to the slaughter and care Of
meats, fish, fowl and game, was CIV
en- it's second reading without amend
ments.
The Virginian submitted COM
munication regarding the publication
of the mayors proclamation, and
Mayor Murphy admitted having had
the same placed in that paper, de-
spite the fact that the Enterprise has
a contract for all legal publishing for
the year. AS side issue to this
matter he asserted that the lumber
bills for the season showed high
er price than the quotations issued
by the company and advised that in
future he would refuse to sign any
voucher for upwards of 800 for ma
terial furnished the city unless such
material was furnished upon con-
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A permit was asked and granted
the Virginia Workingmen's Associa-
ton for the use of necessary portion
Of street while remodeling the hall
on lots and 9 of block IA.
The city engineer submitted an es-
innate of 10000 cubic yards of dirt
needed for the filing of the market
site, and the council was advised that
the deed for such site was now
ready.
A request from the owners of the
Lyric block asking for the paving of
the alley east of that building was
brought up by the mayor. who stated
he was informed the new theatre was
not money maker, although an adj
vertisement for the city. The re-
quest was referred to the street CON-
mittee
The Exhaust of the Steam Roller
also stated that he had been given to
understand the mixture for the con-
crete on curb and gutter work was
not up to standard, and called upon
Inspector PETERSON to bear him out,
but Inspector PETERSON failedeto bear
out the contention, asserting that the
concrete mixture was o. X. accord
ing to specifications.
The memorial to the county board
asking for the keeping of kennel of
blood hounds by the county for the
finding of lost children, authorized at
the previous meeting, was introduced
and adopted and copy of same will
be sent the Board. Also a copy will
be mailed the officials of other Range
cities, that similar action may be TAX
en-.
A resolution carrying out the for
mer report of the light and water
committee was passed, the installa-
ton of three new hydrants and five
arc lamps being authorized by the
extensions named.
WELL, WE GUESS NOT.