The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-05
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COUNCIL ! CHAMBER


the. City Of Virginia. Minnesota.
Council called to order by the president.
Roll call. -. 81. So !.
Present: Aldermen Boylan, Heritage,
Kimball. NOLAN, STAN, H. o. johnson, e,
c. A. Johnson. Mr.. President. g. -
Absent: Alderman Weber,.
Reading Of minutes of previous meet
ing >ts ~.
Moved and supported that the minutes
be approved as read. r.
Carried. 49,
The report Of a special meeting of the
council as whole and the officials of the
Virginia Electric Power and Water Co.
relative to purchase <of plant owned by
the company. held on December 18th, 1911,
an6 as submitted by the city attorney
was read to the council.
Moved and supported that the report
of this meeting be accepted and ordered
hled.
Carried, =
The report Of the city clerk of q spe-
| cial meeting Of the council and the mayor
and officials of the Virginia Electric
Power and Water company. held In the
city hall December 26th, 1911. was read to
| the council.
Moved and supported that the report
Of the clerk Of this meeting be accepted
| and ordered fled.
Carried.
The Virginia Electric Power & Water
company. by o. H. Griggs, president, in
accordance with resolution No. &c., sub
mitted to the council his complete prop
osition in the matter Of disposal to the
city of all property owned by this COM
pany in the city Of Virginia, this includ-
ing property, rights, easements. fran
chises and business.
Moved and supported that the report
be accepted and ordered filed.
| Carried.
| Moved and supported that the city
Clerk be instructed to advertise in the
leading engineering papers for proposals
from prominent appraisers in connection
with the appraisement and purchase Of
the light and water plant, and that jan
uary q, 1912. be the date set at which
time the proposals and propositions will
be considered by the council
Carried.
The clerk read the council q telegram
from James T. Maher, land attorney for
the Great Northern Railway company,
this being relative to lands referred to
In the clerks letter Of the 10th of the
present month. The clerk also stated
that he had answered the telegram.
Moved and supported that copies 1f
the kilograms as exchanged be accepted
and ordered filed.
Carried.
Moved and supported that the city at
torney be instructed to at once CON-
mence condemnation proceedings for land
required by the city for market place
and warehouse site and as indicated by
the map which was forwarded to Jane,
T. Maher with the city clerks recent
communication,
; Carried.
Moved and supported that the city
clerk be instructed to advertise for pro-
posals for the doing of official printing
and council proceedings and for neces
sary job printing for the year 1912.
Carried
The clerk reported that the switch boz
Of the white Way" located at the rea,
of the American Exchange Bank had beer
broken by one OF Eddy's dray line rig,
, on Saturday. December Ord 1911 Thu
matter was referred to the light ant
water committee so that proper recon-
pense may be secured by the city.
Mccoy & Gould, 2N Chestnut street, ap
| plied for renewal of their liquor licens
and submitted 100000 surety bond.
Moved and supported the license b,
7 granted, the bond accepted and ordered
filed after approval by the mayor ant
city attorney and that a resolution b,
> drawn ana presented covering the trans
! action.
Carried.
The clerk of the municipal court re
, ported total Of fines and costs collected
in that court for the week ending De
cember 23rd. 1911, and amounting to $1So55
After deducting 5000 as working funt
for the clerk of the court, the total wa.
given as $13O55
Moved and supported that the repor
be accepted and ordered filed.
Carried.
The meat inspector submitted his re
port for the week ending December 18th
1911, and the same was accepted and or
dered filed
The city engineer submitted final o.
. innate Of work done by c. c. Butler OF
his storm and sanitary sewer on TIL
North Side addition, this estimate
amounting to &36o3. AZ. The engineer il
his report advised the holding back d
? $4,000 until the spring Of 1912. this insur
ing. that the ground would be placed IL
In condition after the regular spring
thaw.
Moved and supported the estimate b.
granted and the clerk instructed to draw
an Improvement warrant on the city
treasurer in payment OF the same and
.. that $4,000 be deducted from the en-.
gineer's balance until the spring Of 19l:
and that a resolution be drawn and pre-.
scented.
!, Carried.
The Lyric Theater company, by H.
siegel and J. A: Kennedy, secretary, ap
piled for permit to erect steel fire e.
cape leading from the balcony on thu
second floor of the new theater building
In block q to the alley in the south Of
the building, also 14x14 markee to b<
suspended from the building over the
/ sidewalk by means Of chains and to b@
feet and inches high.
Moved and supported that the permit
be granted subject to the inspection and
, acceptance by the electric inspector and
that the communication be accepted and
ordered fled.
; Carried