The Virginia enterprise., 1913-03-07
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The propossd white way for Cen
tral. avenue and Mesaba avenue and
possibly Wyoming avenue and the
salary Of the city engineer. and the
services he shall render took con-
siderable part Of the time at the
council meeting Tuesday night. A
tax levy providing for $4,000 for a
white way wassmade-ln 1910. Then
it was intended ~it should be used
entirely on Central avenue. Later
Mesabae avenue = property owners
would like to have their street dec
GRATED with the standards and light
clusters. To give a part of Masaba,
it, has been, proposed that the white
>ono Central oe1curtailed at both ends.
Aid. Geo. Harvey representing the
south part of tile city strenuously
opposes leavin,; cut any blocks at
tn, southern end IF the avenue. At
the meeting z4A!l. M<Ghee made a
motion that the city clerk advertise
for bids for the white way but the
final result was that no action was
taken>and the question will be open
for further discussio on at the next
meeting. What is proposed, is an
extension OF the Chestnut street
white way system which is said to
be as fine as any in the state. 1t
seems. assured that since the levy
has been made and the amount can
not be diverted for any other i'm
provement that considerable
amount of white way work will be
done in Virginia this season.
After the mayor had repeated
! what he had said at former meet
ings that the city should have the
entire time of it's city engineer and
others of the. council had spoke
briefly, the whole council retired to
another room to hold an executive
session. They came out and by mo-
tion of Aid. McGhee authorized the
payment of the same salary $3.50 a
month. The mayor claims that as
the city engineer is mployed a part
of his time by a mining company
that the city is not setting the SER
vice and the efficiency that it should
Arrangements will be made to give
the engineer an office in the city hall
after May and to furnish the entire
equipment he needs.
George H: Vivian, county treas.
urer, advised the council that he
found no reason why the tax books
should be taken from the American
Exchange Bank and kept at the city
hall as desired by the council. This
letter was referred back to the
special committee which went to Du.
luth to interview Mr.. Vivian. The
members of the committee make the
claim that Mr.. Vivian asserted he
would take no final action without
seeing Llem again.
The council made the purchase o
2oo0~ twenty gallon garbage cans
The can selected was that offered b,
the Virginia Store Co. at $1.641
each Or $3290 for the 1000. Tht
library board asks the council tt
dispose of the two houses that ar,
on library property adjoining tn,
new library building and this will
be done.
The city engineer reported that h,
had discovered that c. C. Butler hat
been paid $929.76 more than wa
due him for paving in 1910. Mr.
Butler does not admit or deny tina
he was overpaid but states if it i
established that he was he will max
the refund of the amount. It wa
commented on at the meeting tina
the city books have been audite,
twice by experts since the overpay
ment was made and the error no
discovered.