The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-07-03
THE CITY COUNCIL
Official Publication of Proceedings.
Council Chamber,
Virginia, MINI.

Council Chamber,
Virginia, MINI.
June %, 1914
Regular meeting of the city council of tn,
city of Virginia, Minnesota
Council called to order by the president
Roll call.
Present, Aldermen Heritage, Harvey, Walsh
Matheson, Lien McGhee, Coffey, Moilan-s.
Absent, Alderman Murray-l
Reading of minutes of previous meetings.
Moved and supported that the minutes be
approved read.
Carried.
Alderman Murray takes his seat in the coun.
The statement of operations for the month
of May, 1914, at the water and light plant
was read, accepted and ordered filed.
Health Officer Grove submitted check OF
$l64.00 which had been collected from patients
at the detention hospital during the months
Of January, February and March, 1914, and
the same was accepted and ordered turned
over to the city treasurer.
Applications for renewal of liquor licenses
were received from Chas. Roberts, David Forti
Kostainsek & Skubic, Frank Gopp and Dun
can Robertson, and each application &C
companied by 81, 900 surety bond.
Moved and supported that the application
be granted the licenses issued, the bonds &C
cepted and ordered filed after being approved
by the mayor and city attorney, and that
separate resolutions be drawn and presented
covering the issuance of these licenses.
Carried.
Application was made by Joe Lee for the
erection and maintenance of an electric sign
the Chestnut street side of the European
hotel.
Moved and supported that the application be
accepted and the permit issued after the ap-
prevail of the installation of the sign by the
electric inspector. !
Carried
Moved and supported that the city clerk
be instructed to forward to the Baker Mfg.
%ho fo1 ohook nf xUhi
companied this company's proposal on dump
boxes, and that the clerk also submit to the
company certified copy of the resolution
awarding this company the contract.
Petition was made for cement sidewalk along
the south side of Beech street between Mes
aba avenue and Railroad avenue and the same
was referred to the committee on streets.
John E. DAILY made application for renewal
of license to operate an automobile for hire,
and submitted $500 fee.
Moved and supported that the application be
granted and the license issued.
Carl A. johnson made application for the
use tf necessary portion of Poplar street
in front of lot %, block as, while construct
ing basement under the building this
lot, the application being accompanied by a
$4,000 surety bond to comply with the ordin-
ance.
Moved and supported that the application
be granted the bond accepted and ordered
filed after being approved by the mayor and
city attorney.
Carried.
The $4,000 surety bond executed by Will
liam Fitzgerald as court officer accepted
and ordered filed after being approved by
the mayor and city attorney.
Mark Eddy applied for renewal of licenses
to operate two automobiles for hire, and sub
mitted $4,000 fee.
Moved and supported that the licenses be
issued and the applications ordered filed.
Carried.
%oJ
the council signed report in the matter OF
gas plant construction in this city and asked
that the council grant the commission author
ity to issue $4,000 in certificates of indebted
ness for the installation and for preliminary
work incidental to the first work to be done.
Moved and supported that the report of the
water and light commission relative to gas
plant construction in this city be accepted and
ordered filed.
Carried.
j. P. Carey in communication to the coun-
Gil asked for allowance of $4,000 per
month in the municipal court for extra help
and the same referred to the finance COM
mittee.
King and Bartlett, in communication de-
sired to have the council authorize this COM
pany to proceed with 200 feet of extra
excavation of sewer outlet as desired by the
city engineer, as the first contract running to
them had been completed, and desiring that
1872 cents per cubic yard be added to the
price first proposed, making total OF 40
cents per cubic yard for the extra work to be
done.
Moved and supported that the &C, eomm 9 tss
city clerk be instructed to write TO King q
Bartlett and state that if this company desires
to proceed with the work to point indicated
by the city engineer at the same price of 81 II
cents per cubic yard originally proposed:
that they may proceed and if they 90 not
desire to do the work for this price. the
work on this contract will stop at the end
of the 6-foot sewer.
Carried
Emil Ojanpaa was granted a renewal of
plumbers license and the bond ordered filed
after being approved by the mayor and city
Moved and supported that Frank V. Peter
son be granted a six months theatrical and
moving picture license at the socialist hall at
a fee of $4,000.
Carried.
The report of the chief of police of arrests
in his department for the week ending June
90 1914 was read accepted and ordered filed
The report of the clerk of the municipal
court of fines and costs collected in that court
for the week ending June 20, 1914, was read
accepted and ordered filed.
A petition was received for construction OF
cement sidewalk along the north side of Ash
street between Cleveland and Wyoming ave-
nues and the same referred to the COM
mittee streets.
Tritchler Electric company applied for cleo
trio sign permit at 425 Chestnut street and
the same was ordered issued after the instal la
ton of the sign had been approved by the
electric inspector.
The meat inspectors report of inspection Of
meat markets, hotels, bakeries and groceries
for the week ending June %. 1914, was read.
accepted and ordered filed
Williams Realty company submitted an exc.
cuted agreement relative to the acceptance OF
the plat of this addition on the part OF the city
and containing the recommendations OF the
committee on streets on several matters per-
tanning to this addition.
Moved and supported that the agreement
as submitted by the Williams Realty company
relative to acceptance of plat OF Williams ad-
dition be accepted and ordered fled that the
mayor and city clerk be instructed to execute
the agreement on behalf of the city and that
q resolution be drawn and presented covering
the acceptance of the plat and the filing
thereof.
Carried.
The clerk stated that this was the date set
in his advertisement to receive proposals on
the purchase of the franchise granted by
ordinance No. 148 entitled IAN ordinance
cessors or assigns, the right to erect and main.
tain the necessary poles, wires, fixtures and
underground circuits and conduits and other
necessary appliances in connection herewith
alleys of the city of Virginia in the county
of St. Louis and state of Minnesota" and that
~ his desk was one proposal;
Moved and supported that the proposal in
the hands of the clerk be opened and read.
Carried.
The proposal was opened and read ant
proved to be from the American District Tel
enraph company of Minnesota, and offering thu
sum of s25.OO as a purchase price of this
franchise.
Moved and supported that the propo
sal of the American District Telegraph
company to purchase the franchise un
der ordinance No. 148 be accepted and or
dered filed, and a resolution drawn and pre-
scented covering the proper filling in OF thl
ordinance the publication of the same, an
eli matters contained in the city charte
touching on the granting of franchises