The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-03-13
THE CITY COUNCIL
Official Public alton y Proceedinls
Council Chamber,

| - = Council Chamber,
/ Virginia, Mimi, March 8, 1914.
Regular meeting of the city council of the
city of Virginia. Minnesota
Council called to order by the president.
Roll call. Z
Present: Aldermen Heritage. Lundstrom.
Keller. NOLAN. Mattson. McGhee, Coffey, MI.
Presidents.
Absent: Alderman Harvey-1. III.
| Reading of minutes of previous meeting. q
Moved and Supported that the minutes be
approved as read. y
The statement Of operating expenses and Of
partment for the month Of January, 1914,
was read. accepted and ordered filed
! The Mesaba Railway company submitted
the breaking Of pole belonging to this COM
pany in moving a house, the bill amounting
The matter was referred to the city attorney
Insurance policies of $25oo.0o each. on the
| lncinerator plant and contents were received
from McDonald-Gil agency and the State
| Bank of Virginia and were accepted and Or
| dered filed.
An ordinance to prevent the obstruction
and ineumbrance Of sidewalks. streets. avenues
| Virginia received its first reading.
The city attorney submitted two communi-
cations from Warren Brothers company and
measurements on work done by this COM
,nny in 1912. would receive immediate atten-
| ton.
Moved and supported that the communica-
| tents referred to the street committee and
city attorney.
Carried.
| The city engineer submitted the fourth APP
prosimate estimate of work done by King
& Bartlett their sanitary sewer ditch con-
tract. this estimate calling for payment Of
Moved and supported that the estimate of
the city engineer for payment if $444.o9. in
favor of King & Bartlett be allowed and Or
| dered paid and that & resolution be drawn
and presented covering the same.
Carried.
The Mesaba Telephone company submitted
Addition in which the company desires to set
a number of poles to facilitate public service
in the telephone line.
Moved and supported that the application
for permit to set certain number of poles in
! the North Side Addition and made by the
Mesaba Telephone company be referred to the
committee on streets with power to act.
| The clerk of the municipal court reported
$82O5 collected in that court for the week
ending February 2Sth, 1914:
The report of the chief of police of arrests
in his department for the week ending Feb
ruary 28th. 1914. was read accepted and Or
The clerk stated that he had been Informed
by Yardmaster Kimball of the Duluth, Mis-
sabe & Northern Railway company that per-
manent flagman had been placed at the COM
| pany's crossing at the intersection Of Larch
street and Mesaba avenue.
A. c. Osborn, of the Virginia Foundry &
Machine company, stated in a communication
! that the company had decided to discontinue
operating the machine department. Of their
| shops and submitted a list of machinery and
tools which might be available and neces-
sary for city use and the matter was re-
/ ferred to the committee on city property and
buildings.
Application for cigarette licenses were re-
md ne{r ho%h rn1fr ho{N
companied by $500 fees.
Moved and supported that the applications
turned over to the city treasurer.
Carried.
Chairman Lundstrom, of the, street com:
mittee to whom was referred the matter Of
$288.00, which was held back on account of
weight of standards, reported that the COM
mittee would recommend that this amount be
paid to the company.
Moved and supported that the recommends
| ton of the committee be accepted and that q
resolution be drawn and presented calling for
the payment to the Star Electric company for
the amount withheld the company's con-
| tract
Carried.
Alderman Harvey takes his seat in the
Moved and supported that the matter Of
| figuring out means of crossing over the
~ p a IT, the
committee and the, city engineer for investi-
cation and report:
| Carried.
Alderman NOLAN was excused from the
| council.
Moved and supported that the president of
the council appoint time and place of con-
ference on the matter of railroads entering
in the city of Virginia relative to switching
and switching charges and that the city at
| torney be instructed to notify the officials of
the Duluth, Winnipeg & Pacific Railway CON-
| pany, Duluth, Missabe & Northern Railway
company and the Great Northern Railway com:
| pany to be present at the meeting designated
Carried.
| Moved and supported that the light and
water department an agreement as to rates
and other matters pertaining to lighting
and furnishing of water to the city so that
a proper monthly check can be made by the
! finance committee to the council.