The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-02-06
Council Authorizes City At
t0rney to Proceed to Collect
Amounts Due.
Figures Of Engineers Johnson
and Sandhoff Do Not Agree
on Measurements.
Matter Discussed in Executive
Session and Resolution Is
Adopted as Result. )

their services by the city of Virginia
on contracts extending from the years
1910 down to date in a total amount
of $4,724, covering several contracts
on several streets, must Immediately
make good the various amounts it is
claimed they have been overpaid. The
firm most directly concerned is that
of H. L. Bartlett & Co.
A resolution to that effect was
adopted by the city council at an ad-
journed regular meeting last night
and the city attorney was instructed
to proceed at once to collect the var
ious amounts.
What the attitude Of the contractors
will be toward the payments demand
ed is uncertain. City Engineer John.
son was before the council in an ex-
ecutive session last night. He holds
that difference in the standards of
measurements used by the city engine
er and by Engineer Sandhoff of Min
neapolis, employed by the city to
check up all the public improvements
from 1910 to date, is responsible for
the differences in the amounts. Mr..
Johnson's estimates, he says were
based on tenth of a foot wider
street than those of Mr.. Sandhoff. He
holds that his measurement is the pro-
per one and that if it is accepted
there will be developed no discrepanc-
les.
The action of the council in de-
nanding payment from the contract
ors is not reflection upon the integri-
ty of Mr.. Johnson and while it was
not undertaken without some debate
the view accepted by all the members
of the council is that the overpay-
ments were the results of an uninten-
tional mistake. If the contractors af-
fected decide to fight the matter the
only question to be raised will be the
accuracy OF the measurements of
City Engineer Johnson and City En-
gineer Sandhof.
Liquor license renewals were grant
ed to George Perrault and Frank
Gregorski.
A claim presented by Murphy, Ew-
ing & Bradford, St. Paul attorneys
on behalf of their client Thomas Kuori
was referred to the city attorney.
Kuori claims to have been injured in
runaway accident while riding in
hack in funeral procession from
Eveleth to this city December %,
when blast set off in the Auburn
dump by the street commissioners
force frightened the team attached
to the hack in which he was riding
with the result that it ran, away. Five
claims growing out of the same acci-
dent have already ben authorized set
tied by the city council.
Matti Koski, house mover, was
severely grilled for failure to secure
permits to move buildings. 1t is claim
ed that Kcski while moving a house
recently tied up the car service of the
Mesaba electric railway for several
hours, causing much inconvenience
to the public generally. In the future
he will be required to take out a per-
nit for every building moved and 50
far as possible must confine his op-
erations to streets not traversed by
the electric railway.
Garon & Saloski were granted per-
mission to install an electric sign at
their Chestnut street place of bust.
ness.
The city clerk was instructed tc
write the secretary of the Minnesota
League of Municipalities regarding
plans for a public market and for in.
formation on the experience of Other
cities with market places.