The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-02-06
THE CIT Y COUNCIL
official Public tion y edinls
Council Chamber.

Council Chamber.
Virginia, MINI.
| January ~. 1914.
Regular meeting Of the city council Of the
city Of Virginia. Minnesota.
Council called to order BY the president
Roll call. s5 ss7*5s5sss.s@
Present, Aldermen Lundstron. Keller, MOI
Ian, Mattson. McGhee. Cofey. Mr.. Vice Presi-
dent Heritage. 80 5 q:
Absent. Aldermen Harvey. Boylan-2.
Reading OF minutes Of previous meeting
Moved and supported that the minutes BE-.
approved as read. .s>f. 5 tss s. 81 S
Carried. .5 s5s 5 5.s.;s :. !. s. "
/ Cohn made application to the council to
operate and conduct on the streets and avenues
q peanut and popcorn machine with gasoline
power and also submitted certificate Of i'll
health from local physician. ~
Moved and supported that the application
be granted. s. "a ~ @z5z-z|
| Carried. ~ -. :. H. - r.. &
Moved and supported that the matter Of
designation of streets and avenues to be used
by Mr.. Cohn be placed in the hands Of the
license committee. -, Pr -:-<T<
Carried. ss..o..s. i, ~ = :
Studebaker Brothers company Of Minnesota,
by its manager stated that If the city of Vfr-z
ginia would pay the freight on the pump and
engine belonging to the street flusher and
| which IL now at Sounth Bend. Indisna, COM
pletely repaired and ready for shipment that
the company would cancel all previous costs for
such repairs.
Moved and supported that the letter be re-
ferred to the street committee for one week.
Carried.
: Olson & Peterson applied for renewal of
LIQUOR license at No. 1913 Chestnut street and
submitted the usual bond.
Moved and srnnortod fhak <ha 1;copaa bo
granted, the bond accepted and ordered filed
after being approved by the mayor and city
| attorney and that resolution be drawn and
presented covering the same.
Carried.
The secretary of the light and water COM
mission submitted to the council statement
of operation expenses and receipts Of the COM
mission for the month of December, 1913, and
the same was accepted and ordered filed.
The matter of having sufficient funds to
the credit of the light and water department
on March 1st 1914, to take up the first bonds
| and interest due on light and water plant
purchase was referred to the committee on
| finance for investigation and report.
The report Of the milk inspector of milk
tests in the city of January 10, and oath, 1914,
was read, accepted and ordered filed.
The report of chief of police for arrests
| in his department for the week ending Janu-
airy Oath. 1914. was accepted and ordered filed.
Moved and supported that the matter of
sewer construction through blocks Z. and 9.
Rooneys addition, to elevations and for
proper drainage and so as to accommodate
certain portion of Pillsbury's addition, be re-
| ferred to the committee streets and city
engineer to investigate and report.
Carried.
, Moved and supported that the city clerk be
| instructed to write the light and water de-
partment that it is the desire of the council
| that the petition for electric wiring so as to
| serve residents in blocks z, 8 and 9 Rooney's
EDITION, be accepted and the commission 30
| Instructed.
Carried.
| tee recommended that permit be granted to
,. Savolainen to remove from its present loca-
| ton the frame building witch has been used
by the First National bank as = temporary
! bank building on Wyoming avenue to a Let
| in the 200 biloxi OH Walnut street
! Moved and 8: pportel t":.: the rc:o' u zelda
ton of the street committee be accepted and
the permit granted.
! Carried.
! alderman McGhee stated to tic council that
| the council DIS committee of tire whole had
MT on Friday afternoon, la, u::y 2:rd, 1)II
at 80 o'clock in the matter of Mellis, Pirie
Company's report, the reports of the majori-
ty and minority of the finance committee
members and also the letter as submitted to
the council by the city engineer on investiga-
ton of street improvements for the year COW
! ering l910-19l3, and at the conclusion Of the
meeting that 1t was decided to have the en-
glneer for Mellis, Prize & Company and the
city engineer confer together with a commit
tee of three to be appointed by the council,
this being relative to the matter of settling
the question of proper measurements employ
ed in arriving at the figures.
| Moved and supported that the vice presi-
| dent appoint committee of three to act with
the auditors engineer and the city engineer
| m s<oSr, vryh~ e. 80
! the measurements.
| Carried.
Vice President Heritage appointed Alder
men Coffey. McGhee and himself as such COM
mittee.
Moved and supported that the city clerk be
instructed to write Mellis, Prize & Company.
auditors who submitted reports on street i'm
provements for the years 1910-1913 and in
struct this firm to at once make arrangements
to delegate Engineer C. F. Sandhoff to this
city and prepared to take up the matter of
and to substantiate the figures as submitted in
| the auditors report in the matter of measure
ments on street improvements and to inform
| the committee at the time Mr.. Sandhoff ex-
poets to be in the city for the above purpose.
| Carried.
Chairman Lundstrom of the street commit
tee recommended that the matter of construct
| ing sidewalk through blocks Z, and 9,
Rooney's addition. be taken up at the proper
time in the spring of the present year and
the matter left pending.
! Moved and supported that the matter of
overhauling. repainting and repairing of all
city machinery. tools and implements be left
in the hands of the committee on streets with
power to act.
| Carried
Moved and supported that the salary of the
city engineer and assistant city engineer be
set as heretofore.
Carried.
Moved and supported that the salaries of
the city officials as read by the clerk for the
month of January. 1914, be allowed and Or
dered paid.
Carried.