The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-08-14
LEVY MUST Be
RESTRICTED
Mountain Iron Tax Case Is
Settled Out of Court
at Duluth.

Mountain Iron village will be OBJ
liged to restrict it's levy of taxes for
permanent improvements and current
expenses for the coming year to $780,
900 in order to comply with a stipu-
lation which was entered into yester-
day afternoon at Duluth between at
torneys for the village and counsel for
mining interests. The latter petit
toned the district court for an in
junction restraining the village from
making a levy in excess of $36,OO0.
In addition to the $4,000 set aside
for current expenses and new perma-
nent improvements, it has also been
agreed that a levy of $4,000 be made
to take care of bond and interest pay
ments during the coming year. Just
how much in excess of $4,000 the to-
tai village levy will be will depend on
what provision has to be made to take
care of the villages outstanding in
debtedness. 1t has been estimated
that the outstanding orders for which
provision will be made in the levy will
total $4,000 in which event the total
levy to be made will be in the neigh
borhood of $4,000.
A settlement of the Mountain Iron
tax levy injunctional suit was brought
about yesterday afternoon after inter
ested attorneys, mining men and vii
lage officials had conferred and con-
suited together for nearly two days
The attorneys represented at the con-
ference were w. D. Bailey and H. A
Carmichael of Washburn, Bailey &
Mitchell and C. 0. Baldwin of Bald
win and Holmes, both firms represent.
ing the Pitt Iron Mining company anC
allied interests which petitioned fol-
the injunction, and James P. Boyle oil
Eveleth, R. C. Pickering of Virgini:
and Victor Power of Hibbing, who ap.
peared for the village.
$50 Per Capita.
A year ago, the village of Mountai!
Iron, the assessed valuation of which
was $1O,809,641, levied about / pei
cent or $107, 055.55. It was claimed by
the Pitt Iron Mining company and tn,
other mining interests involved in tn
fight for lower taxes that the villag,
would, unless restrained, make levy
this year of $4,000. Last year tn:
per capita tax was $50 and it was as
serted that it would even be large
| Iillo ycdI. 4ue pei CdplId CdA LII Du
luth last year was $10.64.
Under the agreement which was en-
tered into yesterday, the $4,000 lev,
for current expenses and permanen
improvements may be utilized to tax
care of paving, laying sidewalks alon
and otherwise improving Mesaba ave
nue., the principal -thoroughfare, a
we'll as applying $4,000 on a $4,000
Carnegie public library. It is under
stood that the balance on the library
$4,000, has been promised as a dona
ton from Mr.. Carnegie. The mimi
company in its petition sought to re
strain the village from doing any paw
ing work and to prevent them fror
building public library.
The mining company also asked tina
the injunctional order sought provide
that the village be restrained fror
spending $4,000 on a new city hal
claiming that the present village Q
city hall was adequate. Attorney Boyl
declared yesterday that the village of
fcials had no intention of providin
for new city hall in the levy.
| AS soon as the stipulation is formal
ly drafted and signed, it is expecte
that Judge Cant will be asked to ente
an injunctional order against the vii
lage pursuant to the terms of tn
agreement.