The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-06-26
THE CITY COUNCIL
Official Public alton Of PROCEEDINGS
Council Chamber,

regular meeting of the city council of the
city OF Virginia. Minnesota.
Council called to order by the vice-president
Roll call.
Present. Alderman Harvey, Walsh, Mathe-
son, Lien McGhee, Coffey, Mr.. Vice-presdent
Absent Alderman Murray, Moilan-2.
Reading of minutes of previous meeting :
Moved and supported that the minutes be
approved read.
Matt Vukelich at No. ia Chestnut street
applied for renewal of liquor license and sub
mitted the customary surety bond.
Moved and supported the license be granted.
the bond accepted and ordered filed after be-
ing approved by the mayor and city attorney,
and that resolution be drawn and present
ed covering the transaction.
Carried.
C. c. Butler submitted his contract and bond
in the mater of construction OF concrete bridge
and concrete culvert the bond being in the
of Sl33967.
Moved and supported the bond and contract
of C. C. Butler be accepted and ordered filed
after being approved by the mayor and city
attorney.
Gollmar Bros. applied to the council for cir
Gus license for July rs, 1914.
Moved and supported that the license be
issued.
The department of parks stated in, COM
munication that the park board would pur-
ed and the matter was left in the hands OF
the street committee for adjustment.
The Mesaba Telephone company submitted
communication and blue print asking for
additional permit underground telephone
wire construction certain streets and ave-
in the city
Moved and supported that the permit of the
Mesaba Telephone company be extended as
to include the application of certain street
work as presented this evening and that the
same be ordered filed in the office of the city
clerk.
Williams Realty company submitted to the
council communication declining the city s
offer to purchase block IL of this addition
when the was accepted at S3zooo per
acre. plus the cost of plating the addition
and including one-half of the streets and ave-
nues surrounding this block, and made a new
offer to sell to the city this block at $500 90
per lot and would give the city an option Tor
two weeks to purchase the same
Moved and supported that the city attorney
be instructed to draft an agreement between
the Williams Realty company and the city OF
Virginia embodying all of the recommenda-
tons of the street committee as submitted at
the last meeting of the council as to the ap-
prevail of Williams addition with me excep,
ton of the matter of the purchase OF block IL
of this addition, and present THIS agreement
at the next regular meeting.
Carried. . w..
GINA accept the option Of Williams Realty COM
pany for the purchase Of block IL OF this ad-
dition and that the council shall take TWO
weeks to consider the proposition more 'nor-
oughly
The water and light commission submitted
to the council communication relative 70
their findings on the matter OF a gas plant
in this city, also submitting copy OF re-
port on gas plant construction here as SUB
mitted to them by Sloan Huddle, Feustei q
Freeman of Madison, Wis.
The communications and report were read
Moved and supported that the reports OF the
light and water commission and the gas pian'
experts be referred to the council as SOIL SOIL
mittee of the whole and the water and llght
commission at meeting to be held at
o'clock Friday evening, June 10. 1914
Carried , /, ::
s+ructod to issue a warrant in the sum OF
s2O7 81 in favor of the First National bank
the same being in payment OF warrant NO.
of North Side sanitary sewer
A petition for arc lamps at the corner OF
Fourth avenue and Second street and at tn me
corner of First street and Fifth avenue Norm
Side addition, was referred 10 the heh' ano
The North and South Side Land company
petitoned the council for % sd of WON "
ing avenue from Elm street ana running
north to the alley between Magnolia and
Balsam streets, and the same was re1erreo !"
the committee streets.
The meat inspectors report for the week
ending June Is, 1914 was read accepted aho
ordered fled
The clerk of the municipal court reported
se7 so collected in that court for the week end
ing June Ia, 1914 and the same was accept
ed and ordered filed. =
The chief of police submitted ms report l;n VI
arrests in his department for the week ending
June 49, 1914, and the same was read, ac-
copied and ordered filed
Jacob johnson made application Ior posi-
ton of inspector concrete work the pres
ent season and the same was referred 10 the
committee on streets :, e
Emmett R. Smith applied to the council TOR TO,
position of assistant poundmaster ana Ihe
same was accepted and ordered filed 49,
Residents and property owners on Elm ana
Pine streets petitioned the council to take
some action on alleged empounolns oi .o eI hoa
nv the poundmaster while the cows are be,
ing driven home, and the same was referred
to Alderman Lien of the second ward; ,>
Thornton Bros. of St. Paul, Mimi VINO SUP.
sewer in this city at a meeting held on June
9. 1914, in communication desired the coun-
Gil to release them from the proposal and to
return to them their certlfed eheck.
Moved and supported that the communlca-
tion be accepted and ordered filed and that
the check be retained until the next lowes'
proposer had submitted bond and CONTRACT.
Carried. r
Moved and supported that the proposal OF
Lawrence-McC company OF Eveleth on con
struction Of 6-foot sewer, the proposals pelhe
opened and read at meeting OF June D. 1919
be accepted and the mayor and CITY cierE
authorized to execute a contract in behalf OF
the CITY for the doing of this work. and thai
a resolution be drawn and presented covering
the entire transaction
Carried. ~,
The report of the audit made on the
hooks of the various departments OF tne CITY
by S. S. Williamson was referred to the hhahce
committee for one week.
The license committee reported tavoraoly or
the application of Jacob jacobson to conduct
a shooting gallery at 4l9 Chestnut street, anc
the same was ordered issued
Moved and supported that Risberg & Mar
wick be instructed to execute bond OF So'oo,
covering their contract on construction o.
cement sidewalks and private drlVe"ays oui
ing the season of 1914.
Moved and supported that Risberg & Mar
wick be instructed to execute bond OF So'oo'
covering their work of construction OF cemen
curb and gutter and cement cross walks IN 'h'
city during the present season
Carried. ~
Moved and supported that the committee or
streets be instructed to investigate conoltloh
ut the Eureka mine, especially as to stagnan
water in land depressons adjacent to this prop
erty and report at the next regular inee''''s
Moved and supported that Health Office
Grove he instructed to file his recommends
t;ons for change Of location OF detentlon nos
ptal and that the matter OF new locatlon ~ .
th;s building be referred to the meeting OF tn
council to be held on Friday evening next.
Moved and supported that the city enginee
he instructed to make plat OF location o
freieht shed of the Mesaba Street Rallwa
aa1nnanv at the west end of Pine street, &C
cording to the ideas as submitted by the s1ree
railway company officials.
Carried. .u
The committee on streets reported favor
On the west side of Wyoming avenue fror
TI stroo+ north to the alley between Magnoli