The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-05-01
Selection Made Unanimous on
First Formal Ballot; Has
s as5 zfsss
Served Before.
GUIDINGER NAMED
CITY VETERINARIAN
Mayor Boylan Scores Abattoir
And Says City Needs New
Detention Hospital.
From Wednesdays Daily.

IOIIl w cuIleSudy DdlAy.
A. D. Heritage was elected alder
man-at-large to fill the unexpired
term of Charles Lundstrom, whose
was presented to the city
council and accepted at its regular
meeting last night. Mr.. Heritage has
served two terms on the city council
as alderman from the fifth ward and
was a member of the council which
retired from office the first of the
present month. His election was by a
unanimous vote of the aldermen pres
emit on the first formal ballot, follow
ing several informal ballots in which
the names of S. Milavetz, Liven Pet
erson, M. A. Murphy and John Dahlin
were among those considered. Mr..
Heritage led all the candidates
throughout the informal balloting.
Alderman McGhee was absent.
Guidinger Appointed Veterinarian.
DR.. M. F. Guidinger was reappoint-
ed to the veterinarians position in the
health department which has charge Of
the city's milk inspection, but the
:ouncil after several ballots was un-
.ble to reach a choice for the position
If sanitary and meat inspector. Fred
Gngel, local butcher and pioneer
esident of the city and M. A. Heiberg
If St. Paul, formerly connected with
he state pure food board, and at
present employed as a federal pure
God Inspector in that city, had three
md four votes respectively on the
inal ballot. w. H. Manley and w. F.
lenertz were also considered in the
,alloting, but neither was able to mus
er more than one vote on any of the
sallots taken.
Boylan for Greater Efficiency.
In a talk to the council preceding the
>alloting for the meat and sanitary
Inspector Mayor Boylan recommend
d the selection of Mr.. Heiberg on the
ground that he was the most efficient
applicant for the position. He also
cored the condition Of the city abat-
;oir and declared a new one should
oe built near the incinerator plant, de-
laring the present abattoir dis
race to the city Of Virginia. Fur
her he recommended the building of
new detention hospital, more careful
.ttention to meat and milk inspection
md generally followed out the lines
# a communication presented to the
ouncil earlier in the evening by DR..
John H. Grove, health officer.
The mayor also said that the matter
# getting the construction Of the new
anitary sewer under way should not
'e longer neglected, calling attention
the flooded condition Of Easements
bout town yesterday resulting from
he inadequacy of the present sewer
ystem. The matter was referred to
he streets and alleys committee, the
aayor and the city engineer to be
;otten under way at the next meet
ny of the council, so far as it's pre-
iminary details are concerned.
Contractors Told to Hurry.
Considering the same matter the
ouncil passed a motion instructing
Bartlett & King, contractors engaged
n the construction of the sanitary
ever outlet, to proceed with all pos
ible dispatch in completing the out
ct. It was developed that the time
init for the completion of the work
las expired and there still remains
be done excavation which will re-
uire several weeks, also that while
he city was under the impression it
lad a contract with them, such an in
trument has never been properly ex-
,cuted by the firm.
Want Rainy Lake Spur Moved.
Sixty residents of the North Side
presented petition asking the coun-
ii to take action to have the spur
# the Virginia & Rainy Lake rail-
vay in that section of the city removed
md steps taken to make improvements
here on the ground which it occupies
hat will give additional sidewalks
md street crossings.
Two Petitions for Paving.
Two petitions for paving improve
nents were referred to the streets
md alleys committee. One asks that
First avenue be paved from First
,treet north to Fifth street north. A
second asks the paving of Third ave
Tue from First street, Northside adj
lition to Fifth street, Northside adj
dition. =
To the streets and alleys committee
was also referred the application of
the Gardner-Macdonald agency for
sewer and water mains extensions to
Fairview addition and for a board
sidewalk on the south side of Cherry
street, in blocks 10 and IA, Anderson's
Third addition. ~ :
Maitland Reappointed.
The appointment Of H. K. Maitland
as ussIsJaHC CITY engineer by City
Engineer E.. T.. johnson, was con-