The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-02-13

ed by Alderman Lundstrom and supported
by Alderman Coffey that the council adjourn
until Thursday evening, February 9Th, 1914.
ALBERT E. B1cKFoRD.
| City Clerk.
| Council Chamber.
Virginia, Mimi,
! " February 9th, 1914.
Adjourned regular meeting of the City Coun-
Gil of the city Of Virginia. Minnesota.
Council called to order by the President.
Present, Aldermen Heritage, Harvey. Lund-
strom. NOLAN. Mattson, McGhee. Coffey, Mr..
| President-8.
Absent, Alderman Keller.
Reading Of minutes Of previous meeting.
| approved as read.
Morphy, Ewing & Bradford, attorneys at
st. Paul, in letter to the council stated that
alleged to have been sustained on the 23rd
day of December, 1913, while riding in a hack
on one of our public streets.
Moved and supported that the communica-
ton be accepted and ordered filed
George Perrault at No. 121 Chestnut street
and Frank Gregorski at No. 2O7 Chestnut
street applied for renewal of liquor licenses
at these locations and presented the customary
bonds.
Moved and supported that the licenses be
granted, the bonds accepted and ordered filed
after being approved by the mayor and city
attorney and resolutions drawn and present.
ed covering the transactions.
Carried.
ton and maintenance of an electric sign over
their place of business at No. 32l Chestnut
street and submitted 81 fee
Moved and supported that the permit be
granted subject to the approval of the sign
by the electric inspector and the fee turned
over to the city treasurer.
Carried
Matti Koski made application to the council
for removal of frame building from Magno-
liza street to Ash street.
Moved and supported that the permit be
granted and that the moving of this build
ing shall be under the direct supervision of
the street committee as to routing.
Carried.
George Williamson made application for per-
init to remove one and one-half story frame
building now located at the cemetery to lots
and 8, block IS, Anderson's Second Addition.
Moved and supported that the permit be
, granted subject to the approval of the street
, committee.
!; Boylan & Company applied for renewal Of
plumbers license for one year dating from
February 9Th, 1914, and submitted $500 bond
Moved and supported that the license be
granted, the bond accepted and ordered filed
after being approved by the mayor and city
attorney.
Carried.
The clerk of the municipal court reported
fines and costs collected in that court fol
the weeks ending January 24th and 3lst 1914
and the same were accepted and ordered filed
Moved and supported that the pay roll al
7 submitted by the street commissioner be &C
copied and ordered filed and the city clerl
instructed to issue warrants in favor of tn
amounts contained in the pay roll subjec
= to the approval of the finance committee.
Carried.
n Studebaker Brothers company subnitte'
4 communications to the council relative to tn
- repairs to the motor Of the street flusher AM
! city f. o. b. Virginia, the parts belonging t
!. the flusher if the city would submit a releas
f absolving them from further liability in con
nection with the machine.
Moved and supported that the mayor an
f city clerk be authorized to execute a releas
Of the guaranty as signed by the Studebake
l. Brothers company in connection with tn
: street flusher after the arrival of the machin
and approved as being in good condition.
e Carried.
The poundmaster reported collection o
Sc for the month of January, 1914, and tn
e report was accepted and ordered filed.
The report of the chief of police of arrest
d in his department for the week ending Janu
The city engineer submitted to the council
= = third approximate estimate of work don
9 by King & Bartlett on their sanitary sewe
- ditch contract, this estimate calling for pay
ment of $29419.
Moved and supported that the estimate
allowed and resolution drawn and pre-
sented covering the same.
= Carried
Moved and supported that the report of tn
health officer of the incinerator plant for tn
81 T,~, ho o1 md ord
cred filed.
Carried.
' On behalf of the special committee an
nointed at the previous meeting to meet wit
the city engineer and the engineer employs
by Mellis, Prize & Company in the matter o
q investigation of permanent improvements TO
the years 191O-l913, the city attorney report
e ed that at the conclusion of the session he'll
< during the present day that the city attorne
be instructed to communicate with the compan
;, les who have been shown to have been over
paid on estimates on street improvement
. and request that q check be submitted t.
1cover the Over-payment.
Moved and supported that the report 0
a the committee be referred to the city attorne!
who is authorized to carry out the instruc
lions of the committee.
l.. Carried.
:, Alderman Heritage stated that no bette
d way could be found to advertise Virginia thai
by placing in the hands of the hundreds 0
. visitors who will attend the National SIX
>, Tournament in this city on the 14th ant
18th, than to purchase and distribute during
these two days book on Virginia which wa
= written by Mr.. Musser few months ago.
Moved and supported that the matter O
> securing and paying for the books to be dis
: trbuted in the manner as suggested by Alder
man Heritage be referred to the finance com
: mttee and city attorney for report at tn
next regular meeting.
Carried.
Moved and supported that the city clerk "
- instructed to write to the secretary of tn
League of Minnesota municipalities and hav
p him confer with an expert on landscape look
, ing forward to the location of market build
t ing in this city, that the committee may con
( fer with this gentleman and have plans pre-
pared for the
Carried
, Council Chamber,
City of Virginia, MINI.
{ February 5th, 1914.
, Resolution No. 1853.
Resolution accepting the third approximate