The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-04-03
THE CITY COUNCIL 4
Official Public alton Of Proceedings

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Council Chamber,
Virginia, Mimi.
March "a, 1914.
Regular meeting of the city council of the
city OF Virginia, Minnesota.
Council called to order by the president.
Roll call.
Present: Aldermen Harvey, Lundstron,
NOLAN. McGhee, Coffey, Mr.. President-6
Absent: Aldermen Heritage, Keller, Mat
tson-3.
Alderman Heritage takes his seat in the
council.
Reading of minutes of previous meeting.
approved as read.
Carried.
Alderman Mattson takes his seat in the
council.
Moved and supported that the Eureka Min
ing company be requested to execute to the
city of Virginia $4,000 surety bond and
contain the same conditions which were
inculcated in the A. B. Coates bond and
protecting the city against damage to pubic
streets or places in conducting mining opera
tions at the Madrid mine.
Carried.
The Excelsior Sales company made appli-
cation to the council for permit to install
three hundred gallon gasoline tank near
the Elks building Chestnut street and
also gasoline pump to be installed at the
Moved and supported that the application
be referred to the committee on streets.
Frank Gregorski made application to the
council to have his liquor license No. 694
transferred to Matt Prijanovich, the location
being No. 2O7 Chestnut street.
Moved and supported that the application
be granted. the bond accepted and ordered
filed after being approved by the mayor and
presented covering the transaction.
Emil Hagstrom applied to the council to
l.: Nh
Frank Kubiak, the location being NO llO
Chestnut street The same was referred to
the committee on license;
Moved and supported that the ordinance TO
prevent the obstruction and incumbrance OF
sidewalks, streets, avenues and alleys or pup
lie grounds in the city of Virginia receive
its third and final reading.
Carried
The clerk read the ordinance.
Moved by Alderman McGhee, supported by
Alderman Coffey that the ordinance be adopt
Ayes: Aldermen Heritage, Harvey. Lund-
strom NOLAN, Mattson, McGhee, Coftey, Mr..
Presidents.
Upon the foregoing vote the president de-
clared the ordinance adopted
The city clerk stated that ne mad attena ae
the sale of state land held at Duluth on the
18th inst, and had purchased for the city
the SEA of the SEA of section ID, toW ms ap
So, range II, containing 37.36 acres at 240o
per acre and had received patent tor the
same and the lands now vested in the
name Of the city of Virginia.
Moved and supported that the ac1loh ol
the city clerk be confirmed.
Carried ~,
Moved and supported that the automobile
license of John Daley be so transferred that
he will have the right to operate hve pas
senger Overland" instead of a five passen-
ger Ford model '"T'', during the remainder
of the term of his license.
Moved and supported that the motion adopt
ed at the last regular meeting accepting inc
af fn
books of the various departments OF the city
of Virginia for the year ending March 3lst
1914, be reconsidered.
Moved and supported that the appointment
of S. S. Williamson as auditor for the Guy
and which is to include the checking up OF
the various departments for the present year
be rescnded.
Carried. >. ,.
The report of arrests by the police depart,
ment for the weeks ending Maren i4tn anu
2lst, 1914, were accepted and ordered hled.
The Virginia Tire Shop applied for permit
to install and operate Bowser gasoline tank 1i
underground between the curb and sidewalk
on Mesaba avenue and adjoining lot ID, block
16, and the was referred to the COM
mttee streets. =. r
Property owners on the south side of
Cherry street, between Central avenue and
Virginia avenue, submitted 'lapplication to
have constructed a six-foot board walk to grade
along that thoroughfare and the same was
referred to the committee streets;
The clerk of the e NJ court repo d;
March 2lst, 1914, and the same was accepted
and ordered filed.
S. Gillespie in the sum of $500 and being
for services in the municipal court be sub
nitted with the regular budget on April 1st
1914
Moved and supported that the finance COM
mittee be instructed to investigate the rec
ord and ability of S. $: Williamson as audi
ter and to report to the council.
Carried. .
The committee on streets in the matter OF
granting to the Mesaba Telephone company
the right to dig up certain portions of boule-
varding, streets and avenues in the city in
which its lines are to be placed IN under
ground conduits recommended that me a hs
the city attorney of an agreement to be signed
by the company agreeing to save the city
harmless from any and all damage and that
the company will place back the boulevarding
or pavement in as good condition as 1t was
before the work commenced and to execute
a surety bond in the of $500 to cover
any damage which may transpire.
Moved and supported that the report OF the
committee on streets be accepted and that the
city attorney be instructed to have this por-
ton of the matter carried out.
Carried.
Moved and supported that an arc lamp be
installed and maintained at the east end OF
Fourth street. Seaman Location, and that
the city clerk be instructed to- write the water
and light department of the action OF the
council.
Carried
Chairman Lundstrom of the committee on
streets reported that new routing OF road
leading from the Mt. Iron road to the Prin.
die mine had been located and that it Will
not be necessary to ask the Duluth Wlnnl-
peg Pacific Railway company for crossing
over its tracks.
Moved and supported that the report OF the
committee be accepted.
Carried. .
Moved and supported that the city attorney
he instructed to draft resolution and present
the same at the next regular meeting request
inp that the Duluth Missabe Northern
Railway company be compelled to have all
trains leading into the city and running over
crossings Of streets avenues send nag
man ahead and to come to full stop before
approaching the streets and avenues to be
crossed.
The city clerk was instructed to write the
officials of the Great Northern Railway COM
nany and the Duluth, Missabe & Northern
Railway company to take up the matter OF
making connections in this city so as. to
facilitate the matter of switching connections
and switching charges, and if possible set
can meet the officials of the city to talk the
matter over. ,
Moved and supported that the city clerk be
instructed to submit to the assessor and the
hoard of equalization for the year 1914, the
matter of placing the 1915 tax records the
under assessed taxes on the south nail OF
Virginia Lake and other properties wnicn
NAV be found to have not been assessed 1or
several years back
Carried.