The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-02-27
THE CITY COUNCIL
Official Publica alton y Procsedints

Official Public alton y Proceedinss
Il Council Chamber.
- ~ Virginia, Mimi,
February 18th, 1914.
Regular meeting Of the city council OF
the city Of Virginia, Minnesota =
Council called to order by the president
|. Roll call.
strom. NOLAN, McGhee, Coffey. Mr.. Presi-
Absent. Aldermen Keller. Mattson-2.
Reading Of minutes Of previous meeting.
Moved and supported that the minutes pc
approved as read. .,'
Carried.
Alderman Mattson takes his seat IN the
| council. ....
plant and contents and executed by the 1nsur
ance department of the First National pank'
under date Of February oath, 1914, was &C
| cepted and ordered filed. !, -.
League of Minnesota Municipalities relaglve
to market site was accented and ordered 1heo.
| The $500 surety bond executed to the CITY
of Virginia by the Virginian Publishing com
pany in the matter of publishing proceedings
of the city council was accepted and ordered
! filed upon approval Of the same by the mayor
and city attorney.
| Moved and supported that the surety bond
100000.
Carried. .
Moved and supported that the application Of
Albert Roman to erect and maintain an elecuc
sign in front of Rex Theatre, lot 3. block rs,
be granted and the permit ordered issued up
on approval of the sign by the electric in
spector.
| Carried.
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metal canopy, size 10x22 feet to be suspended
over the sidewalk and in front of the building
on lot 3, block 20, the application was referred
to the committee on streets:
| the Sanitary Plumbing Heating company be
accepted and license ordered issued and the
$500 surety bond be accepted and ordered filed
after being approved by the mayor and city
attorney.
Carried
| Replying to the city clerks letter in the
matter of use of pulmotor General Super
intendent M. H. Godfrey of the Oliver Iron
| Mining company stated that there were no
pulmotors in his district but that he had been
advised that Superintendent Mitchell of the
Adams district had such machine and would
be glad to grant the privilege to anyone to
| use the same whenever necessary.
, Moved and supported that the city clerk be
instructed to secure prices on pulmotors and
to present the advice received to the city
council.
| Carried.
Moved and supported that the city clerk be
| instructed to make complete list Of all under
assessments as contained in the Mellis, Pirie
& Company's report and also list of all over
paid assessments and when the same had been
formulated to publish the complete list and
giving the property owners who are found 70
have been over assessed or under-assessed the
privilege of having same settled, also mat the
complete list of under assessments be placed IN
the hands of the city treasurer Tor coAecsaon
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that those who fail to pay the assessment as
found in the list will be subject to be assessed
| in the same manner as other assessments our
ing the year 1915. and those found to nave
been over-assessed who will present salts
factory receipt of such over-assessment to the
city clerk that the city clerk will issue to said
party warrant properly signed by the mayor
and himself in settlement of such overpay-
ment.
! Carried.
| A letter from L. NJ. Osborn relative to the
proposed Prindle road was accepted and order
| ed filed.
| R. C. Pickering, attorney for the Star
erant to his clients the sum of 1888, which
| was deducted from this company's final estl-
mate on installation of white way" system
on Central and Mesaba avenues In 1913, and
the matter referred to the commIttee on
streets and city attorney.
| Chief of Police Rice in a communication to
the council stated that the peanut and pop
corn stand at the corner Of Chestnut street
and Mesaba avenue was menace to the
| surrounding property, was unsightly and q
dangerous building and to have it removed.
Moved and supported that the matter be
placed in the hands of the committee on
streets with power to act.
| Carried.
The report of the chief of police of arrests
in his department for the week ending Feb
fled. '
| Health Officer Grove submitted q commune
cation to the council relative to securing a
branch state laboratory for this city and de-
sired more time to make a complete report.
The report Of the meat inspector for the
week ending February 18th, 1914, was read,
accepted and ordered filed.
| The clerk of the municipal court reported
fines and costs collected in that court for the
week ending February 18th. 1914. amounting
to $31.85, and the same was read. accepted
and ordered flied
matter of investigating and reporting to the
council the probable cost of placing the pro-
posed road to the Prindle mine in good con-
dition for travel submitted to the council a
blue print and written report on the same
and stated that $500 would be about what the
road would cost as near as they could as
certain and recommended that the same be
constructed
committee be accepted and ordered filed and
that the recommendation of the committee be
carried out by the street commissioner.
Carried.
Moved and supported that the city clerk be
instructed to write the officials Of the Duluth,
| Winnipeg & Pacific Railway company to Sc
cure permission on behalf of the city to
maintain grade crossing over this company 3
tracks where the proposed Prindle road will
cross.
| Carried.
Moved and supported that the city attorney
be instructed to notify the Duluth, Missabe 4
Northern Railway company that the city de-
sires to have this company flag all streets
crossed in the city, especially on Spruce and
Poplar streets and the intersection Of Mesaba
avenue and Larch street, Cook street and
on Central avenue.
Carried.
Moved and supported that the complaint as
made by Alderman Mattson as to low
water pressure in certain portions OF the
Second addition be referred to the committee
on water and light for investigation and re-
port.
| Carried.
! Council Chamber.
| City of Virginia, Mimi,
Eehrr,arv 18th. 1914.