The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1915-03-05
THE CITY COUNCIL
Official Publication of Proceedings

Official Publication of Proceedings
Council Chamber, Virginia. Mimi. February
%, 1915.
Regular meeting of the city council of the
city of Virginia. Minnesota.
Council called to order by the president.
Roll call:
Present: Aldermen Harvey, Walsh Math-
eson, Murray, Lien. McGhee, Coffey, Mr.. Pres
ident--8.
Absent: Alderman Heritage-l.
Reading Of minutes of previous meeting.
Moved and supported that the minutes be
approved as read.
Carried.
The Fidelity & Deposit company. who exc
cuted a $4,000 surety bond in favor of Frank
L. Johnson & Co.. covering permit to use
certain portion of Spruce street while con-
structing the Mesaba Telephone company
building in q communication desired to have
shed.
Moved and supported that the city clerk
be instructed to write letter to the bonding
company and give the company the city's au-
thority to have the bond cancelled.
The application OF Conrad Kubiak to trans
fer his liquor license No. 724 at 100 Chestnut
street to J. H. Angellar was referred to the
license committee
L. Cohen applied to the council for a Gig
arctic license and submitted $500 fee
Moved and supported that the application be
granted the permit ordered issued and the
:o~ney turned over to the city treasurer.
The statement of operations at the light and
water department for the month of January,
1915, was read, accepted and ordered filed.
The Duluth Crushed Stone company pro-
posed to deliver to the city of Virginia, f. o. b.,
matter was referred to the committee on
streets.
The weekly reports of the chief of police
and the meat inspector were accepted and or
dered filed.
The report of the clerk of municipal court
of fines and costs collected for the week end
ing February 20, 1915, was referred to the
city attorney for approval
Mesberg & Lavick served written notice on
the council, and the same was read by the
clerk, that1they demanded damages in the sum
Of $4,000 by reason of alleged backing up of
the sanitary sewer and damaging stock in the
basement to the building located on lots Is and
II, block Is.
age of Mesberg & Lavick in the sum of $4,000
be referred to the city attorney for proper
action.
Carried.
The city engineer submitted a profile of the
Sand Lake Road cutoff, the same covering
the entire distance of the proposed new work.
Moved and supported that the profile of the
Sand Lake Read cutoff submitted by the
city engineer be accepted an dordered fled
Carried
A Commercial club committee appeared be-
fore the council and desired to have a com
mittee of the council appointed to meet with
this committee to talk over the matter of
land and location for a proposed wholesale
grocery institution, the same to be considered
at the end of Cleveland avenue and near the
market site.
Moved and supported that the president ap-
,oint committee Of three, including Mayor
Boylan, to meet with a committee of the Com
mercial club for conference on the matter Of
this city.
Carried
The president appointed Aldermen McGhee
and Harvey and Mayor Boylan on this COM
mittee.
Moved and supported that the apnlication IF
F. w. Stevens, to be granted $500 a month
for office assistance in the municipal court, be
granted and also that Title NJ. Brown be
ton in the bookkeeping department in the
city clerks office, the same to take effect
March LIST, 1915, and that resolution be
drawn and presented covering the transac-
tion
The president of the council reported that
the matter Of cement, which had been omitted
from the work in construction of the six
foot storm sewer by Lawrence Mccain COM
pany. had been placed in the hands of the
council as a committee of the whole indefi-
nitely or until such time as a proper report
covering the entire situation could be made
out and presented to the council for proper
action.
the city officials for the months of Febru-
airy, 1915, be allowed and ordered paid.
Carried.
Council Chamber. city Of Virginia. Mimi,
February 20, 1916. -
Reaolution No. 1928.
Resolution granting F. W. Stevens and
lille NJ. Brown extra compensation for SER
vices in the municipal court and city clerk
office.
By Alderman Harvey.
Resolved: BY the city council Of the CITY
If Virginia, that the sum of $25 90 per month
be granted to F. w. Stevens for additional
assistance in the municipal court and
per month be allowed to Title M Brown for
extra services in the city clerks bookkeeping
department.
Resolved further that this resolution be
made effective from and after March lst, 1915.
Moved by Alderman Matheson, supported by
Alderman Coffey, that the above resolution
be adopted.
Ayes: Aldermen Harvey, Walsh, Matheson,
Murray, Lien, McGhee, Coffey. Mr.. President
-.
Adopted February 23 1916.
| Approved March l, 1915.
Moved and supported that the council ad-
jou.n until the next rekular meeting
| Carried.
| F. J. NOLAN,
President of the City Council
ALREKT E. B1CKFORD, City Clerk.
| corporate SeaI.
sHERIFF'S EXECUTION SALE.
/ Under and by virtue of an execution IL.
! sued out of and under the seal of the District