The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1915-09-10
1'HECllY COUNCIL

Regular meeting or the city council OF The
city Of Virginia, Minnesota
Council called to order by the president
Roll call:
Present., Aldermen Harvey. Walsh. Mathe-
son., Lien, McGhee, Cofey. Mr.. President-7.
Absent: Aldermen Heritage, Murray,
Reading Of minutes of previous meeting.
Moved and supported that the minutes be
| approved as read
Carried
Moved and supported that the city clerk be
authorized to issue warrants on the interest
fund in the following amounts and to the
following banks, the same being for interest
on outstanding warrants which were taken uI
by the city treasurer upon receipt of the last
apportionnent from the county treasurer
| State Bank of Virginia, $3.50 American tx
change bank, $2,3410l; First National bank
$685.
Carried.
Upon motion duly supported and carried
| the Virginia Club was granted renewal o1
| cigarette license for two years at No. sos IL
Chestnut street.
Frederic Bass, consulting engineer in the
matter OF the construction of a sewage dis
posal liant, submitted report of his visit
and INSPECTION on August 26th, 1915
Moved and supported that the report b*
referred to the committee on streets for one
week.
Carried.
Frederic Bass stated in his letter to thu
! council that owing to the extension of time
granted to the contractors to finish the sewage
disposal plant that this would necessarily
exact more visits and inspections of the plant
than was thought necessary at first, and de-
! sired to know If the council desired him tc
; follow up the work to completion.
Moved and supported that Frederic Bass DC
notified by the city clerk that the council OK
poets him to make thorough inspection OF
the plant as he deems advisable and that
arrangements for the inspections and visits
to the city on account of this work, outside
of the original underSt anding, should be made
Iyvith no possible
so that the council will know what to expect.
Carried
Moved and supported that Alfred Ruckanen
be granted renewal of liquor license at No.
2ll Chestnut street. that the surety bond be
! accepted and ordered filed after being ap-
proved by the mayor and city attorney and
that resolution be drawn authorizing the
granting of the license.
Carried
Moved and supported that the salaries Ct
the city officials for the month of August and
the last half of August, 1915. be allowed and
ordered paid.
Carried.
The West Virginia Civic association re-
, auested the council to place four lamps
along the road between the Scanion location
and the northwest corner of Williams addi'
! ton and the communication was referred 70
the committee on light and water
Property owners on Hickory street, between
Mesaba and Railroad avenues, petitioned the
council for the construction of creosoted wood
block paving the present season and the petl-
ton was referred to the committee on streets
The report of the chief of police of arrests
in his department for the week ending Au-
gust rs, 1915, read accepted and ordered
filed.
| Moved and supported that the account of
the water and light commission for lighting
for the month of August and amounting 10
s1,79O.19 be allowed and ordered paid and
the city clerk is hereby authorized and In
itructed to issue such warrant in this
amount.
, Carried.
! Moved and supported that the report of the
! clerk of the municipal court, in which he re-
ported $685. collected in that court for The
week ending August 20. 1915 be accepted and
ordered filed, having been approved by the
! city attorney.
Carried.
Applications for electricians license unde,
ordinance No. 1853 were received from the
Electric Shop Carl B. Larson and the Tritch
Ter Electric company.
Moved and supported that the license be
issued and the bonds in the sum OF 81, oOO
i each be accepted and ordered filed after being
approved by the mayor and city attorney.
! Carried. $50
! Applications for license to run automobiles
for hire under ordinance No. ISL were made
BY the following Fred Fuller. j; T. Larson
A. Munro, A. G. Haggberg and John E. Daley
Moved and supported that the applications
be accepted and ordered filed and the licenses
. ordered issued, the date of license to be io1
from August ~, 1910.
The meat inspector submitted his report OF
the inspection Of meat markets, hotels, baker
les, and groceries for the week ending August
81, 1915, and the report stated that the IN.
spector had condemned Is pounds of meat at
the shop of John Zupetz, Is pounds OF liver
at the Virginia Sausage Factory.
The reports was accepted and ordered filed
Alderman Murray takes his seat in the
, council.
Moved and supported that Meat Inspector
Engel, together with Drs. Guidinger and
Grove, inspect a certain COW which had been
declared to be in unfit condition for food at
the time of its killing and if the certain COW
is found to be in the condition that reports
state that it is, that the same be condemned
according to the ordinance
Carried. go
estimates to the following contractors on
work now being done for the city:
Risberg e. Warwick, first approximate cs-
innate on curb and gutter work, s4.9456l.
Lawrence Mccain company, fourth approx
809.45.
John C. McKusick, crushed rock, SO, 65S g.
Eveleth Construction company, Chestnut
street storm sewer. $97S27.
Lawrence McCann company, 1910 paving
contract $4,69073.
Rsberg & Warwick, on cement bridge con-
Moved and supported that the estimates as
submitted Dy Jne Guy eI&luccA III A0voA ~
the various contractors who have contracts
with the city Of Virginia for public improve.
ments the present season be accepted and
ordered filed and that separate resolutions be
authorized to be drawn and presented cover
ing the payment Of the same.
Carried
Mayor Boylan stated that he had papers:
plans and specifications and data all arranged
for the construction of a municipal slaughter
house but desired full meeting OF the coun-
Gil as a committee of the whole to go over
the proposition with him some time before
the next regular meeting of the council. and
the council indicated their Willingness 20
meet with the mayor, the date to be set by
himself ,,
The license committee reported favorably on
the application of Fred Weller to run an auto
mobile for hire in this city.
Moved and supported that the report OF the
license committee be accepted and that the
application of Mr.. Weller be granted and that
the city clerk be authorized to issue license
according to the application.
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