The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1915-02-05
THE CITY COUNCIL
Official Pnhlicat;on IF Proceedings

Council Chaah.l, ;rginia, Mimi, Janna' y
rs. 1916.
REGULAR meeting of the city council of the
city of Virginia, Minnesota.
Council called to order by the president.
Roll call
Present: Aldermen Heritage, Harvey
Walsh, Matheson, Murray, Lien, McGhee, Cof'
fey, MIR. President-9.
Absent: None.
Reading of minutes of previous meeting.
Moved and supported that the minutes be
approved read.
Carried.
The meat inspectors report of inspections
Of meat markets, hotels. bakeries and grocer
les for the week ending January rs. 1916, was
read, accepted and ordered filed.
The clerk of municipal court reported $9.75
collected in that court for the week ending
January %, 1915, and the same was read nc.
cepted and ordered filed.
According to instructions at the last reg.
ular meeting of the city council, City Engineer
johnson submitted written recommendation
to the council in the matter of construction of
storm sewers in the alleys north and south
OF Chestnut street to connect with the six-foot
storm sewer just completed.
Frederick Bass, consulting engineer, who
was called In consultation by Mr.. Johnson,
also submitted written recommendation as
to his conclusions as to the best method to
pursue in eliminating future troubles In hav-
ing the sewers back up and thereby causing
water In Easements.
The reports were accepted and ordered
filed
The matter was discussed pro and con by
some of the citizens of the city.
Stein & O'Rourke, owners of property In
Block q. In a letter desired to have the coun-
eli continue to have this sewer constructed
at this tirpe and the letter was accepted and
ordered filed.
Moved and supported that the city engineer
commence at once the construction of a storm
sewer IN the alleys running east and west on
the north and south sides Of Chestnut street
and with the sizes Of pipe IA recommended by
the city engineer and to connect with the SIX
foot sewer just completed and according to the
recommendations of the engineers and which
recommendations are now matter of record
in the office Of the city clerk, and that the
work be done by day labor and that reso-
luton be drawn and presented covering the
construction Of these sewers
The president put the motion to the coun-
Gil and was unable to distinguish whether or
not the motion was adopted and he instructed
the city clerk tc call the roll of ayes and
nays on the adoption rejection Of this mo-
ton and the result as follows:
Ayes: Aldermen Heritage, Walsh, Murray,
Lien, Mr. <President-5.
Nays: Aldermen Harvey Matheson, Nc
Upon the foregoing vote the president de-
clared the motion adopted.
Council chaE...::--::, city of Virginia, Mimi.
JAM 10, ls.u
Resolution No. 100.
Resolution vacating certain alley near
South Side school.
BY Alderman Harvey:
Resolved, by the city council of the city OF
Virginia. that Whereas petition for the
vacation of portion of an alley has been
presented to this council, signed by majority
Of the owners, which petitioners own ma
jority of the property frontage, and also a
majority Of the land and improvements thereon
based upon actual value, fronting and abutting
on that certain portion of the alley in the
city OF Virginia hereinafter described, and
said petition having stated the facts and rea-
sons for such vacation and was accompanied
by plat of said alley and the part thereof
proposed TO be vacated, and being duly verified
by the oath of one of the petitioners thereon.
and the city council having deemed 1t ex-
pedient that the matter Of the vacation Of the
portion Of the alley so referred to and peti
toned to be vacated should be proceeded with,
did order said petition to be filed Of record
with the city clerk; and the city clerk In ac-
Gil did give notice by publication in the Of
fetal paper Of this city for four weeks, once If
each week, stating and showing that such
petition had been filed and stating the pur-
pose and object of said petition, and stating
that said petition should be heard and con-
sidered by the city council at the time and
place fixed and specified in said published no.
tice, TO- wit: at 8 100 o'clock r. m. December
a.,
hall Of the city of Virginia: and ten days
having elapsed after the last publication OF
said notice prior to the time OF said hearing
thereon, at said meeting the city council at
the time aid place specified and described In
said notice did investigate and consider said
petition and the matter therein referred to
and did hear the testimony and evidence OF
the parties interested therein, and hereunder
after hearing the same, by resolution passed
at that meeting by vote of more than three
fourths of nll members elected to said council
did declare that the public interests required
that the portion Of said alley referred to If
said petition and hereinafter described, shoult
be vacated, and did in said resolution fiji
and determine the value Of the lands and i'm
provements thereon based upon the actua
value thereof, and did demand that the pc
titioners pay into the city treasury the amount
so fixed and determined the value Of thu
lands and portion Of the alley 80 vacated. ant
did determine that said portion Of the allie,
so petitioned to be vacated should be vacated
by the city council upon payment TO the cit,
of the amount of the value so determined, ant
the sum 50 determined to be the value having
been paid to the treasury of the city Of Vir
IT IS THEREFORE RESOLVED, That tina
certain portion Of the alley running betwee,
block four Of Andcrson's addition and blocl
five Of Andersons second addition, city o
Virginia. running east and west distance o
one hundred and nine feet from Central av
enue to that certain alley running north ant
south along the east side Of said block fou
Of Anderson's addition, according to the re
corded plat thereof. being the portion Of tn
alley described in said petition and abov
referred TO- be and the same is hereby vacated
that this resolution shall be published in tn
same manner as an ordinance Of this city
required to be published and that trans
cript Of this resolution and of the plat file
with said petition, duly certified by the cit
clerk, shall be filed for record and duly re
corded in the office Of the Register of Deed
of this county.
Moved by Alderman Coffey. supported b
Alderman Lien, that above resolution be adopt
ed.
Ayes: Aldermen Heritage. Harvey. Walsh
Matheson, Murray. Lien. Mc(1hcc, Coffey Nj
President-9.
Nays: None.
Adopted January 10. 1915.
Council chamber. city of Virginia. Mimi
January 26. 1915.
Resolution No. 1902
Resolution establishing storm sewer In tt
alleys on the north and south sides of Chest n,
street.
By Alderman Murray.
Resolved, By the city council Of the city
Virginia, that the city council deems it nece
sary that storm sewers be constructed in t
alleys on the north and south sides OF Chea
nut street, as follows: That an extension
okoI 10 ocix foot