The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-08-28
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS
- OF THE
CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF ELY.
Council Chamber, Ely, Minnesota.


ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING.
Adjourned Regular Meeting of the
City Council was called to order at
100 o'clock P. M, by Mayor w. P.
Wolff.
Present: Aldermen Homer, Olson,
Tauzell, Mayor Wolff.
Absent: Aldermen Banovetz, Kapsch.
The Parks, Grounds, and Buildings
Committee reported that the United
States Forest Service is seriously con-
sidering the construction of ware
house and Office building in the City OF
Ely and that they desire a suitable
tract of land at least 125 feet by $50
feet for the purpose, and that they
have tentatively agreed upon site
which is owned by the City. The
Committee recommended that the City
convey portion of Outlet 4, measuring
100 feet by 125 feet and all of Outlet 8,
Auditors Plat No. to the United
States Forest Service as a location for
said proposed buildings.
Alderman Olson offered the following
resolution:
WHEREAS the United States Forest
Service is seriously considering the con-
struction of a warehouse and an Office
building in the City of Ely and desires
a location for such building, and
WHEREAS they have tentatively
agreed upon site for the said build
ings the said site consisting of certain
property hereinafter described and be-
longing to the City of Ely, and
WHEREAS the City Council deems
| it advisable and for the best interests
of the City of Ely to encourage and
| request the United States Forest Ser.
vice to establish said buildings in the
City of Ely,
| NOW, THEREFORE BE 1T HERE
BY RESOLVED by the Common
Council of the City of Ely that they
( convey and authorize the Mayor and
City Clerk to execute a deed to the
United States Forest Service, tract
of land described as follows:
| Outlet 8, and portion of Out
| lot adjacent to Outlet 8, on the
west thereof, said portion being 100
feet east and west and 125 feet
north and south, the whole tract
to be conveyed being approximately
$50 feet by 125 feet, and abutting
on 3rd Avenue West and Chapman
Street, the frontage on 3rd Avenue
| West being 125 feet, and the 'front.'
age on Chapman Street being $50
feet, as described and contained in
Auditors Plat No. Z, in the WIZ
of NEA, Section 33, Township So,
Range IL, City of Ely.
Moved by Alderman Olson, supported
by Alderman Homer, that the fore
going resolution be adopted. Upon
being put to a vote the resolution was
declared adopted upon the following
vote:
Ayes: Aldermen Homer, Olson, Tau
zell, Mayor Wolff.
Noes: None.
Alderman Touzen offered the follow
ing resolution:
WHEREAS, during the summer
| months from about April 13Cn to
! october 18th, radio reception is at all
times very poor in and in the neigh
! borhood of Ely, Winton, Section 80,
Section 26, Tower, Soudan, and other
places, all in the State of Minnesota,
and,
WHEREAS, during the remaining
months of the year radio reception in
| the said territory is often times poor,
especially so during the daytime, and
WHEREAS, the City. of Ely has spent
considerable time and money in a. vain
fn c;f
now advised and of the opinion that
the poor reception can only be
remedied by the construction and OPP
Grafton of radio broadcasting station
in the territory affected, and
/ WHEREAS, the great majority of
inhabitants in the said territory reside
in the City of Ely and in the immediate
vicinity, and
WHEREAS, a radio broadcasting
station operated in the City of Ely
would and could be of great benefit
to the residents thereof as well as
residents of outlying districts, and in
dustries, and in particular the U. S.
Forest Service,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE 1T HERE
BY RESOLVED by the Common
Council of the City of Ely that they
greatly favor and urgently desire the
construction and operation of a suit
able radio broadcasting station in the
City of Ely.
Alderman Tauzell, who offered the
foregoing resolution moved its adop-
ton, seconded by Alderman Olson.
Upon being put to a vote the resolution
was declared adopted upon the follow
ing vote:
Ayes: Aldermen Homer, Olson, Tau
zell, Mayor Wolff.
Noes: None.
Moved by Alderman Olson, sup
ported by Alderman Homer, that the
meeting adjourn Carried.
A. O. KNUTSON.