The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-08-14

Clerk be authorized to draw an order
on the City Treasurer in the amount
of $811.94, in payment of the balance
due Walter Lampi under his Com
munity Service Center painting con-
tract. Carried.
Report of the Street Commissioner
and City Timekeeper, showing the
number of men employed and the days
worked during the month of July, 1881,
was read and ordered filed.
Report of the Health Commissioner,
covering Deaths, Births, and general
health conditions for the month of
July, 1881, was read and ordered filed.
Report of the Fire Warden on in
spections made during June and July,
1881, was read and ordered filed.
Report of the Clerk of Municipal
Court, showing total receipts in the
amount of $3o5.98, and no disburse-
ments for the month of July, 1881, was
read and ordered filed.
Report of the Chief of the Fire De-
partment, showing the number of fire
calls for the months of June and July,
1881, was read and ordered filed.
Report of the City Chemist and Vet
erinarian, covering water and milk
tests and other activities of his de-
partment during the month of July,
1881, was read and ordered filed. The
report contained recommendation
that about 30 sacks of lime at the
Water Plant be disposed of.
Moved by Alderman Banovetz, sup
ported by Alderman Tauzell, that the
disposal of the lime at the Light and
Water Plant be referred to the Sales
and Purchasing Committee with power
to act. Carried.
3 acquisitions for supplies from the
following departments were read:
Community Service Center; Assessor
and Timekeeper; Street Commissioner
City Chemist.
Moved by Alderman Homer, sup
ported by Alderman Olson, that the
acquisitions be accepted and filed and
referred to the Sales and Purchasing
Committee with power to act. Car
ried.
Communication from Mrs. Matt
Ronka requesting the Council to in.
crease the amount of damages awarded
Matt Ronka in the matter of the Ely
BURNSIDE Water Line Right-of-way
across the SEA of NWA of Section
2463-13, was read and referred to the
Committee of the Whole for further
consideration.
The following report from the Ely
Commercial Club Committee on City
Gas was read:
Ely, Minnesota, July 81, 1881.
To the Honorable Mayor and City
Council,
City of Ely, Minnesota.
Gentlemen:
We, the undersigned committee of
the Ely Commercial Club, to.whom was
entrusted the duty of formulating an
opinion on the ACCESSIBILITY of City Gas
in Ely under one plan or another, after
careful consideration of the pro-
position, make the following report:
We do not believe the possible num-
Der OF gas consumers to be obtained in
the near future warrants the granting
of a private franchise nor the City en-
tering into the gas business on a
municipality owned basis at this time
Some of the arguments offered and
discussed to SubStantiate tne above de-
cision as to Elys entering the present
wave of cities tying up with the Butane
gas industry were as follows:
In consideration of the cost of such
a plant, the money expended for actual
labor cannot be considered as a major
argument to relieve unemployment;
The actual number of consumers will
evidently be small and below the num-
Der of other cities mentioned;
The near future offers the City of
Ely the opportunity of observing both
the municipality operated and privately
owned plants in their actual service to
the public of nearby cities.
1t appears advisable to be on guard
to avoid the forcing of this issue in any
OF the suggested plans on the public of
this community
Signed,
E. w. HANSON,
j. E. THOMPSON,
THOS. E. MILLER,
JAMES l. LANG,
B. S. RICHARDS,
OWEN w. PARKER,
PETER SCHAEFER,
JOSEPH VERANTH.
Ely Commercial Club Committee on
City Gas.
Moved by Alderman Homer. SUD-
ported by Alderman Kapsch, that the
report of the Ely Commercial Club
Committee on City Gas be accepted
and filed. Carried.
Applications from the following for
employment were read and referred to
the Committee of the Whole:
Edwin Toms,
Frank Chernevitz
Fred Saari,
John Pluth.
Communication from Victor ]
Thompson, requesting permission to
construct a concrete driveway over the
sidewalk abutting Lot l, Block 8, Con-
ans Addition to Ely, was read.
Moved by Alderman Banovetz. SUD-
ported by Alderman Homer, that the
communication be accepted and filed
and referred to the Street, Sewer and
Sidewalk Committee, with power to act.
Carried