The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-07-28

an order on the City Treasurer in pay
lment of the same Carried.
I Report of the Girl Scout Director
showing the activities of the Cir
Scouts for the period May 9th te
July 10th, 1888, was read and ordered
filled.
Communication from the Vermilion
Range Old Settlers Association. was
Tread, asking the Council to allow the
Ely Community Band two extra public
band concerts to be played on the
occasion of the annual reunion of the
said Association in Ely on Thursday
July 20, 1888
Moved by Alderman Koschak, sup
Iported by Alderman Banovetz that the
communication be accepted and filed,
and that the Ely Community Band be
authorized to play two extra public
band concerts on July 20, 1888. Car
RED
Communication from Jay w. Craig
Company, road oil contractor. asking
| the Council to consider applying
10000 gallons of road oil instead Of
$4,000 gallons as contracted for, was
read.
Moved by Alderman Koschak, sup
ported by Alderman Banovetz, that the
communication be accepted and filed,
and the matter referred to the Sales
and Purchasing Committee and the
City Engineer and the Street Com
missioner with power to act. Carried.
Communication from Grahek Bros,
was read, regarding damage to two
electric motors.
Moved by Alderman Carlson, sup
ported by Alderman Thompson, that
| the communication be accepted and
filed, and referred to the Superinten-
dent of Light and Water Department,
and the City Attorney to investigate
and report at the next regular meeting.
| Carried.
Communication from Louis M.
Osborn, Virginia, Minnesota, regarding
taxation, was read and ordered filed.
Application of the South Slavonic
Catholic Union for a permit to con-
duct a public dance in the Sandy
Point Pavilion on July 80, 1888, was
read.
Moved by Alderman KoSchak, sup
ported by Alderman Carlson, that the
application be accepted and filed. and
permit be granted upon the payment
iof the proper fees. Carried
Communication and Notice from
John Klobuchar was read, petitioning
the Council that he be given as many
days work per month as truck driver
as any other man in the Street Com
missioner's Department, and in no
event less than 20 days per month. and
notifying the City that unless such a
program be adopted he shall bring an
action to have this matter adjusted by
the Courts under the Minnesota
Soldiers Preference Laws.
Mr.. L. M. Bang, Attorney, appeared
for Mr.. Klobuchar in the matter.
Moved by Alderman Koschak, sup
ported by Alderman Banovetz, that the
Mayor appoint committee of three
from the Council to investigate the
matter and to affect a compromise.
Carried.
Notice of Claim from Frank Sershen,
Jr., was read, claiming the sum of
$25 900 for damages alleged to have
been caused to his truck by a defective
condition of Sheridan Street, between
5th and 9Th Avenues East.
Moved by Alderman Koschak, sup
ported by Alderman Banovetz, that the
Notice of Claim be filed and referred
to the Committee on Accounts and
Finance and the City Attorney with
power to act. Carried.
Moved by Alderman Koschak, sup
ported by Alderman Tauzel, that the
City Engineer and City Clerk be in
structed to redistrict the voting pre-
cincts of the City of Ely and submit
a map showing the proposed changes at
the next regular meeting. Carried.
The Council now took up the matter
of salaries and wages.
Moved by Alderman Tauzell, sup
ported by Alderman Koschak, that City
employees earning $500 or over per
month be paid with warrants in $1,000
denominations. Carried.
Moved by Alderman Koschak, sup
ported by Alderman Tauze1l, that the
Accounts and Finance Committee be
instructed to prepare tentative sched-
ule of salaries and wages to be paid
and report at an adjourned regular
meeting to be held Monday, July "a,
1888 Carried
The matter of a municipal central
heating plant was referred to the
Committee of the Whole.
The Council dissolved into a COM
mittee of the Whole to consider the
matters referred.
Alderman Banovetz appointed Chair
man of the Committee.
Recess declared.
Representatives of the Northern
Engineering Company, Duluth, Mime
sofa, appeared before the Committee
of the Whole regarding central heat
ing plant.
Aldermen Thompson and Carlson
were excused from the meeting at this
time.
Meeting called to order.
Report of the Committee of the
Whole was read as follows:
Ely, Minnesota, July 10, 1888
To the Honorable Mayor and City
Council,
City of Ely. Minnesota.
Gentlemen:
We your Committee of the Whole,
to whom certain matters were referred,
beg to report and recommend that the
plans and specifications for the re-
modelling of the pumping and treat
ment plant, the Federal Public Works
Bill, and the central heating plant and
system be laid on the table to be taken