The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-02-15

Alderman Schweiger offered the fol-
lowing resolution:
RESOLVED, That there be and here
by is transferred from the General
Fund to the Mayors Contingent Fund
the sum of Five Hundred ($5OOOO)
Dollars.
The foregoing resolution was moved
by Alderman Schweiger, seconded by
Alderman Skala, and declared carried
on the following vote:
Ayes: Aldermen Hokkanen, zgonc
Schweiger, Slabodnik, Skala, Mayor
Banovetz.
Mays: None.
WHEREAS, On September 4, 1894, the
then City Council of the City of Ely
st. Louis County, Minnesota, at one of
their meetings instructed the City Clerk
to advertise for bids for mechanical
stoker and installation of the same for
the Community Service Center Building
in Ely, Minnesota, bids to be opened
WHEREAS, on September 10, 1894,
the bids for the sale and installation of
said stoker were opened, and on Sept
ember 81, 1884, the City Council by
proper action, authorized and directed
the proper officers of the City to enter
into contract with w. C. Carlson to
furnish and install complete Butler,
size $50 automatic coal stoker with con-
trolls in the Community Service Center
Building, according to specifications, for
the sum of Nine Hundred Sixty-five
($965 O0) Dollars, and
WHEREAS, During the installation
Of said stoker in said building, the
Community Center Board and the Park,
Grounds, and Buildings Committee of
the City Council of the City of Ely in
conjunction with the City Engineer.
authorized w. G. Carlson to install in
connection with the Stoker certain
extras in the total sum of Fifty-seven
Dollars and Four Cents ($57O4), which
brought the total amount due for the
installation to One Thousand Twenty
two Dollars and Four Gents 81, O22.O4),
and
WHEREAS, On December S, 1894,
Carlson submitted to the then City
Council of the City of Ely a verified
claim calling for the payment to him by
the City of Ely the sum of One
Thousand Twenty-Five Dollars and Four
Gents 1,022.04 for said installation,
and
WHEREAS, On December 5, 1894, the
City Engineer and the Superintendent
Of the Water and Light Department
submitted their report, which report
recommended that the stoker INSTALL
alton be accepted, and
WHEREAS, On January 8, 1885, the
Finance Committee of the then City
Council of the City Of Ely approved
the bill for the stoker and extras in the
sum of One Thousand Twenty-Five
Dollars and Four Cents ($1 ,022.O4), and
on the same date the City Council of
the City of Ely approved Carlson's bill
in the above amount, and authorized
the City Clerk to draw an order on the
City Treasurer in payment thereof,
which order was drawn, but which
order was never signed by the then
Mayor of the City of Ely, and
NOW, THEREFORE,, BE TT RE-
SOLVED, by the City Council of the
City of Ely, st. Louis County, Mime
sofa, meeting in regular session this 5th
day of February, 1885, that the previous
action taken by the previous City
Council of the City of Ely be and
hereby is confirmed and ratified, and
the proper authorities are hereby en-
powered and directed to pay the claim
Of w. G. Carlson in the sum of One
Thousand Twenty-Five Dollars and Four
Cents "a, 02204) for the installation of
the mechanical stoker in the Com
munity Service Center Building.
The foregoing resolution was moved
by Alderman zgonc, seconded by Alder
man Slabodnik, and declared carried on
the following vote:
Ayes: Aldermen Hokkanen, Zgonc,