The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-07-06
City, Engineering Firms to
Inspect Community Center
Survey of Imperfections in the
Building Asked by Alderman
Joseph Spreitzer, Jr.

Members of the city council, the city
engineer and representatives from the
construction firm and the architect may
make an inspection of the Community
Center on a date tentatively set for
July IA or IS, it was brought out at
a meeting of the council last night.
A letter from the construction firm
of Lenci, Lenci and Englund, Virginia,
read at the meeting stated that i'm
projections in the building were not the
fault of the contractors and limited
that the design of the building was at
fault.
The firm recently made an inspec-
ton of the structure at the request Of
the council. Joseph Spreitzer, Jr.,
councilman, asked that representatives
of the city, construction firm, and the
architect make a joint survey OF flaws.
A communication from the state
LIQUOR commissioner was read in which
the commission rejected, giving no
cause, the on-sale license applications
of Alex Debeltz and John Chrep. The
council had recently approved granting
the licenses.
The council voted TO send Thomas j.
Carey, city attorney, to St. Paul for
conference with the liquor commission
The question of whether the council
or the liquor commission is granting
on-sale licenses in Ely was raised
All bids on painting and repairing
the water tank were rejected and new
bids are being advertised for. There
was a difference Of one thousand dol
lars in the low and high bid. Five
firms submitted bids. No action was
taken on bids for asphalt.
The COW question and the sanitary
problem relative to barns was again
brought to the attention of the city
governing body. DR.. j. E. Thompson,
city chemist, reported that all cow and
horse owners in the city were being
given notices that manure must be kept
in fly-tight boxes and disposed Of twice
weekly as per city ordinance. DR..
Thompson and Dr.. Owen w. Parker,
city health officer, are inspecting the
SCIN4I4S t41C A4Oi4SSS.
DR.. Thompson pointed out that the
1,5OO families in the city could not be
expected to suffer from unSanitary
conditions around the barns Of the 25
horse and COW owners.
The health officers report for June
listed five births, eight deaths, all
adults, and that the detention hospital
had been closed for some time.
Fire Chief I. G. Cox's monthly re-
port listed one fire and one emergency
call, 248 chinnneys inspected, with eigh.
ordered to be repaired and two rebuilt.
Requests for the city band were
granted for the Old Settlers picnic,
July 20, S. s. C.. U. juvenile and ath-
letic conferences Aug 6, and the S. w.
o. c. lodge No 1864 for Labor Day.
The city chemist was authorized to
attend a short course on milk, and
problems relative thereto, sponsored by
the Minnesota League Of Municipalities
and to be held at the University of
Minnesota.
Waino Somero, city engineer, was
ordered to make an investigation of
the offer of Cyrille Fortier to deed to
the city strip Of land SO feet wide
joining the south edge Of Boundary
street so that the road could then be
properly maintained. At present the
street is only 80 feet wide, half the
regular width, and too narrow for
maintenance work
The request Of an Ely man for
moving permit to move house was re-
jected because the house involved had
already been moved two weeks ago.