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01-03-1920 VCM VILLAGE OF ELK RIVER SPECIAL MEETING CITY COUNCIL JANUARY 3, 1920 Special meeting of the Village Council was held at the Office of the Elk River L Co on Saturday the rd 3 day of Jan 1920. Members Present – J.H. Virgin, President, Bert Carr, Trustee, and William Norval, Clerk Meeting called to order by the President at 8 o’clock p.m. The McCarthy Well Co having completed the drilling of the Artesian Well. The testing of the same nd was made on January 2 1920. Mr. W.C. Buck the engineer and Mr. McCarthy the well contractor as well as the Village council were all present at the test which was made as follows, the test for a supply of water was by attaching the fire engine and laying two lines of 2 ½ inch hose and using 25 feet of 3 ½ inch suction hose letting the same down into the 12 inch pipe in the well. After getting the engine in operation it lowered the water in the well down to 14 feet, throwing two streams of water at a capacity of at least 240 gallons per minute without lowering the water in the well any further. This was considered an excellent flow of water. The judges pronounced the test a good one and that the well was capable of furnishing the Village with all the water necessary for a good system of water works. The well is practically finished accepting the cap the same and to connect a ¾ inch pipe from the well pipe to keep the water from freezing in the pipe. The well is drilled to a depth of 310 feet. Water will rise 7 ½ to 8 feet above the ground. Size of well is 12 inches all the way down to the bottom as it was found it wasn’t necessary to reduce the size of the hole on account of any crumbling of the sand rock as the same seemed to be solid all through. 135 feet of casing was used. Contract let to the McCarthy well Co of St. Paul, Minn price paid was $9.35 per lineal foot they to complete the same to the ground surface. The following Resolution was passed. Be it resolved by the Village Council that all Firemen belonging to the original fire co of the village of Elk River Minn who report in due time to the fire chief of the fire department for duty at any fire (day or night) in the Village of Elk River, shall be entitled to receive the sum of three dollars $3.00 for his services as such fire or fires provided that he presents an order from the chief for such services to the Village Clerk, otherwise the same shall not be paid, this resolution on order shall be in force from Jan 3, 1920 and remain so until cancelled by the Village Council. It is also further resolved by the Village Council that the sun of ten dollars ($10.00) be paid to the man who is first in hitching his team of horses (day or night) to the water fire engine and hose reel or the storage building in the village and haul the same to wherever the fire may be located in the Village and also to return the said engine and hose reel to the storage building from where it was taken – this resolution shall be in force from Jan 3, 1920 and remains so until cancelled by the Village Council. Motion by the President, seconded by Bert Carr and carried that the Village Council notify the Chief of the Fire Dept that it will be his duty to see that all fire apparatus and particularly the chemical truck and fire engine are kept in perfect repair and in the best of conditions so that when called out to a fire or otherwise everything will be in good working condition and cause no delay of any kind, and it is further ordered that all expense incurred in keeping the above fire apparatus in such condition shall be paid for by the Village Council provided that all bills for said expense must be approved by the Chief of the Fire Dept. Motion by Trustee Can and seconded by President that the men who assisted at testing the Artesian well be paid the sum of two dollars each for their services. The following bills were allowed by the council and ordered paid. 1842 Elk River Garage – storage fire apparatus $12.00 1843 Welk River Power and L Co Street lights Dec 119.00 1844 William Giff Marshall Dec 50.00 1845 J.T. Plante Mdse Mrs. Martineau Nov & Dec 36.76 1846 William Giff street work last Sept 14.00 1847 Elk River P & L Co Repairs Dec 12.90 1848 Walter S. Booth and Son supplies 3.50 1849 Wm Noval to pay men testing well 8.33 $256.49 No further business. Council adjourned.