07-27-1910 VCM
VILLAGE OF ELK RIVER COUNCIL MEETING
JULY 27, 1910
The Common Council met at the Bank of Elk River.
Members present: F.L. Salter, President, J. Virgin, L. Pollard, trustees, O.J. Whitman, recorder.
Meeting called to order by the President at 8:00 p.m. Minutes of the last meeting were read and
approved.
On motion by L. Pollard seconded by Virgin to put sign board on lamp post on the hill by the Harry
Mills house at upper town and one by the icehouse forbidding dumping garbage there, also one out
by A.A. Opitz at public dumping ground. Motion carried.
Motion was made by Virgin, seconded by Pollard to accept offer of A.A. Opitz to furnish ground
for public dumping place and to take care of the rubbage for one year for the sum of ten (10)
dollars. Motion was carried.
Motion was made by Pollard seconded by Virgin that the recorder be instructed to notify John
Blocker to fill hole by the Mills place in road on Main Street made by his removing gravel from the
street for private purposes. Work to be done under the supervision of the street committee.
On motion the following bills were audited and allowed:
16 – F.D. Waterman – assessing - $90.00
17 – Patterson St L. Co. – 10 doz mantles - $18.00
18 – Hubner Mer. Co. soldering pipe in park, 3 gallons gasoline - $.85
19 – F. W. Nickerson – 1 day surveying Spring St. & making profile Ford - $6.00
20 – Harold Keays – plants – labor & gas - $32.15
21 – John Walley – 4 ½ days as Marshal - $9.00
22 – J.E. McBride – running fire engine - $5.00
23 – Standard Oil Co. – gas for June - $10.73
24 – John Plante – steel grates, covers & repairs for sewers - $21.60
25 – L. Pollard – work on street, bridges, and park - $4.75
26 – Bert Gilcrest – services as Marshal July 4 - $3.00
27 – Martin Leerd – Marshal one night - $2.00
28 – M.K. Iliff – Marshal for July ($15) and extra work during street show - $20.00
29 – Harold Keays – lighting lamps for July - $20.00
30 – Elk River Lumber Co. – tile and cement - $76.01
31 – State Treasurer – 2% tax on liquor license credit ??? hospital - $40.00
TOTAL - $359.19
No further business adjourned carried.
O.J. Whitman, Village Recorder