09-24-1910 VCM
VILLAGE OF ELK RIVER COUNCIL MEETING
SEPTEMBER 24, 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 8:40 p.m. Minutes of the last meeting were read and
approved.
A motion by Virgin and seconded by Carr the following resolution was adopted resolved the owners of
proper adjacent to the cement sidewalk construction along the north side of fifth street and State State
Streets between Mill and Princeton Streets be and the same are herby assessed fifty cents (.50) per
square yard for sidewalk, and eighty eight cents (.88) per square yard for crossings, ? per ? discount to
be allowed if paid within ? days as per list below.
A petition to vacate a part of State Street described as follows, a triangular tract consisting of seventeen
(17) feet along the east side of Princeton Street and one hundred and thirty three (133) along the north
side of said State Street, signal by twenty one property owners on State Street was presented, by
Pollard, the recorder was instructed to post ? notices of the Village Council to be held Saturday evening
October 8, 1910 at which time the matter of discontinuing said part of State Street as ? for in said
petition will be brought up and be decided by said committee.
A motion made by Pollard seconded by Virgin to leavy an eight inch tiling across Gustaf Anderson’s
place to the river for drainage ?. Was carried.
On motion the following bills were audited and allowed:
72 – Elk River Lumber Co. – cement and sidewalk material - $174.21
73 – Geo Biddick – 3 days work with team on street - $10.50
74 – Crockett – 3 days work with team on street - $10.50
75 – Bert Carr – 3 ½ days work on street with team - $12.25
76 – W. Dimmick – 4 days work on street - $7.00
77 – Pollard – 4 days work on street - $8.00
78 – A.A. Opitz – 65 loads dirt for street - $6.50
79 – Lee Salback – 4 ½ days work on street - $7.88
80 – E. Daly & Co. – 50 feet hose - $6.00
81 – Geo Worden – services as Marshal - $2.00
82 – W. Le Babcock Sons Co. - ? nails pipe dynamite etc. - $13.62
83 – Pollard – services as Judge at primary election - $5.55
84 – W. O. Semans – services as Judge at primary election and ? return to auditor - $6.55
85 – Virgin – services as Judge at primary election - $5.55
86 – O.A. Whitman - clerk at primary election - $5.55
87 – B.J. John??? – clerk at primary election - $5.55
88 – A. A. Opitz – use of dumping ground - $10.00
89 – N.D. Trumbull – placing books in hall and removing them, cleaning hall and services as
peace officer at primary election - $7.50
Sidewalk assessment as ? reduction –
W.G. McLean – 73 ½ feet sidewalk at .50 per square yard - $20.40
WM. Baldon?? – 46 feet sidewalk at .50 per square yard – Oct 7 paid $11.51 - $12.78
K. Burell – 20 feet sidewalk at .50 per square yard – less 10% discount allowed – Sept 28 and
paid $5.00 = $5.56
S.M. Cockett – 68 ½ feet sidewalk & 13 feet ? - ?????? - $26.?2
W.H. Houltner – 50 sidewalk at .50 per square yard – $41.67
M.E. Church – 8 1/5 feet sidewalk at .50 per square yard - $19.00
John Bither – 36 2/5 feet sidewalk at .50 per square yard - $38.00
Mrs. Minnie Wh???? – 681/5 feet sidewalk at .50 per square yard - $19.00
No further business adjourned carried.
O.J. Whitman, Village Recorder