04-08-1919 VCM
VILLAGE OF ELK RIVER COUNCIL MEETING
April 8, 1919
th
Regular meeting of the Village Council held at the Office of the Elk River Lumber Co on the 8 day
of April 1919
Members Present
J.H. Virgin President
Bert Carr Trustee
Wm Norval Clerk
Meeting called to order by the President 8 P.M.
The following bills were presented and on motion of President and seconded by Carr, Trustee and
Carried that the Clerk issue orders for the payment of the same.
A Byson recording deed from W.F. Chadbourne 1.00
Elk R Power and Light Co lamps 2.10
Walter S. Booth and Co dog licenses 1.00
Wm Norval dog checks from N.W. Stamp Works 3.05
7.15
Warranty deed from W.F. Chadbourne and Wife to the Village of Elk River for land purchased for
sheer purposes on the Jefferson Highway was duly accepted and ordered filed by the Village Clerk.
Moved by the President and seconded by Bert Carr Trustee that the Clerk notify the N.W. Phone
Co that they must either move the phone poles or clean out the rubbish and refuse that has
accumulated around said poles, as the same is considered dangerous from fire from passing trains
and otherwise, the above poles one located on the G.N. Ry track and between two potatoe
warehouses.
The matter of relaying the Plank on the Miss Steel Bridge known as Bridge No 668 was duly taken
up and discussed by the Council
Motion by J.H. Virgin President and seconded by Bert Carr Trustee that the Council proceed soon
as possible to have the same replanked and that the Village Clerk take steps to have contracts or bids
drawn up for the purchase of material for the same and that the said contractions or bidders be
obligated to unload the same from the can or cans to deliver the same material or the approach of
the said No. 668 Steel Bridge in the Village of Elk River.
There being no more business Council adjourned
William Norval
Village Clerk