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VILLAGE OF ELK RIVER COUNCIL MEETING August 21, 1919 Special meeting of the Village Council was held at the Office of the Elk River Lum Co on Thursday st the 21 day of August at 8 P.M. Present J.H. Virgin, President Bert Carr, Trustee Wm Norval, Clerk Also W.C. Buck, Engineer of Waterworks. Called to order by the President at 8:30. Application from the Elk River Building Co for permit to erect and construct a building on the corner of Depot and Princeton Streets in the Village of Elk River. Plans of said building were also filed with the application. Resolved that we the Village Council grant a permit to the Elk River Building Co to erect said building without further notice, the clerk was notified to write said permission and deliver the same to the contractor of said building. Mr. W.C. Buck Waterworks engineer presented to the Council his plans of the Village of Elk River, showing the streets where the main and branch lines of Water pipe would be located, also location of all the street hydrants for fire purposes is being duly understood by the Council that all Main water pipes would be not less than size 6 inches in diameter and that all branching pipes laid in the ground or streets diverting from the mains should be of not less than four (4) inches in diameter. Unless ordered by the Council to be otherwise plans were also filed showing the construction of the water tower and steel tank. Mr. Buck also presented a plan for a building to be used for the storage of the fire apparatus, as well as the fire engine and chemical truck, hose carts and reels, ladders hose etc, also one part of the building to be used as a Village lock up, and one more room to be used as an office or a council meeting room as the council may decide. Moved and seconded that the Village Council duly accept these plans and specifications and that the same be filed with the Village Clerk. Mr. Buck also intimated to the Council that he would advt for bids in the city papers for contracts to furnish all materials tools labor to build the water works system complete as per copy of notice for st bids filed with the Village Clerk this 21 day of August 1919 said notice to be published in one of nd the Minneapolis papers on Friday the 22 of August, said bids to be sealed and delivered to the th Village Clerk at Elk River on as before the 8 day of Sept 1919 at the hour of 7:30 P.M. Nothing further. Council adjourned. Wm Norval, Clerk (Loose paper) The letter was read and it was decided that the council should write a letter in answer to said letter and it was the sentiment of the council that the Village was not able to comply the request of the fire department.