City Council
Information about the City Council in Richmond, Virginia during the Civil War

 Written Accounts

1874-12-15, Richmond Dispatch; Board of Aldermen tables a resolution from City Council granting $20,000 instead of $35,000 to purchase Chimborazo
1875-05-25, Richmond Dispatch; resolution to purchase 25 acres at Chimborazo for $20,000 as a park is defeated in the City Council – tabled to be reconsidered
1898-08-16, Richmond Dispatch; Shockoe Cemetery has gotten so overgrown that the grave of John Marshall cannot be found. City council taking action
1900-06-02, Richmond Dispatch; complaint to City Council about the “neglected condition” of Shockoe Cemetery – cemetery responds by declaring that the condition is the fault of the section-owners
1900-08-12, Richmond Times; City Council committee on cemeteries visits Shockoe, Oakwood and Hollywood – little doubt that Shockoe will “undergo many improvements” soon
1901-01-22, Richmond Times; the paving of Tredegar Street is taken up by City Council
1903-05-13, Richmond Times-Dispatch; Stuart monument may not be placed in Capitol Square – push within City Council to give $20K provided the monument go somewhere else
1909-02-09, Richmond Times-Dispatch; Chamber of Commerce endorses Chimborazo Park Weather Bureau site, and will ask City Council to go ahead with it
1911-08-07, Richmond Times-Dispatch; City Council planning a “white school to take the place of old Bellevue, to be erected on the Van Lew property” as soon as legalities can be ironed out
1939-12-26, Richmond Times-Dispatch; City Council debating closing the old James River and Kanawha Canal in exchange for $100,000 from VEPCO and the C&O Railroad. Extensive history of the canal. Tredegar mentioned

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