From the Richmond Dispatch, 8/5/1887, p. 1, c. 4

Personals and Briefs.

…Mr. Ellis, keeper of Chimborazo Park, acting under the directions of the Committee on Streets, was out yesterday with a force of hands trimming trees that interfere with the fire-alarm wires. No tree on the streets of the city can be trimmed without the consent of this committee.

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